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As water level recedes flood threat subsides in Kashmir

June 24, 2022 Editor

With improvement in the weather, the water level in river Jhelum has receded below the danger mark bringing much-needed respite to inhabitants living adjacent to water bodies. Chief Engineer, Irrigation and Flood Control, Naresh Kumar told that the situation has improved considerably since yesterday. ” With improvement in the weather, the water level has receded considerably, no untoward incident has been reported anywhere. There have been no major breaches, we can say that the flood threat is over as the water level in water bodies is gradually decreasing.” Following days…

Amid rumours of fuel shortage, huge rush for refilling vehicles continues across Kashmir

June 17, 2022 Editor

Massive queues of vehicles could be seen at fuel stations in Kashmir on Thursday as people scrambled to fill up the tanks in the wake of rumours that the country is facing shortage of fuel, officials said. Hundreds of vehicles were lined up at almost every fuel station, waiting for their turn to be refilled, leading to traffic jams in some parts of the city and elsewhere in the valley as well, the officials said. Police and traffic police officials were seen regulating the movement of vehicles at some fuel…

Post mass migration warning locks and checkpoints erected near Kashmiri Pandit Camps

June 2, 2022 Editor

About 4,000 Kashmiri Pandits have threatened to leave Kashmir if the administration did not relocate them to safe places within 24 hours The Jammu and Kashmir administration has confined Kashmiri Pandits to their transit camps after the community’s members threatened mass migration in the wake of targeted killings. About 4,000 Kashmiri Pandits employed under a Prime Minister’s special package yesterday threatened to leave the Valley if the administration did not relocate them to safe places within 24 hours. This came after a Hindu school teacher from Jammu, Rajni Bala, was…

Kashmir witnessed sixteen targeted killings so far this year

June 1, 2022 Editor

Kashmir Valley has witnessed at least 16 targeted killings, including police officials, teachers and sarpanches, since January this year. J&K Police DGP Dilbag Singh told The Indian Express that those targeting minorities, civilians and people in government are “only propagating fear, since local residents have stopped responding to their diktat”. He said that by attacking members from different parts of the Valley and from different sections of the society, “the terrorists want to show their presence”. By attacking people whose “right to residence in Kashmir is questioned by terrorists, they…

Chalo Kashmir: Shiv Sainiks ready to strengthen security grid for the Amarnath Pilgrims in Kashmir

May 25, 2022May 25, 2022 Editor

Chalo Kashmir: Shiv Sainiks would reach the Valley to strengthen security of the pilgrims in Kashmir

Reacting to the threat by terrorist outfit, The Resistance Front (TRF) targeting annual Amarnath Yatra starting from June 30, Shiv Sena J&K has given a ‘Chalo Kashmir’ call to all the nationalist people of the country. Addressing media persons here today Manish Sahni, J&K Shiv Sena president said that nefarious design of TRF to create panic by threatening Shri Amarnath pilgrims will not be allowed to succeed at all. He said that a large number of Shiv Sainiks would reach the Valley to strengthen security of the pilgrims in Kashmir…

Yasin Malik, senior Kashmiri Separatist leader convicted in terror funding case

May 20, 2022May 21, 2022 Editor

Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik was today convicted by a Delhi court in a terror funding case. This comes after Malik last Tuesday pleaded guilty to all charges, including those under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). The court asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to assess his financial situation in order to determine the amount of fine to be imposed. Malik was also directed by the court to file an affidavit disclosing all sources of his income and assets The court will hear the arguments on the quantum of…

Shutdown: Hurriyat calls for Kashmir band on May 21 to pay tribute to Moulvi Mohammad Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone

May 19, 2022 Editor

The Hurriyat Conference headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday called for a bandh in Kashmir to pay tributes to Moulvi Mohammad Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone on their death anniversary on May 21. The separatist amalgam asked people to visit Eidgah, where the two leaders have been laid to rest, and offer prayers for them. Abdul Gani Lone, a prominent Hurriyat leader, was assassinated in 2002 during a rally to mark the death anniversary of former Mirwaiz of Kashmir Moulvi Mohammad Farooq in Srinagar. Moulvi Farooq, the father of…

CRPF Jawan killed, another injured in militant attack in Maisuma Srinagar

April 5, 2022 Editor

A CRPF jawan was killed and another injured in a militant attack in Srinagar on Monday afternoon. Police said the CRPF jawans were patrolling in the area when militants opened fire on them A CRPF jawan was killed and another injured in a militant attack in Srinagar on Monday afternoon. Police said the CRPF jawans were patrolling in the area when militants opened fire on them. A police spokesman said that at 3: 30 pm, terrorists fired upon two CRPF personnel in Maisuma resulting in critical gunshot injuries to both personnel.…

Two non-local workers shot at by unknown gunmen in Pulwama

April 5, 2022 Editor

Two migrant workers were shot at by terrorists in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday, a day after a similar attack left two injured in the area, police said. Two migrant workers were shot at by terrorists in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday, a day after a similar attack left two injured in the area, police said. Patlashwar Kumar and Thaugh Chowdary, both residents of Bihar, were attacked by terrorists at Lajoora in Pulwama district, said officials. They said the two injured men were rushed to a nearby hospital,…

Two Non-locals shot at by unknown gunmen in Pulwama

April 4, 2022 Editor

Two non-locals were shot by unknown militants on Sunday at Bala, Nowpora village of Pulwama on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan. Police sources said the two have been brought by locals to the district hospital of Pulwama. The two, identified as Surinder and Deeraj Dat are both residents of Pathankot, Punjab. The duo-driver and an associate of vehicle-carrying poultry have been shifted to the hospital. Surinder has a bullet injury near the chest and has been referred to Srinagar’s SMHS hospital for advanced treatment. Deeraj was…