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Gunfight breaks out at Dooru two militants killed

March 24, 2018 Editor

The gunfight that started last night in Dooru area of Anantnag in south Kashmir has ended with the killing of two militants, police said today. “The encounter is over and two militants were killed and arms & ammunition recovered,” said the police, in a tweet. The identity of the slain militants is being ascertained, it added. The gunfight, according to the police, broke out last night between militants and the government forces in Shistargam in Dooru area. An official said that SOG of Jammu and Kashmir Police, army and CRPF…

Hindu Ekta Manch and Hiranagar residents protest ‘Harassment’ in Kathua Rape & Murder Case

March 23, 2018 Editor

Hindu Ekta Manch activists and Hiranagar residents on Thursday staged a protest against the government for its failure to handover the alleged rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Rasana village of Kathua to the CBI. They accused the Crime Branch of the Jammu and Kashmir Police of “harassing” innocent people. The protesters blocked the Jammu-Pathankot national highway at Kootah Morh and burnt the effigies of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh for their alleged failure to fulfil their demand for a CBI probe. “The…

No end to parking woes in city centre as authorities fail to streamline traffic system

March 23, 2018 Editor

The much-hyped mechanized car parking lot and roadside slots marked by the authorities have failed to streamline traffic in the city centre here. The woes are set to worsen after the shifting of offices to Srinagar from Jammu in May as part of biannual Durbar Move. The “state-of-the art” automated car parking at erstwhile KMD yard, which can accommodate 288 vehicles has been a failure due to “exorbitant charges” by the Srinagar Development Authority. “They charge Rs 20 for the first hour and Rs 10 for each next hour. At…

Jammu simmers with anger against BJP- PDP Govt

March 23, 2018 Editor

Jammu is simmering with anger against the PDP-BJP Government “for its failure to redress various issues being confronted by the people across the division”. There are fears that situation may snowball into major agitation, ahead of Darbar move to summer capital Srinagar. To take up the agitation to its logical conclusion, prominent organizations like CCI Jammu Rakesh Gupta, Jammu Bar Association and All Sikh United Front have joined hands with the agitators “to fight for their rights”. Like Nowshera, Jammu-Samba-Kathua districts are also up in arms on various issues i.e.…

Students went on rampage after protest turns ugly in JU

March 23, 2018 Editor

Tension prevailed in the University of Jammu (JU) on Thursday after the students of different departments turned violent and ransacked the Vice Chancellor’s secretariat and the office of the Dean Students Welfare (DSW) against the alleged thrashing of a fellow by the latter on the campus. DSW Prof Satnam Kour, however, said she was allegedly “manhandled and pushed” by the students, who also made an attempt to “strangulate” her. She said she thrashed the student in “self-defence”. The university has decided to lodge an FIR against the students who ransacked…

45 Posts referred to SSB by health department, 90 Selected

March 23, 2018 Editor

In 2012 the state health department referred 45 posts of physiotherapists to J&K Service Selection Board (SSB) to be filled up on “priority” basis. No action followed in the next five years. And in January, the board finally issued a list, selecting 90 candidates in place of 45. Now, the administrative department of health and the recruiting agency are clueless on how to resolve the issue of surplus recruitments. A source in health department said that the issue has been taken up with the administrative department. “We are discussing what…

Enforcement Directorate attaches Rs 3 lakh terror funds of LeT cadre in Kashmir

March 23, 2018 Editor

The ED on Thursday said it has attached Rs 3 lakh cash of alleged terror funds in connection with its money laundering probe against terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba(LeT) which operates in the Kashmir Valley. The central probe agency said that it attached the cash, in Indian currency, after it was found that the money was the “proceeds of crime” of terrorism and that it was to be delivered to hardcore militant Mohd Hussain Dar alias Raju by his associate Abdul Hamid Lone. “The attached amount was meant for militant activities,” the…

Kashmir undergoing severe water crisis, deteriorating condition of water bodies serious concern: Experts

March 23, 2018 Editor

Stressing for water conservation, authorities and experts on Thursday said Kashmir was undergoing severe water crisis. During winter, an unprecedented water crisis unfolded in Kashmir as a lengthy dry spell led to a record low water level in the Jhelum. The Jhelum, which originates in Anantnag and runs through Srinagar and various northern areas, covering around 200 kms before entering into Pak, is a major source of drinking water and irrigation. According to experts the scanty rains and receding glaciers have brought Kashmir on the brink of water crisis. “In…

Combing operation continues in Kupwara forests, biggest operation this year, 1000 personnel involved

March 23, 2018March 23, 2018 Editor

The army and police continued the combing operation in forest area of Halmatpora in border district of Kupwara on Thursday while IGP Kashmir S P Pani termed the operation as “difficult” and said all the five militants killed in the encounter were foreigners and belonged to Lashkar-e-Toiba. An army official said a search operation was going on in the forest area. He said the police and army were conducting searches in the forest area to ensure that none of the militants was hiding in the area. The encounter broke out…

Youth Omais Bhat, tortured by unidentified gunmen in Kulgam dies in hospital

March 22, 2018 Editor

A 20-year-old youth tortured by unidentified gunmen earlier this month in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district died on Thursday in a hospital here, police said. Omais Bhat was kidnapped from Qaimoh area on March 8. “The youth had been tortured by the unidentified gunmen with an intention to kill him,” police sources said. “He was found unconscious a few hours after his kidnapping and was shifted to the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences.”