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Hello Jammu News at 2:44:00 PM 0

Srinagar, Sep 26: One of the two terrorists killed in an encounter with security forces in Sopore Tuesday was identified as a top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander who was active in north Kashmir for the past three years, police said Wednesday.

The police identified him as Abu Maaz, a Pakistani national.

"On the basis of materials recovered, one of the slain terrorists has been identified as Abu Maaz of Pakistani origin who was operating as the top commander of LeT in north Kashmir," a police spokesman said.

The other terrorist who was killed in the operation in Bomai area was identified as Abdul Majeed Mir alias Sameer.

The spokesman said Maaz had a criminal record since 2015 and he was involved in series of terror activities in the area, particularly in Sopore and Handwara.

"He was involved in several attacks on the security forces and killings of civilians in the area. Several cases were registered against him in police stations across the valley for terror activities," he added.

The spokesman said Maaz was involved in at least a dozen attacks on civilians and security forces since 2015 in which three civilians and an Army officer were killed. (PTI)

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Hello Jammu News at 2:10:00 PM 0

Srinagar, Sep 13: Two militants were Thursday killed in an encounter with security forces in Sopore area of Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Chinkipora near Arampora area of Sopore township in the north Kashmir district this morning after receiving intelligence input about presence of militants in the area.

The search operation turned into an encounter after the hiding militants fired upon the forces.

"Two terrorists have been killed in the operation at Chinkipora," an Army official said.

He said the operation was in progress. (PTI)
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Hello Jammu News at 5:43:00 PM 0

Srinagar, Sep 8: Militants Saturday shot dead a civilian in Sopore township of Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

Militants fired upon the civilian in Bomai area of Sopore this afternoon, a police official said.

He said the civilian - Hakim-ur-Rehman, a resident of Reshipora Bomai - received critical bullet injuries in the attack.

The injured was evacuated to the nearby hospital for medical attention where he succumbed to injuries, the official said.

Police have registered a case in this regard and investigation in the instant matter has been initiated, he said. (PTI)
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Hello Jammu News at 7:49:00 PM 0


SOPORE, JULY 20: District Mobile Magistrate Sopore Jehangir Bakshi today sentenced a man for 18 months long imprisonment along with fine of Rs 180000 coupled with 9% rate of interest in connection with a cheque bounce case.
Accordingly, the complainant approached the said court who was issued a cheque in 2013 which was not honored by the concerned bank.
Subsequently, a case was filed against the accused before the District Mobile Magistrate Sopore under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act.

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Hello Jammu News at 7:55:00 PM 0


SRINAGAR, APRIL 04: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti has expressed grief over the death of three members of a family of Hathlangoo, Sopore in a road accident at Lethpora on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway today morning.
The Chief Minister has prayed for peace to the departed souls and conveyed her sympathies to the kin of the deceased.

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Hello Jammu News at 5:51:00 PM 0

          KUPWARA, DECEMBER 16: Minister of State for health Asiea Naqash today conducted a surprise visit to hospitals in Sopore and Kupwara hospitals to review the facilities being provided to patients there.
          Speaking with the hospital administration, the Minister directed for working with zeal and dedication to deliver quality healthcare and provide the best facilities to the patients.
          The Minister also interacted with the patients to inquire about the facilities being provided to them.

During the visit, the Minister also inspected the ongoing works of the additional 200-bedded hospital building at sub-district hospital Sopore. The hospital is being constructed at an estimated cost of 38 crore. The Minister also visited the under construction blocks of 100-bed capacity district hospital Kupwara.
She impressed upon the executing agencies to accelerate the pace of ongoing works on the hospitals so that better  medicare is provide to people .

Later  locals apprised the Minister with their various grievances. The Minister assured them that all their genuine problems would be addressed at an earliest.
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Hello Jammu News at 6:47:00 PM 0


BARAMULLA, NOVEMBER 16:  Tehsil Legal Services Committee Sopore in collaboration with SRM Welkin Educational Trust Sopore today organized Painting, Debate and Essay Competition with the title “Connecting to Serve”.
Principal District and Sessions Judge Baramulla Rajesh Sikri was chief guest in which about 100 students from different schools participated.
Among others, Sub-Judge High Court, SSP Sopore, Mobile Magistrate Sopore, Medical Superintendent DH Baramulla, ARTO Baramulla besides students of various schools and other concerned, prominent citizens of the area were also present on the occasion. 
 Speaking on the occasion, PD&SJ Rajesh Sikri expressed delight and appreciation for participating students the way they showcased their talent in all three formats.
Concluding the Programme, chairperson TLSC extended warm thanks to students, teachers, guests and all those present on the occasion.

