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Wednesday, November 26, 2025
TopicHizbul Mujahideen

Topic: Hizbul Mujahideen

Kashmir’s most wanted terrorist Riyaz Naikoo killed in encounter in his Pulwama village

Riyaz Naikoo, who took over as Hizbul Mujahideen chief in 2017, carried a bounty of Rs 12 lakh on his head.

J&K ex-sarpanch arrested by NIA for ‘terror links’ fought 2014 assembly polls on BJP ticket

Though he claimed to be a businessman, Tariq Ahmed Mir’s election affidavit said he has no money, no land, no movable or immovable assets.

Shopian families who claimed bodies of 2 slain militants now asked to provide DNA samples

The Hizbul militants were killed in a gun battle Friday, and were buried in a graveyard used for foreign & unidentified militants in Baramulla.

I must have lost my mind: Davinder Singh tells interrogators on his links to militants

Davinder Singh, who was a deputy superintendent of J&K Police, told interrogators he had ferried a Hizbul Mujahideen militant last year as well.

DSP Davinder Singh: Counter-insurgency man known in police circles as corrupt, unscrupulous

Davinder Singh, arrested for ferrying two Hizbul terrorists in a car, was given an out-of-turn promotion and the Police Medal for Meritorious Service.

Soldier, 2 terrorists killed in encounter in J&K’s Pulwama

The encounter broke out during a search operation in Pulwama's Delipora village for an alleged Hizbul Mujahideen commander who, according to intelligence reports, was hiding in the area.

‘Elections are haram’: Kashmiri militant groups ask voters to stay away from Lok Sabha polls

Hizbul Mujahideen and Ansar Ghazwatul Hind commanders release audio clips ‘requesting’ voters to stay away from polls and targeting Kashmiri leaders.

J&K Police arrest student Owais for Banihal suicide blast, blame militant Owais for it

The police first put out images of Owais Mir, a Hizb militant, as the perpetrator of the failed Banihal bombing, but later said it had arrested Owais Rather, a BBA student.

Eight, including J-K journalist, booked for conspiring with Hizbul Mujahideen

Jammu and Kashmir Police registered a case after militants escaped from a residential area of Batmaloo last August. A constable had died during the escape.

Indian Army probing two soldiers for ‘tipping off’ militants who killed rifleman Aurangzeb

Indian Army rifleman Aurangzeb was abducted and killed by militants while he was on leave in June last year.

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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.