Month: January 2022

The residents of the Kulgad area in Achabal on Friday staged a protest against the "unjust" road widening in their area. In 2007, the cabinet of the former Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad approved the expansion of the vital road that connects Anantnag town to the Kishtwar. Approval was granted for the widening to be made for which the concerned officials marked 50ft from one side of the erstwhile road and 50ft from the other. The Locals alleged that after 2013, the Additional Deputy Commissioner Nisar Ahmad Wani and ACR Ghulam Ahmad Dar forced us to curve on every mark. The officials told the locals that the roads would be widened from a single side at the curves. "From Kishtwar to Anantnag its about 100 km of distance and there are many blind curves, but not a single curve was expa...

Mehran Bhat A Policeman was shot at by suspected militants in the Batamaloo area of Srinagar. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that on Friday a Police cop was shot at by unidentified gunmen in the SD colony area of Srinagar's Batamaloo area. The policeman escaped unhurt from the attack. Immediately after the attack, the entire area has been cordoned off and searches launched to nab the attackers. More details awaited.

Cyber Police Kashmir on Friday said its intervention led to securing Rs 30 lakhs withdrawn from the accounts of two senior citizens by fraudsters. “Prompt action by Cyber Police Kashmir Zone Srinagar led in retrieving & securing Rs 30 lakhs amount withdrawn from bank accounts of two senior citizens during a cyber fraud,” Police said in a tweet as per GNS. Police urged people to be aware of scammers. “Don’t fall prey to Cyber Fraudsters,” IGP Kashmir said as per the tweet. (GNS)

The administration in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Friday airlifted two patients from snowbound Gurez valley to Bandipora for immediate medical relief, officials said. Officials at District Control Room Bandipora said that on the directions of DC, Bandipora, Dr Owais Ahmad, the two patients identified as Ruqaya Nusrat, Daughter of Muhammad Shafi of Sardab and Rupanee Begum, wife of Habib Sheikh of Sheikhpora requiring emergency treatment, were airlifted from Gurez valley. The officials said that the patients later were shifted to the hospital for special treatment. Notably, the snow-clad Gurez valley remains cut off from the rest of the Kashmir parts during winters, owing to heavy snowfall in the valley—(KNO)