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A view of A deserted Lal Chowk area in Srinagar Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Communication shutdown helps militants roam freely in Kashmir

The security forces would also stay in touch with their informers and other sources , mainly through their mobile...

1 Sept 2019 12:58 AM IST

Engagement between security forces and militants has intensified this week in Kashmir. Here we see security personnel leaving after an encounter with militants in Handwara in Kashmir earlier this week. (PTI)

Burhan Wani's successor killed in Kashmir gunfight

Riyaz Naikoo was a top commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen

6 May 2020 4:05 PM IST

Security forces on Monday enforced virtual lockdown strictly in major parts of Srinagar. (PTI Photo)

Is it safe to visit Amarnath when COVID situation in J&K is grim?

The authorities said that as many as 88 areas of Srinagar notified as red zones' in view of a sharp spike in COVID-19...

14 July 2020 12:57 PM IST

A militant killed in an encounter with security forces in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. (PTI Photo)

1 terrorist killed in encounter in JK's Anantnag

Security forces launched a search operation early Monday morning in Srigufwara, following information about the presence...

13 July 2020 10:24 AM IST

Two police personnel were killed and one other suffered injuries in the attack by terrorists near Nowgam bypass. (PTI Photo)

2 cops martyred, 1 injured in terrorist attack in J&K's Nowgam

The incident took place after terrorists started firing indiscriminately upon the police party on the outskirts of...

14 Aug 2020 12:02 PM IST

2 arrested after recovery of arms, ammunition from truck on Jammu-Srinagar highway. (Representative Image)

Two held with arms and ammunition in truck on Jammu-Srinagar highway

He said the forces recovered one AK rifle with two magazines, M4 US carbine with three magazines and six Chinese pistols...

9 Sept 2020 9:43 AM IST

Three militants, assistant sub-inspector of J-K police killed in encounter. (PTI Photo)

Pulwama encounter:Three terrorists involved in attack on BJP leader's...

In the exchange of fire, three militants were killed, the official said, adding their identity and group affiliation was...

2 April 2021 12:15 PM IST

Three militants, assistant sub-inspector of J-K police killed in encounter. (PTI Photo)

Two militants killed in Jammu Kashmir encounter

Among the slain militants is the killer of BJP district president Bari, his father and brother who were shot dead in...

26 Sept 2021 1:14 PM IST

Army soldiers raise their guns to celebrate the killing of four top Jaish-e-Muhammad militants, including one Pakistani commander, at Hajin Payeen area of Pulwama district of South Kashmir on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

The divide is growing in a fragmented J&K

The BJP in the state represents mainly the Jammu region, which generally does not support the insurgency.

31 Dec 2018 12:00 AM IST

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel also announced to form an SIT to probe May 25, 2013, Jhiram Ghati Naxal attack, in which 29 people including prominent Congress leaders were killed. (Photo: ANI)

Bhupesh Baghel rules out force withdrawal from Bastar

Around 70,000 personnel of various central paramilitary forces including CRPF, BSF and ITBP, besides the state police,...

24 Dec 2018 3:23 AM IST

Dozens of civilians have been killed or injured in security forces actions against civilian protesters near encounter sites in the past also, augmenting anger in the local population and leading to widespread protests and strikes in the Kashmir Valley.

6 Al Qaeda-linked militants killed in J&K encounter

Officials said that incriminating materials, including arms and ammunition, were recovered from the site of the...

23 Dec 2018 5:23 AM IST

Security personnel pass through a colony after an operation in Srinagar

J&K: 435 deaths in violence make 2018 bloodiest year of decade

Those killed include 253 militants, 97 securitymen and 84 civilians; 500 died in militancy-related violence in 2008.

17 Dec 2018 3:01 AM IST