The body of a junior commissioned officer was retrieved from a stream in the Poshana area of Surankote late Saturday evening, while the body of a second soldier was found this morning as the water level started receding in the district.
He said over 30 people were detained for questioning during searches in 30 Rohingya settlements in Jammu city.
GMC principal Shashi Sudhan Sharma also requested senior superintendent of police, Jammu, to take all precautionary measures, including deployment of additional police personnel around the hostel and college premises, to avoid any law and order problem.
Four more Congress leaders, including former deputy speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly Gulam Hyder Malik, and a dozen prominent workers of the Apni Party resigned from their respective parties on Monday in support of veteran politician Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Suspended Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Nupur Sharma, in the eye of a storm over her remarks against Prophet Muhammad, Monday sought time to appear before the Maharashtra police to record her statement, while more than 300 people have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh in a crackdown on protesters who indulged in violence after the Friday prayers on June 10.
Azad, who had served as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Union minister under various prime ministers and the chief minister of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir, refused to divulge any further details on the formation of his new party.
On a mission to visit the families of soldiers who have died in action, Vikas Manhas has met over 1,000 families whose loved ones made the supreme sacrifice for the country.
Protests broke out in some states on Friday, including Delhi's Jama Masjid and stone-petling at policemen in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj and Saharanpur, over the controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammad by two now-suspended Bharatiya Janata Party functionaries with demonstrators in Jharkhand injuring a few policemen while authorities in Jammu imposed a curfew in few areas and parts of Kashmir observed a shutdown.
Over 3,000 people were stranded after the Jammu-Kishtwar National Highway was closed following a massive landslide at Karara, 25 km from Doda.
Fresh tremors on Wednesday shook Bhaderwah belt of Doda district where a panic-stricken elderly woman died of a heart attack while fleeing from her home.
There are 78 such people in the village, of which 41 are women and 30 children aged three to 15 years.
The stage is set for the first of the five-phased assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir as 12 sitting MLAs, including seven ministers, are among 123 candidates trying their luck in 15 constituencies that will go to polls on Tuesday in all three regions of the state.
Sources said 14 persons were injured when militants tossed a grenade at a rally of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bhaderwah town on Wednesday afternoon.
The results of the by-elections in the four Assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir were a mixed bag for the Congress' coalition partners.
During a routine search in Baderwah town, troops recovered 40 kg of RDX in a lake in Baderwah town, which is surrounded by mountain.
Curfew-like-restrictions were imposed in the old city of Srinagar and some uptown areas to foil protests and a sit-in at the historic Jamia mosque after the Friday prayers.
At least five passengers were killed and 15 others wounded when a mini-bus met with a tragic accident in hilly Doda district of Jammu region on Friday afternoon.
Authorities did not relax the curfew in Jammu, Samba, Kathua and Bhaderwah on Monday following the deaths of two young men in violent protests against reversion of land transfer to Amarnath board, officials said.
In order to instill a sense of confidence in the fairer sex in the district, the army is training them in the handling of weapons. "During the training, all girl students showed keen interest and displayed a lot of confidence," Commanding Officer, 4th Rashtriya Rifles, Col Paramjeet Singh told PTI.
Five persons were killed and 10 others injured, when a bus rolled down into the Chenab river at Malnoi village while it was on its way to Jammu from hilly Bhaderwah town on Monday morning. The police said rescue and relief parties were rushed to the spot, and initial reports said five passengers had died and 10 others were critically injured.
At least seven people were killed and 18 injured when a passenger bus plunged into Chenab River in the hilly Doda district of Jammu region on Wednesday morning.A senior police officer said the bus was on its way from Bhaderwah to Doda when the driver lost control while trying to maneuver the bus around a bend."So far, we have recovered the bodies of seven passengers. A massive rescue and relief operation is underway at the accident site," a officer said.
Launching an investigation in connection with the recovery of a grenade in Doda's new bus stand on May 25, the police arrested one LeT militant Fareed Ahmed Sheikh of Basti Bhaderwah, Doda SSP Mahor Singh said.
Hundreds of Kashmir-bound stranded vehicles were given green signal on Tuesday afternoon after the roads were cleared for vehicular traffic.
He said the state had suffered heavily on all fronts due to militancy.
Hizbul Mujahideen Section Commander Liaquat Hussain Bhat alias Minta informed about the consignment during interrogation, the sources added.
Fresh protests against arrests in connection with the Kishtwar communal-strife on Tuesday rocked Jammu, Aknoor, Ramnagar and Samba areas even as curfew was relaxed in several towns of the Jammu region.
The Border Roads Organisation is due to commission a cable stayed bridge, over river Ravi in Basholi area of Jammu and Kashmir next year.
Curfew continued on Tuesday in Kishtwar for the sixth day running, even as restrictions were partially lifted in Samba district and other areas of Jammu region, which were witness to recent incidents of communal clashes.
Enthusiasm to take part in the democratic process by exercising their right to franchise transcended the age boundaries on Tuesday as old and young alike, the many-time voters and the first-time ones, came out to vote in the first phase of elections in Kashmir.
Police has started picking up evidences and recovered an empty shell of AK rifle from Tapal Mohalla, where the duo were killed by suspected militants while they were returning home after closing their stationary shop located outside old DC office complex.
The road, the alternative link between Kashmir and rest of the country, was closed after the season's first heavy snowfall in the Jammu region.
A total of 123 candidates, including seven ministers of Congress-National Conference coalition, eight former ministers and legislators are in fray for the Jammu and Kashmir's first phase of elections scheduled later this month.
Curfew remained in force on Saturday in violence-hit Kishtwar district, even as protests against Friday's communal clashes there rocked Jammu and adjoining districts, where normal life was disrupted due to a bandh.
Campaigning for the first phase of the five-phased assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir is in full swing as the top leaders of various political parties are criss-crossing 15 constituencies which will go to polls later this month.
The Election Commission on Saturday announced five-phase election dates for Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir
Strategically important and first of the kind in North India and Jammu and Kashmir, the 592-meter long Basohli Bridge over River Ravi will be fourth of its kind in the country
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