Several injured in clashes near encounter site in Shopian
Shopian: Scores of protesters were injured during clashes that erupted between government forces and protestors near the encounter site in Butmuran village of Shopian district in south Kashmir. Local sources said that protesters assembled near encounter site on Tuesday morning and pelted stones on forces to disrupt the anti-militancy operation in Wanpora, Batamarun where encounter […]
Militant hideout busted in Mendhar
Srinagar: A militant hideout was busted on Tuesday in Mendhar tehsil of Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence official said. He said that the hideout was busted by the army at Bata Dhurian top Choti Bati area in Mendhar sector. “A cache of arms and ammunition were recovered from the hideout,” he said.
Kashmir valley under grip of cold wave, Ladakh freezes
Srinagar: Severe cold wave continued in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday as the Ladakh region remained literally frozen with Kargil recording minus 15.4 and Leh minus 13.2 as the minimum temperatures. Early morning fog impeded traffic movement here in Jammu and Kashmir as the valley braced for the 40-day long period of harsh winter beginning […]
Train services partially suspended in Kashmir
Srinagar: Train service was suspended partially in Kashmir valley on Tuesday for “security reasons” in the wake of killing of two militants in a nocturnal gunfight with government forces in Shopian district of south Kashmir. An official said that the service was suspended on Srinagar-Banihal section. However, train service from Srinagar-Badgam in the central Kashmir […]
NGT didn’t give full opportunity to present case: Amarnath shrine board
Jammu: The Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) today said the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had issued directives without giving a full opportunity to it to present its case. The NGT on December 13 had declared the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas as a “silence zone” and prohibited religious offerings beyond the entry point. […]
Bodies of 3 soldiers missing after snowfall recovered
Srinagar: Search and rescue teams recovered bodies of three of the five soldiers who went missing along the Line of Control in the Gurez and Naugam sectors following heavy snowfall in Kashmir last week, defence sources said. The bodies of two soldiers were recovered in the Gurez sector while the body of a jawan was […]
Fire breaks out in police station Beerwah
Budgam: Police station Beerwah in central Kashmir’s Budgam district was completely gutted in an accidental fire last night, sources said. They said that the two storey building was fully damaged in the fire that broke out due to the short circuit in one of the rooms of the building. At least six fire tenders were […]
Shopian encounter: Firing resumes, one militant still hiding
Shopian: The encounter between the Army and a militant holed up in a house in Jammu & Kashmir’s Shopian town resumed today. Earlier two unidentified militants were killed in the gunfight that started late evening yesterday in Batmaran area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Two militant bodies have been recovered so far. As the government […]
2 militants killed in Shopian gunfight
Srinagar: Two unidentified militants were killed in an overnight encounter with government forces in Shopian district of south Kashmir, the Army said on Tuesday. Earlier, government forces launched a cordon and search operation in Butmaran, Wanipora area of Shopian yesterday evening following information about the presence of militants in the area, an Army official said. […]
One way traffic allowed on Jammu-Srinagar Highway
Srinagar:Jammu Srinagar National Highway has been opened opened for one way traffic. According to a senior traffic official movement of traffic on NHW shall be allowed from Srinagar towards Jammu side in a very regulated manner and for a specific time. “Keeping in view the over all condition of the road, especially between Jawahar Tunnel […]