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July 31 A Cordon and Search Operation has been launched in Chakwali Tulail of Gurez Sector of North Kashmir's Bandipora District on Tuesday. The 51 RR Of Indian Army, and Jammu Kashmir Police jointly launched the operation, Officials told The Kashmiriyat. Locals said that huge contingents of troops are conducting a search operation in the area. The search operation has been launched following a specific input about the presence of Militants in the area, Officials said.

July 31 The Image of a Local Militant Azad Malik alias Dada of Arwani area in South Kashmir posing with a new weapon has surfaced. This is a relatively new weapon and has not been used in the Valley before. As per a story carried by One India, The Indian Security agencies are on job to find out more details on the weapon and say that it has been provided by the Pakistan army. In the past, Militants have only used Ak 47 or Ak 56 Guns but last year too, the image of Sameer tiger, a slain Militant had appeared holding a M4 Carbine. The Indian Security Agencies have reports that the Militants are planning to move on to more sophisticated weapons in a bid to challenge the Indian Government forces.  

July 31 After continuous protests of more than a month, the Barzulla family is likely to get the mortal remains of Mudasir Ahmed today on Tuesday. Mudasir Ahmed had left his home in Old Barzulla Srinagar in December 2016 for some work. He stayed in touch with family members on phone, but in January his phone became switched off. On June 29 this year, Mudasir had been killed in an encounter in Kupwara. The family went to Kralpora Kupwara police station where they were told that the slain was a foreigner and had been buried. The news spread in the Barzulla area and clashes, Protests escalated in the Barzullah locality, scores of youth took to streets and staged protests, seeking the body of the slain. The Kashmiriyat has been informed by sources that the family of Mudasir has ...

July 30 Going by the stats in the first seven months of any year, Militant recruitment has been highest this year as revealed by officials. They say 110 Local youth have joined Militancy till July 15 this year. The increase in the number of local youths picking the gun last month came after June 16, which was Eid, when the ceasefire ended and the security forces decided to undertake operations,” a Srinagar-based security official is quoted saying in the report. The data has been compiled by Jammu Kashmir’s Multi-Agency Centre (MAC), which shows that April witnessed the highest number of youth joining militant ranks (28) and May was the lowest (14), However as per figures available to The Kashmiriyat reveal that at least 110 Youth have joined Militancy so Far. Indian Security ag...

July 30 In yet another display of communal harmoney between Muslims and Hindus in Kashmir, a group of migrant Kashmiri Pandits headed by Shanti Lal recited a Naat' (Exclusive praise of Prophet)after singing a Bhajan in famous tourist destination Pahalgam, during annual Amarnath yatra on Sunday. The Local Muslims also participated in 'Naat' recited by the elderly Pandit. Shanti Lal while speaking to the media said that the aim of reciting 'Naat' on the occasion was to strengthen the centuries-old bond of inter-communal harmony and brotherhood- Kashmir- is popular for across the world. "World should know the inter-communal harmony and brotherhood is thriving in Kashmir despite decades of turbulence," Lal said. Tens of thousands of minority Kashmiri Pandits migrated to differen...

July 30 A child was mowed down by a school bus in Khanyar area of this capital city, reports said. The 3-year-old Wasif Qayoom died on the spot after he was mowed down by a school bus near Shiraz Chowk early this morning. The slain child hails from Nowgam area of uptown Srinagar.buy cialis online https://alvitacare.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/classes/new/cialis.html no prescription “We have arrested the driver and seized his vehicle. Further investigations are going on,” the Police said.

July 29 The President of National Conference, Farooq Abdullah has said there are no buyers for Mehbooba Mufti's "crocodile tears" in the valley. He said that her new "theatrical drama" was aimed at "covering her disastrous, unjust and corrupt tenure". Abdullah was reacting to the speech of the PDP president at the party's foundation day function here yesterday in which she described allying with the BJP as "drinking a cup of poison". The youth of the state witnessed an unprecedented reign of persecution and harassment under her rule and her party went above and beyond the call of their duty to the BJP in helping them inflict irreparable damage on the state's autonomy and special status, he said. Farooq Abdullah asked where were Mehbooba's tears when young children were being...

July 29 Local youths joining Militant groups in the Kashmir Valley this year stood at 110 till July 15, with Shopian in south Kashmir accounting for the maximum recruitment at 28, officials said. The numbers have drastically gone up as being constantly in 2018 reported by The Kashmiriyat.  In 2017, the total recruitment stood at 126. Indian Security agency officials said highly volatile south Kashmir, comprising Shopian, Pulwama, Anantnag and Kulgam districts, remained a region accounting for a higher number of youths joining militant groups as 91 youths joined various Militant outfits from here. If this trend continues, 2018 may end up as the worst year in terms of number of youths joining various militant groups, according to the officials. South Kashmir districts have ...

July 29 Jammu Kashmir is annually loosing crores due to illegal extraction of sand,gravel and boulders from rivers. The unabated extraction is damaging bridges, triggering floods and taking away the pristine of the rivers. Though some sites have been auctioned by Geology and mining department however most of the sites are still unauctioned and the illegal extraction at these places is unabated. As observed by The Kashmiriyat, Hundreds of tractors, trippers, trucks and JCBs can be seen stripping the rivers beds daily from unauctioned sites despite repeated ban orders by administration. A top source within Geology and Mining Department told The Kashmiriyat that only block 12 has been auctioned in area between sangam to kakapora, however most of extraction goes on at unauctioned p...

July 28 Another Youth from South Kashmir has joined Militant ranks despite the escalating Militant deaths during Anti Militancy operations since the last year. Local Youth have been joining Militant ranks in huge numbers despite the plea of Police as well as Army officials to stay away from Militancy. Today another youth identified as Ishfaq Ahmad wani son of late Mohammad Yousuf wani resident of Koil village of Pulwama district who had been missing from last seven days has released his photograph with a gun. ALSO READ: Pulwama MBA Pass out has Likely Joined Militancy Sources told The Kashmiriyat that Ishfaq whose father was a famous Militant commander from Pulwama was killed on 31 August 1996. The 25 year old, a post graduate in Business Administration was as a fruit busines...