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Police demolish houses of two terrorists; detain around 2,500 OGWs across Kashmir

A day after a policeman was shot dead by terrorists in Anantnag, security forces demolished the houses of two active Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists and launched a massive crackdown across Kashmir, detaining hundreds of suspected overground workers (OGWs), even as Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti questioned the legality and effectiveness of the measures.

IDA mounts pressure for ESIC medical, dental college in Jammu

The Indian Dental Association (IDA), Jammu Branch, has voiced strong concern over Jammu and Kashmir's exclusion from the Centre's expanding ESIC medical education network, alleging that the Union Territory has once again been overlooked while neighbouring states continue to receive new medical and dental colleges.