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Waris Shah The residents of Yakerpora of Kapran area in Verinag of south Kashmir’s Islamabad (Anantnag) district are up in arms and staged a protest on Wednesday against the failure of the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department in providing drinking water to residents. The protesters which included men and women said they had been facing a shortage of water for the past one month. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, the residents alleged that With the onset of the winter season and Chilai Kalan, the condition and service of the PHE department has changed from bad to worse. Where we will go in these chilly days and nights”, said a group of locals from Yakerpora. Some protesters alleged that they have brought the matter into the notice of concerned authorities but nothing has been don...

The DG of Jammu Kashmir Police Dilbagh Singh has said that there has been a rapid decline in the Militancy related incidents in Jammu Kashmir this year. He said that the incidents of the local youths joining the Militant organizations have increased.buy vega extra cobra online https://nouvita.co.uk/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/inc/new/vega-extra-cobra.html no prescription He said that compared to 2018 and 2019, there have been fewer Militant attacks this year. However, there has been an increase in the number of local youth joining Militant organizations this year as compared to 2019. DGP Dilbag Singh said that the good thing is that 70 percent of them have been killed or arrested adding that the shelf life of Militants has also reduced. The DGP further said that if we mat...

Skinder Gull People in large numbers are visiting the families of the three slain youth in Shopian and Pulwama Districts who were killed during an encounter with Government Forces on Wednesday in Srinagar's Lawaypora area. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that women and men, in large queues despite restrictions are visiting the families of the slain Zubair Ahmad Lone in the Turkawangam area of Shopian, Ajaz Maqbool Ganai in Putrigam and Athar Mushtaq in Bellow of Pulwama. The businesses in the two districts of South Kashmir are observing a complete shutdown, while traffic is heavily off the roads, The Awantipora is also observing a complete shutdown against the killings. Addressing a joint press conference at 2 RR headquarters at Zainakote, HMT, Srinagar, GoC Kilo Force Sahi said th...

Minimum temperatures plummeted in most parts of Kashmir Valley with Srinagar recording a low of minus 5.9°C against minus 2.1°C on the previous night, the weatherman said on Thursday. MeT official said that the night temperature in Srinagar was around three degrees Celsius below normal for this time of the year. On December 19, Srinagar endured the coldest night of the season at minus 6.6°C and it was the second time in a decade that mercury fell to such an extent during the month of December. Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 10.4°C against minus 11.0°C on the previous night, the official said. Pahalgam, the famous tourist destination in south Kashmir, recorded a minimum of minus 9.6°C against minus 9.0 on the previous night. Qazigund recorded minus 6.2°C against minus 2.5°C on the...

The Jammu Kashmir Police has said that Militants last night lobbed a grenade on a temple in the border village of Jandi in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district but it missed the target and exploded nearby, creating panic among the people there. Kathua Senior Superintendent of Police Shalinder Mishra said that a grenade was thrown by some unknowns on a temple in the Hiranagar sector around 7.30 pm but luckily it missed the intended target and exploded in an open area, without causing any damage or casualty. He said the whole area was immediately cordoned off and a massive operation was launched to nab the assailants. No one has been arrested so far, he said.

Irshad Hussain Amid Protests and clashes, Three youths who were killed in an encounter with Government Forces in Srinagar's HMT area have been buried at least a hundred kilometres away from home in Sonmarg area Ganderbal district. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat the brother of one of the slain youth said that the families of the three youth were called to the Police control room of Srinagar where the bodies of the trio were kept, after which only limited members of the family were escorted by the Police to a graveyard in Sonmarg. ALSO READ: ‘Ours was in Srinagar to Deposit Fees, Our Son Went to Repair his Bike’- Families Plead the Innocence of Sons Killed in Srinagar Encounter "We are still there burying our dead," the family member said. The slain were identified as Ajaz Maqbool Ga...

General Officer Commanding (GoC) Kilo Force H S Sahi Wednesday said that three militants killed in an encounter on Srinagar outskirts were planning a big attack on the highway . Police have yet to identify the militants and their affiliations. Addressing a presser at 2 RR headquarters at Zainakote, HMT, Srinagar, GoC said that five militants including a Pakistani national were killed in two separate gunfights in north Kashmir during the past one week. “From some days , intelligence inputs were coming in about the militant movement on the Srinagar-Baramulla highway. Yesterday, when we developed leads and discovered that militants are hiding in a house opposite to Noora hospital at Lawaypora in HMT area,” Sahi said. He said that militants were repeatedly asked to surrender. “Howeve...

Three militant were killed in an overnight encounter in Hokarsar area of Central Kashmir's Srinagar district district. Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar told GNS that all three militant have been killed in the operation. However Indentity of militant couldn't be established as of now. The encounter resumed this morning after being suspended for night due to darkness. Yesterday, Reports reaching GNS that a joint team of Police, army's 02 RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in Hokarsar . As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon the forces, triggering off an gunfight.(GNS)

The PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti alleged that two women DDC members of her party were detained by Jammu Kashmir Police citing "security concerns". The former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti termed Police as "wheel-dealers" of L-G Manoj Sinha, and said that they are "executing the order of higher-ups." The Jammu Kasmir Police on Wednesday has refuted claims of Mehbooba Mufti and said that no DDC member has been taken rather they have been requested to shift to Tangmarg Guesthouse by Wednesday. "Other members also been requested to shift in view of the vulnerability from a security point of view, the Police said.

Mir Junaid One Militant has been killed during the encounter that erupted in Srinagar's Lawaypora area on Tuesday evening between Militants and Government Forces. The encounter has entered the second day. An Official told The Kashmiriyat that the encounter raged in when the Forces zeroed in towards the spot where militants were holed up. The militants had opened fire during a cordon and search operation launched jointly by 2 Rashtriya Rifles, Jammu Kashmir Police and Central Reserve Police Force late on Tuesday afternoon. The firing continued for a few hours after which the operation was put at a halt due to the darkness. He said that during the exchange of gunfire that resumed on Wednesday morning, one Militant has been killed, who is yet to be identified. The exchang...