Manzoor Ahmad

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Army soldiers shot and killed an innocent 21-year-old labourer at Chogal in north Kashmir’s Handwara area, forcing CM Omar Abdullah to rush to the village on Saturday to avoid a fresh outbreak of protests. manzoor ahmad Magray was buried after authorities assured action against the guilty.

A civilian died and an Army soldier was wounded in a gunfight between security forces and terrorists at Redwani village in south Kashmir’s Kulgam late Friday afternoon.

An ex-serviceman was shot dead by terrorists in Behibagh area of south Kashmir's Kulgam on Monday, Army said. The ex-serviceman manzoor ahmad Wagay (39) was killed while his wife Aaina Akhtar (32) and niece Saina Hameed (13) were also injured. A hunt is on for the terrorists.

Terrorists shot sarpanch manzoor ahmad Bangroo dead in an orchard at Goush-bugh village of Pattan in Kashmir’s Baramulla district Friday evening.The attack on Bangroo, who won the panchayat elections as an independent, adds to a long list of 21 panchayat members killed before him since rural polls were held in J&K for the first time in decades in 2011.

Ex-president of UP Urdu Academy and former chairman of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad Memorial Committee, Malikzada manzoor ahmad, joined BSP on Wednesday.

Suspected terrorists shot dead a Territorial Army jawan, who was home on leave for Eid, in Anantnag district of south Kashmir on Thursday, officials said.

The Army has ordered a probe into the alleged disappearance of three persons in Kupwara district since November 17, it was announced on Wednesday.

The Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday dismissed three employees under Article 311 of the Constitution of India for their involvement in anti-national activities.

LUCKNOW: Justice SK Agarwal of the high court here, while ordering probe by the CBI in MLA manzoor ahmad murder case, committed at the gate of the Governor's House, directed the investigating agency to conclude the probe and submit its report within six months from the date of receipt of the order.

J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday ordered officials to disconnect power supply to his official residence in Srinagar to feel like "a common man’’ as most parts of the Valley were plunged into darkness due to heavy snowfall.

A J&K police constable was killed and another injured when terrorists fired at them from a point-blank range at Qamarwari.

Four persons have been arrested in Baramulla distrcit while trying to exfiltrate to Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir.

LUCKNOW: The mystery motive for the murder of the Samajwadi Party MLA manzoor ahmad has left even the most seasoned and committed officers bite their nails.

SRINAGAR: Acting on directions of the Election Commission, Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday placed two government officials under suspension and ordered an enquiry into the conduct of the duo.

SRINAGAR: Two Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen militants were killed in an encounter with Army personnel in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, official sources said.

banks of Dal Lake this morning, officials said here.

SRINAGAR: Two militants of Hizbul Mujahideen were killed in an encounter with security forces in the outskirts of the city on Saturday, official sources said.

Thousands of people on Tuesday defied terror threats and turned up in the funeral of four Kashmiri soldiers, who were killed in the daring fidayeen attack by Jaish-e-Mohammad operatives at an Army camp in Sunjuwan in Jammu.

“We have not filed any complaint against our students in any of the police stations,” Prof manzoor ahmad, vice-chancellor of the university, said.

A 60-year-old man was trampled by a wild elephant on Tuesday near residential area of BHEL. The man has been admitted to the district hospital where his condition is said to be critical

Two days after manzoor ahmad, the prime suspect in the French national murder case, was arrested he has made some revelations, police sources said.