In the aftermath of the Rajouri terror attacks this month, a woman teacher from Jammu & Kashmir has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide village defence guards with automatic weapons for self-protection citing "fear" among people.
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will send additional 18 companies to Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of recent killings of civilians in two fresh terror attacks in the Rajouri district, sources familiar with the development said.
In view of the killings of civilians in a suspected terror attack in the Rajouri district, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA) on Tuesday announced that all the work in the courts, tribunals, commissions and revenue courts will remain suspended on January 4.