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May122022 by News DeskNo Comments

Family seeks help as 21-year-young boy goes missing from Ramban

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A 21-year- young boy has gone missing from his home missing in the Batote area in Ramban. Reports said that 21-year-old Samir Malik, son of Mohammed Sadiq Malik, a resident of Batote area has gone missing from his home since 11th of May. The family has issued an appeal asking general public and police to help them trace Samir. "If anyone has any information about him, please contact on the phone numbers 9796282000, 6006095454,” they appealed

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CISF personnel found dead at NHPC Bandipora

REGIONAL

A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel was found dead on Thursday morning in his room at National HydroElectric Power Corporation Private Limited (NHPC) in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that the CISF personnel identified as Constable Asgar Ali son of Nizamudin, a resident of Maksuspur District Saran East Zone, Bihar was found dead in his room. Police in this regard said that the body of the deceased has been shifted to a control room for a post-mortem to ascertain the cause of his death. (KD

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Muslims should be burnt like Hindus burn Ravana on Dussehra: BJP Leader

INDIA

Haribhushan Thakur Bachaul, a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA has said that Hindus should set ablaze Muslims like Ravana effigies during the festival of Dussehra. The BJP MLA speaking at an event in Patna, ‘The Untold Story of Kashmiri Hindus’ said, “We need a Hanuman ji so that our youth could be strong, the people of our country could be strong. Just like Ravana’s Lanka was burnt by Hanuman ji, the demon-like Ravanas, who are hovering over Bihar and the country, should also be burnt,” a news channels reported. Hanuman Chalisa was also recited during the programme which was attended by BJP leader from Delhi, Kapil Mishra, also attended the event. “Demon-like Ravanas” is seen by many as a reference to religious and other minorities in the country, especially Muslims...

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Karnataka’s Belagavi tense after ‘miscreants’ hoist saffron flag on mosque

INDIA

Tense situation prevailed after some miscreants hoisted a saffron flag on a mosque in a village in Karnataka’s Belagavi district on Wednesday. According to police, the miscreants climbed to the mosque tower and hoisted the flag in the wee hours. The incident came to light in the morning, causing tension in the region. The incident took place in the Sattigeri Maddi mosque in Mudalagi taluk of the district. The police rushed to the spot and controlled the situation. The police held a meeting of the leaders of both the Hindu and Muslim communities and removed the safforn flag. Though the police controlled the situation, security has been beefed up in all sensitive areas of the district to avoid any untoward incident. The incident caused panic and raised concerns all over the st...

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Militants flee after brief gunfight in Bijbehara

REGIONAL

After a brief exchange of fire last evening, the militants have managed to give slip to the security forces in Marhama area of Bijbehera in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district while the searches in the Bandipora woods are going on for the second consecutive day. An official said that a joint team of Police, Army's 3 RR and CRPF launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) on specific information about the presence of militants in the area on Wednesday evening. He said that as the joint team of forces approached the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them, which was retaliated, triggering a gunfight. "After the initial exchange of fire, no contact was established with the militants, "the official said, adding that cordon layers were tightened after the initial exchange ...

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24 sheep buried alive as earth caves in Budgam

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At least 24 sheep including 8 lambs were buried alive when the earth caved in near a Crusher Machine site in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. The incident occurred in the dense forest area of the Chhoon area which is barely 4 kilometers away from the Budgam district headquarters. The livestock belonged to two nomads from Rajouri namely Mushtaq Ahmed Sath and Kalima Khatana. While talking to the news agency Kashmir News Trust, Mushtaq Ahmed said that they were grazing the livestock including sheep and goats when the earth suddenly caved in burying 24 sheep including 8 lambs. He said they were able to retrieve a lamb only and that too was dead. “Some people assembled near the accident site but couldn’t do anything due to the lack of equipment. Our 23 sheep are beneath the earth...

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Tipper driver killed in accident in Surankote Poonch

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A 50-year-old driver died after a tipper vehicle was driving met with an accident in Surankote area of Poonch district on Wednesday evening. Official sources told GNS that the accident took place at 1850 hours at Nanara Fazalabad Surankote when the tipper (JK11-4610) driven by Naseer Ahmad son of Fazal Hussain of Kotan Mandhar met with accident and got serious injured. He was shifted to SDH Surankote for treatment but succumbed to injuries, they added. A police official told GNS that a case has been registered in connection with the accident. (GNS)

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Newborn baby dumped in Dal Lake in Srinagar, Body recovered

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In a shocking incident, a newborn baby was found dead at Dal Lake near Nishat garden in Srinagar on Wednesday evening. An official told news Agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a new born baby was found floating in Dal Lake near Nishat garden Srinagar. The body was fished out and taken to nearby facility, where doctors have declared him brought dead on arrival. Meanwhile local police has taken cognizance of the incident and shifted the body to SMHS hospital for legal medical formalities—(KNO)

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Teenager goes missing from his home in Anantnag area

SOUTH KASHMIR

Suhail Dar A teenage boy has been missing from his home in Wanpoh area of south Kashmir's Anantnag district. Hilal Ahmed Bhat, his father told The Kashmiriyat that Yasir his son, who is 15 years old has been missing since 05 May 2022. Yasir Ahmad Bhat who is a student of class 9th in Delhi Public School in Anantnag had left home for s picnic after which he did not return home. "On the third day of Eid, he wanted to go for picnic. I initially refused to allow him going outside, but then I asked him to leave after which I went to my paddy fields. When we returned home, he was not home," his father told The Kashmiriyat. Since then the family has been trying to find him, but there has been no clue of him. His father said that they have filed a missing report at the Wanpoh Pol...

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Work in RDD affected as MGNREGA engineers association extends pen-down strike by 3 more days

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Working in Rural Development Department remained affected for the third consecutive day on Wednesday as MGNREGA Engineers Association continued with their pen-down strike in favour of their ‘long pending’ demands. In Udhampur district, authorities have deputed at least 70 engineers from various departments for the “estimation of area development works (DDC, BDC, and PRI). Sources said that while 30 engineers from association would normally carry this work, the deputation of the engineers was bound affect the work of the parent departments when there is already scarcity of water and resources amid rising temperatures. With no-headway so far, the Association has extended their pen-down strike by three more days and also issued an appeal to the Lieutenant Governor to “intervene” for ful...