LIVE news updates: 3 Hizbul Mujahideen militants, ‘active associate’ killed in encounter in J-K’s Shopian

3 Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militants and their "active associate" were Friday killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, police said.

A police spokesperson said the third person killed in the encounter was missing since Thursday afternoon and "was part of the militant group".

Earlier, a police official said he was an "active associate" of the group.

"On credible input, a cordon and search operation was launched by police and security forces in Sugan area of south Kashmir. Pertinently, the encounter site was located in orchards with no habitation nearby," the police spokesperson said.

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The SIT probing the desecration of scriptures in Punjab in 2015 has filed a chargesheet, claiming that the police firing which killed two protesters was a “pre-planned handiwork” of the then deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal, the former state police chief and the Dera Sacha Sauda head.

The chargesheet filed by the special investigation team of the Punjab Police on May 28 has also accused six others, including a former Akali MLA, for the firing at Kotkapura in Faridkot district that killed two men protesting against cases of desecration on October 14, 2015.

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A Samajwadi Party (SP) leader was shot dead by unidentified assailants near his home in Greater Noida's Dadri area on Friday, police said.

Ramtek Kataria was the president of the SP's Dadri assembly segment. The police have prima facie ruled out any political conspiracy in his death.

"The incident took place near his home on Jarcha road in Dadri around 12.30 pm. Around four unidentified men arrived in a car and fled after pumping five bullets in his body. Kataria was rushed to a hospital but did not survive," a police official said.

SSP Gautam Buddh Nagar Vaibhav Krishna said prima facie his killing appears to be a result of personal enmity with extended family.

Naxals allegedly set ablaze two drilling machines and a vehicle engaged in soil testing work for construction of a bridge in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Friday.

The incident took place late on Thursday night under Bande police station area, said Kanker Superintendent of Police K L Dhruv.

The drilling machines were engaged in soil testing work in Bande riverbed before construction of pillars of the bridge on the river that flows along Chhattisgarh-Maharashtra border, he said.

As per the information, a group of Naxals reached the work site and threatened workers to leave the place. After torching two drilling machines and a goods matador vehicle partially laden with cement sacks, the ultras escaped from the spot, Dhruv said.

Congress General Secretary for (East) UP, Priyanka Gandhi said, “The contract for publishing the UPPSC question papers was given to a defaulter. Some officials of the Commission colluded with the defaulter and the exam process became the victim of bribing. The youth is being cheated right under the nose of the government but the UP government is busy serving the interests of defaulters.”

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday congratulated Nirmala Sitharaman for becoming the first woman to take charge as a full-time Union finance minister.

"Congratulations to @nsitharaman on her new role as Finance Minister. As the first woman to helm this crucial portfolio full time, she's shattered the glass ceiling by all means," the Peoples Democratic Party president tweeted.

Fourteen turtles were found dead in a dried-up pond in Gagodar village in Kutch district of Gujarat, forest officials said on Friday.

Deputy conservator of forests (wildlife) S S Asoda said, 15 other turtles were rescued from the pond after the incident was reported on Thursday evening.

"After being alerted, our team rushed to the pond that is located in Rapar taluka, and found carcasses of 14 turtles.

They must have died due to lack of water as the severe heatwave has dried up the pond," said he.

"Fifteen other turtles, which were found alive there, were rescued and immediately shifted to another pond in Thanisara village located nearby, which still has sufficient amount of water," Asoda said.

Punjab Police: 2 members of ISI backed Babbar Khalsa International arrested yesterday. They were allegedly providing funds and weapons to sleeper cells on directives of Kulwinderjit Singh, who has been involved in many terrorist activities and currently resides in Malaysia. A case has been registered.

Congress chief and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi urged Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to provide assistance to the family of a farmer, who committed suicide allegedly due to non-repayment of loans, and also conduct an inquiry into the matter.

V D Dinesh Kumar, 53, died after consuming some poisonous substance, police said on May 25. His relatives said that financial burden had forced him to take the extreme step.

Rahul Gandhi, in his letter to Pinarayi dated May 28, said he was "deeply saddened" by the farmer's suicide. He requested the state government to conduct an inquiry and extend financial support to the family.

Two cars and eight motorcycles were destroyed after a transformer caught fire here Friday, officials said.

The incident took place at Block H in Sector 63 around 1.30 pm, Fire Department officials said. The fire was controlled by 1.50 pm, they said.

