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Jammu Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor chaired a Unified Command meeting in Srinagar to review the security scenario while stressing to the officers of security that nobody should be allowed to disrupt the prevailing peace and efforts should be doubled to zero-in on the left-over militants. The LG, as per sources, also stressed on the need to fine tune Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) and advisories regarding the movement of police officials in the wake of recent attacks on police officials that led to the injury to police inspector in Srinagar and killing of police man in Baramulla. Reliable sources told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the LG chaired the UC meeting at Cheshmashai Auditorium in Srinagar at 11 am where Advisor to LG, RR Bhatnagar, Chief Secretary Arun Kuma...

People's Conference chairman Sajad Gani Lone on Thursday expressed anguish over the rounding up of hundreds of people across the Kashmir valley. Taking to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) Sajad Lone said, "In the name of OGWs hundreds of people have been rounded up in the last 24 hours." He said that, the people who are rounded up are the people who may have had a past in militancy but are now law abiding citizens for the last 2 decades. "They are grandfathers, fathers and livelihood earners. How can an entire generation be punished and for how long. For a mistake that they made are they going to be punished eternally for all times to come," Sajad Lone claimed. What is the concept of reintegration in a conflict, he asked. Sajad Lone warned that the Macro policing i...

Danishwar Hameed A truck driver died during a road accident near Ramban on the Jammu-Srinagar highway. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that on Thursday morning, a truck bearing the registration number JK03E 8003 fell into a deep gorge near Kela Morh in Ramban, leading to the death of a driver. The driver identified as Mohammed Irfan Dar son of Abdul Qayoom Dar, a resident of Khudwani Kulgam died on the spot. Irfan, the sole bread earner to his family is survived by  his ailing parents and two young children- son, 5 and daughter 6 years old.

Jammu Kashmir is the sixth State/UT in the country to have a high prevalence of tobacco use as over 20 percent of the population is indulging in tobacco consumption, officials said. Talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Dr Mir Mushtaq, State Nodal Officer (Kashmir Division), National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) said the prevalence of smoking tobacco in J&K is 20.8 percent, which is the sixth highest in the country after Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Meghalaya and Mizoram. The prevalence of smokeless tobacco is the lowest in the country that is 4.3 percent after Himachal Pradesh, he said. As per the National Health Survey figures, the prevalence of tobacco in Kashmir includes Kupwara 56 percent, Shopian 52 percent, Anantnag and Bandipora 49 percent...

Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday seized the property, where DySP Aman Thakur was killed in 2019 in Turigam village in south Kashmir's Kulgam district. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the property was seized by police in Turigam Yaripora village today. In 2019 deputy superintendent of Police (Operations) Aman Thakur was killed during an encounter here. 3 affiliates of JeM were also killed while three soldiers were injured during the encounter—(KNO)

Back to back killings of a non-local labourer and policeman in Kashmir was denounced by the prominent political parties. The victim, Mukesh Kumar, hailing from Uttar Pradesh, fell victim to militants' gunfire while en route to a local bank in Nowpora Parigam village, located in the Newa area of South Kashmir's Pulwama district. Mukesh, a father of four, was employed at a brick kiln at the time of the incident. Militants fired upon one labourer identified as Mukesh of UP in the Tumchi Nowpora area of Pulwama, who later on succumbed to his injuries, Kashmir Zone Police wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha condoled the tragic loss of life due to militant attack. In a message, the Lt Governor said the killing of innocent civilian Mukesh Kumar, a resident of...

Two army jawans were injured in a land mine blast near the Line of Control in Tain Mankote area of Poonch district on Wednesday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the explosion took place when army personnel were performing their routine duties. He said that two army personnel were injured and they have been hospitalised—(KNO)

Jammu Police teams on Tuesday have arrested the accused, who allegedly killed his mother and minor daughter with a sharp-edged weapon in Jammu’s Bishnah area. As per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Police said that at about 5:00 PM an information was received at police station Bishnah that a person namely Jag Dev Singh has killed his 60-year-old mother namely Kamla Devi and his three month old daughter at his residence Morchapur Bishnah with a sharp edged weapon. The accused after committing the offence fled away from the spot on his motorcycle bearing registration number JK02CN-0372. Police said that on getting the information, teams immediately reached the spot and secured the scene of crime. All the police nakas in the entire area were put on high alert while mu...

Yemen's Houthi spokesperson, Yahya Sarea, announced on October 31 that they have declared war on Israel. They launched a significant number of ballistic missiles, winged missiles, and drones targeting various locations. Sarea described these attacks as a show of support for Palestinians in Gaza, who are facing perceived aggression from the United States and Israel. This move is seen in the context of the perceived weakness of some Arab regimes and their alleged collaboration with Israel. In response to Israel's actions in Gaza, Sarea stated that their armed forces launched numerous missiles and drones at Israeli targets in occupied territories. Israeli media reported that their fighter jets successfully intercepted incoming drones, and the Arrow air defense system intercepte...

A policeman has been shot at by suspected militants in north Kashmir's Tangmarg area. Official sources told The Kashmiriyat that unknown gunmen fired upon constable Ghulam Mohammad Dar near his residence in Tangmarg village on Tuesday evening. The injured cop was immediately taken to SDH Tangmarg for treatment. Meanwhile, the whole area has been sealed by security forces to nab the attackers.