Fayaz Bukhari Srinagar, Apr 14 : Four newly recruited militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) were killed in a gun battle at Badigam village of Zainapora area in South Kashmir’s Shopian district today. Acting on a specific information generated by police regarding presence of militants in village Badigam, a joint cordon and search operation was launched by Police and 44 RR in the area. Click here to watch video “As the search party proceeded towards the suspected spot, hiding militants fired indiscriminately […]
Dr Asif, Gul handlers operating from Saudi, Pak: DIG Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Jan 6: A militant module of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) was busted today by arresting two militants and their equal number of associates. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Central Kashmir, Sujeet Kumar told a press conference here that the module was operated by their handlers Dr Asif and Sajjad Gul, from Saudi Arabia and Pakistan respectively. He said that they were providing these militants and OGWs […]
As the Covid-19 unleashes its carpet-bomb-morbidity in Kashmir, hundreds of individuals and groups have redoubled their efforts to restrict the possibly colossal costs. They are doing anything and everything and supplementing the efforts of the government as well. Right now, Oxygen and food retains the top slots, reports
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Kashmir’s major charity, the Athrout handing over six high-value ventilators to the management of Chest Disease Hospital in Srinagar in April. The hospital was the first designed Covid-19 Hospital. Pic: Special arrangement
As the second wave of Covid-19, now being referred to as Covid19-2.0, rages through Kashmir, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO), frontline workers, and volunteers on the ground are gearing up once again to tackle the visibly disastrous consequences. Driven by community concern and lived experiences of crisis management, a number of these groups are providing people oxygen concentrators, cylinders, personal protection equi