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Avalanche hits Afarwat hills in Gulmarg, 1 foreign tourist dead, two more trapped

REGIONAL

A massive snow avalanche hit near HapathKhud at Afarwat peak in the famous ski resort Gulmarg in north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Wednesday. Sources said that the two-three foreign skiers have been trapped in the avalanche. “One body recovered, another seriously injured, as massive snow avalanche hits Gulmarg Phase 2 Affarwat Hills,” Kashmir Weather, an independent weather forecaster, reported. https://twitter.com/Kashmir_Weather/status/1620702371675508736?t=HgHZaOdTdLa6ZCEhLAbhCQ&s=19 Adding “2 more are believed to be trapped. All are said to be foreigners.” However, Baramulla Police in a tweet said “Avalanche hit the Afarwat peak HapathKhud at famous ski resort in Gulmarg.” Adding, “Rescue operation has been launched by Baramulla Police alongwith other agencies...

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‘Where do we go’, Budgam residents protest against state land eviction drives

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Scores of local residents on Wednesday staged a protest in the Magam area of central Kashmir's Budgam District against the ongoing eviction drives across Jammu Kashmir. Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that locals including women and a large number of youth holding various placards 'stand up for your rights, 'we want justice', 'It is time to wake up', raised slogans demanding an immediate rollback of the order calling for a removal of people from "state land." They said that several shopkeepers have received eviction notices from the admin informing that their shops were encroachments upon state land. Protestors said that Kashmiris are being deprived of their rights and their lands as well. "This is not a question of the present generations now, this is about the coming generatio...

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Family of man found dead 2 days ago in Sopore locality protest, allege murder

REGIONAL

The family of a man, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances two days ago in Warpora area of Sopore in north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Wednesday staged a protest, alleging he was murdered. Reports reaching the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said the family members of the 29-years-old man identified as Shehzad Ahmed Malik of Bunpora Warpora staged a protest by blocking Sopore - Bandipora road at Warpora chowk, demanding the arrest of the culprit. They alleged that the man was murdered and demanded a thorough probe into the incident. Meanwhile, the Police said they have already registered a case in this regard and investigations were going on. Notably, Malik's body was found under mysterious circumstances in his neighbouring locality on January 30–(KNO)...

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Mercury drops in Kashmir, MeT predicts dry weather for next 24 hours

REGIONAL

Amid the forecast for mainly dry weather in the next 24 hours, the minimum temperature recorded a drop in some places in Jammu Kashmir on Wednesday with Pahalgam recording a low of minus 8.9°C. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar recorded a low of 0.4°C against 0.0°C on the previous night. Today’s minimum temperature, he said, was above normal by 1.1°C for the summer capital. Qazigund, he said, recorded a low of 0.2°C against minus 0.4°C on the previous night and it was 2.3°C above normal for the gateway town of Kashmir. Pahalgam, he said, recorded a low of minus 8.9°C against minus 4.7°C on the previous night and it was 2.8°C below normal for the famous tourist resort in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Kokernag recorded a low of minus 0.5°C aga...

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Tangmarg youth dies of ‘cardiac arrest’ in Police custody at Shopian

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A youth from north Kashmir who was recently arrested by Police in Shopian has died in the police custody. Identified as Faizan Yasin Dar, a resident of Tarhama in Baramulla district's Kunzer area, the youth was recently arrested by Police in a drug peddling case. A Police Spokesperson had said that a police party from Police Post Wachi at a checkpoint established at Arwani Melhora road near Nadkadal intercepted a vehicle (Ertiga) bearing registration No. PB 01C-4543 with three persons on board who tried to flee from the spot but two accused persons were arrested on spot however, one of the accused person managed to flee from the spot. During search, 41 grams of Brown Sugar like substance was recovered from the said vehicle. During questioning, the arrested persons disclosed the...

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Four Kashmiri youth arrested in Gujarat for ‘suspicious’ movement

INDIA

Ahmedabad Crime Branch and the city police have detained four Kashmiri youths from the Motera area because of their suspicious movement near the Narendra Modi Stadium. Deputy Commissioner of Crime Branch, Chetainya Mandlik, told media that the CB team and the local police detained the four Kashmiri youths from the Motera area because of their suspicious movement near Narendra Modi stadium late on Monday night. The officer said that the four youths, all of whom are from Budgam near Srinagar, are being questioned about their presence in Ahmedabad. According to sources, the youths were found in an area near the stadium, where ordinary citizens are not allowed to move. In the past, they had visited and stayed in a mosque in the Palanpur area. This time, after arriving in Ahmedabad, th...