IIOJK & Indian Minorities — Daily Report | 6 October 2026 (Morning Edition)

The key news of the past 12 hours from Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK) and on minorities in India — including stepped-up cordon-and-search operations in the valley, the prorogation of the Assembly, and a Delhi High Court ruling on the 2020 Delhi riots.

Occupied Jammu & Kashmir

1. Cordon-and-search operations intensified across 12 districts of IIOJK

Radio Pakistan, citing Kashmir Media Service (KMS), reports that Indian forces have stepped up checkpoints, house raids and search operations in Rajouri, Udhampur, Jammu, Srinagar, Islamabad (Anantnag), Shopian, Kulgam, Pulwama, Budgam, Bandipora, Baramulla and Kupwara. According to the report, 26 Kashmiris have been killed so far this year. All Parties Hurriyat Conference spokesman Advocate Abdul Rasheed Minhas said the continuing killings, arrests and search operations have exposed India's claims of peace and development.

Source: Radio Pakistan / KMS

2. 150 Bangladeshi nationals deported from J&K; 150 more to be expelled on 7 October

According to a Press Trust of India (PTI) report carried by Kashmir Observer, 150 Bangladeshi nationals living in Jammu & Kashmir were flown to Bagdogra on a special Indian Air Force aircraft on 5 October and handed over to the BSF. Officials say another 150 people will be expelled on 7 October.

Source: PTI / Kashmir Observer

3. Lieutenant Governor prorogues the Assembly

Kashmir Observer reports that Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha issued an order on Monday proroguing the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly. The autumn session, held from 21 to 30 September, passed a resolution seeking the restoration of statehood. The Assembly's next budget session is expected in Jammu next year.

Source: Kashmir Observer

4. Political row over Mumbai businessman's land purchase in Srinagar

According to a detailed Kashmir Observer report, Mumbai businessman Haris G. Chawla bought about 15 kanals and 6 marlas of land from 13 owners in Syedpora, in the Harwan block. Apni Party chief Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari questioned how a non-local acquired the land for an alleged hotel project, while the Chief Minister's adviser Nasir Aslam Wani says the government neither allotted the land nor granted permission, and that the Lakes Authority has stopped the work. The High Court ruled in April 2026 that the Lakes Conservation Authority has jurisdiction over construction in the area.

Source: Kashmir Observer

5. Two landmines destroyed near the Line of Control in Poonch

According to PTI, Indian Army troops on patrol near Basoni Top in Poonch's Mendhar sector detected two landmines on Monday morning, which a bomb disposal squad destroyed in a controlled explosion. Officials say rains cause mines laid along the LoC to shift from their positions. No casualties were reported.

Source: PTI / Kashmir Observer

Minorities in India

6. 2020 Delhi riots: pleas for FIRs over politicians' hate speeches dismissed

According to Bar & Bench and India TV, a Delhi High Court bench of Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Manoj Jain on 5 October dismissed all petitions seeking FIRs against politicians including Anurag Thakur, Kapil Mishra and Parvesh Verma over hate speeches, and an independent probe into the 2020 North-East Delhi riots and the 2019 police action at Jamia Millia Islamia. The petitioners included Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind and CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat. At least 53 people were killed in the riots. The detailed judgment is yet to be released.

Source: Bar & Bench / India TV / Maktoob Media

7. Karnataka: FIR against BJP leaders over bid to delete Muslim voters through Form-7

According to NewsGram and Business Today, an FIR has been registered against BJP leader Ravi Patil and others in Belagavi district over an attempt to delete the names of 198 Muslim voters using Form-7. Booth Level Officers reportedly said they were made to sign under pressure. Maktoob Media reports that another BJP leader has applied to remove 81 voters from the draft electoral roll, prompting a Muslim organisation to demand a special task force.

Source: NewsGram / Business Today / Maktoob Media

8. Assam: call to bring back two Muslim women pushed into Bangladesh; Nagaon by-election today

According to The Sentinel Assam, Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi has written to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar demanding that Jahanara Begum and Mumtaz Begum — pushed across the border on 13–14 June and missing since — be traced and brought back. Gogoi wrote that people taken into state custody must not simply disappear. The issue has become a political flashpoint in today's (6 October) Nagaon by-election.

Source: The Sentinel Assam / The Federal