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‘Regarded as Doctor by Locals’- Who Was Hizbul Mujahideen Chief, Saifullah Mir

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Son of a government school teacher, 31-year-old Saifullah Mir had joined the militant movement in 2014. Mir, who was the Hizbul Mujahideen chief, has been reported killed by the forces in an encounter on November 1, 2020, in Srinagar. A child of conflict, Mir was born in 1989 when the militancy was raging in full swing in the valley. But there is more to his identity than just being a militant. A native of Malangpora in Pulwama district of South Kashmir, Mir studied till class X and later earned a diploma in medical electronics from the Industrial Training Institute in Pulwama in 2010. Later, he went on to pursue another diploma from the National Institute of Electronics in Information Technology in Srinagar in 2013. He was proficient in learning to mend the diagnostic equipment a...

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Hizb’s Chief Dr. Saifullah Killed in Srinagar Gunfight: Says IGP Vijay Kumar

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Firdous Qadri Vijay Kumar, The inspector General of Police Kashmir range has said that the Chief Operational commander of Hizbul Mujahideen’s Dr Saifullah has been killed during the encounter that raged at Rangreth area of Srinagar. Speaking to media at the encounter site, he said “I am 95 per cent sure that the militant killed in the gunfight is Hizb chief operational commander Dr Saifullah who had taken over the reins of Hizb after the killing of its chief Reyaz Naikoo in an encounter in May this year." The IGP said a suspect and not the militant has been arrested at the encounter site who is being questioned. “The encounter is almost over. We are sanitizing the area and clearing it as there may be some leftover grenades.” he said.

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Stone Throwing Clashes Around Encounter Site in Srinagar- One Militant Killed

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Firdous Qadri One Militant has been killed in the ongoing encounter in Srinagar's Rangreth area, a top police official said, adding, one more Militant has been captured alive. Meanwhile Stone-throwing clashes have started around the encounter site in Rangreth area of Srinagar on Sunday afternoon. Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that minor stone throwing clashes have started between protesters and Government Forces after several youth threw stones on Government Forces deployed at the site of encounter for the Anti Militancy operation going on in the area. The Youth armed with stones tried to disrupt the operation, an official said, adding that the Forces fired a few tear smoke shells to disperse them. The clashes were going on when this report was filed. Meanwhile, one s...

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One Militant Arrested Alive During Ongoing Srinagar Encounter- Top Hizb Commander Likely Trapped

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Firdous Qadri One Militant has been arrested alive during an encounter that broke out between militants and security forces in Rangreth area of Srinagar district on Sunday afternoon. Earlier, An official told The Kashmiriyat Government forces including Special Operations Group (SOG) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) launched a cordon and search operation after inputs about presence of militants in Rangreth area. During the CASO, the militants holed up in the area opened fire upon the forces, triggering an encounter. One Militant has been arrested alive from the spot of the encounter, while a massive exchange of gunfire is still on at the site of the encounter. The officer said that two to three militants are believed to be trapped in the area. An intermittent exchan...

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Gunfight Rages in Rangreth Srinagar

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Mir Junaid A encounter broke out between militants and security forces in Rangreth area of Srinagar district on Sunday afternoon. An official told The Kashmiriyat Government forces including Special Operations Group (SOG) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) launched a cordon and search operation after inputs about presence of militants in Rangreth area. During the CASO, the militants holed up in the area opened fire upon the forces, trigerring an encounter.buy zithromax online https://myhst.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentytwo/inc/patterns/new/zithromax.html no prescription The officer said that two to three militants are believed to be trapped in the area

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Water Scarcity Hits Srinagar Areas

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The residents of various parts of Kashmir are experiencing an acute shortage of drinking water while accusing the concerned authorities concerned of being indifferent to their problems. “Things have gone from bad to the worse for the last few weeks. We get tap water only for a few hours during night hours,” Adil Ahmad, a resident ofShalimar said. He said most of the inhabitants were using water motors during the night hours to get some water. “Most of the time, the taps are running dry. We brought into the notice of concerned officials many times but nobody is paying heed to our repeated pleas. The situation has gone from bad to the worst for the last two weeks,” said Ali Mohammad, a resident of Habbakadal. He said people were not able to follow cleanliness guidelines for preve...

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This South Kashmir Youth Generates Electricity from Traditional Kangri

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Skinder Gull A 20-year-old youth from Awantipora in South Kashmir's Pulwama district has managed to generate electricity from a traditional Kashmiri firepot- ‘Kangri’ and charge the mobile phones from shoes. Suhail Ahmad Parray (20), a resident of Chersoo area in Awantipora, his brother Abrar Ahmad Parry (16), & cousin Mazim Ashraf (15), have come up with the invention a few days back, where the bulb lights up after getting heated up from the Kangri. Similarly, mobile phones and batteries could also be seen getting charged from the shoes, which left many in surprise. Suhail Ahmad Parry speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that it took him around twenty days to stabilize the temperature necessary to produce the electricity from the Kangri. "I used basic types of equipments in th...

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Administration Now Distributes Assets Between Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh

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Jammu Kashmir's Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has divided the assets and liabilities of the former Jammu Kashmir State between the two union territories Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh under the Reorganization Act. A notification in this regard has also been issued. Sections 84 and 85 of the Jammu Kashmir Reorganization order that the assets and liabilities of the former Jammu Kashmir State be shared between Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh. An advisory committee was formed to distribute these assets, liabilities and rights. The report was submitted to the Union Home Ministry by the Advisory Committee headed by retired IAS officer Sanjay Mitra. The adminsitrations of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh sought the recommendations of the advisory committee. The Union Home Ministry consulted with the two ad...

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Roshni Act Declared ‘Null and Void’- Land to Be Retrieved by Admin Within Six Months

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A few days after the Goverment of India passed the controversial land Law, the J&K administration has declared the Roshni Act as null and void and said that it would retrieve entire land in six months. Earlier the CBI had ordered a probe into the alleged scam, in which around 20.55 lakh kanals of land (1,2,50 hectares) to occupants of which 15.85 percent of the land was approved for vesting of ownership rights. The scheme was finally repealed by Satya Pal Malik, the former governor of the erstwhile state of Jammu Kashmir, on November 28, 2018. Earlier on 09 October, a division bench of Chief Justice of High Court, Gita Mittal and Justice Rajesh Bindal ordered the CBI probe into irregularities in the scheme and directed the CBI to file a status report every eight weeks. "The...