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An outbreak of jaundice in Dangerpora Padgampora village in Awantipora hamlet of south Kashmir's Pulwama district has raised concerns as four children have tested positive, while many others are having symptoms of the disease. A health official informed the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the screening process is underway, and four cases out of 35 have been confirmed positive for jaundice. He said that medical teams along with Asha have been carrying door to door awareness campaign to educate people how to keep themselves safe. They have been guiding them to use boiled water and use vegetables and fruits after washing them properly. Residents said that contaminated water may be the reason and there is a need to check it out. Chief Medical Officer Pulwama, Dr Teh...

The Jammu Kashmir Apni Party has decided to field two candidates to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls from the Anantnag-Rajouri and Srinagar segments. During a press conference held in Srinagar, Dilawar Mir, Chairman of the Parliamentary Affairs Committee, announced on behalf of the party that Zaffar Iqbal Manhas would be the candidate for the Anantnag-Rajouri seat, while Mohammad Ashraf Mir would contest from Srinagar. Previously, the National Conference had announced Mian Altaf and the DPAP had announced Ghulam Nabi Azad as their respective candidates for the Anantnag-Rajouri seat. It is noteworthy that the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party is the first political party to announce its candidate for the Srinagar seat.

The trade community of Sheri-e-Khaas in downtown Srinagar has voiced their concern over the dilapidated road infrastructure, citing a significant decline of their businesses. The aggrieved traders from Sheri-e-Khaas, while speaking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) lamented the dismal road conditions, stating that poor roads are deterring customers from frequenting the area. “Look at the pace of work, we are suffering. Just few days are left to Eid, and we are witnessing very low magnitude of customer footfall in this market”, said a copper trader. The President of the Sheri-e-Khaas Traders Federation, Nazir Ahmad Shah highlighted that most of the roads in downtown Srinagar are either under construction or covered in layers of dust, dissuading shoppers from visiting. ...

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday addressing a press conference stated that the party's workers were hurt by the words of Omar Abdullah earlier last month. Omar Abdullah in his statement while stating that the party would go to polls alone had ridiculed the PDP, which has deeply hurt the party, Mehbooba Mufti told media persons in Srinagar. She said that nobody is allowed to speak in Kashmir. "Setting aside the ordinary people, even Kashmiri journalists are now restricted from expressing themselves post the abrogation of Article 370. What remains of our identity? Kashmir continues to endure profound suffering, with thousands of its residents languishing in jails, their trials delayed, some even held outside Jammu and Kashmir. What is left of Kashmir now?" she questioned. ...

In a bid to ensure smooth conduct of upcoming Lok Sabha elections, 2024 in the district, Nodal Officer Training today held a training programme for MCMC Staff, Media persons and representatives of Political parties at Mini Secretariat, Shopian. District Information Officer (DIO) Shopian, Showkat Hussain Ganie who is also Nodal Officer MCMC/Paid News raised awareness among concerned about the process of pre certification of Political advertisements, Paid News and Media monitoring issues. The DIO highlighted the role of Media in order to create an environment for peaceful conduct of elections as well as to use different forms of media to spread voter awareness among the general public. The aim of the training was to highlight the guidelines, particularly do’s and don’ts prescribed f...

The chairman of DPAP and former Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad will contest from the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency. Azad, who parted ways with Congress after over three decades, formed his own party DPAP in 2022. He had lost from Udhampur constituency in 2014 to BJP leader Dr. Jitendra Singh. "Today the core committee of DPAP met and we have decided that (party president) Ghulam Nabi Azad will contest the Anantnag-Rajouri seat," DPAP leader Taj Mohiuddin told reporters here. "We are short of time and there was not much headway in talks. So it is better they do their bit and we do ours. They were not in any case interested in Anantnag seat," he added. Mohiuddin said candidates for other Lok Sabha Seats in Kashmir will be decided in due course, However, ...

Startling data released by the traffic headquarters in Jammu Kashmir has shed light on the alarming number of road accidents in the region, with a huge toll on human lives and well-being. Over the past five years, J&K has witnessed a total of 28,896 road accidents, resulting in 4,251 fatalities and 37,725 injuries, the data, accessed by the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reveals. Jammu region has recorded the highest number of road accidents. In 2019, Jammu reported 3,907 road accidents, leading to 695 fatalities and 4,987 injuries, while the Kashmir division recorded 1,889 accidents, resulting in 301 deaths and 2,545 injuries. In the following years, the Jammu division reported a higher number of accidents compared to Kashmir. In 2020, Jammu witnessed 3,086 road acci...

Jammu Kashmir Police on Monday said it booked five persons under the Public Safety Act in Baramulla. As per Police press statements, the five were subsequently shifted to Central Jail Kot Bhalwal Jammu and District Jail Udhampur. “Acting tough against Anti-national Elements, Baramulla Police booked five persons namely Asif Ali Bhat son of Ali Mohammad resident of Badipora Tangmarg, Mohammad Yaqoob Bhat son of Ghulam Mohamed resident of Tantraypora Palhallan, Waseem Mehraj Farash @Waseem Farash son of Mehraj ud din resident of Khanpora, Bashir Ahmad Sualiah son of Late Ghulam Mohammad resident of Mohalla Jadeed Baramulla & Bilal Ahmad Dar @Shakir son of Gh Nabi resident of Wussan Khoie Pattan under Public Safety Act after obtaining formal detention orders from the competent Author...

The Jammu Kashmir National Conference has on Monday annonced its candidate for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. A spokesperson of Jammu Kashmir National Conference informed The Kashmiriyat that Mian Altaf will contest the south Kashmir seat where Rajouri has been recently added. Mian Altaf, though an MLA from Ganderbal, is being seen as a  candidate with high potential in south Kashmir with his massive support among the Gujjar Bakerwal community in Rajouri and Poonch, they said. Mian Altaf's candidature may prove to be a massive help for National Conference on the Anantnag- Rajouri (south Kashmir) seat, where BJP has not finalised any candidate as of yet. PDP may also field a candidate for the polls, however, sources indicate that the party is mulling to support JKNC in the upcoming ...

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to conduct a trial run of the 3.5 km long emergency landing facility on the Jammu-Srinagar highway at Bijbehara while as the authorities have made elaborate arrangement by deploying security forces and setting up radars and other technical equipment including CCTV's to ensure smooth experiment, the officials said on Monday. Officials told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a large number of security forces personnel have been deployed near the emergency landing facility from kilometre 246.200 to kilometre 249.700 on Jammu Srinagar National Highway as the IAF is likely to conduct a trial run on the strip. "Strong security established has been deployed in the area besides setting up radars and other technical equipment including CCTV's," they...