 Later, students were given away prizes for their performances by the chief guest.
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Hello Jammu News at 12:21:00 PM 0

Srinagar, Nov 14: Rail service has been suspended for security reasons in north Kashmir, where two local militants of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) were killed in an encounter with security forces on Monday evening.
However, trains continued to chug from Badgam-Srinagar in central Kashmir to Anantnag and Qazigund in south to Banihal in Jammu region, a senior railway official. All trains on this route are running as per schedule, he added. He said all train services will remain suspended on Srinagar-Badgam to Baramulla in north Kashmir for security forces. An advisory was received from police on Monday night to suspend rail service in north Kashmir, he said, adding that 'we are acting on the advice of civil and police authorities.' Among two HM militants killed in Handwara area of north Kashmir district of Kupwara, one was resident of Sopore and another Palhalan Pattan in Baramulla district. UNI
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Hello Jammu News at 7:32:00 PM 0

          BARAMULLA, NOVEMBER 11: As part of the recently launched 10-day nationwide outreach campaign, a legal awareness camp was today organized by Tehsil Legal Services Authority Sopore with Additional District and Sessions Judge, Shazia Tabasum as the chief guest.
          Chief Judicial Magistrate Sopore, Masarat Rahooi,  SSP Baramulla, Mir Imtiyaz Hussain, District Mobile Magistrate, Jehangir Ahmad Bakshi, Sub-judge Uri, President Bar Association Sopore,   legal experts besides a huge gathering of students were present on the occasion.
          A series of lectures were delivered by the experts. They laid stress   on awareness and dissemination of information among masses with respect to legal and other necessary judicial services.
          Speaking on the occasion, Shazia Tabasum  said the event has been organized for educating the people about various legal services. She also reiterated the TLSA’s commitment to provide free legal aid to the destitute and downtrodden sections of the society.
          In his address, SSP Baramulla said that Police Department will extend every possible support in the outreach programme.
          The Chief Judicial Magistrate, who is also the Chairperson of Tehsil Legal Service Authority Sopore, said that basic aim of the programme is to convey the message about various legal services being offered to the people.
          Earlier, a walkathon with the theme ‘Connecting to Serve’ was organized, in which a large number of students of local educational institutions participated.

The walkathon was flagged off by Additional Deputy Commissioner Sopore, Khursheed Ahmad Shah.
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Hello Jammu News at 6:35:00 PM 0

BARAMULLA (SOPORE), OCTOBER 26: A three-day training programme to entangle youth towards the socio-economic development and overall welfare of the society concluded here at Muslim Educational Trust Sopore which marked the participation of Nehru Yuva Kendra (NYK) volunteers of the district.
The programme held under the title “Youth Leadership and community development” saw special lectures on the topic by reputed resource persons of various Departments of the district.

On the occasion, NYK coordinator Hakeem Abdul Aziz informed that the training programme was organized with the aim to change the perception of the youth and to guide them properly so that they became the active participants in the community development.
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Hello Jammu News at 7:34:00 PM 0

SOPORE, OCTOBER 07: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today visited Sopore to personally condole with the family of late Atiqa Bano, the noted educationist and heritage activist, who passed away two days ago.
The Chief Minister described late Atiqa Bano as a crusader for the upliftment and empowerment of women in the State. She said her untiring efforts through Majlis un Nissa to make women in north Kashmir educationally empowered or through the establishment of first of its kind Meeras Mahal at Sopore is a lesson for us to be active and serious in contributing to the society and protection of our heritage, culture and language.
Mehbooba Mufti sat with the members of bereaved family of late Atiqa Bano, offered fateha and prayed for eternal solace to the deceased.
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Hello Jammu News at 5:26:00 PM 0

BARAMULLA, OCTOBER 7:  On the instructions of Chief Minister, Ms Mehbooba Mufti, Minister for Revenue Relief Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Abdul Rehman Veeri today visited house of noted cultural activist Atiqa Bano at Spopore and expressed sympathies with the family.
The Minister was accompanied by Nizam-ud-Din Bhat, Vice-Chairman, Handloom and Handicrafts Development Corporation.
They hailed Late Atiq Bano's efforts in furthering educational scenario and preserving the past heritage and culture of Kashmir.

