Srinagar: Thousands of devotees offered Friday prayers at Khanyar, Srinagar to mark the Urs of a sufi saint Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani. The Urs is observe
SRINAGAR Lt Governor Manoj Sinha has said that 80 per cent of the people in Jammu and Kashmir are happy with the current arrangement and don’t want a change. “A journalist asked me when the polls would be conducted. I said there is the Election Commission for it, they will decide.
In recent years, the Pir Panchal region has seen persistent counter-insurgency operations. A recent operation in Rajouri resulted in the death of soldier Ravi Kumar and two militants. Tragically, the operation in Gadole forests claimed the lives of Colonel Manpreet Singh, Major Ashish Dhonchak, and DySP Humayun Muzamil Bhat, who left behind a 42-day-old son. The situation in the Pir Panchal range remains challenging, with continued attacks and calls for dialogue to end the violence.