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Sep72018 by News DeskNo Comments

Forces Ransack the house of Ex Army Man During CASO in Pulwama Area

SHOPIAN

September 09 The Government Forces late night on Thursday vandalized the property at the house of Army man turned Militant, Zahoor Ahmed Thoker in Sirnoo area of South Kashmir's Pulwama. The Forces, as reported by The Kashmiriyat, had launched a cordon and search operation in the locality following inputs about Militant movement in the area. Following the Cordon and Search Operation, intense clashes had erupted in the area when hundreds of youth including those from nearby villages rushed to the Sirnoo village and clashes with the forces from 55RR, Jammu Kashmir Police and 183 BN of CRPF. The Locals have alleged that the forces barged inside the house of Zahoor Ahmed Thoker, an active Militant from the area and ransacked the property. "They used harsh abuses and words agains...

Sep72018 by News DeskNo Comments

Mass Graves with 166 Bodies Found in Mexico

INTERNATIONAL

September 07 Mexican authorities said Thursday they found a mass grave with 168 human skulls in Veracruz State, a somber reminder of the tens of thousands of people who have gone missing, presumably at the hands of organized crime members. The remains and personal items found at the site, including 200 articles of clothing, suggested that the victims might have been killed two years ago, said Jorge Winckler Ortiz, the Veracruz attorney general. It is one of the biggest clandestine graves found in Mexico in recent years. Veracruz has been one of the states caught up in the horror of these giant dumping grounds, used by drug gangs to dispose of their victims. Federal officials say more than 30,000 people have disappeared in Mexico, although human rights groups put the number much...

Sep72018 by News DeskNo Comments

Despite Hurriyat Warning, Nocturnal Raids Continue in South Kashmir

KULGAM

September 07 Nocturnal raids were conducted in Ghat area of Redwani in Quimoh belt of South Kashmir's Kulgam district late night on Thursday. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that forces entered the Redwani and Rehpora villages of Quimoh belt and arrested two youth during the raids conducted during the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. One of the youth has been identified as Fayaz Donoo (setha) son of Bashir Donoo, a resident of Ghat area in Quimoh. A Local from Ghat told The Kashmiriyat that Fayaz is a labourer and has no involvement in stone throwing or any Anti India activity. "All the youth from the area ran for cover and came out of their houses when troops raided the locality," he said. He added that nocturnal raids in the locality have become a routine, more th...

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Indian Army Likely to Get Drones to Monitor Militant Activity

INDIA

September 07 Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the government will soon frame and implement a drone policy and go for a technological upgradation to monitor militant activities, specially in Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat and Assam. The Minister said the new policy will unveil comprehensive regulations on the use of drones which are being increasingly inducted into the Indian security establishment to monitor sensitive and vulnerable areas prone to security risks, including thick and dense jungles in Maoist-affected areas where physical monitoring is extremely difficult. He made the announcements while inaugurating a three-day Defence and Homeland Security Expo and Conference-2018 organised by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry in association with Ministry of Micro,...

Sep62018 by News DeskNo Comments

Intense Clashes Erupted during CASO in Pulwama Area

PULWAMA

September 06 Following a specific input about Militant movement, the Government Forces jointly launched a cordon and search operation in the Sirnoo area of South Kashmir's Pulwama District. Late night on Thursday, the forces including 55 RR of Indian Army, 183BN CRPF and Jammu Kashmir police sealed all the entry and exit points to the Sirnoo area. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that a heavy contingent of forces reached this Pulwama locality and are conducting a search operation in the area. Youth in large numbers hit the streets as soon as troops launched a joint operation, Shouting Pro Freedom and Pro Militancy slogans, the youth hit the streets throwing stones on Government Forces. The troops fired tear smoke shells to disperse the protesting, locals told The Kashmiriyat. ...

Sep62018 by News DeskNo Comments

Roads that Costed Lakhs Go invisible within Months in Islamabad Area

KULGAM

September 06 The Government of Jammu Kashmir spend huge sums of money in construction and unfortunately the re construction of the same roads within a small span of time. Recently the roads in Islamabad township were macadamized by the Roads and Building department of Jammu Kashmir Government, however within a few weeks' time, by Urban Environment Engineering Department under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation. In a similar kind of episode, the Rural Development Department (RDD) block Achabal undertook a construction work for the path leading towards Mohallah Bradpora, Dompora in Khundroo locality of South Kashmir's Islamabad (Anantnag) District a few months ago. However a village level worker claimed that the path was constructed at least a year ago. The...

Sep62018 by News DeskNo Comments

Jammu Kashmir Police seizes 42 kilo Poppy

REGIONAL

September 09 The Jammu Kashmir police arrested Thursday two truckers and seized a total of 42 kgs of poppy from them, foiling two separate bids to smuggle the narcotics to Punjab from the state. The arrests were made from Kathua and Ramban districts, a police official said. The first truck was intercepted at Banihal in Ramban district with 25 kgs of poppy, following which its driver Gurvinder Singh was arrested and a case was registered under the NDPS Act against him, the official said. In another incident, a police party intercepted a truck on its way from Kashmir to Punjab and recovered 17 kgs of poppy from it, he said.buy cialis black online https://blackmenheal.org/wp-content/themes/twentytwentytwo/inc/patterns/new/cialis-black.html no prescription The driver of the sec...

Sep62018 by News DeskNo Comments

4 Drug Peddlers Arrested by Jammu Kashmir Police

UPDATES

September 06 Four suspected drug peddlers were arrested in Kathua and Rajouri districts of Jammu Kashmir on Thursday, police said. Acting on a tip-off, three persons were intercepted in Raj Bagh area of Kathua district and 14 grams of heroin was recovered, a Police official said. Another man, Dushyant Singh, was arrested at Tarpai bridge on the Rajouri-Thanamandi road after 15 grams of heroin was allegedly recovered from him during a search, they said. Cases have been registered in both the incidents.

Sep62018 by News DeskNo Comments

Kashmir Looses 1000 people to Accidents every Year, Highest in India

REGIONAL

September 06 While the government is maintaining that it is trying to make roads safe, every year around 1000 people die in road accidents in Jammu and Kashmir. The state has also topped the list of “high accidental death-prone areas” in a National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) survey. The survey has found that an accident in Jammu Kashmir State has a 64 percent chance of causing death as opposed to 36.4 percent for all of India. Data also show that more than half of those killed in road accidents were in the productive age group of 15 to 34, pointing to a calamitous loss of young lives. This is a public health emergency that requires immediate action. As a state, we are slowly waking up to the fact that we lead in road crash deaths and injuries. Unfortunately, we are at a primiti...

Sep62018 by News DeskNo Comments

Youth Goes Missing from his home in Tral

PULWAMA

September 06 The Family of a youth from South Kashmir’s Tral town who has gone missing from September 3 has sought help of general public in tracing him. The missing youth identified as Tahir Ahmed Khan son of Ali Muhammad Khan, a resident of Chandrigam Tral according to family was working in a private hotel in Srinagar. “He left home on September 3 and since then is untraceable,” said his family and appealed general public to inform them or police station Awantipora in case they locate him.