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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
TopicHizbul Mujahideen

Topic: Hizbul Mujahideen

In J&K, the police are the ‘intimate enemy’ battling guilt of working against their own & fear of death

Lines are often blurry as retired IPS officer says police & militancy exist within same classroom, family, sometimes within same person. 'It is not easy being police here,' he adds.

MK Raina visited his mother in a Srinagar hospital. It was treating militants in the night

In his book, 'Before I Forget: A Memoir', MK Raina narrates his visit to his mother, who was admitted to a hospital in Srinagar.

‘Most wanted’ Hizbul terrorist behind grenade attacks in J&K arrested from Delhi after 13-year chase

Special CP (Special Cell) Dhaliwal says Matoo, who was heading ‘seven-member’ Hizbul module, was arrested from DND while travelling in a stolen car.

Mystery killings in Pakistan in past year — India-designated terrorists, IS, Jaish & LeT operatives

Killings have similar modus operandi, with targets being gunned down usually by motorcycle-borne assailants. A suspected ISI agent was also killed in a similar manner in Nepal.

Seasoned Hizbul militant, tasked with reviving terror in Rajouri & Poonch, killed at LoC

Army sources said Muneer Hussain had crossed over to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in 1993, returned in 1996 only to go back two years later.

Arrest of Mirwaiz Mohammad Farooq’s killers can uncover the lies behind Kashmiri jihadism

Few leaders have blamed jihadist groups and their sponsors in Pakistan for their crimes. Ensuring the truth is told will be critical to securing the peace in Kashmir.

NIA attaches Kashmir properties of Hizbul chief Syed Salahuddin’s 2 sons, lodged in Tihar

NIA says two properties of sons of Syed Salahuddin have been attached under UAPA & that Hizbul Mujahideen chief continues to operate from Pakistan.

Fauji or LeT, Hizbul worker? A Kashmir man’s identity comes under cloud after being shot dead

Rather’s family and neighbours believed he was working with the Army. But, after he was shot dead by suspected terrorists in March, Army claimed he was ‘overground’ worker.

Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist killed in encounter in J&K’s Pulwama

Jammu & Kashmir Police said terrorist Feroz Ahmad Dar, a Shopian resident, was active since 2017. He was a designated 'A+' category terrorist and was involved in several terror cases.

Viral photo of top Hizbul commander killed in J&K encounter is actually of ISIS militant

The viral photo is not of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Mehrazuddin Halwai, but British security guard-turned ISIS militant, Omar Hussain.

On Camera

New labour codes make India’s workforce competitive with China—and build Viksit Bharat

By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.