The twin districts of Leh and Kargil in Ladakh district are observing a complete shutdown to protest against the August 05 decision and demand statehood for Ladakh division. The call for shutdown was issued by the organizations Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) and Leh Apex Body (LAB) to demand that the central government declare Ladakh a state, among others. https://twitter.com/SajjadKargili_/status/1470237566062370816 Reports indicate that transport companies and hotels are also participating in the shutdown, while traffic has also been massively hit due to the shutdown call. Transport and business disruptions are likely due to the strike or any related protests. The people of Ladakh have demanded statehood for Ladakh, Constitutional safeguards, early recruitment and separa...

A woman infiltrator was killed last night after BSF officials noticed a suspicious movement, BSF said Monday. A BSF spokesman told that alert BSF troops neutralized "a lady Pakistani intruder last night." "The BSF troops noticed suspicious movement in R S Pura area and warned the intruder many times not to cross IB but the intruder kept running towards Border Fencing aggressively," the BSF spokesman said. "Alert BSF troops fired and neutralized the intruder near BSF fencing inside IB and thwarted the infiltration attempt."—(KNO)

The Personal Security Officer with a BJP activist and his “associate” are missing since last night in Kupwara district of north Kashmir and efforts are underway to trace them, officials said on Monday. Official sources told GNS that during intervening night of December 12 and 13, Saqib Ahmad Tantry (SPO) son of Sanaullah Tantry of Bohipora, deployed as PSO with BJP activist Abdul Rashid Zargar fled with two weapons. Saqib’s “associate” Arif Ahmad son of Bashir Ahmad Mir, also resident of Bohipora Kupwara, is also missing, they said. A senior police of the district told GNS that efforts are underway to trace out the duo.buy strattera online buy strattera no prescription “Saqib Ahmad Tantry had come to his house and left. His family told us that they are also searching him,” the offic...

A Bhartiya Janta Party leader allegedly assaulted a journalist in Kathua on Thursday while his colleague, a woman, was also manhandled, The Wire reported. The accused Narayan Dutt Tripathi, who is a District Development council member of BJP for Kathua, was caught on camera coming out of his SUV before allegedly attacking the two victims. According to the report, the incident took place in the Ramkot area of Kathua when one of the victims, identified as Dimple Verma, was interviewing the Congress leader Dr. Manohar Lal Sharma. He was accompanied by a woman colleague, cameraperson Meenu Verma. The two work with Dainik Shiv Times, a Hindi newspaper based in Jammu. Dimple speaking to The wire said that he was interviewing Sharma, a former minister in the Jammu Kashmir cabinet about d...

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha speaking to reporters in New Delhi after meeting Ministers and other dignitaries during his four days visit to the Union Capital said that situation in Kashmir has changed and pro-India people are becoming vocal. During his stay in the capital, Sinha paid tribute to Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat who were killed in an air crash. He also met Speaker Om Birla and Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya yesterday. He is scheduled to meet more Central Ministers before returning to New Delhi. “Situation has now changed in Kashmir. There is an atmosphere of peace in general, stone pelting has stopped, pro-India people are becoming vocal,” the Lieutenant Governor said referring to candlelight p...