Jammu and Kashmir

In a late night tweet,Former Governor of erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir Jagmohan Malhotra's family members said, "With profound grief, we inform about the sad demise of Jagmohan. Former Union Minister, Former Governor Jammu and Kashmir. In grief : Wife: Uma Jagmohan, children: Dipika and Rajiv Kapoor, Nutan and Justice Manmohan."

Deferring the scheduled COVID vaccination drive for people aged 18-45 which was to begin on Saturday, J&K government said the drive will now begin only after the supply is established.

The PDP had formed the government in J&K in alliance with the BJP on March 1, 2015, with Mufti Mohammad Sayeed as the Chief Minister. After he passed away on January 7, 2016, his daughter Mehbooba Mufti was sworn-in as the Chief Minister on April 4, 2016. However, the BJP pulled out of the alliance on June 19, 2018.

Speaking to reporters here, Sinha said: "The government is committed to ensuring that democracy flourishes from the grassroots level. "Panchayats will be further strengthened so that every village is developed with very less bureaucratic interference. "Union government has kept a provision of Rs 200 crore for the DDCs and Rs 1,312 crore for Panchayats. I will ensure that all decisions are taken by the representatives of the people.

According to ED officials, Mufti arrived at the ED office here around 11 a.m. and her statement will be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Earlier, the PDP leader had skipped ED summons on March 15 and 23 in the national capital.

This is for the first time that name of Mufti has come up in any of the cases being probed by the NIA in Jammu and Kashmir. An NIA official related to the probe told IANS, "The name of the former Chief Minister has emerged in the case related to arrested DSP Davinder Singh and HM terrorist Naveed Babu."

The encounter is underway in Manihal area. "One more unidentified terrorist killed in Shopian encounter, total three terrorists killed, the operation is going on," police said. On Sunday night, gunfire erupted between terrorists and security forces after the area was cordoned off and a search operation was launched to nab the militants.

The gunfight took place after the security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of a specific information about the presence of terrorists. As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where the terrorists were hiding they came under a heavy volume of fire that triggered the encounter.

The arrested militants claimed that earlier they used to collect money through 'hundi', but that is now under the surveillance of the law enforcers. Due to this, they shifted to Bitcoin, which according to the militants, is an easier method to exchange the illegal funds used in organising radical activities.

25-year old Akash Mehra, son of Rajesh Mehra, the owner of Krishna Dhaba was attacked by assailants when he was at his eatery across the counter in the busy evening hours on February 17 when the entire security apparatus was busy with the visit of ambassadors of foreign countries to the Valley.