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Hours after policeman's killing, police detain nearly 2000 suspected OGWs in Kashmir raids

Srinagar, Jul 22 (UNI) Hours after a Jammu and Kashmir Police head constable was shot dead in Anantnag district, security forces on Wednesday launched a massive crackdown across the region, detaining nearly 2,000 suspected Over Ground Workers (OGWs) for questioning as part of an intensified operation targeting alleged terror support networks.
According to police, the operations were conducted in Srinagar, Baramulla, Budgam, Ganderbal and several other districts on the basis of specific and credible intelligence inputs following the terror incident in Anantnag.
In Srinagar, police said that it carried out coordinated raids at multiple locations across the district, detaining nearly 700 suspected OGWs for questioning and verification in accordance with established legal procedures.

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JAMMU,AUG 16 (UNI)- BJP J&K president and Rajya Sabha member Sat Sharma, along with MPs, MLAs, senior party leaders and workers, stage a protest outside the Congress office against the alleged disrespect of ‘Vande Mataram’ by the Congress leadership, in Jammu on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-D260U

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JAMMU,AUG 16 (UNI)- BJP J&K president and Rajya Sabha member Sat Sharma, along with MPs, MLAs, senior party leaders and workers, stage a protest outside the Congress office against the alleged disrespect of ‘Vande Mataram’ by the Congress leadership, in Jammu on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-D258U

JAMMU,AUG 16 (UNI)- BJP J&K president and Rajya Sabha member Sat Sharma, along with MPs, MLAs, senior party leaders and workers, stage a protest outside the Congress office against the alleged disrespect of ‘Vande Mataram’ by the Congress leadership, in Jammu on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-D257U

JAMMU,AUG 16 (UNI)- BJP J&K president and Rajya Sabha member Sat Sharma, along with MPs, MLAs, senior party leaders and workers, stage a protest outside the Congress office against the alleged disrespect of ‘Vande Mataram’ by the Congress leadership, in Jammu on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-D256U

JAMMU,AUG 16 (UNI)- BJP J&K president and Rajya Sabha member Sat Sharma, along with MPs, MLAs, senior party leaders and workers, stage a protest outside the Congress office against the alleged disrespect of ‘Vande Mataram’ by the Congress leadership, in Jammu on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-D255U

JAMMU,AUG 16 (UNI)- BJP J&K president and Rajya Sabha member Sat Sharma, along with MPs, MLAs, senior party leaders and workers, stage a protest outside the Congress office against the alleged disrespect of ‘Vande Mataram’ by the Congress leadership, in Jammu on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-D254U

JAMMU,AUG 16 (UNI)- BJP J&K president and Rajya Sabha member Sat Sharma, along with MPs, MLAs, senior party leaders and workers, stage a protest outside the Congress office against the alleged disrespect of ‘Vande Mataram’ by the Congress leadership, in Jammu on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-D253U

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CHENNAI,AUG 16 (UNI):-Vice President C P Radhakrishnan on Sunday released Echoes of a Nationalist Mind, a compilation of the thoughts and writings of late R Ramagopalan, founder of Hindu Munnani, at a function here. UNI PHOTO-D251U

CHENNAI,AUG 16 (UNI):-Vice President C P Radhakrishnan on Sunday released Echoes of a Nationalist Mind, a compilation of the thoughts and writings of late R Ramagopalan, founder of Hindu Munnani, at a function here. UNI PHOTO-D250U

CHENNAI,AUG 16 (UNI):-Vice President C P Radhakrishnan on Sunday released Echoes of a Nationalist Mind, a compilation of the thoughts and writings of late R Ramagopalan, founder of Hindu Munnani, at a function here. UNI PHOTO-D249U

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NIMBAHERA, AUG 16 (UNI):-Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah and Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Sunday visited an exhibition on the cooperative sector organised at Rajkiya Ambedkar College in Nimbahera, according to the state BJP. UNI PHOTO-D247U

NIMBAHERA, AUG 16 (UNI):-Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah and Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Sunday visited an exhibition on the cooperative sector organised at Rajkiya Ambedkar College in Nimbahera, according to the state BJP. UNI PHOTO-D246U

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