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Gulmarg attack: Police say 3-4 militants involved as search op continues

Three to four militants are believed to have carried out the deadly attack on an Army convoy in the Gulmarg sector of Jammu and Kashmir that left four people, including two soldiers, dead, a senior police official said on Saturday. The search operation, which entered the second day, was halted at the last light on Friday and was resumed on Saturday morning, the official said. "According to the evidence we got from there, 3-4 militants were involved in the attack," Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Baramulla, Mohammad Zaid Malik told reporters in the north Kashmir district. The police, Army and paramilitary forces are carrying out the search operation, which has been extended to Baba Reshi and forest areas in Gulmarg as well as the built-up area before it, the SSP said. The SSP said security forces had been carrying out many input-based search operations on the militants in the Pattan-Kreeri area of the Baramulla district in the days ahead of the attack. Two soldiers and two A

Search ops carried out to trace accused in Gulmarg, Gagangir terror attacks

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha directed the police to tighten security measures

J-K LG asks security forces to prepare strategy to eliminate terrorists

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday asked the security grid to prepare a comprehensive strategy to eliminate the terrorists and their logistics network in Jammu and Kashmir to fulfil the government's commitment of ensuring a peaceful atmosphere in the Union territory. Chairing the Unified Headquarters (UHQ) meeting here, Sinha told the top security brass to carry out a security audit of all vital projects in Jammu and Kashmir and plug the loopholes, if any, officials said here after the meeting. The meeting, attended by General officer Commanding-in-Chief of Army's Northern Command Lt General M L Suchindra, Chief secretary Atal Dulloo, DGP Nalin Prabhat and other senior officers, discussed the attacks on non-local labourers including the one at Gagangir tunnel construction site that left seven people dead and five injured. The LG directed the security forces to go for hot pursuit of the terrorists involved in the Gagangir attack so that they can be brought to justice at the

CCTV grab shows terrorist at Gagangir attack site in J-K, probe underway

A CCTV grab of a Pheran-clad terrorist allegedly involved in the Gagangir attack in Jammu and Kashmir has emerged here but investigators said they are yet to ascertain if the AK rifle-wielding assailant carried out the October 20 assault that left seven dead. The ultra could be seen entering a prefabricated hut, believed to be at the Gagangir tunnel construction site -- where seven people including six non-local labourers -- were killed in the terror attack, official sources said. However, security officials are trying to ascertain the authenticity of the image on various counts, the sources said. The screen grab has 'January 27' as the date stamp -- which sources said could be due to a settings or technical issue -- in the top right corner while the rifle carried by the terrorist has a blue marking on the muzzle. The sources said such rifles have been reportedly used by terrorists in attacks on security forces in the Pir Panjal region, which is about 200 km from the site of ...

NIA chargesheets associate of Khalistani terrorists in Punjab terror case

The chargesheet against Gurpreet Singh, also known as Gopi, from Tarn Taran (Punjab), was submitted to the NIA Special Court in Mohali

Counter-Intelligence searches ten locations across Kashmir, 7 detained

The officials said that they were able to dismantle a recruitment module of the newly formed terrorist organisation

Possibly two foreign terrorists involved in Ganderbal attack: J-K LG Sinha

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said two foreign terrorists, who have possibly infiltrated from north Kashmir's Bandipora area, were involved in an attack that left seven people dead in Ganderbal district a day before. A doctor and six labourers were killed when terrorists struck a tunnel-construction site on the Srinagar-Leh national highway in Ganderbal on Sunday, officials said. The unidentified terrorists carried out the attack when the labourers and other staff working on the tunnel project at Ganderbal's Gund had returned to their camp late in the evening, they added. Sinha said police and other security forces have been given instructions and full freedom to track down and eliminate the perpetrators of the heinous act. "According to an initial investigation, two people with masks covering their faces -- both possibly foreign terrorists -- entered the mess of the company constructing the Z-morh tunnel and opened indiscriminate fire. Seven people we

Ganderbal attack: Must work towards improving J-K situation, says deputy CM

Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary on Monday condemned the terror attack in Ganderbal that killed seven persons, and said that similar incidents have been carried out before elections in the past. The deputy chief minister said that the situation needs to improve, and they must work towards that improvement. "What has occurred is extremely wrong, and we are deeply sorry for it." "It will take some time for things to get better. As for this incident, both the lieutenant governor and the chief minister have said that strict action will be taken," he told reporters here. The director general of police is also taking action on the terror attack, Choudhary said. A doctor and six labourers were killed when terrorists attacked a tunnel construction site on the Srinagar-Leh National Highway in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Sunday. The terrorists, who are yet to be identified, launched the attack when the labourers and other staff working on the tu

