Over 600 positions for police personnel have been sanctioned for 42 new border police posts (BPPs) along the India-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir to strengthen the second-tier anti-infiltration grid, according to an order. While the army and the Border Security Force are manning the first-tier of the anti-infiltration grid along the Line of Control and the International Border respectively,

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday attached properties of three persons, accused in two cases, linked to militant organisations Hizbul Mujahideen and Jaish- e-Mohammed (JeM).The properties include land and shops in the frontier district of Kupwara in northern Kashmir and Shopian and Pulwama districts of southern Kashmir.NIA officials said the agency has intensified its crackdown