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Suhail Dar An encounter has broken out between militants and government forces in the Semthan area of Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. An official told The Kashmiriyat that on Tuesday afternoon 3 RR of the Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police and CRPF launched a joint launched cordon and search operation in the Semthan area of Anantnag During the cordon, the hiding militants fired upon the forces, triggering off a gunfight, he said Two to three militants are believed to be trapped. Locals speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that a massive exchange of gunfire is on in the area.

Amid the prediction of wet weather in the first week of November, apple growers in Kashmir are caught in a deep sea as they are worried that they can't pick apples and carry out pruning simultaneously. Growers from different areas of Kashmir, mainly Shopian, told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that their 30-40 percent produce is still on trees and it is impossible to completely pick the fruit within two or three days. Abdul Rashid an orchardist from Ramnagri area of Shopian said that most of the apples in the area are still on trees and even some families have started apple picking just a few days ago. He said that the government has issued an advisory to complete the harvesting process and carry out the pruning process at the earliest which is impossible. Orchardists...

Sheikh Nadeem At least three people were injured in a road accident near the Larnoo Bridge in Larnoo area of south Kashmir's district Anantnag district. An official told The Kashmiriyat that on Tuesday morning, a two wheeler bearing registration number JK07AM 0220 collided with an auto rickshaw with the registration numberJKO3F 3247, resulting in injuries to three persons. They said that the three were shifted to the nearby hospital for treatment, from where they were refferred to Anantnag's GMC for treatment.

Suhail Dar  Four shops gutted in a fire mishap near at Batengoo area of south Kashmir's Anantnag district. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that around 2 am, a fire erupted from a shop in the Batengoo area which spread to the nearby shops leaving goods worth lakhs of rupees damaged. They said that before the fire tenders could control the fire، four shops had been damaged۔ The cause of the fire was not immediately known however we are ascertaining the facts, an official told The Kashmiriyat while confirming the incident.

The Jammu Kashmir police on Monday claimed to have solved the mysterious death of a lady by arresting two accused persons including her elder son involved in her murder, who had a criminal conspiracy to snatch money from the deceased. A police spokesman in a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that on 21-10-2022, information was received by Police Station Mattan District Anantnag to the effect that a lady namely Razia Akhtar, wife of Manzoor Ahmad Khan of Kehribal, aged about 45 years had slipped from a concrete slab. “She was shifted to GMC Anantnag for treatment. The doctors have declared her brought dead,” the statement said. Due to her prolonged matrimonial dispute, various allegations and counter-allegations were making rounds in societal circles...

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said it is the resolve of government to build a corruption-free J&K and added, "no one indulging in corrupt practices will be spared".   The LG Sinha made these remarks while attending inaugural function of Vigilance Awareness Week. "It's our resolve to build corruption-free J&K & no one indulging in corrupt practices will be spared", he said.   "Most powerful weapon against corruption is active citizenry. We must all join hands & pledge to root it out of the system", the LG added.   He said the system is being strengthened through use of cutting edge technology and administrative reforms leaving no scope for randomness and discretion. We continue to build efficient, transparent and accountable syste...

Thirteen Kashmiri Pandit families, who migrated from a village in south Kashmir amid 'targeted' killings of members of their community, demanded on Monday that the administration register as ''migrants''. Of the 13 families comprising 43 members, 10 had left Choudharygund village in Shopian district and reached Jammu on October 26. The remaining three had reached the city earlier. ''We have submitted a joint application to the office of relief and rehabilitation commissioner at Jammu for registration of the 13 families as migrants in the wake of migration from the valley to Jammu,'' said V J Kaul, a representative of the families. He said they have left their village out of insecurity and it is up to the government to provide them registration. Puran Krishan Bhat was gunned down by t...

Weather department on Thursday forecast mainly light to moderate rain and snowfall over middle and higher reaches but ruled out possibility of heavy snowfall till November 5. “As per today’s conditions, from 31st October night -1st November, there is possibility of light to moderate rain/ snowfall (over middle & higher reaches) of JK and less chance of rain in plains of Jammu,” a meteorological department official here said. From 2-4 November, he said, partly to generally cloudy weather is expected with possibility of light rain and snowfall at isolated places. “From 5-8th November, widespread light to moderate rain/snowfall on middle and higher reaches is expected,” he said, adding, “there is no forecast of heavy snowfall till November 5 forecast confidence upto75%).” He reiterate...

The Jammu Kashmir police claimed that forces arrested an active militant in the Imamsahib area of Shopian district.   Official sources told The Kashmiriyat that on Sunday forces laid a Naka near Mohanpora Trenz following an input about militant presence in the area.   During the checking one militant named Aadil Ahmed Dar son of Abdul Gani Dar, who is a resident of Trenz imam Sahab was arrested by a joint team of forces including 44 RR, Jammu Kashmir police and 178/BN of CRPF.   They said that one Pistol, 14 rounds and one magazine were recovered from his possession of the militant.   "Active terrorist Adil Gani Dar S/o Abdul Gani Dar R/o Trenz affiliated with Proscribed Terrorist Organisation LeT arrested at village Mohandpora Shopian. Arms and ...

Jammu Kashmir Police on Saturday filed a charge-sheet against five persons involved in murder of a woman on June 25 this year in Bemina area of Srinagar. As per the details available with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) 5 accused persons including husband of the deceased woman and in-laws were arrested following the murder of the woman at Nundresh colony, Bemina. An official said that during the course of investigation and postmortem of the deceased it came to fore that the cause of the death was due to strangulation, following which a case under section 302 of IPC was registered. He said that the charge-sheet was produced against the five accused today before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Srinagar. Meanwhile, brother of the deceased woman, Mohammad Younis ...