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  • 4 terrorists, together with Pakistani commander of JeM, killed, 1 held in separate encounters in J&Okay: Police

    By means of PTI

    SRINAGAR: 4 terrorists, together with a Pakistani commander of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), have been killed and every other was once arrested throughout 3 separate encounters with safety forces in Jammu and Kashmir, police stated on Saturday.

    The encounters came about in Pulwama, Ganderbal and Kupwara districts of Kashmir Valley, a police spokesman stated.

    In Pulwama, performing on particular data in regards to the presence of terrorists in village Chewaklan, a cordon and seek operation was once introduced by means of safety forces, the spokesman stated.

    As the quest celebration moved in opposition to native Darul Uloom Islamic seminary, terrorists hiding within fired indiscriminately upon the quest celebration by which one civilian suffered gunshot accidents.

    The injured civilian was once known as Zahoor Ahmad Shergojri, a resident of Chewklan.

    He was once taken to a sanatorium the place his situation was once said to be strong.

    The protection forces retaliated the hearth resulting in an come upon, the spokesman stated.

    “Protecting the sanctity of the establishment in thoughts, the operation was once performed with all due precautions and deliberations. Within the resulting come upon, two terrorists have been killed and their our bodies have been retrieved from the website of the come upon,” he stated.

    The slain terrorists have been known as Pakistani terrorist commander Kamaal Bhai alias Jatt and Aqib Mushtaq alias Usman Hyder, a resident of Karimabad in Pulwama.

    The duo have been affiliated with the proscribed terror outfit JeM, the spokesman stated.

    Right through every other anti-terrorist operation performed in village Wahibugh of the district, safety forces arrested an energetic terrorist, Rouf Ahmad Mir of Parigam in Pulwama, the spokesman stated.

    Incriminating subject material, fingers and ammunition, together with a pistol, two magazines, 26 rounds and 3 grenades, have been recovered from his ownership, he stated.

    The spokesman stated safety forces introduced two extra operations in village Nechama Rajwar of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district and in Serch space of Ganderbal in central Kashmir, following particular details about the presence of terrorists.

    “Because the joint seek events approached in opposition to suspected spots, the hiding terrorists began firing indiscriminately at the seek events which was once retaliated resulting in encounters at each the puts,” he stated.

    Within the resulting encounters, one terrorist each and every, affiliated with the proscribed terror outfit LeT, have been killed and their our bodies have been retrieved from the websites, the spokesman stated.

    The slain terrorist on the Handwara come upon website has been known as Suhail Ahmad Ganie, a resident of Terigam in Kulgam, whilst the only killed in Ganderbal has been known as Adil Ahmad Khan, a resident of Badarkund Ganderbal.

    “As according to police data, the killed terrorists have been classified terrorists and a part of a gaggle enthusiastic about a number of terror crime circumstances, together with assaults on police/safety forces and civilian atrocities. The killed Pakistani terrorist Kamaal Bhai was once energetic since 2018 in Shopian-Pulwama spaces.

    “Terrorist Adil Khan killed in Ganderbal was once enthusiastic about assault on a BJP district vice chairman in October 2020, civilian killings in Srinagar, but even so facilitating grenade assault at Towheed Chowk and Chappargund, Ganderbal. He was once additionally enthusiastic about motivating adolescence to sign up for terror folds,” the spokesman stated.

    Inspector Common of Police of Kashmir Vijay Kumar termed the killing of the sought after Pakistani terrorist a large luck and complimented the forces for engaging in a success anti-terrorist operations with none collateral injury.

    He exhorted officials to hurry up anti-terrorist operations so that you can make the valley terror-free.

  • Pissed off early life in Kashmir selecting up weapons, the ones in Jammu resorting to medication: Altaf Bukhari

    By means of PTI

    JAMMU: The annoyed early life in Kashmir are becoming a member of the ranks of militants and getting killed inside days whilst the ones in Jammu are ruining their lives because of drug habit, Apni Celebration president Altaf Bukhari stated on Sunday and added the federal government’s mishandling of the affairs of the union territory used to be resulting in this kind of state of affairs.

