SOUTH KASHMIR

August 11 A heavy Contingent of Government Forces has reached the Green Colony locality of Janglat Mandi area in the main town of South Kashmir's Islamabad District. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that RR of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police have jointly launched a search operation in the Green Colony area in Janglat Mandi. The Forces have been doing rounds of the lanes and by-lanes in the area, however they have not barged into any houses as of yet. They have blocked the entry and the exit points to the Green Colony area, Locals said. When the Local Police official was contacted by The Kashmiriyat he said that there is no cordon in place. "The patrol has been enacted in view of the nearing 15 August (Indian Independence Day)," he said.

August 10 The Deputy Commissioner of Islamabad (Anantnag) District in South Kashmir has stopped ilegal Contructions on the Arpat (Jhelum tributary) riverside. In an appreciable move, the Deputy commissioner himself directed the officials to stop the illegal construction work going on the Newly constructed bypass which runs parallel to the lone river of the South Kashmir town. A building was being constructed just few meters away from the river side. So far, a two storey structure has been constructed and pillars have been erected for both the structures,” The Kashmiriyat observed. Meanwhile two more structure are about to be constructed, the basement for the same has been laid down. The Deputy commissioner, Mohammed Yunus Malik today directed the authorities concerned for prev...

August 10 Sheikh Nadeem/ Waris Shah Three persons were injured when a bear attacked them on Friday at Manzmoh area of Qazigund in South Kashmir's Islamabad (Anantnag) District. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that a wild bear entered into a residential area and attacked people who were working in the fields. In the attack three persons identified as Mukhtar Ahmed son of Dawood Ahmed Chichi, Gulab Noori wife of Said Wali Jinjoo and another villager from manzmoh were injured. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that the three were rushed to a nearby hospital where they being treated. A report published in 2013 stated that, In last 10 years, 200 people got killed and more than 500 got injured in human animal conflict in different parts of the Kashmir Valley.