An encounter has started between militants and Government forces in the Kreesbal area of Srinagar in central Kashmir.
The Jammu Kashmir Police said, "A chance #encounter has started at Kreesbal Palpora Sangam area of Srinaagr with Militants and a small team of Srinagar Police."
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Two army men sustained injuries in a booby-trap explosion along Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district this afternoon, officials said.
They told GNS that the explosion occurred while an army party was clearing grass of the surrounding area in Balakote Sector of Mendhar.
The injured duo, which included a Sepoy and Havildar of 19 Kumaon, were taken to Base Hospital via a chopper, they said.
The condition of the injured duo could not be immediately ascertained. (GNS)
A lawyer has filed a complaint before a court here, seeking punitive action against suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and others for recent "blasphemous" remarks against Prophet Mohammad ﷺ.
The complainant has named now-expelled Delhi BJP media head Naveen Kumar Jindal, an editor of a private news channel, and others in his complaint.
In the complaint filed before the chief judicial magistrate of Srinagar, which was subsequently assigned to the city magistrate on Saturday, advocate Mohammad Ashraf Bhat sought action against the accused of committing offenses including "criminal conspiracy" and "promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion".
He has sought directions for initiating trial proceedings against them for offenses under various sections of the Indian P...
The minority Kashmiri Pandits working in Kashmir Valley, particularly at all transit accommodations of PM Package observed a hunger strike to demand their transfer from the Kashmir valley.
The employees in a press release today said that The PM package employment was a way to provide jobs to address the economic issues of the displaced community. This package was not linked with the rehabilitation plan of the displaced Kashmiri Hindu community, in fact, the consideration of the Government was that these employees of the minority community will be ambassadors of peace and will bridge the gap between majority and minority communities which did not happen on the ground and they became scapegoats.
"Despite the official apathy, they were doing their duties regularly knowing fully that UT ...
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A woman died after a tree fell down on her hut (Kotha) in the Ganderbal district of central Kashmir, while three of her children.
Officials told The Kashmiriyat that on Friday night a tree fell down at the Kotha of one Bilal Ahmed Pakhtoon in the Lab Pathar of the Machkhai area in Kangan in central Kashmir's Ganderbal district, causing the death of his wife and injuries to her their three children.
"The deceased wife was identified s Gulshana Banoo," the official said, adding that, her children were being treated at the local hospital.
Pertinently, the mud house belonging to Bilal Ahmed Pakhtoon, a member of the indigenous Gujjar and Bakerwal community collapsed due to gusty winds in the area.
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Friday issued an appeal to the Muslims to stop taking part in television debates whose “sole intention is to make a mockery and insult Islam and Muslims.”
The advisory from the apex Muslim forum issued to the press urged the Muslim scholars and ulema to “boycott the news channels whose only objective is to ridicule Islam and Muslims” while underscoring that the media outlets invite them (Muslims) only to obtain some degree of “legitimacy”.
The press note further underlined that the Muslims participating in the TV debates “are not able to do any service to Islam and Muslims”. It said: “The intention of these programmes is not to reach any conclusion through constructive discourse but to ridicule and defame Islam and Muslims.”
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More than 35 percent of women and 36 per cent of men in Jammu Kashmir are either too thin or overweight or obese, the National Health and Family Survey-5 (NHFS-5) has reported.
Official data with news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reveals that more than 88 percent women and 61 percent of men have a waist-to-hip ratio that puts them at increased risk of metabolic complications.
"Malnutrition refers to deficiencies, excesses, or imbalances in a person's intake of energy and/or nutrients including undernutrition and overweight, and obesity. The body mass index (BMI), which is defined as a person's weight in kilograms divided by the square of the person's height in meters, is a measure that indicates the nutritional status in adults,” the data reads. "More than two-fifths (35%) of w...
Ninety- nine militants have been killed in different encounters so far in Jammu and Kashmir, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Zone, Vijay Kumar said on Sunday.
Talking to reporters here in Srinagar, IGP as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that three militants affiliated with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) were killed in a gunfight today at Drabgam area of South Kashmir's Pulwama district.
He said that a cordon was laid jointly by Army, police and CRPF in the village after Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Pulwama received information about the presence of three local LeT militants there.
“The encounter started yesterday evening in which 3 local LeT militants were killed while two AK47 rifles and a pistol were recovered from the encounter site,” he said, add...
Weeks after passing the resolution banning loudspeakers, the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) passed a resolution to rename two Chowks in Jammu.
Chander Mohan Gupta, the Mayor of JMC on Saturday informed that JMC has passed a resolution to change the name of Sheikh Nagar to Shivnagar, and Amphalla Chowk will now be known as Hanuman Chowk.
“Jammu Municipal Corporation has passed a resolution to change the name of Sheikh Nagar to Shivnagar and Amphalla Chowk to Hanuman Chowk,” said JMC Mayor Chander Mohan Gupta said.
Sharda Kumari, the BJP corporator who moved the resolution on June 11 during the JMC meeting said that the resolution was moved keeping in view the demands of the public.
"There is Shiv Mandir in the area and the people also wanted the place to be renamed. Therefore...
One person was arrested for allegedly stoking communal tension as curfew and strict restrictions under prohibitory orders remained in force in parts of Jammu region's Chenab valley for the fourth successive day on Sunday, officials said.
The accused Aadil Gafoor Ganai was arrested from his house during an early morning raid on Sunday by police at his residence at Chinar Mohalla locality in curfew-bound Bhaderwah town of Doda district, the officials said.
They said Ganai is accused of delivering an inflammatory speech from Markazi Jamia Masjid Bhaderwah on June 9 during a protest rally against recent remarks on Prophet Mohammad by two now-suspended BJP leaders and social media posts by a few local right-wing activists in their support.
On the basis of the provocative speech, police...
