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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is set to reach Bali in Indonesia to participate in the G-20 foreign ministers’ meeting on  July 7 and 8. (Representational)

India to hold G-20 meetings in LadakhSubscriber Only

July 7, 2022 07:01 IST

Indian and Chinese troops have been involved in a border standoff in eastern Ladakh since May 2020, and the government's proposal to hold the meetings in the Union Territory is likely to be seen as a snub to China.

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BJP demands NIA probe into arrested LeT militant’s linksSubscriber Only

July 6, 2022 03:01 IST

“Talib (Shah) used to visit BJP office in the garb of journalist and used to cover party's press conferences, political rallies and other programmes,” J&K BJP president Ravinder Raina said.

Arms and ammunition seized on Monday. (Express Photo)

Night alert, morning capture: How J&K villagers caught LeT militantsSubscriber Only

July 5, 2022 07:40 IST

On Sunday, Jammu-based Army PRO Lt Colonel Devender Anand attributed the capture of the two militants to “security forces assisting villagers in organising themselves into Village Defence Committees and giving them training to operate and fire rifles’’.

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Congress holds protests, Jammu and Kashmir BJP to probe captured militant’s linkSubscriber Only

July 5, 2022 03:59 IST

The arrest of Shah and another LeT militant Faizal Ahmed Dar after their capture on Sunday also led the J&K Police to more arms, ammunition and explosives at a “hideout” in the border district of Rajouri.

The seizures include six sticky bombs, one pistol along with three magazines, including two Glock pistols and one 30 bore pistol, among others. (Twitter/Police Media Centre Jammu)

Sticky bombs, pistols, grenades seized from captured LeT militant’s hideout in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri

July 4, 2022 09:52 IST

Talib Shah and another LeT militant Faizal Ahmed Dar from Pulwama were captured by residents of Tuksan Dhok village in the Reasi district on Sunday.

The two LeT operatives were apprehended in Tuksan Dhok village of Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district. (ANI)

J&K villagers capture two LeT militants, one an ‘ex-BJP man’Subscriber Only

July 4, 2022 10:38 IST

J&K Police identified the two captured militants as Talib Hussain Shah from Draj village in Rajouri and Faizal Ahmed Dar from Pulwama.

 Khubaib was desperately making attempts to revive militancy in Doda by instigating local youth to join militant ranks, police statement said. (Representational Image)

Jammu and Kashmir: Two ‘militant sympathisers’ held in Doda

July 2, 2022 17:38 IST

The 'militant sympathisers' were booked under the Public Safety Act in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district.

The yatra is scheduled to end on August 11 on the occasion of 'Shravan Purnima' coinciding with Raksha Bandhan. 

Fourth batch of over 6,000 pilgrims leaves Jammu for Amarnath cave shrine

July 2, 2022 10:30 IST

The pilgrims, also comprising 195 Sadhus and 25 children, will be reaching the twin base camps of Pahalgam in Anantnag district and Baltal in Ganderbal district later in the day.

Officers identified the injured as Anita Gupta (49) and Vivek (10), both from Chhattisgarh, and Kundan Kumar (59) from Uttar Pradesh.

Three Amarnath pilgrims injured as vehicle slips off road, flips over in J&K’s Ramban

July 1, 2022 12:21 IST

Attributing the accident to slippery road conditions caused by rains, police sources said the pilgrims were on their way to Kashmir in a tempo traveller van when the mishap occurred.

The first batch of Amarnath Yatra pilgrims depart from Jammu on Wednesday. (Express Photo)

First batch of Amarnath Yatra pilgrims leaves for Valley

June 29, 2022 08:43 IST

Multi-tier security has been put in place for the smooth conduct of the Amarnath Yatra, and pilgrims have been provided RFID tags to track their locations on a real-time basis.

To meet the shortage of doctors in Ladakh, the J&K administration allots certain seats in MBBS/PG degree, DNB/PG diploma and paramedical in clinical and non-clinical courses across Jammu and Kashmir.

Ladakh makes it must for doctors who studied under its quota to serve for 5 yearsSubscriber Only

June 28, 2022 08:16 IST

Otherwise, they are liable to pay a penalty of Rs 50 lakh, according to an order issued last week by Ladakh’s Health and Medical Education Department.

Identifying him as Fareed Ahmed of Koti Doda, police said he was tasked to attack police personnel in Doda.

