Month: February 2022

Records related to alleged human rights violations in Jammu Kashmir, which were being handled by the erstwhile State Human Rights Commission, are locked up in a room since the panel was wound up after the state was downgraded to a Union Territory in August 2019, according to Right to Information (RTI) reply, PTI reported. An application under the RTI Act was filed by activist Venkatesh Nayak, who had sought to know the number of complaints pending before the commission as on October 31, 2019, when the Jammu Kashmir Re-Organisation Act, 2019 came into force. The reorganisation bifurcated the erstwhile state into two Union territories, which resulted in the winding up of autonomous bodies such as the State Human Rights Commission and the State Information Commission as Central laws too...

Jammu Kashmir reported 440 fresh covid-19 cases while one person succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Sunday. They said, 276 of the cases were reported from Jammu Division and 164 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 450771. Giving district wise details, Srinagar reported 92 cases, Baramulla 12, Budgam 15, Pulwama 5, Kupwara 18, Anantnag 7, Bandipora 2, Ganderbal 6, Kulgam 3, Shopian 4, Jammu 96, Udhampur 16, Rajouri 8, Doda 83, Kathua 14, Samba 2, Kishtwar 3, Poonch 4, Ramban 36, and Reasi 14. Regarding the lone fatality, the officials told GNS that it was reported from Jammu division. So far 4745 persons have succumbed to the virus—2323 in Jammu and 2422 in Kashmir. Besides, they said, 1228 Covid-19 patients recovered during the time. So ...

The residents of Baddalo Khrew area of Pampore hamlet in Kashmir's Pulwama are set to get drinking water facilities for the first time in several decades. KNO last month had carried a story about the problems of the area. The people of the area had been facing a shortage of drinking water since decades but no attention was being given towards the issue. “We were forced to drink contaminated water in the absence of potable water and our repeated pleas to concerned officials were falling deaf on their ears,” they said, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). They also said that there is no proper road connectivity to the area due to which they are suffering. Locals further said that unscheduled power supply is prevalent in the area besides that a school is working ...