Officials say much-maligned pellet guns will give way to chilli bombs and ‘soft-nosed’ tear gas shells to avoid collateral losses during paramilitary action. CRPF personnel in the Valley, however, seem to have reservations about the new plan. read more

A photograph of Abid Nazir brandishing an assault rifle appeared on the social media on April 18. read more

A joint party cordoned off the area and carried out meticulous searches during which they located a natural hideout of terrorists in a cave containing a huge cache of weapons and ammunition, an official said. read more

Photograph of Idrees Sultan Mir holding an assault rifle surfaced on social media on Monday. read more

Assam police, however, are wary that the images could be photoshopped and are investigating the social media buzz. read more

Hizbul’s Aitmad Hussain Dar, an MPhil degree holder and junior research fellow, broke down in tears during the conversation. read more

During a counter-insurgency operation, Anantnag SSP Altaf Khan sent for militant Rouf Khanday’s parents, urged them go inside the house and convince him to surrender. read more

An event to commemorate Wani’s death in Birmingham last July evoked a note verbale to the Foreign Office from India, prompting the local city council to withdraw permission. However, the event was held later after the council allowed it to go ahead.  read more

Rauf Khanday of Hizbul Mujahideen was one of the 12 militants killed in Kashmir on Sunday. Here’s an account of how security forces and his parents tried to save his life and failed. read more

Four civilians were also killed and dozens suffered bullet and pellet injuries in clashes that erupted around the encounter sites in Kashmir. read more

The charge sheet has been filed by the NIA against 12 people, including Lashker-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen terror group’s head Syed Salahuddin. read more

Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai replaced Syed Ali Shah Geelani as the Tehreek-e-Hurriyat party chief on Monday. The Sehrai family reported son Junaid as missing before social media posts about him surfaced. read more

Indian foreign secretaries are going to Washington this week to work out the agenda of the 2-plus-2 dialogue between the Indian and US foreign and defence ministers on April 18. read more

The video shows the Lashkar-e-Taiba’s Naveed Jutt carrying an automatic rifle and exchanging hugs with Hibzul Mujahideen militants, although police officials refused to comment on the video saying they were verifying its veracity. read more

South Kashmir has emerged as a hotbed of militancy ever since mass protests erupted here in the aftermath of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani’s death in July 2016. read more