Arun Sharma

After the Army chief left their village, Salani, Aurangzeb’s father Mohammad Haneef said that Aurangzeb was not his but the son of India — “he was my son only until he was in my lap,” he told some reporters present there.

The Army rifleman was killed by militants after abducting him from south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday while he was on way home to Salani village, in Poonch district, to celebrate Eid with family.

The immediate provocation for not exchanging sweets along the LoC appeared to be the killing of a jawan in Rajouri district’s Nowshera sector during unprovoked mortar shelling from across the border Saturday.

Aurangzeb was the fourth among ten children, including four girls, of Haneef and Raj Begum. Haneef’s eldest son Mohammad Qasim is in the Army while two of his younger sons, Mohammad Tariq and Mohammad Shabir, are set to join the armed forces.

The exchange of fire comes as a set back to the temporary suspension of operations and political process of dialogue, and has been condemned by both the BJP and Congress as a “betrayal” by Pakistan despite commitment to maintain ceasefire.

Devesh Mahajan from Sunderbani town on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, selected for World Karate Federation Cup to held in Croatia.

According to security personnel, Shopian residents Mukhtar Ahmed and Aijaz Ahmed Parray, both 22, were trying to reach the Valley after stealing the rifle with three magazines and 49 live rounds from a police barrack at Shahdra Sharief near Thanamandi town.

Pointing out that Rajinder Singh had been constantly on the move from one place to another so as to evade arrest, state police chief said he was on way to Mumbai at the time of his apprehension.

On Pakistan, Rajnath Singh said India wants good relations with all its neighbours. But Pakistan, he said, has to take the initiative to stop efforts being made at its soil to aid and promote terrorism.

The woman was undergoing training at a government hospital. During the training, the accused allegedly proposed marriage to her repeatedly, and she asked him to approach her parents.

The move came after a representation to Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and the DGP by the girl’s counsel Deepika Rajawat, who took up the case of rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in the forests of Kathua district.

Addressing scientists at the Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM) here, Venkaiah Naidu also took a dig at those trying to divide people in the name of patriotism.

"If we have tension, there cannot be any attention. You must end the tension and then you can talk with the neighbours," Venakaiah Naidu said.

These witnesses, while recording their statements before a magistrate, had pointed out that their earlier statements to police were made under coercion, Gupta said.

SSP, Crime Branch, Jammu, Ramesh Jalla, denied the allegations, saying that relatives of the witnesses were “kept at a visible distance which may not be more than 10 ft from the witnesses’’.

Asked whether Nirmal Singh or his wife got permission to construct the house, Jammu Development Authority’s vice-chairman R K Shewan said it is “not there in our records”.

On Tuesday, more than a dozen people, including a 70-year-old woman, were injured as Pakistan Rangers continued to fire mortar shells and small arms at various areas between Akhnoor and Samba.

Bubby, who was leading a group during a march led by his brother from Lakhanpur to Hiranagar Sunday, was captured on camera purportedly using abusive language against the CM and calling her names.

Singh, who led a 25,000-strong march over nearly 35 km from Lakhanpur to Kootah morh in Hiranagar area of Kathua district, asked the state government to mend its ways.