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Jammu & Kashmir’s tryst with electoral democracy has always been marred by controversies. This time too, it is no different. As the volatile region is headed for Assembly election after a gap of almost a decade, a fresh political row has erupted over the inclusion of ‘non-locals’ in the electoral list. Understandably, the opposition parties, […]
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Srinagar: Former chief minister and president of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti was placed under house arrest on Sunday in her official residence in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar city. Suhail Bukhari, spokesman of the PDP told IANS that she was scheduled to go to Chotigam village of Shopian district on Sunday where terrorists killed […]
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Reasi (J & K): The movement of pilgrims to Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Katra town in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir will resume on Sunday morning after a temporary suspension due to inclement weather conditions on Saturday. The yatra was suspended since Saturday evening. “Following inclement weather conditions, Yatra has been suspended […]
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Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Police recovered six dead bodies from two houses on Wednesday in J&K’s Jammu district. While the exact cause of their death was being investigated, the police said that the bodies recovered from the Sidhra locality of Jammu city were found in a semi-decomposed condition. Police said the bodies were recovered from two […]
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Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday slammed the killings of Kashmiri Pandits in the valley and said that the Central government failed to provide security to the community. “BJP appointed LG in Jammu and Kashmir and Centre run government there have proved to be unsuccessful. Removal of Art 370 hasn’t […]
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Srinagar: A Kashmiri Pandit died and his brother was injured after they were shot by militants in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, police said. A police official identified the deceased as Sunil Kumar and the injured as Pintu Kumar. “Terrorists fired upon civilians in an apple orchard in Chotipora area of Shopian. […]
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Srinagar: Six ITBP personnel and a policeman died while 32 others — who were returning from Amarnath Yatra duty — sustained injuries on Tuesday when a bus fell in deep gorge in Pahalgam area of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said. A police bus carrying 37 Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel and two policemen […]
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Srinagar: A non-local labourer was killed by militants on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district, police sources. According to the sources, at around 1 a.m., “militants fired at Muhammad Amrej, 19, a non-local labourer in Sadnara village of Bandipora’s Hajin area”. “He was referred by doctors to medical college hospital Bemina in Srinagar where he […]
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Jammu: Alert troops of the Army foiled a terrorist ‘fidayeen’ (suicide) attack on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district in which two terrorists and three soldiers were killed. Defence sources told IANS, “Terrorists tried to cross the fence of the army camp at Pargal near Budh Kanadi in the Darhal area of Rajouri district early […]
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Kothagudem: TRS leaders, officials and locals paid rich homage to a CRPF jawan, Pavurala Lalaiah (34), of Subhash Nagar in Yellandu mandal, who died in Jammu and Kashmir due to rifle misfire. His dead body was brought to Yellandu on Tuesday morning from Hyderabad. The CRPF officials telephoned the family members on Sunday and informed […]
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Kothagudem: A CRPF jawan, Lalaiah (34) of Subhash Nagar in Yellandu mandal has died in Jammu and Kashmir. Army officials called the family members on Sunday and informed them about the demise of Lalaiah. He was said to have died of severe head injuries. The family members have left for Hyderabad to receive the dead […]
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Srinagar: Two persons were killed and 38 others were injured after a bus fell into a deep gorge in Keya Morh area of Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, said Udhampur Chief Medical Officer Dr Vijay Basnotra. Ten injured have been referred to district hospital Udhampur, added the Udhampur CMO. “Upon receiving the information, […]
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New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday came down heavily on the BJP over its alleged links with apprehended LeT terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir and killers of Kanhaiya Lal whose pictures with BJP leaders. Addressing a press conference here, Congress Communication In charge, Pawan Khera sought answers from the BJP. He said: “Two incidents in […]
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New Delhi: The security forces in Jammu and Kashmir are on maximum vigilance amid intelligence report that over a dozen terrorist launch pads have again become active across the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK). As per inputs, a top government official citing intelligence input said, nearly 200 terrorists are waiting on […]
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Jammu: In an act of bravery, unarmed villagers on Sunday overpowered two heavily armed terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit, including one of its most wanted commanders, and handed them over to the police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district. The apprehended terrorists have been identified as Faizal Ahmad and Talib Hussain. Hussain is a wanted […]
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Kathua/Jammu: Burglars broke into a private bank in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district and decamped with over Rs 1 crore cash, police said on Monday. The incident took place at a branch of HDFC Bank in the Hatli Morh area on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. The burglars entered the bank from the […]
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Kupwara: Two more terrorists were neutralised in an encounter that broke out in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, informed the police on Monday. So far, four terrorists have been killed in the Kupwara encounter including two on Sunday. The neutralised terrorist was linked with the proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Police also recovered […]
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday arrested Kashmir-based Youtuber Faisal Wani, who had digitally enacted the act of beheading former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. “We have registered an FIR against the Youtuber under sections 505 and 506 IPC at Safa Kadal Police Station in the Srinagar, after his gory video went viral,” police said. […]
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Mumbai: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday criticised the ruling BJP at the Centre, claiming the party was busy promoting some movies amid the “targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits and Muslim security personnel” in Jammu and Kashmir. Talking to reporters here, Raut claimed the BJP was neglecting the Kashmir Valley’s security. “Did the atrocities […]
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New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday took stock of the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of a series of targeted killings in the Valley, officials said. National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, Army Chief General Manoj Pande, and Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha were among […]
