Topic: Militants
Eyes moist, heavy voice: Atal Bihari Vajpayee was helpless after meeting 10 Kashmiri Pandits
Former IAS officer Jarnail Singh writes in his book 'With Four Prime Ministers' about the meeting former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee had with Kashmiri Pandits.
Davinder arrest threatens the fragile trust Kashmiri Sikhs enjoy with Indian state & Muslims
Kashmiri Sikhs describe their official position on the Valley’s freedom movement as one of ‘neutrality’.
J&K police nab 2 militants & senior police officer who was with them
Police have not yet filed an FIR as they are trying to determine if the DSP, who had received foreign envoys, was part of a covert mission to capture militants.
With no internet on mobile networks, Kashmir militants go back to using satellite phones
Police officers say there was a drastic fall in usage of satellite phones after mobiles became popular, but new net-enabled models are now in circulation.
In Kashmir, grief & guilt after murder of 5 men who were guests of Kutroosa for 12 years
A day after the Kulgam killings, Kutroosa residents are in shock, and relatives of the victims wracked by survivor’s guilt.
Militants open fire upon Army patrol party in Kashmir’s Pulwama
Officials said forces also opened retaliatory fire at the militants. No casualties have been reported so far.
An unintended effect of Modi govt’s Kashmir lockdown – militants caught in their own trap
Militants in Kashmir have run into what Mao Zedong would call ‘contradictions of purpose’.
As Kashmir lockdown throttles militants, they move to villages looking to ‘recruit’
Security officials say communication restrictions in J&K have virtually 'neutralised' militants as they are unable to contact each other or their handlers across the border.
Article 370 done, now VHP wants govt to build temples destroyed by militants in Kashmir
VHP wants Modi govt to file criminal cases against those involved in the destruction of the temples. The issue will be discussed at a meeting on 10 August.
Express says killing of Jaish militant ‘big success’, HT calls it ‘crucial breakthrough’
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Defence
5 Special Forces men, 5 terrorists: How a deadly hand-to-hand fight at the LoC unfolded
Five commandos of the elite 4 Para were killed in action after they eliminated 5 terrorists from Pakistan in close combat in J&K’s Keran sector.
Poke fun at taali, thaali, diya and mombatti all you want. Modi couldn’t care less
Modi knows who he needs to speak to, who he should toss, who he can address in kind. People accuse him of infantilising his voters, but it’s a winning strategy.