Court orders exhumation: Jammu family didn’t have a say in Valley
The family members of three killed (the fourth was allegedly a militant from Pakistan) contested police claims they were either militants or had militant links.
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J&K: Omar, Mehbooba visit family of slain TV artist, question normalcy claims
The National Conference leader objects to viewing tourism numbers as a measure of normalcy and says fear is so persistent in the Valley that no one knows where the next attack will take place.
4 militants killed in 2 J&K gunfights
Ten militants have been killed in Kashmir in the last three days, of which seven were affiliated to the LeT and three to Jaish-e-Mohammad.
J&K TV artiste’s killers posed as fellow artistes: Father
“Ambreen was sleeping when two people came to our house. Her nephew was standing outside. One of the youth asked him where is aunty (Ambreen). He said she is sleeping inside. They asked him to call her,” said Khazir Mohammad Bhat, Ambreen’s father.
Three Pakistani LeT militants and Army porter killed in Kupwara gunfight: Police
The Army blames the infiltration attempt on the neighbouring country’s ‘nefarious designs to revive the dying agenda and keep the pot boiling in J&K under the garb of ceasefire understanding’.
10 arrested for ‘anti-national sloganeering’, stone pelting outside Yasin Malik’s home
Police book protesters under anti-terror laws, says some will be booked under Public Safety Act.
Baramulla: 3 Pakistan militants killed; cop also dies
The police identified the militants killed in the encounter as Ali Bhai, Hanief Bhai and Shah Wali and said three AK-47 rifles, 15 AK-47 magazines, 344 AK-rounds, five Chinese grenades and three IEDs were recovered.
Militants kill J&K TV artist Amreen Bhat, her 10-yr-old nephew is injured
The attack came a day after suspected militants killed a policeman and injured his minor daughter outside their house in Soura neighbourhood of Srinagar.
Kashmir: J&K High Court grants bail to PDP leader Waheed Para
Para was first arrested under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in November 2020, three days after he filed his nomination for the District Development Council elections in J&K.
Newborn, found alive at graveyard in J&K’s Ramban district, dies
According to the deceased’s father Basharat Sadiq Gujjar, she breathed her last around 6.30 am at G B Pant Hospital in Srinagar.
Life term for Yasin Malik: J&K parties say setback to peace bid; protests in Srinagar
Political leaders in the Union Territory said the life term given to Malik was a setback to peace efforts.
Policeman, three Pakistani militants killed in gunfight in North Kashmir’s Baramulla
A joint team of the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Indian Army encountered a group of militants in the Kreeri village in Baramulla.
Rahul Bhat’s killing: Lt Governor Manoj Sinha visits protesting Kashmiri Pandits in Budgam
Residents of Sheikhpora Colony have not returned to work since May 12 when Rahul Bhat was killed. They have been protesting over safety concerns in colonies where Kashmiri Pandits reside.
Another J&K constable killed, minor daughter injured in attack
Seven J&K Police personnel have been killed in the Valley since the beginning of the year. While 42 security personnel were killed last year, half of them (21) were from the J&K Police.
After Bhat killing, J-K education department starts shifting Kashmiri Pandit employees to safer places
While over 50 teachers have already been shifted, more transfers are on the cards
Kashmir varsity gets first woman V-C in 74 years
On Thursday, Professor Nilofar Khan was appointed the Vice-Chancellor of the university, taking over from Professor Talat Ahmad whose tenure ended on May 19.
Kashmiri Pandits won’t be posted in vulnerable areas: Kashmir DC
Members of the Kashmiri Pandit community have been protesting since the May 12 killing of a government employee, Rahul Bhat, by suspected militants in the tehsil office of Chadoora in Budgam district.
Kashmir: One killed, 3 injured in grenade attack at Baramulla liquor shop
All the four are residents of Jammu. The J&K government recently issued many licences for opening of wine shops in the Valley, despite opposition from religious parties and some locals.
Srinagar: PAGD seeks safe working environment for Pandits
On Sunday morning, PAGD leaders led by its president Farooq Abdullah called on Lt Governor Sinha at Raj Bhawan in Srinagar.
Use of force against Kashmiri Pandit protesters to be probed: Lt Governor Sinha
The Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor also says that the Union Territory administration will transfer Kashmiri Pandit employees to safer places in a week’s time, in the wake of the militant attacks on them in Kashmir.
Shopian: Civilian killed in crossfire, probe ordered
Shoib Ahmad Ganie (22), a resident of Turkwangam village, Shopian, was killed in crossfire during the “chance encounter”, police said.
Kashmir varsity students protest, want dismissed professor back
This is the first time the termination of a government employee allegedly for being a “threat to the security of the state” has met with protests.
In Valley, Kashmiri Pandits protest killing, teargassed by police
In Jammu, where Bhat’s body was taken for cremation, angry mourners confronted BJP leaders and accused them of making Kashmiri Pandits “sacrificial goats’’ by sending them to Kashmir in the name of the PM’s employment package.
Constable shot dead in Pulwama
This is the second killing in the Valley in the last 24 hours. A Kashmiri Pandit employee at the Tehsil office at Chadoora, Budgam was killed within his office premises on Thursday evening.
J&K: 3 govt employees dismissed, order calls prof ‘threat to state’
Lt Governor Manoj Sinha ordered Dr Pandit’s dismissal “with immediate effect” on Friday, declaring him a “threat to the security of the state”.
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