Month: October 2021

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)

Rayees Shah Six persons were injured in a road accident in Kullan area of Gund in Central Kashmir's Budgam area in Kashmir. An official told The Kashmiriyat that in Kullan Gund, one alto 800 bearing registration number JK01T 4288 and Innova with the number JK07//4408 collided with each other resulting injuries to six persons. The injured were identified as Kulsooma Banoo daughter of Mohammed Yousuf kuloo resident of Ramwari Gund, Rozy jaan daughter of Mohammed Yousuf Raina resident of Rezan, Imtiyaz Ahmed kuloo son of Mohammed Yousuf kuloo, resident of Ramwari Gund, Adil Lone son of Abdul Rashid lone resident of Ramwari Gund, Tariq Ahmed Lone son of Mohammed Sidiq Lone resident of Ramwari Gund and Shahid Ahmad Lone son of Nazir Ahmed Lone, resident of Ramwari Gund. All the inju...