Heavily armed terrorist killed, war-like stores recovered in Baramulla

A joint team neutralized one heavily armed terrorist and recovered arms and ammunition and other war-like stores from the encounter site in Baramulla district, the army said in a statement on Sunday."The joint team neutralized one heavily armed terrorist and recovered 01xAK Rifle, 02xAK Magazines, 57xAK Rounds, 02xPistols, 03xPistol Magazines and other war-like stores from the site, "said Chinar Corps in a statement.Ahead of this, Indian Army's Chinar Corps said that a joint anti-infiltration operation was launched in the area."Based on intelligence inputs regarding likely infiltration bid, a Joint anti-infiltration Operation was launched by #Indian Army & Jammu Kashmir Police along LOC in general area Uri, Baramulla. Alert troops spotted suspicious activity and challenged, which resulted in terrorists opening indiscriminate fire. Vigilant troops responded with effective fire. Operation is in progress," the Chinar Corps said.Meanwhile, at least two labourers were killed in a ...

PM Modi's vision for 2047 is a terror-free, drug-free India: HM Amit Shah

No one can favour anyone because even if an officer compromises on his duties, due to the scientific evidences, he will not be able to do anything in front of the court. The FSL report will go

Hezbollah terrorists, six senior leaders eliminated in Israeli airstrikes

Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that 36 people have been killed, and 150 others wounded as a result of Israeli attacks on Lebanon

Indian army seizes huge cache of weapons, explosives in J&K's Poonch

Earlier, an area domination patrol by police and army on Ring Road Gharota in Jammu found a suspicious explosive

Security forces conduct search ops in Manipur, seize arms, ammunition

In a significant operation, security forces carried out search operations in the fringe and vulnerable areas

Hezbollah political party, not terrorist group: Iranian envoy Elahi

The remarks by Elahi came on the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a strike carried out by Israel

1 terrorist killed during encounter in J&K, fresh encounter in Rajouri

A terrorist, suspected to be affiliated with the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit, was killed in a remote village of Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, officials said on Sunday. Also, a fresh encounter broke out in the Thanamandi area of Rajouri district on Sunday evening when security forces launched a cordon and search operation after getting information about the presence of two terrorists, the officials said. Based on specific intelligence about the presence of terrorists, a joint search operation was launched by security forces at Manial Gali in Thanamandi. Contact has been established and few rounds have been fired from both sides, a police official said. Earlier in the day, a live hand grenade was found on the banks of a stream in the area and the device was later destroyed by experts in a controlled explosion. In Kathua district, the body of an unidentified terrorist was recovered this afternoon from the scene of the Saturday evening encounter at Kog-Mandli in

Encounter breaks out between security personnel, terrorists in J-K's Kulgam

A firefight broke out between security personnel and terrorists in Adigam Devsar area of Kulgam district, the Kashmir Zone police said on Saturday.Based on the specific intelligence input, the Chinar Corps of Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police has launched a joint operation in the area.In a post on social media platform X, Chinar Corps wrote, "OP ARIGAM, #Kulgam Based on specific intelligence input, a Joint Operation was launched by #IndianArmy & @JmuKmrPolice today at Arigam, #Kulgam. During search terrorists fired indiscriminately and a firefight has ensued. Operation is in progress. #Kashmir @adgpi @NorthernComd_IA."The operation is in progress and further details are awaited as per the development.Earlier, on September 22, an encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in the Chatroo area of Kishtwar district, ahead of the third phase of the legislative assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.Elections are being held in three phases in the territory.The .

Reasi bus terror attack: NIA searches underway in two districts of J-K

National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday launched searches at multiple places in Rajouri and Reasi districts as part of its investigation into the deadly terror attack in June on a bus carrying pilgrims who were returning from Shiv Khori temple, officials said. Nine persons, including seven pilgrims from outside Jammu and Kashmir, were killed and 41 injured when terrorists opened fire at the bus on June 9. The bus, on its way from the Shiv Khori temple to Katra, veered off the road following a barrage of gunfire and fell into a deep gorge near Teryath village of Pouni area in Reasi. On June 17, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) handed over the terror attack case to the NIA. One person, Hakam Khan of Rajouri, who allegedly provided food, shelter and logistics to the terrorists besides helping them recce the area before the attack, has been arrested in connection with the case so far. Officials said multiple NIA teams are carrying out searches in Rajouri and Reasi districts in

How militants used PUBG game features to attack Pakistani police station

A police station in the Swat district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was attacked by militants on August 28, resulting in the death of a policeman and injuries to two others

Encounter underway between security forces, terrorists in J-K's Baramulla

The encounter broke out on the intervening night of 13-14 September in the general area of Chak Tapar Kreeri, Baramulla

Gunmen kill 14 people in Afghanistan's Shiite-majority area; 6 wounded

Gunmen killed 14 people in a Shiite-majority area in central Afghanistan, the Taliban said on Friday, in one of the deadliest attacks in the country this year. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility before the Taliban acknowledged the shootings, which took place Thursday and targeted people as they travelled between the Shiite-majority provinces of Ghor and Daikundi. A machine gun was used in the assault, the IS group said. It gave a higher death toll than the Taliban.