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A sense of insecurity has prevailed among the locals of Naseem Bagh area of Summer capital Srinagar after burglary incident in the area and failure of police to nab the accused despite the passing of three months. “Burglars looted gold worth lakhs and also took away cash meant for Zakat from a house of a retired professor in the area on the intervening night of April 8 and 9 this year,” said locals. “The theft took place when Prof Noor Muhammad Bilal and his wife, who is also a professor at Kashmir University, were performing Umrah in Ramadhan. Now they are running from pillar to post, seeking Police action to nab the accused,” they said. “It has been over months now that the case FIR number 35/2022 was registered at police station Nigeen. But the burglars are still untraced. Our ...

While light rains lashed parts of Kashmir Valley, most parts of Jammu division recorded downpour in the last 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. The weatherman has forecast more light to moderate showers in J&K in next 24 hours even as he said “no major rain” was expected in JK in the next five days. A meteorological department official here said that very heavy rain occurred since early morning with Jammu receiving 198mm followed by Reasi (152mm), Samba (105mm), Katra (77.8mm), kathua (8.2mm), Bhaderwah (1.7mm), Banihal (0.8) while Srinagar received 1.0mm, Qazigund 0.4mm while Kokernag had traces. He said sharp rise in water levels in rivers of Jammu was expected and that there may be flash flood, mudslide and shooting stones on Ramban-Banihal axis. Regarding minimum tem...

A 28-year-old youth From Hanjiwera Pattan was on Thursday found dead under mysterious circumstances in Delhi. Reports Reaching Kashmir News Service KNS said that 28-year-old Aadil Ahmad Bhat Son Manzoor Ahmed Bhat was found dead in a Rented house in Delhi under mysterious and suspicious circumstances. Official Sources told KNS That his body was found hanging in suspicious conditions after which Delhi police were informed. Delhi police have registered a case and an investigation has also been initiated: they said However, It's pertinent to mention that the deceased had pursued an OT training course & was doing a job for the last few years. Meanwhile, Pattan Police is ascertaining more facts in this regard. (KNS)

A suicide attack on the Indian Army camp in Rajouri was foiled on Wednesday after the security forces killed two militants in an encounter in the Pargal area of Jammu and Kashmir. According to the 11 Rajasthan Rifles, the two militants were spotted crossing the fence of the Army camp at Pargal, which is located around 6 km from the Darhal police station. The jawans deployed in the area retaliated against the infiltration attempt and an encounter broke out with the militants. A soldier standing guard at a point of the passage was challenged by the infiltrators, leading to an exchange of fire. Additional parties were despatched for the location and two militants were killed in the exchange of fire. While five army personnel were injured in the encounter, three succumbed to the injur...

Srinagar, Aug 10 (KNO): The traffic police Srinagar has issued a fresh traffic advisory in view of the Muharram procession, scheduled to be carried out on August 12, 2022 (Friday). “The 12th Muharram-ul-Harram (11th August-2022) procession is to be taken out from Dangerpora upto Shahtulpora (Sumbal Sonawari area District Bandipora) which effects the traffic movement on Srinagar-Bandipora road from 02:00 PM till 06:30 PM,” the advisory, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reads. In order to have smooth movement of traffic and for convenience of general public, motorists, the following traffic advisory is issued: Traffic moving on Shalteng-Sumbal road shall be diverted towards Narbal at Shalteng (HMT crossing). Motorists are advised to avoid movement on this road p...

A teenage boy drowned to death while taking a bath in Jhori Nallah in Dandote village of Rajouri district on Wednesday evening, officials said here. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the boy identified as Umar Farooq (17) son of Mohammad Farooq of Gabbar village was returning from school at around 3:30 when he decided to take a bath in Jhori Nallah near Hayan bridge. He said that the boy drowned while taking a both the Nallah and soon after the incident a rescue operation was launched to retrieve his body. He added that his body was later retrieved from the water body at around 7:15 pm in the evening. The official said that body of the teenager is at PHC Kotranka and will be handed over to family members after medico-legal formalities—(KNO)

JK admin is keen on promoting of cricket bat industry of Kashmir enabling the Kashmir willow cricket bat to become a world-class product. In order to revive Kashmir’s cricket bat manufacturing and other wood-based industry, a team of Union Ministry of Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises officials had also visited valley to find ways for extending support. In this direction Common Facility Centre, Sethar was established at an estimated cost of Rs 4.61 crore with plant and machinery installed by PPDC, Meerut incurring an expenditure of Rs 2.46 crore. The objective of this CFC is to facilitate seasoning of willow clefts and provide all facilities to the Cricket Bat Unit holders under one roof. This will enable the unit holders to use modern techniques in production of world class crick...

A 14-year-old boy drowned in river Jhelum in Nawakadal area of Srinagar on Wednesday evening, officials said here. Official sources told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Momin Ahmad (14) of Dal Hassanyar drowned in river Jhelum while taking a bath. They said that soon after the incident a rescue operation was launched by River Police Srinagar to retrieve the body. Meanwhile, police is said to have taken cognizance of the incident—(KNO)

Three militants have been killed in the encounter in the Waterhail area of central Kashmir's Budgam district on Wednesday afternoon. Officials said that All the three hiding militants have been killed. The bodies of the slain have been retrieved from the site. "Identification yet to be ascertained. Incriminating materials, arms & ammunition were recovered from the site of the encounter. A big success for us," ADGP Kashmir said. Earlier the Jammu Kashmir Police said that Lateef Ahmed Rather, who is a resident of the Chadoora area in central Kashmir's Budgam district was trapped at the site of the encounter. Pertinently, Lateef Ahmed Rather, a resident of Badipora in Budgam's Chadoora had gone missing from his sister's house in the Sadrabal area of Hazratbal Srinagar on 20 Febru...

Three militants have been killed during the ongoing encounter in Waterhail area of Central Kashmir's Budgam district on Wednesday. In a tweet Kashmir Police Zone wrote, "#BudgamEncounterUpdate: All the three hiding LeT #terrorists #neutralised. Bodies being retrieved from the site, identication yet to be ascertained. #Incriminating materials, arms & ammunition recovered. A big success for us: ADGP Kashmir". Earlier, a joint team of Police and army launched a cordon and search operation in the area. As the joint team of forces intensified searches towards the target spot, the hiding militants fired upon the forces leading to an encounter.