Bhagat won the Chenani Assembly seat on a BJP ticket in the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir elections. He resigned from the party in November 2020, accusing it of being “anti-Dalit”
Security forces said that search operation turned into an encounter after the terrorists opened firing at the security forces’ positions
The troops fired a few rounds after challenging the intruder, who was subsequently arrested near the border fence. Some Pakistani currency notes were recovered from him, officials said
BJP says ‘vandalism unacceptable’; the issue was being ‘institutionally distorted to represent a twisted litmus test for nationalism’, NC leader and MP Aga Syed Ruhullah said
Chairperson placing a plaque with the National Emblem at the shrine sparks protests; BJP, Shiv Sena demand action against those who vandalised plaque
Earlier, he was granted custody parole between July 24 and August 4 to attend the monsoon session of Parliament
A major controversy that erupted after the plaque bearing the Ashoka emblem was placed inside the revered Hazratbal shrine and vandalised by unidentified people shortly after prayers on September 5
Water levels in dams and rivers drop as the rain has taken a break while the IMD has predicted light to moderate rainfall at most to many places over the country’s northwest and west region during the next seven days. Many residential areas and farmland are still underwater
Darakshan Andrabi, chairperson of J&K Waqf Board, sought police action against the protesters and accused the National Conference of inciting the people
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