Two SPOs among four JeM militants killed in Pulwama
Pulwama: Two Special Police Officers, who went missing on Wednesday night, were among four JeM militants killed Friday in an encounter with government forces in Panjran village of Litter tehsil of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The encounter, an official said, started after a cordon-and-search operation was launched by a joint team of Army’s 44 RR […]
Militant, ‘associate’ killed in Shopian shootout
Shopian: A militant nd his ‘associate’ were killed in a brief shootout in Molu Chitragam area of Shopian district on Sunday late night. An official said that militants traveling in a Tavera vehicle bearing registration number JK03E0397 jumped a check post set up by party from the 44 RR in the area and opened fire. […]
Family of Sarjan Barkati urges government to release him ahead of Eid
Shopian: Family of Sarjan Ahmad Wagay alias Barkati resident of Reban village in Shopian district who was arrested in October 2016 during the unrest have urged government authorities to release him ahead of Eid ul Fitr. He has completed more than two years and eight months in jail and his family who are in dire […]
Top Hizb commander, civilian among five killed in south Kashmir
Shopian: Four militants and a civilian were Friday killed in two separate encounters with security forces in south Kashmir’s Shopian and Pulwama districts, police said. A police spokesperson said that following a tip off about the presence of militants in Dragad Sugan village, a cordon and search operation was launched by a joint column of […]
Slain Shopian youth was killed in cold blood: Family
Says Sajad has left behind two minor daughters, wife
Shopian: The youth who was killed during clashes in Pinjura area of Shopian on Wednesday evening has left behind two minor daughters. Sajad Ahmad Parray son of Ali Mohammed Parray resident of Baderhama village in Shopian district received bullet injury in his abdomen during clashes in Pinjura Shopian and was referred to Srinagar from district […]
Two militants killed in Kokernag encounter
Anantnag: Two militants were killed in an encounter between government forces and militants in Kachwan forests of Kokernag belt of Anantnag district, police said Tuesday. An official said that on specific inputs about the presence of militants in forests of Kachwan area of Kokernag in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district a joint team of forces including […]
Authorities turn Ranbiara rivulet into dumping site
Alternate site identified, says DDC
Shopian: Failing to find an alternate location elsewhere for over four decades now, authorities in south Kashmir’s Shopian district are dumping municipal waste on the banks of Ranbiara rivulet of the district. The use of the rivulet as a virtual dumping site is posing threat to the rivulet and other nearby water bodies, locals said. […]
55 students jostle for space in a three room middle school in Pulwama
Pulwama: A middle school in one of the Pulwama villages is functioning in just three rooms, with students and teachers crammed in the rooms and jostling for space. Locals said that there has been no intervention from authorities despite that the issue being brought into their notice umpteen times. According to the locals the Govt […]