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Month: December 2018

Snow Expected in the First Week of January, Kashmir Continues to Freeze under Immense Cold

REGIONAL
December 31 Cold wave gripped Kashmir Valley including Ladakh region again on Monday after a days respite with weather officials predicting snowfall in the first week of January. The minimum temperature plummeted several notches below the freezing point in Kashmir’s capital city Srinagar to minus 6.6 while it was minus 2.2 on Sunday. An official of the Met department said the minimum temperature was minus 5.5 degree Celsius in Pahalgam, and minus 5 degree Celsius in Gulmarg. Leh recorded minus 14 degree Celsius as the minimum temperature, and in Kargil, it was minus 17.2 degree Celsius.

Buried Next to Their Fathers, 3 militants killed in last 50 days whose fathers were also killed by forces

WRITE-UPS
December 31 In last two months three educated youths from Pulwama and shopian who had joined militant ranks were killed whose fathers were already killed by government forces before two decades. Ishfaq Ahmad wani son of late Mohammad yousuf wani@tahir resident of koil village of Pulwama killed in brief encounter at Banderpora on 28 December 2018, Liyakat Muneer wani son of Muneer Ahmad wani @colonel Jameel of Dargund Bellow killed in his native area november 10 2018  and Nawaz Ahmad wagay son of Gh qadir wagay resident of Reban shopian killed in his native village on 17 November 2018 are three militants whose fathers were also killed by government forces. Ishfaq responded to 'ghar wapsi' calls of his family especially mother but only dead. Ishfaq who was killed in a brief gunfight in b...

Father down with Chronic Liver Ailment, Sole Bread Earner to a family of Seven, Faizan Scores 84 per cent in 10th Class

EDUCATION
December 30 Mir Musavir Great people have come from smaller places and even smaller schools, they have had stories of struggle, they have read under street lights, they have crossed rivers to achieve what they did, rest is just crowd busy in a race- Anonymous. The results of class 10th Annual exams were declared by the state board of School education on Saturday evening and soon the stories of success started doing rounds on Internet and the Mainstream media. However, this story is unique and truly an inspirational one, this teenage boy, Faizan Ahmed Mir secured 428 Marks, which is 84 per cent marks. The pain that the boy has suffered is too overwhelming to be contained in an 15-year-old’s heart. The odds were stacked against Faizan, Hailing from Aang Matipora village of Isl...

Gunshots heard during CASO in Baramulla

REGIONAL
December 30 Gunshots have been heard during a cordon and search operation at Kreeri area of North Kashmir's Baramulla District. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that 29RR of Indian army and Jammu Kashmir Police had jointly launched a search operation in the area on Sunday afternoon. The entry and exit points were blocked as the operation was launched. Massive gunshots have been heard in the area, sources said. However officials could not be reached to confirm whether a contact had been established with Militants or not. Details rushing in

Declared Pass in Board Exams Today, Numan in Grave for Past 1 Month

WRITE-UPS
December 29 Zaffar Dar Kashmir valley has been gripped by a deadly violence as the toll of deaths of civilians, Militants and Government Forces has been the highest in a decade. The raging violence has cut-short the dreams of thousands of families and youth, who have become a victim of the decades long violence in the region claimed by both India and Pakistan. A teenager, Numan Bhat killed the last month in the firing of Government Forces in Shopian on November 25 has passed in the matriculation exams whose results were declared by the State Board of School Education late on Saturday evening. Numan Ashraf Bhat, 15 year old boy and a resident of Bolus area in Kulgam was shot dead on 25 November during clashes near an encounter site in Shopian when six militants– Mushtaq A...

Two Kashmiri Boys Shine at Indian Open Gateball Tournament 2018

SPORTS
December 29 Firdous Qadri Two players of J&K Gate ball Union, Ahsan Ali and Zahid Hussain both hailing from Srinagar, Kashmir showed tremendous performance at the Indian Open Gateball Tournament 2018, Bhubaneswar Odisha which was organised by Indian Open Gateball Union. The tournament saw more than 13 teams participating, four of them were foreigners. The Jammu Kashmir Gateball Union played in the doubles category played three matches against Tripura, Taiwan & Assam. Both the players were honoured with Award of Appreciation. Ahsan Ali and Zahid Hussain both are working as Sports Educators at The Legends School of Education and Kashmir Harvard School and promoting sports from grassroot level. When asked about the game, Ahsan Ali (Secretary, J&K Gateball Union) ...

CASO Launched in the Native of Zeenat ul Islam in Shopian

SHOPIAN
December 29 A cordon and search operation has been launched at Ustad Mohalla in Sugan area of South Kashmir's Shopian District late on Saturday evening. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that 44 RR of Indian Army, CRPF and Jammu Kashmir Police launched a massive door to door search operation in the area. Following an input about Militant movement in the area, the forces blocked all the entry and exit points of the area. A local from Sugan told The Kashmiriyat that a massive search operation is underway. (The Kashmiriyat).

Pulwama Encounter Over- Four Militants Slain

PULWAMA
December 29 Four Militants have been killed in an early morning encounter that raged between Militants and Government Forces in Bunpora of Hajin area in Rajpora belt of Pulwama in South Kashmir on Saturday. Officials told The Kashmiriyat that operation that had been launched jointly 44 Rashtriya Rifles, 182 and 183 Battalion of Central Reserve Police Force and Jammu Kashmir Police has been called over. The operation had launched a search operation in the area following an input about Militant presence in the area. As soon as forces started conducting the Cordon and search operation, Militants hold up in the area fired towards the forces, triggering an encounter, he said. In the ensuing gunfight four Militants were killed, Sources told The Kashmiriyat, Meanwhile massive cl...