th 24 Tuesday 20 July | 09 Zil Hajj | 1442 Hijri | Vol:24 | Issue: 169 | Pages:12 | Price: `3 www.kashmirobserver.net twitter.com / kashmirobserver facebook.com/kashmirobserver Postal Regn: L/159/KO/SK/2014-2016 3 CITY 6 COEXISTENCE, A UNIFYING 5 STATE FACTOR FOR INDIANS DC URGES PEOPLE TO ADHERE BEAR ATTACK INJURES THREE IN SONAMARG For most political parties, sociologists and TO COVID SOPS ON EID-UL-ADHA psephologists what a common Indian on the Three members of a Bakerwal family were injured when The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Moham- street thinks matters most. It is an insight a Bear attack them at Thajiwas in Sonamarg on Monday mad Aijaz Asad Monday urged the general public of THINK into a common man’s psyche, which allows triggering pain among the locals. An official of the wildlife Srinagar district to ensure strict adherence to Covid-19 them to strategies and formulate new... department said that a bear appeared in Sonamarg and Widom PEGASUS REPORT The greater the difficulty, 2 BJP Workers In the more the glory in Journalists, Ministers On Spyware surmounting it. Police Remand For —Epicurus Snoop List, Govt Rebuffs Report Faking Attack Two Security Guards Also In Soup, Suspended Rahul, 2 Union Ministers; Minor Girl Drowns In Stream Ex-EC Among ‘Targets’ SRINAGAR: A minor girl on Monday ormer Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's neph- drowned in a stream in Ashmuqam Rahul Gandhi, BJP ew and TMC MP Abhishek area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag Fministers Ashwini Banerjee and 11 phone district. 3-year-old Toiba Jan, daugh- Vaishnaw and Prahlad numbers belonging to the ter of Nazir Ahmad Mir of drowned in Singh Patel, as also former Supreme Court staffer and a stream in Amad Ashmuqam area election commissioner her close relatives, who ac- of the district, a police official said. Ashok Lavasa and poll cused former Chief Justice Representation Photo He said that the family retrieved strategist Prashant Kishor of India Ranjan Gogoi of her immediately from the stream Representation Photo were among those whose sexual harassment in April and shifted here to nearly hospital phone numbers were 2019, were selected as tar- Agencies suspension after the gaffe. where doctors declared her brought Agencies has been linked to a list of tens of listed as potential targets gets for surveillance. Police had initially said that dead. (GNS) thousands of smartphone num- for hacking through an The government dis- SRINAGAR: A court in Ishfaq was injured in misfire NEW DELHI: While reports of bers, including those of activists, Israeli spyware sold only missed the media reports Kupwara on Monday re- from his PSOs near Gulgam Man Wounded opposition politicians and scores journalists, business executives to the government agen- on the use of Pegasus manded two BJP workers on July 16 night. In Bear Attack of journalists in India being tar- and politicians around the world, cies, an international me- software to snoop on and two PSOs to seven days “In a Bollywood-style gets of surveillance operations according to reports. dia consortium reported Indians, saying the al- police remand as probe conspiracy, they tried to SRINAGAR: A middle-aged man carried out with the help of The NSO Group and its Pegasus on Monday. legations levelled just into the firing incident at pass the incident as militant was attacked and injured on Monday Israeli Pegasus spyware stirred a malware — capable of switching on The Wire news portal, in ahead of the Monsoon Gulgam Kupwara on Friday attack to get the security by a bear in Uri in north Kashmir’s storm in India on Monday, French a phone’s camera or microphone, the second part of its rev- session of Parliament last has unraveled a failed enhanced as well as get the Baramulla district. newspaper Le Monde reported and harvesting its data — have elations from the interna- are aimed at "maligning attempt by men from saf- added attraction from the 55-year-old Bashir Ahmad, a resi- that several Delhi-based diplo- been in the headlines since 2016. tional collaborative inves- Indian democracy". fron party to get their secu- party,” a police officer, privy dent of Choulan Uri was attacked by mats were also on the list of po- Sunday’s revelations — part of a tigation called the Pegasus In a suo motu state- rity enhanced as well as at- to the investigation told a a bear while at Baddi Behak forest tential targets for phone hacking collaborative investigation by The Project, reported that the ment in Lok Sabha, IT tract “more focus” from the local news agency GNS. In area, reports said. The middle-aged from 2017-2021. Washington Post, The Guardian, phone number of West and Communications party leadership. fact, the officer said, the in- man suffered critical wounds in the An Israeli firm accused of sup- Le Monde and other media out- Bengal Chief Minister