FORCES GUN DOWN JAISH MILITANT IN NORTH KASHMIR

SRINAGAR : A Jaish-e-mohammed militant was killed in a brief exchange of fire with security forces at a checkpoint in north Kashmir’s Kupwara on Sunday, according to the police. A police spokesperson said the militant was part of a group of extremists travelling through Handwara who were intercepted by security forces at a checkpoint near Chattipora. “Consequently, one terrorist got eliminated in the exchange of fire,” he said. The spokesperson identified the slain militant as Ishtiyaaq from Pakistan, who, he said, was affiliated with the JEM, “The militant was involved in a series of terror attacks on security establishments, and had been responsible for other civilian atrocities in the area,” he added.

Indigenous tribal bodies in Sikkim demand NRC

NEW DELHI: Various ethnic bodies of Sikkim have demanded that a National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Inner Line Permits (ILPS) be introduced in the state to curb the menace of influx, which according to them is posing a threat to their identity. “The need of the hour is to check the ever-growing and uncontrolled influx. The National Register of Citizens exercise should be carried out in Sikkim as there are already thousands of people with dubious citizenship on record,” says Tashi Lhamu Lepcha, general secretary of Sikkim Indigenous Lepcha Tribal Association (SILTA).

Seven people injured in UP leopard attack

KANPUR : Seven people were injured when a leopard attacked them in Fatehpurva Ghasiari village, in Ghatampur sub-division of