An government that takes appropriate steps to meet the expectations of the people would have the full support of the LG's office, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said.

- Just two weeks ago, the house echoed with laughter as hundreds gathered for his daughter's wedding. On Monday, cries of anger and anguish rang through Dr Shahnawaz Dar's residence in Budgam's  Nayidgam village and the streets around it.

Gurmeet Singh, who was among seven persons killed in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal, was speaking to his wife on the phone when he was hit by a bullet, his father said on Monday.

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said security forces will avenge the construction workers' death in the brutal attack in Ganderbal, and "exact a price" that the terrorists will remember for the time to come.

Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Monday condemned the killing of six workers and a doctor in a terror attack on a construction site in Gagangeer area of central Kashmir's Ganderbal district, terming it "outrageous".

The newly elected members of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly were administered oath on Monday by pro-tem speaker Mubarak Gul, with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah taking the pledge in the Kashmiri language.

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has vacated the Budgam assembly seat and retained the Ganderbal constituency, Pro-tem speaker Mubarak Gul announced in the House on Monday.