Two Jammu and Kashmir policemen were martyred in an ongoing encounter in Kupwara's Halmatpora
Four unidentified terrorists were killed in the operation last night in a forest area in the district
Search operation in Kupwara's Halmatpora underway. 

NEW DELHI: Two Jammu and Kashmir policemen were today martyred in an ongoing encounter in Kupwara's Halmatpora.

Four unidentified terrorists were killed in the operation last night in a forest area in the district.

The encounter was triggered when terrorists fired at a joint party of the Army and Special Operations Group (SOG) of J&K Police, said defence spokesman (Srinagar) Col Rajesh Kalia.
The operation was aided by the Army's Para Commandos.
A police officer said that a joint team of the Army's 41 Rashtriya Rifles and SOG launched the operation following inputs about the movement of seven foreign terrorists in the area.
 

Hisar : Six youths on Wednesday died in a road accident near Durjanpur village on the Hisar-Sirsa highway.

As per eyewitnesses, they all died on the spot.  The car was allegedly been driven at a high speed and rammed in the divider near a flyover on the highway.

The car lost control and then collided with a bus of the Haryana Roadways.

The car was coming to Hisar from Sirsa. Those killed were identified as Vikas son of Pappu, Radhe Shyam son of Om Prakash, Praveen son of Om Prakash, Raghuvir son of Bansi Lal and Om Prakash son of Bansi Lal.

Chandigarh : The second day of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha session on Wednesday started with Akali Dal and BJP MLAs entering the House wearing black gowns and demanding a complete farm loan waiver for farmers.
They raised slogans demanding loan waiver while entering the House.

The House was adjourned for 30 minutes amid protests by Akali-BJP MLAs over the non-fulfilment of promise of debt waiver by the Congress government.
Former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal also stood in the Well of the House and protested.
Later, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and Finance Minister Manpreet Badal announced in the Vidhan Sabha that the state would forego its share of GST on langar at the Golden Temple.

The Congress leaders, having cornered the Akali Dal on the issue, exhorted them to ask Harsimrat Kaur Badal to resign from the Union Cabinet for rejecting the state’s plea thrice.
The state had moved the resolution thrice in the GST council, which was rejected by FM Arun Jaitley, Manpreet said.
Manpreet presented a resolution saying the Centre should stop the levy of GST on langar at the Golden Temple.

The CM announced that the reports of the Narang Commission (that looked into the sand mining scam involving former minister Rana Gurjit Singh), Ranjit Singh Commission (that looked into the sacrilege incidents) and the Mehtab Singh Gill Commission (that is looking into the registration of fake FIRs) would be tabled in the House before the Budget Session got over.

Last week, during the plenary session of the Congress party, Rahul had hinted that veteran members of the party may have to make way for the younger generation
Following Rahul's speech, Goa Congress president Naik, who turns 72 on April 12 this year, today submitted his resignation

NEW DELHI : “Inspired” by Rahul Gandhi’s speech at the plenary session of the Congress earlier this week, where he called for the old guard in the party to make way for the young generation, the president of the Goa Congress Shantaram Naik, who would turn 72 on April 12 this year, today submitted his resignation to Rahul.
“Inspired by Congress president Rahul Gandhi's speech at the plenary session where he said that the younger generation should come forward to take leadership, I have resigned from the post of Goa Congress president,” Naik said.

Last week, during the plenary session of the Congress party, Rahul had hinted that veteran members of the party may have to make way for the younger generation. 

In a veiled reference, the party president said that party could only be changed by demolishing “the wall” between workers and leaders — calling it his “first job” at the top.

Although he “sugarcoated” the messages by saying he would “bring down the wall, not by anger but with love, and by showing respect to veterans”, the intent to phase out the old guard could not have escaped the veterans seated in the front rows.

The Gandhi scion said “the wall” manifested itself in organisational malaises like election nominations to “aspirants who parachute from above” and in denial of tickets to those who lacked financial muscle.
Seventy-one-year-old Naik was appointed as the head of Goa Congress on July 7, 2017.

Faridkot : The Punjab School Education Board on Tuesday cancelled the Mathematics question paper of Class XII after reports of its alleged leak.   
The education department in a letter told the invigilators not to distribute the given question papers among the students as new question papers would be provided to them. 
The exam was to be held on Tuesday from 2pm to 5pm.

Meanwhile, the students were told to sit in classes till a new paper is given to them.
The department has mailed a fresh question paper to all centers.