Month: July 2022

An encounter has started between militants and Government forces in the Wandakpora area of Awantipora in south Kashmir's Pulwama area. Official sources told The Kashmiriyat that on Monday a joint group of RR,  CRPF and Jammu Kashmir Police after receiving inputs about militant presence in Andakpora area of Awantipora, launched a cordon and search operation. As per locals, intermittent exchange of gunfire is going on at the site of the encounter. Details emerging.an

Body of a 19-year-old youth was retrieved this morning, a day after he drowned in a pond in Dorousa Lolab area in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. An official told GNS that Mohammad Aqib Dar, son of Ishtiyaque Ahmad Dar, resident of Bhat Mohalla Dorousa drowned while bathing alongside a group of boys on Eid day. The colleagues and locals first tried to look for him on their own, however when no trace was found, Sogam police, F&ES Department, a team of Revenue Department besides a nearby army unit reached the site for rescue. After persistent efforts, the rescue operation yielded in retrieval of the body this morning, the official said. SDM Sogam Aijaz Ahmad confirming the recovery of body to GNS said that they even had intimated a MARCOS team, which in fact had reached and in th...

After remaining suspended for three days due to cloudburst, in which at least 16 people died and dozens were injured, Amarnath Yatra resumed on Monday, officials said here. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Amarnath Yatra has resumed as fresh batch of yatris was allowed to proceed towards the holy cave from Nunwan Base Camp in Pahalgam today morning. He said that the yatra resumed at around 8 am, following a slight delay due to rain. Notably, Yatra was suspended soon after a cloudburst hit at lower Amarnath cave shrine on Friday, in which at least 16 people died, while dozens were injured and fate of around 37 people is still unknown—(KNO)

The number of pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh missing in the Amarnath yatra cloudburst tragedy increased to 37 on Sunday evening as relatives called the authorities and informed that their kin remain untraced. Till now, 84 pilgrims were reported safe as they came in contact with their relatives as well as authorities, official sources here said. On Sunday afternoon, the state government said only two women from Rajamahendravaram remained untraced in the Amarnath tragedy Subsequently, we received calls from several persons that their relatives could not be contacted after the cloudburst and flash flood near the holy cave shrine. As per the information, we now have 37 missing cases,” a senior official involved with the rescue mission said. About 29 members in two groups from Nellore...

Jammu Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Sunday said that administration is making efforts to resume Yatra as soon as possible, as work on restoration of Yatra rout is going on in full swing. Talking to reporters after visiting Pahalgam base camp, Sinha as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that administration was working on restoration of yatra route so that Amarnath pilgrimage is resumed very soon. He said that all operations have been completed except the one where some debris was still lying and that too is being cleared, while restoration work on yatra route was also going on. “Work on restoring Yatra route is going on in full swing and I hope it will be completed by today only. After completed the work safety check will be done, following which yat...

Two weeks after attaching five residential houses in Srinagar allegedly used for the purpose of militancy, the Jammu Kashmir Police on Sunday said that it will attach for more residential houses in the Kashmir valley. In a tweet, the Jammu Kashmir Police said that a "sanction" has been accorded by Police headquarters for the "attachment" of four residential houses and "seizure" of threevehicles used for militancy activities in Kashmir. Taking action on militant support structure under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Jammu and Kashmir Police Headquarters has accorded sanction for the attachment of 04 residential houses and seizure of 03 vehicles used for providing assistance in militant activities, J&K Police said in a tweet. A police spokesman on 21st June 21 said, five ...

Militant groups recruited 700 Jammu Kashmir youths into their fold in the last four years, while 141 militants, the majority of them foreigners, are currently active in the region, officials said. The presence of a large number of militants in Jammu Kashmir indicates unabated infiltration from militants' launch pads across the border. According to Union Ministry of Home Affairs statistics, a total of 82 foreign militants were operating in Jammu Kashmir as of July 5, 2022, while there were 59 active local militants. The militants mostly belong to outfits like Lashkar-e-Taiba, its offshoot The Resistance Front, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Hizbul Mujahideen, an official said, citing the data. Different militant groups have recruited 700 local youths in Jammu Kashmir in the last four year...

In an apparent case of enmity, an entrepreneur who had started a fish farm in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district suffered a huge loss after some miscreants poisoned his fish at his farm. The fish farm is located at Sonpah village of Budgam which is owned by Sajad Hussain Bhat son of Ghulam Ahmed of the same village. Sajad had set up a fish farm after taking a loan from a bank. His farm had nearly 2000 fish each weighing over half a kilogram and he was selling the fish thus, earning his bread and butter. Sajad told news agency Kashmir News Trust that some unknown persons during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday put some poisonous substance into his fish farm resulting in the death of a large number of fish besides causing huge financial losses to him. The victim appeal...

Kupwara, (GNS): A 20-year-old youth pursuing his MBBS degree is believed to have drowned in a nullah in the Villgam area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, officials said. They told GNS that at least three boys went untraceable inside a nullah in Punzwa village of Villgam this afternoon while they were bathing in the water source. “It happened that after a certain time, two of the total three waded their way through and came out safely, however one among them hasn’t come out yet, which had led to the speculations that he may have drowned”, they said. Identifying the youth as Shahid Amin Beigh son of Mohammad Amin Beigh, the officials further said that he has been pursuing his MBBS degree. It has been in the meantime learned that the police and locals with bare minimum logistics ...

An army trooper posted in Srinagar, Kashmir has become the latest victim of Cyber fraud after hackers got into his bank account and emptied his bank account. According to reports, Anil Kumar Shukla posted in Kashmir has filed a case of cybercrime on after he was looted of all his bank balance. Anil told the Police that he was transferred to Lucknow after which he put certain things on sale on OLX. He got a call from a person who asked him to provide his UPI number so that he can transfer the money. The Cyber ​​criminals looted 94 thousand rupees online from his account. An army trooper posted in Srinagar, Kashmir has become the latest victim of Cyber fraud after hackers got into his bank account and emptied his bank account in another incident, Rs 57,000 were transferred online ...