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Gunfight rages in South Kashmir’ s Tral

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Gunfight rages in South Kashmir’ s Tral


Qayoom Khan

Srinagar, March 10:(GNS) Gunfight broke out between militants and govermenrt in Pinglish area of Tral in South Kashmir’ s Pulwama district on Sunday afternoon.

Reports GNS said that a a joint team of army’s 42 RR, 180 CRPF and Police launched cordon and search operation in Pinglish.

As the joint team of forces approached the suspected spot the hiding militants opened indiscriminate triggering an encounter.

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

Till this story was being filed intermittent firing was going on.(GNS)

Civilian Injured as fresh cross border shelling erupts in Uri

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Civilian Injured as fresh cross border shelling erupts in Uri

Suhail Khan

Uri, March 10 : A civilian was injured after the armies of India and Pakistan trade fresh shelling in Uri Sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Sunday.

An official said that the civilian Riyaz Ahmed Kataina son of Saradar din Khatania resident of Shahdara Kamalkote sustained injuries Kamalkote along Line of Control (LOC).

The officer said that Pakistani army invoilation of cease fire targeted Indian army’s posts besides civilian population resulting in injuries to the civilian.

Earlier a residential house was damaged after a shell landed in the residential area at Batar Jabda Kamalkote. (GNS)

Kashmir journos stage protest against advt ban to newspapers

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Kashmir journos stage protest against advt ban to newspapers

Srinagar: Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) along with journalists on Sunday staged a protest in Srinagar against the government ban on advertisements to two newspapers-Kashmir Reader and Greater Kashmir.

Both newspaper owners and journalists assembled at Kashmir Press Club in the afternoon and demanded the ban be revoked.

“In last 15 days we have been asked the government why this decision has been taken. But there has been no response from the government ” said vice president KEG Bashir Manzar.

The newspapers had published blank front pages today in protest against the government’s unofficial advertisment ban to the two papers.

(Agencies)

One-way traffic on Jammu-Srinagar highway

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One-way traffic on Jammu-Srinagar highway

Srinagar, March 10 : One-way traffic has been allowed from Jammu to Srinagar on Sunday morning.

Reports said hundreds of vehicles, left from Jammu for Kashmir on the only National highway which connects valley with the rest of world on early Sunday morning, a traffic official said.

Pertinently IANS posted that 1,000 tankers carrying petroleum products reached the valley on Saturday.

Smuggler held with fake currency along LoC in J&K

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Smuggler held with fake currency along LoC in J&K

Jammu, Mar 10 (PTI) A suspected cross-border narcotics smuggler was arrested with fake Indian currency worth Rs 10 lakh and two kgs of heroin near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, police said on Sunday.

Mohammad Zaffar Khan, a resident of village Dabbi, was caught while attempting to cross the LoC fence gate in Balakote area of Poonch on Saturday evening, a police spokesperson said.

Terming the arrest as a “major success”, the officer said 400 counterfeit notes in denomination of Rs 2000 and 500 along with the heroin was recovered from Khan’s bag.

He had received the consignment from across the border and was trying to smuggle it into the country, the officer added.

Khan was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) act and 489c (related to forged or counterfeit currency-notes) of Ranbir Penal Code, the officer said.

In a separate incident, a drug peddler was arrested in Jammu’s from Gandhi Nagar area on Friday.

Gurpreet Singh alias Goldy, a resident of Punjab, was arrested along with 20 grams of heroin. He was booked under the NDPS act, the officer said.

Newspapers in Kashmir publish blank front pages to protest govt ban on advertisements in Greater Kashmir, Kashmir Reader

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Newspapers in Kashmir publish blank front pages to protest govt ban on advertisements in Greater Kashmir, Kashmir Reader

Srinagar, March 10 : Several local newspapers in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday published blank front pages.


The move was in in protest against the government’s denial of advertisements to Greater Kashmir and Kashmir Reader newspapers
The Kashmir Editors Guild had earlier sought the attention of the Press Council of India and the Editors Guild in this matter.


Several local newspapers in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday published blank front pages in protest against the “unexplained denial of government advertisements to Greater Kashmir and Kashmir Reader”.

Among the papers that published blank covers are the Kashmir Observer, Kashmir Reader, Kashmir Vision and The Kashmir Monitor.

