J&K Police

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CRPF personnel patrol Jammu-Srinagar national highway. (PTI File Photo)

AA Edit | CRPF role welcome, but don’t bypass J&K police

No central force, the CRPF or any other, can be effective unless it has the backing of the local police

13 Feb 2023 2:11 AM

Security personnel stand guard during high alert after a millitant attack on a police bus in Zewan in which 3 policemen were killed and several others were injured, in Srinagar, Tuesday, Dec 14, 2021. (PTI)

Updated security alert issued in Kashmir following spate in militant attacks

The security forces footprint in Srinagar and some other towns of the Valley has increased over the past few weeks

15 Dec 2021 1:09 PM

The agency alleged that several terror acts, including the killings of numerous innocent civilians and security personnel, were carried out, unleashing a reign of terror in the Kashmir Valley, thereby challenging the writ of the state. (Representational image: PTI)

NIA searches at 16 locations in J&K, four arrested

The NIA sleuths who were assisted by the J&K police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) searched these places

14 Oct 2021 6:52 AM

Babu Ram, ASI with Jammu & Kashmir Police, has been posthumously awarded India's highest peacetime gallantry award Ashok Chakra. (Twitter/@JmuKmrPolice)

J&K police awarded Ashok Chakra and Kirti Chakra

J&K Police constable Altaf Hussain Bhat has been posthumously awarded the Kirti Chakra

15 Aug 2021 8:37 AM

Twenty-three ITBP personnel have been awarded the Police Medal for Gallantry out of which 20 have been awarded for their bravery in the clash with Chinese PLA troops. (Twitter)

In a first, 20 ITBP personnel awarded for fighting Chinese troops in Ladakh

A total of 628 Gallantry Medal have been awarded to police personnel of Central and State forces

15 Aug 2021 6:48 AM

In Lahaul’s Udaipur, two tents of labourers and a private JCB were washed away in the flash floods around 8 pm on Tuesday. — Representational image/PTI

Cloudbursts, flash floods kill 17 people in Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh

6 residential houses, a ration depot and a bridge were damaged in the impact of the cloudburst that hit Hanzor of Kishtwar’s Dachhan area

29 Jul 2021 9:36 AM

No operational content should be carried that was “likely to incite violence or contains anything against the maintenance of law and order or which promotes anti-national sentiments". — Representational image/PTI

Encounters: Jammu and Kashmir police ban live coverage

If this is a part of the official policy of the police, it appears to be a tactic to coerce journalists into not reporting facts, says KPC

08 Apr 2021 8:44 AM

A civilian was killed and 15 others were injured as terrorists lobbed a grenade in a busy market area here on Monday, police said. (Photo: ANI)

1 civilian killed, 15 injured in grenade attack in J&K's Srinagar market

The attack took place at 1:20 pm in Hari Singh High Street market area.

04 Nov 2019 2:05 PM

Security personnel patrol the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Jammu on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Kashmir Valley under siege again, lockdown in many areas

The police also warned residents of “action under law” if they defied the restrictions.

28 Sep 2019 2:11 AM

The incidents of terrorists sealing shops and posters, both handwritten and typed, being pasted in markets, mosques and other areas with do and don't diktats from different terror groups, have become a regular feature in Kashmir Valley. (Photo: Representational)

Situation slipping out of control: J&K cops as militant seal shops, paste threatening posters

There have also been instances of armed militants walking into shops to warn owners to keep shutters down.

18 Sep 2019 3:55 PM

'Police is on the spot and further investigation is in progress,' the spokesman said. (Representational Image)

Baby girl among four injured in terrorist attack in J&K's Baramulla

Terming it a 'merciless act of terrorism', J&K police said that a team has reached the place of attack and a probe has been initiated.

07 Sep 2019 10:41 AM

A Kashmiri boy lays a wreath on a grave at Martyr’s Graveyard in Srinagar. (Photo: PTI)

Martyr’s Day: J&K faces more security curbs

The officials said that the restrictions were “preventive in nature” and imposed to “maintain law and order.”

14 Jul 2019 6:51 AM

But the present J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik on Friday chose to issue a guarded statement instead which merely called for collective efforts to secure rapid growth and development of J&K on all fronts. (Photo: PTI)

Kashmir martyrs’ day: Curfew-like curbs in Srinagar

“Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL)”, an alliance of separatist leaders, has also called for a one-day shutdown in the Valley on the occasion.

13 Jul 2019 12:58 AM

The operation was jointly launched by Army, police and CRPF in Pulwama after they received information about the presence of terrorists there, a police official said. (Representational Image)

4 terrorists killed in encounter in J&K's Pulwama, search op underway

The terrorists reportedly belong to Jaish-e-Mohammed.

07 Jun 2019 9:02 AM

Villagers carry the body of Zakir Musa, who headed the Al Qaeda’s India cell, during his funeral procession in Tral area, southers Pulwama, on Friday. (Photo: AP)

Security lockdown, clashes in J&K after killing of Musa

The authorities have closed all educational institutions, suspended train services and snapped mobile Internet services across Kashmir.

25 May 2019 5:06 AM

The police have announced cash rewards and job for the person who will give information about them. (Photo: ANI)

J&K Police releases posters of 6 Hizbul, 1 LeT terrorists

SSP has assured that police will maintain the secrecy of the person, who shares information in the connection.

27 Mar 2019 9:48 AM

Intense clashes between irate crowds and security forces are underway near the encounter site, the witnesses and the police sources said. (Representational image)

Militant commander, accomplice killed in J&K

The security forces fired teargas canisters to quell the mobs.

13 Jan 2019 6:31 AM

Three policemen were killed and another critically injured in a militant attack in Zainapora area of Jammu and Kashmir's southern Shopian district on Tuesday. (Representational Image | PTI)

3 policemen killed, 1 injured in militant attack in J&K's Shopian

Police said that the militants decamped with the service weapons of the policemen and fled from the area.

11 Dec 2018 3:23 PM

People inspect the damaged houses after an encounter between security forces and militants at Mujagund, on the outskirts of Srinagar. (Photo: PTI)

14-year-old boy, two other militants slain in J&K

14-year-old who had joined LeT only a week ago among dead.

10 Dec 2018 5:17 AM

Veteran journalist and editor of ‘Rising Kashmir’ Shujaat Bukhari was killed outside his office in Srinagar’s Mushtaq Press Enclave on June 14. (Photo: File)

Top LeT Commader involved in Shujjat Bukhari murder killed in J&K encounter

Top LeT commander Azad Ahmed Malik, who killed journalist Shujaat Bukhari, was among 6 terrorists killed in encounter.

23 Nov 2018 4:35 PM

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