Naveed Iqbal

The Jammu and Kashmir cabinet has also authorised Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to take up matter with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Government of India

The spokesperson said that after Thursday’s attack, the terrorists managed to escape into dense foliage, “exploiting a nala and fading light”

On October 16, the J&K Cabinet had passed a resolution seeking restoration of statehood to J&K “in its original form”. Three days later, the Cabinet's resolution received the nod from L-G Sinha.

The two were taken to a nearby hospital and are reported to be stable.

The two were taken to a nearby hospital and are reported to be stable.

According to the police, the foreign militant killed in the encounter, Usman Lashkari, had been active in Srinagar for the last few months.

BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya notes that the resolution, however, reflects a new reality: "Instead of insisting on the full restoration of Article 370, the resolution calls for open dialogue on the issue — a significant shift".

With PDP stealing the limelight on Day 1, CM says, ‘We could have brought a resolution on the first day (of the Assembly session) that they (the Centre) would have thrown into the trash; what would that achieve?'

CM talks of events of August 2019, also says atmosphere of arrests and detentions will only achieve an “unsettled calm” which may not sustain

Police say trekkers should henceforth inform them before they set off in the forests