36 Union ministers will visit different districts in both the divisions of the Union Territory starting from January 18 to January 24 and the home ministry is coordinating it, the sources said.
Gulam Hassan Wani, who had joined the outfit in 1992 and had trained in terrorist camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Khost in Afghanistan, was the oldest surviving terrorist in Jammu and Kashmir. Eleven top Hizbul terrorists have been killed in Jammu and Kashmir since January this year.
A self-styled section commander of the Lashker-e-Toiba outfit was gunned down by security personnel in an encounter in Doda district on Saturday. A group of militants opened fire on the troops of Rashtriya Rifles, who were conducting search operations in Phulel area of the Doda district on Friday night, leading to a gunbattle in which the LeT operative was shot dead, defence sources said.The slain militant has been identified as Tauhid Ahmed.
In a joint operation, the Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday arrested two suspected militants of Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islamia from Doda area of Jammu in connection with last month's serial blasts in three court premises in UP. The two, identified as Sajjad and Tariq Kashmiri alias Akhthar, were arrested from Doda town by the police forces of the two states alongwith sleuths of Central Security agencies and taken to Lucknow on a transit remand.
In April, the JKLF announced "a three-month long Safare-Azadi to cover the entire Valley to press for the inclusion of people of the state in the ongoing peace process between the two south Asian nuclear neighbours, India and Pakistan".
J&K: 2 ultras, jawan killed in encounter
Security forces on Tuesday foiled a grenade attack on them in Doda district and caught one militant during the attempt, officials said.
Two Army jawans, hawildar Virpal Singh and sepoy Karodimal, were killed in a fierce gun-battle with militants at village Kund.
Out of the 280 constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, 43 are going to polls in the second phase with 25 in Kashmir and 18 in Jammu division.
The enhanced allowance will be applicable to all paramilitary personnel deployed in Jammu and Kashmir and Naxal-hit areas.
In the stone-pelting, SSP Doda, one SHO, one sub-inspector and two other police personnel were injured.
Militants abducted two persons Abdul Majid Khan and Shabir Ahmad Reshi alias Tober from their houses at Lamad-Bernai in Qazigund area of Anantnag district Monday night.
Masood was the financial chief and senior commander.
Two militants belonging to Hizbul Mujahideen were shot dead in an encounter in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir early Tuesday, official sources said in Jammu.
The People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) swept the maiden District Development Council (DDC) polls by winning 110 seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single largest party by getting 75 seats after securing the largest vote share in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday.
Wani, who is involved in several militancy-related cases in Doda district, was taken into custody from Transport Nagar where he had gone to meet his associates to chalk out a plan for carrying out subversive activities in the winter capital.
Additional troops had been rushed to the area to intensify the operation to track down the militants.
Militants also abducted four people.
Doda recorded 50 per cent polling and Udhampur recorded 63 per cent.
The macabre deed was done by militants of the banned Hizbul Mujahideen.
The policemen were attacked when they were returning from Beoli Koti in Doda district after investigating a case.
'In one instance of the Pakistani army's violation of the Ceasefire, I ordered a far tougher response designed to deter the enemy.' 'I warned that 'unexpected damage' to their forces will be inflicted if they continued with such ceasefire violations.' A fascinating excerpt from Lieutenant General K Himalay Singh's Making of a General: A Himalayan Echo.
Gulam Abbas Azad was on his way to Doda city from Soti village in Doda district at the time of the attack.
At least six bank accounts linked to the group have been identified and the banks concerned directed to immediately freeze them.
Militants kidnapped Mariam Begum from her house in Manoh village in Doda district of Jammu region on July 4 and let her off last night.
Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was suspended due to lurking threat of floods in the Valley, leaving hundreds of commuters stranded, officials said.
Tremors were felt in Delhi and adjoining satellite townships on Wednesday afternoon for the third time in a fortnight. The epicenter of the quake, measuring 5.8 on the Richter Scale at around 12.30 pm, was located on the border between Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, the MeT Department said.
Major Shekhawat and the jawan were killed in an encounter with terrorists in Doda district.
A personal security officer of Mast Nath Yogi, the Jammu and Kashmir state unit president of Janata Dal-Secular, allegedly opened fire inside his house, triggering panic in Doda district, police said Thursday.
He was awarded DGP medal and commendation recently for his outstanding contribution.
Three moderate intensity tremors shook Bhaderwah valley and adjoining areas of Doda-Kishtwar belt of Jammu in the wee hours on Wednesday, prompting authorities to once again shut schools in the region rattled by a series of quakes this month.
The eight-phase DDC polls, which began on November 28, is also the first election after Jammu and Kashmir's special status under Article 370 was revoked last year and it was reorganised into a Union Territory.
Top Hizbul-Mujahideen commander Chota Hafiz, an accused in the 2011 Delhi high court blast, was on Thursday killed in an encounter with security forces in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir.
In Jammu region, three districts of Jammu, Samba and Kathua are in red zone.
Pakistani troops on Friday violated the ceasefire by firing with small arms and mortars on Indian posts along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, prompting Indian troops to retaliate.
Ahead of Independence Day and amid an increasing number of ceasefire violations by Pakistan, state authorities have sounded high alert along the Indo-Pak border as well as in the hinterlands of Jammu and Kashmir.
Pakistani troops heavily shelled 15 border outposts and hamlets along the international border overnight, leaving three persons injured, one of them seriously in Jammu district.
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