In a bid to increase footfall of tourists at the international border post at Suchetgarh and Gharana wetland in Jammu, Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo on Saturday convened a meeting to review the activities being undertaken to develop these places as tourist destinations.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said Jammu and Kashmir is regaining its identity as “paradise on earth”, leaving behind the difficult days of the past.
The National Cadet Corps (NCC) is set to expand its ranks by introducing 3 lakh new cadet vacancies, with 60 percent of these allocated for the junior division and the remainder for the senior division.
The search operation continued for the second day in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district on Sunday, officials said.
In a post on X, Kashmir Zone Police said, "Two terrorists have been neutralised in the Sopore encounter. Identification and affiliation is being ascertained. Incriminating materials, arms and ammunition recovered. Further details shall follow."
The elections to local bodies, the first democratic exercise after Jammu and Kashmir became a union territory last year, were supposed to be contested on party lines unlike the last polls in 2018 when it was contested on non-party lines.
Tensions between India and Pakistan spiked after New Delhi abrogated provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution to withdraw Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and bifurcated the state into two Union Territories on August 5, 1919.
While speaking on the Motion of Thanks on the President's address in the Parliament, yesterday Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "She (Mehbooba Mufti) said we made the wrong decision in 1947... Do the people here support these statements? Omar Abdullah said abrogation of Article 370 will bring such an earthquake that Kashmir will separate from the country. Farooq Abdullah said the abrogation will open the way for Kashmir's independence... Can anyone agree with such language?" The move comes hours after the PM's remarks.
Last week on January 31 as well, 3 terrorists were killed in a gun-fight between the terrorists and police leaving the policeman injured and all the three terrorists killed.
Terrorists threw a grenade on the Central Reseve Police Force (CRPF) personnel posted on duty near Pratap Park in busy Lal Chowk area of the city, according to police.
