Basit Mukhtar was injured by a tear gas shell in clashes on September 5.
Two paramilitary, Central Reserve Police Force troopers were killed in a militant attack on a road opening party of the CRPF in south Kashmir Pulwama district on Thursday evening.
Two terrorists of the Hizbul Mujaheedin were gunned down by the security forces in south Kashmir's Pulwama district near Srinagar late on Saturday.
Security forces on Tuesday shot dead one of the two militants holed up in a house in Pulwama district of south Kashmir.
The Union minister, however, did not elaborate on his statement that comes amid mounting tension in the India-Pakistan ties.
Three militants of the Hizbul Mujaheedin outfit were killed in a fierce encounter in south Kashmir's Tral area in Pulwama district on Thursday evening.
Facing flak over its alleged link with arrested Lashkar-e-Tayiba (LeT) terrorist Talib Hussain Shah, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday issued a show-cause notice to party's Jammu Minority Morcha president Sheikh Bashir after an order purportedly written by him about the appointment of Shah as official of the unit emerged on social media platforms.
No major clash was reported on Thursday from anywhere in Kashmir.
A commanding officer of the counter insurgency Rashtriya Rifles, a cop and two militants were killed and a soldier was seriously wounded in a fierce encounter in south Kashmir's Tral area on Tuesday afternoon.
The air strike was carried around 3:30 am, the sources said.
'We should give azaadi to Jammu and Ladakh from the domination of Kashmir valley politics,' suggests Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
In a new turn to the infamous Shopian rape-and-murder case, the gynaecologist, who was part of the team that conducted the second autopsy of the two women, has told the Central Bureau of Investigation that she did not collect vaginal swabs from the victims.
"For me, violence is always condemnable. I believe in non-violence throughout. Violence is no solution for anything."
"Today, we stand united in solidarity with our security forces in fighting terrorism and in defending the unity and integrity of India."
The case posed unique challenges, such as a lot of evidence having blown to pieces in the suicide attack and seven accused being subsequently killed in encounters. However, the central agency used forensic tests including DNA profiling of the meagre evidence to breach the dead ends.
Among the keenly watched contests are those involving former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav (Kannauj, UP) and Union ministers Giriraj Singh (Begusarai, Bihar), Nityanand Rai (Ujiarpur, Bihar) and Raosaheb Danve (Jalna, Maharashtra).
Police and security forces have rushed to the spot.
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An official said the slain duo were involved in killing civilians, including a government employee.
Three days before the area goes to polls, suspected militants gunned down three persons including a sarpanch, his son and a village headman in two adjoining villages of south Kashmir Tral in Pulwama district.
Even though the NIA claims that more than 90 per cent of cases charge-sheeted have ended in conviction, the figure is likely misleading. To date, very few cases investigated by the NIA have resulted in a completed trial, points out former CBI joint director Navneet Rajan Wasan.
Had an inquiry been done, the then home minister (Rajnath Singh) would have to resign. Many officers would have been jailed and there would have been a huge controversy, Malik said.
Real Kashmir scored their first victory of the ongoing I League season with a 2-1 defeat of the defending champion Chennai City.
The MP claimed that Siddiqui's radio station was funded by US-based Pakistanis and the Pakistan government.
The security forces have maintained a tight cordon around the terrorists to prevent them from escaping.
The gunfights, which broke out on Saturday night, took place in Pulwama and Budgam districts of the Kashmir valley.
Political parties held protests against the ban on April 7 as well as Wednesday.
After hearing the news of his death, hundreds of Muslims gathered at his residence to perform his last rites.
Kashmir police chief Vijay Kumar has directed personnel to apprehend those responsible for the attack as soon as possible.
Qari Yasir was involved in last year's Pulwama attack in which 40 CRPF personnel died, police and army officers said.
A detailed investigation done by the NIA and other security agencies indicated that over 40 virtual SIM cards were used in the Pulwama attack alone, and there are probably more of them floating in the cyberspace of the valley.
Having spent five days with his family, V V Vasanth Kumarhad just returned to join his new posting in Kashmir when tragedy struck.
Unidentified militants lobbed a grenade on a CRPF patrol at Awantipora chowk, 30 kms from Srinagar, around 1215 IST, they added.
The image showed that the footage was made at 2035 hours on March 4.
ADGP, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said both the terrorists had escaped from from a cordon and search operation last week in nearby Magam area.
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Asserting that hijab is the "identity" of Muslims, senior advocate Dushyant Dave told the Supreme Court on Monday that various acts of omission and commission like Karnataka's headscarf controversy showed a "pattern to marginalise the minority community".
A five-member civil society delegation led by former Union minister Yashwant Sinha on Monday wrapped up its four-day visit to Kashmir asseted an atmosphere of fear was prevailing in the Valley.
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