Month: May 2022

A cordon and search operation has been launched in the Tangpawa area of Sagam in Kokernag belt in south Kashmir's Anantnag district. Official sources told The Kashmiriyat that 19 RR of the Indian Army, and Jammu Kashmir Police jointly launched a cordon and search operation in the Tangpawa area, following inputs about the militant presence in the area. A search operation was going on in the area when this report was being filed. Pertinently, Tangpawa in Kokernag is the native of the longest surviving militant commander Mohammed Ashraf Khan alias Molvi, who is an associate of Hizb ul Mujahideen.

After the release of the final report on the delimitation of the assembly constituencies of the Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, the former Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir has described the Delimitation Commission as an extension of the BJP. Rejecting the commission and its proposed changes, Mehbooba Mufti said the draft is meant as a link to the abrogation of Article 370 on how to weaken the people of Jammu Kashmir. Shee said that it has ignored the base of the population and has worked as per the wishes of the BJP. We reject it outright. We do not trust this. Talking to the media, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said, "which Delimitation Commission are you talking about? That, which is an extension of the BJP? They have taken decisions on their own and we have no faith in them. The prop...

A man, who was arrested in 2017 in connection with an attack on a security forces camp in the Banihal area of Ramban district, was detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) on Thursday after he was found to be in contact with some suspect individuals in Kashmir Valley, officials said. Mohammad Ibrahim Gujjar was slapped with the PSA after the District Magistrate of Ramban in approved a dossier against him filed by the police, they said. He was subsequently detained and sent to the Kotbalwal jail in Jammu, they said. According to sources, Ibrahim was found to be in touch with some suspect individuals in Kashmir Valley over the phone. They said Ibrahim was not directly involved in the attack on the SSB camp in 2017. He was in touch with those who attacked the camp. All...

A youth died on Thursday afternoon when a scooty he was riding was hit by a vehicle in central Kashmir's Budgam district. An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a scooty rider was hit by a Tavera at Kralpora Chadoora. The injured was taken to Sub District Hospital (SDH) Chadoora where he was declared brought dead on arrival. He identified the deceased as Umar Sheikh a resident of Rawalpora Srinagar. An official said that driver fled from the spot, however, investigation has been started—(KNO)

4-year-old girl was critically injured after stray dogs attacked her outside the home in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. The incident occurred at Atina village of Beerwah. Local sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that the girl identified as Arifa Ali had ventured outside her home when the stray dogs pounced upon her. The dogs after the attack tried to drag her, however, the locals managed to rescue her from their clutches. “She has sustained deep wounds in the body especially in her legs,” a doctor at Sub-District Hospital Beerwah said. (KNT)

A 45-year-old motor mechanic died in the Kupwara district as the air compressor at his tyre puncture-mending shop exploded on Thursday, officials said. A police official told GNS that the incident took place near Zunrashi Chowkibal area of the north Kashmir district and the mechanic identified as Dilawar Ahmad Mir died on the spot. He said that even though he was shifted to a local hospital but doctors declared him brought dead on arrival. He said legal proceedings in connection with the incident have been launched. (GNS)