Home Minister P. Chidambaram Friday said security forces must maintain a ‘high level of vigilance’ considering that Jammu and Kashmir remains vulnerable to militant attacks.
The home minister’s comments come after security forces killed two guerrillas who were holed up in a hotel building following a 23-hour gun battle in Srinagar’s Lal Chowk area that ended [...]
Two separatist guerrillas of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were Friday killed in a gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said.
The gunfight in south Kashmir’s Khrew village, about 20 km from Srinagar, began after police and counter insurgency Rashtriya Rifles (RR) troops surrounded a house on specific information.
‘As the security forces challenged the hiding [...]
Four men, including a police constable, were injured Wednesday after separatist guerrillas lobbed grenades and fired at Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers at Lal Chowk in the heart of the city here, authorities said.
Among those injured were two civilians and a camera-person of a news channel.
The guerrillas have entered a hotel and are firing [...]
Separatist guerrillas Wednesday lobbed grenades and fired at Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers at the Lal Chowk city centre here, authorities said. The gun battle is on.
Srinagar, Dec 25 (IANS) Seven people, including two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers, were wounded Friday in a powerful grenade explosion in north Kashmir’s Sopore town.
A senior police officer said separatist guerrillas lobbed a grenade at a CRPF patrol near Gadakocha in Sopore, 54 km from here. Two troopers and five civilian bystanders were [...]
Imphal, Dec 24 (IANS) Nine separatist guerrillas were Thursday killed in two separate encounters with security forces in the restive northeastern state of Manipur, officials said.
A police spokesperson said a group of heavily armed militants of the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) attacked a patrol of the paramilitary Assam Rifles near Waithou village, 18 km south [...]
Imphal, Dec 24 (IANS) Three separatist guerrillas were killed Thursday in a gun fight with security forces in Manipur, officials said.
A police spokesperson said a group of heavily armed militants of the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) attacked a patrol of the paramilitary Assam Rifles near Waithou village, 18 km south of Manipur capital Imphal.
‘Based on [...]
Srinagar, Dec 22 (IANS) Three policemen were injured Tuesday evening when separatist guerrillas ambushed a police patrol in Kashmir’s Pampore town, a police official said. Two of them succumbed to their injuries in hospital.
A senior police officer said guerrillas fired indiscriminately at the police patrol in Kadalbal area of the town, 15 km from Srinagar, [...]
Srinagar, Dec 22 (IANS) Three policemen were injured Tuesday evening when separatist guerrillas ambushed a police patrol in Kashmir’s Pampore town, a police official said.
A senior police officer said guerrillas fired indiscriminately at the police patrol in Kadalbal area of the town, 15 km from Srinagar, famous for growing the world’s best saffron.
‘Two policemen and [...]
Srinagar, Dec 16 (IANS) Suspected separatist guerrillas barged into a house in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district and shot dead a 20-year-old girl in front of her father sparking outrage.
The gory slaying took place late Tuesday in Keller village, 50 km from here, when an unidentified man came to their house and asked for the [...]
Srinagar, Dec 16 (IANS) Separatist guerrillas barged into a house in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district and shot dead a 20-year-old girl, police said Wednesday.
The incident took place late Tuesday in Shopian district’s Keller village, about 50 km from here. The gunmen fired at Shiraza Akhtar from point blank range.
‘Shiraza received a fatal bullet [...]
Srinagar, Dec 11 (IANS) Senior Hurriyat Conference leader Fazal Haq Qureshi, who was critically injured in a murderous attack last week, is making steady progress, a doctor said Friday.
‘He is improving and making steady progress. He also spoke to his relatives and attendants today (Friday),’ a senior doctor at the Sher-e-Kashmir Medical Institute Soura (SKIMS) [...]
Srinagar, Dec 11 (IANS) Life was affected across the summer capital Srinagar Friday following a shutdown called by hardline senior separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani.
Shops, businesses and educational institutions in both the old and uptown areas of the city remained closed. Attendance in banks and government offices was adversely hit as most public transport went [...]
Srinagar, Nov 16 (IANS) Two soldiers of the Indian Army and two separatist guerrillas were killed in separate gunfights in Jammu and Kashmir Monday, authorities said.
The separatist guerrillas made an infiltration bid into the Kashmir Valley in the north Keran sector of the Line of Control (LOC) late Sunday when soldiers challenged them, an army [...]
Srinagar, Nov 14 (IANS) Five separatist guerrillas were killed when the Indian Army foiled their attempt to sneak into Jammu and Kashmir, a military spokesman said.
