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…
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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…
Jammu, May 24 (IANS) The anti-terrorist operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district entered its second day on Sunday as heavy security deployment continued to trace the hiding terrorists.An encounter had started on Saturday in the forest area of Ghambir Mughlan when hiding terrorists opened fire at the security forces.The terrorist fire was returned, after which an encounter started there. The security forces, including the Army, J&K Police and the CRPF, jointly started the anti-terr…
Srinagar, Jan 20 (IANS) The minimum temperature dropped to minus 5.5 degrees Celsius on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s ski resort of Gulmarg as the Meteorological (MeT) Department forecast moderate to heavy rain/snow from January 22 evening.Srinagar city had a minimum temperature of minus 3.4 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam minus 4.4 and Gulmarg minus 5.5.Jammu city and Katra town both had 7.4 degrees Celsius, Batote 2.5, Banihal minus 1.6 and Bhaderwah minus 1.2 as the minimum temperature.The MeT D…
Srinagar, Jan 19 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir Meteorological Department on Monday issued a weather advisory indicating that the continuing dry spell is likely to be broken by moderate to heavy snowfall, including in the plains of the Kashmir Valley, from the evening of January 22 to January 28.The advisory said weather conditions are set to change significantly with two Western Disturbances expected to affect J&K in quick succession in the next few days.The first and more intense system is l…