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One booked for spreading fake news in Handwara

Police also urged social media users to act responsibly and refrain from posting, sharing, or circulating unverified and misleading content that may disturb public peace, tranquillity, or defame individuals. (File)
Published on Oct 09, 2025 06:50 am IST

Teacher killed in road mishap in Handwara

Rescue operation underway following a bus accident at Handwara in Kupwara on Wednesday. (ANI)
Published on Jul 31, 2025 10:16 am IST

3 injured in mysterious explosion during mosque demolition in Handwara

The injured have been identified as Mudasir Ahmad Mir, Ghulam Ahmad Tantray and Owais Ahmad, all residents of Handwara. (HT representative)
Published on Jun 17, 2025 05:48 am IST

AIP holds protest in Handwara against arrests over anti-Israel posts

Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) on Friday staged a protest march in Handwara against the recent arrests of local youths who had uploaded social media posts criticising Israel and urging a boycott of Israeli products. (Representational image)
Published on Apr 19, 2025 06:02 am IST

Sajad Lone to contest J&K assembly polls from Handwara and Kupwara

Sajad Lone (File)
Updated on Sept 07, 2024 09:40 am IST

Out to fetch water, four family killed after vehicle plunges into gorge

Locals said they have to walk around 1.5 km every day to fetch water. (File)
Updated on Jul 10, 2024 07:04 am IST

J&K Police moves to attach properties of 51 militant handlers operating from PoK

In the first instance, a police spokesperson said, land assets owned by four such terror handlers in Handwara area have been attached which cumulatively is assessed to be nearly around 3.5 kanals of land approximately. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Jun 03, 2024 05:34 am IST

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

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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

2 terrorists responsible for killing CRPF trooper, 5-yr-old shot dead in J-K encounter

An encounter between terrorists is underway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag.
Updated on Jun 30, 2020 11:02 am IST

Handwara encounter: Anti-terror ops will intensify, says Jammu and Kashmir DGP

J&K Director General of Police Dilbag Singh
Updated on May 06, 2020 01:15 am IST

On outreach mission, DGP Dilbag Singh vows to intensify ops across Kashmir

DGP Dilbag Singh visits Budgam police lines, reviews COVID-19 and security arrangements, in Srinagar on Tuesday. (ANI Photo)
Updated on May 05, 2020 10:19 pm IST

14-year-old boy killed in crossfire laid to rest at Sheeri, 35km away from home

Body of Hazim Shafi Bhat, a student of Class 7, was found at a distance of half-a-kilometre from the encounter site.
Updated on May 05, 2020 09:20 pm IST

‘Let there be surgical strike but without tom-tomming’: Shiv Sena on Handwara encounter

The Shiv Sena said in an editorial in its mouthpiece Saamana that Handwara encounter happened when a strong and quite patriotic government is in power at the Centre.
Updated on May 05, 2020 05:38 pm IST

3 CRPF soldiers killed in Kupwara encounter

On Monday, militants opened fire at the Central Reserve Police Force soldiers in Kralgund area of the north Kashmir district.
Published on May 05, 2020 02:10 am IST

Army chief pledges precise response to Handwara killings

Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane’s comments came two days after five security personnel, including a colonel and a major, were killed in an encounter in north Kashmir’s Handwara.
Updated on May 05, 2020 02:19 am IST

Army pays tributes to martyred soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Handwara

Top army commanders Lt Gen YK Joshi and Lt Gen BS Raju were among those who paid homage to the soldiers.
Updated on May 05, 2020 12:52 am IST

In Pakistan’s new script for terrorism in Kashmir, Handwara is the key

Army personnel in Jaipur wearing face masks as a precaution against Covid -19 infection seen in the procession carrying the body of Colonel Ashutosh Sharma who was killed in an encounter with militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Handwara.
Updated on May 05, 2020 09:52 am 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

3 jawans, one civilian killed in attack on security personnel in J-K’s Handwara

The attack on forces comes close on the heels of the gunbattle in north’s Kashmir’s Handwara, during which an Indian Army colonel and four other security personnel were killed on Sunday. (HT photo)
Updated on May 04, 2020 11:26 pm IST

Handwara: India must act strongly | HT editorial

The Handwara encounter, in which five Indian soldiers and a policeman were killed fighting a militant cell, is a reminder that through the pandemic, it has been business-as-usual along the Line of Control and in Kashmir
Updated on May 04, 2020 06:11 pm IST

Pakistan following myopic agenda, says Army chief day after Handwara encounter

Chief of the Army Staff General Manoj Mukund Naravane said that onus remains on Islamabad to bring peace in the region.
Updated on May 04, 2020 03:38 pm IST

J&K cop volunteered to fight terrorists for 14 years, then again at Handwara

Sageer Ahmed Pathan was born in Trad village of Kupwara district’s Karnah tehsil that is located right along the Line of Control in 1978.
Updated on May 03, 2020 11:38 pm IST

Native village remembers Col Sharma as simple, amiable person

Villagers in Parwana Memoodpur in Bulandshahr gather to mourn Col Ashutosh Sharma.
Published on May 03, 2020 09:13 pm IST

‘Last Holi, he came unannounced. It turned out to be his last visit’: Col Sharma’s family

Col Sharma spoke to his family on May 1, the raising day of 21 Rashtriya Rifles.
Updated on May 03, 2020 06:19 pm IST

Day after encounter, eight injured in blast in J-K’s Handwara

One of the injured being taken to a hospital in Handwara on Sunday.
Updated on May 03, 2020 05:16 pm IST

‘Bow to our soldiers’: Amit Shah pays tribute to 5 security personnel killed in Handwara encounter

Indian Army pays tribute to martyrs who lost their lives in the line of duty, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Handwara on Sunday.
Updated on May 03, 2020 05:06 pm IST

‘Tributes to courageous security personnel martyred in Handwara’, tweets PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Updated on May 03, 2020 05:27 pm IST

Gallantry award winner, father of 12-yr-old daughter: Colonel killed in action in Handwara encounter

Two terrorists were also killed in the operation by the security forces in the remote location of Handwara.
Updated on May 03, 2020 05:11 pm IST