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- On the second day of his four-day Jammu and Kashmir visit, Union home minister Rajnath Singh told security personnel in the state the nation was proud of them and indebted for their sacrifices.
- A delegation of the opposition National Conference, led by former chief minister Omar Abdullah, today conveyed to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh the party's concern over the Centre's ambiguity in defending Jammu and Kashmir's special status under Article 35A of the Constitution.
- Two militants were killed while another surrendered following an overnight gun battle in south Kashmir’s Shopian district.
- Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said his aim is to provide Rs one crore as monetary relief to the families of personnel of central armed forces martyred on duty.
- The Centre has allocated funds for the purchase of bullet-proof vehicles for Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel, home minister Rajnath Singh said during his interaction with cops in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Sunday.
- Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Saturday said neither China nor Pakistan is an imminent threat to the country in a departure from his earlier statement wherein he had dubbed the two neighbours India’s northern and western adversaries respectively and that the country needed to be prepared for a two-front war.
- The government is moving ahead with linking Aadhaar with mobile SIM cards and all unlinked phones will be deactivated after February 2018.
- Encouraged by the heavy influx of tourists to the picturesque Bhaderwah town this year, the Jammu and Kashmir government has announced a winter carnival and chopper services to promote the mountainous resort in Jammu region. Copied from Jammu Links News.
- Haryana education minister Ram Bilas Sharma on Sunday said that a three-member committee formed to probe whether any negligence or security lapses could have led to the murder of an eight-year-old student at Ryan International School, Bhondsi has found several loopholes in the school’s security protocol.
- The BJP today said that Home Minister Rajnath Singh had come to the Valley with an "open mind" and expressed confidence that his meetings would bring about a resolution to the problems in the strife-torn state.
- Large and extremely powerful, Hurricane Irma is sweeping toward Florida, its rainbands and strong winds slamming the Keys and southern peninsula with hurricane-force winds. The storm, which strengthened to Category 4 intensity early Sunday, is likely to be among the worst hurricanes in the state's history.