Month: August 2021

The alarming rise in drug abuse cases in Jammu & Kashmir can be gauged from the fact that over 30 percent of those lodged in jails of the Union Territory (UT) are incarcerated for a crime involving drugs. Official data in possession of news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reveal that 1418 persons languishing in jails of J&K UT were facing trial or either convicted under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances(NDPS) Act-1985. According to data, more than 4600 undertrials, convicts and detenues are lodged in jails of J&K. The statistics of the Prison Department as on June 1, 2021 lay bare that 1390 jail inmates were facing trial under the NDPS Act. Among them, 274 were in age group of 18-25, 546 in age group of 25-35, 367 in age-group of 35-45, 173 in age-group...

Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh Wednesday visited North Kashmir Range, Baramulla and South Kashmir Range Anantnag and had back to back meetings with the top officers of Army, CRPF and Police. According to a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Singh reviewed the security scenario in both the ranges. He also inaugurated the renovated conference hall at DPL Baramulla. Accompanied by Special DG CID J&K R. R. Swain and IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar, the DGP first visited Baramulla and later in the afternoon visited Anantnag. At Baramulla, the DGP,J&K was received by DIG, North Kashmir, Sujit Kumar, DIG CRPF Ameesh Sarohi and other officers and at Anantnag he was received by DIG South Kashmir Abdul Jabbar and other senior officers. Address...

Sheikh Nadeem Residents of Hakura village in south Kashmir's Anantnag district block Kokernag road and stages protest against Jal Shakti Department for failing to provide drinking water supply to the area. According to the residents they said we face acute shortage of Drinking water supply in village. The residents alleged that they have brought the issued under the notice of concern department several times but the department pays no heed to their pleas. They have appealed the authorities to provide them the Scheduled drinking water at earliest so they will not face the problems. Residents said they are facing scarcity of drinking water but authorities are not taking any alternative to provide scheduled water supply to area. Residents have appealed to District Administration l...

Deputy Commissioner Anantnag, Dr. Piyush Singla today constituted attendance monitoring squads headed by Assisstant Commissioner Revenue and respective Sub divisional Magistrates. The squads inspected various public offices in the district and forwarded the reports of absentee officials to the Deputy Commissioner. Taking cognisance of the absenteeism, the DC ordered deduction of one day salary from the absentee officials cautioning for ensuring cent percent attendance in all public offices across the district. He said the absenteeism will not be tolerated adding that discipline and punctuality will be enforced in the district for timely completion of development projects and delivery of public services. The DC asked the sectoral officers to strictly monitor the attendance of subordin...

At least four shops were sealed by the district administration Srinagar in the commercial hub area of Lal Chowk after they failed to produce the documents. Official sources told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a team of Revenue department headed by Sub District Magistrate Srinagar, Sandeep Singh Bali conducted market checking and also implementation of Covid related guidelines here at Lal Chowk area. During the drive, four prominent shops, located in the Commercial Hub were sealed after they are failed to produce documents. The shops include Right way shoe shop, Samsung Time Zone, Madras Cloth house and Diplaz ice cream—(KNO)

Body of an elderly mentally challenged man was recovered from river Puhroo in Lokipora Kralgund in Handwara on Wednesday morning, officials said. They identified the deceased as one 75-year-old Ghulam Ahmad Mir alias Amm Darvesh, a resident of Bunpora Langate Handwara. He had gone missing from his home for nearly a week now, they told GNS. The body has been lifted from the site and taken to District Hospital Handwara for medical examination, they further said. (GNS)