LAST PAGE...P.8 THURSDAY C OCTOBER-2020 KASHMIR M 23 Y SRINAGAR TODAY :SUNNY Contact 08 : -0194-2502327 K FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS & YOUR COPY OF Maximum : 27°c SUNSET Today 06:05 PM Minmum : 10°c SUNRISE Humidity : 34% Tommrow 06:31 AM 20 Safar-ul-Muzaffar | 1442 Hijri | Vol: 23 | Issue: 222| Pages: 08 | Price: `3 www.kashmirobserver.net twitter.com / kashmirobserver facebook.com/kashmirobserver Postal Regn: L/159/KO/SK/2014-2016 Shelling, Firing News Digest Along LOC In Uri Sopore Woman SRINAGAR: The Indian army on 3 Militants Killed In Wednesday accused Pakistani Dies Of Burns troops of violating ceasefire Srinagar: A week after setting by resorting to mortar shelling herself ablaze, a woman from along the Line of Control (LoC) in Sopore area of Baramulla district Uri sector of Baramulla district. on Wednesday succumbed to Shopian Encounter "Pakistan initiated an unpro- her injuries at Srinagar's SMHS voked ceasefire violation along LoC hospital. The 32-year-old woman in Uri Sector, Baramulla district to- had sustained severe burn inju- Observer News Service day morning by firing mortars and ries after she set herself ablaze other weapons," defence spokes- at her in-law's house in Sidiq SRINAGAR: Three local militants Colony area of Sopore in north of Hizbul Mujahideen and Al- man Colonel Rajesh Kalia said. KO Kashmir's Baramulla district on Badr were killed on Wednesday No casualties have been re- PhotoAbid Bhat Thursday last week. Officials in a fierce overnight encounter ported in the incident so far. said that the woman (name with government forces in Zai- File Photo The Indian Army, he said gave a befitting response to the cease- withheld) set herself ablaze napora area of south Kashmir’s WAILING FAMILY members bid adieu to the slain policeman Altaf Hussain fire violation by Pakistani troops. after pouring Kerosene oil over Shopian district. of Eidgah, Srinagar. Altaf died while protecting a BJP leader from a militant Pertinently on October 5, a ju- her body following which she Hizbul Mujahideen militant attack in Ganderbal on Tuesday. Photo Abid Bhat was rushed to Sub P-02 Sajad Ahmad Malla of Shop- nior commissioned officer (JCO) ian and Al-Badr’s Junaid Rashid of the army was killed in heavy Woman Killed In Hit Wani and Waseem Ahmad shelling by Pakistani troops Magray, both residents of Pul- along the LoC in Rajouri district. 12 More Coronavirus And Run Accident wama were killed after army’s Subedar Sukhdev Singh of Srinagar: An elderly woman 44 RR, special operations group army’s 16 Grenadiers P-02 on Wednesday was killed in a (SOG) of police and the person- Deaths In J&K, Toll 1284 hit and run accident in Ac- nel of CRPF 178 battalion re- chabal area of south Kashmir's sumed anti-militancy operation Former CBI Chief Observer Monitoring Desk Anantnag district. 68-year-old in Sugan village of Shopian in Naikoo’s Aide Attacked BJP Leader: DGP Saja Begumwas critically injured the wee hours on Wednesday, a SRINAGAR: At least twelve 621 New Cases when a motorcyclist hit her invil- Ends Life police spokesperson said. izbul Mujahideen had deputed a close aide of slain people died of coronavirus lage Brariangan in Acchabal on Include 37 Travelers The search operation, he said militant commander Riyaz Naikoo from south Kashmir SHIMLA: Former CBI chief and in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday morning, a police of- ammu and Kashmir was launched around 7:00pm Hto carry out the attack on a BJP leader in Ganderbal Nagaland Governor Ashwani Wednesday, raising the num- reported on Wednes- ficial said. While the biker man- district in which a police constable was killed, the top police aged to flee from the spot, the Tuesday by the state forces on the Kumar on Wednesday allegedly ber of fatalities due to the Jday 621 fresh cases of official of Jammu and Kashmir said on Wednesday.P-02 injured woman was rushed to basis of specific input about the committed suicide by hanging deadly infection across the coronavirus, including thirty SKIMS Soura here for treatment. presence of militants in the vil- himself at his residence here. Union Territory to 1284. seven travelers, taking the However, the doctors there lage. During the operation, he said team to break the cordon. area was put under strict cordon. It is learnt that the former While seven more total number of people in- declared her brought P-02 militants turned down surrender “Due to darkness the operation Militants trapped inside made cer- state Director General of Po- people succumbed fected by the virus to 81097. offer and instead fired on the joint was suspended and the whole tain attempts to breakPAGE 02 lice was under depression for to Covid-19 in Jam- Among the fresh cases, 260 Man