LAST PAGE...P.8 FRIDAY C DECEMBER-2020 KASHMIR M 23 Y SRINAGAR TODAY : MOSTLY CLOUDY Contact 25 : -0194-2502327 K FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS & YOUR COPY OF Maximum : 06°c SUNSET Today 05:28 PM Minmum : -1°c SUNRISE Humidity : 69% Tommrow 07:34 AM 08 Jamadi-ul-Awwal | 1442 Hijri | Vol: 23 | Issue: 288 | Pages: 12 | Price: `3 www.kashmirobserver.net twitter.com / kashmirobserver facebook.com/kashmirobserver Postal Regn: L/159/KO/SK/2014-2016 News Digest RACE FOR DDCs No Talks With ...BARAMULLA ENCOUNTER India For Now: Footballer Turned JEE Mains In 13 Gupkar Alliance Fears Horse Pakistan Languages ISLAMABAD: Pakistan For- Militant Among 2 Killed Jammu: The joint entrance ex- eign Minister Shah Mahmood amination (JEE), mains is being Qureshi has said that there is Trading Post-Poll Verdict KO File Photo Abid Bhat held in 13 languages including no possibility of a diplomatic Urdu for the next session in 2021, dialogue with India in the pre- an official spokesperson said ‘Government Of The Day Acting In A Partisan Manner’ vailing situation, according to a Thursday. media report on Thursday. As per the exam conducting au- SRINAGAR: The People's Alli- "There is no possibility of a thority, National Testing agency ance for Gupkar Declaration backdoor or diplomatic dia- the JEE mains 2021 would be (PAGD) on Thursday warned logue with India in the pre- held in 13 languages including KO KO against disrespecting the peo- vailing situation...The circum- Hindi, English Gujarati, Kan- Photo Abid Bhat Photo Abid Bhat nada, Malayalam, Marathi Odia, ple's mandate in the District stances are not suitable for Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, Development Council (DDC) any dialogue at the moment," Tamil, Telugu & Urdu as per the polls in Jammu and Kashmir, Qureshi was quoted as saying New Education Policy of India, saying tinkering with democ- by Dawn newspaper. the official spokesperson P08 racy is totally unacceptable. Qureshi made the comments At the end of the first meet- while talking to reporters in his LG Greets People ing of the alliance after the polls, hometown Multan on Wednes- in which it secured a majority day, the paper said. On Christmas (110 seats), PAGD spokesperson Ties between India and Paki- Jammu: Lieutenant Governor, Sajad Lone said there were stan nosedived after a terror SRINAGAR: Two militants, includ- Manoj Sinha on Thursday "disturbing" reports of "inter- attack on the Pathankot Air ing an ace footballer from Sopore CRPF Man Injured extended warm greetings to the ference" in the people's verdict Force base in 2016. Subsequent town were killed on Thursday in people of J&K on the auspicious and the "government of the day attacks, including one on In- a fierce encounter with govern- In Grenade Attack occasion of Christmas and also acting in a partisan manner". Gupkar Alliance Will Continue dian Army camp in Uri, further ment forces in Baramulla district Succumbs prayed for peace and prosperity The meeting took place at deteriorated the relationship. of north Kashmir, police said. in the Union Territory of Jammu Central Reserve PAGD president Farooq Abdul- In Future: Farooq Withdrawal of Jammu and On a specific input about the Police Force (CRPF) & Kashmir. In his message, the lah's Gupkar residence here. AGD president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said Kashmir's special powers and presence of militants, police, LG observed that Christmas is Apersonal, who was "There are some disturbing re- the government should immediately release all bifurcating the state into two army’s 29 RR and the personnel a day to remember the pious critically injured in Gan- ports coming about interference PPDP leaders who were "detained" ahead of the union territories in August last of CRPF 176 battalion launched derbal grenade attack on teachings of Jesus Christ, an of- in democracy, in the people's announcement of the District Development Council (DDC) year also evoked a strong reac- a cordon and search operation ficial spokesperson said. He said Wednesday, succumbed election results if it wants democracy to survive. P08 tion from Pakistan, which has that the message of peace and verdict, wherein the government in Wanigam Payeen area of the to his injuries at a hospital of the day is acting in a partisan been unsuccessfully P08 district on Thursday morning, a here on Thursday. compassion preached by P08 manner and in fact, becoming Flanked by other leaders of has been witness that such en- police spokesperson said. He said 24-year-old Constable Mri- tunjoy Chutia, P08 Missing Man Found a participant by directly or in- the alliance including Abdullah, deavours end up as disasters. the militants hiding in the house directly facilitating moves by he said the government should "I think they should desist Cross-LoC of one Me'raj-ud-din Wani were Dead In Kangan some people to attract indepen- desist from humiliating the from this and not humiliate this given an offer to surrender. the site of encounter,” the police dents towards them by confining "great verdict" of the people of great