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Sahil Gulzar A man was arrested on Wednesday by police in Srinagar after a Video went viral in which he was allegedly seen trying throwing Infant into river. A police spokesperson told The Kashmiriyat , that a video was uploaded on the social media where a man is allegedly seen trying to throw an infant into a river. Taking cognizance of the fact, Srinagar police acted swiftly and apprehended one person namely Mohd Abbas resident of Shar Shali area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district, Police official said. Who disclosed that his wife had delivered a male baby who was stillborn(dead at birth) and to save the inconvenience of carrying the dead baby back to his native village he tried to dispose off his body into the river. But then people interrupted him and he carried the baby b...

Two militants were killed on Wednesday evening in an encounter with security forces in Nowgam area of Srinagar district. A top police officer told GNS that two local militants were killed in gunfight in Nowgam. However identity of the slain militants could not be established as of now, the officer added. Earlier Police Tweeted, " On a specific input generated by Police, an encounter has started in Nowgam area of Srinagar District. Srinagar Police and 50RR are on the job. Further details shall follow.(GNS)

One unidentified militant has been killed in an ongoing encounter at Nowgam area of Central Kashmir's Srinagar district on Wednesday evening. In a tweet, The Kashmir Police Zone wrote, " 01 militant killed. Operation in progress. Further details shall follow.(GNS)

An encounter broke out between militants and security forces in Nowgam area of Srinagar district on Wednesday evening, police said here. Kashmir zone police, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) informed that the encounter started in the area on a specific information generated by police. Police said that Police and Army’s 50 RR were i. job and further details will be shared accordingly. “On a specific input generated by Police, an #encounter has started in Nowgam area of #Srinagar District. Srinagar Police and 50RR are on the job. Further details shall follow,” police tweeted—(KNO)

The Hurriyat Conference, on Wednesday, called on the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan "to break the ice and move forward in resolving their differences including the resolution of Kashmir." The Hurriyat also called on India "to halt its campaign of unilateral changes in Kashmir." The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), in a statement, said that as the Indian and Pakistani prime ministers will be in Samarkand to participate in a two-day summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), it is an opportunity to break ice in their relationship and talk to each other and move forward in resolving their differences including the settlement of the Kashmir conflict. APHC also said that "post the unilateral changes made in J-K by New Delhi in August 2019, the situation on gro...

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha visited the forward areas of Poonch today and took stock of the security situation along the border. Lt Governor, who is on a two-day visit to Poonch, undertook a first-hand assessment of the situation at the Line of Control (LoC) and forward areas at the border village Degwar Terwan in Poonch. He was accompanied by Chief Secretary Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta; Brigadier Rajesh Bisht; ADGP Jammu, Mukesh Singh; DIG, Dr. Haseeb Mughal; Divisional Commissioner, Ramesh Kumar and other senior officials of civil administration and the army. The Lt Governor was briefed on the overall security situation prevalent on the Line of Control, development works in the border villages by the army, counter-infiltration grid, and operational preparedness. While interactin...

Kashmir’s renowened cyclist, Adil Teli has broken yet another record by cycling from Leh to Manali in a record time. He peddled a distance of 470 km high altitude path from Leh to Manali in 29:18:21 hours, breaking the earlier record set in 2020. In March 2021, the 23-year-old Kashmiri youth set a Guinness Book of World Record for the fastest Kashmir to Kanyakumari journey on cycle. Adil, started from City Center, Ghanta Ghar, Lal Chowk from 7:30 am on March 22, 2021 and completed the distance in eight days, 1 hour and 39 minutes by reaching the destination on March 30 at 7:30 am. From 2014, Adil started representing Jammu and Kashmir at the national level continuously and this amplified interest in cycling.

Fruit growers in Kashmir are very much worried as there is very less demand of the fruit in several markets causing losses to farmers. Growers from different areas of Kashmir told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that that usually the rates of apples were remaining very high during initial stage of the season but this year that hasn't happened Abdul Rashid, a grower from Shopian said that during the early stage of the season, the demand of the apples was high but this year the market is down by around 40 percent. “Growers are suffering losses as labour rate, transportation charges, cost of paper, cardboard and wooden boxes are touching sky but rates are down due to which growers aren't even fetching the amount that they have spent on it in the ongoing year,” he said. Gh...

Police on Wednesday said to have arrested two ‘notorious thieves’ in central Kashmir’s Srinagar district. Identifying the arrestees as Basit Ahmad Baba, son of Mohd Yusuf Baba and Faisal Ahmad Ganai, son of Nazir Ahmad Ganai, both residents of Bharthana Qamarwari, a senior police officer said they had launched a hunt after receiving complaints of thefts in Srinagar district. “We have recovered stolen material from their possession and do expect to make more recoveries”, the officer told GNS. Meanwhile, the officer said that CCTV footage played a ‘huge role’ in the investigation. Notably, Srinagar police had in the month of April urged business establishments in the City to follow the orders of the District Magistrate asking the latter to install CCTVs by or before April 19, saying...

Sahil Gulzar A 25-year-old MBA student allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself to death in Sopore town of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday afternoon. A senior Police official told The Kashmiriyat that a youth (name withheld) was found hanging at his residence in Model town area Sopore. He said that the deceased was pursuing MBA from Pune college and had come to his home just two days ago. The family members of the youth immediately rushed him to the Sub-District Hospital (SDH) Sopore where he was declared brought dead by the doctors. Meanwhile, police has registered the case and further investigation has been taken up as well, an official said.