Tension prevails in Jammu and Kahsmir as several leaders put under house arrest, Cabinet to meet at Modi's residence today

With Kashmir on edge, a Union Cabinet meeting is scheduled to take place at 9:30 am today at the official residence of the Prime Minister, following which a policy announcement is expected to be made.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be chairing the crucial Cabinet meeting, reported Times Now.

Jammu and Kashmir administration has ordered closure of all government and private schools in all districts of Jammu region while section 144 has also been imposed in Jammu district and various examinations are cancelled.

"All private and government schools will remain closed tomorrow on August 5 as preventive measure till further orders," said orders issued by the Deputy Commissioners of different districts including Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Poonch, Doda, Rajouri, Udhampur and circulated on social media and official websites.

Meanwhile, DC Jammu Sushma Chauhan also said that section 144 has been imposed in Jammu district till further orders.

However, as many as 40 companies of CRPF have also been deployed in all districts of Jammu region, said an official he said that as per order, in Jammu six companies, in Samba two, in Kathua two, in Udhampur four, in Reasi one, in Rajouri eight, in Poonch six and in Doda 11 companies of CRPF have been deployed.

Army has also been deployed in various parts of the district.

"Mobile Internet has also be snapped in the region while restrictions are imposed as precautionary measure," they added.

Moreover, all examinations of different schools and University of Jammu have also been postponed till further orders and fresh dates will be announced later, said an order.

There is chaos and confusion among people as they are not aware of the reason behind an entire exercise of deploying 35,000 additional troops and issuing security advisory asking all Amarnath pilgrims to curtail their visit to the valley and return besides directing all non local students, labourers, tourists, employees to leave the Kashmir valley.

Post security advisory, three major pilgrimages including Machail Mata at Kishtwar, Buddha Amarnath in Poonch and Kouser Nag in Reasi were cancelled.

More than 500 students from NIT Srinagar also reach Jammu and left for their hometown by trains on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and P Chidambaram reacted to the house arrest of the leaders.

"What is going on in J&K? Why would leaders be arrested overnight while having done no wrong? If Kashmiris are our citizens &their leaders our partners, surely the mainstream ones must be kept on board while we act against terrorists & separatists? If we alienate them, who’s left?," Tharoor tweeted.

Former Finance Minister of the nation P Chidamabram siad: "Before the day is over we will know if there will be a major crisis in J&K. Keeping my fingers crossed."

Actor Anupam Kher said the solution of the Kashmir problem has started.

"Kashmir Solution has begun," he said.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday chaired a 'high level' meeting with Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on the Kashmir issue in the Parliament complex here.

The meeting was also attended by Intelligence Bureau Chief Arvind Kumar, RAW chief Samant Kumar Goel and senior Home Ministry officials.

"The Government is reviewing the security scenario in Jammu and Kashmir as terror threats are looming over the Amarnath Yatra," an official in the Home Ministry told UNI.

The evacuation of the Amarnath Yatris and tourists from the valley is a major challenge for the Government as of now, the official said.

Shah is likely to visit Kashmir after the current Parliament Session is over.

Intelligence agencies have also alerted the Government and security agencies that a large number of militants are waiting at launchpad across the border to sneak into Indian territory.

.
The Indian Army foiled the Pakistan Army’s infiltration attempt on the intervening night of July 31-Aug 1 in Keran Sector of Jammu and Kashmir.

The Indian soldiers foiled the attempt by Pakistan's Border Action Team (BAT),  inflicting heavy causalities on the infiltrating terrorists and BAT personnel.

The encounter left at least four  killed while they were trying to infiltrate into India and strike a forward post in the Keran sector, sources told IBNS.

Intelligence sources earlier told IBNS that a Pakistan emboldened by the visit of Prime Minister Imran Khan to the United States, has reactivated its terror launch pads against India in the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) with plans to trigger something big in Kashmir.

"Terror launch pads in PoK, which were dismantled and pushed back to interior, have now been reactivated," sources told IBNS.

According to Indian sources, Jaish-e-Mohammad chief  Masood Azhar's brother Ibrahim Azhar had been relocated to PoK to oversee the affairs.