Doda: Polling for the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections are underway amid tight security arrangements. At Doda’s polling station, people were seen casting vote in few numbers.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in Doda is the first by an Indian Prime Minister in 42 years. The security has been ramped up in the region for the mega rally.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh reviewed the preparations in Doda, where PM Modi will address a public rally on September 14 for the assembly elections, scheduled to start on September 18. The polling will be held in three phases and the result will be declared on October 8.
Sandip Ghosh, who served as principal from February 2021 to September 2023, faces serious accusations, including the illegal sale of unclaimed bodies, trafficking of biomedical waste, and pressuring students for bribes to pass exams.
According to Army officials, the search operation was launched following intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists in the area. During the operation, the terrorists opened fire, leading to a brief exchange of gunfire in which the officer was injured.
Doda in Jammu region has been rocked by several terror incidents since June, which is being seen by security agencies as an attempt by Pakistan-based terror handlers to revive terrorism in the hilly district.
Spanning 150 kilometers across several districts, the Operation Sarp Vinash faced obstacles such as steep climbs, dense forests, and numerous caves. Despite these challenges, the Army is committed to its mission, collaborating with local forces to achieve success.
A total of 27 persons, including 11 security personnel, a village defence guard, and five terrorists, were killed in nearly a dozen terror attacks in six districts of Jammu province since the beginning of this year.
The Pakistani army is conducting training in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) with the alleged purpose of preparing individuals in terrorism and infiltration tactics through the establishment of camps in the region. Pictures of the Pak army training people have also surfaced.
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Rising encounters between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir have become a significant concern in recent months. The region, long marred by insurgency and conflict, has seen an uptick in violent confrontations.
The security forces launched the search operation after they received an intel of suspected movement in the area. Early in the morning, four security forces personnel succumbed to their injuries after a search and cordon operation was launched on Monday which eventually turned into an encounter.
The latest incident occurred just a week after a terrorist ambush on an Army patrol in the remote Machedi forest belt in Kathua district, which claimed lives of five soldiers. This series of violent encounters depicts the heightened threats and challenges faced by the security forces in the region.
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi paid tributes to the martyrs and expressed his deepest condolences to the bereaved families. Such horrific incidents one after the other are extremely sad and worrying, he said.
Doda encounter: This was the third major encounter between security forces and terrorists in the forests of Doda district in the past three weeks.
Doda encounter: Four army personnel, including an officer, died after being injured in a gunfight with heavily armed terrorists in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Jammu region, which remained relatively peaceful between 2005 and 2021 after security forces wiped out decades-long terrorism, witnessed a spike in terror attacks over the past month.
Firing between terrorists and security forces in Doda, Jammu and Kashmir... 4 soldiers including an army captain martyred. There is a stir in the politics of the state due to the statement of UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya... Maurya said... the organization is bigger than the government...
The encounter took place when the troops of Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operations Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police launched a joint cordon and search operation at Dhari Gote Urarbagi in Desa forest belt.
A day after an ambush attack on the Indian Army convoy in Kathua, an encounter broke out between the terrorists and the security forces in Doda. Cordon and search operation underway.
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