Year: 2020

Three rebels, woman killed; CRPF officer wounded in Batmaloo gunfight

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Three rebels and a 45-year-old woman were killed and an officer of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) injured in a gunfight in Batmaloo area of Srinagar district on Thursday. In a tweet, a police spokesman said that three rebels were killed in the gunfight whose identity is being ascertained. He said searches are still going on in the area. A senior police officer told news agency GNS that a woman identified as Kounsar Riyaz of Batmaloo received a bullet wound during the gunfight. She was immediately shifted to Police hospital,…

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Internet Snapped in Sopore after protests erupted over alleged custodial death

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Protests have erupted in Jammu and Kashmir’s restive Sopore town after a shopkeeper was allegedly killed in police custody. The police maintain the man worked with terrorists and he died after escaping from police custody. All internet services have been snapped in north Jammu and Kashmir’s Sopore town after death of a shopkeeper, allegedly in police custody, led to protests. The family has alleged that Irfan Ahmad Dar was tortured to death after he and his brother, Javid Ahmad, were picked up by police from their shop on Tuesday afternoon.…

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21 Deaths and 1329 fresh coronavirus cases reported from across J&K

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Deaths and new positive cases of COVID19 continued to mount on Tuesday in J&K. With 21 succumbing and 1329 cases, the mortality reached 921 while the total number of cases detected was 56654. Among the new cases, Jammu division had 741 positives, while Kashmir division had 588. The number of active cases in Jammu has surpassed the number of active cases in Kashmir, putting a load on the existing healthcare infrastructure. The total of active cases in Kashmir reached 8270 out of the 37688 reported so far. In Jammu, with…

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World War 3 fears rocket after India storms out of Pakistan meeting over Kashmir Dispute

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FEARS of open conflict between India and Pakistan surged after a New Delhi delegation stormed out of a meeting over the two countries’ border disputes. The virtual meeting featured security aides from Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states. India’s delegation, led by national security advisor Ajit Doval, quit the event after Pakistani representatives displayed a map depicting disputed territory as belonging to Islamabad. The Pakistani map showed all of Kashmir, the sovereignty of which is hotly contested, as being under their authority. According to the Times of India the New…

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Autumn, Kashmir’s Golden yellow season of plenty, is here

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The chirp of the cicada bug, the grain-laden golden yellow rice fields, the dance of the rainbow trout in the crystal-clear waters of the Lidder and the Sindh mountain streams, the nip in the morning and evening air – all these are standout signals that Kashmir’s season of plenty, the autumn is here. Look at the countryside, farmers are busy harvesting the paddy crop. Luckily for them, the migrant labourers, those had left the Valley with the outbreak of the pandemic, have returned, though in small numbers yet, to work…

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Economic package for J&K on cards: LG Manoj Sinha

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Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said the government will soon be announcing an “unprecedented economic package” which will cover not just the trade fraternity but all the sections in Jammu and Kashmir that have been affected by the downturn caused by the uncertainty. “This package will include everyone including the business community. I can assure you that this would be an unprecedented economic package which earlier has never come for J&K,” Sinha said. Addressing a press conference here, Sinha said the committee constituted to suggest a package for the…

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223 People under detention in J&K, No one under house arrest: Govt

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Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said the government of Jammu and Kashmir has reported that after the abrogation of Article 370 in August last year various measures were taken to maintain public order which included preventive detention of certain persons. The government on Tuesday said 223 people are currently under detention in Jammu and Kashmir and no one is under house arrest. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said the government of Jammu and Kashmir has reported that after the abrogation of Article…

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J&K reported 1229 new covid cases and 17 deaths

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Jammu and Kashmir reported 1,229 new positive cases of Covid, 837 from the Jammu division and 392 from the Kashmir province, during the past 24 hours, thus taking the total number of cases in the UT to 55,325. Seventeen deaths, nine from the Jammu province and eight from the Kashmir division, were also reported during the same period. Moreover, 644 more patients recovered and were discharged from various hospitals, 231 from the Jammu division and 413 from the Kashmir valley. According to an official bulletin issued on Monday evening, out…

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As many as 30 Leaders, Bureaucrats from J&K under Chinese Surveillance: Report

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China has hatched a major espionage conspiracy against India and the communist nation is spying on over 10,000 eminent Indians, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind. Many union ministers and leaders of the opposition are also being spied on by the neighbouring country, who has been locked in an aggressive melee and face-off with India at locations along the Sino-India border. Now, a fresh report from Indian Express claims that China has been spying on almost 30 prominent leaders, officers and bureaucrats from Kashmir Valley and…

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CBI registers case against educational trust run by Lal Singh’s family

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The CBI has registered a case of criminal breach of trust and corruption against a Kathua-based educational trust run by former Jammu and Kashmir minister Lal Singh’s family and certain government servants, officials said on Tuesday. The agency officials carried out searches on Tuesday morning at nine locations – three in Jammu and six at Kathua – in connection with the case, according to the officials. Besides naming the RB Educational Trust, in which Singh’s wife and son are the members, the others named in the FIR include the then…

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