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2 missing SPOs found shot dead in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar

India, Nov. 13 -- The bullet-riddled bodies of two special police officers (SPOs) were recovered from a forest in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district early Thursday, a day after they went missing wh... Read More


What makes Kishtwar a safe haven for terrorists

Jammu, Nov. 13 -- The killing of two special police officers (SPOs) Rashpal Kumar, 45, and Babbi Chand, 57, has brought the upper reaches of Marwah-Dachhan in Kishtwar district back into the security ... Read More


High risk, low pay: SPOs living on edge

Jammu, Nov. 13 -- Despite handling frontline counter-insurgency operations, routine law-and-order duties, and even serving as orderlies at senior officers' residences, special police officers (SPOs) i... Read More


What makes Kishtwar a safe haven for terrorists

Jammu, Nov. 13 -- The killing of two special police officers (SPOs) Rashpal Kumar, 45, and Babbi Chand, 57, has brought the upper reaches of Marwah-Dachhan in Kishtwar district back into the security ... Read More


High risk, low pay: J&K's SPOs living on the edge

Jammu, Nov. 13 -- Despite handling frontline counter-insurgency operations, routine law-and-order duties, and even serving as orderlies at senior officers' residences, special police officers (SPOs) i... Read More


Meagre pay, no retirement benefits, but in the line of fire: SPOs flag struggles after Kishtwar attack

India, Nov. 12 -- Special Police Officers (SPOs), who play a key role in Jammu and Kashmir's security operations, said on Thursday that they perform a range of duties for the police but earn meagre sa... Read More


From anti-terror ops to law & order duties, SPOs take home paltry rRs.r6,000 to rRs.r18000 a month

India, Nov. 12 -- Special Police Officers (SPOs), who play a key role in Jammu and Kashmir's security operations, said on Thursday that they perform a range of duties for the police but earn meagre sa... Read More


J&K arms licence scam: HC dismisses plea by 2 IAS officers

Jammu, Nov. 7 -- The high court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has dismissed an application filed by two IAS officers-Pandurang Kondbarao Pole and Shahid Iqbal Choudhary-seeking intervention in a pub... Read More


J&K arms licence scam: HC dismisses plea by two IAS officers

India, Nov. 6 -- The high court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has dismissed an application filed by two IAS officers-Pandurang Kondbarao Pole and Shahid Iqbal Choudhary-seeking intervention in a pub... Read More


Himalayan effort to revive Ladakh's living history

Jammu, Nov. 1 -- Heavy rainfall and sudden cloudbursts, intensified by climate change in recent years, are taking a toll on the fragile heritage of Ladakh, particularly its centuries-old wall murals a... Read More