The Jammu and Kashmir administration stopped advertisements to the two major dailies a day after the militant attack in Pulwama on 14 February, in which over 49 CRPF men lost their lives.

The Kashmir Editors’ Guild had earlier urged the Press Council of India and the Editors Guild to exercise their legal, ethical and professional mandate to intervene, News18 reported. The guild had said that the media in Kashmir is one of the most professional and has retained its neutrality even at the cost of lives.

“It will continue to do so. The professional capacities of the Kashmir media have been acknowledged the world over. The Press Council of India had also issued a detailed report in 2018, detailing the issues and challenges that the Kashmir media is facing. It also addressed certain misconceptions about the media in the report. The guild also wants to reiterate that the attempts at strangulating the media is in continuation of what has happened in last more than three decades,” it said.


Former chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah have previously spoken against the government’s decision:


The media in Kashmiri is no stranger to making brazen statements on paper. Following the murder of Rising Kashmir editor Shujaat Bukhari on 14 June, 2018, Kashmir woke up to blank editorials in various local newspapers. Also, for the first time in decades, both Urdu and English dailies refrained from publishing editorials, leaving blank spaces otherwise occupied by such pieces.

Courtesy News 18

EC tells political parties not to use pictures of defence personnel for campaign

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EC tells political parties not to use pictures of defence personnel for campaign

Election Commision of India (EIC) has issued a general advisory to all political parties barring them from using the pictures of defence personnel as an advertisement during their electoral campaign. Notably, the pictures of Indian paramilitary forces’ personnel, who were killed Pulwama attack on 14 February 2019, were used by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in its political campaign ahead of Lok Sabha polls.

Addressed to the multiple designations of recognized political parties, the notice whose copy is with The Kashmir Walla, cites an old ECI’s 2013 letter which states: “…Armed forces of a nation are the guardian of its frontiers, security, and the political system. They are apolitical, neutral stakeholders in a  modern democracy.”

The notice further adds, as a part of the letter, that it is necessary for the political parties and leaders exercise great caution while making any reference to the Armed Forces in their political campaigns.

Asking to reiterate the earlier letter, the notice also highlights that political parties need to advice their candidates/leaders to desist from displaying photographs of defence personnel.

As expected, India will go in the Lok Sabha polls by mid-April 2019.

Via The Kashmirwala

Cross border shelling in Uri creates panic among residents, house damaged

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Cross border shelling in Uri creates panic among residents, house damaged

Suhail Khan

Uri, March 10 : Cross border shelling again in Uri Sector of northern region of Kashmir created panic among residents on early Sunday.

Reports reaching said cross-border firing and shelling took place in Kamalkote sector in Uri during the night and continued in the morning hours today resulting in damage to one house belonging to Mohammad Sadiq Barwal son of Bawar Ali Barwal resident of Batar Jabda Kamalkote.

An official in army while confirming this incident to news agency said that Pakistani army resorted to heavy firing and mortar shelling on army posts and civilian areas in the Kamalkote sector, he said that shelling was retaliated from this side too.

SSP Baramulla Abdul Qayoom when contacted told news agency that few shells reported during night in the area, he said a team has been deputed there to verify the incident.

Pertinently last week several persons were injured while few houses were damaged in cross border shelling in Uri Sector.(GNS)

Over 1,000 tankers with petroleum products reach Kashmir valley

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Over 1,000 tankers with petroleum products reach Kashmir valley

Over 1,000 tankers carrying petroleum products has reached the Kashmir Valley as vehicles carrying essential supplies were allowed to ply on the Jammu-Srinagar highway, a traffic department official said on Sunday.

The official said vehicles will be allowed to move one-way from Jammu to Srinagar on Sunday.

“Over 1,000 tankers carrying petroleum products reached the valley on Saturday. Around 4,000 trucks carrying fresh vegetables, mutton, poultry products and other essential commodities are expected to reach later today,” he said.(IANS)

Alert: Take Your Children Tomorrow For Pulse Polio Immunisation

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Alert: Take Your Children Tomorrow For Pulse Polio Immunisation

Tomorrow 10 March (SUNDAY) is Pulse Polio Immunisation Day in J&K.

Kindly get your children from 0 – 5 years of age, vaccinated.

All newborn children should also be given polio drops on Sunday.

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