KULGAM

Danishwar Hameed On Monday, District Administration Kulgam organized a function here to celebrate National Girl Child Day which aims at promotion of awareness about rights of girl child. The theme of the Day was 'Empowering girls for a brighter tomorrow'. The event was inaugurated by ICDS Kulgam. ADDC Kulgam Reyaz Ahmad Sofi, who was the chief guest, in his address expressed concern over high mortality rate of a girl child. ADDC called for greater awareness to end gender inequalities and underlying nature of patriarchy, girl children often find themselves in. He also discussed threadbare importance of the day and threw light on pivotal role that women play to make the world a better place to live

Militants on Tuesday triggered off a low-intensity improvised explosive device at Ziyarat Qaimoh-Kader Road, the area falling between Yaripora and Qaimooh in south Kashmir's Kulgam district, officials said. There was no casualty reported in the incident which created panic in the area, a police officer told GNS. He said that soon a contingent of police and army reached the spot and cordoned off the area, he said. (GNS)

The condition of three soldiers and two civilians injured in South Kashmir’s Kulgam gunfight is stable, the Army said on Thursday. Pertinently, a non-local militant and a cop were killed in Pariwan village of Kulgam in a gunfight that raged between a militant and joint forces on late Wednesday night. Police have identified the slain militant as Babar Bhai, a resident of Pakistan. Srinagar based spokesperson said that a cop was killed during the operation based on human intelligence when the trapped militant fired upon the search party and lobbed a grenade. He said that the cop died while 3 soldiers from 34 RR and two civilians were injured, who were airlifted to 92 Base Army Hospital located in Badami Bagh Srinagar for treatment. The spokesperson said that all the injured are s...

Danishwar Hameed A massive cordon and search operation (CASO)has been launched in the Bonpora area of Turigam in the Yaripora belt of South Kashmir's Kulgam district " The operation was launched jointly by forces including  RR of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police following inputs about the movement of militants in the area," an official told The Kashmiriyat As per locals, searchlights have been installed and all the entry and exit points of the area have been sealed.

Danishwar Hameed After a lull of over an hour, fresh firing has resumed at the site of the encounter between Militants and government forces in the Wokay (okay) area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. An official earlier told The Kashmiriyat that on Tuesday morning, 9 RR of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police and 18 BN of CRPF launched a joint launched cordon and search operation in the Wokay area of Kulgam. During the search operation, the hiding militants fired upon the forces, triggering off a gunfight, he said. In the initial exchange of gunfire, one militant was killed. "There was no contact after the initial exchange of gunfire for more than an hour, however, fresh contact has been established," an official said. As per the latest report, intermittent exchange of gunfir...

Danishwar Hameed One person was killed, two others injured in a road accident in the Chatbal area of Kulgam district. An official told The Kashmiriyat that on Tuesday noon, a two wheeler collided with a tipper in the Chatbal area, causing injuries to three persons. The trio was rushed to the hospital, however, one of them succumbed to his injuries. The deceased was identified as Altaf Ahmed Sheikh, son of Ali Mohd Sheikh , a resident of Mirhama Kulgam. He was 21. The registration number of the vehicles that collided was tipper JK04A 5847 and the motorcycle was registered under the number DL9SAA 3391, the official said. The identities of the injured are being confirmed, he said. Police has taken cognizance of the incident and registered a case under relevant sections of...

Danishwar Hameed The Encounter in Kulgam's Redwani Bala area has concluded with the killing of the militants on Thursday morning. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that the slain were residents of Kulgam district and both of them had joined TRF earlier his year. As per the Sources, the slain Adil Ahmad Shan son of Mohammed Yousuf Shan, a resident of Kulgam had joined militancy on 02 October 2021. The second militant was identified as Amir Ahmad Dar son of Bashir Ahmed Dar, a resident of the Kujjar area in Kulgam and was active since 25 April 2021. However, police officials are yet to confirm the identity of the slain militants killed during the encounter. Meanwhile, Locals told The Kashmiriyat that one residential house was damaged during the encounter and internet services ha...

Kilam residents protest against PDD for 'failing' to repair twin damaged transformers. Danishwar Hameed The residents of Ganie Mohalla Kilam village in south Kashmir's Kulgam district Friday staged a protest against the Power Development Department (PDD) for failing to repair two electric transformers of the village from three weeks. The protesters, mostly women assembled at Ganie Mohalla main road at Kilam and chanted slogans against the Power Development Department & blocked the road. Locals demanded authorities to repair their two damaged transformers at the earliest. While talking to The Kashmiriyat Shabir Ahmad Bhat, a local resident told that the 250 KV and 63 KV transformer in the area developed some technical snags three times in three weeks and since then they a...

Danishwar Hameed The Director General (DG) Horticulture Kashmir, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat Saturday conducted an extensive tour of district kulgam. During the tour, the DG visited various fruit belts of the district and also took stock of various developmental activities. He also held interaction with many prominent growers of the district and listened to their demands patiently. Bhat advised them to avail benefits of different Departmental Schemes, especially newly launched Modified High Density Plantation Scheme. The DG later interacted with the field staff of the district and directed them to give wide publicity to different Departmental Schemes with special focus on newly launched Modified High Density Scheme and Nursery Development Scheme. He further instructed the officers to ma...

Danishwar Hameed Deputy Commissioner Dr.Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat today and a joint team of Revenue, Municipality, and police today swung into action and launched a drive to clear encroachment of footpaths outside District Hospital Kulgam. During the drive, footpaths were cleared which were encroached by shopkeepers. He also visited District Hospital Kulgam and inspect the going work of the second oxygen generation plant at district hospital Kulgam in South Kashmir. He also directs MS District Hospital Kulgam to make operation theatre functional 24x7 for the patients of Kulgam district. Shopkeepers were also asked to desist from this practice of encroaching footpaths & illegal car parking outside District Hospital Kulgam. The District Administration is focused on clearing t...