All the three terrorists were Pakistani nationals, said the police.
After August 5, 2019-when the Centre announced its decision to abrogate J&K's special status and divided it into two union territories-the government announced multiple scholarships and other schemes for the students.
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Talking to reporters here, he said that this year. Amarnath Yatra will be one of the biggest yatras in the history of J&K as around 6-8 lakh pilgrims are expected to arrive on the pilgrimage.
As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where terrorists were hiding they came under a heavy volume of fire that triggered the encounter.
The Amarnath yatra was cancelled midway in 2019 ahead of abrogation of Article 370 in August that year, while only a symbolic yatra was observed the past two years due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Kashmir - an integral part of India. The horrific events that unfolded on 19th January 1990 were particularly vicious. On that fateful day, mosques issued declarations that the Kashmiri Pandits were Kafirs. The Pandits were given three options. LEAVE, CONVERT OR DIE!
In another gunfight between the forces and terrorists in the Serch area of Ganderbal district in central Kashmir in the early hours of Saturday, a member of proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was killed, the official said
Pertinently the BSF troops deployed on Jammu IB have been successful in foiling attempts from across the border by eliminating Pakistani intruders, seizing huge caches of arms and ammunition, narcotics and detecting tunnels in past one year.
Underlining the need for improving the conviction rate in NDPS cases, the DGP said the cases of drug smuggling and trading must be probed professionally, leaving no room for doubts to ensure conviction in such cases.
Mainstream leaders, including three former Chief Ministers, Dr Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, and Sajad Lone of Peoples Conference, Yusuf Tarigami of the CPI-M have demanded an impartial probe into the incident.
The T20 clash between India and Pakistan in the ongoing World Cup scheduled for October 24 should be cancelled, say senior leaders amid ongoing tension with the border nation.
The US digital giant has been engaged in a tussle with the Indian government over the new social media rules. The government has confronted Twitter for deliberate defiance and failure to comply with the country's new IT rules, despite repeated reminders.
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