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22-year-old ace footballer from Sopore Kashmir among two Militants killed in Baramulla Encounter

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Two Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militants including a 22-year-old ace footballer from Sopore area were killed in an fierce gun battle at Wanigam Payeen village of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday A police official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), acting on a tip off, joint teams of police, army’s 29 RR and the 176Bn CRPF cordoned Wanigam Payeen village in the morning hours and launched an extensive search operations. “During the searches, a spot was zeroed on where militants were hiding. When forces reached close to the spot, the hiding militants opened fire triggering an encounter,” he said. However, the hiding militants tried to change location and there was a lull for a few hours after which a contact was again established. “In the ensuing gunfight, two milit...

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SSB Trooper Injured in Sopore Grenade Attack

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An Sashastra Seema Bal trooper was injured after militants hurled a grenade in Watergam area of north Kashmir's Sopore on thursday evening. Official sources told GNS said that suspected militants lobbed a grenade towards SSB in Watergam. In which one SSB personnel recieved minor injuries and was shifted to nearby hospital for treatment. Meanwhile joint security forces launch a cordon and search operation to nab the attackers

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One More Jaish Militant Killed in Ongoing Baramulla Encounter- Toll 2

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Shabir Khan Two Militants have been killed during the encounter that started early morning on Thursday between militants and Government forces in Wanigam area of Baramulla district in Kashmir. An official confirming the exchange of gunfire to The Kashmiriyat said that 29 Rashtriya Rifles of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police and CRPF had jointly laid a siege in Wanigam area of Baramulla. He said that the cordon was laid after the forces had received a tip-off about Militant movements in the area. As soon as the forces launched the searches, the Militants opened fire on them to which the forces responded, after which the Militants fled from the spot. During the search operations of nearly eight hours, the hiding militants again opened fire, and during this exchange of gunfire ...

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‘The Jammu Kashmir Administration Favoured BJP in DDC Polls’- Alleges Candidate from Pulwama where BJP Won

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A District Development Council candidate from south Kashmir’s Pulwama district has accused the Jammu Kashmir administration of having favoured the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) in the run-up to the DDC polls. According to the candidate Rukiya Jaan, who recently lost the election from Pulwama’s Kakapora second constituency, the polling station for her opponents from BJP and Apni Party was placed just outside their homes while as the location for Rukiya Jaan was set more than five kilometres away from her village. “By doing this, the district administration whom we consider responsible for the act did this to created hurdles for the voters so that we get fewer votes,” said Rukiya’s husband Manzoor Ahmed, who believes that the alleged mismanagement has paved the way to their opponents. ...

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After Cordon of Nearly 08 Hours, Encounter Rages in Baramulla, 1 Militant Killed

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Shabir Khan One militant was killed during a gunfight in the Wanigam area of Kreeri in North Kashmir's Baramulla district. An official told The Kashmiriyat that after a cordon and search operation of nearly eight hours, Militants opened fire on joint forces including 29 RR of Indian Army, to which the forces retaliated. During the exchange of gunfire, one Militant, who is yet to be identified, has been killed.buy sinequan online blackmenheal.org/wp-content/languages/new/noprescription/sinequan-no-prescription.html no prescription The cordon and search was launched early on Thursday morning and Militants had escaped from the spot in Wanigam area of Baramulla. As per the locals of the area, an intermittent exchange of Gunfire was going on when this report was filed.

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One Youth Dead, Four Others Injured in Anantnag While Laying down Electric Pole for Private Company

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Mohammed Mufeez One person has died and four others injured while repairing an electricity line in the Nambal area of South Kashmir's Anantnag District. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that on Thursday, five persons received an electric shock while laying down an electric pole for a private company in the Nambal area of the Anantnag District. One among the five died on the spot and four others have shifted to a nearby hospital, Primary Health care in Mattan. An official identified the deceased as Anees Bhat, son of Abdul Rehman Bhat, a resident of Vail Nagbal Anantnag, a labour by profession.

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Snowfall Predicted in Kashmir Valley from Saturday

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There was slight improvement in cold conditions in Kashmir as the minimum temperature rose across the valley on Thursday, even as the MET Office forecast the possibility of light snow over two days from Saturday. The night temperature marked an improvement but continued to settle below the freezing point, MET officials said. The weather has remained dry and cold across Kashmir since the snowfall on December 12, with the night temperature staying several degrees below the freezing point, they said. The officials said Srinagar the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir recorded a low of minus 3.8 degrees Celsius up from the previous night’s minus 5 degrees Celsius. They said the mercury in Pahalgam tourist resort in south Kashmir went up from the previous night’s low of minus 6.6 de...

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38 Gujjar Bakerwal Candidates Win DDC Elections in Jammu Kashmir

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Mir Musavir In the recently concluded District Development Council elections, 38 candidates from the indigenous Gujjar and Bakerwal community have been elected to the Council of 280 members from 20 Districts in Jammu Kashmir. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, Gujjar community activist, Irshad Hussain said that a survey was taken in hand by the Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation of the Gujjar community, which found that 26 candidates have been elected to the DDC from Jammu region and 12 are from the Kashmir valley. He said that 15 among the 38 elected DDC Candidates are women, while the highest number (nine) have got elected from the Poonch district of the Jammu region. Irshad said that Gujjars and Bakerwals ave a populations of 824530 in Jammu Kashmir, which is the third-larges...

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Former MOS, BJP MLA Defeated by NC Candidate in Home Turf, PDP Bags Ravinder Raina’s Home Constituency in ‘Jammu Region’

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Mubashir Naik Shakti Raj Parihar, the Bhartiya Janta Party district President Udhampur and National Council Member Bhartiya Janta Party and the Former Minister of State and MLA Doda Constituency has been defeated by a Young advocate, Asim Hashmi in the recently held DDC Elections. Asim Hashmi, who contested the elections on the ticket of the National Conference was considered to be not even in the fight and the results have surprised many political commentators. The seat was considered to be an 'easy win' for the Bhartiya Janta Party as a former Member of Legislative Assembly, whom many consider 'Modi's close aide, was himself contesting the elections from this Hindu-Majority area. As per the official figures accessed by The Kashmiriyat, the National conference candidate Shakti...

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Behind The Frame- Meet Lubna Qadri Who Helped Hundreds of Kashmiris throughout India in the Aftermath of Pulwama Attack

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As Kashmiris in various Indian states faced backlash, in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack which took place on February 19, 2019, killing at least 45 CRPF men, the Sikh community at various places openly came to the rescue of the Kashmiri people in Punjab and Jammu. Many social, political, and religious personalities expressed their desire to help Kashmiris in various parts of India as they were being intimidated, asked to leave 'India' immediately. The unruly mobs also assaulted Kashmiris and forced them to quit studies and business. Amid this hubbub, Lubna Sayed Qadri, a human rights activist jumped into action and set up a WhatsApp group and helpline numbers and got in touch with a few journalists, activists who provided her a live tracker of the attacks on Kashmiris at several ...