    The previous minister stated his celebration will proceed to boost the problems of public significance with the central govt.

    “The drug threat is rising and our early life are getting addicted. They weren’t the usage of medication prior to now however why are they resorting to the usage of medication now. When the skilled early life aren’t in a position to search out activity, they take medication below frustration and it has unfold to ladies as neatly which is a matter of grave fear and debate,” Bukhari informed newshounds in Kathua at the sidelines of a public rally.

    He stated the early life in Jammu don’t get a gun right here and are ruining their lives through taking medication, whilst within the valley the annoyed early life are becoming a member of militancy and getting killed in encounters with safety forces.

    “They’re becoming a member of militant ranks within the evening and getting killed two days later. Are they truly militants? I name them brainless early life,” he stated.

    Bukhari stated the entire problems going through Jammu and Kashmir have been the results of mishandling of its affairs through the federal government which has to handle those problems to offer reduction to the folk.

    “If I will be able to now not pass to the high minister with the problems of my other people, then whom must I am going to…the whole state of affairs has worsened in J&Okay,” he stated.

    He stated Modi isn’t the high minister of 1 neighborhood and “for this reason we’re assembly him and in addition accommodation our court cases. We can proceed to take action as a result of we consider he’s the high minister of the entire other people of the rustic and so is House Minister Amit Shah.”

    “We need to consider their phrases until they end up differently,” he stated.

    At the state of affairs in Jammu and Kashmir, he stated everyone is disillusioned because the unemployment charge has touched an all-time top of twenty-two in keeping with cent and on a daily basis the early life are at the streets to hunt jobs whilst day by day wagers are looking forward to their regularisation and pending wages.

    Responding to a query about allegations that the BJP is growing new political events in Jammu and Kashmir to succeed in its objective of forming the following govt, he stated those are simply rumours.

    “They aren’t forming any events…they’re within the central govt does now not imply we’re on account of them. Let there be masses of events however on the finish of the day, it’s the individuals who will come to a decision the destiny of such events,” he stated.

    At the BJP’s goal of 50-plus seats within the subsequent meeting elections to shape the federal government, he stated the BJP has been ruling Jammu and Kashmir since June 18, 2018 after the autumn of the former PDP-BJP govt and its document card is prior to the folk.

    “What they have got achieved for the remaining 4 years is prior to the general public and they’re going to get the votes accordingly. If they have got now not achieved neatly, they must be despatched again to their houses and get started finding out learn how to serve the folk,” he stated, including they have got failed the folk of Jammu and Kashmir.

    He referred to as for early recovery of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood and maintaining of meeting elections to provide a chance to the folk to make a choice their true representatives in a democratic approach.

  • Having nightmares nonetheless, Jammu and Kashmir acid assault survivor awaits regaining sight and seeing justice carried out

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI: She wakes up in the dark and screams with tears rolling down her cheek because the reminiscence of February 1 acid assault nonetheless haunts her, say members of the family of a Jammu and Kashmir girl who’s ready to regain her sight and notice mild on the finish of the tunnel at a specialized eye clinic in Chennai.

    “We’ve got been together with her since February 1, the unlucky day when a monstrous individual threw acid on my sister’s face in downtown Srinagar. We dread that day,” says 22-year-old Arizoo Nisar, sister of the acid assault survivor.

    The circle of relatives is grateful to a businessman-turned-politician, who prefers anonymity, for bearing all clinic bills and to the Jammu and Kashmir executive for transporting them to Chennai and in addition expressed gratitude to police for finishing the investigation into the case in file time.

    “I’m positive that the culprits can be punished and their punishment would deter others having a an identical mentality,” her father Nisar Chilloo says.

    Arizoo says that her sister who has passed through six primary and minor surgical procedures thus far had some peace when she heard that the Jammu and Kashmir Police has filed a price sheet towards all of the 3 accused.

    “She used to be having sleepless nights and steadily aroused from sleep in the dark with a shout to the members of the family to avoid wasting her from the monster who disfigured her by means of throwing acid on her,” Arizoo stated in a choked voice.

