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A fierce Gunfight broke out between militants and government forces in Bomai area of Sopore in North Kashmir's Baramulla district on Wednesday. Reports reaching GNS that a joint team of Police, Army's 22RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in Bomai. As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon the forces, triggering off a gunfight. A senior police officer also confirmed to GNS about exchange of firing between militants and security forces. As per the sources two to three militants are believed to be trapped.(GNS)

Jammu Kashmir reported 140 fresh covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus during the last 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday. They said that 25 cases were reported from Jammu division and 115 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 477784. Among the cases, 173671 are from Jammu division and 304113 from Kashmir Valley. Providing district wise details of the cases, they said, Jammu reported 21 cases, Udhampur 3, Rajouri 0, Doda 1, Kathua 0, Samba 0, Kishtwar 0, Poonch 0, Ramban 0, Reasi 0, Srinagar 36, Baramulla 18, Budgam 14, Pulwama 10, Kupwara 5, Anantnag 19, Bandipora 3, Ganderbal 7, Kulgam 3 and Shopian 0. There was no death due to the virus during the time. So far 4782 people have succumbed to the virus and among them include 2350 from Jammu divisio...

Two residents of Jammu Kashmir were caught in a restricted area in Jaisalmer district and are being interrogated jointly, police said on Tuesday. Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Premshankar said on the information of the Border Security Force (BSF), a police team caught Mohammad Abbas (23) and Mumtaz Ahmed (25), residents of Poonch in Jammu Kashmir. They were roaming in the restricted area of the district on Monday. Both the suspects are being jointly interrogated by intelligence agencies, he added

The army on Wednesday said that it rescued an Israeli national from high altitude in Ladakh after receiving a distress call. In a statement, issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Srinagar based spokesperson said that today 114 Helicopter Unit received a call for Casevac from Nimaling Camp near Markha Valley. The statement reads that Atar Kahana, an Israeli national, was suffering from high altitude sickness, including vomiting and low oxygen saturation. “Leading from the front, Flight Commander114 HU, Wing Commander Ashish Kapoor and Flight Lt Rhythm Mehra as No. 1 and Sqn Ldr Neha Singh and Sqn Ldr Ajinkya Kher as No 2, got airborne within minutes, for this time critical mission,” it reads. It added that following the shortest route, Casevac aircrafts reached ...

Prisoners should be provided all basic facilities as they do not cease to be human beings and are entitled to all fundamental rights, Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey of the High Court of Jammu nad Kashmir and Ladakh said on Tuesday. Justice Magrey directed the officers to provide all the basic facilities to inmates in jails. He emphasised that a prisoner does not cease to be a human being and while being lodged in a jail, he is entitled to all fundamental rights, an official spokesman said here. Justice Magrey, who is the Executive Chairman J-K Legal Services Authority, chaired a meeting to discuss how to ensure that the undertrials and convicts are not denied the basic fundamental rights while they are in custody. The meeting was attended by Additional Chief Secretary Home R K Goy...

To cut down the time in getting security clearance, the Regional Passport Office (RPO) in summer capital Srinagar is connecting the passport office with all the police stations across Kashmir through an online system. A top official of the Ministry of External Affairs told Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com that on September 1, officials of the MEA will inaugurate the pilot project conceived by RPO Srinagar B B Nagar from central Kashmiri’s Ganderbal district. Similarly, a project has been put in place in Leh where authorities are awaiting for the Ladakh police’s online app to go live. Under Mr Nagar, who is moving back to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), his parent department, on Wednesday, the RPO Srinagar received the best passport award in the country. His work w...

The Meteorological (MeT) department on Wednesday forecast mainly clear to partly cloudy weather in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. The weather was mainly clear in the union territory on Tuesday. “Mainly clear to partly cloudy weather is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Meanwhile, Jammu had 25.8 degrees, Katra 23.2, Batote 18.1, Banihal and Bhaderwah registered 15 and 17 degrees respectively. Srinagar recorded 16.6 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam 10.4 and Gulmarg 9.5 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature this morning. Drass town in Ladakh had 7.3 degrees, Leh 10.1 and Kargil 16 as the minimum temperature.

A 16-year-old girl was killed and three others injured in a road accident in Tulail area of Bandipora district on Tuesday, officials informed this morning. They told GNS that a Maruti car bearing registration number JK05G 2093 turned turtle at Neeru Tulail, resulting in injuries to four persons. The injured persons were shifted to SDH Gurez, where a girl namely Insha Parveen daughter of Mohammad Munnawar, a class 10 student at Higher Secondary School Rajouri Kadal Srinagar, succumbed shortly after, they said. The other three persons after receiving treatment at SDH Gurez were then referred to SKIMS Soura for preferential treatment, they said. A police official has in the meantime also confirmed the incident to GNS, saying cognizance has been taken for further investigations. (GNS)

The non-availability of funds has delayed the construction of much-awaited Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Kullan area of central Kashmir's Ganderbal district, leaving the people to lurch at large. The construction of the hospital was started in the year 2012, the locals told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), saying that the non-availability of funds have hampered the progress of the construction work. The PHC is being constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 7 crores and the project is being executed by J&K Housing Board. The residents said that the hospital has been under construction for the last six years and hasn't been completed as of now, adding that the delay in the completion of the PHC is forcing the locals to face immense hardships. “We are being forced t...