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Nearly 90 percent of electricity has been restored in the Sopore areas of North Kashmir's Baramulla district, officials said on Sunday. "It was a strenuous effort by the officials of the power development department that ensured restoration of electricity in entire Sopore division after the valley witnessed outages due to continuous snowfall from last three days," an official said. He said that for the first time that the PDD department was able to restore the power supply within the shortest possible time of 10-hours. "The PDD linemen despite all odds are working tirelessly; it was because of their efforts that around Sunday noon 90 percent of supply in the Sopore division was restored," the official said.

Suhail Dar After the initial firing, no fresh firing has been reported from the spot of the encounter in Hassanpora Arwani of South Kashmir's Kulgam district. Earlier an official told The Kashmiriyat that RR of the Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police, and CRPF had jointly launched a cordon and search operation during which militants opened fire upon the forces. The forces had launched the operation following inputs about militant movement in the area. As per reports, two militants are believed to be trapped in the area. Locals speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that civilians have been evacuated around the encounter site and the entry/ exit points of the area have been sealed. They said that no fresh firing has been heard at the site of the encounter. "there is a complete lul...

Body of a Kupwara youth, who died in Khanna in Punjab, is among six other mortal remains stranded at Banihal in Ramban district along Srinagar-Jammu highway. Reports reaching GNS said that the mortal remains of six persons belonging to different districts of Kashmir valley are left stranded with the thoroughfare yet to be cleared of accumulated snow at several places. Among the six bodies includes that of a youth from Pazipora in frontier Kupwara district, who died at Khanna in Punjab state. The family of youth appealed administration to felicitate early arrival of the body. Similar appeals were made by those carrying back the other bodies. Meanwhile an official told GNS that all the bodies remain at SDH Ramban. “Efforts are on to clear the roads of snow and other blockades as ...

Jammu Kashmir reported 687 fresh covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while three deaths have been reported across the region, officials said on Sunday. 437 of the fresh cases were reported from the Jammu division and 250 from Kashmir. Giving district-wise details of the fresh cases, the officials said that Srinagar reported the highest 131 cases, Baramulla 42, Budgam 50, Pulwama 10, Kupwara 2, Anantnag 3, Bandipora 4, Ganderbal 5, Kulgam 3, Shopian 0. In Jammu division, Jammu district reported the highest with 292 cases, Udhampur 7, Rajouri 12, Doda 12, Kathua 38, Samba 16, Kishtwar 1, Poonch 8, Ramban 25, Reasi 26.

An encounter has broken out between militants and government forces in the Hassanpora area of South Kashmir's Kulgam district. Officials told The Kashmiriyat that Joint forces of the 1 RR of Indian Army and Jammu Kashmir Police launched a cordon and search operation in the Hasanpora Kulgam, after receiving inputs about the presence of militants in the area. During the cordon, the militants opened fire on forces and as per the latest reports, the exchange of gunfire is still on. Kashmir Zone Police confirmed the encounter in a tweet. “#Encounter has started at Hasanpora area of #Kulgam. Police and security forces are on the job. Further details shall follow. @JmuKmrPolice,” they wrote in a tweet. More details awaited.

32 employees working in the Deputy Commissioner's office in Jammu have tested positive for Covid 19, amid the resurge of covid positive cases in Jammu Kashmir.buy mestinon online buy mestinon no prescription Sources told The Kashmiriyat that RT- PCR sampling of the employees working at DC office Jammu was done on Saturday, during which 32 persons have tested positive. The LG of Jammu Kashmir, Manoj Sinha will chair a high-level meeting on the growing cases in Jammu Kashmir on Sunday evening.

Weatherman on Sunday forecast dry weather till January 16 at most places in Jammu and Kashmir. “As expected, weather improved significantly in J&K. Light rain/ snow may occur at scattered places of J&K, especially over eastern parts during next 24 to 48 hours,” an official of the MeT department said in a statement to GNS. “Thereafter, weather likely to remain dry till January 16,” he said. He said there would be gradual rise in day temperature and fall in night mercury. The MeT also urged people putting up in snowbound areas to be wary of avalanches. “Although, snowfall has ceased, still threat of avalanche exists in snowbound areas. So, People are once again requested not to venture in avalanche prone areas and remain cautious especially during next 1-2 days. “Our data...

General officer Commanding (GoC) of army's Srinagar—based 15 Corps Lieutenant General D P Pandey visited Gurduwara Chattipadhshai in Rainawari area of old Srinagar on the occasion of Guru Gobind Singhji  Jayanti. "I have visited every religious place in Kashmir, but wanted to visit this Gurduwara too," said GoC Panday, as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). He said his message to youth of Kashmir especially Srinagar need to change the narrative that existed for years and they should follow narrative of peace and development so that every face smiles. At Gurduwara, GoC said he prayed for peace and development of Kashmir. He said that the army was not doing any favour to people by conducting rescue operations in snow—bound areas. "It is in our blood to serve people," he sai...

With the improvement in weather, flight operations resumed at Srinagar international airport on Sunday. “After a full day of snowfall (on Saturday) and no operations, first flight lands at our airport today,” AAI said in a tweet on Sunday. Earlier, airport authorities cleared thin layer of ice on runway to prevent aircraft from skidding. Since January 4th, there were 134 flight cancellations to and fro Airport.buy lasix online buy lasix generic As reported by GNS, while 43 flights were cancelled on Saturday, 6 each could not operate on Thursday and Friday. 42 flights were cancelled on Tuesday while many as 37 could not operate on Wednesday. “The passengers of all those flights are being accommodated now. The new bookings will open after clearing the backlog,” the AAI said. ...