JAMMU: Security forces are scouring the rugged terrain and forest of Keshwan and adjoining areas in J&K’s Kishtwar district with the assistance of helicopters, drones and military dogs in a seek-and-kill operation against three to four Pakistani terrorists responsible for killing a junior commissioned officer (JCO) Sunday and two village defence guards four days ago.On…
Relatives and locals during the funeral of Village Defence Guard (VDG) Nazir Ahmed, who was killed by terrorists, in Kishtwar district (Pic credit: PTI) JAMMU: Residents of Ohli village in Kishtwar district of Jammu region gathered Saturday to bid a tearful farewell to two local village defence guards (VDGs) and friends whose bodies were discovered…
SRINAGAR: An offshoot of the Jaish-e-Mohammad terror outfit, called the “Kashmir Tigers,” killed two Village Defence Guard (VDG) members, Nazir Ahmed and Kuldeep Kumar, both residents of Ohli Kuntwara in Kishtwar, on Thursday morning. An encounter also erupted in Sopore, in the Baramulla district of north Kashmir, following a search operation by security forces in…
Sunil Sharma. (Photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday announced Sunil Sharma, a former minister, to lead the Jammu and Kashmir BJP legislature party. Sunil Sharma is the MLA from Padder Nagseni constituency in Kishtwar district and will serve as the leader of opposition in the J&K state legislative assembly. “Sunil Sharma has…
**EDS: SCREENSHOT VIA PTI VIDEOS** Kishtwar: Shagun Parihar, BJP candidate from Kishtwar for J&K Assembly elections, speaks to the media. (PTI Photo)( JAMMU: At just 29 years old, Shagun Parihar made history as the youngest winner of the 2024 J&K assembly elections. But her victory in Kishtwar, a district often marred by militancy, is more…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Shagun Parihar registered a win in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Kishtwar seat. According to the Election Commission, Parihar won by 521 seats by defeating National Conference‘s Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo. BJP‘s decision to nominate Shagun Parihar as their candidate was a strategic move to garner support from the district’s diverse religious…
Security forces in Kishtwar (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Security forces engaged in a short gunfight with terrorists in the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday.The incident occurred during a joint search operation in Chatroo, which was initiated based on intelligence about the presence of terrorists in the area. “Contact was established (with terrorists)…
IANS photo for representation. JAMMU: A gunfight broke out between security forces and terrorists near Danna Dhar forest of Chatroo in the upper reaches of Kishtwar district in Jammu division of J&K Sunday evening, following a brief exchange of fire that took place in the same area about 23 hours earlier.A police spokesman said firing…
JAMMU/SRINAGAR: Attempts are being made to revive the tumult of the 90s in J&K, but the Narendra Modi government will bury terrorism so deep that it never rears its head again, home minister Amit Shah said Monday at a campaign rally in Kishtwar district of Jammu division.He urged voters to hand the National Conference-Congress combine…
JAMMU: A joint team of security forces intensified search operations across Jammu region Monday, especially in Kathua’s Bani and Poonch’s Pathanateer areas, to track down terrorists a day after back-to-back shootouts in J&K, less than a week before the first phase of polling for assembly elections on Sept 18. No fresh contact, however, was established,…
