SOUTH KASHMIR

Bhat Imtiyaz Two people sustained serious injuries after a bike bearing registration number JK03C 9566 collided with a Scooty near College Dooru in the Anantnag district on Monday evening. Officials told The Kashmiriyat that the injured have been identified as Shahid Ahmad Malik son of Mohammed Akbar Malik, a resident of Bemdoora Kokernag and Basharat Ahmad Darzi age Son of Ghulam Nabi Darzi resident of Mir Maidan Dooru. Both injured persons were shifted to district hospital Anantnag for treatment, they said. Police have registered a case in this regard. Details awaited.

The JK administration under LG Manoj Sinha on Tuesday dissolved the management committee of Ziarat Sharief Hazratbal Khiram in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district and appointed SDM (Sub District Magistrate) Bijbehara as the management committee. “Deputy Commissioner Anantnag had constituted a committee under the chairmanship of SDM Bijbehara for examining the accounts of the shrine and other recommendations to conduct new elections for the selection of the committee to run the affairs of the shrine,” according to the government order, The SDM had also recommended a detailed inquiry into the affairs of the shrine, the order reads. A committee was constituted for the management of affairs of Ziarat Sharief Hazratbal Khiram, and various allegations have been raised over the continuou...

Four family members were among six people who were injured in a leopard attack at Kreeri village of Dooru in South Kashmir's Anantnag in the last twenty four hours, officials said here on Tuesday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that six people were attacked by a Leopard in the last 24 hours leaving them injured. "All the injured have been shifted to hospital for treatment,” he said. Among the injured four have been identified as Mehbooba Akhter wife of Mohammad Yousf Dar, Zareefa Bano wife of Abdul Aziz Dar, Nadi Jan daughter of Mohammad Yousuf and Saqib Ahmad son of Mohammad Yousuf—all residents of Kreeri Dooru Meanwhile, medical superintendent SDH Dooru, Dr Rafi Salati told KNO that last evening two injred were brought to the hospital and this morni...

Suhail Dar A minor girl was killed in a leopard attack in the Anantnag district's Gopalpur area. Official sources told The Kashmiriyat that on Friday evening, a 6-year-old girl named Zubaida Jan daughter of Ghulam Mohiuddin Chopan was pounced upon by a leopard when she was outside her home. The family along with the locals tried to rescue Zubaida, however, the leopard left the minor girl with critical wounds leading to her death.

An encounter has started between militants and Government forces in the Nawapora, Mir Bazar area in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Official sources told The Kashmiriyat that on Wednesday a joint group of RR,  CRPF and Jammu Kashmir Police after receiving inputs about militant presence in Nowpora area of Kulgam, launched a cordon and search operation. As per locals, intermittent exchange of gunfire is going on at the site of the encounter. Details emerging.