The Additional Director General of Police, Anand Jain, IPS, undertook a visit to Rajouri to oversee and reinforce security measures there ahead of polling in the Union Territory.
Security has been heightened, including the frisking of vehicles in Rajouri, after a man was shot dead by unidentified persons on Monday evening, police said.
According to officials, the victim, identified as Mohammad Raziq, son of Mohammad Akbar and resident of Kunda Top, Shahdara Sharif in J-K's Rajouri, has been critically injured following a "targeted firing" incident in his native village.
People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief and Lok Sabha Candidate from Anantnag-Rajouri seat Mehbooba Mufti held a mega roadshow in Bijbeara in Anantnag on Monday and said that this election is not a battle between PDP and NC, but a bid to raise the voice against jobs being captured.
The security forces in Jammu and Kashmir recovered several rounds of arms and ammunition in the Thannamandi area of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, on Sunday.
Ghulam Maya Din, hailing from Bharot, a remote hilly area of Pirpanjal of Thanamandi tehsil, Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir, has secured an AIR 388 in the recently announced UPSC CSE 2023.
Anantnag Deputy Commissioner and Returning Officer Syeed Fakhrudin Hamid announced that 25 candidates submitted nomination papers for the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Democratic Progressive Azad Party on Wednesday announced that former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and DPAP chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad will not contest the Lok Sabha elections from the Anantnag-Rajouri seat.
In a tragic incident, 18 people were injured when a Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus, identified by its registration number DL1PD6164, collided with a roadside pole in Rajouri Garden on Thursday morning, police officials said.
The police team of PP Subhash Nagar, and PS Rajouri Garden have taken action against reckless driving and dangerous stunts along Najafgarh Road, and Rajouri Garden. The police team has also seized a KTM motorcycle used for scary manoeuvres.