2 militants killed in Jammu and Kashmir gunfight
Srinagar, Sep 13 : Two militants were killed in a gunfight with the security forces on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore town, defence sources said.
"Two terrorists were killed in the encounter in Arampora area. Their bodies are being recovered and a search operation is on," the sources said.
According to the police, the security forces including personnel from Rashtriya Rifles (RR), the state police's Special Operations Group (SOG) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), cordoned off the area earlier in the morning upon receiving a tip-off about the presence of militants.
"As the cordon was tightened, the militants fired at the security forces triggering the gunfight," the police said. As a precautionary measure, authorities have suspended mobile Internet services in Sopore.
Educational institutions have also been closed for the day in Sopore.
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Allahabad HC dismisses petition seeking permission to mount loudspeaker on mosque
Prayagraj, Jan 24 (PTI): The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition seeking direction to the state authorities to permit the mounting of loudspeakers on a Masjid.
The court observed that the religious places were for offering prayers, therefore the use of loudspeakers was not a matter of right.
Dismissing the writ petition filed by Pilibhit-resident Mukhtiyar Ahmad, a two judge-bench, comprising Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Donadi Ramesh, observed, "Religious places are for offering prayers to the divinity and use of loudspeakers cannot be claimed as a matter of right, particularly when often such use of loudspeakers create nuisance for the residents".
At the outset, the state counsel objected to the maintainability of the writ on the grounds that the petitioner was neither a mutawalli, nor did the mosque belong to him.
The court also noted that the petitioner did not have locus to file the writ petition.
The term 'locus' is a legal concept that refers to the right of a person or entity to participate in a legal proceeding or bring a lawsuit.
