July 20, 2022 | Kashmir POST

J&K recorded 78 Civilians, 104 Armed forces personnel killing in 2020-21: GoI

July 20, 2022 Editor

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) India on Tuesday said 182 civilians and armed forces personnel were killed in the militancy-related incidents in 2020 and 2021. In a written reply, a copy of which is in possession of Kashmir News Observer, the MHA said 437 militancy-related incidents were reported in 2020 and 2021. In these two years, 104 armed force personnel and 78 civilians lost their lives, the Ministry said. In 2020, 244 militancy-related incidents took place in which 62 armed forces personnel and 37 civilians lost their lives. In…

Heat wave grips Kashmir, MeT forecasts four day wet spell from today

July 20, 2022 Editor

The heat wave continued to grip Kashmir on Tuesday while Meteorological Department (MeT) has predicted rains from Wednesday for four days across Jammu and Kashmir. MeT officials said that Kashmir recorded a maximum of 33.4 degrees Celsius on Tuesday while winter capital Jammu recorded 36.3 degrees Celsius. Kashmir has been witnessing heat wave since June. However, there was respite from the hot weather conditions last week as rains lashed most parts of J&K. On Tuesday, MeT department said there was a possibility of rains across Jammu and Kashmir from Wednesday.…

J&K reported 333 fresh coronavirus cases and one death; Admin reimposes mask mandate in three districts

July 20, 2022 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir reported 333 Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day spike in nearly six months, even as one death was also reported in the same period, officials said. They said that 187 cases were reported from Jammu division and 146 from Kashmir division, taking the overall tally to 457517. Of the fresh cases, 168286 were reported from Jammu division and 288898 from Kashmir. There was one death from Jammu region due to disease in the last 24 hours taking the toll to 4760 —2334 in…