Lt. Col. J.S. Brar of the army’s 15 Corps said a group of militants tried to cross the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Uri sector.
‘The infiltrators were [...]
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Criticising the ban on prepaid mobile connections in Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti Monday said it ‘casts a shadow of doubt’ on the state’s people who had enthusiastically participated in the elections. ‘We were expecting a compliment from New Delhi,’ she remarked.
Speaking at a media [...]
Srinagar, Nov 6 (IANS) Kashmir’s opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) activists led by president Mehbooba Mufti Friday undertook a peaceful march to Lal Chowk to protest the decision to withdraw prepaid mobile phone facilities in the state.
‘The decision casts a shadow of doubt on the entire ten million population of the state,’ Mehbooba Mufti told [...]
Srinagar, Nov 3 (IANS) Security forces killed three separatist guerrillas and foiled an infiltartion bid early Tuesday in Tangdhar sector along the Line of Control (LoC) between India and Pakistan. A gunbattle that started then is still continuing, a defence spokesman said here.
‘The infiltration bid was detected timely and foiled by the security [...]
Srinagar, Nov 2 (IANS) A wild bear mauled to death two militants of the Hizbul Mujahideen outfit in a south Kashmir forest Monday, officials said.
A spokesman of the army said a wild bear entered the forest hideout of the separatist guerrillas and killed two of them in Kulgam district.
‘The bear entered the hideout of the [...]
Srinagar, Nov 1 (IANS) A girl in a north Kashmir village Sunday allegedly attempted suicide after learning that her pre-paid sim card was not functioning, residents of the village claimed.
According to villagers, Taslima, 23, living in Chattergul village in Ganderbal district, consumed some poisonous substance and had be taken to the hospital in critical condition [...]
Srinagar, Nov 1 (IANS) Two police men were killed by separatist guerrillas in a hit-and-run attack in this Jammu and Kashmir capital Sunday, police said.
A senior police officer told IANS that separatist guerrillas fired at Head Constable Manzoor Ahmad and Constable Abdul Kabir from close range at Qamarwari chowk, 4 km from here.
‘Both the injured [...]
Srinagar, Oct 30 (IANS) Two separatist guerrillas were killed Friday when the army foiled an infiltration bid across the Line of Control (LoC) that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan, officials here said.
‘Two terrorists have been killed in an ongoing operation in north Kashmir’s Tangdhar sector of the LoC where a group of heavily armed [...]
Srinagar, Oct 7 (IANS) Three separatist guerrillas, including a top militant belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were killed early Wednesday by security forces in a forested area of Jammu and Kashmir’s north Kupwara district, officials said.
The operation against the guerrillas in the Zachaldara forest area, about 95 km from here, is still on, a defence [...]
Srinagar, Oct 7 (IANS) Three separatist guerrillas were killed early Wednesday by security forces in a forested area of Jammu and Kashmir’s north Kupwara district.
The operation against the guerrillas in the Zachaldara forest area, about 95 km from here, continued, a defence spokesperson said.
He said the army and local police had launched the offensive on [...]
Imphal, Oct 4 (IANS) Five separatist guerrillas were killed and a police commando injured in a gun battle between the militants and security personnel in Manipur, an official said Sunday.
A police spokesperson said the shootout took place late Saturday at Leimaram village, about 30 km south of Imphal, between militants of the outlawed Kanglei Yawol [...]
Srinagar, Oct 2 (IANS) Separatist guerrillas Friday shot dead a surrendered militant inside a mosque compound in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said.
‘A surrendered militant identified as Shabbir Ahmed was shot and killed by separatist guerrillas after the Friday prayers in north Kashmir’s Sopore town,’ a senior police officer told IANS.
Agartala, Oct 2 (IANS) Militants from the outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) are demanding a ransom of Rs.56,000 for three tribals they had abducted two days ago, police said here Friday.
The separatist guerrillas had Wednesday kidnapped six people from Raishabari village in Dhalai district, 180 km from here, but subsequently released three of [...]
Srinagar, Sep 29 (IANS) Three paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed and a woman bystander was wounded in a militant attack in north Kashmir’s Sopore town Tuesday, police said.
A senior police officer said separatist guerrillas fired at a CRPF patrol party near the old bus stand in the town, 54 km from [...]
Jammu, Sep 18 (IANS) Two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were seriously injured in firing from Pakistan Thursday and Friday, leading to Indian protests. But the Pakistan Rangers denied they were involved.
As Constables Bandip Gogoi and Rajinder Singh were hospitalised here, BSF and Pakistan Rangers officials met at 11.30 a.m. Friday to defuse tensions along [...]
