Category: Union Territory

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Jammu: Pakistani troops shelled forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Sunday, prompting a befitting response from the Indian Army, a defence spokesperson said.

There have been no reports of any casualties so far, the official said.

“Around 6:45 AM, the Pakistan army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and shelling mortars along the LoC in Mankote sector. Indian Army retaliated befittingly,” the spokesperson said.

Later around 5:50 PM, Pakistan initiated small arms firing and mortar shelling in Shahpur, Kirni and Krishna Ghati sectors, the spokesperson said, adding that the Indian Army again gave a befitting reply.

Intense cross-border shelling was still going on when reports last came in, a police official said.

People in the shelling-hit areas have been directed to stay inside underground bunkers or at other safe places to avoid any loss of life, he said.

Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday launched one lakh crore rupees Agriculture Infrastructure Fund under PM- Kisan scheme.
According to news agency Kashmir Indepth News Service (KINS), speaking on the occasion, PM Modi said this will make farmers self-sufficient. “This will also provide a debt financing facility to farmers. For post-harvest management infrastructure and community farming assets, the fund will act as a catalyst,” the PM said.

Prime minister said it will create storage facilities in rural areas and more jobs will be created. “Earlier, the Prime Minister released the sixth instalment of the PM-Kisan Yojana fund of 17000 crore rupees to support farmers. Modi also interacted with kisans of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka.(KINS)

Abdul Hamid Najar, a resident of Mohiendpora area of Budgam in central Kashmir, was injured.

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Militants on Sunday shot at and injured a BJP worker in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

A police official said militants fired upon Abdul Hamid Najar, a resident of Mohiendpora area of Budgam in central Kashmir this morning, leaving him injured.

He said Najar is a BJP worker.

Najar was shifted to a hospital and further details on his condition were awaited, the official added.

“Security forces are maintaining a robust counter-infiltration grid along the LoC to foil any nefarious designs by Pakistan,” Lt Col Anand said.

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One militant was killed and two others were seriously injured as an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir was foiled, the Army said on Sunday.

The infiltration bid was scuttled in Krishna Ghati sector on Friday when the alert troops noticed a group of militants attempting to sneak into this side from across the LoC and immediately engaged them, Jammu-based PRO (defence) Lt Col Devender Anand said.

He said the gunfight resulted in on-the-spot killing of one militant and serious injuries to two others.

“Subsequent search in the area showed that the dead body of the militant had been dragged away from the incident site. However, one AK 47 rifle, two AK 47 magazines and some eatables were recovered from the site,” the spokesman said.

He said Pakistan markings on the eatables and a few other items clearly indicated the complicity of Pakistan in sponsoring militant activities in J&K.

“Security forces are maintaining a robust counter-infiltration grid along the LoC to foil any nefarious designs by Pakistan,” Lt Col Anand said.

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Jammu: An Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday.

The 22-year-old jawan, Shubham Singh Parmar, was on sentry duty at Air Force Station, Udhampur when he shot himself dead on Saturday, a police official said.

The motive behind his taking such an extreme step was not known immediately, he said.

The postmortem of the deceased is under process at district hospital Udhampur, the official said, adding that Parmar is a resident of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh and his body is being handed over to his family through his unit for last rites.

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The house owner whose house was damaged in an encounter on 17 July last month was found hanging inside his house here in Nagnad DH Pora area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. (KNT)

Baramulla: Family members of a baby who died in mother’s womb  alleged negligence on part of the hospital authorities at Kunzar hospital in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Sunday.

Talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), one of the family members, Mohammad Arif alleged that the doctors on duty  refused to do USG of the baby’s mother. 

“The baby died in the mother’s womb. We knocked at the door of doctors but they refused to go for USG. This is sheer negligence of the doctor,” the family members alleged.

They said that the baby’s mother was shifted to hospital on August 05 as it was her expected delivery date but the doctors at the hospital refused to do USG of the patient.

They said that doctors and nurses were waiting for ‘normal delivery’, but it didn’t happen.

Meanwhile, Dr. Ruqiya posted at the primary health centre, Kunzar told KNO that the baby was alive upto children’s hospital and died there.

She said that the patient’s USG was done in the month of June so there was no need for a new USG per doctors consultation.

“It is not negligence, these things are always unpredictable. We have already ordered a departmental enquiry and we are waiting for the report,” she said—(KNO)

Srinagar: COVID-19 on Sunday claimed five more lives including a doctor in Kashmir valley, taking the total number of deaths to 473 in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that six patients who died include a 65-year-old woman from Pattan Baramulla, a 45-old doctor from Pampore, an 80-year-old woman from Hawal Srinagar, a 70-year-old man from Magam Budgam and an 85-year-old woman from Buchpora Srinagar.

An official from SKIMS said that the 45-year-old doctor ‘Mohammad Ashraf Mir‘ from Konibal Pampore who was admitted at SKIMS on 25 July died on Sunday.

“He was posted at district hospital Pulwama and was suffering from liver ailments,” he said.

He further added that the 80-year-old woman from Hawal, Srinagar who was admitted on 25 July died on Sunday.

“The 85-year-old woman from Buchpora, Srinagar who was admitted on 31 July died on Saturday evening.”

An official from SMHS told KNO that the 65-year-old woman from Tangmarg who was admitted on Saturday morning also died today.

With five more deaths, the death toll in J&K has reached to 473 including 439 from Kashmir division and 34 from Jammu division—(KNO)

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Srinagar, Aug 8 (PTI) Renowned academician Agha Ashraf Ali passed away at his home here on Friday night.

File Photo of Agha Ashraf Ali

Ali, who was 97, breathed his last at 11:45 pm at his Rajbagh residence, sources said.

The scholar was weak due to old age and died minutes after going to bed, the sources said on Saturday.

They said Ali was laid to rest at his family graveyard, Gulistan Baba Mazaar, at Alamgari Bazar area of the old city.

Ali, who retired as commissioner Higher Education, was nominated to the state legislative council in 2002 by the then Governor G C Saxena, but he refused the offer.

During his career, Ali served in many important positions including as the first chairman of the Board of School Education and a professor at Kashmir University.

Meanwhile, several political and social organisations expressed grief over Ali’s death.

National Conference President and Member of Parliament from Srinagar Farooq Abdullah and Vice President Omar Abdullah expressed profound grief and sorrow over his demise, saying the valley had lost one of the most distinguished scholars who was revered by all.

A renaissance figure of Kashmir, his philosophy of life was firmly grounded in the progressive philosophy of humanism and secularism. A polymath, he authored many books and many lucky ones had the honour of having him as their teacher. He was an institution in himself and guided generations,” the NC president said.

Senior PDP leader and former education minister Naeem Akhtar said the Valley had lost one of its brightest stars.

Kashmir today lost one of its brightest stars. Agha Ashraf Ali was no ordinary scholar. He was a school by himself which enlightened, educated generations of students and teachers. He was a true representative of what is good of us and for us, Akhtar said in a tweet.