Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Doda in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday to address a public rally for the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in the Union Territory.
An encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in the Chak Tapper Kreeri Pattan area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Friday night.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jammu and Kashmir's Doda on Saturday, to address a public rally for the BJP for the upcoming assembly elections, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Friday.
According to Indian Army officials, "Four Indian Army soldiers have been injured in the ongoing encounter with terrorists in Kishtwar. One of the injured has been evacuated to the nearby Command Hospital for treatment, while three are being treated locally."
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah termed the Baramullah MP Engineer Rashid as an "agent" of the BJP a day after he walked out of Tihar Jail on interim bail.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Electoral Officer PK Pole said that they are conducting green elections under which around 10-12 plants will be planted at every polling station during the upcoming assembly elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
J-K Police, in a statement, said, "On 12.09.2024, on specific information, a joint search operation was launched by Police/Army and CRPF in the general area of Chamerd Surankot in the wee hours."
Amid preparations for the assembly elections, Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Thursday reached Srinagar to take stock of the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
The drug peddlers have been identified as Javed Ahmed and his son, Abdul Majeed, and the action has been taken under Section 68-F (1) of the NDPS Act 1985.