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According to officials, the assailants fired upon Javaid Ahmad Dar near his residence in the Brazloo Jageer area of the south Kashmir district on Tuesday. (Photo: Twitter/@BJP4JnK)

Jammu and Kashmir: BJP says had approached police for slain party worker Dar’s security

August 18, 2021 14:56 IST

BJP's Kulgam president claimed that he had met the Kulgam Deputy Commissioner on August 10 and made a "proper representation" on the BJP letterhead about the need for providing security to 30 party workers in the district.

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CRPF jawan, two civilians injured in encounter between security forces, militants in J&K’s Kulgam

August 12, 2021 23:05 IST

A police spokesperson said there were no injuries in the initial attack but the assailants were trapped as a cordon was laid around the area.

Visuals from the spot where the BJP sarpanch and his wife were shot dead. (ANI)

BJP sarpanch, wife killed by militants in J&KSubscriber Only

August 10, 2021 02:15 IST

Police identified the victims as Ghulam Rasool Dar, a sarpanch who hails from Redwani in the neighbouring district of Kulgam, and his wife Jawahira Begum, who is a panch or ward member.

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ED summons PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti’s mother in money laundering case

August 6, 2021 18:03 IST

The central probe agency had asked Gulshan Nazir, in her late seventies, to appear before it on earlier occasions also.

Mehbooba Mufti and her PDP have been very vocal in their opposition to the Centre's move two years ago. (File)

Snoop list: Hurriyat leaders, Mufti kin, late DU lecturerSubscriber Only

July 24, 2021 08:31 IST

The news website reported that top separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Hurriyat Conference executive member Bilal Lone, family members of separatist patriarch Syed Ali Geelani were among more than 25 people from the Valley selected as potential targets.

Meanwhile, security forces and police have seized arms, ammunition and wireless sets from different places in Samba and Poonch districts. (Representational Image)

2 militants killed in encounter with security forces in J&K’s Baramulla

July 23, 2021 10:20 IST

The security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Warpora area of Sopore on Thursday, following information about the presence of ultras there, a police official said.

A police official said the search operation turned into an encounter after militants fired at security forces. Express Photo: Shuaib Masoodi

Gunbattle underway between militants and security forces in J-K’s KulgamSubscriber Only

July 9, 2021 11:57 IST

This is the second gunfight in Kulgam district and the third in south Kashmir in the last two days.

Week after Jammu attack, Srinagar administration bans dronesSubscriber Only

July 5, 2021 05:29 IST

The Srinagar administration warned that the sale, possession, storage, use and transport of drones would invite action.

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Covid: J-K hamlet first village in India to achieve 100% vaccination of its adult population

June 8, 2021 12:16 IST

The vaccination in the village was covered under 'J&K model', which is a 10-point strategy to vaccinate entire eligible population at accelerated pace.

Jammu and Kashmir journalist booked for post on 2006 tragedySubscriber Only

June 6, 2021 08:18 IST

“FIR No 84/2021 lodged in police station Bandipora against one person namely Sajid Raina for his WhatsApp status on 30-05-2021 which attracts investigation into the contents and intention behind it,” Bandipora police tweeted on Friday.

He ended the one-and-a-half-minute video by urging his family to “keep patience”.

His father, many J&K teachers not paid for over 2 yrs, 25-yr-old kills self ‘so that their problems solved’Subscriber Only

May 31, 2021 07:33 IST

In his video message on Wednesday, Shoaib Bashir Mir, 25, who was pursuing a Master's degree, then announced that he was committing suicide.

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In ‘interest of security of the State’: Suspended DSP, 2 teachers sacked from serviceSubscriber Only

May 21, 2021 04:56 IST

Services of two government school teachers, both from frontier district Kupwara, were also terminated.

The two militants were identified as Mudassir Khanday and Waseem Bashir Pandit.

2 militants killed in Jammu and Kashmir

May 18, 2021 06:01 IST

The operation began in the early hours on Monday and concluded by 11 am.

The brothers had been booked along with several others people for raising slogans at their father’s funeral.

Separatist leader Sehrai’s two sons arrested for raising slogans at his funeralSubscriber Only

May 17, 2021 03:49 IST

Sehrai, the chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, which he had co-founded with Syed Ali Shah Geelani, died at Udhampur jail on May 5. He had been in custody since July 2020.

Mehbooba Mufti questions arrest of people for holding anti-Israel protest

May 16, 2021 19:02 IST

On Saturday, police arrested 21 persons from Srinagar and Shopian districts for holding pro-Palestine protests during a curfew imposed in the UT due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Free J&K political prisoners in view of Covid situation, Mehbooba writes to PMSubscriber Only

May 8, 2021 03:11 IST

She wrote reports about jail inmates dying due to Covid-19, and lack of medical attention being given to them, are coming in.

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J&K HC scraps plea to vaccinate prisoners, says approach DGSubscriber Only

May 2, 2021 04:21 IST

"A demand to the proper authority is a sine qua non for issuance of writ in the nature of mandamus." a bench of Justice Rajnesh Oswal and Justice Pankaj Mithal said in the judgment.

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Over a week after J&K set up force to act against govt staff for ‘activities against state security’, teacher sackedSubscriber Only

May 2, 2021 03:49 IST

On Friday night, the General Administration Department (GAD) issued an order to dismiss school teacher Idrees Jan, a resident of Kupwara district, from government service.

A deserted view of Asia's largest tulip garden after it was closed due to COVID-19 cases, in Srinagar, Monday, April 26, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Covid curfew in 11 J&K districtsSubscriber Only

April 29, 2021 01:17 IST

The number of cases being reported across the UT have doubled in the last ten days—from approximately 1,500 on April 18 to just over 3,000 on Wednesday.