Kupwara District

Podcast; Voices from the Lockdown: Amid shutdown in Kashmir's Kupwara, locals say faith in regional parties marred

Kupwara is a district which used to be at the centre of militant activity for the longest time. Similar to what happened in Baramulla, which we discussed at length on Thursday, the district was heavily militarised after the 1990’s.

Why the BJP's much-feted aspirational districts scheme has failed to gain ground

In a true marketing-savvy style that has come to be associated with the regime, the backward districts were to be henceforth called aspirational districts

Jaish-e-Mohammad militant killed during encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara; weapons recovered

A Jammu and Kashmir police spokesman said that the militants attacked a security forces party at a naka at Handwara bypass in the north Kashmir district.

Five militants, solider killed in ongoing anti-infiltration operation along LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district

Two militants were killed in the operation on Sunday. "Three more terrorists have been killed today as the Army foiled an infiltration attempt along the LoC in Tangdhar sector (in north Kashmir's Kupwara district)," an Army spokesman said.

Two Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists killed in encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district; arms, ammunition recovered

At least two terrorists were killed in an encounter with the security forces at Guloora area of Handwara in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Tuesday.

Jammu and Kashmir: Four freshly-recruited Al-Badr militants surrender before security forces in Kupwara district

Four newly recruited militants surrendered before security forces in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday after the forces launched an operation to stop them from exfiltrating across the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district.

Jammu and Kashmir: LeT militant from Pakistan shot dead in encounter with security forces in Kupwara district's Handwara area

A Pakistani militant belonging to terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was killed by the security forces in an encounter on Friday in the Handwara area of Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

Violent clashes break out in North Kashmir's Trehgam two days after youth was killed in army firing

The clashes broke out when the CPRF and police tried to stop groups of youth from marching towards the graveyard to offer Fatiha at the grave of Khalid Gafar Malik.

Jammu and Kashmir: Militant killed in encounter with security forces in Kupwara district; operation underway

Security forces had launched an operation in the Kandi forest area of Kupwara on Wednesday after a patrol of army soldiers came under fire from militants

Militant killed in overnight encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district; operation underway

An unidentified militant was killed early on Monday morning in an overnight encounter with security forces in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.