Two BSF men wounded in Pakistan firing, Rangers deny role (Third Lead)JAMMU - Two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were seriously injured in firing from Pakistan Thursday and Friday, leading to Indian protests. But the Pakistan Rangers denied they were involved. Two BSF men seriously injured in firing from Pakistan (Second Lead)JAMMU - Two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were in hospital here Friday with serious injuries after unidentified men in Pakistan fired at their border post, triggering retaliatory firing by Indian security forces. Two troopers injured, firing continues at India-Pakistan borderJAMMU - There was firing again Friday morning at the Border Security Force (BSF) post on the India-Pakistan border near Jammu where two BSF troopers had been injured Thursday evening. Two BSF troopers injured in Pakistani firingJAMMU - Two Border Security Force (BSF) men were injured in firing by Pakistani troops that continued Friday, military sources said. Two BSF troopers injured in Pakistan firing near JammuJAMMU - Two Border Security Force (BSF) troopers were injured in firing from the Pakistan side on a border post on International Border (IB) in Pargwal sector near Jammu Thursday evening, officials said. Omar Abdullah fears incursions from China might hamper bilateral relationsJAMMU - Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has expressed concern on the reports of incursions by Chinese troops in Ladakh region of the state. Jammu region may be declared hit by droughtJAMMU - Authorities here are considering declaring the Jammu region drought-hit as it has received 40 percent less rainfall this monsoon. Army deserter-turned-thief arrested in JammuJAMMU - The Jammu and Kashmir police Tuesday arrested an Indian Army deserter, who had turned to stealing building material from construction sites in the state and in Punjab to sell off cheaply in the market, from the outskirts of Jammu city. Border incursions are nothing to worry about, says LadakhisJAMMU - Residents of Ladakh are not particularly worried by media reports of recent Chinese incursions in the mountainous region of the upper Himalayas. They see these intrusions as “routine” along a disputed border that is yet to be demaracted. Former militant’s father killed in KashmirJAMMU - A 50-year-old man, the father of a former militant, was shot dead in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district by terrorists, police said Sunday. PDP chief Mehbooba suffers minor injuries in road accidentJAMMU - Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti was injured when her car overturned on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway Thursday evening, police here said. Army officer given hero’s farewell in JammuJAMMU - Major Akash Singh Samyal, who was killed while fighting infiltrators in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district Tuesday night, was given a hero’s farewell by the people of Jammu. Family grieves death of soldier in an encounter in PoonchPOONCH - A pall of gloom enveloped the household of the Army major who was killed in an encounter with the militants in Mendhar sub-sector of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. Army major, two militants killed in PoonchJAMMU - At least two militants and an army major were killed in an encounter on Wednesday when security personnel foiled an infiltration bid in Jammu and Kashmir’s in Poonch district. Army major killed in Jammu and Kashmir
25 killed in Kashmir road accident (Second Lead)JAMMU - At least 25 people were killed and over 20 others injured when a bus in which they were travelling skidded off the road and fell into the Chenab river in the mountainous Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir Monday, police said. 20 killed in Kashmir road accidentJAMMU - At least 20 people were killed and 26 others injured when a bus in which they were travelling skidded off the road and fell into river Chenab in the mountainous Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir Monday, police said. 18 dead as bus falls into 350 ft gorge near JammuJAMMU - At least 18 passengers died and 23 seriously injured, as the bus they were travelling by fell down into a 350-feet deep gorge on Doda-Jammu Highway in Jammu and Kashmir’ Doda District on Monday morning. 15 killed, many injured in Kashmir road accidentJAMMU - At least 15 people were killed and many others were missing when a bus in which they were travelling skidded off the road and fell into river Chenab in the mountainous Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir Monday afternoon, officials said. 15 top militants killed recently in Kashmir, says police chiefJAMMU - Security forces have eliminated 15 top militant commanders of various outfits in recent months, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Kuldeep Khoda said here Sunday. Jammu police release picture of slain terroristJAMMU - The Jammu and Kashmir police Saturday released a photograph of Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant Abu Jindal, who was killed in a gun battle with the security forces Friday, after speculation that he had taught Hindi to the 26/11 Mumbai attackers. HuJI ‘recruit’ nabbed in KashmirJAMMU - The security forces Friday apprehended an 18-year-old youth who they claimed was a “fresh recruit” of the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district. Kashmir cell service providers overlook security for salesJAMMU - The startling discovery of guerrillas getting mobile phone SIM cards on fake documents has set off alarm bells for security and intelligence agencies in Jammu and Kashmir who say that private telecom service providers are “overlooking security parameters to push their sales”. Suspected Lashkar commander Abu Jindal killed in Jammu encounterJAMMU - A suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba commander, Abu Jindal, was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu’s Reasi District early on Friday morning. BSF officer shoots himself in Jammu and KashmirJAMMU - A Border Security Force (BSF) officer shot himself dead at a forward post on the India-Pakistan Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district Thursday, police said. Begging vocation thrives in JammuJAMMU - Begging seems to have become a thriving profession in Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu is famous for several beautiful and famous temples. It is also the gateway to Vaishno Devi, a pilgrim centre visited by thousands of devout Hindus every day. Five insurgents killed in encounter in GurezJAMMU - Five suspected insurgents were killed in an encounter with security and paramilitary forces in the Gurez sector on Wednesday. Indian Army soldier killed in cross LoC firingJAMMU - An Indian Army soldier was killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district Tuesday when Pakistani troops fired from across the Line of Control (LoC), army officials here said. Lashkar militant killed in Jammu and KashmirJAMMU - Security forces killed a top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district Friday morning, army officials said. Journey of Kashmir’s nomads coming to end?JAMMU - From time immemorial the Gujjar tribe has travelled hundreds of kilometres in summer to the upper regions of the Himalayas in Jammu and Kashmir with its livestock. But 20 years of militancy, government restrictions and loss of lives seem to be bringing the journey of these nomads to an end. |