Director General of Police SP Vaida said that stone pelting cases registered in 2016 and 2017 are under review and that the government was mulling to give amnesty to first-time offenders.
As many as 564 Naxal cadres and sympathisers surrendered during the period from November 8, 2016, to November 29, 2016.
The journalist, Comiti Paul Edward was detained for violating visa norms in Srinagar, a senior police officer said.
The central government will also enhance the compensation to the policemen killed during encounters. At present, a local policeman gets Rs 40 lakh.
Multiple factors such as demonetisation, arrest of terror supporters and increase in political activity are responsible for the drop in stone-pelting incidents, the police chief said.
The 42-year-old Yousuf, who works in the agricultural department of the Jammu and Kashmir government, was arrested here yesterday.
He made the remarks while refuting the impression that transformational initiatives like 'Swachh Bharat', GST and demonetisation have not resulted in any changes on the ground
Incidents of stone-throwing have reduced in Jammu and Kashmir due to the role of the counter-terror agency, National Investigation Agency or NIA, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday made a passionate plea to the young in the Valley to shun guns and stones and also vowed to continue to fight for the state's special Constitutional status
Union Defence Arun Jaitley on Sunday said Pakistan is using proxy terrorism as matter of policy and that the dividing line between State and non-state actors in the neighbouring country is very thin
The Home minister said the nation as well as the House want to know what Rahul Gandhi wants to hide by not taking SPG protection along, when he left India on six occasions totalling 72 days
One civilian was killed and several others injured today in the encounter in south Kashmir’s Pulwama where Lashkar-e-Taiba’s (LeT) top commander Abu Dujana and his accomplice Arif Dar were killed
While a total of 1,590 incidents of stone pelting were registered last year, this year the latest figures are 424, which is "half of what was last year"
The NIA, while analysing the social media activity of 48 ‘habitual’ stone-pelters, found at 28 WhatsApp groups whose creators, administrators and some members are based in Pakistan
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