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Its population is merely run-up to J&K Administration’s Independence Day Widom J&K Sees 142 ..Kishtwar Cloudburst Fate Of 19 Missing If you judge people, New Cases, you have no time 136 Recoveries Persons Unknown to love them. Firdaus Ali Agencies —Mother Teresa Search Operation Continues In Rajouri SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir JAMMU: The fate of 19 persons witnessed on Saturday 142 fresh Jammu: A massive search opera- who went missing after a cloud- cases of novel coronavirus while tion continued for the second day on burst triggered flash floods in no Covid-19 related fatality Saturday in a dense forest area in Rajouri Kishtwar district last month, re- were reported across the Union district of Jammu and Kashmir where main unknown even as rescue Explosives Recovered Territory during the last 24 hours. two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants were operations continued for the elev- According to officials, 83 new killed in an encounter by security forces, enth consecutive day Saturday. On Highway cases of Covid-19 were reported officials said. Eight women among 19 per- SRINAGAR: Government forces from different parts of Kashmir sons went missing following the on Saturday recovered explosives Valley while 59 were reported The joint operation by the police and cloudburst and subsequent flash in Ramban district on the strategic from Jammu division thus taking the army in remote Pangai village, locat- floods in the remote village on in- 272-km Srinagar-Jammu highway. the total number of people in- ed in a forested area of Thanamandi, was tervening night of July 27 and 28. Official sources said that the recov- fected since the outbreak of pan- launched early Friday following informa- On Monday last, Director ered explosives are commercial in demic last year in J&K to 322428. tion about the presence of three to four General of Police Dilbag Singh nature that was fixed in pipes. They Giving district wise-details, had an aerial survey of the vil- said that commercial explosives the officials said that Srinagar lage. He also chaired a high-level and detonators lying separately at reported 36 cases, Baramulla meeting during which, among Ramsoo were found by a patrol- 3, Budgam 13, Pulwama 9, others, he stressed the need for ling party. They added that these Kupwara 7, Bandipora 5, intensifying the rescue operation explosives were More On P10 Ganderbal 7, Kulgam 3, Jammu to trace the missing persons. 15, Udhampur 8, Rajouri 6, Doda Authorities have pressed 2 Rape Accused 16, Kishtwar 7, Poonch 3, and teams of NDRF and SDRF for Held In J&K two cases each were reported carrying out the rescue opera- from Ramban and Reasi districts. tion. Several teams of the State BANIHAL: Two men, facing charges No new case of coronavi- Disaster Response Force (SDRF) in connection with alleged abduc- rus was reported from south and National Disaster Response tion and rape of a minor girl, were Kashmir’s Anantnag and Force (NDRF) with “sophisticated arrested after months of hunt from Shopian districts of the Valley equipment” were earlier involved their village in Anantnag district and Kathua and Samba districts Women devotees raise their hands in supplication as the unseen cleric of Hazratbal Shrine displays a relic believed to be from beard in the operation More On P10 of south Kashmir, police said on in the Jammu More On P10 of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) on the annual Urs of Hazrat Umar (RA) on Saturday . KO Photo, Abid Bhat Saturday. Javed Ahmad Wagay and Mohammad Yousuf, wanted in the case registered at Gool police station in Ramban district early this Karan Singh year, went underground to evade ar- Soldiers Get American rest, they said. The duo was arrested Calls On LG from Larkipora village, a police Cop Killed, 2 Others Observer News Service Rifles On China Border spokesperson said. More On P10 Unregistered Medical Srinagar: Dr. Karan Singh, for- Agencies in large numbers with India Injured In Kulgam Attack mer Union Minister & Member placing orders for around 1.5 Shop Sealed of Parliament met Lieutenant NEW DELHI: Deployed along lakh of them under emergency SRINAGAR: Authorities on Sat- Governor, Manoj Sinha, here at the Line of Actual Control for provisions soon after the situ- urday sealed an unlicensed and LG Says Those Raj Bhavan on Saturday, an of- over a year to tackle Chinese ation worsened along the bor- unregistered medical shop in north Responsible For Such ficial spokesperson said. aggression, Indian Army der due to Chinese