The security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Dadsara area of Tral in south Kashmir district this evening following specific information about the presence of militants there, a police official said.
Following a review of the security situation in the state and after taking stock of the requirement of security forces, Malik decided to lift the restriction, a spokesperson said.
The educational institutions including universities, medical colleges, technical institutions situated in PoJK are neither established by the Indian government nor recognised by statutory authorities including UGC.
A BSF officer and two civilians were injured as Pakistani army resorts to heavy mortar shelling and firing along Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district
A day after BJP leader Gul Mohammed Mir was killed by militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag, state Governor Satya Pal Malik orders chief secretary to identify lapses on the part of security agencies about ensuring the security of political people
Lateef Ahmad Dar alias Tiger, the last active member of the 11-member Burhan Wani militant group, was killed along with his two associates in an encounter with security forces in Shopian on Friday
While Article 370 gives autonomous status to Jammu and Kashmir, Article 35A allows the Himalayan state's legislature to define permanent residents of the state.
The two cases relate to the killing of Indian Air Force officers on January 25, 1990 in the outskirts of Srinagar city and the kidnapping of then union home minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed’s daughter Rubaiya in 1989.
At an election rally in Nashik, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India has become virtually terror free except some pockets in the militancy-hit state of Jammu and Kashmir
