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Amarnath yatra suspended due to heavy rains »
The Amarnath Yatra has been suspended on Friday due to heavy rains near the cave shrine & along the route of the pilgrimage in South Kashmir Himalayas. No new batch of pilgrims was allowed to move to...
Four militants killed in encounters in Jammu and Kashmir »
Four militants, including a commander of Laskar-e-Toiba outfit, were killed in separate encounters in Kashmir valley. The commander of LeT, Mehboob Ahmed Afradi alias Jugnu, was killed in a joint operation by Army & police in Baramulla...
Four LeT militants nabbed »
Police has on Tuesday arrested four Laskar-e-Toiba militants in Handwara who were directed to lob grenades at police stations & public rallies in the area. Following a tip off that a person was roaming around Chinar Park...
Two militants killed in shootout with police in Jammu & Kashmir »
Two Hizbul Mujahideen militants have been killed & two policemen, including an officer, injured in a fierce gunbattle in Jammu & Kashmir, where a seven-year-old boy was critically injured in an explosion on Sunday. The militants –...
Five kg RDX, AK rifles seized in Jammu & Kashmir »
Army has on Sunday raided two militants hideout & recovered arms & explosives, including five kilogramme of RDX, in Rajouri & Doda districts. The troops have busted a hideout in Joda forest belt of Thatri tehsil of...
Bus fell into gorge killed 16 in Himachal Pradesh »
At least sixteen people have been killed & six others injured when a bus fell into a 150-metre deep gorge in Rampur sub-division of Shimla district on Sunday. The Himachal Pradesh Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus was...
Militants fired grenade at Jammu & Kashmir secretariat »
Militants have on Sunday fired a rifle grenade at the Civil Secretariat of Jammu & Kashmir, wounding two persons including a CRPF constable. Two persons, including a CRPF constable, were injured in the blast. The identity of...
Transporters in Jammu & Kashmir called off strike »
Four day strike over fuel price hike called by the yransporters in Jammu & Kashmir was called off on Friday, following a deal with the government on raising passenger fares. The strike was called off after the...
Transporters strike continues in Jammu & Kashmir for 4th day »
The transporters in Jammu & Kashmir are continuing their strike for the fourth day today. Passenger buses & commercial vehicles remained off the roads in Jammu & Kashmir as talks between striking transporters demanding 50 per cent...
Police arrested four persons in Jammu »
Police has on Friday arrested four criminals in Jammu. On a tip off, police intercepted a Tata Safari vehicle on Jammu-Pahtankote highway at Bari Brahamana & arrested four of its occupants. The arrested have been identified as...
Two militants killed in Jammu & Kashmir in a gun battle »
Two militants have been killed in a gun battle with soldiers in a village in Baramulla district of Jammu & Kashmir on Monday. A defence spokesperson has said that the soldiers troops of the 32 Rashtriya Rifles...
IAF reopened strategic base in Ladakh »
IAF the Indian Air Force has on Saturday made operational an old air base in mountainous Ladakh region in Jammu & Kashmir that was closed 43 years ago. An AN-32 transporter plane carrying Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (Western...
Nine Bangladeshis detained in Jammu »
Nine Bangladeshis have been arrested in Samba sector in Jammu on Friday when they were trying exfiltrate to Pakistan. Security forces observed some movement near the International Border in Gole Panj Pir border out post & asked...
Three arrested in Samba encounter case »
The intelligence agencies have arrested three people for their suspected involvement in the incident which happened two days ago. The security forces shot dead two militants in a fierce encounter in the Samba sector in J&K on...
Militant killed in Jammu »
A militant who is believed to have escaped during the major gunbattle with security forces in Samba district was shot dead today. Army troops cordoned off Ding Ambh area in the district after locals spotted movement of...
“Jammu Bandh” disrupted normal life in Jammu »
Normal Life has been disrupted in Jammu on Monday in response to a Bandh called by several political parties & social outfits against the militant attack in Samba that left six persons, including a journalist, dead. Shops,...
Security forces, Militants clash in Jammu »
Militants killed one & wounded three on Sunday, leading to a gunfight with security forces in the Samba sector, 45 km from Jammu. A senior official of Police said that militants killed Hoshiar Singh & injured his...
Bus plunges into Chenab River killed 25 in J&K »
A bus has been fell into the Chenab river in Kishtwar district on Thursday in which at least Twenty-five passengers have been killed & three injured. The Kishtwar-bound bus skidded off the road & fell into the...
Two children killed after tree falls on them »
Two children have been killed after a tree, uprooted in a squall, fell over them in Samba district. Five years old Riya & Seven years old Bittoo Sharma were crushed by the falling tree on Monday in...
Early Elections in Jammu & Kashmir unlikely »
Assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir due by October are not likely to take place earlier. Muzaffar Hussain Baigh the Deputy Chief Minister said on Saturday, “Assembly elections would be held on due date”. All mainstream parties...
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