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22 year young boy dies of cardiac arrest in Sopore

22 year young boy dies of cardiac arrest in Sopore

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Shabir Khan A young boy from Watlab area of Sopore died of cardiac arrest on Tuesday morning. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that Sakib Ahmad Reshi Son of Nazir Ahmad Reshi from Watlab Sopore fell unconscious on Tuesday morning after which his family rushed him to the nearby hospital. At SDH Sopore, he was declared dead on arrival.
Journalist from Chenab Valley of Jammu Kashmir receives received Aminah Assilmi Award in Media Excellence

Journalist from Chenab Valley of Jammu Kashmir receives received Aminah Assilmi Award in Media Excellence

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Journalist Raqib Hameed Naik from the Chenab valley of Jammu Kashmir based in the United States has received Aminah Assilmi Award in Media Excellence – 2021 from the Sound Vision Foundation USA, for his reporting on Kashmir, Indian minorities.buy prelone online https://pridedentaloffice.com/wp-content/themes/Divi/includes/new/prelone.html no prescription Raqib received the award during Sound Vision Foundation’s annual banquet in Houston Texas on December 12. Last month, he was also shortlisted for the prestigious Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award from amongst 300 journalists across 55 countries.
VHP Chief Refers to Indian Muslims as ‘Cancer’, Says they require ‘Chemotherapy’

VHP Chief Refers to Indian Muslims as ‘Cancer’, Says they require ‘Chemotherapy’

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The right-wing Hindutva group Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) obliquely referred to Indian Muslims as “cancer” which reached the “fourth stage”, and required “chemotherapy”. After laying the foundation for a new VHP building in Nagpur on Sunday which is also headquarters of its parent organization RSS, the outfit president Ravindra Narayan Singh said that cancer survived in Independent India and reached the “fourth stage”, which, he added, called for “chemotherapy” now The India Express reported that VHP leader Singh compared the Partition of the Subcontinent and creation of Pakistan to surgery for removal of “cancer”. “When India was partitioned on the basis of religion, we had given a separate land for Muslims. Ye samjhiye ke hum apne desh se us cancer ko nikalna chahte the (It was ...
Inputs Warn of Multiple Attacks on Forces- CRPF Advised to Carry Lethal Arms: Report

Inputs Warn of Multiple Attacks on Forces- CRPF Advised to Carry Lethal Arms: Report

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The Government forces have received multiple intelligence inputs issued last week that cautioned against Militant attacks on security forces in Kashmir, News18.com reported. The report added that the input shared by ground units and agencies was not specific and carried general details of suspected attacks on Government forces. Three policemen were killed and 11 others injured in a deadly strike on a bus carrying personnel from the Jammu Kashmir Armed Police in the Zewan area of Srinagar. The input, as per the report, was issued last week and hint out that Militants had planned attacks using vehicle-borne IEDs, like the one used in the 2019 Pulwama attack. The input, reviewed by News18.com, had also warned over a possible attack on security forces and their informers. The input...
Srinagar attack: It was a weapon snatching bid, cops foiled by retaliating effectively: IGP Kashmir

Srinagar attack: It was a weapon snatching bid, cops foiled by retaliating effectively: IGP Kashmir

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Three JeM militants including a local carried out attack, Injured militant’s blood trail suggests group has fled to Tral; another cop succumbed today morning, toll 3, Policemen to travel in bullet proof vehicles from onwards Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir range Vijay Kumar said that three militants of Jaish-e-Muhammad including two foreigners and a local carried out Srinagar attack in which three police men were killed and 11 others injured. He said the blood trail of one of the injured militant suggests that the group first fled to Pampore and then to the Tral area of Pulwama while the police team is working to track down the group. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a wreath laying ceremony of slain cops in Srinagar, the IGP Kashmir said that the bus ferrying 25 po...
Poonch ‘Encounter’: ‘AK-47 Recovered, 4 Magazines Recovered From Killed Militant’

Poonch ‘Encounter’: ‘AK-47 Recovered, 4 Magazines Recovered From Killed Militant’

