Checkipora area of Sheikhpora Sopore today, Police and security forces jointly launched a search operation based on credible inputs about the presence of terrorists in the area.During the searches, terrorists fired on the search party. Initially civilians were...

Four militants were killed and eight security personnel injured in two separate gun battles in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday.Two of them were killed in Arampore area in Sopore town, Defence Ministry said.Police said the security forces, including Rashtriya...

Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel and a civilian were wounded in a grenade blast in Sangrama area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday.SSP Sopore Javid Iqbal told GNS that the militants lobbed a grenade on CRPF party...

Two militants and an army soldier were killed in a gunfight at Drusoo village of Dangiwacha area of Sopore in north Kashmir's Baramulla district.Reports reaching GNS said that a joint team of Army's 22 RR and SOG launched a cordon at Drusoo village in Bharampora...

Demanding justice and stern punishment to the killers involved in double murder case, a family from Seelu area of Sopor’s North Kashmir’s town of District Baramulla Friday alleged that main culprit is roaming free while even after the expiry of four years, the...

Advisor to Governor K Vijay Kumar today chaired a meeting with top civil and security brass at Dak Bungalow Sopore to review the overall developmental and law & order scenario in the area.The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam, ADGP...

Three persons including a student of class 11th were injured allegedly in government forces action in Sopore and Handwara areas of north Kashmir on Monday. Elsewhere four policemen including two officers were injured due to stone-pelting at Ganapora area of...

A student of class 11th was injured allegedly in firing by government forces in Sopore outskirts of north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Monday.Official sources told GNS that a youth identified as Ubaid Manzoor son of Manzoor Ahmed Lone of Nadihal Sopore...

Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested two Over-ground workers (OGWs) of Lashkar-e-Toiba militant outfit from Sopore town of north Kashmir.A police spokesperson said that a joint naka was laid by police, 32-RR of army and 92 Bn CRPF near Dachanpora crossing...

Addressing a gathering in ‘Khankah’ historic mosque at Sopore here in North Kashmir, the President Muslim Conference Professor Abdul Gani Bhat has said that where peace is denied for one reason or the other the fabric of human relationship tears into pieces and...

To ensure food security and doubling farmer’s income in the state by 2022, Minister for Agriculture Muhammad Khalil Bandh on Wednesday directed the SKUAST authorities to develop 'Integrated Farming System Model' within two months for the state.He made these...

A 34-year-old man was shot dead while his wife sustained critical bullet injuries after unknown gunmen opened fire upon them at Harwan area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.Official sources told GNS that the unknown gunmen fired upon the...

"Winter will go, snow will melt to make way for warmth of spring again". Raabta, a Facebook page, begins on this optimistic note to re-establish broken links between Kashmiri families, friends, classmates and neighbours divided by decades of insurgency, civil...

On the eve of Muhammad Afzal Guroo’s death anniversary, his better-half Tabasum Gurro has accused woman Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti of playing politics over the dead body of his husband.   She said when Mehbooba Mufti was in Opposition, she...

Sopore town observed a shutdown against the murder of young goldsmith Tariq Ahmed on Wednesday. All the shops and business establishments remained shut while transport also remained off the roads.The call for shutdown was forwarded by Traders Federation Sopore....

A day-long orientation cum training programme was held today at Dak Bungalow Sopore which witnessed the participation of a large number of people from Baramulla, Bandipora and Kupwara of North Kashmir.The programme was organised by Social Welfare (SW)...

The family members of missing goldsmith presumed to be dead Tuesday blocked road for hours in Sopore town of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district, demanding his body. Pertinently, Tariq Ahmed had been missing since December 26 while according to police after...

Locals from Apple town Sopore Thursday staged a protest demanding exemplary punishment for those arrested accused who after abducting young goldsmith threw his body into the river.  Pertinently, Tariq Ahmed, the goldsmith in Sopore who had been missing...

Two militants were killed on Tuesday in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, triggering street protests in Kulgam to which one of the militants belonged resulting in the death of a civilian, police said.Personnel of the...

Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment Choudhary Lal Singh today informed that Government has earmarked Rs. 4.5 crore for creating tourism infrastructure in Basholi constituency.“Basholi has the potential and scope of attracting tourists and the government...

Four policemen were killed when militants detonated a powerful Improvised Explosive Device in Sopore town of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday morning.   The incident occurred at Gol Market main chowk in Sopore at a time when town was...

Justice continues to elude to the victim families of gory Sopore Massacre from past 23 years  whose near and dear ones lose their lives at the hands of Indian Border Security Forces personnel in Apple town Sopore in North Kashmir way back in January 6,...

Dozens of girls from Tarzoo Sopore village of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district Thursday accused BJP of playing cheap politics and lashed at its woman activist for uploading their pictures of social media networking sites. A Press Statement from Bharitiay...

Hundreds of people participated in the last rites of a local Kashmiri youth Arif Ahmed Sofi who was shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside his maternal home at Herwan Bomai area of Sopore town in North Kashmir.The slain youth (29), was the resident of Unsoo...

Five militants were killed and a para commando of the Indian Army injured on Thursday in two separate gunfights in Kashmir Valley.Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said that four terrorists were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Futlipora.In...

Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today visited Sopore to personally condole with the family of late Atiqa Bano, the noted educationist and heritage activist, who passed away two days ago.The Chief Minister described late Atiqa Bano as a crusader for the upliftment...

On the directions of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, Minister for Rural Development, Abdul Haq on Saturday visited Arampora Sopore to take inspect the construction work going on Ziayarat Sharief Lalbab Sahib at Arampora Sopore that was gutted in fire incident...

A sixth class student died during lunch break at a private school in Sopore town of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district.Ubaid Altaf son of Altaf Ahmed Bhat resident of Badam Bagh Sopore a student of Muslim Education Trust in Tulbal, Sopore was playing with...

The gunfight in Reban village of Apple town in North Kashmir’s Sopore town claimed the life of a Hizb commander, police said.An official said that the operation that began around 3am in the village has ended. “One Hizb militant, identified as Shahid Ahmad...

Minister for Industries and Commerce, Chander Parkash Ganga today reviewed the status of various water supply schemes of Vijaypur here at a meeting of senior officers of PHE department.The Minister sought full details regarding schemes sanctioned under District...