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'He has gone while trying to get a better life for us': Married five months ago, Ludhiana soldier dies in Kashmir Op

August 10, 2025 9:30 am

"His newly-wedded wife is inconsolable. We have seen too much poverty and our father is a daily-wager. He had joined the Army after passing class 12 so that our family's financial condition could improve."

Encounter underway in J-K's Sopore

January 19, 2025 8:25 pm

No casualties have been reported until now.

Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, Kashmir Valley witnesses encounter after months, LeT militant gunned down

April 12, 2024 1:52 am

Police identified the militant as Srinagar resident Danish Sheikh and said “arms, ammunition and incriminating materials were recovered from the site”

Uzair Khan, electrician-turned militant who ranked low on J&K police priority, behind killing of Armymen, DSP

September 20, 2023 8:08 am

In May this year, police were close to killing Uzair when they cordoned him inside a dense forest area of Sagam in Kokernag. However, after a brief gunfight, he managed to escape.

Rashtriya Rifles Commanding Officer, Major, Dy SP killed in Valley gunbattle

Rashtriya Rifles Commanding Officer, Major, Dy SP killed in gunfight with terrorists in south Kashmir

September 17, 2023 11:33 am

This is the second major militant strike in South Kashmir in the past month or so. On August 4, three soldiers were killed when militants targeted a temporary army post in the forests of Kulgam.

LeT commander responsible for killing J&K SPO and his brother shot dead in Baramulla

April 21, 2022 11:58 am

A joint team of J&K Police and the Indian Army cordoned off the Malwah village after receiving inputs about the presence of militants there. Three soldiers were also injured in the pre-dawn encounter.

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'Journalist' among two killed in J&K encounter, IG says 'clear case of misuse of media'

March 31, 2022 1:56 am

IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar said that the militants “were planning to attack soft targets in Srinagar and timely action by Srinagar Police led to their elimination.”

Al Qaeda's offshoot wiped out from Kashmir Valley: J&K Police chief

J-K: Four journalists allegedly roughed up by police while covering encounter in Pulwama

June 14, 2019 8:18 pm

In a statement, Kashmir Press Club (KPC) on Friday condemned the assault and the seizure of cameras of photojournalists. Two militants were also killed in the Awantipora encounter today which was being covered by the scribes, police said.

2 ex-SPOs among 4 JeM men killed in Pulwama encounter

June 08, 2019 3:36 am

Shabir Ahmad Dar and Mohammad Salman Khan, residents of Pulwama and Shopian districts respectively, were killed less than 24 hours after they abandoned their posts. J&K police said after deserting, the SPOs had become the members of JeM and were killed in an encounter.

J-K: Two terrorists killed in Awantipora encounter

J-K: Two militants, over-ground worker killed in Shopian encounter

May 31, 2019 5:25 pm

Shopian encounter: According to a police official, following specific information about the presence of militants in Dragad Sugan area of south Kashmir, the security forces launched a cordon and search operation.