New Delhi: You should complete all your important bank-related work today because banks will be closed for the next 2 days. In Jammu and Srinagar, banks will remain closed for the next 3 days from today. In the North-East, banks will be closed on June 30 in Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram.  

The apex bank of the country, the Reserve Bank of India, releases the list of holidays every month for all the banks in the country. This information is provided so that bank account holders do not face any issues.

June 26 is the fourth Saturday of this month and thus it will be a bank holiday across the country, while all the banks will be closed the following day as it will be a Sunday.

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Holiday in Jammu and Srinagar banks today 

Today banks in Jammu and Srinagar are closed on the occasion of Guru Hargobind’s birth anniversary. The banks will be closed in Mizoram, including the capital Aizawal, on June 30, i.e. Wednesday, as this day is observed as a regional public holiday – ‘Remna Ni’. All banks in the country will remain open on 28 and 29 June so customers can complete all their important work. 

Banks will remain closed on this day 

• 25 June – Birth anniversary of Guru Hargobind (Jammu and Srinagar banks closed)
• 26 June – Fourth Saturday of the month (All banks closed)
• 27 June – Sunday (All banks closed)
• 30th June- Remna Ni (Banks closed in Aizawl, Mizoram)

New Delhi: Unidentified terrorists on Tuesday (June 22) opened fired and shot down a police officer of CID wing at Kanipora in the outskirts of Srinagar city in Jammu and Kashmir. According to reports, the CID Inspector has been identified as Pervaiz Ahmad Dar and was posted at Parimpora police station.

Dar was returning home after performing the evening prayers at a mosque in Nowgam area when he was shot down by terrorists. He was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead by doctors. 

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New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday (June 7) received a fresh consignment of nine medical oxygen generation Plants at the Srinagar Airport, today.

The state-of-the-art Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Oxygen Generation plants, manufactured in Europe, were airlifted from Frankfurt, Germany by Indian Air Force C-17 cargo plane on June 5 and delivered at Srinagar Airport today morning. Pertinently, the earlier consignment of 7 plants was also brought in by the Indian Air Force on 17th May.

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, while expressing his gratitude to the Honable Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said that it was only because of his personal intervention that has made it possible for J&K to receive 16 Oxygen Plants from Europe in such a short span of time. “I express my sincere gratitude to the Hon’ble Prime Minister for his continuous efforts in taking care of the health and well-being of the people of J&K”, added the Lieutenant Governor.

“Our goal is to augment the medical supply across the UT with a vision to tackle any future health emergencies. Medical infrastructure capacities shall be upgraded across the board”, the Lieutenant Governor observed.

Five of these new plants with generation capacity of 4000 LPM will be installed in the hospitals of Kashmir and the remaining 4 with generation capacity of 4400 LPM will be installed in Jammu hospitals.

At present, J&K has 40 functional Medical Oxygen Generation Plants and the addition of 9 more would further enhance the availability of medical oxygen in hospitals of UT raising it to more than 60000 LPM.

The Lieutenant Governor also acknowledged the synergized efforts of various UT and central government departments/agencies lead by Public Works (R&B) Department, J&K with the Indian Air Force, MoD, Consulate Frankfurt, Customs, Shipping agents, and other agencies which resulted into this successful operation.

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New Delhi: The security forces have killed two terrorists on Monday (May 17, 2021) after an encounter broke out in the Khonmoh area of Srinagar district in Jammu and Kashmir.

A top police official said that the two killed in a 5-hour encounter are local and belonged to the Al-Badar terrorist outfit. He also informed that arms and ammunition have been recovered from the encounter site.

Working on a specific input, a joint team of Police and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in Khonmoh. At around 7 AM on Monday, contact was established between the terrorists and security forces. 

The Police said that as the joint searching party cordoned the suspected spot, the hiding terrorists fired upon the forces, which was retaliated and resulted in an encounter.
 

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Srinagar: A masked miscreant hurled petrol bombs at the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp at the Saraf Kadal area of Srinagar on Friday evening.

The petrol bombs exploded a short distance away from the 23 Battalion CRPF camp in the Saraf Kadal area of downtown Srinagar.

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According to the inputs available, an unidentified attacker came near the camp of 23 Battalion CRPF camp located in the Saraf Kadal area on late Friday evening and hurled a petrol bomb at it. He apparently tried to hit the target twice but failed.

The miscreant managed to escape after hurling the bombs. A team of police reached the spot soon after the incident and a search operation was launched in the entire area. 

Fortunately, no injuries have been reported in the incident so far and the situation in the area is said to be under control.

A CCTV footage of the act has surfaced and the police have said that it will help them nab the attacker.

No arrests have been made in the case. More information about the probe is awaited.

Here’s the CCTV footage of the incident.