Two soldiers injured in accidental blast during training exercise in Poonch
According to officials, the explosion occurred in the forward area along the LoC during a training exercise.
According to officials, the explosion occurred in the forward area along the LoC during a training exercise.
Taking a serious view of reports of internal discord in its Jammu and Kashmir unit, the Congress high command on Friday constituted a three-member committee to investigate complaints of indiscipline and anti-party activities by certain senior party leaders.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Thursday and discussed a range of issues concerning Jammu and Kashmir, with a special focus on the early restoration of statehood.
The successful excavation of the 7.35-kilometre-long tunnel using a state-of-the-art Tunnel Boring Machine in the challenging Himalayan terrain is being hailed as a landmark engineering achievement.
National Conference MP Chowdry Muhammad Ramzan launched a scathing attack on the PDP, alleging that despite its public posturing, its political umbilical cord with the BJP remains intact and continues to manifest itself through calculated manoeuvres aimed at derailing the larger democratic struggle of Jammu and Kashmir.
Captain Brijesh Thapa (27) lost his life during an encounter with terrorists in the mountainous regions of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir last evening.
The DGP had accused mainstream political parties of having cultivated leaders of terror networks for their political gains.
Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Tuesday briefed Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the latest operation by the Army against terrorists in Doda district in which four army personnel were killed.
"Every patriotic Indian demands that the government should take full responsibility for the repeated security lapses and take strict action against the culprits who harm the country and the soldiers," Gandhi said.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi, who apprised him about the ground situation and ongoing operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda on Tuesday.
