Terror incidents in the hinterland have reduced by 70 per cent and in Jammu and Kashmir by 86 per cent in the last decade as compared to previous decade, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said on Tuesday. Reddy also said the number of terrorist incidents has substantially reduced between April 1, … Read more
With eradication of terrorism from Jammu and Kashmir being the focus of new Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the centre has issued a list of 10 most wanted terrorists operating in the state who need to be eliminated. The list includes wanted terrorists of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Hizbul Mujahideen and Al Badr based on … Read more
In the aftermath of the Pulwama attack on February 14, here are the things you shoudl know: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on February 17 issued orders to withdraw security of five separatist leaders, including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, officials said. Besides Mirwaiz, the security cover for Abdul Gani Bhat, Bilal Lone, Hashim Qureshi and Shabir … Read more
In the deadliest ever attack in Kashmir, 44 paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were martyred and around two dozen injured in a car bombing at Lethpora area on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway (NH-44) in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The Pulwama terror attack is the biggest in recent years but govt data show there has … Read more
Two days after Imtiyaz Ahmad Mir, a sub-inspector with the Jammu and Kashmir Police, was martyred following a terrorist encounter, his family members wrote an open letter on social networking platform, addressing it to the terrorists who killed him. The title of the letter reads: “A open letter to the murderers of Sub Inspector Mir Imtiaz” Here … Read more
The only Hindu (Rajput) family living in Batagund village of Shopian for the last several decades had remained untouched by violence till Friday. On Thursday, when Special Police Officer (SPO) Kulwant Singh, 35, returned home from work at Batagund village of Shopian, his mother could sense his anxiety. But he did not talk about it … Read more
Security forces engaged in counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir since 1989 have done well during all these years of secessionist violence and terrorism. They have prevented a large number of terror attacks and also exposed series of major terror plots leading to timely detection and recovery of over 13,000 kilograms of RDX explosive material. … Read more
The assassination of the editor-in-chief of Rising Kashmir Shujaat Bukhari once again brings under the spotlight how unsafe the state of Jammu and Kashmir (especially kaashmir) is for journalists. Over the decades, scores of mediapersons have been abducted, beaten and tortured for simply doing their job. But Bukhari was just one of the many journalists who were … Read more
Pakistan-sponsored terrorism has claimed the lives of about 14,000 civilians and 5,123 personnel of security forces in the state since 1990. The scourge of terrorism has also extensively drained the coffers of the Central government, which has paid a whopping over Rs 7,500 crore to the state government under the security related expenditure (SRE) to … Read more
A young terrorist, Eisa Fazili, of Soura, Srinagar, was killed today by security forces in an encounter in Anantnag. He had taken up a new name Eisa Ruhollah Khatab Al-Kashmiri. Eisa was a 7th semester engineering student of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University when he quit studies and went missing from his hostel room on … Read more
On February 10, a group of heavily armed Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists entered the Sunjuwan army camp after hurling grenades and using automatic gunfire. While Pakistan has denied the involvement of terrorists based on its soil, JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar has not shied away from claiming credit for his role. In an audio clip, Azhar brags about carrying out the attack at Jammu army … Read more
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today disclosed that in all, 363 militants, including 246 foreigners, and 71 civilians were killed during the last two years in the state. In all, 176 militants and suspects were also arrested in the state during the same period. The civilians were either killed by ultras or they lost their lives … Read more
Pakistan’s foreign minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has openly accepted that terrorist outfits like Jaish e Mohammed and Lashkar e Toiba are based in Pakistan. Pakistan has admitted the truth only after the bashing that BRICS nations put Pakistan to. Here are a few other facts that we hope Pakistan admits soon: Dawood is in Pakistan: … Read more
Security forces on Tuesday gunned down Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Abu Dujana in an encounter in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, according to media reports. Dujana, an LeT divisional commander, hadgiven security forces the slip five times. Dujana hailed from Gilgit Baltistan, which is a part of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK). Dujana joined LeT when he was 17. Dujana’s routine of … Read more
Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Sajid Ahmad Gilkar, who played a key role in instigating the mob to lynch DSP Ayub Pandith, was killed by security forces in Budgam district on July 12, the Jammu and Kashmir Police confirmed on Monday. Addressing a press conference, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Muneer Khan confirmed that 20 persons have … Read more
Terrorist Sajad Ahmad Gilkar, a terrorist and the leader of the mob, who brutally lynched Dy SP Ayub Pandith was gunned down a few days back. Read also: Why glowing tributes to people killed on 13th July 1931? His funeral made news as he became the first terrorist, in 28 years of militancy in the state, … Read more
Security forces and Jammu and Kashmir Police have killed 102 terrorists till now this year, making it the highest number of killings in the January-July period in seven years, a police official said today. The security forces also have prepared a hit-list of several other terrorists belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad and Hizbul Mujahideen. The … Read more