This came to light following the arrest of five people in a case in which Rs 13,85,000 obtained from sale of goods sent from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) was allegedly distributed among terrorists and others associated with LeT outfit for terrorist activities in the Valley, they said.
The incident, which has sent jitters in the police machinery, took place in Bijbehara, 50 kilometres south of Srinagar, when constable Shakoor Ahmed failed to report for duty for two days.
Not everyone in Jammu and Kashmir is optimistic about the alliance between the Peoples Democratic Party and Bhartaiya Janata Party. Upasna Pandey/Rediff.com spoke to Kashmiri pandit organisations to find out how they view the new coalition politics in the valley.
In response to bills issued by the Lashkar-e-Tayiba threatening local policemen if they don't quit their jobs, Jammu and Kashmir's Director General of Police Kuldeep Khuda said the state police was undeterred by the threats.
The encounter took place in Hajin area of north Kashmir's Bandipora district on Wednesday.
In its attempt to clinch majority in the 87-member Jammu and Kashmir assembly, Opposition Peoples Democratic Party is trying to make inroads in Jammu by raking up "regional discrimination" and secularism card to woo the Hindu voters of the region.
Maoists violence, militancy in Jammu and Kashmir and insurgency in the Northeast continued to be the top areas of concern for the country's internal security in 2011 with Left wing extremism claiming the most lives.
The armed forces are ready to implement whatever the government decided on Islamabad's offer of free movement across the Line of Control, Army Chief J J Singh said.
'The government of India must deliberate, for how long the police personnel will be sacrificed in such a manner. This is a big issue which must be resolved for the sake of the people of Jammu and Kashmir'
Investigators on Thursday detained five people including a cybercafe owner in Jammu and Kashmir and questioned another hailing from Bihar as they groped for definite leads into the briefcase bomb blast outside Delhi high court which has left 13 dead.
The Indian Army on Monday said there may be desperate attempts by militants to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir and the situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan in 2012 will have an impact on the security situation in the state.
Referring to the Nagrota incident, the MEA said the huge cache of arms, ammunition and explosive material indicate detailed planning for a 'major attack to destabilise the peace and security' in the Union Territory of J-K, in particular, to derail the ongoing democratic exercise of conduct of local district development council polls.
"We expect that good sense will prevail and we expect that the assurances that are coming (from Pakistan) will translate into action. Because assurances are coming from established leadership of that country, we expect conducive atmosphere will prevail to act on the promises made," Mukherjee said, responding to questions.
General Joginder Jaswant Singh took over as the 22nd chief of the Indian army after a ceremonial guard of honour on Tuesday.
Prisoners from India and Pakistan were segregated at the high security Kot Balwal central jail in Jammu by authorities on Saturday in a bid to prevent recurrence of the attack on a Pakistani inmate.
Security forces immediately cordoned off the area and launched search operations to track down the militants.
Earlier, Union Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma called Kashmir the pride of the nation and appealed to all stakeholders to invest in the tourism sector in the state.
Villagers along the Line of Control in Poonch and Rajouri have been asked to shift immediately inside the bunkers in case of shelling from across the border.
Union Home Affairs Minister Harin Pathak said during the current year till end of March, 86 foreign terrorists were killed in various encounters, out of whom, 83 were Pakistani or PoK nationals.
'I felt like a used and discarded rag.' 'The pro-dialogue constituency has shrunk in the valley.' Academician and author Dr Radha Kumar was among the three interlocutors which the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government appointed on Kashmir in October 2010, speaks of how the panel report was never acted upon.
22-year-old Majid, who hails from Suchi village of Kulgam district, was identified by police with the help of some locals as well as the driver of the treasury van that came under Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists' attack on May 1 in Kulgam.
Condemning the killing of another youth in Sopore of North Kashmir, Opposition Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday said 'it seems shooting to kill has become a pathological pass time for the state government and its forces.'
The BJP general secretary said it was untenable for them to continue in the alliance.
The parties reiterated that they are bound, wholly, by the contents of the 'Gupkar Declaration', a resolution issued after an all-party meeting on August 4, 2019 at the Gupkar residence of NC president Farooq Abdullah.
The formal notification of handing over the case to the NIA is expected to be issued by the ministry soon, an official privy to the development said.
The Jammu Police on Sunday averted a major terror attack and recovered an improvised explosive device (IED) which was targeted at a crowded area by an operative of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Tayiba (LeT).
Terrorism decreased, corruption and dynastic politics ended and an era of peace, development, prosperity started on August 5, 2019, said Shah as he reached out to the youths in the Valley urging them to stand up to disruptive elements and become ambassadors of peace.
Shah visited the family of Jammu and Kashmir Police officer who was killed by terrorists.
Infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir significantly declined in 2004 due to the fence put up by India along the Line of Control and an effective security mechanism, the US State Department has said.
Two police personnel were on Sunday killed when militants opened fire at the house of a ruling National Conference youth leader in Pulwama, the first terror attack targeting election activities in Jammu and Kashmir this year.
Former Intelligence Bureau chief and two-time governor of Jammu and Kashmir Girish Saxena has said that the terror outfits are getting desperate to vitiate the atmosphere and hit the tourism industry.
'The youth have given New Delhi a chance. Now it is up to the policy-makers in Delhi to respect their political choices.'
Because of the treaty, no big dams or power projects can be built by India on Jhelum, Indus or Chenab.
Shah said "three families" are answerable to the people for their failure to develop Jammu and Kashmir over the past seven decades.
'I only pray that no other Indian should go through such harassment and distress. Am I not a citizen of India?'
Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Tayiba on Thursday warned mainstream political workers and sarpanches of dire consequences if they fail to resign within a week.
Class 10 student, Surinder Kumar risked his life and returned home from a makeshift camp miles away to collect his books that he could not pick up while fleeing to safety.
Opposing a dialogue with Pakistan till it stops 'exporting' terror into Jammu and Kashmir, a Bharatiya Janata Party delegation led by Jammu and Kashmir president Ravinder Raina at an all-party meet in New Delhi on Thursday said those seeking engagement with the neighbouring country should meet the victims of violence to understand their pain.
