Srinagar, May 31 : As a welfare gesture, Director General of police Dilbag Singh has sanctioned retirement gift of Rupees 50.40 lakh in favour of 84 officials of J&K Police on their retirement from the service. The gift has been sanctioned in favour of five gazetted officers, 52 non- gazetted officers, 19 lower subordinates and seven followers.

Police Headquarter is sanctioning retirement gift for the police personnel at the time of their retirement at a uniform rate of rupees sixty thousand. The gift is sanctioned for each retiring personnel to honour and appreciate their services in the department.

As a part of this gesture, DGP vide PHQ order No. 1363 of 2019 sanctioned the amount in favour of eighty four personnel. Out of these personnel, fifteen employees have retired in the month of April 2019 and the 69 employees including three from PHQ are retiring from service tomorrow.

ADGP Coordination PHQ A.K Choudhary handed over the gift cheques to two retiring officers at a simple function at PHQ Srinagar. They include Inspector Wali Mohammad Ganai and SI Ali Mohammad Thoker. 

Police in a statement said that on a credible input, a cordon & search operation was launched jointly by police and security forces at Nanner in Midoora area of Awantipora.

During the search operation, the hiding militants fired on the search party. The fire was retaliated leading to an encounter.

In the ensuing encounter, 02 militants were killed and the bodies were retrieved from the site of encounter. The identities and affiliation of the killed militants is being ascertained.

Incriminating material including arms & ammunition was recovered from the site of encounter.

Citizens are requested not to venture inside the encounter zone since such an area can prove dangerous due to stray explosive materials. People are requested to cooperate with police till the area is completely sanitized and cleared of all the explosive materials if any.

Qayoom Khan

Srinagar, May 31 : Two militants were killed in a gunfight with government forces in Nannar village of Midoora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama District on Friday.

Reports reaching said that a joint team of Army’s 42RR, SOG and 180 BN of CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in Nannar.

A senior police officer told said the joint team of forces launched the cordon following specific inputs about the presence of some militants. “The joint team while zeroing in a suspected spot and fired some warning shots, the hiding militants tried to break the cordon. However, the forces engage them triggering off a fierce gun battle”.

During the course of gunfight, two militants have been killed and their bodies have been recovered along with some arms and ammunition, the officer said.

He said that the identities of the slain duo and group affiliation are being ascertained.

Meanwhile, reports said that the house where the militants were hiding was damaged completely after it was blasted and razed into rubble by the forces.

The authorities have also suspended internet services in Police District Awantipora following the gunfight. (GNS)

Jammu, May 31 : Amid frequent closure of Srinagar-Jammu highway, the airfare to Srinagar has soared, thus leaving the passengers to lurch at large.

A landslide hit Srinagar-Jammu highway, the only road connecting Valley with rest of the States, the airlines waste no time to cash in on the situation to arbitrarily increase the airfares.

An unthinking peek at various travel portals indicated that Delhi to Srinagar airfares for next few days were touching almost Rs 21,000 per passenger while Jammu to Srinagar airfares for the same day were at Rs 17,000 which is highly expensive than the regular airfares.

Several people planning to travel from Jammu to Srinagar said the airlines are making “open loot”. Wasim Majnoon Mir, a Journalist, who is in Jammu said each travel portal was indicating fares between Jammu and Srinagar not less than Rs 13,000 for next 3 days.

“These airfares are much higher than the ones prior to rainfall. The government should have roped-in special additional flights in order to address the huge rush from Jammu and Delhi for Srinagar,” Mir said. (KNS) 

Srinagar, May 31 : The students who recently passed the class 12^th bi-annual examination are in a quandary and urged Kashmir University and Cluster University among others to save their precious one year by allowing them administration in various streams of Under Graduate course.   

A delegation of students who passed 10+2 exams alleged that they visited colleges for admissions but were denied the same. “We are told that admission forms cannot be accepted as o now because there are no directions from Kashmir University in this regard,” they said.    

They also said that the authorities had promised them admission soon after clearing the 12th standard bi-annual exams but nothing has been done so far.

 “Soon after the results, we sought admission forms but the college authorities denied us the same due to which we fear the loss of precious one year,” they told GNS.

Students who had also sought admission at Government College for Women, M A Road here, said that they too were denied the admission.   

“We were told that Cluster University under which the College falls has not taken any decision and we cannot admit you,” they said.   

The students demanded the immediate intervention of higher authorities into the matter to save their precious one year.

“We request the authorities to take a sympathetic view and allow us admission in various undergraduate courses otherwise our career would be ruined and we may not be able to continue studies,” they said. (GNS)

Srinagar, May 31 : Students of 1st year, who are scheduled to write their examination on June 4, on Friday, urged authorities to reschedule it, saying that it would be difficult for them to reach examination venue and back home given the fact traffic gridlocks would be the order of the day.

“Our 1st year English paper is scheduled on June 4 which is Arfa (day before Eid). I’m to appear in the examination at Rainawari and the examination is scheduled to end late in the afternoon. How could I reach home at Kupwara given the fact that there would be huge rush and probability of finding a sumo vehicle is also very meager,” said a student who studies at Vishwa Bharti education Institute. The student said that she stays at rented accommodation here but celebrating Eid with the family would be difficult and as such University authorities should defer it post Eid-ul-Fitr.

“The Eid is the most cherished festival and the one which allows family togetherness but if the examination is held as per the schedule, many students would not be able to reach home and celebrate the festival with their respective families,” she added.

Three more students from Anantnag, Shopian and Bandipora districts also shared the same views and urged the varsity authorities to reschedule the examination.

“There would be one-way traffic on most of the roads and reaching the examination center would be very difficult. If the examination is held on time, we will have to stay at rented accommodations and cannot go home and celebrate the Eid with family,” they said and urged authorities to reschedule the examination keeping in view the importance of celebrating the festival with the family. “We hope that the university authorities will accept our request and will not play a spoilsport,” they added. (GNS)

Qayoom Khan

Srinagar, May 31: Gunfight rages between militants and government forces in Nannar village of Midoora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama District.

Reports comings to GNS said that a joint team of Army’s 42RR, SOG and 180 BN of CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in Nannar.

A senior Police officer told GNS said the as the joint team of forces approached the suspected spot the hiding militants fired upon the forces triggering an encounter.

As per the sources two to three militants are believed to be trapped.

Perinenetly its the second encounter of the day in South Kashmir.(GNS)