Category: Jammu and Kashmir

Security forces on Monday killed two militants in an overnight gunfight in Kulgam district of Kashmir and caught alive one, police said. The security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Khudwani area of Kulgam district following specific information about the presence of some militants there, a police spokesperson said. During searches, the militants opened fire at the security […]

Two senior Army officers had a narrow escape on Tuesday when the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) they were flying in crashed in Eastern Ladakh. All passengers onboard are reported safe. “The crash occurred in the afternoon at Tsogstalu helipad in Eastern Ladakh. Two senior military commanders, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 14 Corps and the GOC 3 Div, were onboard,” […]

Two militants were killed on Monday morning in an anti-militancy operation in Baramulla’s Sopore area. A police spokesman said the militants were killed in an encounter with the police, the army’s 22 RR and CRPF in Check-e-Brath Sopore, 55 know north of Srinagar. He said the operation is on. “The identity and affiliation of the slain militants are being ascertained,” […]

India on Friday welcomed the United States’ decision to designate Kashmiri terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen as a foreign terrorist organisation and said it reflected the joint commitment of the two countries to firmly deal with terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. “We welcome the designation of the Hizbul Mujahideen that has been responsible for carrying out heinous acts of […]

The National Investigation Agency arrested Valley’s known businessman Zahoor Ahmad Watali on Thursday afternoon “in connection with funding of terrorist and separatist activities” in Jammu and Kashmir. “Watali is being questioned by the NIA officials regarding the incriminating financial transaction details and property-related records seized during searches on Wednesday,” said an NIA spokesman. He will be produced before the special […]

Top commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was killed in an ambush in south Kashmir’s Pulwama on Wednesday, as two recently injured security personnel succumbed to their injuries. Muhammad Ayub Lone alias Ayub Lelhari was killed in an ambush laid on the Pulwama-Srinagar stretch. Police sources said Lelhari, who was “No.1 LeT local militant” from Pulwama, was spotted travelling in a […]