Month: October 2021

Mehran Bhat  An encounter broke out on Friday evening between militants and Government forces  in the Natipora area of Srinagar District. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that an encounter has started between militants and government forces including CRPF and Jammu Kashmir Police in the Srinagar area. The encounter started after a cordon and search operation was launched in the area. Earlier Militants had attacked a police party in the area. More details awaited

While strongly condemning the killing of a civilian at a check post in Monghal area of Anantnag last night, CPI(M) Secretary Ghulam Nabi Malik has asked the authorities to probe the incident thoroughly to fix the responsibility. In a press release issued to The Kashmiriyat, CPI (M) said that the circumstances in which the civilian was shot dead by security forces needs to be probed. "Losing precious human lives is most unfortunate and mere condemnation of such incidents is not enough," the CPI (M) presser read. Expressing solidarity with the bereaved family, he demanded compensation to the victim's family.

Condemning the recent civilian killings, Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Decleration (PAGD) Friday said that the current situation prevailing in Jammu Kashmir is the result of the failure of the policies of the government that have brought Jammu Kashmir to this point. A meeting of the PAGD was convened today at the residence of Dr. Farooq Abdullah to take stock of the current situation prevailing in Jammu & Kashmir. The meeting was attended by Mehbooba Mufti, Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami and Justice (Retd) Hasnain Masoodi. “The PAGD unreservedly condemns the recent killings of innocent people in the Valley. These killings have created a climate of fear that has not been seen in Kashmir since the early 90's,” an official statement of PAGD read. “The current situation prevailing in J...

The Family members and relatives of slain school principal Friday staged a silent sit-in outside civil secretariat Srinagar and demanded justice. Witnesses told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), members of Sikh community, majority of whom were family members and relatives of slain school principal Supinder Kour, who was shot dead along with her colleague Deepak Chand, at Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS) Sangam, Eidgah, Srinagar, walked on foot from Aloochibagh to Civil Secretariat. “The family members of Kour were carrying her body on a stretcher and when they reached the Civil Secretariat, they staged a silent-sit-in,” witnesses said. Senior police officers reached the spot and persuaded the family members of Kour to take her body to Batamaloo cremation ground for la...

Suhail Dar/ Waris Shah One person has been shot dead by Government Force personnel in Monghal area in Anantnag in South Kashmir on Thursday Night. An Official told The Kashmiriyat that Force personnel from 40 Batallion of CRPF had laid a checking at Monghall Bridge on Thursday evening. "During the checking the forces at the checking (Nakka) tried to stop a Scorpio vehicle, however the vehicle did not stop, it jumped off the Nakka. The Force CRPF men opened fire, resulting in the killing of one person," he said. The identity of the person is being ascertained.

A mob of around 3,000 people on Tuesday took out a rally in Chattisgarh along with swords, lathis and other weapons in violation of curfew imposed by authorities and attacked homes and vehicles owned by Muslims. More than a dozen civilians and police personnel were injured during the rally organised by Hindu extremist organisations such as Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), The Indian Express (TIE) reported. Shouting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans, the mob marched into Muslim area where Police used force against them to bring the situation under control by Tuesday evening. Shoaib Akhtar, the 54-year-old ‘hafiz’ of a nearby mosque, was quoted by TIE as saying “I was pulled off my vehicle and beaten. Only when I started to bleed profusely did they leave me. The police were present...

Mir Junaid Suspected Militants hurled a grenade towards Government Forces in the Nawa Kadal area of Srinagar on Thursday night. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that a bunker of 161 Battalion of Central Reserve Police Force was attacked by suspected Militants in the Bari Pora area of Nawakadal with a grenade. They said that the grenade exploded  at some distance far from the bunker, adding, "No injuries have been reported from the incident as of yet." A Police party from the nearby Police station has reached the spot to ascertain the details of the incident, an official said. Details emerging.