Manzoor Mir

The wild animal was roaming in the residential areas of Khansahib and other adjoining areas posing a threat to the locals especially to children.

In view of the pandemic situation, complete corona curfew will be observed in Jammu and Kashmir from 8 pm tonight till 6 am on April 26 (Monday). All market, commercial institutions will remain closed, however, essential and emergency services will be allowed, L-G office informed.

Earlier on Thursday, three terrorists were killed during an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian.

Physical classes for students from classes 10 to 12 will also be suspended for a week, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha's office said in a tweet on Sunday.

At least one terrorist has been killed, one jawan martyred and another injured in an encounter in Wangam area of Shopian district on Saturday, said Kashmir Police IG Vijay Kumar. As per reports, 2-3 terrorists may have been hiding in the area. The injured soldier has been shifted to 92 Base Hospital and is stable.

Two CRPF personnel were martyred and two others injured in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Lawaypora on Thursday.  

According to the details, the encounter was reported from South Kashmir's Manihal area. Nearly two to three terrorists are also believed to be trapped in the area.

The official said that three AK-56 rifles, two Chinese pistols, two Chinese grenades, one telescope, six AK magazines, two pistol magazines, and other items recovered from the hideout site.

The incident took place just a kilometer away from the hotel where foreign diplomats visiting the region are staying.

Details by the top Kashmir police officer stated the arrested terrorist was involved in the killing of three BJP workers in Kulgam last year and one policeman at Furra in the South Kashmir district.

In a major operation, the Jammu and Kashmir police has arrested Hidayatullah Malik, chief of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Mustafa, an offshoot of the Jaish-e-Mohammad.

The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday announced the restoration of high-speed mobile internet services in the entire union territory, 18 months after they were snapped in the erstwhile state following the Centre's abrogation of its special constitutional status.  

An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter Scale hit Ladakh Wednesday evening. The tremors were felt, with a depth of 10 km, at 7.59 pm.

Srinagar registered its lowest minimum temperature in 30 years at minus 8.8 degrees Celsius on Saturday night, breaking a decades-old record.

Four soldiers were injured, including 2 in critical condition after terrorists lobbed a grenade on a road opening party (ROP) of the army in South Kashmir's Kulgam district on Wednesday.

Battling the freezing temperature of minus 20°C, the Border Security Forces (BSF) posted at the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir celebrated the 72nd Republic Day on Tuesday.

A private hotel in Gulmarg has come up with Kashmir's very first Igloo Cafe, at their hotel.

In a set-back for the Gupkar Alliance in Jammu and Kashmir, Sajad Gani Lone-led J&K People's Conference has pulled out of People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD).

The lowest temperature ever recorded in Srinagar was minus 14.4 degrees Celsius in 1893. The rest of the valley was also reeling under intense cold.

​Kashmir's famous Dal Lake froze on Thursday as the cold wave in the valley continued unabated with Srinagar recording the coldest night in at least three decades.