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Jammu and Kashmir DDC Phase 1 polls today; tight security in place for first election since abrogation of Article 370

The first phase of the District Development Councils (DDC) election and panchayat bypolls in Jammu and Kashmir began on Saturday (November 28), with 1,427 candidates in the fray and seven lakh voters eligible to exercise their franchise. At least 40 out of 280 constituencies in the Union Territory are going to polls in the first phase of the DDC elections. The DDC elections in Jammu and Kashmir, is the first major political activity to be held since the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the state…
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PM Narendra Modi condemns killing of BJP workers in J&K’s Kulgam

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condemned the killing of three local BJP leaders in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. Taking to microblogging site Twitter, PM Modi said, "I condemn the killing of 3 of our young Karyakartas. They were bright youngsters doing excellent work in J&K. My thoughts are with their families in this time of grief. May their souls rest in peace." Three local BJP leaders were shot dead by unidentified terrorists in Qazigund area of J&K's Kulgam district on Thursday evening. Jammu and Kashmir…
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3 Madrassa teachers arrested under PSA in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian after 13 students join terror outfits

Jammu and Kashmir authorities booked three teachers of a madrassa at Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district of Public Safety Act (PSA) after some students of this school were found involved in terror-related activities. According to police, 13 students of the madrassa joined terror outfits after which the entire institution came under the scanner of the intelligence agencies. Students from three districts of Kulgam, Shopian and Anantnag are mostly enrolled in this school. Among the alumni of this religious school was Sajad Bhat, the suicide bomber who carried…
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Can detention be forever? Supreme Court raps Centre over ex-J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti’s detention under PSA

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that detention cannot be forever and asked the Centre to clear whether former J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti`s detention under the under Public Safety Act (PSA) has extended beyond a year. The remarks were made by a bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul during the hearing of Iltija Mufti`s plea challenging her mother`s and People`s Democratic Party (PDP) leader`s detention order under PSA and its subsequent extensions. Justice Kaul queried Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, "How long Mufti has been in…
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PM approves State Government to impose short and local lockdown to combat Covid 19

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asked the states to evaluate efficacy of short and local lockdowns in combating the covid-19 pandemic. He was chairing a high-level virtual meeting with the chief ministers and health ministers of seven States/UTs to review the status and preparedness of virus response and management. “A few states which are forcing 1-2 days neighborhood lockdown. Each state ought to watch and assess at their level that how successful they are in forestalling Coronavirus. The states ought to likewise believe that along these…
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Omar Abdullah to vacate govt accommodation in Srinagar

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said he was voluntarily vacating the government accommodation provided to him 18 years ago due to the change in rules of entitlement in the union territory. Abdullah, who was a Lok Sabha member when the government accommodation in high security Gupkar area here was provided to him in 2002, released a letter on his Twitter handle that he had written in July this year. He had informed the Administrative secretary concerned about his decision to vacate the…
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Cabinet approves Bill to include Kashmiri, Dogri, Hindi as official languages in Jammu and Kashmir

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill under which Kashmiri, Dogri and Hindi, apart from the existing Urdu and English, will be the official languages in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a press briefing, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said the Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020 will be introduced in Parliament in the upcoming Monsoon Session. The Bill received the Cabinet nod on Wednesday at a meeting presided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The minister did not divulge further details saying the…
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Charu Sinha appointed IG CRPF in Srinagar, first female IPS officer to take charge in terrorist-hit sector

For the first time, a female IPS officer has been appointed as Inspector General (IG) of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Srinagar sector, one of the terrorist-affected areas in Jammu and Kashmir.  Charu Sinha, IPS officer of the 1996-batch of Telangana cadre, will now be heading the Srinagar sector for CRPF as the Inspector General.  This is not the first time when she has been assigned such a tough task, earlier also, she had worked as IG, the Bihar sector in CRPF and has dealt with Naxals. …
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Jawan martyred, 3 terrorists gunned down in encounter with security forces in Zadoora area of J&K’s Pulwama; arms, ammunition seized

Three unidentified terrorists were gunned down by security forces on Saturday (August 29) in a joint operation of Jammu and Kashmir Police, Indian Army and CRPF Zadoora area in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. A soldier was also martyred in the operation. Reports stated that the soldier was critically injured in the encounter and rushed to a nearby hospital for medical treatment where he succumbed to his injuries.  A huge cache of arms and ammunition has been recovered by forces in the area. The identities of…
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IAF helicopter rescues 7 people caught between floods for over 34 hrs in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua

Security forces Thursday acted swiftly to save 34 stranded people from drowning in different water bodies in Jammu region where major rivers and streams are in spate due to incessant rains over the past three days.  Seven people from Dhaloti in Kathua district, 8 people from Gursai area of Poonch district, four at Khanetar-Salotri area, also in Poonch, and 15 mini-bus passengers were stranded in Jammu district were those who were rescued by security forces. An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter rescued at least 7 people, almost…
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