As many as nine inmates sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder blast at the Kupwara central jail in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, said the police on Wednesday.
Nasir Aziz, the spokesperson for the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP), said the ongoing protests in Pakistan-occupied Jammu Kashmir (PoJK), emphasised the community's commitment to a peaceful struggle against the Pakistan government's failure to address their issues.
The members of the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC) organised several protests across Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), demanding the unconditional release of individuals who were arrested while protesting in Muzaffarabad.
After the National Investigation Agency (NIA) took over the Reasi terror attack case from Jammu and Kashmir police, former J-K Director General of Police Shesh Paul Vaid on Monday appreciated the decision and called it a "good move".
The UKPNP leaders accused Pakistan and its facilitators of disrupting the peaceful atmosphere in PoJK through tactics such as firing, imprisonment, and torture against the leaders of the Jammu Kashmir Awami Action Committee.
After Fareed Ahmed, a Special Operations Group (SOG) constable, was injured in an encounter that broke out between militants and security forces in Doda district on Wednesday, was shifted to Government Medical College Doda for further treatment, where his condition is said to be stable.
Uddhav Thackeray also referred to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's remarks on the Manipur situation and asked if PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah would visit the northeastern state which has witnessed ethnic violence
The terrorists opened fire at a joint checkpoint of the Indian Army and Jammu-Kashmir Police in Bhaderwah town in the Doda district. Following the gunfight, the security forces launched a search operation.
As a bus carrying pilgrims to the Shiv Khori temple in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district fell into a deep gorge in a suspected terror attack, Bollywood celebrities took to social media to express their grief and offer prayers for the victims.
The diaspora belonging to the Pakistan-occupied Jammu Kashmir (PoJK) and Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) living overseas on Wednesday organized a protest outside the consulate of Pakistan in England.
Kashmiri poet and journalist Ahmad Farhad Shah, who was allegedly abducted by Pakistani authorities several days ago, recited poetry of resistance against Pakistani oppression in Islamabad High Court despite being in chains.