Srinagar, July 22 (IANS) A local policeman was killed on Wednesday in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag town.Official sources said the policeman was identified as Constable Ashiq Hussain of IRP 3rd Battalion. He was on patrolling duty in Anantnag town when he was attacked by suspected terrorists.“He was shifted to the hospital in a critical condition, where he succumbed to injuries. The entire area has been cordoned off, and searches are now being conducted by police and the…
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Srinagar, July 8 (IANS) An unidentified body was recovered on Wednesday by the security forces from the encounter site in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, while some arms and ammunition were also spotted near the body.Police said the unidentified body was recovered near the encounter site in the Chanapora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. They said fresh gunshots were heard during the ongoing anti-terror operation, following which security forces launched a search operation of t…
Srinagar, July 6 (IANS) The search operation by the joint forces to trace two local terrorists of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit entered its third day on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district.The operation was started on Saturday after two local LeT terrorists were believed to be hiding in the fruit orchards in Saidpora village of the district.The searches were resumed on Monday with the first light after a nightlong suspension to track down the two terrorists who were spotted by su…
Srinagar, May 14 (IANS) Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) Kulgam district said on Thursday that they have demolished three illegal shops belonging to a drug peddler as part of the administration’s continuing anti-drug campaign.An official statement said that in a major action against narcotics-related activities, authorities on Thursday demolished three illegal shops allegedly belonging to a drug peddler in Chinigam area of Frisal in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, as part of t…
Srinagar, Feb 13 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday attached the property of a notorious drug peddler. The property attached was worth Rs 1.5 crore in Kulgam district, according to an official statement.“In a significant crackdown on the drug menace, Kulgam Police have attached immovable properties comprising 6 shops, 5 godowns, one tin shed, and one plinth located at Village Manigam, belonging to a notorious drug peddler Mohd Ashraf Khanday, son of Gh. Ahmad Khanday, resident of Nipora…