Dies After sometime now. Shimla Superin- mu division, the were from Jammu Division tendent of Police Mohit Chawla remaining five lost and 361 from KashmirP-02 Falling From Tree DUE TO DARKNESS THE OPERATION WAS SUSPENDED confirmed the incident. battle with the virus Srinagar: An elderly man died and the whole area was put under strict cordon. Militants trapped inside made After his retirement from the in Kashmir valley, of- Rajouri and one each from Doda and on Wednesday after falling from “certain attempts to break the cordon and escape from the spot,” the police CBI, Kumar had settled down in ficials said. Samba, they said. The victims includ- a tree in Kanganarea of central spokesperson said. Shimla and worked briefly for a Among the victims in ed a 52-year-old from Jeewan Nagar, Kashmir's Ganderbal district. private university located near Jammu division, three were a 67-year-old from Kotli Shah Doula 60-year-old Abdul RehmanThek- here as its chancellor. P-02 residents of Jammu district, two from and a 62-year-old from PAGE 02 rey of Hariganiwan Kangan suffered critical injures on Wednesday after falling from a Eye On LAHDC Polls tree in Thune area of the district, Panel For Fixing School Chhibber's reports said. The injured man succumbed before he could be Term As JK Bank taken to the hospital for treat- Fees Gets Statutory Powers BJP Promises More Than 6th ment. An unnamed police official CMD Extended Agencies ernment officer who has been told news agency KDC that po- a financial commissioner of the lice have taken the cognizance Schedule Benefits To Leh For 6 Months of the incident and the matter SRINAGAR: The Government of Union territory or above. India has carried out amendments “The members of the committee Press Trust Of India NEW DELHI: Jammu & Kashmir was being investigated. File Photo in the Jammu & Kashmir School shall be such as may be prescribed 94 Candidates In Bank on Wednesday said the Education Act-2002 to grant stat- by the government,” reads the order. LEH: Allaying Ladakhis' fear of los- RBI has extended the term of RK Ladakh Records 79 utory powers to committee for According to these amend- ing jobs and land, Union minister Poll Fray Chhibber as the Chairman and Managing Director for a period New Covid-19 Cases determining and regulating fee of ments, the panel shall exercise Anurag Thakur on Wednesday as- s many as 94 candi- students in private schools in the such powers and perform such serted that the Centre would provide of six months. Leh: The Union Territory of La- dates are in the fray "We wish to intimate that the newly carved out Union Territory. functions as may be prescribed by more than what was there in the for the elections to the dakh reported 79 new coronavi- A Reserve Bank of India has ex- The amendments are part of “The the government to ensure that the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, a (LAHDC) Leh - the first democratic rus cases, taking the cumulative Ladakh Autonomous Hill De- Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir private schools are not indulging demand which had gained momen- exercise in the Union territory. tended the term of R K Chhibber, figure to 4720, an official bulletin velopment Council (LAHDC) Re-Organization(Adaptation of State in commercialisation of education tum after the region was declared a The 26 seats of LAHDC Leh are Leh, the first democratic Chairman and Managing Director said on Wednesday. With 50 of the bank by a further period of more patients cured of the dis- Laws) order- 2020” issued by the and undue profiteering. separate Union territory last year. going to polls on October 22 and is exercise in the region post Union Home Ministry on Monday. “Orders passed by the commit- The Minister of State for Finance likely to witness a keen battle be- the union territory status, six months with effect from 10th ease, the number of active cases October, 2020 or till the appoint- in the region stands at 1195 904 According to the amendments, tee for fixation and regulation of was in Leh to kick-start the official tween the BJP, Congress and the Aam officials said on Wednesday. ment of MD & CEO, whichever is in Leh district and 291 in Kargil the committee shall be headed fee of private Schools shall be campaign of the BJP for the up- Aadmi Party (AAP) which is trying its The polls are scheduled to earlier," Jammu & Kashmir Bank district, the bulletin released by a chairperson who has been deemed to have been duly passed coming polls to the Ladakh Auton- luck for the first time in the region. be held on October 22.P-02 by the directorate of health a Judge of a High Court or a gov- by a public servant PAGE 02 omous Hill Development Council None of the regional PAGE 02 said in a regulatory filing.