Fight against terror infiltration religious tension to continue: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the fight against terrorism, infiltration and conspiracy to create religious tension will continue even though the country has established relative peace in Jammu and Kashmir, the Northeast and Naxal-affected areas.      Addressing a function here on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day, Shah said the sacrifice…

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SC to consider hearing plea for restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will consider listing a plea seeking time-bound restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing for applicants, urged a bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra that the plea needed an urgent hearing….

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Govt orders withdrawal of NSG commandos from VIP security, CRPF to take charge

The Union Government has ordered the complete withdrawal of the counter-terrorist commando force NSG from VIP security duties and handing over its nine “high-risk” VIPs to the CRPF by the next month, official sources said Wednesday. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has also sanctioned a fresh battalion of specially trained personnel, recently withdrawn from…

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J&K Medical Paper Leak Scam: ED Attaches Rs 1.31 Crore Worth Properties

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached four immovable properties worth Rs 1.31 crore in the infamous medical question paper leak case in the  Jammu and Kashmir Common Entrance Test 2012 (JKCET-2012). ED’s Srinagar zonal office attached these properties belonging to Sajad Hussain Bhat, Mohd. Amin Ganie, Suhail Ahmad Wani and Shabir Ahmad Dar at Srinagar…

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J&K Assembly Polls | Stage Set For Counting Of Votes For 90 Assembly Seats Tomorrow

The stage is set for counting of votes for the 90 Assembly seats in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday amid multi-tier security arrangements, officials said.In Srinagar, the counting using Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) would be taken up at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) at Centaur on the banks of the Dal Lake, officials said….

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I too could have been among hundreds of my martyred colleagues, says DGP Swain as he bids farewell to Kashmir after 3 decades

On the final day of his service, the Director General of Police (DGP) R R Swain Monday visited the newly constructed Martyr’s Memorial or Balidan Stambh at Pratap Park in Srinagar’s Lal Chowk. Talking to reporters after paying tributes to killed soldiers, the J&K police chief said that he too could have been among his…

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