verdict of the people of “However, they fired indiscrimi- spokesperson said. Srinagar: A middle aged man Shelling Continues was found dead in central Kash- them," Lone told reporters. Jammu and Kashmir as history Jammu and Kashmir. PAGE 08 nately upon the joint search party, He identified the killed militant mir’s Ganderbal district, three In Poonch which was retaliated leading to an as Amir Siraj of Sopore and Abrar days after he went missing, encounter. In the ensuing encoun- alias Langoo, a Pakistani national, reports said Thursday. JAMMU: India and Pakistani ter, two militants were killed and both associated with Jaish-e-Mu- 50-year-old Manga Khari was troops continue to trade heavy their bodies were retrieved from hammad (JeM). PAGE 08 found dead on Thursday morning Winter Vacations Light Snow Predicted In gunfire along the Line of Con- in Chattergul Bala village of Kan- trol (LoC) in Jammu and Kash- gan in the central Kashmir dis- In J&K Colleges mir's Poonch district, officials INCRIMINATING MATERIALS including trict, news agency KNO reported. From Dec 28 Kashmir Valley Over Weekend said Thursday. arms and ammunition were recovered from the site of Khari, as per the report had gone The Pakistani army opened encounter. All the recovered materials have been taken missing on December 21. JAMMU: The Jammu and Kash- SRINAGAR: There was slight im- grees Celsius up from the previous heavy fire and shelled mortars “ into case records for further investigation and to probe their Quoting an unnamed official, mir government on Friday an- provement in cold conditions in night's minus 5 degrees Celsius. at forward posts along the LoC the report says that inquest pro- nounced winter vacations for Kashmir as the minimum tem- They said the mercury in Pahal- in Poonch district on Thursday, complicity in other crimes,” ceedings have been started to government colleges in the perature rose across the valley on gam tourist resort in south Kash- they said. ascertain the cause of his death. Kashmir Valley and winter Thursday, even as the MET Office mir went up from the previous Indian troops mounted an ef- He said that the body was handed zones in Jammu division from forecast the possibility of light night's low of minus 6.6 degrees fective retaliation to the unpro- SSB Trooper Injured In Sopore Attack over to the family after completion December 28. snow over two days from Saturday. Celsius to settle at a low of minus voked ceasefire violation from Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) trooper on Thursday was of legal and medical formalities. As per an order issued here, the The night temperature marked 5.2 degrees Celsius. the other side, they added. injured in a militant attack in Watergam area of Sopore. colleges will be closed from De- an improvement but continued They said the famous ski-resort "At around 1815 hours to- ASuspected militants lobbed a grenade towards SSB Electric Shock Kills cember 28 to February 13, 2021. to settle below the freezing point, of Gulmarg, in north Kashmir, re- day, the Pak army initiated an troopers in Watergam area of Sopore on Thursday evening leaving one of the troopers injured, news agency GNS P08 Youth In Anantnag Colleges falling in the sum- MET officials said. corded a low of minus 5.6 degrees unprovoked ceasefire violation mer zone of Jammu division will The weather has remained dry Celsius slightly up from Wednes- by firing with small arms and Srinagar: A youth died on Thurs- close on December 26 and open and cold across Kashmir since the day's minus 6 degrees Celsius. intense shelling with mortars day after receiving an electric on January 4, 2021, it added. snowfall on December 12, with Gulmarg was the coldest re- along the LoC in Krishnagati Militant Module Busted, 4 Held: Police shock in Mattan area of south The winter vacation for all the night temperature staying corded place in the valley. sector in Poonch district," a de- olice on Thursday claimed to have busted a module of Kashmir’s Anantnag district. government educational insti- fence spokesman said. Al-Badr outfit by arresting four militant associates from Anees Ahmad Bhat of Hapatnar several degrees below the freezing Qazigund the gateway town to tutions and recognised private point, they said. the valley recorded the minimum On December 1, Border Se- PTral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. village, a labourer by profession, schools up to higher second- curity Force Sub-Inspector Yawar Aziz Dar and Sajad Ahmad Parray of Larmoh village, received electric shock when The officials said Srinagar the of minus 3.4 degrees Celsius, Paotinsat Guite was killed in a and Abid Majeed Sheikh and Showkat Ahmad Dar of P08 he was laying electric pole and ary-level in the Kashmir divi- summer capital of Jammu and Kash- while Kupwara, in the north, reg- wire with a private company sion and winter zone areas of mir recorded a low of minus 3.8 de- istered a low of minus PAGE 08 ceasefire violation by P08 in Nambal village of the south Jammu division is from Decem- Kashmir district this afternoon, ber 21 to February 28.