    She stated that she had knowledgeable her sister in regards to the police price sheet.

    “Most often she is quiet after the incident however that day she was hoping to look that justice is delivered quicker,” she stated.

    Her cousin Sajjad Misgar, who’s accompanying the circle of relatives to Chennai, stated docs have carried out 3 surgical procedures on her eyes thus far however since her left eye has contracted badly because of the have an effect on of the acid, whether or not she is going to get again her imaginative and prescient stays unsure.

    “The docs try their very best and gave her a stem mobile remedy to construct the power in her eyes. Allow us to stay our palms crossed and I’m positive that our prayers and efforts of the clinic will permit my sister to regain her sight,” Misgar stated.

    But even so the attention surgical procedures, 3 pores and skin grafting procedures were carried out to reconstruct her face, he stated.

    Suggest Mir Naveed Gul, representing the girl’s circle of relatives, recalled his first assembly together with her and stated “she is surely a courageous girl who has controlled to boost her voice towards the injustice. I’m positive someday she can be up on her toes and notice together with her personal eyes when the judicial machine offers with the accused on this case.”

    The Jammu and Kashmir Police just lately filed a 1,000-page price sheet towards 3 other people — Sajid Altaf Slightly and Mohammad Saleem Kumar alias Tota, and a juvenile towards whom the police have prayed for being handled as an grownup as in line with the amended Juvenile Justice (Care and Coverage of Youngsters) Act, wherein kids within the age workforce of 16-18 can also be attempted below the Indian Penal Code (IPC) if they’re accused of heinous crimes.

    The accused have been charged below sections 120-B (legal conspiracy) and 326-A (voluntarily inflicting grievous harm by means of use of acid) of the IPC.

    “We’ve got filed a water-tight price sheet and we can make a plea to the courtroom for a day-to-day listening to on this case. If a day-to-day listening to isn’t imaginable, we might request the honourable courtroom for a fast trial,” Senior Superintendent of Police (Srinagar) Rakesh Balwal had stated.

    The price sheet used to be filed inside 3 weeks of the incident to make sure swift and exemplary punishment to the accused and to discourage those that is also having such “barbaric” inclinations, officers stated.

    “The utmost punishment below those sections is existence sentence and the minimal is 10 years however we can press for optimum in order that it acts as a deterrent,” Balwal had stated.

  • Vote just for PAGD allies within the subsequent J-Ok Meeting polls: PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti

    Via PTI

    JAMMU: PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday advised other people to vote for PAGD allies within the subsequent J&Ok meeting polls to defeat the BJP and its buddies, which, she mentioned, have been hampering the case of recovery of the Union Territory’s particular standing within the apex court docket.

    She additionally reiterated her name for a relaxed battle for the recovery of “snatched rights”, pronouncing the August 5, 2019 construction was once like an earthquake and its aftershocks are nonetheless proceeding with “this govt disposing of one thing each day from us”.

    The PAGD is a coalition of six events, together with the Nationwide Convention, PDP and CPI(M), in search of recovery of Jammu and Kashmir’s particular standing below the revoked Article 370 of the Charter.

    The thing was once revoked through the Narendra Modi govt on August 5, 2019, a call which has been challenged through many events within the Excellent court docket.

    “Whether or not we stand united or combat one by one, it’s important to vote those that don’t betray your vote within the meeting. I request you to take this message to each corner and nook that we have got to select some of the PAGD constituents and vote for his or her applicants,” Mehbooba mentioned addressing a birthday party serve as at Surankote in Poonch district.

    She mentioned makes an attempt are directly to divide the folks and the meantime document of the delimitation fee was once a part of the method to pit Hindus as opposed to Muslims, Muslims as opposed to Muslims, Gujjars Vs Pahari- talking other people and one as opposed to different.

    Those makes an attempt are geared toward getting sufficient seats for the BJP and its other people in order that they are able to shape the following govt in J&Ok and put a stamp at the August 5, 2019 resolution to weaken “our case within the Excellent Court docket”.

