Jammu and Kashmir News

Security guard killed an army soldier in Jammu

A security guard killed an army soldier on Wednesday. An official said that the Army jawan was shot dead by security guard, who mistook him to be an intruder at an Army camp in Drass area of Kargil district.
Naik Ramesh Kumar of 6th Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry, who had wrapped himself in a blanket to protect himself from the morning chill, failed to respond to the warning of the security guard deployed at the camp to stop on Tuesday.
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Security forces killed Hizbul Mujahideen militant

The security forces on Tuesday killed a Hizbul Mujahideen militant in an encounter in Jammu & Kashmir’s Reasi district.
On a specific information, troops of 59 Rastriya Rifles launched a cordon & search operation in an area in Gulabgarh belt of Reasi district around 07:30 am on Tuesday.
During the encounter, which was still on, one Hizbul militant was killed & an AK rifle & large amount of ammunition were recovered.

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Grenade blast injured BSF soldier

A grenade exploded in Akhnoor border belt in Jammu & Kashmir on Tuesday in which a Border Security Force jawan was injured.
The grenade was exploded accidently. The grenade exploded during a firing practice in Khleeth firing range in Akhnoor border belt causing injuries to Havaldar Inder Vishwasiya of the BSF.
An official of BSF said that the jawan is being treated at the GMC hospital & his condition was stated to be critical.

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Pakistani national arrested by BSf in Jammu

Border Security force of Pargwal Border of India on Sunday arrested a Pakistani intruder along the Indo-Pak border in Jammu district.
The Pakistani national entered Indian territory via Pargwal border out post in Akhnoor border belt in Jammu district & was arrested by BSF troops.
He was identified as Mohmmad Bashir.

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Gunbattle in Srinagar killed five

In a fierce gunbattle between army & militants four security personnel & a Lashker-e-Toiba’s commander killed & three injured near Srinagar on Sunday.
The officials said that the gunbattle broke out when militants ambushed a joint search party of Special Operations group (SOG) of local police & CRPF at Telbal on Harwan-Hazratbal road on the outskirts of the city on Sunday morning.
A militant, who was later identified as Faisal, a self-styled divisional commander of Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit, was killed & ….

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Bomb Blast on Flyover in Srinagar

Srinagar blast

A powerful explosion on Wednesday hit a busy area near jahangir Hotel in Srinagar in which 1 killed & 8 injured & shattering window panes of a number of vehicles. The explosion in the crowded Exhibition Crossing which is close to the Jammu & Kashmir High Court complex in the heart of the Srinagar took place in the evening.
This is the first major blast triggered by militants in Srinagar after several months. It damaged ….

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Militant shot dead in Srinagar

A militant was shot dead on Monday by security forces during a gunbattle with the security forces in Baramulla district.
An official said that the gunbattle ensued during a search operation carried out jointly by police and army at Rampur-Sopore village, 60 kms from here.

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Six Hizbul Mujahideen militants arrested

Six Hizbul Mujahideen militants were arrested on Monday by security forces from Pattan area of Baramulla district. An official said that the militants were arrested from different parts of Pattan area on Monday night. They have been identified as Gulzar Ahmed Ganai, Gulzar Ahmed Lone, Mohd Altaf, Altaf Rashid, Gulam Muhi-deen Wani & Bilal Ahmed Bhat.
Huge quantity of arms & ammunitions were recovered from the arrested militants. The recoveries include one AK rifle, six magazines, 2010 AK rounds, one UBGL, ….

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Mushtaq Ahmad Malla top Hizbul arrested

Mushtaq Ahmad Malla who is a top Hizbul Mujahideen militant, was arrested on Sunday from a village in frontier district. An official said that the district commander of the outfit Mushtaq Ahmad Malla alias Furqan was arrested in the early hours from Maratgam village.
An Ak 47 rifle, its three magazines, 81 live rounds, three hand grenades, a pouch, three detonators & some incriminatory material were recovered from his possession. The arrested militant was wanted in connection with a number of ….

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14 years old girl killed in Jammu

A minor girl named as Nazia was killed on Thursday night as the gun she was fiddling with went off accidentally in Rajouri district.
Nazia who was 14 years old daughter of a Village Defence Committee member, was fiddling with a 303 rifle of her father last night when the mishap occurred. The gun went off & a bullet pierced through the head of the Nazia who died on the spot.

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Sonia & Patil on one day visit to J&K

Sonia Gandhi the chief of Congress with the Home Minister Shivraj Patil will visit Jammu & Kashmir on Friday. Gandhi & Patil, who are on a one-day visit to the state, reached Udhampur Air Force base Gandhi & Patil were received by Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad & union Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz.
They will visit the avalanche-hit Bhaderwah area, the assembly constituency of the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to meet the affected people & will conduct an aerial ….

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CBI raids house of Amit Kumar’s wife

Amit Kumar

A special team of CBI raided the house of the Sonia second wife of Dr. Amit Kumar kingpin of the kidney racket in Digiana area in Jammu. The CBI team questioned female family members for alomst five hours.
They also seized some vital documents & property papers in the name of Amit Kumar’s wife. A police team from Muzaffarnagar had arrived in Jammu to raid the house of kingpin’s wife on February 4 but failed to locate the ….

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Three Pakistani soldiers arrested in J&K

The sources said that the BSF personnel arrested three Pakistani soldiers Sunday in Ranbir Singh Pura sector near Indo-Pak border in Jammu & Kashmir.
The official sources said that the three soldiers belonging to Chenab ranger entered into Indian territory & were arrested near border fencing on zero line inside Indian territory at Suchetgarh border outpost.
The three acussed have been identified as Amjad Farooq, sipahi Saif Zia-ul-Din & Nisar Ahmed. The sources said that Pakistani currency of Rs 17,000 was also ….

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Top Hizbul commander killed

Hizbul

The sources said that the Police in Southern Kashmir has killed Hanif Khan a top Hizbul Mujahideen commander in an encounter in the Tral area. Hanif was in charge of the Hizbul’s finances. He was also responsible for planning all its operations in the valley.

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Heavy snowfall in Qazikund in J&K

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Qazikund

Heavy snowfall continued in Jammu & Kashmir from 8 days cause fourteen deaths & two deaths in Qazigund. The sources said that there was a snow storm in Kajigund 80 km from Srinagar today early in the morning in which two people killed & 7 houses damaged & 40 buried under. Jammu Srinagar 300-km highway has still closed due to heavy snowfall from past six days. Twelve people, including a soldier & ….

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Snow blocked Jammu-Srinagar highway

Highway

The Jammu-Srinagar highway has been closed for the last five days because of heavy snowfall. Truck drivers are camping in the snow, desperately waiting for the highway to reopen. Drivers told reporters,”We are facing lot of problems on the road, we are stuck here for the last four days”

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