Three intruders killed in two ‘infiltration’ attempts, says Army

Srinagar/Jammu: Three intruders were believed to be shot dead during the two attempted infiltration bids in north Kashmir and Akhnoor area of Jammu along the Line of Control (LoC), army said Tuesday. Two unidentified militants were killed Tuesday when the Army foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Keran […]

Woman held along with 10 grenades, ammunition

Srinagar: Police on Tuesday said that it has arrested a woman along with 10 grenades from Lawaypora area on the outskirts of Srinagar city. “Today evening upon receipt of reliable information that some OGWs is coming from Baramulla towards Srinagar with ammunition, a naka was laid opposite Kirmaniabad shrine near Lawaypora,” a police official said. […]

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Gets rebuff over offering Musharaf's4-point proposal

Gets rebuff over offering Musharaf’s4-point proposal

BJP leaders killing: Those involved will be neutralised soon: Madhav

JAMMU: BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on Tuesday said militants behind the killings of a senior party leader and his brother in Kishtwar district would be neutralised soon. BJP state secretary Anil Parihar and his brother Ajeet Parihar were shot dead on November 1 by suspected militants in a dark, narrow lane leading to their […]

Govt demonizing private educational institutions: PSAJK

Srinagar: The Private School Association Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK) on Tuesday accused the government of maligning the local private educational institutes to hide the grey areas in their own education sector. The association said the government has started a war against the economical private schools to shift the public attention towards the sector. “From past […]

Soldiers posted on LoC to get ‘anti-mine boots’

JAMMU: The Army has procured special anti-mine boots for troops deployed along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir with twin aims of facilitating domination of the landmine-infested forward areas and hot pursuit of terrorists if necessary, a top Army officer said. As part of the counter-infiltration grid, the soldiers have to get into […]

IPS officer Basanth Kumar Rath removed as IGP Traffic

Srinagar: High profile IPS officer Basanth Kumar Rath was Tuesday removed as the inspector general of police (traffic) and attached to the office of Commandant General, Home Guards, officials said. Rath was replaced by Alok Kumar, who was earlier posted as IGP security, the officials said. Kumar, an IPS officer of 1997 batch, was instrumental […]

PaK woman married to a local here elected Sarpanch

Srinagar: A woman from Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) has been elected unopposed as Sarpanch and Panch in Khumriyal area of north Kashmir’s frontier Kupwara district. Arifa Begum (35) had come to this part of Kashmir along with her husband Ghulam Mohammad Mir via Nepal in 2010. Arifa, originally a resident of Palandari village in Muzaffarabad […]