Chandigarh: The funeral of Squadron leader Siddharth Vashishta, who died in a helicopter accident in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, took place here on Friday with full military honours. The remains of the officer arrived at the Air Force Station on a service aircraft on Thursday. His body was[Read More…]
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Two UP bravehearts killed in Budgam chopper crash
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh lost two of its bravehearts on Wednesday after an Indian Air Force (IAF) Mi-17 transport chopper crashed in J&K’s Budgam district, officials said. Corporal Deepak Pandey from Lucknow’s Mangla Vihar area and Corporal Pankaj Kumar Singh from Mathura died in the crash. The helicopter crashed in a[Read More…]
J&K: Shujaat Bukhari killer gunned down at Budgam
Budgam: Indian Army gunned down two terrorists including Naveed Jatt, who was involved in the killing of ‘Rising Kashmir’ editor Shujaat Bukhari. Indian Army gunned down two terrorists including Naveed Jatt, who was involved in the killing of ‘Rising Kashmir’ editor Sujat Bukhari. Indian Security forces on Wednesday neutralised two[Read More…]
J&K bypoll: Polling wind up in many centres in Budgam
Voting for the bypolls to the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency of Kashmir began on Sunday. Security was tightened in Srinagar as separatists called for a boycott of the by-election. The bypoll was required as the former PDP leader Tariq Hamid Karra resigned from PDP and Lok Sabha in protest last[Read More…]
Kashmir unrest: Extra forces deployed after clash
The government has got extra forces into action in the sensitive areas of Kashmir Valley. Normalcy of the valley was disrupted as over sixty people were injured and 3 persons were killed in clash stone-pelters trying to disrupt an anti-militancy operation in Budgam. A strike has been called by separatists[Read More…]