January 2019 - The Kashmiriyat

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Encounter Starts in Pulwama

PULWAMA

January 31 An Encounter started between militants and Government forces at Drubgam area of of South Kashmir’s Pulwama District on Thursday night. Officials told The Kashmiriyat that 55 RR of Indian Army, CRPF and Jammu Kashmir Police were fired upon by Militants during a cordon and search operation in the area. Immediately the troops cordoned off the area and the hiding Militants opened fire on the troopers triggering an encounter. As per initial reports available to The Kashmiriyat two to three militants are trapped in a residential house in the area. An exchange of fire was going on when this report being filed. Meanwhile Mobile Internet services have been barred in Shopian and Pulwama districts.

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Advisory For Food Business Operators

UPDATES

January 31 Commissioner Food Safety, Dr. Abdul Kabir Dar today issued an advisory for Food Business Operators (FBOs) in view of frequent closure of Srinagar-Jammu highway due to adverse weather conditions. The FBOs have been asked to destroy deteriorated food items forthwith. “There may be apprehensions that food products especially fruits and vegetables, perishable food items that were in transit may get deteriorated. All the stakeholders especially FBOs dealing with of livestock, fruit, vegetables and perishable food items are advised to ensure that deteriorated food items, if any, are destroyed on spot,” the advisory reads. The advisory directed the designated officers and the enforcement staff of the districts viz, Kulgam, Islamabad, Pulwama and Srinagar to keep close vigil...

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CASO Launched in the Native of Sameer Tiger in Pulwama

OTHERS

January 31 A cordon and search operation has been launched by Government Forces in Pulwama District of South Kashmir. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that on Thursday, the 55 RR of Indian Army and Jammu Kashmir Police jointly launched a search operation in Drubgam Area of South Kashmir's Pulwama District. Following inputs about Militant movement in the area, the forces blocked all the entry and exit points of the area. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); A door to door search operation had been launched when this report was filed.

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Silent Recruitment?- Seven Missing Kashmiri Youth May Have Joined Militancy

REGIONAL

January 31 Despite massive crackdown on militancy authorities in Kashmir are struggling to stop recruitment in ‘new age’ insurgency as seven youth who have gone missing since past fortnight are believed to have joined militants. In a Story carried out by Citizen, they quoted Police Sources saying that seven youth, most of them students hailing from south Kashmir, and central Kashmir’s Budgam district, have been reported missing by their families. The youth missing from Shopian have been identified as Shakir Ahmad Wagay, a resident of Awneera who is pursuing diploma in Computer Engineering at SSM College in north Kashmir and Naveed Hussian Tak, a civil engineering student and resident of Naina Batpora in Litter. Officials said two youth missing from Pulwama districts have been i...

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Next CM of Jammu Kashmir Will be From BJP, Says Raina

INDIA

January 31 The next chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir will be from the BJP as the party will come to power on its own in the state, state in-charge of the saffron party Ravinder Raina said Thursday. Addressing a series of meetings ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s February 3 rally at Vijaypur in Jammu, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader credited the Union government for ensuring “remarkable development” in the state. “The BJP will form its own government in Jammu and Kashmir after upcoming assembly elections and the chief minister will be from the BJP,” Raina said. Launching a scathing attack on the Congress and the National Conference (NC), Raina said leaders of both the parties had plundered the resources of the state and exploited the people. While, the Naren...

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CASO Launched in Islamabad (anantnag) Area

ISLAMABAD

January 31 A cordon and search operation has been launched in South Kashmir's Islamabad (anantnag) district. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that a search operation has been launched in Mohripora, Arahama of Kokernag belt in South Kashmir's Islamabad (anantnag) district amid snowfall. The Forces have blocked the entry points into the area and are not allowing any vehicles to move into the area. A search operation had been started when this report was filed.

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Another CASO Launched in Shopian- Third in the Day

SHOPIAN

January 31 A cordon and search operation has been launched by Government Forces in Shopian District of South Kashmir. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that on Thursday, the 44 RR of Indian Army and Jammu Kashmir Police jointly launched a search operation in Thokerpora Area of Nagbal in South Kashmir's Shopian District. Following inputs about Militant movement in the area, the forces blocked all the entry and exit points of the area. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); A door to door search operation had been launched when this report was filed. Earlier CASOs had been launched in Awneera and Kadgam areas of Shopian.

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Hurriyat Calls for a Complete Shutdown on February 03

OTHERS

January 31 The Joint resistance leadership of Yasin Malik, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and SAS Geelani has called for complete shutdown on Sunday (03 February 2019). Appealing the people to protest against Modi's visit on Sunday, the JRL has asked people to shutdown in protest against the visit of Indian Prime minister. Pertinently Indian prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate first ever business process outsourcing (BPO) unit in northern Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Sunday.

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Modi to Visit Kashmir on Sunday

INDIA

January 31 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate first ever business process outsourcing (BPO) unit in northern Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Sunday. The prime minister will visit to all three regions of Jammu and Kashmir on February 3 to lay foundation stones for host of projects. “(The) Prime Minister will be inaugurating BPO in Bandipora on February three. This is the first BPO in this belt. “The aim is to attract entrepreneurs, investors and MNCs in IT and BPOs to establish their business units…with ultimate objective of enhancing employment opportunities for the youth in the district and neighbouring districts,” Deputy Commissioner Bandipora Shahid Iqbal Choudhary told PTI. The DC further said that the BPO will also provide an employment oriented investment atm...

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Amid US Talks, Government Loosing Control Over Afghanistan

INTERNATIONAL

January 31 The Kabul government is steadily losing its grip over parts of Afghanistan even as American forces intensify their air campaign against insurgent groups, a US government watchdog said Thursday. The latest grim assessment of Afghanistan’s security situation comes as the US pursues talks with the Taliban and urgently seeks a way out of the 17-year war. Numbers provided by Resolute Support, the US-led NATO mission in Afghanistan, show that as of October 31, only 63.5 per cent of Afghans are living in areas controlled or influenced by the Kabul government — down from 65.2 per cent the previous quarter. According to the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), which compiled the data, the decrease came as Kabul’s control or influence over Afgha...