The Indian Army's Northern Command would be stretched if all three of the corps under it -- based in Leh, Srinagar, and Nagrota (near Jammu) -- were to face hostilities, notes David Devadas.
Separatist jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Yasin Malik has been booked on charges of attempt to murder and sent to jail in connection with a violent protest here last week during which a young police officer suffered serious injuries.
In Jammu region, three districts of Jammu, Samba and Kathua are in red zone.
Eight passengers from Rajouri and four from Poonch were shifted to a hotel in Jammu, where multi-tier security has been activated, the sources added.
There has been firing by Pakistani troops along the LoC in Nowshera sector since 8:45 am, a senior army officer said.
Militants also abducted four people.
What the election demonstrated is that the BJP has a stranglehold on most of the Hindu votes in the Union territory, observes David Devadas.
Four of them belonged to the Hizbul-Mujahideen Pir Panchal Regiment while the rest were from the Lashkar.
The home minister took stock of the situation and was briefed about the steps taken to maintain peace along border areas as well as in the Valley, a security official said.
Aurangzeb's family had made an emotional appeal to the PM to avenge his death.
The military is 'totally prepared to stand up to the demands made by the government and the people.'
The grenade blast which killed a protester took place at Brakpora village in Anantnag district of south Kashmir.
The Indian Army has been inflicting heavy casualties to Pakistani troops while replying to Pakistani shelling along the LoC in the last few weeks.
The businessman, who travelled to Delhi to attend a Tablighi Jamaat congregation, died on March 26 in a Srinagar hospital, 19 days after he set off for the national capital. He could have infected scores of people during his travels and about 300 people have been put under quarantine because of him, officials said.
In the past, 'shallow infiltration' has been carried out by terror groups, in which either some army men were killed or damage was caused to an army installation, the officials said.
The militant, identified as Abdul Rehman, was killed in an encounter at Manyal in Rajouri district last night.
A woman axed a leopard that attacked her husband in Kashmir.
Pakistan troops on Friday targeted Indian posts with heavy firing and mortar shelling along the Line of Control in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir in yet another violation of the ceasefire, prompting retaliation by Indian forces.
The militants have killed 42 civilians, including 11 women, in the Rajouri-Poonch border sector in the last two months.
Over one lakh people have migrated from their hamlets and border towns in the wake of firing by Pakistan.
2 other jawans were injured in Pakistani shelling in Naushera sector of Rajouri district.
Hundreds of artisans every Dussehra would earn enough this season to see them through the entire year. Not this time though with COVID-19 continuing its spread and fear of contracting the disease keeping most people away from festivities.
The poll process for the second tier of the Panchayati Raj system will be completed by November 5, he said.
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