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SRINAGAR — Pakistan is trying to disturb peace in Jammu to hinder its progress but every drop of people’s blood shed by militants will be avenged, Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha said here on Wednesday. The LG’s remarks came in the backdrop of a series of militant attacks in the Jammu region over the last 45 days. At a function at Raj Bhavan here, Sinha said, “Today, once again, the militant…

JAMMU — Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security – which also includes Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, on Thursday afternoon. The meeting took place amid a rush of militant attacks in Jammu and Kashmir; hours before the meet two soldiers were injured in an encounter in J&K’s Doda district, where forces have been engaged in a…

JAMMU — Several parts of the Jammu region witnessed protests on Wednesday following the killing of four Army personnel in an encounter with militants in Doda district and demanded the launch of ‘Operation All Out’ for a robust government response. Led by Rashtriya Bajrang Dal chief Rakesh Kumar, the activists rallied against the killings and Pakistan’s alleged support for militancy in the region.…

JAMMU — Expressing concern over the recent militant attacks in the Jammu region, veteran Congress leader Karan Singh on Thursday urged the government to shift the Jammu division back under the Nagrota Corps from Western Command in Chandigarh to ensure better and integrated dominance of the area. In a statement, the former Jammu and Kashmir governor said the spate of militant attacks in the Jammu…

NEW DELHI — For the last few years, militants have been found using the American-made M4 carbine assault rifles in Jammu and Kashmir, and more so during the recent attacks including in Kathua, a trend that experts say is “alarming”as the “leftover” weapons of the US Army after its pullout from Afghanistan in 2021 seem to have reached the ultras through Pakistani handlers. M4 carbine is a…

NEW DELHI — The Congress said on Tuesday that the Jammu region “becoming the centre of militant incidents” reflects the “strategic failure” of the Modi government and demanded that the Centre should take the country into confidence on steps it is taking to deal with the situation. The opposition party also called for a befitting reply to Pakistan in the wake of the rising militant incidents in…

SRINAGAR — A former Sarpanch was shot dead while a tourist couple from Rajasthan suffered injuries in separate militant attacks in South Kashmir last night. Reports said, a former Sarpanch affiliated with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) identified as Aijaz Ahmad Sheikh was critically injured after fired upon by suspected militants in Heerpora area of Shopian district. He was rushed to…

Pakistani military: 2 soldiers killed in militant attack

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Suspected militants ambushed a Pakistani army vehicle in a former Taliban and al-Qaida stronghold near the Afghanistan border, triggering a shootout that killed two soldiers, the army said Sunday.

It said two soldiers were also wounded in Saturday night’s attack near the border village of Ghariom in North Waziristan and that troops retaliated and killed one of the attackers in an ensuing…