Jammu & Kashmir

SRINAGAR: “My child became an orphan even before being born,” said the grief-stricken widow of Inspector Masroor Ahmed Wani, who died in Delhi on Thursday, 39 days after he suffered critical wounds in a terrorist attack while he was playing cricket in Eidgah Srinagar. Masroor, 34, was shot by a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist on October 29 […]

JAMMU: In an ongoing encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, two terrorists affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were killed, while the toll of martyred soldiers reached seven, including four army personnel who lost their lives on Wednesday. According to an official statement, one of the terrorists, identified as Quari, hailing from Pakistan, had received training on the Pakistan […]

SRINAGAR: The Director General of Police (DGP) for Jammu and Kashmir, RR Swain, declared on Tuesday that any form of interaction with handlers based in Pakistan will be treated as a serious crime. The J&K Police, under DGP Swain’s leadership, is set to establish a comprehensive mechanism to investigate such interactions, with stringent actions against the […]

JAMMU: In a tragic incident, a BSF jawan succumbed to injuries sustained during an unprovoked ceasefire violation by Pakistani Rangers along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir. The incident took place in the Ramgarh sector of Samba district, marking the third ceasefire violation in the Jammu border in the past 24 days and the […]

SRINAGAR: In a successful counter-infiltration operation along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Machil sector, police and army forces have neutralised five Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorists. The encounter began in the Machil sector of Kupwara District, with two terrorists eliminated in the initial exchange of fire. Subsequently, three more terrorists were shot down in […]

JAMMU: In a breach of the ceasefire, Pakistan Rangers initiated unprovoked firing on Indian posts along the International Border in the Arnia sector of Jammu on Thursday night, as reported by the Border Security Forces (BSF). A BSF Public Relations Officer (PRO) informed The New Indian that Indian troops were responding to the attack with a “befitting” retaliation. […]

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Home Department has suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police Sheikh Adil Mushtaq, who has been arrested by the Srinagar Police on multiple charges including corruption and extortion on September 21. An order issued by Jammu and Kashmir Home Department, said, “In terms of Rule 31(2) of the Jammu and Kashmir Civil […]

SRINAGAR: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday raided the premises of several suspected LeT overground workers (OGWs) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir in connection with the January 2023 attack in Dhangri village of Rajouri district, in which five civilians were killed and several others injured. “Raids were conducted today at five locations […]

New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested a deputy superintendent rank officer Sheikh Aadil Mushtaq on charges of corruption. Srinagar Police have confirmed his arrest. The police officer enjoyed prominence with sections of Delhi media, hobnobbed with them and celebrated officers of J&K Police itself. The J&K police officer has been arrested under sections […]

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