Union Home Minister Amit Shah will hold a crucial meeting with top leaders of the Jammu and Kashmir Bharatiya Janata Party at his residence in the national capital at 9 pm today, sources said.
Days after Congress Party wrote a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah complaining of 'security breaches' in the Delhi leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Monday, said that they are in the process to take stock of the incident.
A two-day workshop on Geographical Indications was also organized in Jammu with the aim of sensitizing all stakeholders on Geographical Indications, identifying potential products, and developing future strategies for empowering rural communities.
A total of six drug peddlers have been arrested within three days by Anantnag Police during its special drive. The accused has been identified as Mukhtar Ahmad Shah, a resident of Darpora Chee. Police said they have registered a case and taken up an investigation.
The Indian Army thwarted an infiltration bid in the Balakot sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on the night of January 7, eliminating two terrorists in the operation, officials said on Sunday.
The Indian Army's Chinar Corps conducted emergency evacuations of three ailing villagers from Jammu and Kashmir's remote Sumwali village in Boniyar Tehsil and took them to a primary health care centre in Boniyar. The three indisposed persons were an aged woman, a child and an elderly man.
One more civilian succumbed to his injuries taking the number of killed to seven in the firing that took place in the Dhangri area of Rajouri district, officials said on Sunday.
Two terrorists have been neutralised so far following the killings of six civilians in the terror attack of January 1 this year, the White Knight Corps official said on Saturday.
As a major step towards the development of the rural economy, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has decided to 'geographically identify' the important products grown in the Waknaf area of the Union Territory.
The MHA made the announcement through a late Friday night notification, stating that Mir, who belongs to Jammu and Kashmir, is presently based in Pakistan and is working for LeT from across the border.