“I still live in my ancestral house. Both my parents lived here until they passed away, and now I live here with my wife and two kids,” the 51-year-old said.
After the string of killings targeting minorities and outsiders, many say they are actively exploring options outside the Valley.
While one received a gunshot wound in his shoulder the other was hit in the palm at a place Bapora in Zudur area of Budgam.
J&K Police DGP Dilbag Singh said that those targeting minorities, civilians and people in government are “only propagating fear, since local residents have stopped responding to their diktat”.
Farooq Abdullah, the Lok Sabha MP from Srinagar, arrived at the ED office at Rajbagh at 11 am. Before going in, the former chief minister spoke to reporters and linked his questioning with the forthcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
The latest killing reignited protests by the Kashmiri Hindu community, demanding protection and relocation, with roadblocks in several parts of the valley.
One of the militants was involved in the killing of a civilian, Shakeela, in Aripal and a government employee, Javid Ahmed, in Lurgam Tral, the police said.
On Sunday evening, a joint team of J-K Police, army and paramilitary forces cordoned off Gundipora village of south Kashmir's Pulwama after receiving inputs about the presence of militants in the village.
The family members of three killed (the fourth was allegedly a militant from Pakistan) contested police claims they were either militants or had militant links.
The National Conference leader objects to viewing tourism numbers as a measure of normalcy and says fear is so persistent in the Valley that no one knows where the next attack will take place.
Ten militants have been killed in Kashmir in the last three days, of which seven were affiliated to the LeT and three to Jaish-e-Mohammad.
“Ambreen was sleeping when two people came to our house. Her nephew was standing outside. One of the youth asked him where is aunty (Ambreen). He said she is sleeping inside. They asked him to call her,” said Khazir Mohammad Bhat, Ambreen's father.
The Army blames the infiltration attempt on the neighbouring country's 'nefarious designs to revive the dying agenda and keep the pot boiling in J&K under the garb of ceasefire understanding’.
Police book protesters under anti-terror laws, says some will be booked under Public Safety Act.
The police identified the militants killed in the encounter as Ali Bhai, Hanief Bhai and Shah Wali and said three AK-47 rifles, 15 AK-47 magazines, 344 AK-rounds, five Chinese grenades and three IEDs were recovered.
The attack came a day after suspected militants killed a policeman and injured his minor daughter outside their house in Soura neighbourhood of Srinagar.
Para was first arrested under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in November 2020, three days after he filed his nomination for the District Development Council elections in J&K.
According to the deceased's father Basharat Sadiq Gujjar, she breathed her last around 6.30 am at G B Pant Hospital in Srinagar.
Political leaders in the Union Territory said the life term given to Malik was a setback to peace efforts.
A joint team of the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Indian Army encountered a group of militants in the Kreeri village in Baramulla.
Residents of Sheikhpora Colony have not returned to work since May 12 when Rahul Bhat was killed. They have been protesting over safety concerns in colonies where Kashmiri Pandits reside.
Seven J&K Police personnel have been killed in the Valley since the beginning of the year. While 42 security personnel were killed last year, half of them (21) were from the J&K Police.
While over 50 teachers have already been shifted, more transfers are on the cards
On Thursday, Professor Nilofar Khan was appointed the Vice-Chancellor of the university, taking over from Professor Talat Ahmad whose tenure ended on May 19.
Members of the Kashmiri Pandit community have been protesting since the May 12 killing of a government employee, Rahul Bhat, by suspected militants in the tehsil office of Chadoora in Budgam district.





