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Srinagar, July 20 : Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested four drug peddlers and recovered contraband substances from them in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.

Srinagar, May 11 : A militant who is believed to have infiltrated recently from Pakistan has been killed in an ongoing gunfight in Kashmir's Bandipora district, police said on Wednesday. The gun battle erupted between militants and security forces during a cordon and search operation in the Salinder forest area. “As the search party proceeded towards the suspected spot, the hidden terrorists fired indiscriminately. This was retaliated effectively leading to an encounter," a police officer said. Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar said the slain was part of a newly infiltrated group. An AK rifle and three magazines were recovered. Almost at the same time, another encounter broke out at Marhama Bijbehara in Anantnag district, also during a cordon and search operation. This is the third gunfight in Kashmir in last 24 hours. Two local militants of the Lashkar-e-Toiba were killed in Anantnag district on Tuesday

Srinagar, May 6 : Militants shot and critically wounded a policeman here on Saturday morning, Police said. The shooting took place near...

Srinagar, April 28 : This year 62 militants have been killed in various gunfights in Kashmir and 15 out of them were foreigners, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Vijay Kumar said on Thursday. Majority among the killed were affiliated with Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Toiba. The senior Police officer said 39 militants of Lashker, 15 from Jaish-e-Mohammad , six from Hizb-ul-Mujahideen and two from Al-Badr were killed during gunfights. “Among the total 62 killed terrorists, 47 were local terrorists & 15 #foreign terrorists,” a tweet quoting IGP said.

Srinagar, April 21 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi conferred the Prime Minister's Awards for Excellence in Public Administration to Piyush Singla, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Anantnag for 2021, on the occasion of 15th Civil Services Day at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on Thursday. Singla has been awarded for implementing Digital payments and Good Governance in the PM-SVANidhi Scheme, which provides capital loans up to Rs 20,000 to the Street vendors to run their business with dignity. This award recognises extraordinary and innovative work done, which results in effective implementation of identified priority programmes and innovations facilitating public good.

Srinagar, Oct 12 : Security forces on Tuesday brought down five terrorists in Shopian alone as they gunned down two more unidentified militants in South Kashmir hours after the gunfight broke out leaving three militants dead.

Srinagar, Sep 3 : Reviewing security scenario, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh on Friday said Pakistan and their agents are propagating their malicious designs on social media to disrupt prevailing peace in the Kashmir valley.

Srinagar, Jun 14 : A labourer was killed and two others were injured when a trench collapsed in south Kashmir district of Anantnag on Monday.

Anantnag, Jun 8 : Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday made a fresh appeal to people to cooperate with field staff deployed to implement corona restrictions to contain further surge in the COVID-19 positive cases in this south Kashmir district.

Anantnag, May 27 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday recovered huge consignment of narcotic drugs in this south Kashmir district, a police spokesman said. He said a tip-off was received about the narcotic drugs dumped in village Krandigam Bijbehara in Anantnag by police. A police party headed by Station House Officer (SHO) Bijbehara alongwith Executive Magistrate raided the area and recovered huge narcotic drugs.