Category: Jammu and Kashmir

Syed Shahid Yousuf, son of the globally wanted terrorist Syed Salahuddin, received ₹4.5 lakh through international wire transfers between 2011 and 2014, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has found. The agency has written to the J&K government informing it of the arrest of Yousuf, 42, who landed a job in the State Agriculture Department three years ago. Asked if this […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reached the Gurez valley along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir to celebrate Diwali with the troops posted in the forward area, the Army said. Army chief General Bipin Rawat, Northern Command chief Lt General Devraj Anbu and Chinar Corps Commander Lt Gen J.S. Sandhu were also in Gurez accompanying the […]

Two civilians, a 15-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy were killed and six injured in fresh ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops in the Pir Panchal Valley’s Poonch district on Monday morning. A police spokesman said Jasmin Akhtar, 15, a resident of Digwar, and Asrar Ahmad, 10, a resident of Mohalla Kasba, died of the splinter injuries as Pakistan fired mortar […]

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is visiting Jammu and Kashmir on Friday to review the preparedness of the soldiers on borders and security in the hinterland. The two-day visit would be her first since she assumed office as the Defence Minister of the country. Sources in the ministry said Ms. Sitharaman will visit forward posts on the line of control (LoC) […]

A fourth Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militant was killed on Monday in an operation in Baramulla’s Uri, where a group of freshly infiltrated fidayeen (suicide squad) was trapped on Sunday. “The fourth militant was killed in the operation that was resumed on Monday morning,” said Director General of Police (DIG), J&K, S.P. Vaid. Three militants were killed in a fierce gunfight on […]

A militant was killed in an encounter with security forces on Sunday in Uri area near the Line of control in Baramulla district of Kashmir. “Cordon was laid and search operation started in Kalgai area of Uri this morning following information about presence of militants in the area,” an Army official said. He said the search operation tuned into an […]