Jammu and Kashmir

Senior Superintendent of Police, Poonch, Ramesh Angral said that a joint team of Jammu and Kashmir Police and its Special Operation Group along with Rashtriya Rifles' Romeo Force's 49th Battalion set up a checkpoint in the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday at Basooni and intercepted a vehicle in which Mustafa Khan, a resident of Galuta Harni, was travelling. He was apprehended and questioned over his suspicious movement.

A statement issued by the Indian Army said, "In an intelligence-based, well coordinated joint operation Army and J&K Police apprehended two terrorists with explosive material from a vehicle near Galutha Harni, Mendhar in Poonch district."

Police said the charge sheet was produced in the court of the principal district and sessions judge of Shopian. "The three accused in this case are Captain Bhupinder of 62 Rashtriya Rifles, Bilal Ahmad, resident of Pulwama and Tabish Ahmad, resident of Shopian," said Wajahat Hussain, Deputy Superintendent of Police.

Speaking about the Jammu-Kashmir District Development Council elections during his virtual address, Modi said: "These elections have shown how strong democracy is in the country. But I want to express another pain before the country... Jammu-Kashmir has conducted the three-tier Panchayati Raj system election in one year of it becoming a UT and delivered the people's right to them.

On Friday the gunbattle began after security forces cordoned off the Kanigam area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about militant presence.

The firefight broke out after security forces cordoned off Kanigam area and launched a search operation on the basis of a specific information about presence of terrorists there. As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where the terrorists were hiding, they came under a heavy volume of fire and retaliated.

The gunfight between the terrorists and security forces started on Thursday morning Wanigam Payeen after the latter cordoned off the area and launched a search operation following specific inputs about the presence of ultras. As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where the terrorists were hiding, they came under heavy fire that triggered the encounter.

The arrested persons have been identified as Aijaz Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Larow Tral, Umer Jabar Dar of Wagad Tral, Suhail Ahmad Bhat of Dogripora Awantipora, Sameer Ahmad Lone of Darganiegund Tral, and Mohd Amin Khan and Rafiq Ahmad Khan, both residents of Handoora Tral.

While dominating the electorate in Kashmir division, PAGD has only managed to grab three seats in Srinagar, with independent candidates winning seven seats, and BJP winning one seat from Srinagar. BJP's Aijaz Hussain, who won from Srinagar's Balhama constituency is Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha's national Vice President.

According to the latest reports results have been declared for 252 out of 280 segments, in which PADG has won 101 seats, while the BJP has won 71 seats. The Congress has managed 22 seats so far. The overall voting percentage in all the eight phases across the Union Territory was 51.42 per cent.