Month: October 2021

Suhail Dar A 20-year-old youth drowned to death in the river Lidder in Pahalgam area of South Kashmir's Anantnag district. An official told The Kashmiriyat that a youth identified as Anees Ahmed Dar son of Gulzar Ahmed Dar, a resident of Srinagar's Eidgah area slipped and drowned in River Lidder in Pahalgam on Sunday afternoon. However, before the youth could be helped, he had died of his injuries in the river Lidder.

MGNREGA Engineers Association on Sunday called for two-day pen down strike against the government decision to engage retired engineers in Rural Development Department. In a statement issued here, the Association termed the government decision akin to “murdering young engineers” working at various levels “not in MGNREGA works but other schemes.” The Association has urged the retired engineers not to “drench their hands with the blood of youth” and decline the government offer.” “The Association condemns the government order regarding engaging retired engineers. We have been working from last 11 to 12 years and have given our prime period of life to the department,” the Association said. “Besides MGNEGRA, we work on other schemes and have been successfully doing so. We are working on p...

Shabir Khan The Jammu Kashmir Police on Sunday claimed to have recovered drugs worth Rs 25 Cr along the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector. Addressing a press conference, Rayees Ahmad Bhat, SSP Baramulla credited this successful operation to alert troops posted at LoC who succeeded in foiling the attempt to pump in illegal drugs into Kashmir from across the border. He said the investigations into the matter have been started and police is likely to crack the module involved in the illegal drug trafficking in the district.buy singulair Canada buy singulair no prescription

Bhat Yasir The Jammu Kashmir Police, on Sunday, seized a huge containment of medicinal plants and arrested five persons in Kangan area of Ganderbal district. An official told The Kashmiriyat said that Police after receiving credible inputs about dumping of huge consignment of medicinal plants in a godown located in main town Kangan, constituted a team. He said approximately 40 bags of medicinal plants weighing 1102 kg were recovered when the team headed by SHO Kangan under the and under the directions of SSP Ganderbal raided the place. The five arrested persons were identified as Javaid Ahmad Wani S/O Mohammad Yousuf Wani R/O Kangan, Mohammad Aslam Khataria S/O Sawaria Khataria R/O Chatergul, Showket Ahmad Badhana S/O Bashir Ahmad Badhana R/O Chattergul, Mohammad Ishfaq Khatana...

Sheikh Nadeem An Army personnel shot himself dead inside his camp in Rajpora area of Pulwama in South Kashmir on Sunday morning. Speaking to The Kashmiryat an official confirmed that a sepoy of 42 RR identified as Stephen Belt No. 4381687K posted at 42 RR camp Rajpora area of Awantipora shot himself with his service riffle, resulting in his on the spot death. The causes of the suicide were know known immediately, the official said. His body has been shifted to the hospital for completion of medical and legal formalities. Indian Minister of State for Defense in 2019 informed the Lower House, Lok Sabha that in 2019 there were 95 cases of suicide among army, navy and air force personnel. The most were reported by the army, with 73. As per officials more than 35 soldiers stat...

Jammu Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) taking strong exception to the engagement of retired engineers on a contractual basis by the bureaucrat-driven JK government, saying the measure will disproportionately affect the young employed as well as unemployed engineers. In a press release, the party said that this was said by Party’s Member of Parliament (Retd) Justice Hasnain Masoodi while expressing dismay over the engagement of retired engineers on a contractual basis in the Rural Engineering Wing of the Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj for execution of works on the consolidated remuneration of Rs 30,000 PM to Rs 45,000 PM. The govt had earlier engaged skilled graduates who are working in the department on a paltry consolidated salary of Rs 11,000 PM. Masoodi said ...