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LET Operation Commander, Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi Arrested in Pakistan over “Terror-Funding” Case

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Alleged Mumbai attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was arrested on Saturday in Pakistan on militancy financing charges, an official said. Lakhvi, who was on bail in 2015 in the Mumbai attack case, was arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab province, However, the CTD did not reveal the place of his arrest. “Following an intelligence-based operation conducted by the CTD Punjab, proscribed organization LeT leader Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was arrested on charges of terrorism financing,” it said. It further said that Lakhvi, 61, was arrested in a case of militancy financing registered in a police station of CTD Lahore. “Lakhvi is accused of running a dispensary, using funds collected for terrorism financing. He an...

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Sopore Youth Eats Poison to Save himself from ‘Police Persecution’- Police Says He is Wanted in a Militancy Case

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Athar Maqbool, a 22-year-old youth from Sopore who is pursuing M.A from the Kashmir university allegedly tried to commit suicide to save himself from being persecuted by the Government Forces in this North Kashmir area, however, the Police has said that Athar is wanted in a Militancy related case. Athar's family has raised serious allegations saying that Athar is being harassed by the SOG of Police constantly for no reason whatsoever and the officials are accusing him of having Militancy links. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat over the phone, a family member of Athar said, "On Friday, Athar had been summoned to a SOG camp in Wadoora area of Baramulla district, not for the first time. He is being constantly asked to present himself in the camps for the past several weeks." On Friday, when ...

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Days After Mufti Islah’s Viral video, Wildlife Department Captures the Leopard in Srinagar Area

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Mir Junaid Days after the video of Mufti Islah, a senior journalist went viral on Social media, The Wildlife Department has captured the leopard sighted in Bagh e Mehtab area of the summer capital of Jammu Kashmir- Srinagar. Mufti had posted the video on December 29, when Srinagar received a few centimeters of snowfall and the leopard in the video was seen openly roaming inside the civilian houses in the Srinagar area.buy cialis oral jelly online https://gilbertroaddental.com/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/inc/new/cialis-oral-jelly.html no prescription https://twitter.com/islahmufti/status/1343844759878561792 The officials of the wildlife department have said that the team that has been "on their-toes" since December 29 has been able to capture the animal from an abandoned ho...

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Search Operation Launched after Grenade Attack in Tral- 7 Civilians Injured

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Skinder Gulzar At least seven civilians were injured after Suspected militants hurled a grenade on security forces at Tral Bus stand in South Kashmir's Awantipora on Saturday. An official told The Kashmiriyat that Militants on Saturday hurled a grenade on Seema Suraksha Bal on duty at Bus stand Tral, however, the grenade missed the target and exploded on road. In the explosion, six civilians have been injured, some of them shifted to nearby hospital for treatment. Details rushing in. Meanwhile, the Forces have cordoned off the area to nab the attackers.

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Jeweller Who Got a Domicile Certificate Last Month Shot Dead in Srinagar

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A 70-year-old Punjab born jeweler, who obtained a domicile certificate just last month, was killed by Suspected Militants at a busy market in Srinagar on Thursday. Satpal Nischal was shot dead by motorcycle-borne terrorists at his shop in Sarai Bala. He was brought dead to the nearby Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital. Having lived and worked in Kashmir for 40 years, Satpal Nischal had obtained a domicile certificate last year and purchased a house in the high-security Indira Nagar area of Srinagar city in addition to a shop in the Sarai Bala area, where he was shot dead. Under the new laws that followed the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A, any citizen of India, who have lived in Jammu and Kashmir for more than 15 years, can obtain a domicile certificate and thereby own property i...

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Snowfall in Kashmir Likely on January 04- Pahalgam Freezes at Minus 8.4

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The extreme cold condition continues unabated in Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh region on Saturday as the valley braced for another spell of rain and snow likely to begin on Monday. “Another spell of light to moderate snowfall is likely to occur in J&K and Ladakh on January 4 and 5. Till then, the present cold wave will continue in the region,” an official of the MET department said. Snow fed water reservoirs in the region get replenished by the snowfall during the Chillai Kalan. Srinagar recorded minus 5.9, Pahalgam minus 8.4 and Gulmarg minus 7.5 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperatures of the day. Leh town of Ladakh was at minus 19.2 and Kargil at minus 16.2 degrees Celsius. Jammu city was at 5.5, Katra 5.2, Batote 0.5, Bannihal minus 1.2, and Bhaderwah recorded minus 2....

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Twitter Locks the Handle of The Kashmir Walla

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Social media giant Twitter has locked the official handle of The Kashmir Walla, after the news organization on Friday tweeted a news story from August 2020 about police excesses on Muharram procession in Srinagar. Even after 24 hours of appealing to Twitter Support, the weekly newspaper has received no response so far from the Jack Patrick Dorsey owned company. Right after locking of the handle, Kashmir Walla Editor, Fahad Shah had called on the concerned to check the matter, “The official handle of @tkwmag has been locked because of this news feature we tweeted. @TwitterIndia @TwitterSupport Will this be checked?” Shah had tweeted. He had further said, “The media was an urgent news story of police brutality against unarmed civilians during a religious procession that @tkwmag repo...

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Seven Injured in Explosion at Amar Singh College in Jammu

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At least seven persons were injured in an explosion that took place in a compartment of the famous Amar Singh Club Jammu on Friday afternoon. Officials told that an explosion took place on Friday at noon in the kitchen complex of Amar Singh Club, located in Jammu city. The persons present in the complex received burn injuries who have been shifted to hospital for treatment, they said. The injured persons include Surinder Singh, Parkash Chand, Daljit Singh, Muneer Hussain, Mustaffa, Rajul and Tilak Raj, officials said, adding that police has started an investigation into the matter. Reportedly, it was a gas cylinder explosion at the Club while the officials said that the investigation has been started to ascertain the facts. KNO

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Two Drug Peddlers Arrested by Police in Pulwama

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The Jammu Kashmir Police said that it arrested two notorious drug peddlers in Awntipora and also seized cash worth 50,000 rupees from the duo along with contraband substance. In a press release, the Police said that acting tough against the drug dealings, Police in Awantipora have arrested two notorious drug peddlers and recovered contraband substance from their possession, besides, cash amount of ₹50,000 was also seized. They said that officers at a checkpoint established at Reshipora Bunpora near irrigation gauge intercepted a vehicle Santro bearing registration No. JK03B-9591 with two persons on board. They have been identified as Gulazar Ahmad Ganie resident of Braw Bandina and Bilal Ahamd Bhat resident of Kulpora Lassipora Pulwama. During checking, officers were able to recover 2.2...

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Srinagar Encounter- Slain had Never went to Fill the University form, Claims Police

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The Jammu Kashmir Police on Friday refuted the claim of parents of one of the slain that he went to University to fill up form on the day of the Lawaypora encounter which broke out in Central Kashmir's Srinagar district. In a statement, the police said that the Lawaypora Srinagar encounter started with army inputs and eventually fructified into a joint operation of Army, CRPF and Police. After the cordon was laid, militants lobbed grenade from inside and fired upon the search party. ALSO READ: ‘Ours was in Srinagar to Deposit Fees, Our Son Went to Repair his Bike’- Families Plead the Innocence of Sons Killed in Srinagar Encounter Although as per SOP militants were repeatedly appealed by the troops to surrender in the evening and again in the morning. However, instead of surrendering, ...