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J&K Assembly erupts over AAP MLA's tilak remarks; BJP demands action

Glass tables broken, MLAs escorted out as J&K Assembly chaos escalates after BJP accused Doda MLA Mehraj Malik of anti-Hindu remarks. BJP MLA Vikram Randhawa demanded strict action

Waqf Act sparks uproar in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly; PDP MLA escorted out

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly sees second day of chaos as the Opposition protests Waqf (Amendment) Act; PDP's Waheed Para escorted out, Mehbooba, Sajad Lone demand action against Speaker

Amit Shah chairs meeting to review ongoing developmental projects in J-K

A high-level meeting to review the ongoing developmental projects in Jammu and Kashmir began here on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Union home minister Amit Shah, officials said. The meeting at Raj Bhavan is being attended by Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, along with senior officers from the Union home ministry and Kashmir government, they said. During the meeting, the officers will brief the home minister on the ongoing developmental projects in the Union Territory. Shah, who is on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, arrived in the Valley on Monday evening. Immediately after his arrival, Shah visited the house of Kirti Chakra awardee Deputy Superintendent of Police Humayun Muzammil Bhat, who laid down his life battling terrorists in 2023. He spent nearly 20 minutes with the slain police officer's father, retired Inspector General of Police Ghulam Hassan Bhat, before heading to Raj Bhavan. Posthumously awarded Kirti Chak

Mission not yet over as terrorism curbed but not eliminated in J-K: Shah

A massive search operation has been underway in the forest area of the district since March 23, when police and other security forces intercepted a group of five terrorists

Amit Shah begins three-day tour of J-K, holds meeting with BJP MLAs

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who reached Jammu on Sunday to commence his three-day Jammu and Kashmir tour, held a closed-door meeting with BJP MLAs and office-bearers. This is Shah's first visit to the Union Territory after the formation of the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah-led National Conference government in October. The visit also holds significance in the wake of a massive anti-terrorist operation currently underway in Kathua district. Shah, who landed in Jammu around 6:50 pm, was received by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Union minister Jitendra Singh, and other BJP leaders, including its Jammu and Kashmir unit chief Sat Sharma and national general secretary in-charge Jammu and Kashmir Tarun Chugh. Former state chief Ravinder Raina and ex-deputy chief ministers Kavinder Gupta and Nirmal Singh were also present. Shah was escorted to the Raj Bhavan and later visited the BJP headquarters at Trikuta Nagar to chair a meeting of party MLAs and other office-bearers, officials ...

Home minister Amit Shah to be on three-day visit to J-K from Sunday

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir from Sunday, during which he will tour a forward post along the India-Pakistan border and review the security situation and development initiatives in the Union Territory. Officials said Shah will reach Jammu on Sunday evening and attend a meeting of BJP MLAs and office bearers. The next day, he will visit the BSF Border Out Post Vinay in Kathua and assess the ground situation there. Later in the day, he will meet the family members of the martyrs of the Jammu and Kashmir Police at Raj Bhavan in Jammu and also present appointment letters to some of them selected on compassionate grounds. On April 8, Shah will first take stock of various development programmes in the Union Territory at a meeting to be held at Raj Bhavan in Srinagar. Subsequently, he will attend another meeting at the Raj Bhavan in Srinagar where the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir will be reviewed, officials said. On March 21,

Social media post sparks protests in J-K's Bhaderwah; internet suspended

Protests and a partial bandh were observed in the communally sensitive Bhaderwah town of Doda district on Saturday following an objectionable social media post allegedly put up by a leader of a Hindu group, prompting authorities to suspend mobile internet services, officials said. Superintendent of Police, Bhaderwah, Vinod Sharma said an FIR has been registered against the accused, Virender Razdan, and raids are underway to nab him. The officer appealed to the people to maintain peace and communal harmony. Razdan, the head of Shri Sanatan Dharam Sabha Bhaderwah, allegedly posted communally sensitive content on his social media account, drawing resentment from members of both Hindu and Muslim communities. Anjuman-e-Islamia Bhaderwah on Saturday took out a march from the local Jamia Masjid to Bhaderwah police station, shouting slogans demanding the arrest of the culprit for "hurting the religious sentiments" of Muslims through the objectionable post. The protesters dispersed after t

Parties in J-K slam NC govt for defending reservation policy in high court

Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday slammed the National Conference (NC) government for defending the reservation policy, which provides 70 per cent quota to various groups, in the high court. Jammu and Kashmir's Social Welfare Department has submitted an affidavit in the high court, saying the writ petition is "mischievous" and "frivolous in nature" and has been filed with "an intent to abuse the judicial process". The government has sought dismissal of the petition titled 'Zahoor Ahmad Bhat and others versus UT of J-K and others'. The affidavit comes even as the government has constituted a Cabinet sub-committee, headed by Social Welfare Minister Sakina Itoo, to look into the issue of reservation after protests over the policy. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) MLA from Pulwama Waheed Para said the Cabinet sub-committee was nothing, but a "facade to mislead" the public. "The J-K government now defends a deeply flawed reservation policy in court. The so-called Cabinet

Lt Gen PK Mishra replaces Lt Gen Navin Sachdeva as GOC of 16 Corps

Lieutenant General P K Mishra assumed command as the new General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 16 Corps on Monday, urging troops to prioritise operational preparedness and ensure peace. He succeeded Lieutenant General Navin Sachdeva, who served as GOC of the elite White Knight Corps (16 Corps) since January 1 last year. The Corps oversees the operational area of the Jammu region, south of the Pir Panjal range. "Lt Gen P K Mishra has assumed command of the White Knight Corps from Lt Gen Navin Sachdeva," the White Knight Corps said on X. The Corps Commander encouraged all personnel to maintain the highest standards of operational excellence and continue promoting peace and stability in the region.