    “The controversy of an election is untimely because the time has no longer come but however consider my phrases. If you don’t like PDP (candidate), vote for every other candidate some of the PAGD constituent and in addition if the opposite candidate isn’t of your liking, vote for the PDP candidate,” she mentioned.

    “You’ve got to select amongst them handiest and no longer vote independents or every other candidate,” the previous leader minister mentioned.

    She mentioned her birthday party or Nationwide Convention have no longer misplaced the rest by myself however it’s the other people of all of the J&Ok who’ve been disadvantaged in their rights and they have got to combat for the recovery in their “snatched rights”.

    Mehbooba mentioned August 5, 2019 was once no longer only a tragedy for the folks of Jammu and Kashmir nevertheless it struck them like an earthquake.

    “An earthquake ends inside of a couple of mins however we’re nonetheless being hit through aftershocks. They’re nonetheless snatching from us each day to complete our id, tradition and traditions. They’re forcibly disposing of land from the folks,” she mentioned.

    She mentioned the land which was once below the profession of the folks for over a century is being taken away to provide it to important industrialists in each Jammu and Kashmir areas and the way in which the federal government is operating, the day isn’t a long way when “our youths won’t get a foothold to rise up”.

    Mehbooba additionally criticized the federal government for the dismissal of state staff at the grounds of supporting militancy and large raids.

    “They’re doing the whole lot to wreck the spine of the folks of J&Ok. The unemployment is rising with each and every passing day and planned makes an attempt are being made to make other people poorer in order that they’re silenced and don’t seem to be ready to rise up,” she mentioned.

    She mentioned they would like “lifeless souls” because it fits their narrative of a relaxed surroundings in J&Ok which is, in reality, “the silence of a graveyard”.

    “The BJP is behaving just like the East India Corporate and the one distinction is that they’re from this nation. They’re promoting the nationwide assets at a large loss,” she mentioned, including “other people have to boost their voice in a relaxed way as Mahatma Gandhi did in opposition to the British rule”.

    Relating to the delimitation fee draft proposal to merge Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu with Anantnag Lok Sabha seat in Kashmir, Mehbooba mentioned as a substitute of giving a separate seat to the Rajouri and Poonch districts, they merged it with Anantnag Lok Sabha seat to sow the seeds of hatred some of the other people of Kashmir and this area.

    “The PDP founder Mufti Mohammad Sayeed constructed Mughal Highway to carry the 2 districts of Rajouri and Poonch nearer to Shopian district of Kashmir. They need to create a wedge as all sides want to have their very own Parliament member to constitute them and wish us to combat each and every different. There’s no different explanation why,” she mentioned.

    She alleged that they have got no ache for the area or Chenab valley.

    “They sought after to have just one face, one get dressed and one meals. The location may well be worse than this if we don’t rise up and combat their onslaught as graveyard form of silence fits them,” she mentioned.

    Protecting her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s resolution to shape the former govt with the BJP, Mehbooba mentioned, “It was once carried out to give protection to Article 370, state flag and charter below a method.

    It took Mufti 3 months to sew an alliance with the BJP and the federal government was once shaped on our phrases.

    “After Mufti’s demise, we functioned as in line with our time table which was once no longer in their style as they discovered us a drawback of their unique plan and the remaining is historical past,” she mentioned.

  • Earthquake jolts Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda area

    By means of PTI

    JAMMU: An earthquake of four.0 magnitude hit Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district within the early hours of Saturday, an authentic mentioned.

    The quake came about at 2.53 am.

    There are not any quick studies of any injury, Director Crisis Control Aamir Ali mentioned.

    He mentioned the epicentre of the tremor was once 10 kilometres under the skin of the earth within the Doda area.

  • Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh now to be ‘exhausting spaces’ for IAS, IPS officials’ postings

    Through IANS

    NEW DELHI: The Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will now be regarded as as “exhausting spaces” for postings of AGMUT cadre IAS and IPS officials, a Central govt notification stated.

    In step with the notification issued January 18, a choice has been taken via the Central govt to this impact and the information for the switch and posting of IAS, and IPS officials of the joint cadre of Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre have additionally been changed accordingly.

