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Marine Commandos, NSG, and SOG to Secure G-20 Summit Venues in Kashmir

May 3, 2023 Editor

A high-level security meeting was held in Srinagar on Tuesday where the top officials of the security grid framed a joint strategy to ensure peaceful conduct of the upcoming G-20 event and to counter the possible fidayeen, drone, vehicle-borne IED, stand-off and grenade attacks. The meeting evolved consensus that NSG will be used along with the Special Operation Group (SoG) of J&K police to counter drone, fidayeen, standoff, V-BIED or any untoward incident while as MARCOS will be given the responsibility of “lake and river domination.” The security meeting was…

Non-local tenant refused to leave rented accommodation, Attempts to set ablaze house in Pampore

April 27, 2023 Editor

A non-local on Sunday allegedly tried to set a house on fire in the Pampore area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The daughter of the house owner Humaira told the media in Srinagar that their employee who is a non-local set ablaze their house on the night of Sunday and Monday. She said that the non local who identified himself as Sahil from Nepal worked in their hotel. “He showed us all documents which were fake and his real name is Shakti. He told us that he has no one…

Srinagar Airport Waives Parking Charges for Drop and Pick Up: Director

April 11, 2023 Editor

There will be no parking charges for vehicles for drop and pick up in the departure area at the Srinagar International Airport, its Director said on Monday. The development followed after a person tagged the Director of Srinagar International Airport Kuldeep Singh Rishi on Twitter, asking him why people have to pay for parking charges if one is just dropping off passengers or picking them up without using the parking space. “Can you also tell us why we have to pay parking charges if one is just dropping off passengers…

Eid prayers likely to be held in Srinagar Eidgah after a gap of three years : Darakhshan Andrabi

April 5, 2023 Editor

The congregational Eid prayers are likely to be offered at the historic Eidgah here for the first time in three years, the Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board said today. Talking to reporters at the Eidgah after conducting a review of the preparations for the congregational prayers that are offered after the culmination of the holy month of Ramzan, Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board Chairperson Darakhshan Andrabi said if the weather permits, the prayers would be offered at the Eidgah this year. “This year, the Eid namaz will be offered at…

The cost of food items has sharply increased across Srinagar

March 27, 2023 Editor

With authorities in slumber, the prices of food items, specifically poultry, fruits and vegetables, have skyrocketed in the summer capital. Consumers have voiced their concerns over the exorbitant prices of fruits and vegetables. Even meat and poultry are being sold beyond the price fixed by the government. One of the consumers told the news agency Kashmir News Trust that the rampant profiteering had already set the stage for enormous profits as prices had increased manifold in the ongoing holy month of Ramadhan. As a result, people are finding it increasingly…

J&K Police intensify anti-terror operations, seize two houses in Bandipora for sheltering militants

March 21, 2023 Editor

The Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday attached two houses in Bandipora under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for allegedly providing shelter to terrorists, officials said. A police spokesman said that the houses belong to two “terrorist associates” who already stand arrested. The double storied residential houses of Abdul Majeed Reshi, father of accused Aijaz Ahmad Reshi alias Doctor, at Gundpora Rampura, and Mohammad Jamal Malik, father of accused Maqsood Ahmad Malik, at Chitteybandey Aragam village were attached in presence of executive magistrate under Section 25 of the UAPA. The…

Staged Encounter: Army Court gives life imprisonment for army captain involved in Amshipura ‘Fake Encounter Case’

March 6, 2023 Editor

An army court has awarded life imprisonment to an officer involved in a staged encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district. Captain Bhupinder Singh, accused in the fake encounter, was sentenced to life imprisonment after court martial proceedings were completed a few days ago, official sources said. In July 2020, three labourers were killed at Amshipora in Shopian district. Army officers had claimed they were Pakistani terrorists and with their killing, terror threat was eliminated in the district. But days later, locals alleged that the three young men killed were…

Tardy police verification leaves many Kashmiris without Jobs, Passports

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Editor

Kashmir Valley residents feel police are delaying the process of clearance to ‘punish’ people who may have relatives with separatist leanings; hundreds of applicants denied passports for ‘security reasons’ There’s a new source of anxiety in Kashmir after the Centre ended Jammu and Kashmir’s special constitutional position in 2019. Delayed or no police verification or adverse police reports have left hundreds without jobs and passports. According to top official sources, these have reached a five-digit mark in Kashmir, the highest in the past decade. Several J&K politicians, including former Chief Minister…

Fugitive Mushtaq Zargar’s house in Srinagar attached

March 3, 2023 Editor

Authorities here on Thursday attached the house of fugitive terrorist Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar, who along with two other militants was released in exchange of hostages of the hijacked Indian Airlines plane in Afghanistan’s Kandahar in 1999. Police personnel posted the notice of attachment on the house belonging to Zargar alias Latram, who is reportedly living in Pakistan occupied Kashmir. The house located on 540 square feet land in Nowhatta area here was attached under UAPA on the orders of the Union Home Ministry. Latram shot to limelight in 1989 for his…

Custodial Death: Protests break out post civilain killing in Kupwara

March 2, 2023 Editor

Custodial Death: Protest breaks out in Kupwara after civilians missing from Army custody found dead in woods

Protests broke out in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district today after the police found the body of a man who had gone missing in army custody. Protesters demanded justice and blamed the security forces for the alleged custodial death. Abdul Rashid Dar, a driver, was picked up by the army for questioning on December 15. Since then his family has held protests demanding his release. The army said Dar, 33, fled from their custody. The police said they found the body at a forest in Zirhama village. A medical board conducted…