Srinagar, Feb 24 – An army soldier was killed and a civilian was wounded Wednesday after a militant hiding in the wreckage of razed houses opened fire at the security forces busy in the clearance operation in north Kashmir’s Sopore town, police said. A senior police officer told IANS that a lone hiding guerrilla...
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Srinagar, Feb 24 – An army soldier and a civilian were wounded Wednesday after a separatist guerrilla hiding in the wreckage of razed houses opened fire at the security forces busy in the clearance operation in north Kashmir’s Sopore town, police said. A senior police officer told IANS that a lone hiding guerrilla opened...
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Srinagar, Feb 24 – The body of a slain militant was recovered Wednesday from the debris of two houses destroyed in a gunfight that killed five militants as well as a captain of the Indian Army and two soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sopore town. ‘We have recovered the dead body of one militant...
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Srinagar, Feb 23 – An army captain, two soldiers and two militants were killed in a gunfight between security personnel and separatist guerrillas in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sopore town Tuesday. Two houses where the militants were holed up were razed to the ground, police said. Security forces said they would search the debris Wednesday...
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Srinagar, Feb 23 – Two men of the counter-insurgency force Rashtriya Rifles and a militant were killed in a gunfight between security personnel and separatist guerrillas in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sopore town Tuesday morning, police said. Four people including three troopers were injured. A captain and a trooper were killed and so was a...
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Srinagar, Feb 23 – Two men of the counter-insurgency force Rashtriya Rifles were killed and four injured in a gunfight with separatist guerrillas in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sopore town Tuesday morning, police said. A captain and a trooper were killed and three troopers and a civilian injured. A senior police officer told IANS that...
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Srinagar, Feb 23 – A captain of the counter-insurgency force Rashtriya Rifles was killed and three troopers injured in a gunfight with separatist guerrillas in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sopore town Tuesday morning, police said. A senior police officer told IANS that the troops of Rashtriya Rifles, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Special Operations...
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Srinagar, Feb 22 – Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, chairman of the moderate Hurriyat group, left for New Delhi Monday afternoon to meet the Pakistani foreign secretary ahead of the India-Pakistan secretary level talks scheduled on Thursday. Mirwaiz Umer Farooq leads a delegation of his group comprising Professor Abdul Gani Bhat of the Muslim Conference, Moulvi...
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Srinagar, Feb 22 – A 10-day-old infant died Monday as the car carrying the baby and mother was stopped by stone-pelting mobs in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district Monday afternoon. The baby fell from the mother’s hands and died on the road, police said. Police said a taxi coming to Baramulla hospital from Dangiwachi area...
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Srinagar, Feb 22 – Residents of Jammu and Kashmir and separatist leaders have welcomed the resumption of talks between India and Pakistan but stress that it would be incomplete unless the Kashmir issue is also discussed. ‘A dialogue between India and Pakistan is always welcome, but unless this is focused on the resolution of...
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Srinagar, Feb 22 – Tension again gripped Maisuma locality of this city as stone throwing youth engaged the police and the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in clashes, forcing the closure of shops and businesses in the area Monday. ‘Stone pelting miscreants engaged security forces in clashes in Maisuma locality of the city...
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Srinagar, Feb 20 – Over a dozen people, including policemen, were injured in clashes between stone-pelting protesters and the security forces in Srinagar and other towns of Kashmir Saturday. Stone-pelting youth engaged the police and the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in pitched battles in Srinagar’s Maisuma area and Sopore and Baramulla towns...
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