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July 19 One Militant has been killed in the brief gunfight that is underway between militants and Government forces in the Batpora  Handwara area of North Kashmir's Kupwara District. Official sources told The Kashmiriyat that 30 RR of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police and CRPF jointly launched the Anti Militancy operation. The Encounter had started when Militants fired on a patrolling party of Government forces who had laid a cordon around Batpora area. As per Sources the gunfire has ended already and now search operations have begun. "Forces are expecting that Militants are hiding in the area, Search Operations are being conducted, the operation is still on," an Official told.

July 19 An encounter has started between Militants and Government Forces in Batpora area of Handwara in North Kashmir’s Kupwara District. Official sources told The Kashmiriyat that 30 RR of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police and CRPF jointly launched the Anti Militancy operation. The Encounter started when Militants fired on a patrolling party of Government forces who had laid a cordon around Batpora area. 2-3 Militants are believed to be trapped in the area, Sources told The Kashmiriyat. Massive firing is on from both the sides. Details Emerging.

July 19 A video of The Inspector General of Traffic, Jammu Kashmir Police Basant Rath slapping a local boy in Srinagar's lal chowk area has gone viral over the social networking. In this less than one minute video, clicked from a distance Rath can be seen slapping the youth many times, who people say was a traffic violator. Rath who otherwise is popular in the Srinagar for the steps he has taken for clearing the traffic mess from the Srinagar streets has been criticised for the behavior. The IGP traffic responding to the video said that the 40 seconds clip was a part of a 25 odd minutes long conversation in that fateful afternoon. The incident is more than two months old, Basant claimed. He claimed that the guy being slapped posed to a be medical student from Delhi sp...

July 19 SAJAD HAMEED Suspected militants on Thursday attacked a police Patrol party at By pass Sopore in North Kashmir's baramulla district. Police officials told The Kashmiriyat that the militants were bike borne and opened opened fire at Police Naka Party and escaped from the scene. “No one is injured in the incident but the whole area has been cordoned off and search for the assailants has been launched,” a Police said said. Immediately  a Cordon and search operation was launched. The Operation is being jointly conducted by SOG sopore,  22RR, 177,179 CrPF.

July 19 How rare is that an officer of the Indian Army would pay a tribute to a Kashmir pro-freedom activist but here is a rare example, following the death of Noor Khan, who joined Militancy in 1989, Brigadier P S Gothra bid an emotional farewell on the Army's Facebook page titled 'Noor Khan is no more and its my personal loss.' Noor Khan, a pro Freedom activist passed away during his time in jail at Kot Bhalwal the last week at the age of 70. The Army Brigadier in his post, mentioned how Khan had rescued his father, also an Army officer from the clutches of fellow colleagues. Khan gave up Militancy after his arrest in 1990. He was later booked under the Public Safety Act which allows detention without trial for six months. Brigadier Gothra while describing his relation with ...

July 19 A New video of more than 25 Militants in Army fatigues displaying assault rifles filmed at an unknown location in Kashmir valley is doing rounds on social media. In this one-and-fifty Second video, around 26 militants could be seen posing for the camera with their assault weapons, mostly AK-47 rifles one by one in a line approaching the camera. In 2017 April, a similar type of video had appeared over the social networking in which more than 30 Militants had posed in a similar fashion, most of them were killed the last year including Saddam Padder, Sheikh Irfan, Waseem Ahmed and others.   WATCH VIDEO   The Video that has gone viral over Social networking is being widely shared around whatsapp and other social networking platforms which has been lately decl...

July 18 An event was organised by Kashmiri Group of North America (KGNA)- a diaspora group of Kashmiris in North America, to display Kashmiri culture and spirit in America, the function was attended by over 500 Kashmiris. A press briefer of the event said that The programme with multiples themes started a debate session which focused on topics like ‘Is independence possible for Kashmir?’, ‘Is it important to marry within the community?’ and ‘Has the Kashmiri American community done enough?’ They said that the main part of the event was Mushtaq’s comic play ‘Bea Chus Shahid – I am the witness’ which was played by a Kashmiri Doctor in Los Angeles named as Nahida Nazir. The play focused on creating a narrative around the ‘contemporary reality which created a sense of disengagement...

July 18 A woman from Nowpora Sopore succumbed to her burn injuries in a Srinagar hospital early morning on Wednesday. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that the woman identified as Vicky Begum wife of Aalam Bhat, a resident of Nowpora Sopore had suffered severe burns in a gas explosion at her house following which she was shifted to hospital in Srinagar. She succumbed to her injuries on Wednesday, Sources said.

July 18 The Militant Outfit Hizb-ul-Mujahideen has issued a clarification as per a Local news Agency saying that the outfit has not issued any posters in downtown Srinagar. Interestingly posters had come up in Srinagar's downtown naming eight people who were allegedly responsible for hoisting ISIS Flags in Srinagar, the poster had also named three girls. The poster had warned that Pro ISIS people will face strict action and will be shot, however the Hizb has clarified that it is merely the work of "Indian agents.buy amitriptyline online https://www.facebeautyscience.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/inc/new/amitriptyline.html no prescription " In its statement, the Hizb said, “We want to make it clear that we have neither released any hit list nor have we drafted any poster...

July 18 The Speculations regarding the joining of Shah Faesal and Shehla Rashid are back into the market post a Tweet by Senior Journalist, Barkha Dutt, both of them are expected to join Omar Abdullah led National Conference before 2019 Elections. Shah Faesal who recently called India "Rapistan" and Shehla known for her political rhetoric as a pro left Activist are both facing disciplinary action. Shehla who is studying at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi has in the recent past been seen as someone very close to Kashmir mainstream politics, however Shah Faesal's entry into politics may come as a surprise or may not. In Jammu Kashmir when all the major parties are formulating strategies for Lok Sabha elections the next year, many political experts believe that local as well...