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An encounter has started between security forces and terrorists in Guller Gabbar village of Rajouri district, officials said. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a cordon search operation was launched in the area on today morning after information regarding the suspicious moments. He said that during the CASO, contact got established with the hiding terrorists—(KNO) More details are awaited

Five militants were killed during the encounter that started on Thursday between militants and government forces in the Samnoo area of Kulgam. The encounter that continued overnight ended with the killing of five militants who are yet to be identified, officials said. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that out of the five slain, four are from the Shopian district of south Kashmir and one is from Kulgam. They identified the slain as Sameer Ahmad Sheikh, Yasir Bhat, Danish Thokar, Hanzallah Yaqoob and Ubaid Paddar. According to officials Sameer Ahmed Sheikh son of Farooq Ahmad a resident of Check Chollen Shopian had joined PAFF on 03 August 2021. Yasir Bhat Song of Bilal Ahmad, a resident of  Wanpoh Kulgam had joined TRF on 5 May 2022, they told The Kashmiriyat. They said that Danish ...

Danishwar Hameed Five militants have been killed in a joint operation by the army, police, and CRPF in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Friday morning. An official told The Kashmiriyat that after a night-long anti-militancy operation at Samno village in Kulgam, five militants have been killed. Through the identity of the slain militants is yet to be ascertained, but sources said that the slain were locals and associates of Lashkar e Taiba. The official said that search operation is still going on. https://twitter.com/KashmirPolice/status/1725398934728892736?s=19 On Thursday evening, following a specific inputs about the presence of militants in the Samno village, an exchange of firing started. The operation remained suspended that night, but today, after the first ti...

Danishwar Hameed An intense exchange of gunfire has begun at the Samnoo area of Kulgam district in south Kashmir where am encounter is going on between militants and Government forces. An official told The Kashmiriyat that on Thursday afternoon 34 RR of Indian Army, CRPF and Jammu Kashmir police started searching the Samnoo area, following militant movement in the area. https://twitter.com/TheKashmiriyat/status/1725345960061186103?s=19 During the cordon, the suspected militants opened fire on the forces from a residential house, to which forces retaliated. The encounter continued till late Thursday night, following which it was suspended owing to the darkness. "Search lights had been installed and cordon was tightened to not give a chance to militants to escape taking advant...

‘Unnecessary’ referral of patients from districts continue to put a burden on men and machinery at the tertiary-care hospitals, doctors said. They said that despite repeated directives from the government including the latest on November 15, the referrals go unchecked. “We receive dozens of patients on a daily basis who can be managed at sub-district and district hospitals easily but they are being referred here,” said a doctor at SMHS Hospital. He admitted there is a difference in facilities available at district and tertiary-care hospitals but around 30 to 50 percent of patients are being referred unnecessarily. “Though the hospital is the valley’s largest tertiary-care Gynaecology and Obstetrics facility, that doesn't mean you have to refer every case here to put pressure on...

An encounter broke out between security forces and militants in the Samnoo Nehama area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that a joint team of police, Army, and CRPF after receiving information about the presence of militants launched a search operation in the area. They said that as the joint forces intensified searches towards the suspected spot, hiding militants fired upon the party, which was retaliated, triggering an encounter. More details awaited.

State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Thursday attached seven Kanals and seven Marlas of orchard land belonging to a JeM OGW in Pulwama. An official told Kashmir Scroll that Orchard Land measuring seven Kanals and seven Marlas under Khasra Number 207 at village Chitrat, Arigam Pulwama, belonging to one Ghulam Nabi Wani father of accused Ishfaq Ahmad Wani, resident of Chitrat Arigam Pulwama. The property, the official said, has been attached under section 25 of UA(P)A through an order, by the competent authority, dated 13.11.2023. (KS)

In Kulgam district, the growing population of stray dogs has become a pressing concern, posing a significant threat to the well-being of residents as the District Hospital has witnessed a surge in cases, with a startling 525 incidents of dog bites in the last 10 months. Data accessed by the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reveals a total of 556 bite cases have been registered at the District Hospital Kulgam in the past 10 months, with 525 classified as dog bites and the remaining 31 falling under other categories. A health official at District Hospital Kulgam said that regular complaints of dog bites, especially targeting children and the elderly during early morning or late evening hours, have been received. While the hospital provides necessary health facilities and vacc...

A major inferno incident has dealt huge damage to property in Bhaderwah. Reports reaching Kashmir Scroll said that a major blaze broke out in Bhaderwah, razing to ashes at least seven residential houses. The fire also gutted a hotel and a restaurant. More details awaited. (KS)

The Department of Radiation Oncology at GMC-associated hospital Janglat Mandi Anantnag has registered approximately 1,000 cancer patients in the last three years, reflecting a concerning rise in cancer cases in Jammu Kashmir. Over 1,200 chemotherapy sessions were completed at a cost of over one crore rupees, and were provided free of cost to most patients under the Ayushman Bharat Scheme. According to hospital authorities, around 6,000 patients have been registered at the Department of Radiation Oncology, SMHS Hospital GMC Srinagar since 2017. The Regional Cancer Center at SKIMS Soura registered approximately 14,000 new cancer patients in the last three years as a total of 4,737 cancer cases were reported in the year 2021, up from 3,840 cases of cancer in 2020 while 5284 new patient...