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Miss-fire in Kulgam, one Army Personnel injured: Police

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Danishwar Hameed An army trooper was injured after army soldier's rifle went off accidentally in Frisal area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday. A senior police officer told The Kashmiriyat that due to accidental fire one army trooper received bullet wound in finger. He was immediately shifted nearby hospital for treatment, the officer added.

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Searches launched after VDC members fire at ‘suspected’ persons in Rajouri village

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Security forces last night launched a cordon and search operation in the Budhal area of J&K’s Rajouri district after some Village Defence Committee (VDC) members fired at “suspicious” persons in the area, sources said on Wednesday. As per local sources, at around 9 PM on Tuesday evening, a local resident from Shahpur village, who is also a VDC member, noticed movement of suspected persons, who pelted stones at the VDC member leaving him injured The VDC member fired upon the suspects using his .303 rifle after which other VDC members of the area also fired at the suspects with over a dozen gunshots heard on the area, local sources said. The villagers claimed that the suspects present in the area also fired two gunshots towards the VDC members and then escaped from the spot. ...

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5 Police Officers Transferred, H. K. Lohia posted Director General Prisons J&K

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Jammu and Kashmir Home Department on Wednesday ordered the transfer and posting of five police officers with H. K. Lohia (IPS) posted as Director General, Prisons, J&K with immediate effect. According to a government order, B. Srinivas, IPS (RR:90), Director General of Police, Prisons, J&K, holding additional charge of Director, Fire & Emergency Services, J&K, has been transferred and posted as Commandant General, HG/CD & SDRF, J&K vice H. K. Lohia. “The post of Commandant General, HG/CD &SDRF, J&K, is declared to be equivalent in the rank and status to that of DGP, till held by the officer,” reads the order, a copy of which lies with KDC. K. Lohia, IPS (RR:92), ADGP, Commandant General, HG/CD & SDRF, J&K, has been transferred and posted as Dir...

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Three years after abrogation of Article 370 ‘repression’ persists in Jammu Kashmir: HRW

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The Indian authorities are restricting free expression, peaceful assembly, and other basic rights in Jammu and Kashmir three years after revoking the region’s special autonomous status, Human Rights Watch said in its latest report. "The government’s repressive policies and failure to investigate and prosecute alleged security force abuses have increased insecurity among Kashmiris," HRW said. On August 5, 2019, the Indian government, promising security and reform, revoked the constitutional autonomy of Jammu Kashmir and split the state into two federally governed territories, in its press statement. "The government action was accompanied by serious rights violations including the arbitrary detention of hundreds of people, a total communications blackout, and severe restrictions on ...

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‘Murder’ of Srinagar woman’: Police register case against In-Laws, arrest trio

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Police have registered a murder case against In-Laws of a deceased woman namely Tasleema Who died in Srinagar under mysterious circumstances. Tasleema (35) was married to one Shahnawaz Ahmad Dar of Nund Resh Colony (B) Bemina Srinagar. Tasleema collapsed at her home and later was shifted to JVC hospital, where doctors declared her brought dead on 27 June this year. On the insistence of Tasleema’s family proceedings under 174 CRPC were put in place and after 36 days Police, today registered an FIR (109/22 U/S 302) against In-Laws of Tasleema. Pertinently, the family of Tasleema had staged a protest alleging that she has been murdered. They had demanded the registration of an FIR against the In-Laws of Tasleema. Tasleema was a resident of HMT Zainakote Srinagar. Police sour...

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SIA raids multiple locations in Kashmir

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State Investigation Agency (SIA) of Jammu Kashmir Police on Wednesday carried out raids at multiple places in Baramulla, Kupwara and Poonch districts in connection with a militancy funding case. Official sources told GNS that SIA personnel with the assistance of police and paramilitary CRPF personnel carried out raids at Baramulla, Tragpora Rafiabad in Baramulla district, three places in Kupwara district, and one place in Poonch. The raids pertain to militancy funding in the J&K. It was not immediately known if the SIA has made any arrests or recovery of any “incriminate” material during the raids carried out today. (GNS)

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No Radiotherapy facility in south Kashmir’s premier hospital, patients suffer

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Hundreds of patients from South Kashmir in need of radiotherapy are suffering in absence of radiotherapy facilities at Government Medical College (GMC) Anantnag. Poor attendants are struggling hard to take their patients on daily basis to SKIMS Soura or SMHS for radiotherapy. Relatives of a 55-year-old cancer patient from Kulgam told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that their patients has undergone multiple chemotherapy sessions, however, he is in need of radiotherapy now. In absence of radiotherapy facilities at GMC, we have to take him for regular radiotherapy for about four weeks, they said, adding that it is not easy to take patient to Soura from Kulgam on daily basis as we belong to financially week family. Had these facilities available at GMC Anantnag, it would ...

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Six Pakistan Army personnel killed in Balochistan helicopter crash: ISPR

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The Pakistan Army helicopter that had gone missing last evening in Balochistan crashed, leaving six military personnel killed, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Tuesday. The military chopper had gone missing as it was en route from Quetta to Karachi at around 5:30pm. The personnel in the chopper were overseeing the flood relief efforts in the southwest of the country. Above normal monsoon rains and deadly flooding have hit Pakistan hard this year, killing hundreds of people so far and wreaking havoc, particularly in Balochistan. The army has remained involved in rescue and relief efforts there. The ISPR, in a statement, said that the wreckage of the unfortunate helicopter was found in Musa Goth, Windar, Lasbela. It said that the accident occurred due to "bad weather"...

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OYO rooms to build 200 homestays in Jammu Kashmir

BUSINESS

CEO OYO India, Ankit Gupta accompanied by Siddhartha Dasgupta, President, Corporate Affairs, OYO called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhavan. The CEO apprised the Lt Governor about the progress made towards building 200 homestays to create rural livelihoods in J&K under project “Crown of Incredible India” by the leading travel tech platform OYO Hotels and Homestays in collaboration with the admin. The CEO also briefed the Lt Governor on the programme to train homestay owners across J&K on earning opportunities by enhancing guest experience and efficiently operating their property, besides creating awareness on homestays using social media and marketing platforms. It was informed that 75 homestays are ready to be inaugurated before August 15, celebrating 75 year...

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19 year young Kulgam youth pens 2 award-winning books, participates in international poetry competition

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Danishwar Hameed Khul Noorabad is a far-flung village in south Kashmir's Kulgam district. The remote area is often in the news for the pathetic condition of the roads or the non-availability of drinking water. However, the area is in news this time after a youth from this village brought laurels to the entire area by participating in an international ceremony on World Poetry Day in Malaysia. The 19-year-old has co-authored over 100 poems on a global level in Germany, Saudi, and several other nations and has published two books and published a paper on the subject 'Theory of relativity and Natural philosophy.' In March, Suhail Ibn Shahnawaz participated in a global ceremony on the occasion of World Poetry Day. Shahnawaz comes from a middle-class family. His father is a government e...