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Topic: Kashmir militants

Is Kashmir militancy beginning to ebb? Last decade trend shows it could be another false dawn

Official data shows 118 militants have been killed, and recruitment has dipped 48% so far this year. But a 2010 lull like this had ended with a new phase of militancy.

Day after J&K militant attack, 3-yr-old knows grandfather is dead but thinks he will return

Death of Bashir Ahmed Khan has triggered a massive controversy in Kashmir in light of two very divergent accounts regarding the circumstances of his killing.

15-yr-old boy killed in Handwara encounter was differently-abled and out playing with friends

The body of Hazim Bhat, a native of J&K's Khaipora village, was buried at a cemetery used to bury foreign or unidentified militants. 

J&K Police verifying claim that 2 militants killed in Handwara are residents of Valley

The claim was made by Kashmir’s new militant group, TRF. The outfit released a video, claiming the 2 slain militants were part of their cadre.

Why Kashmir’s new militant outfit, ‘Lashkar offshoot’, signals possible escalation of violence

J&K Police say the TRF’s emergence could be the start of a 'violent campaign' in Kashmir, which the Lashkar-e-Taiba cannot undertake on its own due to international focus on it.

More Pulwama-style attacks, poisoning bids — intel inputs warn of lethal summer in J&K

According to defence sources, intelligence inputs suggest terrorists are also looking to target political leaders and journalists in J&K.

Number of listed militants in Kashmir down to 250, 25 killed in 2020: J&K DGP

DGP Dilbag Singh said there has been confirmation of only three militants infiltrating the Valley through the International Border so far this year.

‘He was shot at outside his shop’ — Family denies man hurt in J&K gunbattle is a militant

Family of Umar Fayaz, injured in gunbattle, says he is just a shopkeeper. Police claim Fayaz is a militant who belongs to the lesser-known Jammu Kashmir Islamic State.

5 non-Kashmiri labourers shot dead in J&K’s Kulgam, one more injured

Since 14 October, the total number of non-Kashmiris killed in the Valley is now 11. Police say the injured labourer is from West Bengal.

Kashmir anti-insurgency units to add strength to fight rising militant attacks

Discussions are on to increase number of Special Operations Group units in each district, depending on the level of militant threat.

On Camera

Oka to Nagarathna—Bombay High Court judges taking up the cudgel when faith in courts eroding

When lynching, hate speech and bulldozer politics do not speedily invite the wrath of courts, then something is wrong with the third pillar of governance.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.