General News Archives | Page 117 of 362

Seeking ‘Fair Trial’ Yasin Malik begins hunger strike in Tihar Jail

July 23, 2022July 23, 2022 Editor

Jailed Kashmiri leader Yasin Malik has begun a hunger strike in Delhi’s Tihar Jail seeking a fair trial in his case, said prison officials. The chief of the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), undergoing a life term in a terror-funding case, had moved an application with the central government seeking personal appearance in two cases. The separatist leader is facing trial in cases related to the 1989 abduction of Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of then Union home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, and killing of four Indian Air Force (IAF)…

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…

Fair Trial: Yasin Malik to go on hunger strike from July 22 says JKLF

July 19, 2022 Editor

Incarcerated chief of now banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Yasin Malik will be going on a hunger strike from July 22 in Tihar jail if his demands of a fair trial and ensuring his physical presence in the courts is not fulfilled, a JKLF spokesperson said in a mailed statement. Malik has been serving life sentence in a terror-funding case while trials against him and his aides is going on in two other cases – kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of former Union home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed…

Amarnath Yatra 2022: Six Yatris, One Pony walla died in last 36 hours

July 17, 2022 Editor

Six pilgrims and one pony driver died of natural causes during the Amarnath Yatra in the last 36 hours, taking the overall death toll in the ongoing pilgrimage to 49, officials said on Saturday. The death toll includes 15 yatris who lost their life in the July 8 flash flood. So far, 47 yatris and two pony drivers have lost their life during the pilgrimage which started on June 30. One pony driver had died after he fell from his horse into a deep gorge in Pahalgam. In the July…

Rubaiya Sayeed identifies Yasin Malik, 3 others as her abductors

July 16, 2022 Editor

Three decades after her high-profile abduction and release, Rubaiya Sayeed, 56, the daughter of former home minister and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, the late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, on Friday identified four of her kidnappers including JKLF founder Yasin Malik before a TADA Court . Sayeed was kidnapped in December 1989 by Malik and his aides. Her father was the union home minister at the time in the VP Singh-led National Front government. The court has fixed August 23 as the next date of hearing in the much…

J&K reported 118 fresh coronavirus cases, Jammu 67 and Kashmir 51

July 8, 2022July 9, 2022 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday recorded 118 fresh Covid cases, taking the number of infected persons to 4555706, while no fatality reported due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said. Of the new cases, 67 were from the Jammu division and 51 from the Kashmir division of the union territory, Officials said. There are 665 active cases in the union territory while the number of recoveries so far has been 450284, officials said. 94 Covid-19 patients recovered today, 57 from Jammu division and 37 from Kashmir division,…

COVID-19: J&K records 74 fresh cases

July 3, 2022 Editor

The Government today informed that 74fresh positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19)have been reported today; 50from Jammu division and 24 from Kashmir division, thus taking the total number of positive cases to 455257. Moreover, 58 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 40 from Jammu division and 18 from Kashmir division. According to the daily Media Bulletin on novel Corona virus (Covid-19), out of 455257 positive cases, 561are Active Positive (399in Jammu Division and 162in Kashmir Division), 449940 have recovered and 4756 have died;…

Basant Rath likely to join BJP, hints at contesting against Omar, Mehbooba; No resignation letter received says officials

June 29, 2022 Editor

Suspended IPS officer Basant Rath on Tuesday dropped another hint about joining the BJP and expressed his willingness to contest against Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, two former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir, but the saffron party feigned complete ignorance about his plans. Rath, who had claimed to have resigned from the police service through a social media post on June 25, said in a fresh tweet, “If the BJP high-command allows me, I’ll contest against Omar Abdullah who was my chief minister when I was the police chief…

Unprecedented security for Amarnath Yatra, Massive searches carried out along IB ahead of yatra

June 26, 2022 Editor

The J&K Police would gradually replace the Army in counter-insurgency operations and safeguard the Line of Control (LoC), the de-facto border with Pakistan, in Jammu and Kashmir, said a senior Army officer on Saturday. The Army has been rejigging and rebalancing the troops to make the overall deterrent posture against China and Pakistan more robust. “Gradually, they (police) are shaping up into realising this particular aspect of the security. We want this,” the Army officer, who didn’t wish to be named, said. On Amarnath Yatra, he said security forces had…

Covid cases swelling in J&K, witnessed 200% rise in past 10 days

June 26, 2022 Editor

Covid cases are slowly swelling in Jammu and Kashmir. There has been a 200 percent increase in Covid infections in the union territory in the past 10 days as compared to 10 days earlier. From 97 overall cases in the union territory from June 5-14, the infections shot up to 304 from June 15-24, an analysis of daily official health data revealed. Three deaths were reported in the last 10 days while no death was witnessed before that for around two months. “There is a mild increase in cases. The…