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Tangmarg: Burglars struck and stole valuable items from a locked house at a time when all the family members were in quarantine.

The theft incident occurred at Harduichloo village of Tangmarg area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district.

Sources told KNT that unidentified burglars barged into the locked and deserted house of Muhammad Akbar Ganai son of Abdul Gaffar Ganai and decamped with all valuable items. The burglars took advantage of absence of family members who are all in quarantine.

Sources added that the 3 positive cases of Covid-19 have surfaced in the family so for and all the family members have been put in quarantine.

In the same village 14 positive cases have been found so for.

Station House Officer, Police Station Tangmarg told KNT that they are ascertaining the facts and a formal case in this regard has been registered. (KNT)

Sopore: Two pregnant ladies who were tested positive for COVID-19 have delivered healthy babies in Sub District Hospital (SDH) Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday.

Officials told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that two COVID-19 patients hailing from Old town Baramulla and Nowpora Sopore today delivered healthy babies in Sopore hospital.

Block Medical Officer (BMO) Sopore, Dr Asif said Gynecology department at Sopore Hospital headed by Dr Abdul Wahid, Dr Kashif performed the surgeries of the twin patients, adding that both the babies including boy and a girl are fine.

The officials said samples of babies could not be taken yet. “We are monitoring their condition,” they said.

According to Gynecologist doctors, both the positive cases (ladies) were nine-months pregnant and were tested positive on April 27 and April 30. The doctor said both the mothers are also fine—(KNO)

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Srinagar: Three paramilitary troopers were among four persons killed in a brief shootout at Wangam area of Qaziabad Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Monday.

Reports reaching GNS said that militants attacked 92 bn CRPF (A Coy) party at Wangam at around 5:32 pm. In the attack, two CRPF men were killed on the spot while two others suffered injuries in the shootout. Both the injured were shifted to hospital where one among them succumbed on the way, they said.

The paramilitary troopers retaliated and the exchange of fire continued for around five minutes, they said.

As the guns fell silent, one more body was spotted near the shootout site and investigations have been launched to ascertain whether the body is that of a civilian or someone else, they said.

PRO CRPF Pankaj Singh told GNS that militants attacked the CRPF party at Wangam. “In the attack, three CRPF men were killed, two of them on the spot and another on way to the hospital,” he said, adding one more CRPF personnel has been hospitalized.

Regarding the body found near the spot, PRO said that there is a question mark about him as no weapon was found from him.

Soon after the attack, additional reinforcement of army, SOG and CRPF rushed to the spot and launched a massive search operation to trace out the fleeing militants. (GNS)

They were booked after they failed to tell authorities about their stay at a mosque in Shamli’s Bhesani Islampur village

PTI

Fifteen members of the Tablighi Jamaat, including Bangladesh nationals, were produced in a court here, which sent them to 14-day judicial custody, an official said on Monday.

While 12 of them belonged to the neighbouring country, two were from Assam and one from U.P.’s Moradabad.

They were booked for the violation of the Foreigners Act and the Epidemic Diseases Act after they failed to tell the authorities about their stay at a mosque in Shamli’s Bhesani Islampur village.

SP Vinit Jaiswal told mediapersons that police had registered a case against them after they were found residing in a mosque on April 1.

They were sent to quarantine facilities and arrested after the completion of their isolation period on Sunday.

In Gujarat, thousands of workers from other States appear impatient to return to their States

PTI

Incidents involving hapless and desperate migrant workers continue in Gujarat as thousands of workers from other States appear impatient to return to their native places.

On Monday, in Kadodara area of Surat, hundreds of workers came out on roads demanding that they be allowed to return to their States. The number grew and the mob clashed with police, who used tear gas shells to disperse them.

“Now the situation is under control. The police had to lob tear gas shells as the mob was growing with workers pouring in on the streets,” an official from Surat said.

This is fourth such incident in the migrant hub city.

In Palanpur Jakatnaka locality, within Surat city, hundreds of migrant workers gathered with the same demand.

In the last three days, the government arranged 18 trains to ensure the safe passage of as many as 21,000 migrant workers from Ahmedabad and Surat but the State being a hub of migrants from Odisha, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and other States, there is a massive demand from the workers.

According to sources, almost two million people working in different locations in the State have enrolled with the authorities for their return to their States.

Srinagar: 24 persons tested positive for the novel coronavirus in last 24 hours in Kashmir Valley, officials said on Monday.

A senior government officer told GNS that 20 cases were confirmed at Viral Diagnostic Lab at SKIMS and four others at COVID-19 testing lab at Chest Disease Hospital Dalgate.

Among the fresh cases include 12 from Baramulla, four from Budgam and two each from Srinagar, Shopian, Bandipora and one each from Pulwama and Poonch district.

With these fresh cases, the total number of cases has risen to 725 in Jammu and Kashmir. (GNS)

Srinagar: Srinagar police has started fining people failing to wear the face mask as ordered by the Srinagar administration in a measure to prevent the spread of Corona virus.
According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), police has geared up its manpower in Srinagar district to fine those who step-out from their homes without wearing masks.

During a checking on Monday police fined violators more than Rs 1800 for not wearing masks. Besides Police, Municipal Committee members and Revenue Department officials were also present during the checking.

Movement passes were also checked by the police as many persons were caught with fake passes by the DC Srinagar Shahid Iqbal Chowdhary a week back.

Police urged the public to use masks whenever coming out of their homes.

It is pertinent to mention that authorities in the summer capital of Jammu & Kashmir have made mandatory wearing face masks in all public places from May 1, and directed any violation of the order will be treated as an offence under Disaster Management Act.

Jammu and Kashmir crossed the 700 mark of Corona virus cases on Sunday with over 100 from Srinagar city. (KNS)