Amit Shah's J-K visit not linked to Kathua operation: CM Omar Abdullah

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to Jammu and Kashmir was not linked to the anti-militancy operation in Kathua. The programme was finalised before the operation, he added. "Do not link the Union minister's visit to the Kathua (operation). His programme was finalised before the Kathua encounter. It is a coincidence that his visit comes around the time of the Kathua operation," the chief minister told reporters after launching a free bus service for women at SKICC. The home minister's visit does not have a security agenda only, he added. "While the security (situation) will be reviewed, he (Shah) has planned a public meeting in Jammu as well Then, in Srinagar, he (Shah) will review the development work and inaugurate some projects," Abdullah said. A combing operation is underway at the Panjtirthi site in Kathua to track down three terrorists who escaped after a brief encounter with security forces late on Monday, officials said. As

Security forces launch massive search operation after Kathua encounter

The area was placed under a cordon after the Monday night gunfire between police and terrorists

Gunshots fired in Kathua during search for terrorists, night cordon laid

Security forces have intensified their search for the three, bolstered by aerial surveillance and sniffer dogs

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Search operations intensified in J&K to track down terrorists; 6 held

Security forces have intensified search operations using aerial surveillance and sniffer dogs following a night-long cordon after fresh reports of suspected movement of three individuals, believed to be terrorists, who escaped a recent encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, officials said. Two terrorists and four policemen were killed while three others, including a deputy superintendent of police, were injured during a gunfight in a remote forested area in the Sanyal belt of the district on Thursday. Security forces, which have picked up six persons for questioning, have also launched a search operation in Samba sector near the international border to sanitise the area, while the entire border belt has been put on alert, officials said. On Sunday night, three suspected terrorists entered a house in Rui village, several kilometres from the encounter site, and took away food from her kitchen, they said. "Multi-tier combing operations have been intensified following fresh

Movement of 3 terrorists likely detected in J-K's Kathua, area cordoned off

Security forces and police have cordoned off an area on Sunday following fresh suspected movement of three persons, believed to be terrorists who escaped from a recent encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, sources said. Two terrorists and four policemen were killed, and three others, including a deputy superintendent of police, were injured in a fierce gunfight in a remote forested area of the Sanyal belt of Kathua district on Thursday. Security forces received fresh inputs about the movement of three persons, suspected to be escaped terrorists, in the Juthana area of the Rajbagh belt and immediately put the area under cordon to conduct searches, they said. According to reports, a resident of the village informed the police that three suspects entered a house, asked for food, and then headed into the nearby jungle late Sunday evening. Police are tracking a group of terrorists after intercepting them last Sunday within a 'dhok', a local term for an enclosure in a nursery

Need more steps to improve security situation in J&K, says CM Abdullah

Shifting of army personnel from Jammu to Ladakh to counter Chinese incursions allowed terrorists to exploit the situation, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Saturday, asserting more steps were needed to improve the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir. Abdullah was talking to reporters after visiting the bereaved families of four police personnel in Kathua, Reasi and Jammu districts. The cops were killed in a gunfight with infiltrating terrorists in the Safiyan forest of Kathua district on Thursday. Two Pakistani terrorists, believed to be affiliated with the proscribed Jaish-e-Mohammad, were also killed in the encounter. A massive search operation is underway to track and neutralise other members of the group. "Visited the families of our bravehearts -- Balvinder Singh, Tariq Ahmad, Jaswant Singh and Jagbir Singh -- who laid down their lives in the line of duty during the Kathua encounter. Their sacrifice is etched in our hearts forever. We stand with their families in this .

Bodies of 3 cops found as Kathua encounter continues; DGP warns terrorists

The bodies of three of the four Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel killed in an encounter with Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists were retrieved on Friday as the fierce gunfight between security forces and the ultras entered its second day in the remote forested region of Jammu's Kathua, officials said here. Director General of Police (DGP), Jammu and Kashmir, Nalin Prabhat confirmed that this was the same group of terrorists that was intercepted in Saniyal village in the Hiranagar sector on March 23, but managed to escape, while resolving that his force will not sleep or take rest till all terror groups are appropriately dealt with. The operation, centred near Jakhole village in the Ghati Juthana area of Rajbagh, began on Thursday morning following intensified police operations against recently-infiltrated terrorists from across the International Border in the Hiranagar sector. The encounter has resulted in the deaths of four police personnel and two JeM terrorists, while seven ...

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Body of 4th cop sighted as security forces resume operation in J&K's Kathua

This is the fourth cop to be have died in the gunfight in which three terrorists are also confirmed to have been killed, officials said

Three terrorists, three cops killed in day-long gunfight in J&K's Kathua

A fierce gun battle in a remote forested area of Kathua district has left two terrorists dead and five security personnel injured as the security forces intensified their operation to neutralise an infiltrating group of about five militants, officials said on Thursday. It was not immediately clear whether it was the same group that had been evading an earlier cordon in Sanyal forest of Kathua region or another batch of freshly infiltrated terrorists. The encounter triggered intense firing and explosions, the officials said. The gunfight, centred near Jakhole village in the Ghati Juthana area of Rajbagh, involved a group of approximately five terrorists and an initial exchange of gunfire resulted in injuries to Special Police Officer Bharat Chalotra, who sustained facial wounds. He was treated at a Kathua hospital before being transferred to Government Medical College Hospital in Jammu, where his condition was stated to be stable. The officials said that two terrorists were killed