Handwara
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Encounter between militants and security forces in Kashmir's Handwara
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Security forces bust Hizbul Mujahideen module in Handwara, arrest four
India | Jun 12, 2017, 04:05 PM ISTAccording to police, Rashtriya Rifles and Jammu and Kashmir Police caught Mehrajudin and Obaid Shafi, both residents of Awantipora in Pulwama district, at Chogal while moving in suspicious circumstances.
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Security forces kill two LeT terrorists in Kashmir’s Handwara
India | May 14, 2017, 06:20 PM ISTAn Army official informed that the gunbattle broke out in Waripora village of Handwara in the district. Two militants, he said, were killed.
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Lashkar-e-Taiba behind Uri, Handwara attacks: NIA
India | Jan 19, 2017, 06:31 PM ISTTerror attacks at army installations in Uri and Handwara in Jammu and Kashmir last year were carried out by Pakistan-based outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, the NIA said today.
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Suicide attacker in Handwara assault was member of Hafiz Saeed’s JuD: report
India | Nov 14, 2016, 08:07 AM ISTIn a shocking revelation, it has been found that one of the three suicide attackers involved in a foiled assault on an Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Handwara on October 6 was a member of the Pakistan-based Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD).
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Soldier martyred as Indian Army foils separate infiltration bid in J&K's Naugam
India | Sep 20, 2016, 08:20 PM ISTAnother Indian Army soldier sacrificed his life today after the Army foiled an infiltration bid in Naugam sector of Jammu and Kashmir, police sources said. It was barely hours after a separate clash in which
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A day after Uri attack, terrorists target police post in J&K’s Handwara
India | Sep 20, 2016, 12:04 AM ISTA day after ghastly terror attack at an army camp in Uri, terrorists targeted a police post in Jammu and Kashmir's Handwara area on Monday evening
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Don’t lecture India on internal matters: MEA on Pak’s Handwara comments
India | May 20, 2016, 06:53 PM ISTNew Delhi: India today said that the comments by a Pakistani provincial minister that legal action against militant organisations in his country was not possible because the state itself was involved corroborated New Delhi's stand.
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Army removes 3 bunkers from violence-hit Handwara town
India | Apr 19, 2016, 01:31 PM ISTConceding to the long standing demand of the locals, the Army has removed 3 of its bunkers from Handwara town, the site of last week’s clash between locals and security forces that led to killing of 5 civilians.
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Handwara: First arrest made after girl names accused in molestation case
India | Apr 19, 2016, 11:29 AM ISTSrinagar: One person was arrested in connection with an alleged molestation case of a girl in Handwara, an incident that triggered a cycle of violence for past one week in North Kashmir. Hilal Ahmed Bandey,
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Normalcy returns to Srinagar, but will lessons be learnt?
India | Apr 19, 2016, 07:28 AM ISTSrinagar: Traffic jams, children jostling to get into buses to reach schools, shops opening ahead of time, people in a hurry to go to work... Normalcy returned to Srinagar on Monday after five troubled days.
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JNU students protest Handwara killings, demand repeal of AFSPA
India | Apr 17, 2016, 07:42 AM ISTNew Delhi:A group of JNU students on Saturday staged a protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi against the killings in Handwara town of Kashmir and demanded that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) be
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Kashmir violence: CM visits families, HC questions detention of victim
India | Apr 16, 2016, 09:17 PM ISTOn the fifth consecutive day of tensions prevailing in the Kashmir Valley over the alleged molestation of a girl in Handwara by an army personnel,the Jammu & Kashmir High Court on Saturday directed the police to cite the law under which they detained
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Handwara incident: Family says girl pressurised into giving statement
India | Apr 16, 2016, 04:48 PM ISTSrinagar: The family of the girl, whose alleged harassment led to a spate of violence in Kashmir, today claimed that she was pressurised into giving a video statement denying she was molested and has approached
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Kashmir firing: Police suspend ASI as Mehbooba Mufti demands time-bound inquiry
India | Apr 13, 2016, 03:23 PM ISTA day after three persons were killed in army firing in Handwara town, the Jammu and Kashmir Police today suspended Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Rafeeq Ahmed for opening fire on a mob protesting against an alleged case of molestation.
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Kashmir firing: Death toll mounts to 3, curfew imposed in Handwara town
India | Apr 13, 2016, 11:25 AM ISTThe army ordered an inquiry into the killing of two youths during an alleged firing by soldiers in Handwara, as Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said such incidents have a negative impact on the state government’s efforts to consolidat
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Encounter ends in Handwara, all 3 militants killed
India | Dec 03, 2013, 09:35 AM ISTSrinagar: All three militants holed up inside a house in Handwara in Kashmir were killed early this morning, after security forces blew up the building. So far two bodies of militants have been recovered and