Jammu and Kashmir News
Security forces on Wednesday gunned down three militants in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.
The bus came under terrorists' fire near Khanabal in Anantnag district.
According to Inspector General of Police (Kashmir Range) Muneer Khan, the attack on Amaranth Yatra pilgrims was carried out by Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT).
Seven Amarnath pilgrims -- six women, one man -- were killed and 19 others injured when militants attacked an unescorted bus from Gujarat at Khanabal, Anantnag district last night.
The body of Deputy Superintendent of Police Ayub Pandit was recovered on Friday morning from outside the Jamia Masjid in the Nowhatta area of the old city where he was attacked.
The heavily-armed militants tried to enter the camp of 45 Battalion CRPF at Sumbal in Bandipora at around 4:10 am by opening fire at the sentry post.
Four AK-47 rifles, one UBGL (Underbarrel Grenade Launcher), over a dozen grenades and a huge cache of ammunition have been seized.
The bodies have been handed over to their families.
Lieutenant Umer Fayaz, who hailed from the troubled region of Kulgam district, was posted with 2 Rajputana Rifles and had applied for leave to attend a cousin's wedding.
Umar Fayaz was a resident of Kulgam district and had joined Army six months back.
The overnight anti-militancy operation in south Kashmir's Shopian district was called off on Saturday as the militants managed to escape from the security forces' cordon.
Senior BJP leader and former finance minister Yashwant Sinha said he came to Jammu and Kashmir for humanity.
The 70-room, seven-storey Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Institute (JKEDI) is located at Pampore on the banks of the river Jhelum and 12 km from the Srinagar city centre.
The militants opened fire on an Army camp at Langate in Kupwara district at around 5 am, which was retaliated by the alert jawans.
Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday inaugurated the transit campus of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here and praised Jammu and Kashmir for "keeping pace" with education despite a decades-long turmoil with gross enrolment figures higher than the national average.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had voiced concern over the incidents of violence in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday.
More than 20,000 people on Saturday attended the burial of top Hizbul commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani in south Kashmir`s Tral town.
Arms and ammunition including 2 AK-47 Rifles and 11 hand grenades were recovered from the two killed terrorists.
The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has released results of Higher Secondary Part Two, Annual 2016 (Regular) - Jammu (Summer Zone).
The annual mela was inaugurated by Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Dr Pawan Kotwal.
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