April 2021 - Page 28 of 29 - The Kashmiriyat

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Militant Outfit, PAFF Releases Video of Lawaypora Attack

REGIONAL

Militant outfit People's Anti-Fascist Front (PFF) has released a video of an attack on the Government Forces in the Lawapora area on the Srinagar- Baramulla highway on March 25 in which three soldiers including a sub-inspector of the CRPF were killed. The video now being widely circulated on social media shows how these unknown militants went close to the Government Force personnel and opened fire at them. The Militants attacked a bunker of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) along the Baramulla- Srinagar highway. At least five people have been arrested so far in the connection, three arrests were made in Lawalpora late on Thursday night. Pertinently, the Police say it is the Lashkar e Taiba that is spearheading these groups. The groups appeared after the abrogation of Arti...

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Police Sub-Inspector Arrested for Accepting Bribe in Anantnag

ISLAMABAD

Waris Shah A sub-inspector was arrested from the Sirigufwara area of Anantnag district in South Kashmir on Friday afternoon by the Anti-corruption bureau. An official told The Kashmiriyat that a team headed by DYSP Parvaiz Ahmad caught red-handed Sub-inspector Ghulam Mohammed, belt number 2956/S posted at Police Station in Srigufwara along with bribe money of Rs 7000. The ACB has received a complaint from a person named Mohammed Amin Ganie Son of Abdul Ahad Resident of Darigund Srigufwara. The official said that a case FIR No. 07/2021 stands registered at ACB Police station.

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Police Foil PDP Protest Against Double Tax of Vehicles Purchased Outside Jammu Kashmir

REGIONAL

Police on Friday foiled an attempt by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) activists to hit the streets in Srinagar against double tax of vehicles purchased from outside Jammu Kashmir. PDP leaders and other activists had assembled at party headquarter near here Friday to take out a protest march in the summer capital. However, police closed all roads leading to PDP headquarter with barbed wire. The main gate of the building was also closed and a large number of security forces were deployed to prevent any procession by PDP activists. After they were not allowed to move out of the party headquarter, PDP leaders and other activists raised slogans against the administration. We want to take out a peaceful march against anti-people decisions of the government, they said. The agitat...

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Covid 19- DCs to Take Final Call on Whether Schools Shall Remain Open or Shut

EDUCATION

Amid the rising number of covid-19 cases lately, the government on Friday said that deputy Commissioners (DMs) shall take a call on keeping open or closing the schools in respective districts in Jammu Kashmir. “Decision regarding the running of physical classes vis-à-vis online classes require to be taken at district level by the Competent Authority. I am directed to convey that all the District Magistrates/Chairman DDMAs of Kashmir/Jammu Division(s) shall take a call on the continuation of academic activities i.e. physical classes or online classes in their respective jurisdiction, keeping in view the safety of the students and present trend of Pandemic COVID-19 in different districts,” reads an order Umesh Sharma, Deputy Secretary to the Government. “Chief Education Officer and other ...

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Pulwama Encounter- Complete Shutdown in Pulwama, Several Injured in Clashes

PULWAMA

Mehran Bhat As soon as the news of the encounter in Pulwama spread to the nearby areas, the shopkeepers in the Pulwama and the Kakpora township downed their shutters, and re observing a complete shutdown in the wake of the killing of three Militants in the Kakpora area of Pulwama on Friday morning. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that intense clashes took place around the encounter site and several people were injured during clashes. The Kashmir Walla reported that eleven people including a retired teacher were injured during the clashes. Three militants identified as locals as per initial inputs were killed when a Gunfight raged in the Ghat Mohalla of kakpora Pulwama between Militants and Government Forces including 50 RR of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police and CRPF. Two resident...

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Militants Killed in Pulwama Were Involved in the Attack on BJP Leader: Says Police

REGIONAL

The Inspector-General of police Vijay Kumar on Friday said that militants involved in yesterday’s attack on BJP leader in which one policeman was killed were among the slain during a gunfight at Kakapora area in Pulwama district. “Police’s weapon, snatched by the militants, was also recovered", IGP told GNS.” IGP congratulated Police and Security Forces for killing militants responsible for yesterday’s 'cowardly attack in less than 24 hours. Three militants were killed in the gunfight at Kakapora earlier in the day, as per the police. A policeman, Rameez Raja was killed in the militant attack at the residence of a BJP leader in Aribagh in the Nowgam area of Srinagar on Thursday afternoon. The militants had also decamped with a rifle of the policeman who was posted on guard duti...

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3 Militants ‘involved in Nowgam Attack’ Killed in Pulwama Encounter

REGIONAL

Three militants have been killed in an encounter in Ghat Mohalla Kakapora in South Kashmir's Pulwama district on Friday. A senior police officer said that three unidentified militants have been killed in the gunfight. "The militants refused to surrender despite repeated appeals by forces," he said. He added that slain militants were involved in attack on BJP leader's residence in Nowgam area of Srinagar on Thursday, in which one cop from Anantnag was killed. Earlier, an official said that a joint team of Police, Army’s 50 RR and CRPF launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in the area on specific information about the presence of militants there. "As soon as the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them, which was ...

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Intense Clashes Erupt near Encounter Site in Pulwama- One Girl Among Two Injured

PULWAMA

Two civilians including a girl were injured during the clashes near encounter site in Kakapora area of South Kashmir's Pulwam a district on Friday. Official sources told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that two civilians including a girl were injured in clashes near encounter site in Kakapora area. Block Medical Officer (BMO) Pampore, Dr. Gulzar Ahmad said that they received two injured persons both from Samboora at Sub District Hospital (SDH) Pampore, who were shifted to SMHS hospital in Srinagar for treatment He identified them as Ishrat Jan (25), daughter of Abdul Aziz Dar of Samboora Pulwama who has bullet injury in right buttock and Ghulam Nabi Dar (42), son of Ali Muhammad Dar of Samboora Pulwama, who has multiple pellet injuries. Pertinently, encounter is un...

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One Militant Killed in Ongoing Gunfight in Pulwama- Internet Suspended

PULWAMA

Mehran Bhat One Militant has been killed in the ongoing encounter between government forces and Militants in the Ghat Mohalla Kakapora area of South Kashmir's Pulwama district on Friday. A Police official told The Kashmiriyat earlier 50 RR, Jammu Kashmir Police and CRPF jointly launched a cordon and search operation (CASO) in the Ghat Mohalla of Kakpora in Pulwama. During the CASO, the militants hiding in the area, opened fire, which triggered an encounter. During the encounter, one militant has been killed whose is yet to be identified, the official said. He said that militants turned down repeated surrender offers given to them by government forces. Meanwhile internet services have been snapped in police district Pulwama.

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Nocturnal Encounter Rages in Samboora Area of Pulwama

PULWAMA

An encounter has started between Militants and Government Forces in the Samboora area of district Pulwama in South Kashmir. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that 50 RR of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police and Central Reserve Police Force launched an Anti Militancy operation in the Samboora Pulwama. During the searches, the hiding Militants opened fire upon the Government Force personnel, triggering an encounter. As per initial reports two to three militants are holed up in the area, as more Forces are being rushed to the area. The forces have sealed the entry and exit points to the area. As per locals, no firing has been heard after the initial exchange of gunfire, however massive searches are on, as two to three Militants are believed to be hiding in the area.