The Director-General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh sanctioned over Rs 2.52 crore as Special Welfare Relief for NOKs of the slain, deceased Police personnel/SPOs. The special welfare relief of Rs 22 lakh each out of Contributory Welfare Fund has been sanctioned in favour of dependents/legal heirs of deceased Police personnel Inspr. (M) Mohammad Ayoub, ASI Romesh Giri, Narsingdev Singh, Tirath Singh, HC Sham Lal, Ct. Showkat Ahmad and Ct. Shafiq Ahmad who expired due to illness/natural death while in service. While Rs 20 lakh each has been sanctioned as special welfare relief in favour of dependents legal heirs of NOKs of HC Mohammad Arif, Hamidullah Sheikh and SgCt. Ravi Bhushan, who also expired due to illness/ natural death while in service. To assist the family martyrs, the DGP s...

At least two houseboats were gutted in a fire incident that broke out on Wednesday morning in Dal Lake here in Dalgate area of Srinagar. Massive fire broke out in Dal Lake in early Wednesday morning in which two houseboats namely New Zealand belonging to Badiyari family and Apollo Eleven belonging to Late Gh Qadir Kahar got damaged. Spokesperson of Kashmir Houseboat Owners Association, Yakoob Dunno said that the loss is approximately Rs 2.5 Crore per houseboat. It will cost a maximum of Rs 4 crore for each boat for reconstruction, he said. He appealed the government to provide compensation to the affected families so that they can rebuild their houseboats—(KNO)

The Kashmir valley received fresh snowfall on Wednesday morning, while at several places it has been snowing since Tuesday morning. Hilly areas in Kashmir accumulated several inches of snowfall forcing the closure of link roads, highways. The air transport has been hit for the second consecutive day. An airport official said that so far eight flights have been canceled at the Sheikh ul Aalam International Airport in Srinagar, three flights have been rescheduled so far. Meanwhile, Kashmir University has postponed all the exams scheduled on Wednesday due to the inclement weather conditions in the Valley. The University officials in a notification said, “It is notified for the information of all the concerned that due to inclement weather conditions, all UG/PG/Professional/B.Ed ex...

Three militants affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammad including a non-local were killed in an encounter in Chandgam area of South Kashmir's Pulwama district, officials said on Wednesday. Inspector General of Police for Kashmir zone Vijay Kumar said that three JeM militants included one non local were killed in Chandgam encounter. He said that incriminating material, arms and ammunition including 2 M-4 carbine and 1 AK series rifle were recovered from the spot. He termed the killing of three militants including a non local a big success for security forces. #PulwamaEncounterUpdate: 03 #militants of outfit JeM including one #Pakistani national killed. #Incriminating materials, arms & ammunition including 2 M-4 carbine and 1 AK series rifle recovered. A big success for us: IGP Kash...

140 animals captured, rehabilitated Two person got killed and19 Injured in a human-wildlife conflict in Ganderbal during the year 2021 The Wildlife department captured 140 wild animals in human habitat. According to the wildlife department report, a copy of which lies with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) two persons were killed during Human-wildlife conflict in Ganderbal District. In the report wildlife department also mentioned that they did around 186 activities to capture wild animals which were roaming in human habitat and were able to capture 140 which were later rehabilitated at their natural habitat. The report also mentioned that 19 civilians among some paramilitary forces were injured by wild bear during this year. The kin of one of the deceased who d...

Director-General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh Tuesday sanctioned over Rs 2.52 crore as Special Welfare Relief for NOKs of slain, deceased Police personnel/SPOs. According to a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the special welfare relief of Rs 22 lakh each out of Contributory Welfare Fund has been sanctioned in favour of dependents/legal heirs of deceased Police personnel Inspr. (M) Mohammad Ayoub, ASI Romesh Giri, Narsingdev Singh, Tirath Singh, HC Sham Lal, Ct. Showkat Ahmad and Ct. Shafiq Ahmad who expired due to illness/natural death while in service. While Rs 20 lakh each has been sanctioned as special welfare relief in favour of dependents legal heirs of NOKs of HC Mohammad Arif, Hamidullah Sheikh and SgCt. Ravi Bhushan, who also expired due to ill...

‘LeT commander among 5 militants killed in 4 days, Sgr witnesses two out of four encounters’ The year 2022 has started with encounters in Kashmir as the first four days of the New Year have recorded a gunfight everyday resulting in the killing of five militants including top Lashkar-e-Toiba commander. Figures available with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), out of four gun-battles, Srinagar district witnessed two encounters in a span of just one hour while as Kupwara district in North Kashmir recorded one encounter and Kulgam district in South Kashmir also saw one encounter. “On January 01, a non-local militant was killed in Keran sector of Kupwara district who was later identified by police as Muhammad Shabir Malik, a Pakistani national,” the figures reads, adding that...

Inhabitants in Hathlanga in Haji Peer sector Uri in frontier north Kashmir’s Baramulla district have taken exception over the ongoing construction of community bunkers by a Roads and Buildings department allottee saying the structures are being constructed at ‘unsuitable places’ and fall outside the proximity of their existing dwellings. Mansoor Ahmed Chachi, a Panchayat ward member of Hathalanga village told GNS that recently a contractor was allotted work by the Roads and Buildings department. Notwithstanding the actual requirement, the allottee however started the work on two community bunkers as per his convenience only and has been constructing the structures at least two kilometres away from the existing dwellings of the inhabitants, he claimed. “The bunkers would be of simply ...