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The Jammu Kashmir Police have arrested a man Nowshera area of Rajouri for allegedly burning the Indian flag, however, the man is said to be mentally unstable. Amit Verma, Additional SP Nowshera said that a man was arrested on the basis of a video accessed by the police where he can be seen burning the flag. He also claimed that the arrested man was "mentally unsound". The Jammu Kashmir Police is looking for the man who shot the video and made no attempts to stop the accused from carrying out the act The incident took place in Jammu Kashmir's Rajouri district on 27 April around 8 PM, where a "mentally unstable" man took down the Indian flag hoisted on the building of the sub-district hospital and burned it, SP Nowshera informed the press. The Police after receiving the informati...

Atleast 39 persons including 17 tourists were injured after they were attacked by stray dogs at Dalgate area of Srinagar on Friday evening. Locals told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that stray dogs attacked and injured at least 39 persons including 17 domestic tourists at Ghat no.5 in Buchwara area of Dalgate. They said that the injured were shifted to medical facility for treatment. Meanwhile, locals of the area here have appealed to authorities to act against the increasing menace of stray dogs in the area. Meanwhile, Medical Superintendent of SMHS hospital, Dr. Kanwaljeet Singh told KNO that 39 injured were brought to the hospital this evening

Airtel Xstream Fiber service has gone down in parts of Srinagar city since Wednesday morning while this unannounced outage that was supposedly going to end on Wednesday afternoon continues with bleak chances for restoration till the filing of this report on Friday evening. For the past three days, the subscribers of Airtel India (Airtel Xstream Fiber) have been given false assurances through mobile texts. “Since Wednesday, I receive at least four SMSs from Airtel on daily basis and every time they assure that service will be restored by 12:46 and when it doesn’t another SMS informs that the service will be restored by 3:46 and this cycle continues,” a subscribe Abdul Rouf told news agency Kashmir News Trust. “I am frustrated now, I don’t understand what to do. My work has been hit du...

An army major was among three soldiers injured in a mine blast near the Line of Control in Mendhar area of Poonch district on Friday. Official sources told GNS that during a routine patrol along the LoC in the Krishnaghati Sector, there was a mine blast due to which three army personnel suffered injuries. “They have been suitably evacuated and are undergoing treatment,” an army officer said. Sources said that the blast took place at around 1330 hours after the soldiers accidentally stepped into the land mine, injuring Major Gurung, Naib Subedar Dalbir and Havaldar Hukum. They said all three of them sustained multiple injuries and have been evacuated to Command Hospital Udhampur by helicopter. (GNS)

A man from Pakistan-administered Kashmir was arrested on Line of Control in Rajouri sector on Friday, police official said. An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the middle aged man hails from a village of Pakistan Administered Kashmir and reportedly was sneaking in from Line of Control in Tarkundi sub sector in Rajouri where he was intercepted by army. "The man was detained and shifted to nearby camp and has now been handed over to police in Manjakote police station." said official. He said that investigation into the matter is going on—(KNO)

Taking cognisance of the complaints into illegal soil extraction in Magam area in central Kashmir's Budgam district, authorities Thursday ordered an enquiry to fix responsibility into the matter. Official sources told GNS that Department of Urban Local Bodies has stepped in and sought an enquiry after it received complaints of illegal soil extraction at Suhpora in tehsil Magam. The wanton loot of soil has been going on in the area for a considerable time now that too in full glare, the sources said adding people have been alleging government employees and officials for being hand in glove with the violaters. "The enquiry report is expected to be out very soon and one may see proper action against those involved in the unscrupulous activity", a ULB official told GNS. (GNS)

Jammu Kashmir High Court Thursday quashed the detention of a carpenter from Central Kashmir’s Budgam district under the contentious Public Safety Act (PSA). Court sources informed news agency Kashmir News Trust that the detention of Javaid Ahmed Mir son of Bashir Ahmed, a resident of Gotapora Narbal Budgam was quashed by the court on Thursday, nearly seven months after he was arrested on charges of alleged stone-pelting in October 2021 and simultaneously booked under the PSA. Justice Vinod Chaterji Koul after hearing the arguments of Advocate Bashir Ahmed Tak, who represented the accused quashed his detention under the Public Safety Act and directed authorities to release him from Sub-Jail Kupwara where he is presently lodged. (KNT)

The Jammu Kashmir High Court ruled on Wednesday that calling Kashmir "occupied Kashmir" and its residents as "slaves" does not enjoy protection under the Constitution's Article 19 (A), on right to freedom of speech and expression. A bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar, hearing a petition filed by advocate Muzammil Butt seeking quashing of an FIR against him under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, remarked: "It is one thing to criticise the government for its negligence and express outrage on the violation of human rights of the people, but it is quite another to advocate that the people of a particular part of the country are slaves of the government of India or that they are under the occupation of armed forces of the country," online portal Bar and Bench reported. Police had re...

A 24-year-old girl on Thursday allegedly committed suicide at her home in Pattan area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) that a 24-year-old (name withheld), a resident of the Yall Pattan area allegedly committed suicide at her home. “She was immediately rushed to the Sub-District Hospital Pattan where doctors declared her brought dead,” they said. Later, the dead body was taken for the conducting of medico-legal formalities and police have registered a case and further investigation has been taken up. (KDC)

National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah Thursday said that the present situation in Kashmir was far from normalcy and if the claims of normalcy in the Valley by the government are true, why Shab-e-Qadr and Jumat-ul-Vida prayers are barred at historic Jamia Masjid. “On one hand, the government claims situation was normal, why Jumat-ul-Vida and Shab-e-Qadr prayers have been disallowed at the historic Jamia Masjid,” Omar told reporters at NC headquarters Nawa-e-Subh complex here, as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). He was flanked by NC General Secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar, NC provincial president Nasir Aslam Wani and NC leader Tanvir Sadiq. He said that linking tourist arrivals with normalcy won’t do. “Tourism can’t be linked with normalcy. “Either it is an artifici...