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Jammu Kashmir Police busts ‘Narco-terror’ Module in Baramulla

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The Jammu Kashmir Police on Saturday claimed to have busted the narco terror module in the Baramulla district. Two persons have been arrested by the Police and contraband worth Rs 18 crores seized. In a statement issued to the media, the police spokesperson said that today on 05.02.2022 police party of P/S Uri and PP Kamalkote headed by SHO P/S Uri were patrolling the area from Dachi towards Basgran. During the patrolling two vehicles Celero-X bearing registration No. JK09C-1584 and Alto bearing registration No. JK05G-0247 were found on a link road towards Dachi in a suspicious condition. " Police patrolling party moved towards the vehicles, but the drivers of both the vehicles saw the Police patrolling party and tried to flee away from the spot however due to the timely action of Po...

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Safakadal area faces mobile internet outage for 6 hours on a daily basis

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Locals from Safa Kadal area of Srinagar city Saturday said that they are witnessing mobile internet shutdown on daily basis from 3 pm onwards for the past 4 months. The locals mostly students told news agency Kashmir News Trust that this unannounced outage has badly hit their studies. “Internet service gets off at 3 every day and then is restored after 9 in the evening. We have been facing this problem for the last 4 months,” a group of students said. Pertinently, in the recent past, several areas of Srinagar city witnessed unannounced, unofficial, and sudden internet shutdowns. After the repeated appeals from academics, entrepreneurs, and journalists, the practice to snap internet service was stopped, however, as per locals, Safa Kadal locality still faces the same problem. “W...

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Those who question Delimitation Commission’s report have some other motives: Dr Jitendra Singh

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Union Minsiter Dr Jitendra Singh on Saturday said that those who are questioning the report of Delimitation Commission must have some other motives. Talking to reporters at Jammu, Singh said that the BJP trusts legitimacy and integrity of the Delimitation Commission which was constituted by the election commission of India. “Commission follows certain laid dow norms and parameters and there cannot be any deviation in the commission’s report. Anybody who questions its working or the criteria followed by them, either have not studied the parameters which guide its working or else they have some other motives,” Singh said. Replying to a question, Singh said that since 1947 Pakistan could not reconcile to the fact that Jammu Kashmir is a part of India. “Therefore, they are trying a...

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Roshni Land Act- Special Court grants bail to two former bureaucrats

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A special CBI court in Srinagar on Saturday granted bail to a former divisional commissioner and a former deputy commissioner charged in the Roshni land ‘scam’. Special Judge CBI Srinagar, Jatinder Singh Jamwal granted bail to Mehboob Iqbal, former divisional commissioner (Kashmir) and Ejaz Iqbal, former deputy commissioner (Srinagar) in the Roshni scam. As per the report, the preliminary verification conducted by the JK vigilance organization into the allegation of irregularities committed in the transfer of state land in District Srinagar under the Roshni Scheme has revealed that officials of the Revenue Department abused their official positions to confer undue pecuniary benefit to the occupants of State Land. They arbitrarily fixed the price lower than the prevailing market ra...

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‘Re-drawing new boundaries shocking’ NC rejects draft working paper of delimitation commission

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National Conference on Saturday summarily rejected the Draft Working Paper of Delimitation Commission stating that the way Delimitation Commission (DC) has re-drawn boundaries is shocking. National Conference Provincial Spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar told reporters that the party as an associate member of the DC summarily rejects the Draft Working Proposal. He said the party will come up with a detailed response after studying the report at length. “So for we feel that our recommendations have been rejected by the DC. We don’t know what the Government of India is up to and what it wants from Kashmir or trying to do in Jammu and Kashmir,” Dar said. He said the way boundaries have been re-drawn is shocking. “Kashmir is being treated differently. New laws are being implemented against t...

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Two killed, many injured in Udhampur accident

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Two persons were killed while two others sustained injuries in a road accident that took place at Thanda Paddar on highway near Udhampur. Police, officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a vehicle turned turtle on highway and four persons travelling in it got injured. They all were shifted to the hospital where two among them succumbed to their injuries and two others are undergoing treatment. The deceased have been identified as Abhay (26) and Deevam (23) while injured include Harish (24) and Paras (25). Both the injured have been referred to Government Medical College Jammu for specialised treatment—(KNO)

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Delimitation Proposal- Rajouri, Poonch a part of Anantnag parliamentary seat now; Pulwama, Shopian inducted into Srinagar

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Qazi Shibli The Delimitation Commission in its report has recommended the merger of Rajouri and Poonch into Anantnag Lok Sabha seat, among several other changes. In its interim report, the assembly segments seem to have been heavily scattered against the existing structure of the seats. In earlier instances, seats in Jammu Kashmir were delimited in 1963, 1973, and 1995. The last commission of 1995 was headed by Justice K.K. Gupta. The next delimitation was scheduled in 2005, but in 2002, the then state government froze the delimitation process until 2026. However, after the abrogation of Article 370 by the Modi-led government in 2019 August, a delimitation Commission was formed by the Government. Assembly elections have not been held in the region after June 2018 when the BJP p...

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Two militants killed in Sgr encounter belong to Kulgam, Pulwama: IGP Kashmir

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Says one slain identified as Ikhlaq Hajam was involved in killing of Police HC on Jan 29; Fahad Shah arrested in FIR lodged in Pulwama district; charged for glorifying militancy Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Saturday that two militants killed in Srinagar’s Zakura area belong to South Kashmir and one of them was involved in killing of police head constable at Bijbehara, Anantnag on January 29. Talking to reporters here, the IGP Kashmir said that acting on a specific lead late evening yesterday about the presence of two militants in Zakura area of Srinagar, police laid a siege in the area and after zeroing in on the spot, the hiding militants opened fire that was retaliated. “In the ensuing encounter, two militants of LeT (TRF) were killed. They were identified as Ikhlaq Ha...

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Trooper killed, another injured in Sgr accident; driver arrested

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A trooper was killed while another got injured after a truck hit them near Fruit mandi in Parimpora area of Srinagar on Saturday. The truck dirver tried to flee from the spot but was chased and arrested by the police.buy zithromax online https://myhst.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentytwo/inc/patterns/new/zithromax.html no prescription According to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) two soldiers were hit by a truck reg no JK03J/3811 in which one solider namely Sanjay Kumar of 163/TA belt no 12984287 died and another soldier namely Rafiq Ahmad of 163/ TA belt No 12984394 got injured and is being treated a the hospital.buy viagra super force online https://myhst.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentytwo/inc/patterns/new/viagra-super-force.html no prescription Meanwhile, the Truck dr...

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Journalist Fahad Shah ‘wanted’ in three cases: Police

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The Jammu Kashmir Police on Saturday said that Fahad Shah is wanted in three cases for glorifying terrorism, spreading fake news & inciting the general public for creating Law and order situations. In a tweet, the Jammu Kashmir Police said that FIR No. 70/2020 of PS Safa Kadal Srinagar, FIR No. 06/2021 of PS Imam sahib, Shopian are registered against Fahad Shah and he has currently been arrested in FIR No. 19/2022 of Police Station Pulwama. Pertinently Fahad was arrested on Friday afternoon by Jammu Kashmir Police in Pulwama and subsequently booked in FIR number 19/2022 registered in Pulwama Police station under sections 13 UAPA (punishment for unlawful activities), IPC 124 A (sedition) and IPC 505 (intent to incite). It is pertinent to mention that journalist Fahad Shah was c...