NEW DELHI: An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Kupwara district on Wednesday. The operation is under way in Kupwara’s Tangdhar area.The exchange of firing began at the Khushal Post in the Tangdhar area, near the Line of Control, security forces told news agency PTI.There are no reports of…
SRINAGAR: BJP has positioned itself to defend the “rights granted to marginalised communities in J&K”, as a joint manifesto by the Congress-National Conference (NC) alliance for the assembly polls promised revisions and rollback of the reservation policy for ST/SC and other backward classes (OBC) instituted after the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday slammed the National Conference (NC) and Congress alliance for the upcoming assembly election in Jammu & Kashmir and demanded that the grand old party to clarify its stance on reservations for Dalits and other backward castes in the state, which its ally partner has vowed to…
SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah announced Thursday that his party and Congress have finalised an alliance for the three-phase J&K assembly elections from September 8 to Oct 1. The decision followed discussions with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Lok Sabha leader of the opposition Rahul Gandhi, who are on a two-day visit to…
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi will start a two-day tour of J&K on Wednesday to take stock of the party’s preparations for the upcoming assembly elections. They will visit Jammu and Srinagar, and hold meetings with party workers and office bearers.The new J&K Congress president, Tariq Hameed Karra, has said that…
NEW DELHI: In a clear sign of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) greater engagement with BJP affairs, its prominent functionary Ram Madhav on Tuesday returned to active politics as the saffron party appointed him poll in-charge for Jammu and Kashmir.Union minister and party’s Telangana president G Kishan Reddy has also been appointed as poll in-charge for…
NEW DELHI: In the run up to assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress on Tuesday said that it was ready to form alliance with anyone who opposed the Bhartiya Janta Party’s policies, accusing the saffron party of destroying the “communal fabric” of the Union territory.“The stand of Congress (on pre-poll alliance) is crystal clear….
NEW DELHI: A moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 4.9 struck Jammu and Kashmir‘s Baramulla district early Tuesday morning, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. There have been no immediate reports of casualties or significant damage. Authorities are monitoring the situation for any further developments.More details awaited Source link
JAMMU: An inspector from CRPF’s 187th battalion was killed in a terrorist attack in a remote forest of Udhampur district Monday, bringing the total number of security force fatalities in J&K to 18 since May, with 14 in Jammu region and an additional four in Kashmir.According to officials, the inspector was fatally shot when terrorists…
NEW DELHI: An exchange of fire took place between terrorists and security forces in Dudu in Udhampur on Monday which claimed the life of a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) inspector, the Jammu and Kashmir police said.Officials said that the CRPF inspector belonged to the 187th battalion and was hit by a bullet during a…
