Tag: Kashmir


  • “The house owner, who misled the search party of security forces, was arrested in a terror law for providing shelter to militant and misleading security forces.” SRINAGAR โ€”ย A militant and two armed forces personnel were killed in a military operation in south Kashmirโ€™s Shopian district on Saturday. Inspector General of police Kashmir zone, Vijay Kumar…

  • “Shah directed that the security grid should be further strengthened to ensure zero cross-border infiltration and to eliminate (militancy).โ€ NEW DELHI โ€”ย Home Minister of India Amit Shah on Friday ordered โ€œfurther strengtheningโ€ of the security grid to ensure zero โ€œcross-border infiltrationโ€ and to โ€œeliminateโ€ militancy in Jammu and Kashmir. Shah passed the directions while reviewing…

  • “The staff members including the headmaster of High School Wantrag have been placed under suspension in the first instance.” SRINAGAR โ€” Chief Education Officer Anantnag on Friday suspended staff members including the headmaster of High School Wantrag of Mattan zone after the school showed poor performance in class 10 examination, result of which was declared…

  • Mushtaq Ahmad Mir son of Habibullah Mir, who was selling shawls in Firozpur was found dead under mysterious circumstances on Friday morning. SRINAGAR โ€” A 36-year-old of man from Sirajpur area of Handwara was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Firozpur area of Punjab on Thursday, a day after the went missing, even as family…

  • “A police team rushed to the spot to assess the situation, and minor damage to a shop was reported.” SRINAGAR โ€”ย Mysterious blast has created panic in Khawaja Bazar area of the Downtown area of Srinagar, police said. A top police officer told a news agency, that a mysterious blast has created panic in Khawaja Bazar.…

  • The commercial goods belonged to Abdul Gani Handoo son of Ismaiyal Handoo resident of Buran Pattan.  SRINAGAR โ€” Commercial products worth lakhs gutted completely after a fire engulfed a Shed (Store) in Buran village of Pattan in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday night. According to a local news agency, many commercial goods including Samruddhi…

  • SIA in a statement said that it had summoned more than half a dozen persons associated with the proscribed JeI and were interviewed for more than eight hours regarding various ‘unlawful activities’. SRINAGAR โ€” State Investigation Agency (SIA) quizzed Jammat-e-Islami (JeI) Ameer (President) and other associates in a case registered at Police Station Batamaloo now…

  • “The area has been cordoned off to nab the attackers.” SRINAGAR โ€” Unidentified persons on Thursday evening lobbed a grenade towards Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men at Keegam village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. However, there was no loss of life or injury during the incident. An official told a news agency that a…

  • The shopkeeper identified as Ghulam Muhammad Shah, 56, closed down his shop at Khandaypora village and was on his way home at Zogipora village when assailants attacked him and snatched the cash-filled bag. BUDGAM โ€” A shopkeeper was seriously injured after unidentified assailants on late Wednesday night attacked him with a sharp-edged weapon in Zoogipora…

  • Under the mega-development package announced by the Centre in 2015, Rs 2000 crore were kept for setting up small hydroelectric projects. SRINAGAR โ€” The Jammu & Kashmir government is awaiting release of funds from the Government of India for setting up of small hydroelectric projects (SHP) under the Prime Minister’s Development Package (PMDP). Documents reveal…