aggression Kashmir’s Handwara town. Militant Killed In Budgam Singh, who was accom- troops deployed at the for- in Eastern Ladakh and espe- Reports said that a team from the Heinous Acts Shall Be panied by former legislator ward bases have been armed cially the Galwan valley. Drug Department inspected various Brought To Justice Encounter, Another Held Vikramaditya Singh, discussed with the latest American Sig The rifles are ambidextrous medical shops and during the in- a host of developmental and Sauer 716 assault rifles and and allow troops to use them spection a medical shop was found Observer News Service other issues of public impor- Swiss MP-9 pistol guns to easily, in case they are re- unregistered and thus sealed on the tance with the LG, he said. guard the border there. quired in operations, the offi- spot. The medical shop in question SRINAGAR: A policeman was They also shared their views Army officials deployed in cials said. is ‘Sunshine’ medical store. killed and two others injured on regarding the present devel- these high altitude locations Meanwhile, India and China Reports added More On P10 Saturday in a militant attack in opment scenario of the UT. said the troops are now getting have disengaged troops from south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. “The Lt Governor observed the American Sig Sauer 716 the Gogra heights area and Man Found A group of militants fired that the present dispensation assault rifles for operations moved them back to their Dead In Kulgam indiscriminately upon a po- is taking result-oriented de- as with its 500 meters range, permanent bases, in a step to- SRINAGAR: A man was found dead lice party at Poshwan area of velopmental and welfare mea- it can prove to be an effective wards defusing tensions at the inside a pond in south Kashmir’s Damhal Hanjipora at around sures, besides strengthening weapon in mountain warfare. Line of Actual Control (LAC) More On P10 Kulgam district on Saturday, offi- 7:20 pm Saturday resulting in the concept of Jan-Bhagidari The rifles have been obtained "The troops in cials said. According to reports, some the on the spot death of one po- for ensuring transparency liceman. Two other police per- and credibility in the govern- locals spotted the body inside a wa- Observer News Service WITH THIS, ONE MORE SENSITIVE area of face- ter filled pond in Suransoo—Sham- sonnel sustained bullet injuries, mental processes to fulfill the according to police sources. aspirations of the people of off has been resolved. Both sides have expressed sipora area and instantly informed commitment to take the talks forward and resolve the police about it. A police team, A police spokesman, quoting local militant was killed on Saturday in a gunfight with Jammu and Kashmir,” the of- reports said, reached the spot and from preliminary investiga- government forces in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, ficial spokesperson added. the remaining issues along the LAC in the Western Sector.” recovered the body. The deceased tions, later said a group of mili- Awhile his associate escaped the cordon but was arrested in has been identified as Gulzar Ahmad tants fired upon a police party Pulwama district of south Kashmir. Police, army’s 50 RR and the headed by SHO Police Station personnel of CRPF 181 battalion started a joint cordon and search Sheikh, More On P10 DH Pora who were busy in operation in Mochwa area of Budgam on the basis of specific infor- Ex-PDP MPs Among Five Politicians Join PC Ladakh Reports managing the traffic at Adijan mation about the presence of militants, More On P10 9 Corona Cases Crossing after More On P10 Press Trust Of India chairman Baramulla Safina Baig “They are experienced lead- and former deputy mayor of ers with a huge base of support- LEH: Ladakh has recorded nine SRINAGAR: People’s Conference Srinagar Municipal Corporation ers and will in the coming years fresh COVID-19 cases, taking its Search Operation Continues In Rajouri 2 Injured In Ramban Blast received a shot in the arm to Sheikh Mohammad Imran play a crucial role in shaping overall tally to 20,378, while the its expansion programme as joined the People's Conference the politics and welfare of J-K. count of active cases in the union massive search operation continued for the wo people, including a teenage boy, were injured five politicians, including two in the presence of party chair- People’s Conference is grow- territory is at 65, officials said on second day on Saturday in a dense forest area in a mysterious explosion along the Jammu- former PDP MPs, from various man Sajad Gani Lone.