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Encounter breaks out in Kulgam village, armyman injured

Encounter breaks out in Kulgam village, armyman injured

Srinagar: An army soldier was injured as a gunfight broke out in Laroo area of Kulgam in south Kashmir on Sunday morning. Reports said that a joint team of army’s 9RR, CRPF and SOG cordoned off Laroo area today wee hours. Soon after the forces fired several gunshots amid the cordon leading to an encounter, […]

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ULB polls: BJP wrests Jammu, Congress couldn’t do a Ladakh in Kashmir

ULB polls: BJP wrests Jammu, Congress couldn’t do a Ladakh in Kashmir

Srinagar: The counting of votes in the Jammu and Kashmir civic polls was completed on Saturday with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as the largest party in the Jammu province and the Congress doing marginally better in the Kashmir Valley. In the Jammu region that includes the districts of Jammu, Samba, Kathua, Reasi, Doda, […]

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JMC falls in BJP’s kitty

JMC falls in BJP’s kitty

Jammu: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday emerged as a clear winner in the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) elections with 43 seats in its kitty, bettering its previous strength of 25 in the 75-member body. The Congress suffered a big loss in the election, winning only 14 seats against its 26 in the 2005 civic […]

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Tariq Karra’s wife proves a loser

Srinagar: The wife of senior Congress leader Tariq Hamid Karra lost the Urban Local Body seat from Lawaypora falling in the jurisdiction of Srinagar Municipal Corporation. The ward number 31 of Lawaypora seat was bagged by Independent Candidate Fancy Jan who defeated her nearest rival Asifa Tariq Karra, wife of Tariq Hamid Karra by 18 […]

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Gunfight rages in Pulwama

Gunfight rages in Pulwama

Srinagar: A gunfight started in Pathan area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday between militants and government forces. Reports said that a joint team of army’s 55RR, SOG Pulwama and 183/182 BN CRPF cordoned the village after getting inputs about the presence of militants in the area. As soon as joint team of forces […]

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Pulwama encounter: 2 army men injured, militants believed to have escaped

Pulwama encounter: 2 army men injured, militants believed to have escaped

Srinagar: Two army men were injured in a brief gunfight with government forces that raged in Pathan village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday evening. Reports are saying that due to darkness and stone pelting, militants are believed to have escaped from the spot. Reports said that a joint team of army’s 55RR, SOG […]

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​NIA arrests absconder in 2016 Nagrota army camp attack case 

​NIA arrests absconder in 2016 Nagrota army camp attack case 

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency has arrested a man wanted in the 2016 attack on an army camp in Jammu’s Nagrota when he was allegedly trying to flee the country through Sri Lanka, officials said Saturday. Ashraf Khandey, a resident of Pulwama in south Kashmir, was taken into custody from the Indi​​ra Gandhi International […]

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​Retired army colonel duped of Rs 3 crore

​Retired army colonel duped of Rs 3 crore

New Delhi: A retired army colonel has filed a complaint with the Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) after he was allegedly duped of more than Rs 3 crore on the pretext of investing in insurance policies, police said Saturday. Based on the complaint, a case was registered against two men on October 18. In […]

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Massive landslide blocks Jammu-Srinagar highway  

Massive landslide blocks Jammu-Srinagar highway  

Banihal/Jammu:  A massive landslide on Saturday blocked the Jammu-Srinagar national highway near Ramban district, leaving a number of vehicles stranded, officials said. The nearly 270-km Jammu-Srinagar National Highway is the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country. The landslide occurred near Ramsoo town in Ramban, the officials said. No vehicle was […]

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ULB polls: Counting of votes begins

ULB polls: Counting of votes begins

Srinagar: The counting for urban local body elections in Jammu and Kashmir has begun at SKICC. “All the arrangements for counting of votes have been put in place at respective district headquarters. The counting of votes will begin at 9 am today,” an official of the election department said. The fate of over 3,000 candidates […]