Officials said two prominent religious clerics from south Kashmir — Mushtaq Ahmad Veeri and Abdul Rashid Dawoodi — were called to the police stations and detained. Officials said the clerics were later booked under the PSA and could be shifted to jails outside Kashmir valley.
Azad said while he cannot promise restoration of Article 370, autonomy or self-rule, but would promise dignified life and development.
The slain terrorists were identified as Aijaz Rasool Nazar and Shahid Ahmad alias Abu Hamza, according to police.
Saying there were “efforts to call me a BJP man”, Azad said he would launch his party “in 10 days” and it would be “azad” (free) and would not “join or merge with any other party”.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mohammad Ayub Pandit was lynched on the night of 22 June, 2017 by a crowd that suspected of him being an intelligence officer.
The suspension order had followed a complaint which accused the officer of passing remarks while having lunch along with four of his subordinates at a local restaurant during office hours on Tuesday afternoon.
Incriminating materials, arms and ammunition, including an AK-56 rifle, 35 AK rounds, two AK magazines, one pistol, one pistol magazine and 02 pistol rounds were recovered from the site of encounter, police said.
At least 25 incidents of targeted attacks have taken place in the Valley this year. Last month, two labourers from Bihar were killed in separate incidents.
Stating that even leaders are sometimes not allowed to travel when there are “security-related threats”, Kumar said, “He will have to give in writing that the public will not create a law-and-order situation at the Jamia Masjid.”
The terrorists reportedly tried to sneak into this side of the LoC near Madiyan Nanak post in the Kamalkote area of Uri sector in north Kashmir's Baramulla district.
His remarks come a day after the provincial committee of the National Conference resolved to contest all 90 seats and not in alliance with other members of the PAGD, the amalgam formed for restoration of special status of Jammu and Kashmir within the Indian Constitution.
During the early morning hours of Thursday, security personnel noticed suspicious activity by a person carrying a bag near the international border, BSF officials said. They immediately opened fire, injuring the intruder.
The National Conference called the meeting after remarks related to the addition of voters in the revised rolls by the Union Territory's Chief Electoral Officer Hirdesh Kumar raised hackles of the regional parties.
The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said the Centre's "callous policies" have led to target killings of Kashmiri Pandits.
An official said heavy rains lashed Katra, the base camp for the pilgrims visiting the revered shrine, for several hours in the evening, prompting the authorities to suspend the yatra as a precautionary measure till 5 am on Saturday.
Calling the collection by trustees — locally known as Muttawali — as an “unethical practice”, the Waqf Board said the ban was imposed after complaints from people about purported corruption.
"Not just Jammu and Kashmir, they (BJP) are rigging mandates throughout the country," PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said.
Police said Adil Wani killed Sunil Kumar Bhat in an orchard in a Shopian village on Tuesday and later took shelter at his home in Kutpora.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Kutpora area of Shopian Tuesday night following information about the presence of militants there, they said.
Stating that “no Kashmiri Pandit is safe in the Kashmir Valley”, KPSS president Sanjay Tickoo said the “judiciary and government have failed miserably to protect Kashmiri Pandits. As such, KPSS is appealing to all the Kashmiri Pandits to leave Kashmir”.
Over 30 government employees have been dismissed so far under this provision.
A professor and a scientist at Kashmir University, a woman KAS officer and an IT manager at JKEDI are the employees whose services were terminated. While the KAS officer is the wife of militant leader Farooq Ahmad Dar, the IT manager is the son of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin.
Amrez worked as a quilt weaver in Sumbal town of Bandipora district along with other members of his family. Mohammad Tanzeel, Amrez's elder brother, said he and his two brothers were sleeping when they heard gunshots just after 12.30 am.
The 44-day yatra began on June 30 from both Pahalgam and Baltal routes amidst high security.
The IED was recovered after a specific input generated by police, Additional Director General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said.





