Author: Aakash Ahmad

  BARAMULLA: A most wanted commander of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), the longest surviving terrorist in Kashmir, was among the two terrorists killed in an encounter with security forces in Baramulla district on Thursday, police said. Five security personnel including an officer were injured in the encounter and three terrorists are still holed up. Police said that […]

   JAMMU: With Jammu and Kashmir being under the direct rule of the Central government since 2018 and Union Home Minister Amit Shah giving repeated assurances to hold elections in Union Territory soon after the delimitation commission’s report, all eyes are on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the city on April 24. PM Modi […]

  SRINAGAR: A huge cache of arms and ammunition was on Tuesday recovered by the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Army in the border town of Tangdhar in Kupwara district, which was meant to carry out targeted killings in the Valley. The arms including 10 pistols, five grenades, 17 pistol magazines, and rounds of […]

  SRINAGAR: A head constable of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) was shot dead and another injured by terrorists in Kakpora area of Pulwama district in south Kashmir on Monday. Head Constable Surinder Sigh died in the line of duty while Sub Inspector Dav Raj was greviouly injured in the firing on Monday evening. Bike-borne […]

SRINAGAR: Jammu & Kashmir anti-terror agency on Sunday arrested Kashmir University scholar Abdul Aala Fazili during a raid here. Fazili is involved in writing a seditious article in ‘Kashmir Walla’ digital magazine. Fazili, officials said, was arrested from his Humhama Budgam residence by SIA after it raided and carried out searches for hours. The SIA, […]

SRINAGAR: Kashmir has witnessed a surge in terrorist attacks in recent weeks, with non-locals and panchayat representatives emerging as the new target of Pakistan-backed terror outfits even as a widespread crackdown by security forces has left 44 terrorists dead in the Valley since early January. The fresh wave of killings by terrorists appears to be […]

  SRINAGAR: Terrorists abducted and shot dead an Independent sarpanch in Pattan area of Baramulla district of north Kashmir on Friday evening, police said, adding that a massive hunt was launched to track down the attackers. The deceased sarpanch has been identified as Manzoor Ahmad Bangroo, a resident of Gishbugh. “Terrorists fired upon & killed one […]

SRINAGAR: Three personnel of the Indian Army lost their lives and five others sustained injuries in a road accident in south Kashmir’s Shopian, it said while refuting rumours that they were killed in stone pelting during an encounter. “Three Army personnel lost their lives and five soldiers were injured after the vehicle they were traveling […]

SRINAGAR: Four local terrorists of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) were shot dead by security forces in an encounter in Shopian district of south Kashmir on Thursday, said Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar. The Kashmir Police said all they were active in Shopian and Pulwama districts and a hunt to track down their accomplices was underway. […]

SRINAGAR: Two terrorists including a Pakistani were killed and two policemen sustained injuries in an encounter in Kulgam district of south Kashmir on Monday night, police said. The anti-terror operation was launched after the police and the Army cordoned off Khurbatpora area of Kulgam to flush out terrorists, Inspector General of Police (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar […]