Attack on BJP leader: Shutdown, protests in Rajouri, situation tense

Jammu: A shutdown was observed in Rajouri town on Friday to protest the attack on a BJP leader’s house last night that left a three-year-old boy dead and six other people injured. Scores of people, some of them BJP workers, also took out a protest rally denouncing the attack. They raised anti-Pakistan slogans. Seven members […]

LG condemns attack

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday condemned the attack on a BJP leader’s house in Rajouri district. He said that the perpetrators of the heinous act will be brought to justice soon. “My deepest condolences to family & prayers for early recovery of injured. Perpetrators of this heinous act will be […]

Kulgam encounter ends, militant killed

Pakistani militant was planning attack on JK highway: Police

Srinagar: Security forces achieved a major success as a Pakistani militant planning an attack along the national highway in south Kashmir was killed in an encounter in Kulgam district, officials said Friday. They said the overnight encounter began after two militants, who had positioned themselves in a building, started firing “indiscriminately” on a BSF convoy […]

IED-fitted sticky bombs recovered in Poonch

Jammu” Ahead of Independence Day, a major tragedy was averted when security forces seized improvised explosive device-fitted four sticky bombs from a man in Poonch district on Friday, police officials said. On information provided by the Border Security Force, a joint checking party of police, BSF and Army was deployed at Morh Kotan in the […]

Friday prayers disallowed at Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid

Srinagar: Authorities disallowed congregational prayers at the historic Jamia Masjid here on Friday, citing the coronavirus situation. The mosque’s managing committee, however, expressed resentment against the decision, saying the administration was closing religious places for Friday prayers “under the guise of COVID-19”. It also described the attitude of the authorities as “extremely regrettable and appalling”. […]

Corrupt local police officers’ helped militants in Pathankot airbase attack: Book

New Delhi: “Corrupt local police officers” were suspected to have scouted the Pathankot airbase before the terror attack at the IAF facility in 2016 and one of them identified a no-surveillance spot which was used by the raiders to heave ammunition, grenades, mortars, and AK-47s, a new book has claimed. This claim has been made […]

I-Day celebrations: Security put on maximum alert in JK

Srinagar: Security has been beefed up in Kashmir ahead of the Independence Day celebrations as the forces are resorting to technical surveillance including the use of drones to monitor the situation, officials said on Friday. Police and paramilitary forces have been deployed in strength at many places in the city and elsewhere in the Valley […]

Multi-layered security arrangements at Red Fort

New Delhi: A multi-layered security cover has been put in place to secure the historic Red Fort from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation on the 75nd Independence Day on Sunday. The security ring, including NSG snipers, elite SWAT commandos, kite catchers, canine units and sharpshooters on high-rise buildings, has been placed […]