Tag: South Kashmir

A terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation at Fressipora village in Rajpora area of the south Kashmir district following inputs about the presence of terrorists there, they said. ...

The Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) on Tuesday announced that its president Ghulam Nabi Azad will be contesting the Lok Sabha elections from the Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency. The former Congress veteran and ex-J&K chief minister will be contesting his first election since he founded the DPAP in September 2022, ...

With the tenure of panchayats in Jammu and Kashmir coming to an end earlier this month, and no announcement on fresh elections, sarpanches of several villages have raised concerns on the “vacuum” that could be created by a lack of local elected leadership that residents find approachable.Calling for panchayat ...

SRINAGAR: A newly recruited terrorist of The Resistance Front, a shadow outfit of the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), was killed in a gunfight with security forces in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday, officials said. The gunfight started on the intervening night of October 8-9 during a cordon and search ...

The attack on the migrant worker comes a day after an off-duty police inspector was shot at while he was playing cricket. Inspector Masroor Ahmad was reportedly fired at from close range at Eidgah ground in Srinagar. He is critically injured and undergoing treatment at a Srinagar hospital. Besides, ...

Smoke rises after a blast at a terrorist hideout during an encounter at the Kokernag area in J&K’s Anantnag district on September 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The toughest task for the troops during the 60-hour long anti-militancy operation in Anantnag’s Kokernag was retrieval of the bodies of ...

Violence in the Kashmir Valley: Bullet-ridden glass after an encounter with security forces that left two terrorists dead two days after a Kashmiri Pandit was killed, in Pulwama on Feb. 28, 2023. An Army jawan was also killed. Targeted killings against Kashmiri Pandits and minorities in the Kashmir Valley ...

A policeman was killed and a Central Reserved Police Force (CRPF) jawan injured when militants attacked a security forces team in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said.The attack took place in Pinglana area of the south Kashmir district.Also read | LeT terrorist killed in encounter ...

Published: Published Date - 05:50 PM, Mon - 11 July 22 Amaravati: Two women pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh, who were reported missing in the cloudburst and flash floods near Amarnath cave in South Kashmir, had died, according to officials here on Monday. Both the women were from Rajahmundry and ...

Four Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militants were killed in gunfights with security forces in South Kashmir’s Anantnag and Kulgam districts, the police said on Thursday, according to Kashmir Observer. The militants were involved in the killings of a teacher and a sarpanch in the Valley.“The Kulgam encounter is an important one, as ...