Srinagar, May 6: Four persons including a couple were killed in cloud burst and lightning strike incidents at two different locations in Kashmir Valley on Saturday, officials said.
A senior police officer told GNS that there was cloudburst incident at Bujbagh area of Pampore in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district this afternoon, resulting in the death of two persons namely Hilal Ahmed Hanji (25) and his wife Rozia Jan (25).
Separately, officials told GNS that two persons died when lightning struck them at a high-altitude meadow land in Mujpathri area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district.
The deceased have been identified as Taja Begum, wife of Abdus Samad Chopan and Mohammad Sultan Chopan son-in-law of Ghulam Mohammad Chopan of Gurwaith Kalan.
They said that police have registered cases in connection with both incidents. (GNS)
Budgam, May 06: Two persons including a woman were killed after lightning struck them on Saturday at Khansahib area in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district.
An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a lady and a man were breeding their sheep in a higher altitude area when the lightning struck them this afternoon.
The incident took place at Sochalpathri Mujpathri, he said.
Station House Officer (SHO) Khansahib, Mubashir Ahmad confirmed the incident to KNO and identified the duo as Mohd Sultan Chopan (57) and Taja Begum (45) wife of Abdul Samad Chopan, resident of Gurweith Kalan—(KNO)
SRINAGAR: Two people died when lightning struck a high-altitude meadow in the Mujpathri area of Budgam district on Saturday, officials said.
The lightning struck the Sochalpathri area of Mujpathri, which is the upper region of Doodhpathri in Budgam, resulting in the deaths of two people, according to officials.
The deceased have been identified as Taja Begum, the wife of Abdus Samad Chopan, and Mohd Sultan Chopan, the son-in-law of Ghulam Mohd Chopan. They were residents of Gurwaith Kalan.
Meanwhile, a team of officials has rushed to the spot, and further investigations have been taken up. (KS)
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee. (File photo/ANI)
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday once again emphasised that the anti-BJP forces in the country should avoid cross-voting among themselves in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls to prevent the saffron camp taking the benefit of division in opposition votes.
“Let all the opposition parties get united. Let us ensure a one-to-one fight. Let us all try to work together,” the Chief Minister said while addressing a rally at Samserganj in Murshidabad district.
However, she continued to remain silent as to whether the Congress is included in Trinamool’s blueprint for united opposition. Previously too, she had remained silent on this matter even during her recent meeting with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav in Kolkata.
Political analysts feel that her call for avoiding cross-voting among opposition forces is a reflection of her strategy to ensure that Trinamool doesn’t have to make any compromise in West Bengal in any possible seat-sharing agreement.
According to political analysts, her call for avoiding cross-voting among opposition forces means those parties which are strong in their respective states should only contest against the BJP in that state, and by that calculation, Trinamool will get an upper-hand in West Bengal, where she will not have to make any compromise in any seat-sharing agreement.
Banerjee herself is aware that in West Bengal, multi-polar contest ha to be avoided at any cost. Already the Trinamool leadership has announced that the stand of the party is to maintain equal distance from the BJP as well as the Congress.
2 army soldiers killed, officer among 4 injured in ongoing Rajouri encounter
Srinagar, May 05 : Two army soldiers were killed while four personnel including an officer were injured after militants triggered an explosive during the ongoing encounter in Kandi area of Rajouri district on Friday, Army said.
In a statement, issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), a defence spokesperson said that Army columns have been conducting relentless intelligence based operations to flush out a group of militants involved in ambush on an army truck in Tota Gali area of Bhata Dhurian in Jammu region.
The statement reads that on specific information about presence of militants in the Kandi Forest in Rajauri Sector, a joint operation was launched on 03 May 2023.
“At about 0730 hours today, a search team established contact with a group of militants well entrenched in a cave. The area is thickly vegetated with rocky and steep cliffs,” it reads.
Army said that the militants triggered an explosive device in retaliation. “The Army team has suffered two fatal casualties with injuries to four more soldiers including an officer.”
As per the statement that additional teams from the vicinity have been directed to the site of encounter. “The injured personnel have been evacuated to Command Hospital, Udhampur.”
It added as per initial reports a group of militants are trapped in the area. “There is a likelihood of casualties in the militant group.”
Army said that the operation is in progress and further details are being ascertained—(KNO)
Four Palestinians, including one woman, were killed by the Israeli army on Thursday, during a raid in Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian News Agency.
The four martyrs are identified as— Hassan Qatnani, Moaz al-Masri, Ibrahim Jabr and woman Iman Ziad Ahmed Odeh.
On Thursday morning, Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a brief statement, that three Palestinians were killed by the occupation bullets, two of whom had completely distorted their features, as a result of the intense shooting at them.
The Israeli forces claimed that two of the three martyrs were responsible for carrying out a shooting attack, in which three Israeli women were killed in April 2023, in the northern Jordan Valley in the West Bank.
عاجل| مصادر محلية: “انتشال جثامين 3 شبان ارتقوا برصاص الاحتلال في البلدة القديمة بنابلس”. pic.twitter.com/Ih8KeOmkVq
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) May 4, 2023
تغطية صحفية: “الشبان حسن قطناني ومعاذ المصري وإبراهيم جبر منفذي عمــلــية الاغوار الأخيرة والتي قتل فيها 3 مستوطنين”. pic.twitter.com/8ebpujUUMI
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) May 4, 2023
Later on Thursday, Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the death of 26-year-old Palestinian woman Iman Ziad Ahmed Odeh, as a result of being shot in the chest on Thursday, by the Israeli forces in Hawara, south of Nablus, in the northern West Bank, claiming that she was attempting to carry out a stabbing attack.
