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For the third consecutive year, no function was held to commemorate the Martyrs’ Day in Kashmir to pay homage to 22 Kashmiri people who were killed by the army of a Dogra ruler on this day in 1931, officials said on Wednesday. July 13 was a public holiday in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and a grand official function was held every year on this day where the chief minister or the governor would be the chief guest. However, the administration dropped the day from the list of gazetted holidays in 2020, after the abrogation of Article 370 and splitting of the erstwhile state into two union territories by the Centre on August 5, 2019. No function was held at the Martyrs’ graveyard in the city while no holiday was observed for the third time on Wednesday, the officials said....

A police officer was shot dead while two cops were injured after militants attacked a naka party near GD Goanka school in Lal Bazar area of Srinagar on Tuesday evening. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that militants fired upon a naka party at Lal Bazar area, resulting in on spot death of an ASI and injuries to two other cops. He identified the deceased ASI as Mushtaq Ahmad, while head constable and SPO, who were injured have been evacuated to a nearby hospital. Meanwhile, Kashmir zone police in a Tweet said that militants fired upon a naka party, injuring three policemen. “Terrorists fired upon police naka party at Lal Bazar area of #Srinagar city. In this #terror incident, three police personnel got injured & they have been shifted to hospital....

After remaining suspended for a day, Amarnath Yatra resumed on Wednesday with improvement in weather conditions in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said here. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Yatra has resumed through both routes from Chandanwari and Baltal in Pahalgam and Ganderbal areas respectively. Meanwhile, divisional commissioner Jammu also informed that temporarily suspended Yatra has resumed again after improvement in weather conditions. "The Yatra which was suspended temporarily and halted in Jammu due to bad weather conditions has now been resumed on account of improved weather conditions,” Divisional Commissioner Jammu tweeted. Amarnath Yatra was suspended on Tuesday due to inclement weather conditions in Jammu and Kashmir—(KNO)

Bhaderwah man  Aadil Gafoor Ganai  has been booked under PSA for 'provocative' speech during the protest against remarks on Prophet Mohammad. Earlier, Aadil was arrested for allegedly stoking communal tension as curfew and strict restrictions under prohibitory orders remained in force in parts of Jammu region's Chenab valley . The accused Aadil Gafoor Ganai was arrested from his house during an early morning raid on 12 June by police at his residence at Chinar Mohalla locality in curfew-bound Bhaderwah town of Doda district, the officials said. They said Ganai was accused of delivering an inflammatory speech from Markazi Jamia Masjid Bhaderwah on June 9 during a protest rally against recent remarks on Prophet Mohammad by two now-suspended BJP leaders and social media posts by a fe...

New Delhi: After former JNU student Sharjeel Imam filed a plea in Delhi court alleging assault in the Tihar jail where he is lodged in an alleged conspiracy behind the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots, prison officials on Tuesday said they will "enquire into his allegation". Imam, on Monday, moved a Delhi court alleging harassment and assault by Tihar Jail officials. He, through his lawyer Ahmad Ibrahim, alleged that the Assistant Superintendent of Tihar Jail along with 8-9 convicts had entered his cell in the garb of a search assaulted him, and called him a terrorist and anti-national. The Additional Session Judge Amitabh Rawat on Monday sought a response from Tihar Jail Authorities and kept the matter for July 14 for a detailed hearing. Imam's application to Karkardooma Court read, "On J...

Ismat Siddiqui, the mother of Dr Aafia Siddiqui jailed in a US prison, died on Saturday. A spokesperson for the Aafia Movement Pakistan, Mohammed Ayub, was quoted by Dawn newspaper as saying, that the 80 year old was suffering from kidney and breathing problems. Her funeral prayers were offered at a local mosque in Gulshan-i-Iqbal.

Authorities on Saturday sealed seven private dental clinics, three private laboratories and one X-Ray lab in Mendhar area of this district for running either without registration or their registration having been expired. Block Medical Officer Mendhar Dr Parvaiz Ahmed Khan along with Naib Tehsildar Mendhar Mukesh Singh sealed the clinics. The clinics were also not registered with the State Pollution Control Board and were not adopting the biomedical wastage norms, official sources Said These clinics were not displaying any rate list of various procedures and tests, they said. The dental clinics sealed include Star Dental clinic Mendhar, Advance Dental Health Care, Abdullah Dental Clinic and Treatwell Dental Clinic. The private laboratories sealed includes V Care Diagnostic Laborat...

National Investigation Agency on Tuesday said that it arrested two accused persons involved in Cross LoC Trade and Militancy Funding Case in Jammu and Kashmir. According to a statement, issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) NIA arrested two accused persons namely Tanveer Ahmad Wani s/o Ghulam Ahmad Wani of Pulwama and Peer Arshad Iqbal alias Ashu s/o Peer Gayasuddin of Baramulla in case RC-17/2016/NIA/DLI. The statement reads that the case pertains to the generation of extra profits through cross LoC trade mechanism between J&K and PoK and using of those funds for fomenting militant activities in Jammu & Kashmir. “The said trade was started in the year 2008 via two Trade Facilitation Centres (TFCs) located at Salamabad, Uri in Baramulla District and Chakan-...