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A foreign Jaish militant active for the last 8 months in the district was killed in Kaprin area of Shopian early morning hour's on Friday Jammu and Kashmir termed the operation as a big success and congratulated the joint team for conducting a successful operation and eliminating Jaish militant Kamran. Addressing a press conference in Shopian, senior superintendent of police (SSP) Tanushree said that a foreign militant Kamran Bhai alias Hanees a Pakistan national was active for more than eight months in south Kashmir’s Shopian. He was involved in many militant-related incidents, the top cop said as per news agency— Kashmir News Apex (KNA). SSP Shopain Tanushree said There was intelligence input about a Fidayeen attack and civilian target killings in Shopian district, We shall deal wi...

A Delhi Court has granted bail to a 25-year-old Kashmiri youth, after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) failed to file a charge sheet within the statutory period against him in a case registered under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967, Live Law reported. The Principal District and Sessions Judge Dharmesh Sharma of Patiala House Courts granted bail to Fayaz Ahmad Khan who was arrested by the probe agency on 14 May after various raids were conducted in Jammu Kashmir in ‘The Resistance Front (TRF)’ conspiracy case. As the period of 180 days for filing a charge sheet against Khan expired, his counsel Tamanna Pankaj moved an application seeking bail under Section 167 (2) of the CrPC. The NIA did not respond to the application. Without delving into the merits of the cas...

The Endangered royal stag, popularly known as the Hangul, has shown a gradual increase in its population and fresh survey in this regard is being carried out through genetic methods. The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red Data Book which contains lists of species at risk of extinction has declared the Hangul as one of three species that were critically endangered in JK. The other two are the Markhor and the Tibetan antelope or ‘Chiru’. The Hangul is placed under Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and the JK Wildlife Protection Act, 1978. “To increase the breed of the ‘Hangul’, the animal breeding centre is functional at Shikargah area of Tral in Pulwama under the 'Species Recovery Programme”, an official said. The official said tha...

Amid forecast for “mainly dry weather” in the next 24 hours, mercury recorded a drop in Jammu Kashmir with the famous Pahalgam resort recording a low of minus 4.2°C on Friday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar recorded a low of 3.°C against 4.7°C on the previous night. The temperature was 1.8°C above normal for the summer capital during this time of the year, he said. Qazigund recorded a low of 2.2°C against 5.0°C on the previous night. The temperature was 0.3°C above normal for the gateway town of Kashmir, he told GNS. In Pahalgam, the mercury settled at minus 4.2°C against 2.8°C on the previous night and it was 3.1°C below normal for the south Kashmir resort, he said. Kokernag recorded a low of 2.4°C against 3.7°C on the previous night and it wa...

Panic spread in the Pahoo area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district when the locals spotted wild boars late on Thursday night. An eyewitness told The Kashmiriyat that around 10 PM on Thursday he spotted a group of wild boars (around eight) moving towards the main road in Pahoo- Chakpora Pulwama which triggered panic among the locals. "We own a poultry farm in Pahoo. Around 10 PM, as we came out of our farm, we spotted a group of animals moving on the main road. As we approached closer, we saw a group of wild boars moving about on the road," he said. He said that he has seen a boar for the first time in Kashmir. "This is a new phenomenon in Kashmir. We have never seen boars anywhere, at least, not in our area," he added. Seeking the immediate intervention of Wildlife officials, h...

Additional Director General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar on Friday said that foreign JeM militant Kamran has been killed in a gunfight at Kaprin area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. While quoting ADGP Kashmir, The Kashmir Zone Police on its official Twitter handle wrote, " One FT of JeM militant outfit killed, identified as Kamran Bhai @ Hanees who was active in Kulgam-Shopian area. Search is still going on,". Earlier, a gunfight erupted during predawn hours between militants and security forces in Kaprin area Shopian.(GNS)

The government upper primary school in Shajan area of Tral in southern Kashmir's Pulwama district has no building to accommodate its students. Locals from the area told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that school in the area was established two decades ago, however, the school doesn't have its own building reflecting the sorry state of affairs. They said that school was functional in a small cowshed type structure which was in dilapidated condition and later a local offered his two rooms of his house, where currently students are being taught. Ab Rashid, a local resident, said that eight classes are being taught in two rooms and under such conditions, students are unable to concentrate there. He said that teachers are also facing problems and managing students of four ...

An acute shortage of hoppers has affected the smooth sanitation process in Sopore town as the Municipal Council (MC) Sopore has only seven hoppers for 21 wards. With the shortage of hoppers, the people have said that the heaps of garbage could be seen piling up in the town, causing immense hardships to them. Sources told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the MC Sopore is facing shortage of the hoppers, adding that for 21 wards; the council has only 6 hoppers. They said that there were only five hoppers while in the month of April this year; two more hoppers were procured, taking the number of hoppers to seven. President of Municipal Council, Musarat Kar told KNO that out of seven hoopers, six are functioning properly while a driver of one of the hoppers is on lea...

A couple died of suffocation caused by gas leak in North Kashmir's Baramulla district, officials said here on Thursday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the couple had fallen unconscious after the room they were sleeping in was filled with gas from a heater. The deceased were identified as Dr Abdul Rasheed Bhat and his wife Nisara Begum of Noorbagh area Baramulla. He said that police are ascertaining the details, however, primarily investigation suggests suffocation as the cause of death—(KNO)

District Magistrate Shopian has ordered ban on entry and usage of at least nine properties including a yet to be functional school building belonging to Jamaat-e-Islami following communication by State Investigation Agency. The directions have been issued under Section 8 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. The Government of India has already declared the Jamat-e-Islami, Jammu & Kashmir as an “unlawful association”. "The State Investigation Agency, Kashmir vide communication No. SIA/FIR-17-19/22/7010-14; dated: 05.11.2022 has intimated that during investigation of case FIR No. 17/2019 u/s 10, 11 & 13 UA(P) Act of P/S Batamaloo now being investigated by P/S SIA, nine (09) properties have surfaced that are owned by and under possession of banned association Jamat-e-I...