Vijay Kumar, a resident of Rajasthan and manager at Ellaquai Dehati Bank, a Srinagar-headquartered local bank sponsored by the State Bank of India (SBI), was killed by militants on June 2 inside the bank four days after he was posted there.
After a demonstration outside the Jammu press club, they asked the relief and rehabilitation commissioner to make arrangements for them to mark their attendance in Jammu itself—a request he rejected citing lack of government orders, according to sources.
On being challenged by the border security troops in the Arnia sector, the suspected infiltrators opened fire before running back, officials said.
The accused Aadil Gafoor Ganai was arrested from his house during an early morning raid on Sunday by police at his residence at Chinar Mohalla locality in curfew-bound Bhaderwah town of Doda district, the officials said.
Broadband and mobile internet services remained suspended in several areas, including Bhaderwah and Kishtwar towns, as a precautionary measure.
As a precautionary measure, internet services suspended in Chenab Valley comprising Kishtwar, Doda and Ramban districts
Describing education as the “greatest enabler”, he said: “The future of our country depends on good education to our young population.” The National Education Policy seeks to position India as a ‘Knowledge Hub’ in today’s knowledge economy, he said
Soon after the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (J&KSSB) declared the result, unsuccessful candidates took to the street alleging fraud in the recruitment.
Earlier this week, The Jammu and Kashmir Police had recovered three magnetic IEDs dropped by a Pakistani drone in the Kanachak area on the outskirts of Jammu city.
The Facebook post “#StandWithNupurSharma” appears to have originated from the account of BJP’s Youth Wing general secretary in J&K Ashish Sharma and two others had endorsed it saying “I support Nupur Sharma”.
The annual mela at the revered temple, also known as the Ragnya Devi temple, is among the most significant religious programmes for the Kashmiri Pandit community.
Significantly, sticky bombs have emerged as a new threat ahead of the 43-day long Amarnath yatra beginning June 30.
The Kupwara gunfight was the second one in north Kashmir in less than 12 hours.
Farooq Abdullah, a former chief minister, was speaking to party workers at Surankote in the border district of Poonch.
He remained active along with other militants in Kishtwar and had been instrumental in reviving militancy in the Valley, according to officials.
Police said that during their investigation of the March 9 blast, Sohil had confessed to placing a sticky bomb in Udhampur’s Slathia Chowk allegedly on the directions of his Pakistani handler Mohammad Amin alias Khubaib.
One person was killed and 14 others injured in a low intensity blast in Udhampur town in March this year.
Under the banner of 'All Jammu-based reserved categories employees association', the protesters took out a march from the Press Club to Ambedkar Chowk on Thursday and followed it by another sit-in at Panama Chowk in the heart of Jammu on Friday.
Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina said Pakistan and its agencies are frustrated because the security forces eliminated all top commanders of Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, Hizbul Mujahideen and other groups operating in the valley.
Soon after the attack, a joint team of J-K Police, Indian Army and paramilitary forces cordoned off the area to trace the militants responsible for the attack.
The nature of the blast is being investigated, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said.
The protesters said that people from Jammu who have been posted in Kashmir — as part of an inter-district appointment scheme under the Scheduled Caste quota — will not return to the Valley until the government is able to ensure their safety.
Police said five persons have been arrested after the two groups, both of whom fall under the Scheduled Tribes category, clashed over grazing their cattle on forest land.
The police recovered seven magnetic bombs and seven UBGL grenades from the payload, sources said.
Amarnath work halted, answers sought on ‘10-hr detention’






