Month: April 2023

Special Investigation Unit of police on Thrusday presented chargesheet before the Court of NIA Court Baramulla in case FIR No. 251/2022 of Police Station Sopore against two accused persons including a hybrid militant and an active LeT militant. In a handout to GNS, the police said that on the 7th of November 2022, three improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were recovered by Sopore Police and accordingly a case was registered in Police Station Sopore. Subsequently following the due course of action, the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) Sopore produced the chargesheet before the NIA Court Baramulla in the instant case FIR No. 251/2022 under section 4/5 Explosive Substance Act, 18, 20, 23, 38 ULAP Act against a hybrid militant namely Waseem Raja Lone son of Ghulam Mohammad Lone resident ...

The authorities on Thursday caught 11 tourists and a local guide with fake and edited Gandola tickets at famous ski resort Gulmarg in north Kashmir's Baramulla district. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that 11 tourists from Gujarat along with a local guide who had come to board Gondola from Kongdori to Gulmarg were caught with fake and edited tickets. He said they had reached Kongdori through ponies and had come to undertake return journey on fake and edited tickets. "To avoid inconvenience to tourists they were brought to Gulmarg through Gondola for investigation. Our officers Showkat Ahmad Bhat (incharge Project) and Pervaiz Ahmad Qureshi (incharge ticketing) completed the formalities and the case was accordingly handed over to incharge SHO Gulmarg Shak...

A 35-year-old man, who allegedly consumed poison on being called by police for questioning in connection with the last week Poonch militant attack case, died on Thursday, an official said. Mukhtar Hussain Shah, a resident of Nar village in the district's Mendhar tehsil, was perturbed as he was facing some domestic issues, he said and added that he was not summoned as a suspect. He allegedly consumed poison at his house on Tuesday evening. He was admitted to the Government Medical College, Rajouri, where he died on Thursday morning, the official said. He allegedly consumed poison at his house on Tuesday evening. He was admitted to the Government Medical College, Rajouri, where he died on Thursday morning, the official said. Shah took the step within hours of he being asked to re...

A 39-year-old woman was critically injured after being attacked by a black bear in Lolab area in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district this afternoon. Reports reaching GNS said that one Shaheena Begum wife of Abdul Ahad Shah, a resident of Gangbugh Lolab was attacked by a black bear while she was busy working in her kitchen garden. The woman sustained grievous injuries in the incident and was immediately evacuated to SDH Sogam for treatment. A group of locals in the meantime rued the lackadaisical approach of Wildlife Department officials. “There are two black bears roaming in the human habitation for almost a week now and despite informing the Wildlife Department officials about this, no action has been taken so far”, they told GNS. “There is every apprehension that the presence of th...

The Congress unit in Karnataka on Thursday lodged a police complaint against Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP leaders and organisers of public rallies in connection with making provocative statements, promoting enmity, hatred and ill will between different communities. The complaint has been lodged with High Grounds police in Bengaluru. Karnataka Congress President D.K. Shivakumar, state In-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala and AICC Spokesperson Gaurav Vallabh personally went to the police station and lodged the complaint. They demanded that an FIR should be filed against the Union Minister for threatening voters of the state by stating that if Congress is voted to power, there will be incidents of violence. The complaint mentioned that deliberate and knowingly false statements ...

An unidentified body was recovered from river Jhelum at Barrage Boniyar area of North Kashmir Baramulla district on Thursday morning in officials said. They told Kashmir Scroll that the unidentified decomposed body was spotted by locals, who later informed the police. They said that a team of police reached to the spot and the body was shifted to a nearby hospital for medico-legal formalities. They said the identification of the body is being ascertained, while investigation has been taken up—(KS)

Intermittent rains lashed Jammu and Kashmir since last afternoon, mostly during the night, while night temperature stayed below normal on Thursday, officials said. Also, “erratic weather” has been forecast in J&K till May 4. A meteorological department official here said that in last 24 hours till 8:30 a.m. this morning, Srinagar recorded 39.7mm of rain, Qazigund 20.8mm, Pahalgam 19.3mm, Kupwara 21.0mm, Kokernag 31.6mm, Gulmarg 43.6mmJammu 3.8mm, Banihal 21.8mm, Batote 32.6mm, Katra 16.2mm, Bhaderwah 43.2mm and Kathua 3.8mm. Regarding temperature, he said, Srinagar recorded a low of 7.0°C against 7.9°C on the previous night and it was 2.3°C below normal for the summer capital. Qazigund, he said, recorded a low of 6.6°C against 5.2°C on the previous night and it was 1.2°C below...