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The minimum temperatures remained below sub-zero level across Kashmir Valley even as the mercury rose across the Valley, the weatherman said on Monday. A meteorological department official told GNS that the mercury increased by a degree Celsius in Srinagar, settling at minus 2.0°C against the previous night’s 3.6°C. The summer capital of J&K has minus 0.4°C normal for this time of the year and for the last three days barring earlier night, the minimum temperature stayed above sub-zero level. Otherwise, the mercury has consistently remained far below normal this winter. On January 31, the mercury plunged to minus 8.8°C, the coldest January night recorded in Srinagar after 30 years. The minimum temperature also rose in other parts of the Valley, the MeT official said. Qazigund,...

A CRPF officer died after receiving burn injuries due to electric shock here in Kashmir capital Srinagar. Sources told that Assistant Sub Inspector from D/54 Battalion Dilbeer Singh was found dead at SKICC Srinagar. The officer as per sources was electrocuted while his service rifle was also found damaged in his picket at Morcha Number 5 at SKICC where he was posted. The deceased is a resident of Pathankot Punjab. Police sources while confirming his death said that a case has been registered in this regard. They said prima facie it seems the officer received electric shock after a short circuit. (KNT)

The Jammu Kashmir Police on Sunday registered a criminal case against two brothers for allegedly running fraudulent finance companies here to dupe investors, an official said. The case against Vikas Mahajan and Lokesh Mahajan of Gurha Bakshi Nagar was registered under relevant sections of the law on a written complaint lodged by Paloura resident D K Gupta through the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), a spokesperson of the Crime Branch, Jammu, said. In the complaint, it was alleged that the duo was running the private finance companies Samridhi Finance Limited, S K Business Corporation and Mahajan & Co by fraudulent means and have duped a lot of people of a large sum of money. The RBI further informed that out of the three companies, only Messrs Samridhi Finance Limited was previous...

Shabir Khan Two minor siblings have gone missing from the Sopore area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. An official told The Kashmiriyat that Faizan Ahmed (13) and his brother Rizwan Ahmed (12), sons of Mohammed Ashraf Dar of Nowpora area in Sopore went missing on Saturday afternoon. The family soon rushed to seek Police help to trace the duo and filed a missing report at the Sopore Police station. The Jammu Kashmir Polie swung into action and have launched searches to trace the missing siblings. Police has sought Pubic help in tracing the two brothers and asked to contact on the phone numbers: 9596773010, 7889980105, 9596773024 and 70067 07586.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National General Secretary Tarun Chugh Saturday said that Union Budget 2021-22 would usher a new era of development in Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh Union Territories. He said as a key initiative in the Petroleum and Natural Gas sector, the announcement of the maiden gas pipeline, which has been pending for over a decade, would prove to be a big boon for the economy of the region. In the past, due to a lack of administrative push, the project showed no progress for a decade. Jammu Kashmir will now reap the benefits of the project that will help the residents gain access to better gas connectivity and adopt clean fuel practices, thus boosting the gas-based economy, he said. The total budget allocation of Rs 30,757 crores would help boost the economic growth ...

4G Internet services are being restored in Jammu Kashmir very soon, Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary (Energy and Information), Jammu Kashmir admin tweeted.buy Alphagan generic buy Alphagan generic Pertinently Political parties in Jammu Kashmir have been demanding the removal of the restrictions that were imposed on high-speed Internet Services in Jammu Kashmir for 551 Days now. The Supreme Court of India had intervened and expressed resentment asking the authorities in JK to take a considered stand on the possibility of providing 4G Internet services in Kashmir. Internet services were stopped in Jammu Kashmir on 04 August 2019, a day before the abrogation of Article 370 and 35 A, However, 2G Internet service was restored on 25 January 2020. After this, high-speed internet servic...

Mubashir Naik A youth from the Anantnag district of South Kashmir who had gone missing from Qatar in October has been arrested in New Delhi after being deported from the Gulf Country. Muneeb Ahmed Sofi who according to his family was working in a juice factory in Doha Qatar lost contact with his family on 18 Oct. 2020. The officials have said that Muneeb has been arrested by a team of Kulgam Police from IGI Airport New Delhi this morning after his deportation from Qatar. As per an official, Muneeb was working as an Overground worker for the Militant outfit, Jaish e Muhammad and has been named in the FIRs 58/2020 U/S 13, 18, 19, 38, 39 ULA(P) Act.​ "An accused arrested in the said case disclosed that he along with other OGWs were collecting money for JeM from various district...

The Government Forces on Friday issued a high alert after Jammu and its adjoining areas received Pakistan's mobile signals, causing panic in the region. Following this, the Jammu and Kashmir Police conducted searches in the city's Bharat Nagar area, reported Dainik Jagran.buy ivermectin online gaetzpharmacy.com/ivermectin.html no prescription "However, the search operation, which lasted for nearly three hours, was stopped because the agencies didn't find any suspicious activities in the region," Dainik Jagran quoted a senior police official as saying. Quoting sources, Dainik Jagran claimed that security agencies are on high alert as they fear that the signals might be used by Militants hiding in the Valley, adding that some residents might also use Pakistani SIM cards. The int...

District Police Ganderbal in its concerted efforts to eradicate menace of drugs from the society, made yet another breakthrough in tackling drug peddlers, the Police stated in a press release. Acting on specific information from reliable sources that a huge consignment of contraband substances is possessed in a  house, a party was swiftly formed by Ganderbal Police from Police Station Gund under the supervision of SDPO Kangan Shri Yasir Qadri-JKPS, headed by SHO PS Gund INSP. Lateef Ali in presence of Tehsildar Kangan Shri Abdul Majeed Rather-KAS raided the source pinned house and recovered contraband substances comprising of 10 kg of Ganja, Charas powder -210 gram and charas sticks wrapped in corn husk -058 grm from the residence of the accused person namely Shakeel Ahmad Raina R/O Kasan...

The chief justice of Jammu Kashmir High Court Thursday amended the earlier notification and gave nod to the physical hearing of cases in all district, subordinate and tribunal courts in J&K and Ladakh UT's from February 8. The fresh order, a copy of which lies with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) was issued by the Chief Justice, Pankaj Mithal keeping in view the latest SOPs of the Government of India. The order reads that the physical hearing of the cases in the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir as well as in the District and Subordinate Courts and Tribunals in UTs of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh shall resume February 08. It said that "However, to ensure that there is no complacency against the spread of COVID-19 infection. Advocates shall be allowed entry into the...