A migrant labourer was shot dead and another seriously wounded by suspected militants in Kulgam on Friday, marking the second targeted attack in the region in less than two weeks and raising fresh concerns over security despite a broader decline in insurgency-related violence. The attack took place at a brick kiln in the Kellam area of Kulgam district in south Kashmir, where two non-local labourers came under fire from unidentified gunmen on Friday evening. Reports said one of the workers, identified as Deepak, a resident of Chhattisgarh, died of his injuries before he could be shifted for advanced medical treatment.…
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One migrant labourer was killed and another sustained serious injuries after suspected terrorists opened fire on them at a brick kiln in the Kellam area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Friday evening. Officials said that the terrorists targeted two non-local labourers working at the brick kiln in Kelam late in the evening. Authorities immediately shifted both victims for treatment. Deepak, a resident of Chhattisgarh, was brought dead to the hospital after succumbing to his injuries before he could be transported for advanced medical care. The other injured labourer, Bhopinder, sustained serious injuries and was referred to Government Medical College…
The Anti-Corruption Bureau, J&K, has directed candidates selected in the Fire & Emergency Services Department vide Order No. 823 of 2020 dated 04.10.2020 to report for a height measurement test on August 3. According to a letter issued by the Senior Superintendent of Police, Police Station ACB Central, J&K, Sidhra, Jammu, a copy which lies with GNS states that No. ACB/P.S.(C)/2026/2994-96 dated 30.07.2026, the exercise is being conducted in connection with the investigation of FIR No. 01/2025 registered at P/S ACB Central, J&K, Jammu. The Director General, Fire & Emergency Services, J&K, has been asked to inform and direct the…
The Supreme Court concluded the divorce proceedings of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday, following a mutual agreement reached between him and his estranged wife, Payal Abdullah. A bench comprising Justices P.S. Narasimha and Alok Aradhe formally recorded the settlement after Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, representing Omar Abdullah, informed the court that both parties had mutually decided to part ways. Sibal stated that all related disputes would be withdrawn, and the bench accepted the terms, bringing the lengthy legal battle to an end. The case, which had been pending for close to ten years, originated in 2016…
Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the sole all-weather thoroughfare connecting the Kashmir Valley to the rest of India, has been shut down for all vehicular traffic, officials confirmed on Friday The suspension was enacted to allow for carriageway-widening operations and the removal of precarious, loose overhanging rock debris at high-risk zones along the Udhampur-Banihal stretch. This decision followed the early-morning passage of a convoy of roughly 1,600 pilgrims, who departed from the Jammu base camp for the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir at approximately 2:42 am. A traffic police advisory specified that due to the halt in traffic on this route,…
The U.S. military launched a heavy wave of strikes against Iran early Thursday in retaliation for what the Pentagon described as an attempted Iranian missile attack on American forces in the Middle East, marking the first direct U.S. strikes on Iran in several days. Explosions were reported in several locations across southern Iran, including Bandar Abbas, Kish Island and Qeshm Island, according to Iranian state media. Multiple explosions were also reported in Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran, near the Iraqi border. The renewed strikes came after President Donald Trump vowed retaliation for Iran’s attempted attack Tuesday, which the U.S. military…
A harsh government crackdown in Pakistan-administered Kashmir has reportedly left at least 30 civilians dead over the past 48 hours, according to activist groups, as weeks of turmoil continue to roil the disputed territory. The Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), a local civil society organization, alleges that security personnel opened fire on large crowds of nonviolent demonstrators, killing 25 people on Monday and an additional five on Tuesday. The unrest, which first erupted in June, has prompted Islamabad to impose a stringent communications lockdown across the region, including a total internet blackout severing it from the rest of Pakistan, alongside…
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s remarks allegedly defending the use of pellet-firing shotguns in Kashmir under certain circumstances have reignited a long-running debate over one of the most contentious crowd-control measures employed in the region over the past 15 years. Mufti, president of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), came under criticism after saying during a protest at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar that pellet guns had no place against protesters in the national capital but were understandable in Kashmir because security forces there faced militancy. The comments drew sharp reactions from the ruling National Conference (NC), which demanded…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday passed a resolution on its 27th Foundation Day, reaffirming its commitment to the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s constitutional status and announcing peaceful protests across the Union Territory on August 5. The resolution, adopted on the occasion of the party’s foundation day, reiterated the PDP’s commitment to the vision of its founder, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, and his principles of “Peace with Dignity,” dialogue, reconciliation and inclusive governance. The party resolved to continue its constitutional and democratic struggle for the restoration of Article 370, Article 35A and the constitutional guarantees that safeguarded Jammu and…
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah om Sunday escalated his attack on PDP president Mehbooba Mufti regarding her contentious “Kashmir ka toh banta hai” comment made at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, asserting that she must issue an apology for remarks that seemed to legitimize the alleged overreach of power and mass detentions in the region. Abdullah stated that Mufti’s statement carried a hazardous implication, as it suggested that extreme measures against residents were permissible simply due to the presence of militancy. He challenged the reasoning behind her defense, questioning whether militancy nullifies the application of the law, denies justice to…