News Topic:Kashmiri Militants

“Do you want BJP to win?” Akbar Lone asks militants

SRINAGAR — National Conference leader Akbar Lone has said that militants should not harass or threaten his party workers unless they want BJP or...

Active since 2014, militant arrested in Bijbehara

SRINAGAR — Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested an active militant from Bijbehara area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.Identifying the arrested militant as...

Militants killed in Shopian identified

SHOPIAN — Three militants killed in Yarwan Keller area of Shopian district have been identified which include two from Pulwama and one from Shopian...

Youth shot dead in Shopian village

SRINAGAR — A man was shot dead by suspected militants at Kachdoora village in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday afternoon.Tanveer Ahmad Dar son...

Thousands show up at slain militants’ funeral in Shopian

SRINAGAR — Thousands of people on Saturday participated in funeral prayers of slain militants who were killed in an encounter at Gadhapora Shopian on Friday.Eyewitness...

Five militants, minor boy killed in three separate gunfights in Kashmir

SRINAGAR — Two non-local militants and a minor boy were killed in Mir Mohalla Hajin on Friday.A police spokesperson said that based on credible...

Third gunfight rages in Sopore’s Hajin

HAJIN — A gunfight erupted between militants and government forces in Mir Mohalla of Hajin in Bandipora district on Thursday afternoon.It is pertinent to...

Gunfight rages in Baramulla as fresh firing resumes

BARAMULLA — Militants on Thursday fired at the forces during a search operation, triggering a fresh encounter while putting speculations to rest that the...

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