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Jammu and Kashmir

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Cache of explosives including Tiffin bombs recovered from Malkangiri in Odisha, after similar recoveries in Punjab, Delhi and Srinagar

OpIndia Staff - 15 January, 2022

The Police in Punjab, J&K and new Delhi also recovered explosives that were about to explode and cause huge damage on Friday

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Four former J&K chief ministers to lose security cover of Special Security Group as UT administration decides to right-size the SSG

OpIndia Staff - 7 January, 2022

The Jammu and Kashmir SSG will now provide security cover to serving chief ministers and their immediate family members

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Karnataka: Ex-Congress MLA’s family member arrested for ISIS links, cousin had fled to Syria in 2016

OpIndia Staff - 4 January, 2022

Last year, Maryam's husband's cousin was arrested by NIA. Another cousin named Ajmal had fled to syria in 2016 and is known to be a hard-core ISIS operative.

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12 dead and 14 injured in a stampede in Vaishno Devi shrine, PM expresses grief, announces ex-gratia for kins of deceased

OpIndia Staff - 1 January, 2022

A stampede occurred at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir on the first day of the new year, which left 12 dead

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Ghulam Nabi Azad waters down forced religious conversions, claims no one is forcing people to convert

OpIndia Staff - 26 December, 2021

Despite number of cases which show rampant religious conversion of people to different faith by luring them with money, jobs, food and even marriage, Congress leader denies the menace

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J and K assembly: Delimitation panel proposes 7 additional seats, STs to get 9 reserved seats for the first time

OpIndia Staff - 20 December, 2021

The panel has proposed 6 additional seats for the Jammu region and one additional seat for the Kashmir Valley. As such, the Jammu region will now have a total of 43 assembly seats while the Kashmir Valley will have 47 seats.

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Terrorists attack police bus near Srinagar in Kashmir, two cops killed and 12 injured

OpIndia Staff - 13 December, 2021

Terrorists attacked a police bus in Jewan area at the outskirts of Srinagar in Srinagar, killing two policemen and injuring 12

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‘Intellectual terrorists and champions of human rights destroyed the diversity of Kashmir’: Vivek Agnihotri at Harvard Club of Boston

OpIndia Staff - 12 December, 2021

At Harvard Club of Boston, Vivek Agnihotri called out the duplicity of intellectuals who championed human rights while destroying the diversity of Jammu and Kashmir

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J and K Bank suspends employee for making derogatory remarks after CDS Bipin Rawat’s death

OpIndia Staff - 10 December, 2021

Jammu and Kashmir Bank, Srinagar has reportedly suspended an employee named Afreen Naqash for making derogatory remarks on a social media platform over the tragic death of CDS Bipin Rawat.

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