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Kashmir's prized saffron is under siege from an unexpected foe: the Indian crested porcupine. These nocturnal rodents are burrowing underground, destroying saffron corms and decimating harvests. Production has plummeted, threatening the livelihoods and identity tied to Pampore's "red gold." Authorities are assessing damage and proposing deterrents, but farmers fear the crisis will worsen without significant state intervention.

Umar Iqbal, from pulwama district, said he entered Iran on a 12-day visa after his route through the region began to close around him in Iraq.

Two policemen and a civilian were killed as militants opened indiscriminate fire on a police vehicle in Pampore area in south Kashmir's pulwama district today.

Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Banderpora-Rinzipora area of Awantipora on Friday morning following information about the presence of militants there, a police official said.

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The Jammu and Kashmir High Court quashed a preventive detention under the Public Safety Act for a Pulwama resident due to significant contradictions in official records. Justice Rahul Bharti cited discrepancies, including a detainee being held months before the detention order was issued, highlighting carelessness in the application of the stringent law.

Authorities at Bhaderwah Jail in Doda district intercepted two mobile phones hidden within a parcel intended for an inmate held under the Public Safety Act. The parcel, addressed to Irshad Ahmad Wani, a resident of Bandipora, was reportedly booked by Mohammed Younis Wani from Pulwama.

Militants on Saturday shot dead a civilian in pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The ultras shot and critically injured Azaad Ahmad Dar at his residence in Dadoora-Kangan area of pulwama district around 9.40 pm, a police official said. He said 42-year-old Dar was rushed to a hospital but succumbed to injuries.

The ultras opened fire on a minority guard post at Saidpora in Tahab area of pulwama district on Monday afternoon. The police personnel retaliated, forcing terrorists to escape from the spot.

Two terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's pulwama district on Friday. Security forces had launched a cordon and search operation in Braw Bandina area of Awantipora after receiving intelligence input about the presence of terrorists in the area. Two terrorsits were killed in the ensuing encounter.

Acting on credible inputs, a joint team of police and security forces unearthed the hideout in Manduna village in Koil area of south Kashmir's pulwama district, a police spokesman said. He said the security forces recovered huge quantity of incriminating material and other items from the hideout.

An encounter broke out on Saturday between security forces and terrorists in pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. "Encounter has started at Parigam area of Pulwama. Police and security forces are on the job. Further details shall follow," Kashmir Zone Police posted on X. According to officials, the police and army launched a cordon and search operation in the Parigam area following information about movement of terrorists there. No casualties have been reported so far, they added.

Two terrorists and a "hardcore" terrorist associate were killed in an encounter with security forces in pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. Security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Goripora area of Awantipora in the south Kashmir district in the early hours of Saturday after receiving specific information about the presence of some terrorists there.

At least six civilians were injured in a grenade attack by terrorists in the Tral area of pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, a police official said. The terrorists lobbed a grenade towards security forces personnel, but it missed the intended target and exploded in the market.

SRINAGAR: Border Security Force killed one Hizbul Mujahideen militant in Tral in pulwama district, on Saturday evening and recovered huge quantity of arms and ammunition from a militant hideout two villages in the same district, BSF spokesman said.

A self-styled financial chief of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit was killed in an encounter with police in pulwama district on Sunday.

Three unidentified militants were killed and a civilian injured in an encounter with security forces in pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Tikken area of pulwama district in the early hours of Wednesday following information about presence of militants there, a police official said.

An unidentified militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in pulwama district of south Kashmir on Sunday.

Mobile internet was suspended in south Kashmir as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order. They said there were apprehensions that social media could be misused to create trouble. A video of the suicide bomber, who rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into the CRPF convoy in pulwama district, was widely being shared on social media in the Valley.

Militants on Sunday shot dead a former village headman affiliated to opposition National Conference in pulwama district of south Kashmir, police said.

Four jawans of the CRPF were injured in a terror attacked on a camp of the force in Litter in pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday night.