A Pakistani terrorist was killed in an ongoing encounter in the Chatroo area of the Kishtwar district in J&K.
Allegations of torture of four civilians by the Army have surfaced in the Chas area of Kishtwar where a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the special forces of the Indian Army was recently killed and three soldiers injured in a terrorist attack.
Five ‘hardcore criminals’ have been detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) on charges of disrupting work on mega hydroelectric projects in Kishtwar, officials said on Friday.
The hands of both victims were tied on their backs and eyes gouged out indicating that they were brutally tortured before being gunned down by the terrorists.
He said Kishtwar is all set to emerge as North India’s major "power hub" generating around 6,000 MW of electricity after the completion of the ongoing power projects
An earthquake of 3.7 magnitude struck Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar region on Monday morning, according to the National Center for Seismology.
An official said that the sightings were reported at 30 locations where an adult with two cubs were also captured in the camera thereby confirming the breeding status of snow leopards in Kishtwar.
No report of casualty or damage to property has been received so far.
The Union Minister, who is a known physician and diabetologist, also participated in a Multi-Speciality Medical Camp organised by the Indian Army at village Gulabgarh.
J&K’s Department of Wildlife Protection on Tuesday released seven pictures of the endangered species trapped in a camera frame.
