Overview

• Jammu and Kashmir Police registered an FIR naming 30 people after the national-emblem plaque at Srinagar’s Hazratbal Dargah was defaced, with protests and sharp reactions following.
• Waqf Board chairperson Darakshan Andrabi condemned the incident as an insult to the national symbol and called for PSA action, and she reported an online death threat from a ‘Kashmir Fight’ handle that Zee News links to TRF.
• Political responses diverged, with Omar Abdullah questioning the need for the plaque at the shrine and Mehbooba Mufti saying the crowd objected to an idol-like figure rather than the emblem itself.
• A SYSF report, cited by Zee News, asserts that many ‘unknown graves’ in several J&K districts contain foreign militants from groups such as Hizbul, LeT and JeM, countering long-standing separatist claims.
• Zee News/DNA reporting and satellite imagery indicate Pakistani efforts to rebuild bunkers near the LoC in PoK and to repair the Noor Khan airbase, while a Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists analysis cited in coverage says Pakistan has stepped up uranium enrichment and work to enable RAAD missiles for nuclear warheads.