    The erstwhile J&Okay cadre used to be merged with AGMUT in 2021 after Jammu and Kashmir used to be bifurcated into the 2 Union Territories on August 5, 2019.

    The House Ministry verbal exchange stated that consequent upon the merger of the J&Okay cadre into AGMUT cadre, the topic has been tested and with the approval of competent authority, it’s been determined that the UTs of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh is also labeled as “exhausting spaces” within the joint AGMUT cadre.

    Postings of IAS, and IPS officials of the cadre are divided into “common” and “exhausting” spaces postings. Postings in Delhi, Chandigarh, Goa, Puducherry, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu will likely be regarded as as “common spaces” or Class A, whilst postings in Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh will likely be regarded as as “exhausting spaces” or Class B.

  • Earthquake of five.3 magnitude hits Jammu and Kashmir

    By way of PTI

    SRINAGAR: An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 at the Richter scale hit Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, however there have been no stories of any lack of existence or harm to belongings, officers mentioned.

    The epicentre of the quake used to be in Hindukush in Afghanistan, they mentioned.

    The quake of magnitude 5.3, which took place at 9.43 pm, used to be additionally felt in Jammu and Kashmir, the officers mentioned.

    The quake hit on the coordinates of 36.37 levels north and 71.5 levels east at a intensity of 81 km, they mentioned.

    There are not any stories of any lack of existence or harm to belongings, they mentioned.

  • JeM terrorist, cop killed and 5 injured in stumble upon in Jammu and Kashmir

    By means of PTI

    SRINAGAR: A Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorist and a policeman had been killed and 5 folks, together with 3 squaddies, injured in an stumble upon in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday, police stated.

    Safety forces introduced a cordon and seek operation in Pariwan house of the district following details about the presence of militants there, officers stated They stated the quest operation become an stumble upon after militants opened fireplace against the location of safety forces.

    Inspector Common of Police (Kashmir zone) Vijay Kumar stated one policeman and one Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist had been killed within the stumble upon “One police staff Sg Ct Rohit Chhib attained martyrdom, 3 Military squaddies were given injured. Two civilians additionally were given minor accidents. One terrorist of terror outfit JeM killed. Operation continues,” Kumar tweeted.

  • Come across breaks out between militants, safety forces in Jammu and Kashmir

    Through PTI

    SRINAGAR: An come upon broke out between militants and safety forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, police mentioned.

    Safety forces introduced a cordon and seek operation in Chandgam village which became an come upon, a police professional mentioned.

    No casualties had been reported within the operation to this point, he mentioned.

  • Scuffle between 2 teams led to stampede, most effective 35K pilgrims have been allowed because of Covid: Shrine board

    By means of PTI

    JAMMU: The Saturday stampede that killed 12 other folks happened “because of a scuffle between two teams of pilgrims”, the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board stated in a observation, emphasising most effective 35,000 pilgrims have been allowed to continue for the yatra in opposition to the standard capability of fifty,000 in view of the pandemic.

    The board stated Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, who may be the Chairman of the Board, was once knowledgeable concerning the stampede at 3 am and he has been incessantly tracking the location since then.

    “Nationwide Inexperienced Tribunal has capped the standard capability of Yatra consistent with day to 50000.

    Pertinently, conserving in view the COVID-19 Pandemic, 35000 pilgrims have been allowed to continue for yatra on thirty first December 2021 and for 1st Jan 2022,” SMVDSB stated in an in depth observation at the tragic incident.

    It stated round 2:15 am on January 1, the stampede came about close to Gate No. 3 at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Bhawan.

    “”The unlucky incident, because of a scuffle between two teams of pilgrims, resulted within the stampede. On this ill-fated incident, a complete of 12 pilgrims misplaced their lives and 16 others have been injured,” it stated.

    The observation stated the Board, in addition to the Reasi District Management, promptly shifted the injured pilgrims in an instant to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Narayana Superspeciality Health facility, Kakryal, after offering first help at Clinical Unit Bhawan, for specialised remedy.