A civilian who was shot at by suspected militants at Merjanpora Eidgah Safakadal in central Kashmir’s Srinagar district this evening has succumbed to injuries at SMHS hospital here, officials said. They told GNS that one Rouf Ahmad Khan, 45, was fatally shot by militants this evening, following which he was rushed to SMHS Hospital Srinagar, adding soon after admission, the person however succumbed to his injuries. The Kashmir Zone Police in the meantime tweeted “#Terrorists fired upon a #civilian namely Rouf Ahmad at Merjanpora, Eidgah PS Safakadal #Srinagar. The injured was shifted to SMHS hospital where he was declared dead. #Case registered, investigation going on (sic.)”. Meanwhile the whole area has been cordoned off to nab the assailants. (GNS)

An Assistant Sub-inspector of Police, who was gravely injured in a militant attack, succumbed to wounds on way to hospital, official sources told GNS. The militants fired upon ASI Mohammad Ashraf of Awantipora, leaving him critically injured with two bullet wounds in neck and chest, at Bijbhera. He was shifted to SDH Bijbhera where from he has been shifted to Srinagar hospital for advanced treatment. However he died on the way, they said. A police officer confirmed the dead of the the ASI. Soon after the attack whole area has been cordoned off to nab the attackers. Further details awaited. (GNS)

An assistant sub inspector of Police was shot at by unknown gunmen in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district on Wednesday evening. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that an ASI of Jammu and Kashmir police was shot at by suspected militants near SDH Bijbehara on Wednesday evening. He said that ASI identified as Muhammad Ashraf of Awantipora had received four bullet injuries and was shifted to SDH Bijbehara in critical condition. He added that the area has been cordoned off to nab the attackers. Earlier, a 45-year-old Rouf Ahmed was shot at and injured at Eidgah area of Srinagar city. Two attacks took place just within a span of 30 minutes—(KNO)

At least 24 pregnant women tested positive for coronavirus Wednesday at Kashmir’s lone maternity hospital Lalla Ded, with officials expecting the number to rise. The healthcare workers, patients, and attendants were seen pulling their masks up after 24 patients were detected positive for the virus on arrival at Out Patient Department (OPD). “Every patient has to undergo RAT before entering the hospital for the treatment. As of now, 24 have tested positive and there will obviously be more in Casualty and other departments,” a health official at the LD hospital told Kashmir Dot Com (KDC). “Many of our doctors have contracted the CoVID in the past few weeks,” he said. On Tuesday, 104 new cases of the infection were recorded in Jammu and Kashmir including 78 cases in Kashmir valley...

BJP's president of Jammu Kashmir Ravinder Raina on Wednesday said the PAGD's proposed protest in Srinagar on January 1 against the Delimitation Commission's recommendations is a "conspiracy" against the people of the region. The Delimitation Commission, set up to redraw the assembly seats, is learnt to have proposed six additional seats for the Jammu region and one for the Kashmir Valley in its 'Paper 1' discussed with its five associate members - three parliamentarians of the National Conference (NC) and two of the BJP from Jammu and Kashmir - in New Delhi on Monday. The people are watching the "drama" of the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) and the Congress, and will give a befitting reply to them during the assembly polls, which will be held after the completion of ...