Srinagar, May 19: Two terror associates were arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, said police on Monday, adding that arms and ammunition were recovered from them.

Police in Shopian district said on X, “In a notable operation against terrorism a joint naka comprising SOG Shopian,CRPF 178 BN & 34 RR two suspected persons arrested. Upon their search 04 hand grenades, 02 pistols, 43 live rounds & other incriminating materials recovered & accordingly an FIR registered.”

Joint forces have started aggressive operations against terrorists, their overground workers (OGWs) and their sympathisers across the union territory.

These operations are jointly carried out by the army, police and the security forces.

Last week, six terrorists were killed in two back-to-back operations in Shopian and Pulwama districts.

The slain terrorists included the operational commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

The LeT terrorists on April 22 killed 26 civilians, including a local, in Baisaran meadow of Pahalgam after segregating them on the basis of religion.

This was followed by precision-guided targeted strikes at terrorists’ headquarters by the Indian armed forces deep inside Pakistan, including Muridke near Lahore, Kotli, and Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK).

Pakistan reacted by indiscriminate mortar shelling on the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir.

Over 200 houses and shops were destroyed in Pakistan’s mortar shelling on civilian facilities in Poonch, Rajouri, Baramulla and Kupwara districts.

Hundreds of border residents were forced to abandon their homes, livestock and agricultural fields.

These civilians are yet to fully return to their villages as the security forces are still defusing unexploded mortar shells in the border villages.

On May 12, the DGMOs of the two countries agreed to a ceasefire after which guns on both sides fell silent.

The ceasefire is holding well, although India has made it clear that the understanding will last only as long as Pakistan does not allow terrorist activity against India from its soil.

New Delhi, May 19: The Allahabad High Court is set to pronounce its verdict in the ongoing dispute between Jama Masjid and Harihar Mandir in Sambhal district on Monday. The High Court will give its judgement on the civil revision petition filed by the mosque committee.

The verdict will be delivered at 2 p.m. by a single bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal.

The case centres around a civil revision petition filed by the Jama Masjid Management Committee, challenging the maintainability of a suit that led to a survey order by the Sambhal Civil Court.

The committee is contesting the lower court’s decision dated November 19, 2024, which directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), along with an Advocate Commissioner, to conduct a survey of the mosque premises.

Following the civil court’s order, a preliminary survey was initiated on the same day, November 19, and continued on November 24. However, the situation escalated during the second round of the survey, resulting in violence that left four people dead. Subsequently, the civil court had ordered the submission of the survey report by November 29.

In response, the mosque committee approached the Allahabad High Court, which held its first hearing on January 8, 2025. On the same day, the court issued an interim stay on the civil court’s survey directive and also stayed proceedings in the original suit pending before the lower court.

The case has since seen around 15 hearings, with final arguments concluding on May 13. The High Court had then reserved its judgment, after concluding hearing in the matter.

Earlier, on March 12, the High Court partially accepted the mosque committee’s plea to allow painting and maintenance work on the outer walls of the mosque during the month of Ramadan, directing the ASI to supervise the process.

The original suit in the civil court was filed by senior Supreme Court advocate Harishankar Jain and seven others, who claimed that the Jama Masjid was constructed over a pre-existing Harihar Temple. The plaintiffs have sought the right to worship at what they claim is the original temple site.

Ratnagiri, May 19: At least five people were killed when a car in which they were travelling lost control and plunged into the Jagbudi River in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district on Monday.

The unfortunate incident happened in the early hours on the Mumbai-Goa Highway. The occupants were travelling from Mumbai to Devrukh to attend a funeral ceremony.

While five died in the accident, the driver of the car sustained injuries and was rushed to the hospital for treatment.

The cause of the accident was not known yet. As per preliminary reports, the car lost control, skidded off and fell 100 to 150 feet into the river. The accident took place around 5 a.m.

Locals and rescue officials moved quickly to the scene and tried to rescue the victims from the sunken car.

The survivor of the accident was rushed to a local hospital for immediate treatment. The case is being further investigated to identify the root cause of the accident.

The car was lifted out of the river with cranes, and the police had a tough time retrieving the bodies from the mangled car.

The locals, who were the first to rush to the spot after hearing the impact sound, immediately informed the police. The identities of the deceased were yet to be established.

In an earlier accident, at least three people were killed and eight others injured in a head-on collision between a tempo traveller and a truck on the Satara-Lonand route near Salpe village in Maharashtra during the intervening night of May 10 and 11. The truck was found to be speeding.

On May 9, in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, four people were killed and 20 others injured in a road accident. The accident occurred on the Tala-Mandad road when a speeding dumpster hit a state transport bus. The injured were promptly moved to the nearest hospital. The state transport bus suffered massive damage in the accident.