On Monday, Colonel Devender Anand announced that “One JCO [junior commissioned officer] and four soldiers were killed during a search operation probably by infiltrators… The operation is ongoing.” Anand added that they had been transferred to a local medical facility but died from their injuries. Two militants were also killed, …
Read More »‘Black fungus’ declared an epidemic in Jammu & Kashmir as India battles deadly infection
The territory declared mucormycosis – more commonly known as “black fungus” – to be an epidemic on Monday under the Epidemic Diseases Act of 1897. The move makes it mandatory for health officials to report suspected cases to the national health department. Jammu and Kashmir follow in the footsteps of …
Read More »India and Pakistan agree to stop firing across disputed Kashmir border in move towards ‘sustainable peace’
A ceasefire between India-administered and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir has technically been in place since 2003. However, both countries have regularly violated the truce. The disputed Kashmir border has been the site of frequent gunfire, with Pakistan claiming Indian forces fired across the Line of Control (LoC), which divides the two countries, …
Read More »In Indian Kashmir, in a shootout killed 7 people
Currently, the village is cordoned off by the local forces. In Kashmir, the disputed region, which is on the border of India and Pakistan, there was a shootout. According to the report, the incident occurred in the Indian part of the region in the village Prizel South of Srinagar. The …
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