Pakistani Rangers violated the Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) by opening fire along the International Border (IB) in Ramgarh sector in Samba District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on May 4, reports Daily Excelsior. This is first-ever ceasefire violation by Pakistan along the IB after the two countries signed a fresh agreement to maintain calm along the border on February 25, 2021. However, there was no casualty in the firing. The Pakistani troops opened unprovoked firing on a Patrolling Party ahead of the fencing. India and Pakistan had agreed to strictly observe all agreements on ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) and other sectors in the February, 2021 agreement, said the Border Security Force (BSF) spokesman.
Government dismissed an Assistant Professor, identified as Dr Abdul Bari Naik, who was posted at Government Degree College for Women in Udhampur in Udhampur District, and a Revenue official identified as Nazir Ahmad Wani, Naib Tehsildar (settlement officer), Pulwama-II in Pulwama District, from their services for their anti-State activities on May 3, reports Daily Excelsior. Dr Naik hailing from Chidder village in Kulgam District in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India, was arrested in March 2021 from Government Degree College for Women in Udhampur District of J&K in India for radicalization of local youth in the district. Police arrested Wani in May 2020, after Security Forces (SFs) busted a militant hideout in his shop in Pulwama District of J&K. The dismissals came after the Government on April 21 set up a Special Task Force (STF) to identify and scrutinize the cases of employees involved in any case related to posing a threat to the country’s security or anti-national activities.