COVID-19 surge: Curfew announced in J&K from 8 pm tonight till Monday morning.

"Essential and emergency services to be allowed. All market, commercial institutions will remain closed,” the LG ‘s office tweeted this afternoon.

There will be a complete COVID-19 curfew in entire Jammu and Kashmir from 8PM tonight till 6AM Monday, April 26, Office of the Lieutenant Governor , Manoj Sinha announced on Twitter.  

All market, commercial institutions will remain closed, it said adding essential and emergency services will be allowed to function.

“Complete corona curfew to be observed in the Union Territory from 8PM, 24th April (Saturday) till 6AM, April 26 (Monday). Essential and emergency services to be allowed. All market, commercial institutions will remain closed,” the LG ‘s office tweeted this afternoon.

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IED found along circular road in Pulwama,Defused.

*IED found along circular road in Pulwama, defused*

Pulwama, Apr 23 (KNO):  An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was found along Circular road in Pulwama on Friday. 

An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that security forces found an IED along Circular road on Tahab road in South Kashmir's Pulwama district. 

He said that IED has been defused and a major incident was averted. 

He added that further investigation in this regard is going on—(KNO).

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7 Terrorists Killed In Two Encounters In Jammu And Kashmir, 4 Soldiers Injured.

Police said after this operation, Ansar Gazwat-ul Hind has been wiped out of Kashmir.

Srinagar: 

Seven terrorists have been killed in two separate operations by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir, police said today. Four army soldiers have been injured in the encounters, police said, adding that their condition is now stable.

Five terrorists were killed during an operation in the Shopian district. The operation was launched on Thursday in the area. The killed terrorists are believed to be members of the Ansar Gazwat-ul Hind (AGH), a radical group in Kashmir which is an Al-Qaeda affiliate.

Police said during the operation terrorists took shelter in mosque.

We sent people including the Imam of the mosque inside to convince the holed-up terrorists to surrender. But they refused and resorted to firing," said Vijay Kumar, Inspector General of police.

He said they used tear smoke shells to flush out the terrorists so that mosque was not seriously damaged.

"We were able to save the mosque and also kill five terrorists inside it," Mr Kumar said.

The officer said that in the encounter, two terrorists managed to escape during the initial shoot-out, but they were eventually chased and killed in Pulwama's Tral area this morning.

During anti-terrorist operations, police and security forces destroy target houses where terrorists are suspected to be hiding.

On Thursday, a palatial house on the outskirts of Srinagar was damaged after police suspected terrorists to be inside. But after a 17-hour long operation no one was found.

Source:NDTV

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