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District Treasury Office, Portion Of JK Bank Branch Gutted In Mysterious Night Blaze

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MS Nazki

Rajouri, March : Official record at office of the District Treasury Rajouri and a portion of JK Bank branch in Jammu and Kashmir gutted completely in a mysterious fire blaze on Thursday night, official sources said today.

They said that during intervening night of 7/8 March, fire broke inside the second storey of the building and engulfed whole office of the District Treasury.

In the blaze, the entire official record and other important documents of government employees were gutted.

After getting the information, police team, fire and emergency and local volunteers rushed to the spot to douse off the flames, they said.

However, there was some minor damage in the first and third storey where JK Bank Branch office Rajouri is functioning, they said.

Meanwhile, locals of the area alleged that the gutting of whole Treasury record is a well planned conspiracy and demanded enquiry into the incident.

Deputy Commissioner Rajouri Mohammad Aijaz Asad when contacted told GNS that they have constituted a team to probe the fire incident.

“The cause of fire is being ascertained and all angles would be looked into to identify those behind this terrible incident”, DC said.

A police officer also confirmed the incident and said that the fire broke out in the Treasury office under mysterious circumstances.

He said that a case under relevant sections of law has been registered and further investigations have been taken up to ascertain the incident. (GNS)

Omar welcomes action taken in Lucknow assault against Kashmiris

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Srinagar, Mar 08 : National Conference Vice President and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday welcomed the action taken by police in the case of assault on two Kashmiri vendors in Lucknow, the capital city of Utter Pradesh, and hoped others involved in the hate crime will also be identified and dealt under law.

Taking to micro blogging social networking site twitter Omar wrote, “Action taken by the police in Lucknow is appreciated. I hope that the others involved in this hate crime are also identified & made to feel the full weight of the law.” (KNS)

Hurriyat shutdown call affects life in Kashmir Valley

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Srinagar, March 8: Life across the Kashmir Valley was affected on Friday due to a separatist-called protest shutdown against the detention of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik and also the arrest of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) cadres.

The shutdown was called by the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), a separatist conglomerate headed by Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Malik.

Authorities have imposed restrictions in Maisuma, Rainawari, Khanyar, M.R. Gunj and Safa Kadal areas of Srinagar city.

Mirwaiz Umer Farooq has been placed under house arrest in residence.

Geelani continues to remain under house arrest in Hyderpora locality of Srinagar.

Shops, public transport and other businesses remained shut across the valley.

Heavy contingents of state police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have been deployed in law and order sensitive areas.

Malik was detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) on Thursday and was shifted to the Kot Balwal Jail in Jammu district. Anybody detained under the PSA can be held for a maximum of two years without any judicial intervention.

Some of the recently detained senior JI leaders have also been booked under the PSA and were shifted to jails outside the valley. IANS

NH-44: Highway Open For One-Way Traffic , 4000 Trucks Cross JT Yesterday

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One-way traffic will move on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Friday, an official said.

“One-way traffic from Srinagar to Jammu is moving on the highway. Around 4,000 trucks crossed the Jawahar Tunnel on Thursday night to reach Jammu,” the traffic department official said, adding that there were no stranded vehicles anywhere on the 300 km-long road.(IANS)

Rupee opens 18 paise lower at 70.18 against US dollar

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Mumbai, Mar 8 (PTI) The rupee opened 18 paise lower at 70.18 against the US dollar Friday on increased demand for the greenback from importers and banks amid lower opening of domestic equities.

Forex dealers said, strengthening of the American currency in the overseas market weighed on the domestic currency.

However, fresh foreign fund inflows, easing crude prices supported the rupee and restricted the fall.

The rupee opened weak at 70.18 at the interbank forex market, down 18 paise from its last close. The local currency, however, pared the initial loss and was trading at 70.11.

On Thursday, the rupee had strengthened 28 paise to close at 70 against the US dollar.

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) remained net buyers in the capital markets, putting in Rs 1,137.85 crore Thursday, as per provisional data.

Meanwhile, brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, fell 0.74 per cent to USD 65.81 per barrel.

Indian bourses declined in early trade Friday with benchmark indices Sensex trading 62.24 points down at 36,663.18 and Nifty down 21.10 points at 11,031.65.

Forces launch search operation in Pattan village

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Kashmir Despatch News

Pattan, March 08 : Forces on Friday morning launched a cordon-and-search operation in North Kashmir’s Pattan village.

Reports said amind complete shutdown a joint team of forces conducted house to house search operation in Palpora area of Pattan this morning and sealed all exit and entry points in the area.

