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Danishwar Hameed An encounter has started between militants and Government forces in Awahatoo area of Kulgam district. An official told The Kashmiriyat that on Tuesday afternoon, 34 RR of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police and CRPF jointly laid a cordon a search operation in the Awatoo area Kulgam district on a specific information generated by police. During the cordon, the hiding militant opened fire on forces triggering an encounter. As per locals, massive gunfire is underway at the site of the encounter.  

A 17-year-old youth from the Bijbehara area of south Kashmir's Anantnag district has gone missing. Owais Gulzar, 17, son of Gulzar Ahmad Wagay, a resident of Bijbehara has been missing since 21st September, his family members told The Kashmiriyat. “He had a friend in Srinagar, he went there for work,” a family member said. “From Srinagar, he has gone to Kangan and has passed a night in Dar ul uloom at Wussun on 13th September. The Dar ul uloom authorities said that we gave him some receipt books for collecting money,” he added. He further said that the Owais came back home with these receipt books. “At home, we didn't allow him to work as a donation collector,” the family member said. “On 17th September, he again left home for Srinagar to work as donation collector. For few day...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s Jammu and Kashmir visit on October 1 and 2 has been postponed and that he will now arrive on October 4, Official sources told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). A BJP leader privy to the development said that due to some engagements, Union Home Minister’s J&K visit has been postponed. “Now he will arrive on October 4 on two-day J&K visit,” he said, adding that Shah will visit Rajouri and address a rally there. He will also visit Baramulla and address a mega rally there. Shah is also scheduled to make announcements about various welfare schemes for Paharis and Schedule Tribe people in Baramulla. He will also chair a high level security meeting in Srinagar. Shah was supposed to arrive in J&K on September 30, however, due to some engagem...

Meer Irfan On Tuesday, the Chief of the People's Democratic Party and former Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti reached Aglar Shopian and joined the apple farmers protesting for the third consecutive day against the halting of their trucks on the Srinagar-Jammu highway which has led to the rotting of the apples. ALSO READ: Halting of trucks on Highway: Sopore fruit Mandi faces loss worth Rs 500 Cr in September " You have turned Kashmir into an open prison, pulverized our economy. I warn the administration if they don't immediately open the roads for trucks, I along with our workers will sit on a protest," the PDP President said. The JK admin should know lakhs of people in Kashmir are dependent on the apple industry. The farmers have taken loans and have to pay that bac...

A woman was hospitalized after a black bear attacked her in Uttersoo village of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district this morning, officials said. They told GNS that one Shamema Begum, wife of Mushtaq Ahmed Hajam was outside her house when the beast attacked her. Alerted by the cries, the family and locals came to her rescue and chased away the wild animal, they said. The woman was subsequently taken to SDH Shangus for treatment, they further said. The gravity of injuries however couldn’t be known at the time of filing of this report. (GNS)

Weather department on Tuesday forecast mainly dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir during next 24 hours. A meteorological department official here told GNS that isolated light rain and thunder was expected in the next two days. As regards the mercury, he said, Srinagar recorded a low of 11.6°C against 14.6°C on the previous night. The temperature was 1.2°C above normal for the summer capital during this time of the year, he said. Qazigund recorded a low of 9.4°C against 9.0°C on the previous night. The temperature was 0.5°C above normal there, he said. In Pahalgam, the mercury settled at 6.8°C against 6.4°C on the previous night and it was 0.6°C above normal for the south Kashmir resort, he said. Kokernag recorded a low of 10.7°C against 9.0°C the previous night and it was 1.1°C...

Halting of fruit-laden trucks on Srinagar-Jammu national highway has taken a heavy toll on Asia's second largest Fruit Mandi in Sopore, with Mandi administration stating that they have suffered around Rs 500 crore loss in the month of September alone. President buyers association, Fruit Mandi Sopore Mudasir Ahmed Bhat told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that halting of trucks along Srinagar-Jammu national highway leads to a loss of around Rs 500 crore to the growers, buyers and dealers in the month of September only. He said, that a buyer suffers a loss of Rs 4-5 lac per truck as the authorities are unnecessarily stopping trucks and it seems they deliberately want them to suffer. “Who is going to pay the losses,” asked Mudasir. "If the situation doesn’t change and the...

Danishwar Hameed One militant has been killed in the encounter at Batpora area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Earlier an official had told The Kashmiriyat that on Monday evening Government forces including RR of the Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in Batpora. During the searches, the militants opened fire on the Forces which led to a gunfight. One militant identified as Abu Hurrah of Pakistan has been killed in the encounter, officials said. Earlier two civilians and an army trooper were also injured in the gunfight, all of them are stated to be stable. One of the civilians was identified as Ashiq Bhat, son of Khaliq Bhat a resident of Checki Cholen of Shopian district. Meanwhile a residential house has caught fire...

Two civilians and an army trooper were injured in an ongoing encounter at Batpora area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Monday, officials said. In a tweet Kashmir Police Zone wrote, " 01 Army soldier & 02 civilians got injured in the ongoing encounter. All the 03 injured shifted to hospital for treatment. Operation going on. Further details shall follow,". Meanwhile operation in the area is still underway as this story was being updated.(GNS)

Amid, anger and frustration about the halting of Fruit-loaded trucks on national highway, fruit growers from different areas of Jammu and Kashmir, hit to Central Kashmir's district Srinagar to register their protest against the administration. Talking to a selected group of media person, fruits growers as per Kashmir Bulletin--(KB), said that government on one hand is issuing advisor but on the other-hand, no action is being seen on ground level. We have visited Ramban on our own, inorder to inspect, but saw no progress. “We have sent a written proposal to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sina, and to Chief Secretary and to the Additional Chief Secretary also, but there was no response as of now. We the fruit growers are very much depressed and now we have came to know that Union Home Minis...