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Kulgam attack: Five labourers killed by terrorists in J&K laid to rest at their hometown in Murshidabad
• 5 years agoThe mortal remains of five labourers, killed in a terror attack in Kashmir, were on Thursday laid to rest at their hometown here in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, as people from far-flung areas turned up in large numbers to bid them adieu
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury writes to Narendra Modi, asks for all-party delegation to be sent to Kashmir in wake of deaths of Bengali labourers
• 5 years agoMember of Parliament (MP) and Leader of Congress party in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him to send an all-party delegation to Kashmir Valley to assess the situation on-ground.
Toll in terror attack targeting migrant workers from West Bengal rises to six after another labourer succumbs
Fp Staff • 5 years agoFive labourers from West Bengal were shot dead on Tuesday by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, while one was critically injured, the Jammu and Kashmir Police said
Mamata Banerjee expresses grief after killings of 5 Bengali workers in Kashmir, says ‘all help will be extended to families’
Fp Staff • 5 years agoThe attack took place on a day when a delegation of parliamentarians from the European Union visited Kashmir to talk to locals about their experience and assess the ground situation following the abrogation of Article 370.
Jammu and Kashmir faces higher threat from forces 'hell-bent on destroying special status' than Pakistan, says Omar Abdullah
• 6 years agoOmar Abdullah also said the others who were in the fray in Anantnag parliamentary constituency "lack" on all fronts to take on the challenges the state was facing.
JeM terrorist killed by security forces in last week's Kulgam encounter planned to carry out suicide attack like Pulwama
• 6 years agoOne of the three JeM terrorists killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district last week had plans to carry out a suicide attack similar to the 14 February Pulwama terror strike, according to a purported video of the ultra in which he spoke about such a plot.
Senior police official, army jawan, three JeM militants killed during encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam
Fp Staff • 6 years agoSecurity forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Turigam area of Kulgam district following information about presence of some militants there, a police official said.
Jammu and Kashmir: Three militants, involved in death of constable Saleem Shah, killed in gunfight in Kulgam
Ians • 7 years agoThree militants, involved in killing of a police constable on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir, were killed on Sunday in a gunfight in Kulgam district, police said.
Jammu and Kashmir stone-pelters prove successful in thwarting Indian Army operations, allowing militants to slip away
David Devadas • 7 years agoAn ominous marker in the progression of militancy and counter-terror operations in Jammu and Kashmir passed unnoticed on April Fool’s Day. Last week brought confirmation that it may not have been a one-off aberration.
In Jammu and Kashmir, a mother laments death of her militant son: 'I could not bring him back and it will haunt me forever'
Sameery • 7 years agoSince the day her son disappeared in January—after which he joined the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)—Mehmooda Wani made frantic and often desperate attempts to locate her youngest son, thinking up ways of persuading him to give up arms and come home.