Official sources told Kashmir Despatch a team of Army’s 29 RR, SOG and CRPF jointly launched search operation in the area following inputs about presence of some militants.

Search operation in the area was on when last reports came in.

Pertinently a complete shutdown is being observed in parts of Valley on Hurriyat call against slapping PSA on Yasin Malik

Jammu blast: Anantnag man succumbs, death toll 2

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Jammu, March 08 : Death toll in yesterday’s grenade blast at Jammu bus stand has reached two after an Anantnag resident succumbed to his injuries at hospital. 

The 32 year old breathed his last in the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. Officials identified the deceased as Mohd Rayaiz S/O Mohd Amin, resident of Matan Anantnag.

Authorities said that Riyaz breathed his last at around at 1:15am. “His body was shifted to mortuary room,” they said.

An Uttarakhand resident died Thursday at GMC hospital after he received grievous injuries in the blast. 

More than 30 civilians were injured after a grenade ripped through Jammu bus stand. The accused has been arrested.(KNO)

Leopard on prowl in Pulwama village captured

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Qayoom Khan

Srinagar, March 7 : A leopard was captured by wildlife authorities in Pulwama district on Thursday night.

A team of wildlife department captured the big cat late this night at around 10:00 pm at Sonsamil village in the southern district.

The department had been trying to capture the female leopard for last three days.

Last week, a small cub was also captured in the same village. The animals according to locals had injured several persons and mauled many domestic animals.

“We had received several complaints from the local residents about the presence of the leopard. The animal was on the prowl in Sonsamil village and its adjoining areas since the last couple of months, “Irshad Ahmad, a wildlife official told GNS.

The captured animal was tranquillized and is being taken to wildlife sentuary Dachigam, the official added. (GNS)

50-year-old man from Anantnag, Srinagar youth also booked under PSA, shifted outside Valleyl

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Rehan Showkat

Srinagar, Mar 7: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik was booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) and shifted to Kot Bhbalwal jail, Jammu on Thursday.

An official said that Malik was booked under PSA vide number DM/PSA/41, dated 06-03-2019 and shifted to Kot Bhalwal jail.

Malik was detained by police on February 22 and lodged at Kothi Bagh police station, Srinagar.

“Today morning, he was informed that he has been booked under PSA and will be shifted to Kot Bhalwal jail,” a JKLF spokesperson said.

He strongly condemned the “arbitrary arrest” and use of PSA against the party chief, terming it as a “glaring display of frustration” of Indian rulers and their “abettors” in Jammu and Kashmir.

Meanwhile, a 50-year-old Ghulam Nabi Bhat who was arrested some 10 days ago from his house at Larkipora in Dooru, Anantnag was also booked under PSA, another official said.

“Several cases were registered against Bhat for creating law and order problem and as such he was booked under PSA vide number DM/ PSA/ 74,” he said.

On Thursday morning, Bhat according to the official was shifted to Hiranagar jail in Kathua.

In yet another incident, a Srinagar youth who was arrested last month was also booked under PSA, the official said.

He said Shahbaz Farooq son of Farooq Ahmad of Eidgah, Srinagar, an OGW, has been booked under PSA vide number DM/ PSA/40 and shifted to Jammu jail on Thursday. (GNS)

Girl commits suicide after her pictures circulated on social media

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Qayoom Khan

Srinagar, March 7 : A 21-year-old girl in Pulwama district Thursday committed suicide after her pictures were circulated on social media. Police have registered a case for abetment of suicide and launched the hunt to arrest the man accused.

The 21-year- old girl was shocked after she came to know that her pictures had been uploaded on Facebook by a youth who had also been stalking and harassing her for some time, her father told GNS.

She was found unconscious at home by family members and had apparently consumed some poisonous substance, the girl’s father said.

The girl was shifted to a nearby hospital and succumbed at SMHS hospital in Srinagar where she was referred for further treatment.

The girl’s father said the family has approached DC Pulwama and police to file a case against the youth.

 “He has threatened us several times and was continuously stalking and harassing my daughter,” he said.

Deputy Commissioner Pulwama Syed Abid Rasheed Shah told GNS that the family had approached him and he has taken a “strong note of the incident and passed on directions to police to book the culprit at the earliest.”

The Deputy Commissioner assured that strict action as per law will be taken against the culprit.

Deputy Superintendent of police Headquarter Pulwama Farooq Ahmad told GNS that a police party has been sent to Kellar village in Shopian to arrest the accused youth.

“A case (26/2019) under 306 RPC (abetment of suicide) has been registered and further investigations taken up,” he said. (GNS)