Shahid Iqbal

The terrorists who struck in Udhampur yesterday were backed by Pakistan's Inter-Serivces Intelligence (ISI) and sent to wage war against India, Jammu and Kashmir police said today.

Eleven people were killed and over 20 others injured on Friday when the bus they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Pakistani forces violated the ceasefire in the Baba Khori belt of Naushera sector, an official said. According to reports, the Pakistani troops resorted to shelling and firing in forward areas.

As many as 800 people in Kashmir Valley hid their travel history, because of which the coronavirus situation worsened in the UT. "Had they disclosed their travel history, the (Covid-19) situation would have been better in the Valley. However, all of them were later traced one by one and quarantined," said Srinagar deputy commissioner.

Pakistani troops on Tuesday opened fire and lobbed mortars on forward and civilian areas along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, drawing retaliation from the Indian Army. No casualties have been reported so far.

Cantt police on Thursday nabbed Farid Khan alias Jugnu who was absconding after killing his uncle Shahid Iqbal on November 21 to avenge the killing of his father in 1992.

In a major reshuffle in the hierarchy of the Pakistan Army, Lt Gen Ahmad Shuja Pasha was appointed the new chief of the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency.

Deputy Commissioner (Rajouri) Shahid Iqbal Choudhary said the Pakistan Army was launching heavy mortar shells in Naika, Panjgrain, Khorinar, Rajdhani forward areas besides the villages in Rajouri since this morning.

Authorities in Kashmir on Thursday quarantined 78 people, who arrived here from Leh in Ladakh union territory, for suspected novel coronavirus infection, officials said.

The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday inaugurated the union territory's first Covid response call centre in Srinagar, an official spokesperson said. It also launched web and mobile applications which will help in real-time integrated management of the coronavirus disease. The call centre, web and mobile applications were e-inaugurated by Lt. governor GC Murmu.