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Delhi Police arrested Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Shabbir Ahmed Lone, a 'most wanted' operative, after a month-long operation. Lone, who allegedly ran a cross-border terror network from Bangladesh on ISI's directions, was instrumental in radicalizing youth for terror attacks. His arrest effectively disrupts a revived terror pipeline.

The controversy over killing of terrorist burhan wani has taken a new turn with former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah slamming incumbent deputy chief minister and BJP leader Nirmal Singh for calling the encounter killing an 'accident'. Singh has, however, denied the charge.

Pakistani legislator and controversial televangelist Aamir Liaquat Hussain will be playing the role of burhan wani in an upcoming film on the slain commander of terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen.

Several weeks after Hizbul terrorist burhan wani's killing, J&K Deputy Chief Minister on Saturday called the encounter an 'accident'. Singh, in his statement, said that the security forces did not know about Wani's presence at the site and that it was a routine anti-terrorist operation.

Muzaffar Wani, the father of slain Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist burhan wani, hoisted the national flag at a school in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district as part of Independence Day celebrations Sunday, officials said. Muzaffar Wani, who is a teacher by profession, unfurled the national flag on the premises of the Government Girls Higher Secondary School in Tral, they said.

With the Centre grappling to bring peace in restive Kashmir after the killing of Hizbul militant burhan wani, the slain militant's father Muzaffar Wani met Art of Living Founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar at his ashram in Bengaluru.

burhan wani, a wanted Hizbul Mujahideen commander, released a video on Tuesday in which he justifies attacks on the police and warns the media against calling militants ‘terrorists’. In a video that has gone viral, Wani condemns Jammu & Kashmir Police “for working against the militants”.

BJP MP Yogi Adityanath, on Tuesday, said Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid's glorification of Hizbul Mujahideen commander burhan wani proved the action taken by the government against him was right.

More than 21,000 additional central paramilitary forces have been deployed in Jammu and Kashmir for the security of Amarnath yatra and ahead of the first death anniversary of Hizbul militant commander burhan wani.

The Amarnath Yatra was temporarily halted on Monday from Bhagwati Nagar-based Yatri Niwas base camp in Jammu and no fresh batch was allowed to leave for the cave shrine in view of restrictions imposed in the Valley on the death anniversary of former Hizbul Mujahideen commander burhan wani.

The PDP-BJP coalition government in Jammu & Kashmir on Tuesday announced compensation for slain Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist burhan wani's older brother, who was killed by the security forces in 2013.

Ahead of Hizbul commander burhan wani's first death anniversary on July 8, the state administration and the police have taken measures to prevent terrorists and separatists from observing the day.

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday paid his tribute to Hizbul commander burhan wani, saying his death "infused a new spirit in the struggle for freedom" in the Kashmir Valley. Sharif in a message on the first anniversary of Wani's death said that India cannot suppress the voice of the people of Kashmir through brute force.

In a show of bonhomie, locals defied curfew to help perform the last rites of a Kashmiri Pandit woman in old city in Srinagar. The old city has been under curfew since last Saturday, following killing of burhan wani.

Sharif reiterated Pakistan’s moral, political and diplomatic support to the militant separatist movement in Kashmir. While emphatically claiming Pakistan’s territorial right over Kashmir, Sharif asked the world to put the squeeze on India to “free” the Muslim majority state.

The Amarnath yatra was suspended on Monday as a precautionary measure following a strike called by separatists in Kashmir valley to mark the third death anniversary of former Hizbul Mujahideen commander burhan wani, officials said. The annual pilgrimage to the 3,880 meter high holy cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas will resume Tuesday, they said.

Further needling India on the Kashmir issue, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday declared slain Hizbul terrorist burhan wani a "martyr" and said July 19 will be observed as black day to express solidarity with people of Kashmir.

The government on Sunday said the international community must come together in condemning Pakistan's "support and sponsorship" of terror, which was evident in the blatant endorsement of terror outfits and their operatives by top Pakistani officials.

Hizbul terrorist Sabzar Ahmad Bhat was named new commander of the outfit after Zakir alias Musa quit the outfit following his statement against Hurriyat leaders in the middle of this month, the police sources said.

As many as 66 weapons, including 17 AK rifles, and over 7,000 rounds of ammunition have been looted by militants and mobs in Kashmir Valley after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen militant burhan wani on July 8 last year which had triggered protests.

Barring a terror attack on an army patrol, injuring three soldiers, situation across Kashmir remained peaceful on Saturday, the first death anniversary of Hizbul Mujahideen commander burhan wani.

"Of the 12 confirmed dead, I understand 11 are local Kashmiris & (and) the identity of the 12th is being ascertained, not one so far is a foreign terrorist. Is no one in a position of power in Delhi alarmed by this because I certainly am!" Omar said in a series of tweets.

Nawaz Sharif made the remarks while addressing a joint session of Pakistan parliament convened to discuss the security situation in the wake of increasing India-Pak tensions. He expressed support for Kashmiris and said the issue should be resolved according to the wishes of people of Kashmir.

Three BSF men were killed and as many injured in an attack reportedly carried out by terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Monday to avenge the death of its commander burhan wani.

Days before he was killed in an encounter in Anantnag, Hizbul Mujahideen leader burhan wani had spoken to Lashker-e-Taiba chief and "most-wanted" terrorist Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, seeking his “blessings” to fight a “common enemy”.

Criticising the Pakistani government for glorifying the dead terrorist, MEA spokesperson Gopal Baglay tweeted, "First, Foreign Office of Pakistan read from banned LeT's script. Now, Pakistan COAS (army chief) glorifies burhan wani. Pakistan's terror support and sponsorship need to be condemned by one and all."

Mehbooba said, "When issues like Kashmiri Pandit Colony & Sainik Colony did not work, the killing of burhan wani was used to trigger the unrest. Pak & separatists derailed the dialogue process by shutting doors on all-party delegation because they had made preparations for the unrest beforehand."

The photograph of the armed Shamsul Haq Mengnoo went viral in Jammu and Kashmir after the Hizb released pictures of about a dozen new recruits on social media on Sunday to coincide with the death anniversary of its slain commander, burhan wani.