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One militant was killed in an encounter with joint team of police and army in Doori Dhok area of Surankote area of Poonch district on Tuesday. “In a successful joint operation, Indian Army and JKP eliminated one (militant) in Behramgala, district Poonch,” Army’s Jammu based PRO said in a statement to GNS. “The operation was launched on 13 Dec 2021, on receiving specific Intelligence inputs of presence of armed (militants) in the area. During the encounter in early hours on 14 December, the (militant) attempted to escape while opening fire at the security personnel. However (he) was neutralised in ensuing fire,” the PRO said, adding, “One AK-47 Rifle, four magazines and pouches have been recovered from the slain (militant). SSP Poonch Dr Vinod Kumar and other senior officers wer...
Two arrested with chinese pistol near Jammu Airport: Police

Two arrested with chinese pistol near Jammu Airport: Police

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Jammu police on Monday claimed to have arrested two persons with Chinese pistol near Jammu Airport. A police spokesman told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a team of police station Satwari led by SHO Inspector Deepak Jasrotia while on patrolling duty near Airport Jammu found one Vehicle (Baleno) bearing number JKO2CE-5360 parked on roadside in darkness. The team inquired the persons sitting in the vehicle on which the persons started shouting and assaulted the police officials on duty, but were overpowered swiftly by police team. During search, a Chinese pistol along with magazine was recovered from their possession, which they had carried for committing some serious crime in the area, police said. On this, police said that a case under FIR number 282/21 under ...
Srinagar Attack: One Among Injured Cops Succumb, Toll 3

Srinagar Attack: One Among Injured Cops Succumb, Toll 3

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The death toll in fatal attack by militants on a police bus on Srinagar-Jammu highway near Zeewan in city outskirts rose to three as one among the 12 injured police personnel succumbed to wounds at a hospital here on Tuesday. A police official told GNS that Constable Rameez Ahmad son of Mohammad Amin of Yachama Ganderbal lost battle for life at hospital here. A bus of police’s armed forces was fired upon near Aripora Zeewan in outskirts of Srinagar on Monday evening, leaving 14 men injured. Later two of them, Assistant Sub Inspector Ghulam Hassan of Top Neel Bharthand Ramban and Safique Ali (Sgct) of Mamakoti Mahore in Reasi district succumbed to injuries at army’s 92 base camp at Badami bagh hospital here. Police has said that the attack was carried out by three militants of “...
‘Kashmir Tigers’ carried out the attack on cops in Srinagar, One Militant Injured: Police

‘Kashmir Tigers’ carried out the attack on cops in Srinagar, One Militant Injured: Police

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Police on Monday said that the fatal attack on bus of armed forces personnel at Zeewan Srinagar was carried out by three militants of Kashmir Tigers, “an offshoot” of Jash-e-Mohammad. "Today at about 1800 hours, (militants) fired indiscriminately upon a police vehicle near Zewan Pantha Chowk area of Srinagar. Senior police officers along with reinforcement reached at the spot,” a police spokesman said in a statement issued here to GNS. ‘Preliminary investigation has revealed that three (militants) had fired indiscriminately upon a police vehicle carrying police personnel of 9th Battalion near Zewan Pantha Chowk area of Srinagar,” he said, adding, “The police party were coming back to their campus after finishing their duties.” Although the fire was retaliated, he said, militants h...
Neither gun, nor pro-Hurriyat sentiment has ended in Kashmir post Article 370 rollback: Omar Abdullah

Neither gun, nor pro-Hurriyat sentiment has ended in Kashmir post Article 370 rollback: Omar Abdullah

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Lashing out at the BJP led government at the Centre, National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah Monday said that neither gun north the pro-Hurriyat sentiment has ended in Kashmir post abrogation of Article 370 by the Centre on August 5, 2019. He also said that local boys are picking up arms and asked the Government of India (GoI) where the jobs and the development are promised by it at the time of rolling back special status and slicing the erstwhile state into two halves. Addressing party workers at northern district of Kupwara, Omar said that he doesn’t see any development taking place in J&K post Article 370 roll back. “Where are the jobs promised by the Centre. Instead, unemployment has increased manifold inJ&K,” he said. Omar said that neither gun nor the pro-Hurri...