The Jammu & Kashmir Police on Tuesday announced a reward of ₹10 lakh on an unidentified militant, operating under the alias Abu Hamza, for his suspected involvement in the killing of the brother of a soldier with the Territorial Army in Rajouri on April 22. The police said the terrorist “was involved in militancy activities … Read more
National Investigation Agency (NIA). | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA The National Investigation Agency on February 26 filed a charge sheet against five Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives, including three Pakistan-based handlers of the banned outfit, in connection with an attack on civilians in Rajouri district last year. The final report against a juvenile who was also apprehended … Read more
Village defence guards on Sunday opened fire, observing suspicious movement in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said. No one was injured in the firing that took place around 4 a.m. in upper Dhangri, a village where terrorists killed seven persons in an attack early this year, officials said. The VDGs fired … Read more
An exchange of fire began in Rajouri’s Kalakote between hiding militants and security forces. File representative image | Photo Credit: PTI An exchange of fire started on Monday night in Rajouri’s Kalakote between hiding militants and security forces, led by the Army who launched a major anti-militancy operation in the area during the day. Officials … Read more
Arms, ammunition and grenade recovered after an encounter between terrorists and security forces, in Rajouri district on Sunday, August 6, 2023. An unidentified terrorist was killed on Saturday in the initial exchange of fire with the security forces during a cordon-and-search operation. | Photo Credit: PTI One infiltrator was killed by the security forces close … Read more
Representational image only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu A large cache of drugs, including two kilograms of heroin, worth crores of rupees were seized in two separate operations in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Rajouri districts, police said on June 13. “Three suspected drug peddlers were also arrested in these operations,” they said. Senior Superintendent … Read more
Representational file image of security personnel taking position in a forest area in Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo Credit: PTI A fresh firefight between the security forces and hiding militants took place in the Kandi Forest area in Jammu division’s Rajouri on May 6. The Army said the security forces engaged the hiding militants in … Read more
A member of Village Defence Committee (VDC) allegedly shot himself dead with his rifle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, police said on Tuesday,. April 11, 2023. The VDC member was identified as Suresh Kumar Sharma, resident of Bai Nambal village, they said. Sharma died by suicide on Monday night using the weapon issued to … Read more
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Terrorism has no place in a civilised society, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said on January 3 while expressing his anguish at the two back-to-back terror attacks in Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir in which six people were killed. Among the six killed in the attacks … Read more
Army bomb disposal team arrived after an explosion, in Dangri village in Rajouri district, on January 2, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Locals had reported militant sightings in Rajouri and the intelligence agencies had also raised an alarm about a likely ‘fidayeen’ attack days ahead of the Dangri attack, which left six civilians dead in … Read more