Jammu and Kashmir
JAMMU - Lawmakers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party and Jammu State Morcha boycotted Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra's address in the state assembly on Monday.
LAKHANPUR - More than 300 BJP workers, including top leaders Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj, entered Jammu and Kashmir as part of the party's controversial flag-hoisting march to Srinagar and were arrested for violating orders prohibiting gathering of five or more people.
LAKHANPUR - Police columns with armoured vehicles were Monday moving around and all incoming buses being checked at Lakhanpur, the gateway to the state, which resembles a battle zone ahead of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) planned march to Srinagar's Lal Chowk Jan 26 that the government has vowed to prevent.
SRINAGAR - Independent MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid was placed under house arrest ahead of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's visit here on Monday, when he along with his supporters defied prohibitory orders and tried to stage a demonstration to protest the killings of three youths in Machali fake encounter.
JAMMU - People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti hailed Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's statement favouring an effective dialogue process with Pakistan.
