Two persons were killed while 13 others were injured after a vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district.
Jammu and Kashmir Congress leaders are scheduled to meet party leadership in the national capital on Tuesday to discuss election preparedness for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, sources said
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday paid tribute to two army personnel, Naik Virendra Singh and Rifleman Gautam Kumar, who lost their lives in a terrorist ambush on Thursday in Rajouri sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
Additional security personnel were deployed in the Poonch district on Monday even as a search operation was ongoing in the forested terrain of Dera ki Gali, where two Army vehicles were ambushed by heavily armed terrorists from across the border last week.
In a solemn wreath-laying ceremony, Leiutenant General Upendra Dwivedi, Commanding-in-Chief Northern Command paid homage to four soldiers who laid down their lives during the terrorist operation in Surankote of Poonch district.
Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi was briefed by officials on the ongoing operations in the Poonch sector on Sunday, an official statement issued by Indian army's Northern command said.
Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Vijay Kumar and Divisional Commissioner Jammu Ramesh Kumar conducted a visit to Poonch to evaluate the security scenario in the aftermath of the Dera ki Gali (DKG) encounter, which resulted in the death of five army personnel.
The Christmas Eve celebrations at the Union Church of Udhampur were a heartwarming reminder of the spirit of Christmas. The event brought people of all ages and backgrounds together to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday interacted with 250 students from J-K as a part of their 'Watan Ko Jano' programme in the national capital and said that the "students enthusiasm and energy are truly admirable."
"Arms and ammunition, including six IEDs and one grenade, were recovered from a package that was dropped from a drone near the LOC in the Akhnoor sector," said Jammu and Kashmir Police.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary in Jammu and Kashmir and party in-charge of Ladakh, Tarun Chugh expressed condolences on the demise of former senior Jammu and Kashmir Police officer Mohd Shafi, who was shot dead by terrorists while offering prayers at a mosque in Bara