Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said "time is not far" when the people of Jammu and Kashmir will elect a new government in assembly polls and indicated that statehood will be resorted soon to the union territory.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday for a two-day visit during which he will unveil various development projects and participate in International Yoga Day celebrations in Srinagar on Friday.
Local activists and student leaders organised sit-ins and demonstrations across various districts of PoJK on Wednesday, demanding the unconditional release of Ahmed and other detained political activists.
According to a PMO release, the inaugurations will include projects related to road infrastructure, water supply schemes, and infrastructure in higher education etc.
"It is a multi-tier security. As per the security protocols, the high-alert security arrangement has been made here," IGP Kashmir Zone Vidhi Kumar Birdi told ANI on Wednesday.
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.
In a swift and decisive action, the Jammu and Kashmir Police in Doda district jointly with the Indian Army successfully apprehended an individual responsible for snatching a service weapon from police personnel within a remarkable 24-hour timeframe.
Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday said that in a major breakthrough in connection with the Reasi terror attack one terror associate was arrested who helped the terrorists in the execution of the attack.
In a social media post, Raja highlighted the plight of activists detained by the "illegal government of Pakistani Occupied Jammu And Kashmir and Pakistan Army," emphasising that their whereabouts remain unknown and they have been denied legal aid.