Army, security forces on high alert for peaceful Baramulla LS polls
Northern Army Commander Lt General MV Suchindra Kumar asked the troops to remain in a high state of operational alacrity to meet all forthcoming challenges.
Northern Army Commander Lt General MV Suchindra Kumar asked the troops to remain in a high state of operational alacrity to meet all forthcoming challenges.
The Baramulla Lok Sabha seat has been a stronghold of the NC and Congress. With the Congress being a partner in the INDIA bloc, it is supporting Omar Abdullah. The PDP won the seat only once in 2014 when Muzaffar Hussain Baig was the party candidate.
The party also announced to field a senior NC leader Aga Syed Ruhulla from Srinagar, which is presently represented by the party chief Dr Farooq Abdullah.
Jammu and Kashmir (J-K) police on Saturday destroyed a huge quantity of contraband substance worth crores of rupees seized in Baramulla, officials said.
The retired SSP was shot dead while praying at a local mosque.
Police said militants attacked a CRPF party in the Khanpora locality of Baramulla town with a grenade today.
The train services were suspended from 10 May and were partially resumed on 1 July.
Meanwhile, Pakistani troops twice violated the ceasefire in the Qasba and Balakote sector of the Poonch district where they targeted civilian areas with mortars.
Police said that on a specific input generated by Sopore Police regarding presence of terrorists in village Hardshiva, a joint cordon and search operation was launched by Police, 22 RR of the Army and 179 Bn CRPF in the area.
Police sources said the Pakistan Army started unprovoked firing and shelling at Indian positions on the LoC in Hajipeer sector of Uri tehsil.