Interestingly, both the UAE and Saudi Arabia have played a much more neutral role, despite a statement by the Kashmir contact group of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba and other top officials also attended the meeting that reviewed the steps taken to maintain the law and order situation in the state.
People came out in large numbers and thronged the streets of Srinagar on Saturday, about 20 per cent of the shops opened and hawkers and street vendors sold consumables. On Sunday, there was further relaxation resulting in a large volume of traffic and traffic jams in some areas.
Amid restrictions across the Valley, Doval on Monday carried out a recce of entire Srinagar including downtown, Soura, Pampore, Lal Chowk, Hazratbal, Budgam (Charar e Sharif area), as well as south Kashmir's Pulwama and Awantipora when the erstwhile state, as per Union Home Ministry and J&K Police, "celebrated a peaceful Eid-al-Adha".
Earlier, NSA Ajit Doval had instructed the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir to ensure common people are not harassed in any manner during the current tight restrictions imposed in the wake of abrogation of constitutional provisions.
Taking a dig at NSA Ajit Doval, Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said you can take people with you by offering them money. "Paise dekar aap kisi ko bhi sath le sakte ho," Ghulam Nabi Azad said.
Sinha said during interrogation of a middleman Manoj Prasad, who was arrested in the bribery case allegedly involving Asthana, the names of Doval and Samant Kumar Goel, Special Director of India’s external intelligence agency (R&AW) cropped up.
The panel will be the principal mechanism for inter-ministerial coordination and integration of relevant inputs in the formulation of national security policies, a top Home Ministry official said.
Thee two sides reportedly reviewed bilateral security and defence cooperation with focus on China’s increasing military posturing and infrastructure development around the Doklam plateau.
Kolkata: Two days after NIA Director General Sharad Kumar visited the Burdwan blast site, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is scheduled to visit the state tomorrow and likely to meet Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. According
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