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Amid stir, bodies of two civilians killed in Hyderpora encounter exhumed later buried in Srinagar

November 19, 2021November 19, 2021 Editor

The bodies of Altaf Ahmad Bhat and Mudasir Gul were buried over 70km away in Handwara without the presence of their families after police claimed they were killed in crossfire during a gun battle in Srinagar’s Hyderpora. The Jammu and Kashmir administration late on Thursday exhumed the bodies of the two civilians killed in Monday’s gunfight in Srinagar and was set to hand them over to their families amid protests in the Valley, the Srinagar mayor said. Businessmen Altaf Ahmad Bhat and Mudasir Gul were killed along with two terrorists…

Human Shield: Two ultras, house owner killed in Hyderpora gunfight

November 16, 2021November 16, 2021 Editor

Two Ultras, a Civilian killed in Hyderpora encounter

Civilian killed during the encounter was used as “Human Shield” by the forces, claims family Two unidentified militants and a civilian were killed in an encounter between the ultras and security forces in the Hyderpora area of the city on Monday, officials said. The encounter broke out near a hospital here when security forces launched an anti-militancy operation, a police official said. He said two militants were killed in the gun battle, while a civilian also lost his life. The deceased civilian has been identified as a 44-year-old businessman, Mohammad…

J&K slashes VAT on fuel, Petrol cheaper by 12 & and Diesel by 17

November 5, 2021 Editor

J&K slashes VAT on petrol by ₹5 and diesel by ₹10

A day after the central government slashed excise duty on fuel prices, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday announced a further reduction in petrol and diesel prices by Rs 7 per litre. “Hon’ble PM @narendramodi Ji has given a great Deepawali gift by announcing a reduction in excise duty on Petrol & Diesel. In addition, the J & K admin has decided to reduce additional Rs 7 on Petrol & Diesel, thereby reducing the Petrol price by Rs 12/litre & Diesel by Rs 17/litre in UT from today,” office of…

Kashmir on edge! Security beefed up, searches intensified across Valley

October 20, 2021 Editor

Mobile internet services have either been suspended or their speed reduced in parts of Srinagar’s old city and south Kashmir districts where the attacks were reported Security has been enhanced and searches have been intensified across Kashmir, especially in Srinagar, following a series of targeted killings that left 11 civilians dead this month, officials familiar with the developments said. Mobile internet services have either been suspended or their speed reduced in parts of Srinagar’s old city and south Kashmir districts where the attacks were reported. Multiple security review meetings have…

Un-Known gunmen again strike Valley killing two non-local vendors

October 17, 2021October 17, 2021 Editor

Un-Known gunmen on Saturday evening shot dead two non-natives in Srinagar and Pulwama. Terrorists on Saturday killed two non-locals – one from Bihar and another from Uttar Pradesh – in the Srinagar and Pulwama districts of Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu & Kashmir Police confirmed. According to the Police, Arvind Kumar Sah (30), a resident of Banka in Bihar, was shot at by the militants outside a park at Eidgah in Srinagar in the evening. Arvind died on the spot, they added. In another incident in Pulwama, militants fired at and…

Far from Reality, Fabricated, Concocted: PAGD on Home Ministry’s Kashmir Report

October 2, 2021 Editor

‘The claims in a recently released report by the Union Home ministry are far from the reality. The reality is that there is a systematic disempowerment of the people of Jammu and Kashmir that is continuing to happen, through bureaucratic rule’, PAGD spokesman and senior CPIM leader Mohammad Yousuf Taragami. The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration today rejected the latest report of the Home Ministry that said Narendra Modi Government erased the pain of the people by removing the provisions of Article 370 from Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. The…

Day will surely come when Articles 370, 35-A would be restored: Mehbooba Mufti

September 17, 2021 Editor

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said that the day will surely come when not only Articles 370 and 35-A will be restored but the people of Jammu and Kashmir would be given much more. Currently, on a three-day visit to the Rajouri and Poonch districts, she also termed the present BJP government “oppressor” and equated the people of the UT with the “oppressed”. Addressing party workers at Mendhar town in Poonch, Mehbooba said, “Earlier, when the situation was bad in J&K,…

Kashmir Police force traders to end strike, open shops on 2nd anniversary of Article 370 Abrogation

August 6, 2021August 6, 2021 Editor

Shopkeepers and passers-by in the main city centre of Srinagar accused the police of breaking locks and hauling them over through phone calls to open their shops on August 5, the day that marks the second anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370. They said the forced measure was a follow-up to police warning to keep shops open and not to carry on strike over the last few days. The government in Kashmir seemed to be in no mood to allow anyone to spoil “celebrations” of doing away with the…

5 Killed, Over 25 missing in cloudburst in Paddar area in Kishtwar

July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 Editor

The district development commissioner, Kishtwar, said 60 families were evacuated to safety from the Paddar area in view of incessant rains which posed a threat to their homes Five bodies were recovered on Wednesday after some houses were swept away by flash floods triggered by a cloudburst in a remote village in the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior official said. Over 25 people are reported missing in the cloudburst which struck Honzar village in Dacchan tehsil around 4.30 am, officials said, adding a joint rescue operation by…

At 7.42% Inflation in J&K highest among all states, makes living costliest in J&K

July 15, 2021July 15, 2021 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir’s inflation rate as per consumer price index (CPI) for the month of June is 7.42 percent, the highest among all states and higher than the India average of 6.26 percent, making the Himalayan region the most expensive place in India to live. According to the CPI data for June released by the Union ministry of statistics and program implementation, J&K is among the states, UTs having a higher inflation rate than all India average. This signifies the concern of people in J&K who decry the skyrocketing prices…