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Body of a 21-year-old youth was found dead in an apple orchard in New Colony area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday morning, around 12 hours after he had gone missing. Official sources told GNS that the body was spotted by locals who informed the police accordingly. A police team rushed to the area and took the body in its possession. Later police identified him as Umar Farooq Shosha son of Farooq Ahmad Shosha of New colony Sopore. A police officer told GNS a case has been registered and that investigations have been launched. The investigations, he said, also encompasses the possibility of death due to drug overdose. “Postmortem has been conducted and further investigations are underway,” the officer said. (GNS)

A Public Interest Litigation petition has been filed in India's apex court to seek an India-wide ban on Halal certified products and withdrawal of Halal certification, Law Law reported. The petitioner Advocate Vibhor Anand stated that he was demanding the ban on behalf of "85% Citizens of the Country" upon whom Halal products are being allegedly forced upon. "Only because the Muslim minority, which is 15% of the population, wants to consume 'Halal' food, it is being forced upon the rest 85% of the people. " the petition states. According to the petitioner, this is results in the violation of the fundamental rights under Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution. "The present petition is being filed by the petitioner on behalf of 85% Citizens of the Country for the enforcement of t...

The residents of Sarimarg Gujjar-Basti in Tanjloo area of south Kashmir's Anantnag district had to carry a patient on a cot and walk few kilometers on foot to reach the nearest hospital due to lack of road connectivity. Reports reaching to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) revealed that an accident victim from Sarimarg Gujjar-Basti Panchayat halqa Tanjloo was suffering from pain and was taken to the hospital on a cot due to lack of proper roads. Locals from the area said that school-going children, elderly people, and patients are the worst victims. Liqayat Ahmad, an elderly brother of patient, said that the government is falsely claiming to have connected all villages with tehsil and district headquarters. “Due to lack of road connectivity, we have to walk on foot through hil...

Jammu Kashmir’s Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Friday said that two militants killed in Sunjwan, Jammu encounter were wearing fidayeen vests and were tasked to carry out major suicide strike to sabotage the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Narendera Modi. He said both the slain belong to Jaish-e-Muhammad outfit and were part of fresh infiltration bid. Talking to reporters at the site of encounter,  the DGP Singh, as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that late last night, acting on an information about the presence of militants in Sunjwan area of Jammu, a cordon was laid by the police and CISF personnel. “The militants fired indiscriminately at the security forces in which one ASI of CISF succumbed while four others sustained injuries. The slain ASI of CIS...

Two militants and one security forces personnel have been killed and four others injured during an encounter in the Sunjwan area of Jammu. Talking to reporters at the site of the encounter, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Jammu Mukesh Singh said that two militants have been killed and ammunition has been recovered, while the search operation is still going on.buy clomid online https://www.adentalcare.com/wp-content/themes/medicare/languages/en/clomid.html no prescription "During night hours today, (Friday), We cordoned off the area. The searches are still underway," he said.buy premarin online https://www.adentalcare.com/wp-content/themes/medicare/languages/en/premarin.html no prescription Pertinently, the encounter took place just two days ahead of Prime Minister N...

In order to review the strategy/action plan adopted by the Horticulture department to contain the dreaded disease of leaf miner which has spread in the Apple orchards of Zainapora area, on Thursday. Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad Lone, KAS, SDM Zainapora held an emergency meeting in his office which was attended by Farm Manager & HDO AHDC Zainapora, HDO Zainapora, HDO Imamsahib, BDO Zainapora,all Naib-Tehsildars of Sub-Division Zainapora, Enforcement Inspector, AEO Chitragam and AEO Turkawangam. During the meeting the basics of spreading the leaf miner disease were threadbare discussed and a joint strategy was adopted for its containment. SDM passed following directions during the meeting. 1. All concerned departments shall work in close coordination and in a mission mode towards containment...

Various Sikh activists Thursday staged a protest in Srinagar against the demolition drive launched against Muslims in Delhi's Janagirpuri and several other parts of India. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, Angad Singh Khalsa, flanked by several Sikh and other activists said that the community stands with the Muslims whose houses were demolished as a part of the hate campaign against the Muslim community. "We do not understand the dual standard of the Government. On one side hate preachers raising genocidal calls against Muslims are roaming freely on the streets and on the other, innocent Muslims are being punished for no crime," the Sikh activist said. He said that even if the genocidal preachers are booked, they are booked under soft laws and released in a short period of time. He sai...

The employees of J&K Employees Provident Fund Organisation (JKEPFO) Kashmir division are on indefinite strike in support of their pending demands. While raising slogans against the administration, the protesting employees have stated that they have approached every quarter of the administration during the past 2 ½ years for settlement of these genuine demands which include the issuance of HR notification but till date apart from promises & assurances nothing has been done by the administration which has resulted that the employees/ pensioners are in distress with different apprehensions regarding future prospects of their services, a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reads. Pertinently, after the abrogation of Article 370, the Employees Provident...

Two militants have been killed in the ongoing encounter in the area of Malwah area of Kunzer in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, Police said. An official told The Kashmiriyat that early on Thursday, a joint team of RR of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police had launched a cordon and search operation in the Malwah area, during which militants opened fire upon them. In the initial exchange of gunfire, four troopers were injured and two militants were also killed. One of the slain was identified as Mohammed Yousuf Kantroo, a resident of Kawoosa area in Budgam. Mohammed Yousuf Kantroo was earlier affiliated with Hizb ul Mujahideen Kantroo and was arrested in the year 2005. Later on, he was released in the year 2008. but he again joined militant rank in the year 2016. Yousuf was ...