Jammu and Kashmir

Officials said that two avalanches hit Sonamarg in the morning today. "The first avalanche rolled down in Sarbal area, and the second in Hung area of Sonamarg." "One dead body, probably of a labourer, has been traced so far under the Sarbal avalanche while another person is still missing.

On January 1, terrorists fired upon three houses of the members of Hindu community killing four people on the spot and injuring nine others. On January 2, two minors lost their lives when an IED planted by the terrorists in one of the houses attacked by them went off. The gruesome murders left everyone shell shocked. Muslims condemned the target killings of the members of Hindu community and joined the anti-Pakistan protests in Doda, Kishtwar and Rajouri districts. The shutdown call given by the Santan Dharam Sabha Kishtwar and other Hindu organisations against the cold-blooded murder of the civilians was supported by Majles-e-Shoura,

"Cold, dry weather with partly cloudy sky is expected in J&K and Ladakh during the next 24 hours," said an official of the MeT department. Srinagar had minus 4.4, Pahalgam minus 7.2 and Gulmarg minus 9.2 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature. In Ladakh region, Drass had minus 20.8, Kargil minus 17.2 and Leh minus 14 as the minimum temperature.

Police sources said terrorists fired at three houses in Dangri village, around 8 km away from Rajouri town. "Terrorists fired at civilians living in three houses in Dangri village, injuring 10 people. "While doctors said 3 injured had been declared as brought dead, another succumbed to critical injuries in the hospital," a police official said.

"Number of militants killed from the LeT/TRF outfit during this year was 108 followed by 35 from JeM, 22 from HM, four from Al-Badr and 3 from AGuH," Vijay Kumar, ADGP (Kashmir), said "Hundred fresh recruitments were reported into militant ranks in 2022 showing a decline of 37 per cent over the last year. Of these, 74 joined the LeT.

Mukesh Singh, Additional DGP (Jammu Zone) told the reporters that the terrorists were killed in the Sidhra area of Jammu district. "Security forces noticed suspicious movement of a truck going to Srinagar from Jammu in the Sidhra area. The truck was stopped and the driver of the truck escaped after he went to attend nature's call.

Kashmir Zonal Police headquarters confirmed in a tweet that all the three terrorists who had got trapped in a cordon-and-search operation at Manj Marg in Shopian, in the foothills of the Pir Panjal Mountain range in the wee hours on Tuesday, had been neutralised.

"Same weather conditions are likely to continue during the next 24 hours with a drop in the minimum temperatures during this period in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh", he added.

The information was shared by Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai in the Rajya Sabha. In a written reply to a question, the Minister also said that there were certain media reports of Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti that expressed concern over the safety of the Kashmiri Pandits.

Terror bosses sitting in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) since 1990 tried everything to snatch Kashmir from India but all their nefarious designs were thwarted. The terrorists sent by Pakistan were either sent back or are resting in their graves. Separatists, who were sponsored by the neighbouring country, are languishing in jails, and the ones, who are not behind the bars, have turned mute. A few of them, including Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Ashraf Sehrai and others, have passed away during the recent years.