Minister More On P10 So far police have arrest- jury was “stage-managed”. incident and was taken to PHC Mo- plying spyware to governments lets — raise privacy More On P10 ed four persons including Besides Ishfaq, the po- hura from where the doctors referred Ishfaq Ahmad Mir who was lice have arrested Basharat him to SKIMS Soura for advanced said to have suffered arm in- Ahmad Mir, the BJP’s spokes- treatment. pposition parties on Monday hit out at the government over the alleged phone-tapping of prominent personalities in the jury in the incident. His fa- man for the Kupwara in con- Oppn Parties ther Mohammad Shafi is the nection with the “conspiracy”. Over Rs 4L Realized country using Israeli Pegasus spyware and demanded an independent judicial or parliamentary committee probe. Train Guns OAn international media consortium reported Sunday that more than 300 verified mobile phone numbers, including of two BJP's district president in Besides them, police have From SOP Violators serving ministers, over 40 journalists, three opposition leaders and one sitting judge besides scores of businesspersons and activists in Kupwara and the party has arrested two PSOs— Riyaz already placed him under Ahmed Khan More On P10 SRINAGAR: The Jammu and At Govt, India could have been targeted for hacking through an Israeli spyware sold only to government agencies. Kashmir police on Monday claimed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the matter using the hashtag "Pegasus". to have realized a fine of over Rs four Seek Probe "We know what he's been reading- everything on your phone," Gandhi wrote Monday as a tweet-reply to his own post More On P10 lakh from the people for violating IN A BOLLYWOOD-STYLE CONSPIRACY, coronavirus related rules and guide- they tried to pass the incident as militant lines across the Kashmir Valley. LeT Commander attack to get the security enhanced as well In a statement issued here, a police as get the added attraction from the party.” spokesman said that during the Killed In Shopian LG Talks Tough Against Water Shortage last 24 hours, a fine to the tune of Rs 4,51,530 was realized from 3521 Encounter Warns Officials Of Strong Action If Issue Not Resolved Quickly people throughout the Kashmir Press Trust Of India Observer News Service valley for violating the various KO IMPACT guidelines, rules and SOPs regarding SRINAGAR: A top Lashkar- SRINAGAR: Taking strong note Covid-19. “Besides, four vehicles were e-Taiba commander was of water scarcity in several vil- also seized in Shopian for violating Tenders Floated For among two militants killed lages of Jammu and Kashmir, COVID-19 guidelines,” More On P10 in an overnight encounter Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Construction Of Batwudur Canal in Jammu and Kashmir's Sinha on Monday warned of Ladakh Sees 11 New Shopian district. strong action against the of- Firdous Ali that Kashmir Observer in its Corona Cases Ishfaq Dar alias Abu Akram, ficials if the issue of providing widely acclaimed programme was not only responsible for clean and safe drinking water SRINAGAR: After an alleged de- 'Inkishaaf' on June 16 reported LEH: Ladakh recorded 11 new attacks on security forces, but to the people is not resolved lay of seven years, the authori- about the failure of the irriga- Covid cases Monday while as many also for civilian killings, police as quickly as possible spokesperson said. issue must be dealt with the ties have finally issued a tender tion and flood control depart- patients were discharged, pushing said on Monday. Chairing a meeting re- The LG, he said, took note of spirit of service because clean notice for the reconstruction of ment to restore a vital water the respective overall tally to 20,257 Acting on specific infor- view the functioning of Jal water scarcity in several villag- and safe water is a basic hu- a water canal in Batwudur area body damaged by a landslide infections and 19,948 recoveries, mation about the presence Shakti Department here at es in J&K and directed the offi- man need. Strong action will of Budgam district damaged by during the 2014 floods for want officials said. Out of the total cases, of militants in the Check- Civil Secretariat, the LG on cials of Jal Shakti Department be taken against officials if a landslide during 2014 floods. of approval from the higher ups. eight were reported from Leh and i-Sidique Khan area of the Monday passed important to take immediate measures they fail to resolve it as quick- The Chief Executive Engineer, Two days after the KO re- three from Kargil. south Kashmir district, secu- and strict directions to the de- and address the issue. ly as possible,” Sinha said, as Irrigation Division, Ompora, port, a team of Agriculture Of the total 11 recoveries, five were rity forces launched a cordon partment in order to improve "No individual, no village per official spokesperson.