Jammu Kashmir police Tuesday said that two out of the four cases of selected killings in Kashmir by killing two militants who were involved in the act. A senior police official told news agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO), in an encounter at Hajin in nor thern district of Bandipora, a Lashkar-e-Toiba (TRF) Imtiyaz Ahmed was killed. "He was involved in the kilingof sumo driver Muhammad Shafi alias Sonu. This way with the elimination of lmtiyaz, the first case of civilian killings stands solved," he told news agency-Kashmir News Observer (KNO). Similarly, the official said on Tuesday, one of the three militants killed in Shopian encounter, identified as Mukhtar Shah, who was involved in the killing of a non-local vendor at Lal Bazar area of Srinagar. The slain vendor was identified as ...

A teacher committed suicide by shooting himself dead with 12 bore weapon in Kishtwar district on Tuesday, officials said. They said that the teacher Majid Muzafar Najar fired from the weapon at his home in Shakti Nagar area of Kishtwar, leading to his on the spot death. A police official told GNS rifle has been seized while an FIR has been registered. “Investigation is going on,” he said. SSP Kishtwar Shafqat Hussein Bhat confirmed it to GNS and said that a case has been registered. (GNS)

Scores of inhabitants from Reshipora Awantipora Tuesday lodged a protest and blocked Naina-Padgampora road over persistent water shortage in the area. The protesters, as per GNS, staged a sit-in in the middle of the road bringing the vehicular traffic to a complete halt. Raising slogans against Jal Shakti Department, the protestors alleged that they are being met with indifference towards the genuine despite bringing it in the notice of officials on several occasions. “We have been facing an acute shortage of water supply for past several months now, however the department is not taking the issue into consideration”, a local part of the protest said. “We are making a fervent appeal to the department higher-ups to look into the matter for an early redressal”, he added. The prote...

Sheikh Nadeem A residential house was completely gutted in a fire mishap in Rajbhat locality of Sunbrari in south Kashmir's Anantnag district during the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. A local told The Kashmiriyat that fire broke out in the residential house of Farooq Ahmad Bhat and Bilal Ahmad Bhat, living in a joint house. The late night fire turned the belongings of the family into ashes. There are 13 family members who lived under the same roof. Locals said that they approached the fire tenders but due to the short breadth of road, the fire tenders could not reach on the spot. The locals, however, doused the flames and controlled fire from causing more damage. They said that the cause of fire was being ascertained. The local residents appealed to the Lieutenan...