Ahead of Amarnath Yatra, militant tasked to attack Doda police caught in Jammu and Kashmir, arms seized

June 27, 2022 12:02 IST

Fareed Ahmed has told police that he used to receive calls from terror commanders and was motivated to work for terror outfits in Kashmir valley and Doda regions

Senior IPS officer Basant Kumar Rath (right) on Sunday announced his resignation on social media (File)

J&K IPS officer Basant Kumar Rath resigns, says he wants to join politicsSubscriber Only

June 27, 2022 10:17 IST

While Rath said he wanted to join electoral politics, in the past he had shown aversion for political leaders.

Tight security arrangements at a base camp of the Amarnath Yatra 2022, in Jammu, Friday. (PTI)

Ahead of Amarnath Yatra, Jammu & Kashmir police warn vehicle users of sticky bombsSubscriber Only

June 25, 2022 22:08 IST

For the first time in the Union Territory, fifteen small magnetic IEDs, also known as sticky bombs, were seized by police in Samba district’s Ramban sector in February 2021.

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J&K: Mehbooba Mufti urges youth to shun militancy

June 25, 2022 20:12 IST

She emphasised that while the Central government is “taking away our land, jobs and resources, do not let them take away our courage”.

On June 3, a division bench of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh stayed the single bench order for exhuming the body of Aamir Magrey and handing it to his family for last rites. (File)

Hyderpora encounter: SC to hear plea of man seeking exhumation of son’s body

June 25, 2022 01:04 IST

Grover sought urgent listing of the plea, saying that with every passing day, it would get more difficult to exhume the body and that he has several judgements of the top court in his favour.

Sources said that vehicular traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar and Batote-Doda national highways was hit after landslides and incidents of boulders rolling down the mountains were reported at nearly 30 places. (Photo: Twitter/@DioKulgam)

Landslides snap road connectivity to Kashmir, schools closed in RambanSubscriber Only

June 22, 2022 23:51 IST

Heavy rains result in landslides and ‘shooting stones’. Nearly 1,600-1,700 vehicles stranded along National Highway in Ramban district, traffic police officials said

Bank employees protest the manager’s firing. (Express Photo)

J&K Grameen Bank manager sacked for ‘inciting’ colleagues against resuming duty in ValleySubscriber Only

June 22, 2022 02:40 IST

Identified as Satvinder Singh, Manager at the bank’s Chatha branch in Jammu, the terminated official also happened to be the general secretary of the J&K Grameen Bank Officers' Association, a registered body with the Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) both at the Centre and in J&K.

The Jammu and Kashmir police said Tuesday they have cracked the HDFC Bank robbery case in Kathua by arresting one of the two accused (File)

J&K police crack Kathua bank robbery case; 1 held, more than Rs 1.50 cr recovered

June 21, 2022 17:59 IST

Accused was a former bank employee, team sent to Punjab to catch his associate, say police

Soldiers perform yoga in Siachen on International Yoga Day. (Twitter/@SpokespersonMoD)

International Yoga Day: Soldiers practice asanas at height of 18k feet in Siachen

June 21, 2022 15:57 IST

Led by Northern Army Commander Lt General Upendra Dwivedi, the troops held yoga sessions at all forward locations and in Leh and Kargil districts of Ladakh.

A police team has been sent to Chandigarh to arrest the third robber. (File photo)

J&K police crack Kathua bank robbery case; 2 held, Rs 1.45 cr seized

June 21, 2022 15:30 IST

Police sources said that one of the robbers had hidden the cash in a water tank at his house.

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J&K: Four militants killed in two separate gunfights, 11 in less than 48 hoursSubscriber Only

June 22, 2022 00:30 IST

Police said the armed forces have killed 118 militants, including 32 foreign nationals, this year.

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Two more militants killed in overnight gunfight in J-K’s Kupwara, another eliminated in South KashmirSubscriber Only

June 20, 2022 13:52 IST

The police said that the two militants were killed in a gunfight that started on Sunday afternoon in the Lolab forests in the frontier district of Kupwara.

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Youth Congress workers take to streets, ask Centre to roll back ‘Agnipath’

June 18, 2022 12:58 IST

Party workers held demonstration near the Jammu Press Club raising slogans against the Central Government.

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Jammu councillor, husband held for graft

June 18, 2022 01:46 IST

 Sources said that the ACB had received a complaint from the contractor, saying that he was allotted contract for upgradation of an open area along the main road by laying pre-cast paver tiles in Trikuta Nagar area. Though he completed the work, his payment was pending.

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