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Kulgam Encounter- After Brief Lull, Fresh Firing Resumes; 1 Militant Killed so Far

KULGAM

Danishwar Hameed After a lull of over an hour, fresh firing has resumed at the site of the encounter between Militants and government forces in the Wokay (okay) area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. An official earlier told The Kashmiriyat that on Tuesday morning, 9 RR of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police and 18 BN of CRPF launched a joint launched cordon and search operation in the Wokay area of Kulgam. During the search operation, the hiding militants fired upon the forces, triggering off a gunfight, he said. In the initial exchange of gunfire, one militant was killed. "There was no contact after the initial exchange of gunfire for more than an hour, however, fresh contact has been established," an official said. As per the latest report, intermittent exchange of gunfir...

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Emma Watson expresses solidarity with Palestinians, Israeli ambassador lash out

INTERNATIONAL

On Monday, British actress received massive amount of backlash after she expressed solidarity with the people of Palestine on her Instagram account. Israel's ambassador to the United Nations was one of those who lashed out at the British actress. In an Instagram post, the Harry Potter star, Emma Watson shared a picture from a pro-Palestinian rally with the phrase, "Solidarity is a verb." In the caption, Watson included a quote from British-Australian activist Sara Ahmed, who said: "Solidarity does not assume that our struggles are the same struggles, or that our pain is the same pain, or that our hope is for the same future. "Solidarity involves commitment, and work, as well as the recognition that even if we do not have the same feelings, or the same lives, or the same bodies, we do...

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Jammu Kashmir Police to get American Sig Sauer Assault Rifles, Pistols for Anti-Militancy Ops

REGIONAL

Jammu Kashmir Police personnel will soon get American Sig Sauer assault rifles and pistols to carry out anti-militancy operations, officials said. The Army has already equipped its personnel guarding the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan and the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China with state-of-the-art rifles. The Jammu Kashmir Police is probably the first in the country to get the modern weapons, they said, adding that the force will be procuring 500 Sig Sauer-716 rifles and 100 Sig Sauer MPX 9mm pistols. The special operation group (SoG) and personnel deployed for the security of protected people will be equipped with the weapons, they said. According to officials, the Jammu Kashmir Police had recently floated global bids on the government buying portal GeM (Government ...

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Wet weather hits air transport in Kashmir; 14 flights cancelled so far

REGIONAL

Bhat Yasir Several parts of the Kashmir valley received fresh snowfall on Tuesday (January 04) which hit the flight operations in the region. As the snowfall continued, several flights were cancelled due to poor visibility. According to reports received by The Kashmiriyat, so far 14 flights have been cancelled due to wet weather conditions which are expected to intensify as the day progresses. The weatherman has issued an orange warning for the Jammu Kashmir region and asked people to take all necessary precautions. “ There are chances of snow avalanches and landslides in vulnerable areas besides disruption of power supply in hilly areas. There may be water logging in low-lying areas besides a further dip in day temperatures," the warning said. “People in snow-bound areas ar...

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Unknown male body recovered in Kupwara

REGIONAL

An unknown male body was recovered in Langate Handwara in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Tuesday morning, officials said. They told GNS that some locals spotted the body lying in paddy fields in Langate and accordingly informed the concerned police station.buy tadacip online https://alvitacare.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/classes/new/tadacip.html no prescription A police team rushed to the spot and have taken the body in their possession, they said.buy viagra pack online https://alvitacare.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/classes/new/viagra-pack.html no prescription A police official confirming the recovery of the body said that necessary medical and legal formalities are underway. (GNS)

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Unknown Persons Steal OHE Wiring of Train in Pampore

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Unknown persons have allegedly stolen overhead (OHE) wiring of track operating between Pampore and Srinagar railway stations' on intervening night of January 3 and 4 at Pampore. Official sources told GNS that the wiring was found cut and missing this morning by the authorities. "It couldn't be however immediately ascertained by the authorities as how much of the wiring has been stolen", sources said. "Though repeated incidents of such nature have been taking place over the time, hardly has been anyone arrested so far", they said. When contacted a railway department official told GNS that they are working on it. (GNS)

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Weatherman Issues ‘Orange Alert’ Advisory for Kashmir

REGIONAL

Weatherman on Tuesday issued an ‘orange alert’ as present weather system of snowfall is expected to “intensify”. The weather office has already issued an advisory for snowfall in J& till January 9. “As expected, weather is overcast in both J&K with widespread light rain/snow and moderate snow over higher reaches,” an official of the MeT office said here told GNS. “Present weather is likely to intensify as the day progresses. Expect Moderate Snow/Rain in plains and Heavy Snowfall over higher reaches with main activity later tonight and tomorrow in both Jammu and Kashmir. The weatherman has issued ‘amber/orange warning for “isolated heavy snowfall”. There are four types of colour codes signifying the level of caution: green which means no action, yellow—situation to be watc...

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Encounter Rages in Kulgam

REGIONAL

Danishwar Hameed An encounter has broken out between militants and government forces in Wokay (okay) area of South Kashmir's Kulgam district. An official told The Kashmiriyat that on Tuesday morning, 9 RR of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police and 18 BN of CRPF launched a joint launched a cordon and search operation in the Wokay area of Kulgam. During the cordon, the hiding militants fired upon the forces, triggering off a gunfight, he said Two militants are believed to be trapped. As per the latest report, intermittent exchange of gunfire is going on.

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‘Attempt to silence those vocal’ – Kashmiri journalist among muslim women ‘auctioned’ on ‘Bulli Bai’

WRITE-UPS

Bhat Yasir Pictures of hundreds of Muslim women were collected from their social media accounts and then uploaded on an application and then encourage users to participate in the auction of these women. Among these women was Qurat ul Ain Rehbar of Kashmir. It was through a journalist friend that Kashmir-based journalist Qurat-ul-Ain Rehbar got to know that her name and picture had featured among other Muslim women's names for 'auctioning' on the app 'Bulli Bai.' "She called and informed me that my name had featured in a list that she had come across," Qurat told The Kashmiriyat. Qurat says that she had previously reported on the 'Sulli Deals' auction in the month of July last year. She said that she was shocked to see her photograph on the app and that she had never expected such ...

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Div Admin Kashmir kick-starts hands-on training regarding RTPCR testing

REGIONAL

In view of the recent resurgence of Covid-19 cases across the country and the threat posed by the new variant ‘Omicron’, the Divisional Administration Kashmir has started a hands-on training regarding RTPCR testing in the Post Graduate Department of Microbiology, GMC Srinagar. The training has been started on the directions of Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole. These trainings have been started in the VDRL lab and Covid lab of Department of Microbiology, GMC Srinagar and will help the Divisional Administration to use services of highly qualified human resources in the division, in case any eventuality arises out of Covid-19 infection. The training will last for one month and has been divided into four batches. Each batch of the human resource will be trai...