تغطية صحفية: “فلسطينيون يشيعون جثامين الشبان الثلاثة والذين ارتقوا برصاص الاحتلال في نابلس صباح اليوم”. pic.twitter.com/Q4IoYP4WLa
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) May 4, 2023
Palestinian Red Crescent reported that four citizens in Nablus were injured by live bullets fired by the occupation forces, in addition to recording 152 cases of suffocation, including school students, as a result of the occupation forces firing tear gas canisters.
Israeli Army Radio reported that more than 200 Israeli soldiers participated in the military operation in Nablus on Thursday.
Palestinian News Agency quoted eyewitnesses as saying that the occupation forces targeted the besieged house with live bullets, fired a number of missiles at it, and prevented medical staff from reaching the besieged area.
عاجل| مصادر محلية: “قوات الاحتلال تقتحم البلدة القديمة لنابلس وسماع دوي إطلاق نار وانفجارات في المكان”. pic.twitter.com/PGMbhuU4ui
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) May 4, 2023
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) May 4, 2023
مصادر عبرية: “أكثر من 200 جندي إســـرائيلي شاركوا في العمــلية العسكرية في نابلس اليوم”.
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) May 4, 2023
تغطية صحفية: “فلسطينيون يشيعون جثامين الشبان الثلاثة والذين ارتقوا برصاص الاحتلال في نابلس صباح اليوم”. pic.twitter.com/gK5f7yLnKt
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) May 4, 2023
With the rise of the four martyrs of Nablus on Thursday, the death toll since the beginning of this year rises to 108, including 20 children and two women.
The figure also includes the 44-year-old Palestinian prisoner Sheikh Khader Adnan, who died on Tuesday on the 87th day of a hunger strike to protest his repeated arbitrary detention.
The death of Adnan, who was arrested on March 5, 2023, pending military trial, sparked widespread anger and protests in the occupied West Bank, and led to rockets being fired at Israel by the armed resistance factions in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Hyderabad: Two persons including a sub-inspector of police were killed in a road accident in Telangana’s Mulugu district on Tuesday.
A police vehicle overturned near Jeedivagu in Eturnagaram mandal, killing the SI and the driver.
Eturanagaram SI Indraiah and private driver Raju were killed in the accident. A constable, Srinivas, escaped with minor injuries.
The police jeep was on its way to Mangampeta. The driver apparently lost control of the vehicle and, as a result, it turned turtle. Both the SI and driver died on the spot.
The injured driver was admitted to a hospital. Police shifted the bodies of the deceased to Mulugu for autopsy.
Poonch, May 1 (GNS): At least four persons sustained critical injuries in a gas cylinder blast after a fire erupted in a residential house in Qazi Mora in Poonch district this morning, officials said.
The officials told GNS that information was received this morning about the breaking out of fire in a house belonging to one Qamar Din at Qazi Mora.
“Soon after the receipt of this information police party rushed on the spot during the course of enquiry preliminary it has been found that it was due to leakage of cylinder”, the officials said adding in the course of ongoing blaze a gas cylinder exploded causing grievous injuries to four persons.
Identifying the injured persons as, Hasham Mair son of Niaz Mair resident of Bihar, Suraj Patil son of Ram Patil resident of Bihar, Mohd Shaid son of Mohd Sadiq resident of Qazi Mora and Javid son of Mohd Ahmed from UP, the officials further said that all the injured persons have been shifted to District Hospital Poonch for treatment. (GNS)
SRINAGAR: On Monday, Jammu and Kashmir Police in Baramulla district arrested three drug peddlers, including a most-wanted smuggler, and seized contraband substances from their possession.
The accused were identified as Jaleel Ahmad Shah, Muhammad Lateef Lone, and Aadil Ahmad Lone, with Jaleel Ahmad Shah being the most-wanted smuggler.
The police recovered 10 grams of contraband cocaine and 15 grams of charas-like substances from Jaleel, while 113 grams of charas-like substance were found during a search of Muhammad Lateef Lone and Aadil Ahmad Lone in Bhagat Colony Rohama Rafiabad.
Cases have been registered, and investigations are underway.
Poonch, May 1: At least four persons sustained critical injuries in a gas cylinder blast after a fire erupted in a residential house in Qazi Mora in Poonch district this morning, officials said.
The officials told GNS that information was received this morning about the breaking out of fire in a house belonging to one Qamar Din at Qazi Mora.
“Soon after the receipt of this information police party rushed on the spot during the course of enquiry preliminary it has been found that it was due to leakage of cylinder”, the officials said adding in the course of ongoing blaze a gas cylinder exploded causing grievous injuries to four persons.
Identifying the injured persons as, Hasham Mair son of Niaz Mair resident of Bihar, Suraj Patil son of Ram Patil resident of Bihar, Mohd Shaid son of Mohd Sadiq resident of Qazi Mora and Javid son of Mohd Ahmed from UP, the officials further said that all the injured persons have been shifted to District Hospital Poonch for treatment.
