Month: October 2021

The Government Forces on Sunday morning claimed to have made a major success after they recovered a consignment of weapons dropped by a drone from Pakistan. An AK rifle, three magazines, 30 bullets and a telescope were recovered from the dropped packet. According to officials, the seizure was made from Saunjana village in Phalain mandal, about six kilometers from the International Border. Officials said that as soon as the information was received, the police immediately cordoned off the village and launched a search operation, during which a yellow packet tied with wire and a wooden base to carry the payload was found, from which arms and ammunition were recovered. According to the information, the police cordoned off the area and launched a search operation in which they foun...

A 45-year-old man who was fired upon by unknown gunmen succumbed to the injuries at a hospital here, officials said. Medical Superintendent SMHS hospital Dr. Kanwar Jeet Singh said that the man, Mohammad Shafi Dar son of Abdul Rehman Dar of Batamaloo at SD Colony Batamaloo area of Srinagar, succumbed to the wounds. The gunmen had fired upon Dar at about 2000 hours at SD Colony Batamaloo. Dar, an employee of PDD, had received critical gunshot injuries and was immediately shifted to nearby SMHS hospital for the treatment of his injuries. Police said a case has been registered under relevant sections of law. “Investigation is in progress and officers continue to work to establish the full circumstances of this crime,” a police spokesman had said soon after the incident. The pol...

Pest a recent import, curable if farmers follow advisories, say Experts Apple growers in Zainapora hamlet of South Kashmir's Shopian district are in distress as a new pest has been found in their orchards that is infecting the apple crop. Locals from Zainapora area told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that such kind of an insect has been found for the first time and that the pest was creating havoc in the orchards. “Our produce is less shiny, smaller in size as this insect has sucked all the nutrients from trees,” the locals said. Tawseef Ahmad, a resident of Zainapora area of Shopian, said that new pest is laying web layers from one branch to another, followed by trunk and then even inserting its body into the fruit. “This pest whose number is in millions has sucked...

As the Jammu Kashmir administration is changing the names of a road and a educational institutes in the region, the Municipal Council in the Thanamandi area of Rajouri district has recommended the names of three roads and educational institutes after Government Force personnel killed in the line of duty. An official letter written to the senior Superintendent of Police for Rajouri, a copy of which lies with The Kashmiriyat, under the Subject, "Naming of Road/Institution on the name of martyrs" and stated that the rename the Rajouri to to DKG Road as Brigadier Mohammed Usman road. Usman was the highest ranking officer of the Thannamandi and was killed during the Indo- Pak war of 1947. They have also recommended the name change Thanamadni to Degree College Dv.S.P Mushtaq Ahmed Mushtaq ...

A Man was shot at by unknown gunmen in the Batamloo area of Srinagar on Saturday evening. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that a civilian identified as Mohammed Shafi Dar was  was fired upon by unknown gunmen in the SD Colony area of Srinagar, resulting in critical injuries' to him. “He was shifted to nearby SMHS in critical condition,” they said. Hospital Sources told The Kashmiriyat that Shafi has received multiple bullet injuries. "His condition is critical," they said. Earlier a civilian identified as Majid Guroo son of Abdur Rehman Guroo, a resident of Galwanteng, Chattabal, Srinagar, was fired from a close range. He was shifted to nearby SMHS, where he succumbed. Details emerging

A 24-year-old youth succumbed to injuries after falling from a walnut tree in an adjacent village in Lolab area in this north-Kashmir district on Saturday afternoon. Reports reaching GNS said that the youth Bilal Ahmad Bhat son Abdul Khaliq Bhat, resident of Sivere Kawari fell from a tree while harvesting walnuts at Warnow Chekk area. The youth was immediately evacuated to a nearby health facility wherefrom he was referred to SDH Kupwara, however soon after his admission, he succumbed to his injuries. A police official has confirmed the incident to GNS. A pall of gloom has descended over the locality over the tragic death of the youth. (GNS)