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February 10 A woman was assulated by Jammu Kashmir Policemen in Karewa, Manloo area of Shopian district in South Kashmir on Saturday night. Police has ordered a probe after a video went viral in which few cops were beating a woman in a Shopian village. The video showing police men manhandling woman at a village in south Kashmir’s Shopian district has started doing rounds on social media since Sunday morning. The police has taken cognizence of the video and initiated an enquiry. A police spokesperson in a statement said that the police received a complaint from a man that his minor daughter was abducted by Rameez Khan of Shadab Karewa. Khan, according to the spokesperson, is already married. The spokesperson said that as a police party raided the house of the accused to re...

February 10 A cold wave continued in the Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region on Sunday as the weather office said same weather conditions were likely to prevail for two more days. "We are not expecting any major change in the weather conditions during the next two days till February 13 when a spell of light rain and snow is expected in the state," an official of the MET Department said. Srinagar recorded minus 3.4 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature on Sunday, while Pahalgam and Gulmarg it was minus 8.0 and minus 10.0, respectively. Most water taps were frozen in Srinagar. People lit small fires around the water pipes to defrost them. In the Ladakh division, Leh town recorded minus 6.6 degrees Celsius and Kargil minus 21.0. Drass town was coldest in the state with...

February 10 Amid intense clashes, four Militants have been killed in the ongoing encounter at Kelam in South Kashmir's Kulgam. On Sunday, Government Forces had laid a siege around a cluster of houses in Dangerpora area of Kelam. During searches, the holed up Militants opened fire on the forces, triggering an encounter. ALSO READ: PhD Scholar Turned Militant Trapped at Kulgam Encounter Site In the ensuing gunfight between 9 RR, 18 BN CRPF, JKP and Militants, four Militants have been killed. Defying strict restrictions, clashes have erupted in Dangerpora area of Kelam in Kulgam district of South Kashmir. The identity of the Militants has not been confirmed as of yet. However as per initial inputs, all of them are locals, The search operations are still going on in the...

February 10 The Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed on Sunday for the fifth consecutive day due to snowfall and landslides, officials said. Traffic department officials said there has been fresh snowfall in the Banihal area, and landslides at some places in the Banihal-Ramban stretch of the road. “Around three feet snow accumulated on the road. Landslides have occurred at Anokhi Fall, Panthal and Kela Mode,” a traffic department official said. “No traffic movement will be allowed on the highway on Sunday except for the stranded vehicles and that too, only after the road is cleared,” the official added. Inclement weather has led to the closure of the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway this winter many times. Meanwhile the students of Kashmir University stranded o...

February 10 A Ph.D Scholar turned militant, Waseem Ahmed Rather from Quimoh area of South Kashmir's Kulgam District is likely trapped at the encounter site in Kulgam. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that Waseem Ahmed was initially trapped at the encounter site, however some MIlitants have escaped from the encounter site in Dangerpora Kelam. An encounter raged when 9 RR of Indian Army, 18 BN of CRPF and Jammu Kashmir Police were fired upon by Militants during a cordon and search operation in the area. Immediately the troops cordoned off the area during which the holed up Militants opened fire on the troopers triggering an encounter. ALSO READ: The Death of his Friend Forced a Ph.D Scholar to Join Militancy Waseem Ahmed Rather was initially trapped along with his three to four...

February 09 Restrictions have been imposed in most of the towns in the Kashmir valley on Saturday as the valley has shut down from North to South against the hanging of Afzal Guru. Guru was hanged and buried in Delhi’s Tihar Jail after he was convicted of hatching a conspiracy of an attack on Indian parliament. In Pulwama township, the Government Forces have imposed restrictions as a large number of troopers are standing guard around the main town to thwart any protest, reported Jahangeer Ganie. A Complete shutdown is being observed in the district amid pro Freedom Taranas in many Masjids. In Shopian township, the Government Forces are standing vigil to protect any "Untoward" incident. Our Shopian Reporter Sikander Gul reported that the vehicles of Government Forces are d...

February 09 A 7 year old boy was killed after he came under a snow slide from a roop top of a house which hit him. Identified as Irfan Ahmed Khan, a resident of Chahar area in Sopore of north Kashmir’s Baramulla, he was hit by a snow slide late evening on Friday. The seven year old boy died on the spot.

February 08 At least seven dead bodies were recovered from the debris of an avalanche in the rescue operation at Jawahar Tunnel that was started after an avalanche hit the tunnel on Thursday evening. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Islamabad (anantnag), Muhammad Younis Mallik told The Kashmiriyat that seven dead bodies were recovered while three persons were rescued alive in the rescue operation since last evening at Jawahar Tunnel. He said that the identity of the deceased persons is being ascertained, adding that the rescue operation is still going on at the tunnel.buy zydena online https://pridedentaloffice.com/wp-content/themes/Divi/includes/new/zydena.html no prescription The DC further said that Army, paramilitary, police, SDRF and locals have supported the administration in ma...

February 08 Two persons including an assistant accounts officer (AAO) were killed in a landslide on Jammu-Srinagar Highway in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir Friday, officials said. The victims were crossing a landslide zone on foot in Maroog area, when landslide suddenly hit them, they said. The deceased have been identified as AAO Pramod Mankotia, resident of Himachal Pradesh, and Sanjit Lakara of West Bengal. The bodies have been shifted to district hospital Ramban for further formalities, the official added (PTI)

February 08 A pregnant woman is battling fighting for life after traveling 6 Kilometers on foot, halfway to a hospital due to fresh snowfall. A resident of Gujjar Basti in Kokernag belt of  South Kashmir's Islamabad (Anantnag) district, the lady walked on foot for more than six kilometers on snow as the administration failed to clear snow on the Hangalgund- Kandiwara- Watnad road.www.parkviewortho.com/wp-content/languages/new/zithromax.html Sources told The Kashmiriyat that the lady fell down unconscious before she was spotted by a few locals. The lady was later rescued by locals who helped her reach the hospital at Kokernag. The locals of Kandiwara appealed the Deputy commissioner of Islamabad (Anantnag) district administration and SDM Kokernag to get this stretch of road ...