News Topic:Pulwama

A 20-year-old youth from Daharmuna Budgam allegedly died due to some gas leakage in Lassipora area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district on Wednesday morning.

Awantipora Police on Tuesday claimed to have busted a module of the militant associates of Jaish-e-Mohammad, saying that the module was involved in providing shelter, logistics to JeM militants and transporting arms and ammunition of the militants in Khrew area.

The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Tuesday extended ban on high-speed internet till May 27 even as 2G service shall remain suspended in Pulwama and Shopian district for now.

Mobile Internet and voice calling services continued to remain suspended in southern Kashmir's twin districts of Pulwama and Shopian for the sixth consecutive day, today, since the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander, Riyaz Naikoo.

The cellular services were restored by the government on Friday evening after remaining suspended for three days in the Valley. However, the internet services across Kashmir continued to remain suspended across the Valley as a precautionary measure.

Authorities on Friday tightened restrictions across Kashmir even as mobile telephone and Internet services continued to remain shut in the Valley on the third day following the killing of Hizbul-Mujahideen commander Riyaz Naikoo along with his associate in a gunfight on May 06.

District Magistrate Pulwama, Dr Raghav Langer on Friday ordered suspension of two government teachers for non-compliance of directions under Section 34 and 65 of Disaster Management Act, 2005.

Three more villages have been declared as Red Zone by the district authorities in south Kashmir's Pulwama district after new cases of coronavirus surfaced in the district.