Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Shalgul forests in Srigufwara area following information about the presence of militants there, a police official said.
This is the second attack Srinagar has seen in three days. Militants shot at and injured the son of a restaurant owner in high security Durganag area Wednesday.
One policeman was also injured in the gunbattle that ensued after militants opened fire during a cordon and search operation at Zanigam village in Budgam district.
Police data shows 2020 saw the highest number of youth join militant groups after 2018. Experts say Pakistan's agenda is to project militancy as 'local resistance'.
J&K Police cites digital evidence and background checks to say two of the youth killed were over-ground workers for militants, rebuts families' claims that youth were innocent civilians.
Militants opened fire on security forces during a cordon and search operation Tuesday evening, which led to an exchange of fire through the night, an official said.
A search operation turned into an encounter, lasting more than 12 hours, at Sugan village in Shopian Tuesday after militants opened fire on security forces.
The world watched aghast as police armed with tasers, tear-gas masks—and in one case backed up by snipers—arrested hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters at universities across the United States.
The Asian Development Outlook 2024 report suggests that policymakers in the region should monitor a number of risks. These include escalating conflicts and geopolitical tensions.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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