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Continuing with its efforts to check overpricing of tourism services by service providers, a team of officers of the Tourism Department conducted checks of various hotels in the city to check the services and their pricing being offered to visitors. During the checking, the team of officers slapped fine on two hotels, Taj Vivanta and Lalit Grand Palace for exorbitant rates and other service deficiencies. The units were also served notices that action under relevant clauses of J&K Registration of Tourist Trade Act and other legal action would follow for the violations and if course corrections are not done. The team of officers comprised Deputy Directors, Registration and Kashmir, Assistant Directors, Headquarters and Recreation, Assistant Director, Enforcement and other officials...

Cyber Police Station Srinagar said that it saved 58 lakhs after it received complaints from two men hailing from north Kashmir’s Bandipora District and south Kashmir’s Awantipora District respectively. In a press release, Cyber Police said, The complainants alleged in their complaints that they have been defrauded by online scammers of an amount of Rs 44 lakhs in online investment/trading scam. Both complainants received links of fake investment websites on their cell numbers wherein they were promised to get double monetary benefits. The victims fell prey and accessed the website where they got themselves registered on said websites by opening of e-wallets. After registration, duo victims were made to transfer the hefty amount of ?44 Lakhs in the said wallets through various UPI/IMP...

An employee of the Revenue department of Jammu Kashmir who was earlier shot at by suspected militants at Tehsil office in central Kashmir's Budgam district has succumbed to his injuries. Officials told The Kashmiriyat that on Thursday afternoon a Government employee identified as Rahul Bhatt posted at the Revenue office in Budgam's Chadoora was fired upon by the militants on the office premises. They said that Rahul sustained critical injuries and was rushed to Srinagar's SMHS hospital for treatment. However, he succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. Meanwhile, a search operation has been launched to nab the attackers.

An employee of Revenue department was shot at by the unidentified gunmen at Tehsil office in Central Kashmir's Budgam district on Thursday afternoon. Official sources told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that an employee at Tehsil office identified as Rahul Bhatt was fired upon by the unidentified gunmen in the office premises. The employee, who has sustained grievous injuries has been rushed to Srinagar hospital for treatment, they said. Meanwhile, the search operation has been launched to nab the attackers—(KNO)

At least 168 militants are operating in Jammu and Kashmir while 75 have been killed in encounters with security forces this year, officials said. Among those killed are 21 foreign militants, they pointed out. In the past 11 months, 11 militants were encountered and 12 infiltration bids were foiled in the vicinity of the Line of Control (LoC) alone, they said. "The intensity of (counter-militancy) operations will continue to be high till all of the residual 168 plus militants surrenders or are eliminated," a senior army officer told PTI. He said the overall situation is progressively improving due to the proactive army-guided deployment, leading to a positive environment to accelerate the government’s development initiatives. "Dividends of peace have started reaching the peop...

The former Deputy chief minister of Jammu Kashmir and senior leader of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), Nirmal Singh has said that the chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, Yasin Malik, and others like him will be hanged. Speaking to the press in Jammu, Nirmal Singh, senior BJP leader said, "Yasin Malik has more pending cases against him, he has pleaded guilty in merely one. He has committed atrocities against Pandits and killed Indian Air Force pilots. It was JKLF that started the killings. People like him will be hanged. It is just the start. You will see what happens next," the former Deputy Chief Minister said. Castigating the former ally of his party, Mehbooba Mufti, he said that Mufti has raised doubts about the functioning of the judicial system of India. "She is got used to ...

A 21-year- young boy has gone missing from his home missing in the Batote area in Ramban. Reports said that 21-year-old Samir Malik, son of Mohammed Sadiq Malik, a resident of Batote area has gone missing from his home since 11th of May. The family has issued an appeal asking general public and police to help them trace Samir. "If anyone has any information about him, please contact on the phone numbers 9796282000, 6006095454,” they appealed

After a brief exchange of fire last evening, the militants have managed to give slip to the security forces in Marhama area of Bijbehera in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district while the searches in the Bandipora woods are going on for the second consecutive day. An official said that a joint team of Police, Army's 3 RR and CRPF launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) on specific information about the presence of militants in the area on Wednesday evening. He said that as the joint team of forces approached the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them, which was retaliated, triggering a gunfight. "After the initial exchange of fire, no contact was established with the militants, "the official said, adding that cordon layers were tightened after the initial exchange ...

At least 24 sheep including 8 lambs were buried alive when the earth caved in near a Crusher Machine site in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. The incident occurred in the dense forest area of the Chhoon area which is barely 4 kilometers away from the Budgam district headquarters. The livestock belonged to two nomads from Rajouri namely Mushtaq Ahmed Sath and Kalima Khatana. While talking to the news agency Kashmir News Trust, Mushtaq Ahmed said that they were grazing the livestock including sheep and goats when the earth suddenly caved in burying 24 sheep including 8 lambs. He said they were able to retrieve a lamb only and that too was dead. “Some people assembled near the accident site but couldn’t do anything due to the lack of equipment. Our 23 sheep are beneath the earth...

A 50-year-old driver died after a tipper vehicle was driving met with an accident in Surankote area of Poonch district on Wednesday evening. Official sources told GNS that the accident took place at 1850 hours at Nanara Fazalabad Surankote when the tipper (JK11-4610) driven by Naseer Ahmad son of Fazal Hussain of Kotan Mandhar met with accident and got serious injured. He was shifted to SDH Surankote for treatment but succumbed to injuries, they added. A police official told GNS that a case has been registered in connection with the accident. (GNS)