Month: December 2022

Four unidentified militants, travelling in a truck to Kashmir were killed in a “chance encounter” with a joint team of police and army in Sidhra area of Jammu on Wednesday, police said. A huge quantity of arms and ammunition including seven AK-47 rifles, one M-4 rifle, a pistol and 14 grenades were recovered, a police spokesperson said in a statement to GNS. Police also said that the truck driver fled from the scene and investigations so far have revealed that plate of the truck has been found to be fake while its engine and chassis number was found “tampered”. “On the eve of January 26 and considering previous history of interception of (militants) during this season, the Border Security grid was strengthened in Jammu Province,” a police said, adding, “Two weeks back a huge consignm...

SVEEP programmes were today held at multiple locations across district Shopian. Deputy Commissioner Shopian, Sachin Kumar Vaishya who is also District Panchayat Election Officer (DPEO) held a SVEEP camp at Kanjiullar, Shopian along with the Block Diwas programme. DPEO while interacting with the local residents urged them for enrollment in the panchayat Electoral rolls with the qualifying date as first January, 2003. He also urged the people to contact their concerned PEBOs/AEROs for all issues related to the revision. Two more programmes were held at BHQ Ramnagri and Tehsil HQ Keegam. A large gathering of local residents and other officers/ officials attended the camps. Dy. District Election Officer, spoke on significance of electoral participation and electoral registration i...

Amid protests by Kashmiri Pandit employees of the Jammu and Kashmir administration and Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha's tough stance on it, the Congress party has said they should either be transferred to Jammu or provided security in Kashmir. Kashmiri Pandits are a minority in the J&K Union territory. Many of the communities were forced to leave Kashmir Valley in the 1990s because of terrorism. The return of targeted killings in the past two years has again plunged Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir into insecurity. Following a series of killings, protesting Kashmiri Pandit employees are demanding relocation to Jammu. Congress has now backed the demand. "We cannot leave anyone to die. The jobs were given to them by Congress (government). They lived here for 12 years and never said ...

The government has totally failed to control militancy in Jammu and Kashmir and the terrorism now spreading to the Jammu region is its “biggest failure”, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said on Wednesday. She said the encounter in Jammu’s Sidhra area in the morning, where four terrorists were killed, belied the government's claims of uprooting militancy in JK. “The government claims that it has uprooted militancy from J-K. But, today, there is militancy even in Jammu which is its biggest failure,” Mehbooba Mufti told reporters here. She said it was disappointing that the militancy has spread to the Jammu region now. “They (the government) have totally failed to control militancy,” she added. The PDP chief also claimed that the government might make excuses like Covid or militancy t...

Bharti Airtel has said that it launched it's 'cutting-edge 5G services in the cities of Jammu and Srinagar on Wednesday. In an official communique, the telecommunications services provider said, Airtel 5G Plus services will be available to customers in a phased manner as the company continues to construct its network and complete the rollout. "Customers with 5G enabled devices will enjoy high-speed Airtel 5G Plus network at no extra cost until the rollout is more widespread," Airtel said in its official press release. It said that the service is currently operational at Raghunath Bazar, Gandhi Nagar, Channi Himmat, Panjthirthi, Jammu secretariat, Bahu fort, Bahu Plaza, Jammu railway station, Govt medical college, Canal Road in Jammu and Lal Chowk, Dal lake, Rajbagh, Kashmir Univer...

Fire broke out in civil secretariat in Jammu division on Wednesday afternoon, official said here. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that fire broke out in top floor in one of the blocks of the secretariat today. He said fire tenders have reached to the spot to douse off the flames, while further details were being ascertained—(KNO) Further details are awaited

A 75-year-old undertrial prisoner died on intervening Tuesday and Wednesday night in north Kashmir's Kupwara district, officials said. They told GNS that one Mohammad Maqbool Khan, son of Abdul Gaffar Khan, resident of Kakroosa Villgam, already on medication, took seriously ill and was moved to SDH Kupwara, where he died shortly after. They said the individual was lodged in the district jail Kupwara since August 2022 in a case FIR number 61/2023, pertaining to Sections 306 and 109 of IPC. The official in the meantime said that three sons of the deceased elderly man are also under custody in the particular case. (GNS)

Four militants bodies have been found  near the encounter site hat broke out in Sidra area of Jammu district on Wednesday morning, police said here. 7 AK-47, 3 pistol & other material recovered from the site, Police said. "Four terrorists have been killed in an encounter in #Sidhra area in Jammu. 7 AK-47 rifles, 3 pistols along with other ammunition were recovered. Truck owner is yet to be identified, truck was going from Jammu to Srinagar. Search still on," ADGP Jammu Mukesh Singh said. Details emerging.

Three militants were killed in a brief encounter that broke out in Sidra area of Jammu district on Wednesday morning, police said here. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that encounter broke out in Sidra area today morning following specific input about the presence of militants in the area. He said during the ensuing encounter three unidentified militants were killed, while searches were still going on. Meanwhile, additional director general of police Jammu division, Mukesh Sing said they noticed unusual movement of a truck & followed it. “Truck was stopped at Sidhra where driver managed to flee. When the truck was searched militants hiding inside, fired on the personnel, which was retaliated to,” he said. He further said the encounter was ove...