Srinagar, July 28 (IANS) At least 30 Amarnath Yatris were injured on Tuesday in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district.Officials said the pilgrims were injured when a bus carrying nearly 40 pilgrims skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge near the S-Mode area of Hariganiwan in the Gund area of Ganderbal district.“The accident occurred when the driver of the Yatri bus bearing registration number AR11 D5655 lost control of the wheel near Hariganiwan, after which the ve…
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Srinagar, July 26 (IANS) More than 18,000 paid obeisance at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine while 4,000 had darshan at Amarnath holy cave shrine after both pilgrimages resumed following a six-day weather-induced closure.Officials said both Yatras resumed on Saturday after remaining suspended for six days.“Over 4,000 pilgrims paid obeisance at the Amarnath holy cave by last evening, while 18,000 pilgrims had darshan at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, Katra in Jammu region. However, the pilgrimage to Shiv Kh…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag was the first major strike since the Pahalgam attack last year that left 26 tourists dead. Following the Pahalgam massacre, security forces had largely kept terror groups on the defensive, foiling several attempts to carry out fresh attacks.However, the killing of head constable Ashiq Hussain Qureshi in Anantnag has raised fresh concerns over attempts to revive militancy in the Valley. Security and intelligence agencies …
Srinagar, July 24 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday visited the family of Head Constable Ashiq Hussain Qureshi in Lalipora village of Beerwah tehsil of Budgam district, who died in a terrorist attack.Accompanied by DGP Nalin Prabhat and other senior civil and police officers, the Lt. Governor said the nation salutes the martyrdom of Ashiq Hussain Qureshi and his sacrifice will guide in building a prosperous, peaceful and developed Jammu and Kashmir.Manoj Sinha said on X…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The Resistance Front (TRF) appears to be attempting a comeback in Jammu and Kashmir after largely disappearing from the spotlight following the Pahalgam terror attack in April last year.Following the gunning down of a Jammu and Kashmir police head constable in Kashmir’s Anantnag on Wednesday, the TRF, a proxy of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed responsibility for the attack in a post on social media.Intelligence agencies say that while the Anantnag attack is still under inv…
Srinagar, July 23 (IANS) Reacting to the demolition of the houses of two active Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district in the aftermath of the terror attack, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Thursday that in order to improve things, people should be taken along as, according to him, razing houses won’t improve things. Speaking to reporters here, Omar Abdullah reacted to the demolition of the houses of two LeT terrorists in Anantnag, saying that retributive …
Srinagar, July 23 (IANS) Coming down heavily on terror Over Ground Workers (OGWs) across the Valley in the wake of the killing of a local policeman in J&K’s Anantnag district yesterday, police rounded up around 3,500 OGWs during the last 24 hours. Top police officials told IANS that around 3,500 suspected OGWs have been detained across Kashmir in the last 24 hours following the killing of J&K Police head constable Ashiq Hussain Quraishi in the Anantnag terror attack.The large‑scale c…
Srinagar, July 23 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday chaired a high-level security review meeting in the aftermath of the terror attack in Anantnag town, in which one local policeman was killed and also discussed the weather-related issues which have affected the Amarnath Yatra movement.Manoj Sinha said on X, “Chaired a high-level security review meeting today in Srinagar with senior officials from the Army, J&K Police, Civil Administration, CAPFs, and key securi…
Srinagar, July 23 (IANS) In the aftermath of the terrorist attack in Anantnag town in which one policeman was killed, Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha chaired a high-level meeting to review the security situation and ongoing Amarnath Yatra at Lok Bhavan in Srinagar on Thursday.Officials said the meeting started at 11 a.m. and comes a day after a policeman was killed in a terror attack in Anantnag’s Lal Chowk area on Wednesday afternoon.Heads of all intelligence and security agencies …
Srinagar, July 23 (IANS) A day after the terrorists killed a policeman in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, houses of two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists were demolished in Anantnag district on Thursday.Official sources said the action came a day after terrorists killed a head constable in Anantnag town.Sources said that the authorities on Wednesday night demolished the houses of two LsT terrorists, Aadil Hussain Thokar of Guree, Bijbehara and Haroon Ganai of Hassanpora in South Kashmir’s …