They also praised her efforts of setting up first of its kind Meeras Mahal at Sopore which the deceased continued to supervise till her death.
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Hello Jammu News at 7:40:00 PM 0

SOPORE, OCTOBER 03: To mark the culmination of the cleanliness campaign "Swachta Hi Sewa", a grand function was organized at Dak Banglow Sopore.
Director Urban Local Bodies Kashmir Riyaz Ahmad Wani was the chief guest on the occasion,. The campaign was launched on September 15 with the special aim of raising awareness about sanitation during which special cleanliness drives at public places, offices, schools, and colleges were launched, besides holding of awareness camps and other related programmes.
Among others Executive Officer Municipal Council Sopore, members from Civil Society Sopore, members from traders federation Sopore and other senior citizens   were present on the occasion. 
On the occasion Director local bodies Kashmir also gave a patient hearing to the problems and grievances highlighted by the members of civil society and traders federation. The Director asked the authorities of municipal council to conduct special survey of the area and prepare a detailed project report in this regard and start work on the project immediately. He asked them to construct individual five flash points and also instructed them to install 300 street lights in town. The Director asked the concerned to demolish all illegal structures in bus stand and other areas of Sopore town.

The Director assured the people that their grievances would be addressed at an earliest. He issued on spot sanction for five urinal points at different locations of town.
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Hello Jammu News at 8:10:00 PM 0

 BARAMULLA, SEPTEMBER 16: Chief Secretary, B B Vyas, today chaired a meeting of officers at Dak Bungalow Sopore to review the status of various developmental projects under execution in Sopore town. 
The meeting was attended by DGP Dr S P Vaid, IG North Kashmir, DDC Baramulla Dr Nasir Ahmad Naqash, SSP Sopore, ADC Baramulla, ADC Sopore, engineers of line departments and other district and sectoral officers.
During the meeting, B B Vyas took a comprehensive review of various ongoing projects, being informed that out of the total allocated budget almost 65% of it has been utilized and that work on the remaining is actively going on.
The Chief Secretary, who took a sector-wise review of the departments, exhorted upon the concerned to speed up the pace of work so that they are completed within their stipulated time-frames.
B B Viyas stressed on ensuring availability of all essentials and directed the concerned to provide uninterrupted power and water supply so that people face no inconvenience. He urged upon the officers to work with zeal and enthusiasm and adopt new and modern technologies so that the pace of work is prompted.
While reviewing the dredging process of river Jhelum, the Chief Secretary directed the concerned to mobilize men and machinery so that the work is completed at the earliest.

During the meeting, the Chief Secretary was also appraised about various issues hampering the pace of developmental work. He assured of their redress in a time bound manner.
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Hello Jammu News at 12:13:00 PM 0

Srinagar, Aug 5 :  Three Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militants were killed and a constable was injured in a fierce encounter in north Kashmir district of Baramulla early this morning. With this, eight militants and three civilians have been killed and two Army personnel, including a Major, martyred in separate encounters during the first five days of August. Official sources told  that troops of 52 Rashtriya Rifles (RR), 92, 177 and 179 Battallion Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir launched a joint search operation on a specific information about the presence of militants at Jamia Mohalla, Amargarh, Sopore, in Baramulla district early this morning. They said when the security forces were moving towards the particular area in the cordoned off area, THE militants hiding there resorted to indiscriminate firing with automatic weapons. Security forces also retaliated ensuing an encounter, they said, adding that militants left the house and were caught in an open field in the area. Later, all the three militants were killed and a police constable was injured in the encounter, they said, adding that there was no damage to any property. A police spokesman said the identity of the slain militants was being ascertained. Three AK rifles with magazines and other arms and ammunition were recovered from the militants, he said. This was the first encounter in north Kashmir in August. UNI

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Srinagar, Aug 5 : Three militants of Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) were killed in a fierce encounter and a constable of Jammu and Kashmir police was injured in north Kashmir district of Baramulla early this morning. Official sources told that on a specific information about the presence of militants, security forces and Special Operation Group (SOG) of state police launched a joint search operation at Amargrah, Sopore in Baramulla early this morning. During the operation militants attacked the security forces with automatic weapons ensuing a fierce encounter in the open ground. Three LeT militants were killed and three AK rifles and other arms and ammunition were recovered from the slain militants, source said adding the operation has ended. A senior police officer confirmed the killing of three militants and injuries to a police constable who is stable. UNI

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Hello Jammu News at 1:43:00 PM 0


Srinagar, Jul 31 :  A minor boy was killed and his brother injured when they were hit by a speeding car in north Kashmir district of Baramulla today, official sources said here. They said the car critically wounded Junaid Sultan and his brother at Duroo, Sopore, in Baramulla district. The injured were rushed to hospital where Junaid was declared brought dead. Police has registered a case and initiated proceedings. UNI 
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Hello Jammu News at 7:13:00 PM 0


Srinagar, Jul 26  : A militant of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) was arrested by security forces in apple township of Sopore in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, official sources said. They said security forces had established a 'naka' near fruit mandi Sopore following a tip off about the militant movement last evening. After waiting for some time, the naka party last night arrested LeT militant Basit Nazir, they said, adding that one pistol was also recovered from his possession. He was being questioned, they said. UNI 
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