SRINAGAR โ The Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday claimed to have killed three militants in a military operation in south Kashmirโs Pulwama district, including an IEDโs mastermind. In a statement, a police spokesperson said that acting on โspecific inputโ regarding the presence of militants in Chandgam village of Pulwama district, a joint cordon and…
A video of MC Baramulla employees had gone viral on social media, wherein the employees were seen vandalizing and destroying items of street vendors during an anti-encroachment drive. SRINAGAR โย The Directorate of Urban Local Bodies Kashmir has suspended four employees involved in the vandalization of street vendors in north Kashmirโs Baramulla district and has asked…
The slain have been identified as Amir Ahmad Wani, a resident of Alamgunj village in Shopian and Sameer Ahmad Khan, a resident of Tiken village in Pulwama. SRINAGAR โ The Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday claimed to have killed two militants in a military operation in Okay village of south Kashmirโs Kulgam district. In…
โThe incident site is located on the Pakistani side of the Anti-Infiltration Obstacle System, kept under surveillance by the Indian Army to effectively counter any nefarious activity by the infiltrators or Pakistan Army.โ SRINAGAR โ The Indian Army on Sunday claimed to have foiled a BAT action by killing a militant in the Keran sector…
Many shopkeepers said that they feel dispossessed and disempowered by whatever the administration has been doing. โThey want to settle outsiders here by dispossessing us and want us to act normally, which is impossible.โ SRINAGAR โ A partial shutdown was observed in the Downtown area of the capital city Srinagar on Saturday against the first…
โThe protesters also raised slogans for the restoration of the erstwhile stateโs special status, and also denounced the โhighhandednessโ of police and administration.โ SRINAGAR โ Despite the Jammu and Kashmir administrationโs attempts to scuttle the protest demonstration of the Peopleโs Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) against the Delimitation Commissionโs draft proposal, two constituents of the…
โEarlier, they used to target policemen involved in anti-militancy operations. Now everyone is targeted.โ SRINAGAR โ The Jammu and Kashmir police said that it has killed 171 militants in about 88 military operations in 2021 across the Kashmir valley. The slain militants include 151 local militants and 20 foreigners. A police official said that 82…
โPeople in Kashmir are living in distress, they are fearful, have restricted certain activities and have stopped talking about particular things due to the fear of getting booked under draconian laws.โ SRINAGAR โ On November 22, a prominent human rights activist, Khurram Parvez, was arrested after National Investigation Agency (NIA) raided and searched his home…
86 local militants active; 128 locals joined militancy this year. 73 were killed, says IGP Kashmir. SRINAGAR โย The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir, Vijay Kumar Thursday said that for the first time in the past 30 years of militancy in Kashmir, the number of active militants in the Kashmir Valley has come down to…
โSikhs are openly discriminated in various government orders and packages while other minorities are getting special exclusive and secret packages of jobs.โ SRINAGAR โ All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) on Wednesday alleged that the successive governments in Jammu and Kashmir have neglected the community and have been discriminated against. Addressing a press conference in…