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Protests over the killing of a 36-year-old government employee from the Kashmiri Pandit community in Srinagar swept the Union territory on Friday as people blocked roads, shouted slogans, and 350 employees threatened to resign from their government jobs.Lieutenant governor (LG) Manoj Sinha announced the formation of a Special Investigation ...

During search of the both individuals and the vehicle, incriminating materials, arms and ammunition were recovered During search of the both individuals and the vehicle, incriminating materials, arms and ammunition were recovered Two ‘hybrid’ terrorists of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) were arrested in the Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir ...

Jammu and Kashmir terror attack: Srinagar witnessed an attack on cops on Saturday morning.  A policeman was seriously injured on Saturday morning when terrorists opened fire at Srinagar's Aiwa Bridge. "Around 8:40 am, terrorists fired at and critically injured Jammu and Kashmir Police constable Ghulam Hassan near Aiwa Bridge ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first visit to Jammu and Kashmir after its August 5, 2019 bifurcation and the end of its special status appeared to have two purposes. One, on a day officially observed as Panchayati Raj day, he projected the thousands of people’s representatives elected through the panchayat ...

A panchayat head was killed by militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday, the police said. The panchayat head has been identified as Manzoor Ahmad Bangroo. He was not affiliated to any political party.The police said that Bangroo was attacked in the Goshburg area of Pattan town. ...

Four militants affiliated to the Lashkar-e-Taiba were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday, the police said. The militants were active in Shopian and Pulwama districts, Inspector General of Police (Kashmir range) Vijay Kumar said. “They were involved in six terror ...

A controversy erupted on Friday in Srinagar after protests broke out at the city’s Jamia Masjid, with some men allegedly shouting “azadi” slogans A controversy erupted on Friday in Srinagar after protests broke out at the city’s Jamia Masjid, with some men allegedly shouting “azadi” slogans. This was the ...

A Kashmiri Pandit was shot at by militants in Shopian district on Monday, the police said. This was the third such attack in Jammu and Kashmir in a day. Bal Krishan, a shopkeeper, was shot at near his house in Chotigam village. According to police, Krishan was critically injured ...

Jammu: Four persons, including a child, were charred to death while at least 13 others sustained burn injuries in a massive fire at a scrap store which also triggered an LPG cylinder explosion on Monday. The incident took place at Residency Road in Jammu, in a lane opposite Tourism ...

Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah was on Monday prevented from leaving his residence here in view of security concerns on the anniversary of the Pulwama terror attack, prompting him to lodge a strong protest. Sources in the National Conference, of which ...