"Three fire tenders were rushed to the spot. However, services of only one fire tender were required and the blaze was doused in about 15 minutes," said Phase 3 Fire Officer Naresh Kumar Singh.

President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena in Delhi said, “PM Modi's visit is very important to us, we are neighbor and friends, this relationship between India and Sri Lanka dates back over 2600 years. We're eagerly awaiting for his arrival, it's a great honor for the people of Sri Lanka.”

Nirav Modi, wanted by India in fraud and money laundering charges amounting to nearly USD 2 billion, on Friday applied for bail in the UK High Court.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said the hearing for his bail petition will take place on June 11.

Encounter between security forces and terrorists underway in Marwah area of Kishtwar, two policemen injured. Search operation in progress.

The Delhi High Court on Friday sought response of the AAP government and prison authorities on a PIL seeking conjugal visitation rights for prisoners.

Terming the issue raised in the plea as "very interesting", a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice Brijesh Sethi issued notice to the Delhi government and the Director General of Prisons seeking their stand on the petition by a lawyer.

Amit Sahni, a lawyer and a social activist, has claimed in his plea that conjugal visits in jail should be treated as a fundamental right of prisoners and their spouses.

Flight Lieutenant Mohana Singh has become the first woman fighter pilot to be qualified to undertake missions by day on Hawk advanced jet aircraft. Singh, along with two other women Bhawana Kanth and Avani Chaturvedi, had joined the fighter stream in June 2016.

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The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has favoured a "genuine" dialogue between India and Pakistan, saying it is the "best framework" for addressing the outstanding issues between them, including the Kashmir issue.

OIC Secretary General Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen on Thursday said that Jammu and Kashmir issue "is close to our hearts" and the grouping of Muslim nations would work towards its peaceful resolution.

Bihar CM and JD(U) leader N Kumar said, “When I was told one ministerial berth will be given to JD(U), I said we don't need it but I'll ask my party. I asked everyone, they said it's not appropriate that we show only symbolic participation when we're together. We're together, not upset.”

“I am seeing reports in newspapers that we had asked for 3 berths, this is false. We had not asked for any berth.”

Karnataka: Some suspicious object was found at KSR Central Station in Bengaluru this morning. Bomb disposal squad was called in. Station premises was thoroughly checked. Alok Mohan, Addl DGP (Railways) says,"We're investigating, nature of the object is yet to be ascertained."

A suicide car bomb exploded early on Friday morning in an eastern neighborhood of the capital Kabul, leaving seven casualties, police said. Firdous Faramaz, Kabul police chief spokesman, could not immediately say how many were dead or wounded.

"It's too early to say what was the target or to say how many of the seven casualties in the bombing have died and how many are wounded," he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.

The attacker struck in the eastern Yakatot neighborhood, where U.S. and NATO forces maintain complexes as well as facilities operated by the Afghan National Security Forces.

The Delhi High Court on Friday granted four more months to the CBI to complete its probe in a bribery case involving the agency's former special director Rakesh Asthana.

Justice Mukta Gupta allowed the CBI's plea seeking extension of time to complete its investigation in the case lodged against Asthana, DSP Devender Kumar and middleman Manoj Prasad.

One more terrorist has been neutralised in the encounter which broke out between terrorists and security forces in Dragad Sugan area of Shopian district earlier this morning. Operation is underway.

BJP Panchayat President in Begusarai Gopal Singh died late last night after he was allegedly hit with an iron road by unidentified men in Amraur Kiratpur village of Singhoul. Police say,"It's a murder. Investigation will be done.

Four people were killed and nine others injured in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district on Thursday.

One terrorist has been neutralised in the encounter which broke out between terrorists and security forces in Dragad Sugan area of Shopian district earlier on Friday morning.

Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Dragad Sugan area of south Kashmir following a tip-off about the presence of militants, a police official said.

As the forces carried out searches, militants fired upon them, leading to the encounter, the official said. He said the exchange of fire was going on between the two sides.

Further details were awaited, the official added.

Three members of the Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa have been arrested on the charges of terror financing in Pakistan's Punjab province, amid pressure from the global community on Islamabad to rein in the militant groups.

A gunfight broke out between the security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Friday.

After receiving information about militants, security forces surrounded an orchard area of Dragad-Sugan village, police sources said.