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Army’s Northern Command chief lauds Rashtriya Rifles for restoring peace in J&K

The army’s Northern Command chief addressed the 13th Rashtriya Rifles biennial conference at Udhampur. (HT Photo)
Updated on Nov 21, 2024 09:22 AM IST

Army captain killed, civilian injured in gunfight with terrorists in J&K’s Doda

The site of the gunbattle in Doda. (PTI)
Published on Aug 14, 2024 04:48 PM IST

J&K: Captain killed in action, terrorist injured in ongoing Doda encounter

A soldier takes position during a drill along the Line of Control in Nowshera sector, 127km from Jammu, earlier this week. (AP Photo)
Published on Aug 14, 2024 01:14 PM IST

Terror hideout busted in Reasi; arms, explosives recovered

The arms, ammo and explosives recovered from the terror hideout in Reasi’s Lancha area on Saturday (ANI)
Updated on Apr 14, 2024 05:02 AM IST

Search op still underway in Rajouri: 14RR commander

Captain Pranjal, who led a search party, faced heavy fire as he came out from his security cover to help trapped women and children flee to safety. (HT Photo)
Published on Nov 24, 2023 10:58 PM IST

‘Firing from Pakistani post…’: Army on third terrorist killed in Baramulla

Brigadier PMS Dhillon at a press briefing.
Updated on Sep 16, 2023 05:36 PM IST

Former Rashtriya Rifles chief Lt Gen BS Randhawa passes away in Chandigarh

An alumnus of National Defence Academy, Lieutenant General BS Randhawa (retd) was commissioned into the first battalion of the Sikh Regiment in 1960. (HT Photo)
Updated on Jun 09, 2023 01:35 AM IST

Poonch Terror Attack: Alma mater remembers Ludhiana’s braveheart, pays tribute

Students and teachers during a remembrance ceremony in Shahpur, Ludhiana, on Monday. (HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 24, 2023 11:41 PM IST

Families of Punjab soldiers’ killed in Poonch terror attack inconsolable, seek justice

(Combo picture) Hawaldar Mandeep Singh, Lance Naik Debashish Baswal, Lance Naik Kulwant Singh, Sepoy Harkrishan Singh and Sepoy Sewak Singh, who lost their lives in the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch Sector, on Thursday. (ANI)
Updated on Apr 22, 2023 02:25 AM IST

7 LeT terrorists used rocket-propelled grenades on army soldiers in Poonch

Armed security personnel walk at a site of an attack inspecting charred army vehicle after terrorists opened fire at an Indian army vehicle in Poonch.
Updated on Apr 21, 2023 02:04 PM IST

Kashmir: Militant associate arrested in Awantipora

Representational photo.
Updated on Dec 25, 2020 05:38 PM IST

Jammu: Army officer found dead inside Rashtriya Rifles camp in Rajouri

Representational photo.
Published on Nov 09, 2020 01:55 PM IST

J&K Police arrest two LeT associates in Handwara; seize firearms

Representational Image.
Published on Oct 30, 2020 04:28 PM IST

‘Bangas Awaam Mela’ held in J-K’s Handwara to mark Article 370 abrogation anniversary

‘File photo from Bangas Awaam Mela’ at Lokut Bangas valley in August 2018.
Updated on Aug 05, 2020 05:51 AM IST

Pika gun, Chinese-made pistol, grenades found in terror hideout in J-K’s Rajouri: Police

Chandan Kohli, Rajouri’s senior superintendent of police, said the police received information about the suspected presence of an old terrorist hideout in Manyal.
Published on Jul 22, 2020 03:13 PM IST

2 Jaish terrorists killed in Anantnag encounter, one woman injured

Army soldiers stand near encounter site in Sirhama Anantnag district south Kashmir on Monday. Two Jaish e Mohammad terrorists were killed in an encounter in South Kashmir.
Updated on Jul 14, 2020 02:54 AM IST

Police recover huge quantity of ammunition near LoC in north Kashmir’s Keran

The operation was jointly carried out by the Jammu and Kashmir Police and Indian Army.
Updated on Jun 09, 2020 08:19 AM IST

Hizb militant held in Doda, arms, ammo recovered

The Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir police in a joint operation arrested Tanveer Ahmer Malik, an over ground worker (OGW) of terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen, from Tantna village in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday.
Published on May 05, 2020 11:53 PM IST

Jawan martyred in J&K cremated with state honours in Mansa

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Published on May 04, 2020 11:02 PM IST

‘Assalamualaikum’: How one word changed the course of Handwara encounter

The encounter in Handwara had started at 3.30 pm when a joint team of the Rashtriya Rifles and Kashmir police surrounded the house a short distance from Kupwara.
Updated on May 03, 2020 11:38 PM IST

BJD under fire over party flag on coffin of Odisha jawan killed in Pulwama

Sahoo’s older brother Parameswar said at Khuntuni some BJD workers put up the Green Party flag with the image of a conch on top the tricolour-draped coffin while offering flowers.
Updated on Jun 21, 2019 03:39 PM IST

Jaish operative, owner of car used in Pulwama attack, killed in Anantnag encounter

Security personnel carry during rescue and relief works at the site of suicide bomb attack at Lathepora Awantipora in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, Thursday, February 14, 2019.
Updated on Jun 18, 2019 11:20 PM IST

Two militants killed in gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag

Exact identities and group affiliation of the slain militants is being ascertained
Updated on Jun 17, 2019 11:35 AM IST

Jawan visiting home on Eid leave shot dead in Valley

The firefight was triggered after the army and J&K police launched a joint operation following a specific information about militant presence in the area.
Published on Jun 07, 2019 12:01 AM IST

Burhan Wani aide Lateef Tiger may be among 3 militants killed in J-K’s Shopian gunfight

A soldier of the Indian Army was injured in this joint operation carried out by the Rashtriya Rifles (RR), special operations group (SOG) of state police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
Updated on May 03, 2019 03:44 PM IST

Pulwama encounter: Ajay Kumar was first to enter house where militants were holed up, says colleague

Thousands pay tribute to army jawan Ajay Kumar whose body was brought to his village in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh,on Feb 19, 2019. Kumar was killed in an encounter in Pulwama on Feb 18.
Updated on Feb 20, 2019 01:27 PM IST

Two-year-old son lights the pyre of jawan killed in Pulwama encounter

The funeral of Ajay Kumar, one of the four security personnel killed in an encounter in Pulwama on Feb 18, 2019, at his village, in Ghaziabad, on Tuesday, February 19, 2019.
Published on Feb 20, 2019 01:12 PM IST

‘I love you’, says Army Major’s wife in final farewell

Kaul, who had left Dehradun on Monday morning, was the first to be informed about the major’s death by army officials.
Updated on Feb 19, 2019 04:52 PM IST

Soldier killed in Pulwama encounter leaves behind 10-month-old son

Naik Hari Singh with his son at his village. Singh was among the four soldiers killed in an encounter with militants in J-K’s Pulwama on Monday, Feb 18, 2019.
Updated on Feb 19, 2019 10:22 AM IST