“In this terror incident, he had sustained critical gunshot injuries and was immediately shifted to nearby hospital for treatment where he succumbed to his injuries,” the police said.
The district administration has said that the government will bear the cost of treatment for all those injured in Tuesday’s incident
Inspector Sheikh Firdous was hospitalised and his condition is stable now, J&K Police said.
Calling the proposed changes to the constituencies unfortunate, Abdullah said: “Election is the basis of democracy and the very first thing for that is the delimitation report."
On February 19, a militant and two soldiers were killed in a gunfight in Shopian. The encounter was the first incident of Army men dying in gunfight with militants in the Valley this year.
This is the first incident of Army men dying in gunfight with militants in the Valley this year. Defence sources have identified the slain soldiers as Santosh Yadav and Chavan Romit Tanaji.
Officials said while all the arrested OGWs worked for JeM, they worked as separate entities and didn't know about each other.
SIA officials conducted raids overnight at various locations in the South and Central district of Kashmir, during which the arrests were made, they said.
The commission is tasked with redrawing boundaries of Assembly constituencies post the splitting of the state into two union territories on August 5, 2019.
As the protests started to spread in the Shia-dominated areas of Budgam and Baramulla, top officials visited the area and the Army officer apologised and waved a picture of Soleimani to pacify the crowd.
Preliminary investigations, as per the police, revealed that militants hurled a grenade upon the 'Naka' (patrol) party near Nishat Park
Poonch and Rajouri districts are to the south of Pir Panjal, form part of the Jammu division, and have a large Gujjar and Bakerwal population.
The police has identified one of the slain militants as Ikhlaq Hajam, and said he was responsible for the recent killing of police head constable Ali Mohammad Mir at Hassanpora village of South Kashmir's Anantnag.
Fahad Shah is the editor-in-chief of the online news magazine, 'thekashmirwalla'.
While Parra had been taken to the police hospital for examination, his family alleged he was moved back to jail despite doctors recommending some more tests such as echo scan.
Police identified the militant killed in the encounter as Umar Ishfaq Malik, a resident of Bongam village in Shopian, abnd said he was involved in the attack on a policeman on Tuesday, the police said.
The police have identified one of the slain militants as Zahid Wani, a JeM commander, and termed it a big success. Police said another slain militant is a Pakistani national.
This comes months after members of three central Kashmir DDCs -- Budgam, Ganderbal and Srinagar -- moved no-confidence motions against their respective chairpersons.
🔴 On Sunday, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha congratulated the health workers for surpassing the two crore figure in administering Covid vaccine doses in J&K.
🔴 A master’s in journalism student at the Central University of Kashmir, Gul worked with a local news outlet The KashmirWalla. He was arrested on January 6 by the J&K Police after complaints about a video he posted on social media showing the family of a slain militant raising anti-India slogans.
Amit Shah's statements drew sharp reactions from political parties in the Valley, with leaders questioning the definition of “normalcy”.
The identity and group affiliation of the slain ultra is being ascertained, a cop said.
“With the shutting down of the club and government reverting the land back to the Estates department, an important journalistic institution in a region that has seen the worst kind state heavy handedness against any independent media, has been effectively dismantled.”
Reacting to the government's move, the elected body of the Kashmir Press Club said the aim of the government was to shut down the club and "stifle the voice of journalists in Kashmir".
The Editors Guild of India, Press Club of India and Mumbai Press Club also deplored the J&K administration for trying to scuttle the elections by putting its re-registration in abeyance.





