Security forces on high alert in J&K ahead of Amarnath Yatra
The up and down convoys carrying the pilgrims will pass through the Udhampur and Anantnag districts from 2 July to 9 August.
The up and down convoys carrying the pilgrims will pass through the Udhampur and Anantnag districts from 2 July to 9 August.
There are reports that the BJP and its friendly parties are supporting the Apni Party candidates, Zafar Iqbal Manhas and Mohammad Ashraf Mir in the Anantnag-Rajouri and Srinagar parliamentary constituencies respectively.
Azad has already announced his trusted lieutenant GM Saroori as the DPAP candidate in Udhampur against Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh.
Modi addressed a massive public meeting after inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of projects worth Rs.32,000 crores.
Sing was addressing an event commemorating soliders, who laid down their lives on the line of duty, at the 24th Kargil Vijay Divas, on Wednesday
The former Congress leader is expected to launch his political party on the occasion.
According to official statistics, as many as 5,000 entrepreneurs (farmers) are cultivating lavender on more than 200 acres of land. This has led to 4-5 times increase in their economy.
The briefing took the listeners through the annals of history, to the period of June and July 1999 when the fiercest of battles were fought by Indian soldiers.
The first batch of pilgrims bound for the Amarnath cave shrine in the mountains of Kashmir will depart at 4 am from the Yatri Nivas Base Camp at Bhagwati Nagar here. Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha will flag off the heavily escorted convoy of vehicles carrying the pilgrims for the yatra.
Meanwhile, two terrorists were killed in an ongoing encounter with security forces in south Kashmir's Kulgam while a Pakistani intruder was shot dead by BSF in the Jammu Sector on Monday.