Militants strike in Kupwara hours before Rajnath's visit
Kupwara, June 8 : Militants attacked security forces in a north Kashmir village in Kupwara on Friday hours before Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh visited the border district.
Sources said there was a brief exchange of fire between militants and the army in Langate area of Kupwara -- some 100 km north of Srinagar. No casualties were reported.
Security forces cordoned off the area as the attackers escaped.
The attack took place some 20 km from Kupwara town where the Home Minister, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and MoS (PMO) Jitendra Singh met people from the border district amid elaborate security arrangements.
Kupwara is listed among the 115 inspirational districts where the central government has vowed to lay "special emphasis" on the overall development to fight poverty and backwardness.
Rajnath Singh, who began his two-day trip to Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, will fly to Jammu in the afternoon.
He is expected to visit R.S. Pura sector and some other places near the International Border where hundreds of people had migrated to safer places after Pakistani shelling of civilian areas.
He will fly back to Delhi in the evening.
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Vijayanagara: One dead, 12 injured as trucks hits their vehicle from behind on NH 50
Vijayanagara: One man was killed and 12 others were injured after a truck hit vehicle they were traveling in on the National Highway 50 stretch on the outskirts of Koodligi in the district.
The accident victim, Madhu (27), is learned to have been an employee of Reliance Digital from Andhra Pradesh.
The vehicle was reportedly traveling from Bengaluru to Koodligi and the passengers are learned to have been seriously injured following the collision with the truck, which was found to have a Maharashtra registration.
Koodligi Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) Mallesh Dodmani and Circle Inspector Prahlad Channagiri arrived at the accident spot on being informed of the accident.
The police officers and locals rescued the injured passengers and got them shifted to the Koodligi Government Hospital. Some of the passengers were reportedly taken to the Ballari Trauma Care Centre for further treatment.
A case has been registered at the Koodligi Police Station and the officers are investigating the incident.
