News Topic:Awantipora

COVID-19: One more person tests positive in Awantipora

One more person from Jawbara Awantipora was today tested positive of COVID-19, taking the total number of positive cases to 10 in the district.

Amid restrictions, mobile services remain shut in Kashmir

Authorities on Friday tightened restrictions across Kashmir even as mobile telephone and Internet services continued to remain shut in the Valley on the third day following the killing of Hizbul-Mujahideen commander Riyaz Naikoo along with his associate in a gunfight on May 06.

Riyaz Naikoo among four militants killed in south Kashmir

Operational Chief Commander of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Riyaz Naikoo among four militants were killed in two seperate gunfights with joint teams of police, Army and CRPF at Beighpora and Khrew area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

Over two dozen protesters injured in Pulwama

At least 25 people were injured, four of them due to “bullets” as government forces resorted to firing live ammunition and pellets in order to disperse large number of protesters near Beighpora area of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday.

Hizb’s Riyaz Naikoo, aide killed in Beighpora Awantipora

Operational Chief Commander of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Riyaz Naikoo and his associate were killed in a gunfight with a joint team of police, Army and CRPF at Beighpora area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said on Wednesday.

Two militants killed in Khrew area in south Kashmir

Two militants have been killed in an encounter between government forces and militants in Shaar Shali village of Khrew area in south Kashmir's Pulwama district.

Unidentified militant killed in Beighpora Awantipora

An unidentified militant has been killed in an ongoing encounter at Beighpora, Awantipora in south Kashmir's Pulwama district while as operation is going on, police said.

Toll two in Khrew as another militant killed

Two militants have been killed in an ongoing encounter between government forces and militants in Shaar Shali village of Khrew area in south Kashmir's Pulwama district.

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