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Month: April 2019

“Release the Salary of Our Parents”- Children of PHE Employees Hold Sit-in at Srinagar

REGIONAL
April 04 Firdous Qadri Scores of daily wagers working in the PHE department along with their families held a massive protest demonstration here on Tuesday to press for the release of their pending salaries. Protesting under the banner of Kashmir PHE Joint Employees Association, daily wagers with their family members assembled here in Pratap Park while chanting anti- government and anti PHE department slogans while holding banners and placards which read, “we want justice”, “pay us to let us pay fee of our wards” and “Please release pending wages of my father.”

2 IAF personnel including a squadron leader killed in Awantipora

REGIONAL
April 04 Two air force officers have been killed while two others have suffered injuries in a road accident in Awantipora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district in early hours of Thursday morning. The slain include a squadron leader. Confirming the accident, a senior police official said that the accident occurred al Malangpora outside air force station at around 3 am. The identity of the slain could not be ascertained immediately.buy norvasc online buy norvasc no prescription More details awaited.

4 BSF Men Killed in Encounter With Maoists in Chattisgarh

INDIA
April 04 Four Border Security Force (BSF) jawans lost their lives on Thursday in an encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district. Two security personnel also sustained injuries in the exchange of fire between the jawans and the Naxals. The skirmish took place in a dense forest near Mahla village in Kanker district when a team of BSF’s 114th battalion was out on a search operation, police said. “Four BSF troopers were killed and two injured in the incident,” Deputy Inspector General (anti-Naxal operations) Sundarraj P told PTI. Reinforcement was rushed to the spot, he added. Earlier on Monday, two Naxals, carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh and Rs 1 lakh respectively on their heads, were arrested in Chhattisgarh. Explosives, a firearm and banners and posters calli...

UAE Confers Modi With Highest Civilian Award

INTERNATIONAL
April 04 United Arab Emirates (UAE) has conferred its highest civilian honour -- Zayed Medal -- on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, "in appreciation of his efforts in maintaining strategic ties with the UAE." UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has conferred on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Zayed Medal, the highest decoration awarded to kings, presidents and heads of states, a release said. The release added that the award came in appreciation of Narendra Modi's role in consolidating the long-standing friendship and joint strategic cooperation between the two countries. On PM Modi receiving the highest civilian honour in UAE, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, said, The Indian ...

Two Residential Houses Gutted in Qazigund Fire incident

KULGAM
April 04 Sheikh Nadeem Two residential houses were gutted in a major fire incident on Wednesday night in the oreil area of Kund in South Kashmirs Kulgam District, Sources told The Kashmiriyat that the residential houses of Saraj Ahmad Mir S/o Gh Mohd Mir and Mohd Shafi Mir son of Bashir Ahmad Mir were gutted in the fire on Wednesday night. Both houses were completely damaged before fire tenders could reach on the spot and douse the flames, however the fire tenders did not allow the fire to spread to nearby Houses.buy xenical online https://www.facebeautyscience.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/inc/new/xenical.html no prescription The cause of Fire is being ascertained, a Police official told The Kashmiriyat.

7 Schools in Sopore Asked to Remain Shut During Elections to Accommodate Troopers in these Schools

EDUCATION
April 04 The District administration Baramulla on Thursday said that 7 educational institutes have been identified for accommodation purposes of forces personnel for the upcoming Polls and shall remain closed from April 5-12 for all educational activities. The institutes, according to sources, include Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences in Wadoora; Degree College cum Higher Secondary School Hadipora; Govt Higher Secondary School Edipora; Govt Boys Higher Secondary School Sopore’ Govt Girls Higher Secondary School Dangiwacha; Govt Degree College Sopore and Govt Higher Secondary School Dangiwacha.

Unknown Dead Body Found in Pattan

REGIONAL
April 04 Sajad Hameed Locals of Chenbal Pattan area in North Kashmir's Baramulla District on Thursday noon found an unknown body lying down in a Nallah in their area. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that the dead body of an unknown person was found floating in a nallah in thye Chenbal area of Pattan. ALSO READ: Third Youth in Less than a Week Goes Missing from Baramulla Upon finding the dead body, the locals of the area called the nearest Police station who have reached the spot. A Police official upon being contacted by The Kashmiriyat said that the dead body has been identified that of Jan Mohammed Bhat who is a resident of Mamoosa area in Baramulla’s Pattan district and had went missing on 22nd of March. He said that the family had filed a missing report on 22nd March....

College Going Girl Burnt Down by Stalker in Kerala

OTHERS
April 04 A 22-year-old engineering student was Thursday burnt alive inside her house here by a man who had been allegedly stalking her, police said. Hearing her cries, some neighbours and relatives staying nearby rushed to the house and found the victim on flames in the bathroom, initial reports said. The accused, Neethish (32), is suspected to have gained entry into the house through the backdoor, K Rajan, a local MLA said.buy forzest online https://myhst.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentytwo/inc/patterns/new/forzest.html no prescription Only the victim and her grandmother were in the house when the incident took place, he said. (PTI)

Forces Launch Door to Door Search Operation in Tangmarg Area

REGIONAL
April 04 Following specific inputs about Militant movement, The Government Forces on Thursday morning launched Cordon and Search operation (CASO) in Lalpora area of Kunzer in North Kashmir's Baramulla District. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that a search operation has been launched 2 Rastriya Rifles, Jammu Kashmir Police and 92 BN of CRPF in Lalpora area of Tangmarg's Kunzer. All the entry and exit points of the area have been sealed on Thursday morning. A door to door search operation has begun, Locals told The Kashmiriyat. Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) was launched as an Anti Militancy operation on May 2, 2017 amid a rise in the local recruitment into Militant groups in the Kashmir valley. The Forces jointly conduct search operations in a specific area, locking down...

“Glaring admission of failure to manage the internal security of Kashmir,” Highway Dictate Evokes Anger

INDIA
April 04 The State Government of Jammu Kashmir issued an order that no civilian traffic movement will be allowed on the 300-km long National Highway on Sunday and Wednesday from 4 am to 5 pm every week till May 31, 2019. This ban has evoked sharp criticism from all quarters of the society in Kashmir, In a series of tweets former chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir, Omar Abdullah attacked the Modi Government for having failed to maintain the internal security of Jammu Kashmir. "Another 1st for the Modi government after the 1st ever delayed assembly election now this shocker - never before in 30 years has the national highway ever been closed for civilian traffic like this. It’s a glaring admission of failure to manage the internal security of J&K," Omar Abdullah Tweeted condemning the...