Gunfight breaks out in J&K
Srinagar, June 19: A gunfight started on Tuesday evening between hiding militants and the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said.
Police said following intelligence inputs about a group of militants hiding in the area, security forces comprising the army's counter-insurgency Rashtriya Rifles, Central Reserve Police Force and the Special Operations Group of the state police, launched a cordon and search operation in Tral area of Pulwama.
"As the security forces tightened the cordon, hiding militants fired at them, triggering the gunfight," police said.
Meanwhile, protests started in the area with stone pelters trying to disrupt the operation.
Reports said security forces are using tear smoke shells to disperse the protesters.
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HC rejects Mahesh Shetty Thimarody’s plea challenging externment
Bengaluru: The High Court has rejected the application filed by activist Mahesh Shetty Thimarody challenging Puttur Assistant Commissioner’s externment order sending him out of Dakshina Kannada district.
Puttur AC Stella Varghese had issued the order, externing Shetty to Manvi taluk of Raichur district on March 13, 2026.
Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum, who earlier heard the plea filed by Shetty and kept the judgment pending, said on Thursday that the activist’s application was being rejected.
Stating that the petition was invalid, the judge clarified that the activist could file an application challenging the order with the Home Secretary. He also directed the state government not to take any action in connection with the case for two weeks.
A detailed version of the verdict, however, is awaited.
