Amid a rise in coronavirus cases in the Kashmir Valley, authorities in south Kashmir’s Pulwama have decided to turn many mosques as quarantine centres
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Gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama
Srinagar: A gunfight took place on Sunday between the security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said. After receiving information about the presence of militants in the Kahilil forests of Tral, the security forces with Rashtriya Rifles (RR), Special Operations Group (SOG) of the state police[Read More…]
Two IAF officers killed, two injured in Pulwama road accident
Srinagar: Two Indian Air Force (IAF) officers were killed and two other officers were injured on Thursday in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said. According to the police, two IAF officers were killed and two other officers injured in a road accident in Malangpora village[Read More…]
Stepping up the Conscience Credo at School
In the wake of the recent terror attack in Pulwama, India saw an unjustified agitation in various parts of the country where various politically motivated activists took to the streets and forced out young Kashmiri students out of their rented homes after threatening their landlords. One story from ‘The Wire’[Read More…]
Pulwama attack followed by death of an Army Major in Rajouri puts Pakistan in a spot and yet…
Close on the heels of a ghastly suicide attack on a Central Reserve Police Force convoy killing over 40 personnel near Pulwama on Jammu-Srinagar highway, a Major-rank officer of Indian Army lost his life on Saturday (February 16). He met the tragedy while defusing an improvised explosive device. The second[Read More…]
Pulwama Attack: Army out after clashes, arson in Jammu, curfew continues
Jammu: Curfew was imposed in the winter capital city today after violent clashes broke out during a shutdown call to protest the Pulwama terror attack. At least six persons were injured in the clashes as protesters indulged in arson, torching over 20 vehicles. The Army was called out in sensitive areas[Read More…]
Pulwama attack: NIA collects samples from blast scene in J&K
New Delhi: A day after 49 CRPF troopers were killed in a terror strike in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday collected materials required for forensic evaluation from the blast site, officials said. An NIA official said: “Considering the status of the scene of crime,[Read More…]
Vladimir Putin strongly condemns Pakistan-backed terror attack in J&K
New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday strongly condemned Thursday’s terror attack by the Pakistan-backed Jaish-e-Mohammed in Jammu and Kashmir that claimed the lives of at least 45 CRPF personnel and said that the perpetrators behind the act should be “duly punished”. In a message to Prime Minister Narendra[Read More…]
Pulwama Terror Attack: India withdraws Most Favoured Nation status to Pakistan, vows to corner Islamabad
A day after the dastardly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on February 14, India has withdrawn the Most Favoured Nation (MNF) status accorded to Pakistan. The Cabinet Committee on Security met Friday morning to discuss the security scenario in Jammu and Kashmir. Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the[Read More…]
J&K terror attack: Two more CRPF troopers die, toll touches 45
The toll from Thursday’s terror attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in Jammu and Kashmir rose to 45 as two more troopers succumbed to their injuries, officials said on Friday. Besides, 38 others were wounded in the worst-ever terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir. The attack took[Read More…]
30 CRPF troopers killed in suicide attack in Kashmir’s Pulwama district
Srinagar: At least 30 CRPF troopers were killed and some 20 others injured on Thursday when a van packed with explosives reportedly rammed into a CRPF bus on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said. In what is being described as one of the biggest loss[Read More…]
One arrested for desecration of Sufi shrine
Srinagar, Police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district arrested a person on Thursday on charges of desecrating a Sufi shrine. Police said the unidentified man was taken into custody for the sacrilege in Pahloo village of Pulwama district. “Locals said some persons damaged the window panes and curtains of the[Read More…]
Militant killed in Pulwama, clashes erupt at shootout site
Srinagar, Clashes broke out on Tuesday near the site of a shootout in which the Army killed a militant, in Pulwama district, police said. Earlier in the day, militants had fired at a patrol party of the Rashtriya Rifles in Chowduri Bagh village of Litter area in the district. In[Read More…]
Masood Azhar’s nephew among 3 JeM militants killed in Pulwama gunfight
Three Jaish-e-Muhammad militants, including the nephew of terror outfit chief Masood Azhar, were killed in an overnight gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said on Tuesday. Quoting a JeM statement, local news agency GNS said Talha Rasheed, nephew of Azhar, was among the three militants[Read More…]
J&K: No cash transactions in banks after a rise in bank robbery cases
After a surge in the cases of bank robberies by alleged terrorists, the J&K government has issued an advisory to the bank to instantly stop cash transactions in at least 40 branches placed in Pulwama and Shopian districts of South Kashmir. The advisory has been issued in the backdrop of[Read More…]
Jammu & Kashmir: PDP leader Abdul Gani Dar shot dead in Pulwama
After being shot by suspected terrorists at south Kashmir’s Pinglan area of Pulwama district, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) district President for Pulwama Abdul Gani Dar has succumbed to his injuries. Reportedly, Gani was shot in the chest. “Gani was heading towards Srinagar when suspected terrorists opened fire on him between[Read More…]