Police on Friday claimed to have arrested two Lashkar-e-Toiba associates from Kralpora, Chadoora area of Central Kashmir's Budgam district. Official sources said that two OGWs of LeT outfit were arrested at Kralpora area of Budgam. "Acting upon specific information, joint forces arrested two Lashkar militant associates from Chadoora area who have been identified as Imran Majeed Son of Abdul Majeed Magray a resident of Murdaan Mohalla Mochua and Aqib Amin Son of Mohd Amin Rather a resident of Magrey Mohalla Mochua," they said. A Case FIR number 208/2021 under relevant sections of law stands registered at Police Station Chadoora and further investigation is under process, they said. Pertinently, on Thursday Budgam Police along with 02 RR & 79 Bn CRPF had.detained two Lashkar ...

The policeman who had sustained critical injuries after hit by a load-carrier while performing his duty in Rainawari area of Srinagar succumbed to his injuries. While divulging information about the incident, a police officer told news agency Kashmir News Trust that on 13 December this month, a load carrier (JK01C-3906) hit a police head constable Iftikar Hussain (14/S) when he as usual was performing his duty at Zaind Shah Masjid Chowk in Rainawari. The police constable was shifted to SKIMS shortly after sustaining injuries where he died after spending 10 days in the hospital. Police in this regard registered an FIR vide number 69/2014 under relevant sections of law and arrested the erring driver. The police official identified the accused driver as Showkat Ismail Langoo, a re...

Jammu and Kashmir police in Poonch arrested a man and initiated legal proceedings for allegedly posting an objectionable post on social media platform. The detained person has been identified as Shakoor Ahmed Bhat, son of Mohammad Yousaf Bhat of Keegam Shopian. Police told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the man has shared sensitive social media post and got indulged in unlawful act following which he was detained by a joint naka of Police and Army at Poshana. Legal proceedings have been initiated against the accused, police said—(KNO)

Barring famous resorts of Gulmarg and Pahalgam, the minimum temperature settled at above freezing point in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K recorded a low of 2.4 against last night’s 2.6°C and had rainfall of 1.3mm in last 24 hours till 0830 hours today. Kashmir is presently under the grip of 40-day long harshest period of winter, known locally as ‘Chillai Kalan, which started from December 21. It is followed by a 20-day long ‘Chillai Khurd’ and a 10-day-long ‘Chilla Bachha’. The mercury in the world famous resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir's Baramulla district settled at minus 5.1°C against minus 3.7°C on the previous night, the official said. It was 0.7°C above normal for the famous reso...

Meer Irfan One Militant has been killed in the ongoing encounter that broke out between Government forces and militants in Muman Arwani area of South Kashmir's Anantnag district. An official told The Kashmiriyat that early on Friday the Government Forcs including RR of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police and CRPF had launched a search operation in the area following an input about militant movement in the area. The encounter raged when the joint forces were fired upon by militants during the searches, the official said. During the exchange of gunfire, one Militant has been killed so far, while one or two more are believed to be trapped at the site. Sources meanwhile told The Kashmiriyat that a top militant commander from Anantnag is trapped at the site of the encounter.

Typographical error, no such proposal before Govtt: Additional Chief Secretary; Clerical error, erroneous document taken down, says MD NHM National Health Mission (NHM) evoked sharp criticism by mentioning Srinagar's Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences as 'Shri Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences' in its document on Hepatitis control program uploaded on its official website. After massive criticism on social media, the NHM put down the document saying “it was a typographical error.” As per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the document went viral on the social media sites where people were raising questions over the sudden name change of SKIMS by the government. "This name-sake government is worthy only of this! Attending to whims of the fugitives, they think the...