Four out of the five militants killed in a gunfight with the government forces in Kiloora village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district have been identified. An official identified them as Arshad Ahmad of Ganowpora Balpora, Waqar Ahmad Sheikh of Malikgund, Aijaz Ahmad Paul of Lousdanew and Umar Malik of Malikgund, local daily Greater Kashmir reported. […]
Government forces killed a civilian today near the gunfight site in Killora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district in which five militants were killed, a local news portal reported. The civilian has been identified as Imtiyaz Ahmed, a resident of Kundalan area, the report added. Massive clashes had erupted in the area after five militants, believed […]
At least five militants have been killed in an ongoing encounter between government forces and militants, which started on Friday night in Killora village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. The militants are learnt to be from the Lashkar-e-Taiba, reports said. The government forces had cordoned off the area last night following specific intelligence inputs about […]
Srinagar: Three civilians including a teenage girl were killed by government forces’ action during clashes in Redwani area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday. A senior police officer told local news agency GNS that army’s patrolling party opened fire upon a group of youth after they pelted stones on them in Hawoora area of […]
A police constable who was kidnapped by militants in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday has been found dead. His bullet-ridden body was found this morning in Dangam in Shopian, reports said. Militants barged into the house of constable Javed Ahmed Dar kidnapped him. He was kidnapped from Kachdoora, the village where security forces had killed […]
By Aasif Sultan A Srinagar family of Old Barzulla area claims that a militant killed in frontier district Kupwara in north Kashmir on Friday morning by the Army is their son who had left his home in January 2017. They claim that what Police and Army refer to as “unknown militant” is their 32-year-old son Mudasir […]
Two troopers suffered splinter injuries on Friday after suspected militants lobbed a grenade towards an army patrolling party near Ahagam area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. SSP Shopian, Shailendra Mishra told a local news agency that militants attacked army party with a grenade followed by firing at Ahagam resulting in injuries to two army men. […]
Ten jawans of the Border Security Force (BSF) went missing while traveling in a special army train between West Bengal’s Bardhaman and Jharkhand’s Dhanbad railway stations on Wednesday. The train, headed towards Samba Sector in Jammu and Kashmir, contained a total of 83 soldiers. While conducting a headcount during a halt at Mughalsarai railway station, the […]
How is it that a country that prides itself on its democratic institutions has not allowed a single trial in nearly 28 years of armed forces personnel accused of serious violations, including killings, rape, torture and enforced disappearances? UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has said that the reaction of the Indian authorities […]
Forces killed a civilian and injured dozens during clashes near the site of a gunfight in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Sunday. Reports said that Yawar Ahmad of Gassipora village suffered a bullet injury in his chest during clashes near the site of the gunfight in Chidder village of Qaimoh area. He was shifted to a […]