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A senior Army officer said on Friday that 100-120 militants opposite the area manned by the Baramulla-based 19th Infantry Division were trying to sneak into Jammu Kashmir from Pakistan. Three armed infiltrators suspected to be Pakistanis were killed on Thursday close to the Line of Control in Baramulla while trying to sneak into the Kashmir Valley through the Uri sector. Addressing a press conference, the General officer Commanding of the 19th Infantry Division, Major General Ajay Chandpuri, said the presence of militants on launch pads and their continuous attempts to infiltrate was on despite a ceasefire along the LoC. "Based on multiple inputs, it is our assessment that any point in time, opposite this sector alone, we have close to 100-120 terrorists attempting to infiltrate.....

In a major setback to Congress in J & Kashmir, four of its former legislators resigned from the party. In a joint resignation letter, a copy of which is in possession of news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), GM Saroori, Choudhary Muhammad Akram, Muhammad Amin Bhat, Gulzar Ahmad and Abdur Rashid Dar have resigned from the party in support of Ghulam Nabi Azad. Interestingly, Rashid had already resigned from the party—(KNO)

After observing pen down strike for two-days, the Patwaris on Thursday called-off the strike following the assurances from the government that all their pending demands will be looked into at earliest. Addressing a news conference here, Abdul Majeed Malla, president of All J&K Patwari Association, said that the pen down strike has been called off and all the employees will join their duties from tomorrow. “There was a positive response from the government. Today, the Chief Secretary held a meeting with us in which he assured us that all the genuine demands will be resolved shortly,” he said, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). “Among several demands, some include grade pay issue of graduate Patwaris, enhancement from 2400 to2800, direct recruitment of Naib Tehs...

The Chairman of the Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday was disallowed to leave his residence by Government Force personnel stationed outside his house. Pertinently, Mirwaiz Umar was on his way to deliver the Friday sermon at the Jamia Masjid today, just a week after Governor Sinha claimed that Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was not under house arrest. To this, the Hurriyat responded by saying, "If Mirwaiz was not under arrest, he should be allowed to offer Friday prayers at Jamia Masjid this Friday (26 August)." Several journalists had also reached the residence of Mirwaiz Umar in Srinagar's Nigeen, however, they were barred from entering his house or even meeting him. "Breaking News: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has been barred from leaving his residence by a posse of Indian Force...

One of the Corporators of Kashmir capital Srinagar has announced his resignation from the post of Advisor to Srinagar Mayor. The Corporator Danish Bhat who is an advisor to Srinagar Mayor Junaid Azam Mattu and also an executive member has alleged that SMC has been taken hostage by a few people for their vested interests and he can’t be even remotely a part of it. “I’m hereby resigning as the Advisor to Mayor Srinagar,” he said. Appealing LG Manoj Sinha to intervene in saving this democratic institution, Bhat as per news agency Kashmir News Trust said that SMC EC has not approved any works plan for the year 2022-23 and the plan submitted to the Government has no approval as no EC meeting was called to discuss any works plan for 2022-23. “The plan submitted to the Government is comp...

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday resigned from all positions of the Congress party including the basic membership of the party "The Indian National Congress has lost both the will and the ability under the tutelage of the coterie that runs the AICC to fight for what is right for India," Ghulam Nabi Azad wrote in his resignation letter addressed to the Party President Sonia Gandhi. "It is therefore with great regret and an extremely leaden heart that I have decided to sever my half-a century-old association with the Indian National Congress," Azad wrote in a 5-page resignation letter, a copy of which is in possession of The Kashmiriyat. "I am recounting all these years of selfless service just to underscore my lifelong association with this great institution that I...

Meer Irfan A policeman died of a cardiac arrest at his residence in Melhoora area of south Kashmir's Shopian district. An official said that a police head constable named Manzoor Ahmad Mir died of cardiac arrest at his home on Friday morning. Manzoor was posted at Anantnag district's Mattan area.

A day after Srinagar-based Greater Kashmir (GK) reported that the former president of High Court Bar Association, Mian Abdul Quyoom had grabbed land "on gunpoint", the Srinagar advocate has served a notice to Greater Kashmir. Mian Quyoom in a legal Notice addressed to the GK editors has said that the newspaper in its "fake" report has tried to "tarnish" his public image. In a copy of the notice accessed by The Kashmiriyat, the senior advoate has said, "In your newspaper dated 25.08.2022, you have published a banner news item under the caption "Advocate Mian Qayoom, grabbed 159 Kanals of temple land at gunpoint through fraudulent means; police sources." While elaborating further, you have also stated that "police sources have hinted that incriminating documents seized also include ...

Bandipora police on Thursday claimed to have arrested two Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and recovered arms and ammunitions from their possession. Police, in a statement, said that today after receiving specific information regarding the movement of some OGWs of LeT in the JD of police Station Pethkote. “Bandipora police along with 26 Assam Rifles arrested Two terrorist associates of LeT outfit from Lal Qilla Mode Pethkote during a joint naka,” the police said, adding that the arrested LET associates were travelling in a white Scorpio bearing registration no JK05H/0622. “During search of the vehicle huge cache of Arms and Ammunition which includes 01. 03 Pistols along with Magazines, 24 Live 9MM Rounds, five Hand Grenades, Fake police I Card, Fake ID Card of H...

Sheikh Nadeem One person died and one was critically wounded after the duo fell off a rooftop in Buchroo area of Kokernag in south Kashmir's Anantnag district. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that on Thursday afternoon two persons including a mason fell off a rooftop of a house in the Buchroo area, causing injuries to two persons. The duo was rushed to the hospital where one of them identified as Tajamul Ahmad Bhat son of Mohammed Ashraf Bhat, a resident of Matapora Dehruna died on the way to the hospital. "Another person identified as Aqib Bashir son of Bashir Ahmed Sheikh, a resident Buchoo was critically injured in the incident," they said.