Srinagar, Jul 24 : Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested three timber smugglers and seized illicit timber in Sopore town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.

A police spokesman in a statement said that acting on specific information Sopore Police headed by SDPO Rafiabad and SHO Police Station Panza under the supervision of SSP Sopore arrested three notorious timber smugglers in the forest area of Rafiabad. Identified as Mushtaq Ahmed Kumar @Sabha son of Siobhan Kumar, Mohammad Yousef Kumar son of Sonallah Kumar and Ghulam Hassan Khan son of Sayen Khan, all residents of Takiya Panzla.

“They have been shifted to Police Station Panzla where they remain in custody,” said the spokesman.

“Officers have seized two logs of illicit timber from the spot,” he said.

“Police has registered a case FIR No. 54/2019 under relevant sections & initiated investigation in the matter,” he added.

“Our consistent actions against anti-social elements should reassure the community members that we are making every effort to keep our society free of crime. Police has resolved to act as per law against those who indulge in criminal activities,” said police spokesman in a statement. 

Srinagar, Jul 24 : Peoples Conference (PCP) chairman and former minister Sajad Gani Lone Wednesday said that any intention of adventurism and experimentation with the basic ideology of fundamentals can be disastrous.

“That Kashmir can be internationally newsy is something that the present dispensation in Delhi needs to understand. Any intention of adventurism and experimentation with the basic ideology fundamentals can be disastrous. Hope better sense prevails,” Sajad tweeted. (KNS) 

Srinagar, July 24 : A 67-year old man was killed after a shed collapsed in Chotipora of Mawer in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday.

Reports reaching said that the 67-year-old Ghulam Nabi Bhat son of Ghulam Qadir Bhat of Chontipora village got trapped after the shed collapsed and he came under it today afternoon.

Soon after the incident, locals evacuated him to nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead on arrival.

A police officer also confirmed the death of the man in the incident. (GNS)

Tral, Jul 24 : During morning and afternoon hours, locals face inconveniences in presence of shopping complex at the centre of Bus Stand in Tral area of south Kashmir.

A delegation of locals told that they are usually facing traffic jams, due to these shops, which have occupied a lot of space in between new and old Bus Stand, and are creating hurdles among the locals.

They said that school and college students also suffer as the shops are located on college road which have not been relocated despites several requests of people.

People who drive on Kahlil and other roads complain that columns of the vehicle are parked on either side of the shopping complex which create nuisance in the area all the time.

Reports said that due to the presence of this shopping complex, security forces also face many issues as many untoward incidents took place near this complex in last fourteen years, which claimed the lives of common people including women.

An official has said that police and civil administration had already recommended the relocation of these shops to avoid nuisance and other untoward incidents but nothing has been done so far.

The locals have demanded immediate intervention of Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan and Deputy Commissioner Pulwama Syed Abid Rashid into the matter and said that relocation of shops in the Bus Stand of Tral is the need of hour. (KNS)

Srinagar, Jul 24 : Under the newly introduced welfare measures approved in recently held welfare meeting, fourteen SPOs have been provided financial assistance/medical relief today. The amount of rupees 3,04,529 has been sanctioned by the Director General of Police, J&K, Dilbag Singh under PHQ order No. 2858, in their favour.

The amount has been sanctioned to defray the expenses in connection with self-treatment/ treatment of dependents of these SPOs. The Financial assistance/Medical relief varies from the minimum of rupees five thousand to the maximum of rupees one lakh keeping in view the nature of the requirement of these personnel.

Rupees One lakh has been sanctioned to an SPO who along with his son had sustained bullet injuries in a terrorist attack in north Kashmir. Around rupees, eighty-five thousand has been sanctioned in favour of six SPOs for the treatment of their dependents. Similarly, rupees one lakh twenty thousand has been sanctioned in favour of seven SPOs for their self-treatment.

The financial assistance in favour of these SPOs has been sanctioned out of Police Pariwar/SPOs Contributory Fund. The amount has been released online to the concerned SSsP for reimbursement/disbursement to the concerned beneficiary.

PHQ has been sanctioning financial assistance and medical relief for serving/retired personnel including SPOs to meet the expenses on their treatment and other exigencies. The assistance is provided out of different heads of Contributory Welfare Fund.

Kupwara, Jul 24 : The uncovered manhole in Handwara town of north Kashmi’s Kupwara district has caused inconvenience to the pedestrians and continued to pose threat to the human lives.

According to locals said the manhole at old bus stand Handwara is not covered from last couple of days, thus posing risk to the commuters.

Interestingly, the authorities concerned are unmoved over the issue despite the uncovered manhole is nearer to the College.

A local resident said this uncovered manhole can lead to fatal accident, especially in evening. “The uncovered manhole on the road is posing a life threat and must be covered on a priority basis.” (KNS) 

Srinagar, Jul 24 : Dr. R.S. Sodhi, Managing Director, Anand Milk Union Limited (AMUL), accompanied by the Board Directors of the Jammu and Kashmir Milk Producers’ Cooperative Limited (JKMPCL), met Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan here today.

Dr. Sodhi apprised Governor about plans of the AMUL to expand dairy related development activities in J&K in coordination with the JKMPCL which is the apex dairy cooperative organization in J&K with a network of 450 village dairy co-operative societies having more than 17,000 milk producers across the state.

Governor emphasised the crucial importance of ensuring quality milk supply to consumers by the milk cooperatives besides providing satisfactory remuneration to the milk producers. He observed that J&K has high potential in dairy sector which is required to be scientifically managed for optimum milk production. 

President Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday dissolved party’s Zone Committee of Khansahib, Kashmir.

According to the party spokesman, the committee shall be reconstituted in near future.