Month: June 2022

Srinagar, June 30:(GNS) Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested two Hybrid militants affiliated with The Resistance Front (TRF) an offshoot of LeT in the Srinagar district. In a tweet, Srinagar police wrote, "Two-Hybrid militants arrested by a team of Srinagar Police & 50RR. Names: Naveed Shafi Wani of Khrew Pampore & Faizan Rashid Teli of Kadlabal Pampore. Arms/ammunition, explosives & incriminating material like 4 pistols, live rounds, 16 gelatine sticks, grenade, etc. recovered,". Meanwhile, a senior Police officer told GNS that both the arrested militants are affiliated with TRF. (GNS)

The Kashmir Video Journalist Association alleged that their colleague Zubair Dar was assaulted by police in Pahalgam. The journalist, as per the association, was covering the annual Amarnath yatra. “The KVJA demands that the police authorities take strict action against the concerned police officer involved in the incident,” the association said in a statement. As per the statement, “On Thursday morning around 4:45 AM, Zubair, and his colleagues were traveling inside their car outside a hotel while they were en-route to the Nunwan base camp to film the flag-off ceremony of annual Amarnath yatra. When he moved out of his car to ask about the directions from SHO Pahalgam Anzar Khan who was coming from the opposite side, he was slapped”. “There were three other journalists with me in...

Heart patients from Kashmir Valley falling victims to illegal referrals reveals reveal that there is a nexus between local heart specialists and touts from Delhi and Haryana-based hospitals, that needs to be exposed. Information gathered about tertiary care hospitals of Valley under the Right to Information Act makes it clear that to grab money from helpless heart patients, heart specialists resort to illegal referrals fleecing and cheating the patients as well as attendants. Information has been received from Heads of two Tertiary Care Health Institutions namely SMHS and SKIMS, particularly from their Cardiology Departments regarding the data of patients with heart attacks and their treatment in their hospitals during the year 2018-2019, through various RTI Applications under RTI Ac...

The Jammu Kashmir Police on Thursday claimed to have busted a fake SIM card racket by arresting three persons involved in the commission of a crime in Budgam. A police spokesman said, "Police received specific information that a group of PoS agents is operating in District Budgam and involved in cheating innocent people by forging their documents and using them as genuine to procure SIM cards for their personal interests and selling such SIM cards for criminal acts." The spokesman said that a case under FIR No. 201/2022 under relevant sections of law was registered at Police Station Budgam and an investigation was taken up. "During the course of the investigation, 03 persons identified as Iqbal Hussain Khanday son of Ghulam Mohammad resident of Sebdan, Mohammad Ishaq Bhat son of B...

Srinagar, Jun 30 (KNO): Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday trapped and arrested Range officer and Forest Guard, Kokernag, Anantnag for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 for allotment of timber. Anti Corruption Bureau received a complaint alleging therein that Sohail Unis Shikari, Range officer, Kokernag, Anantnag is demanding a bribe of Rs 22,000 through Forest Guard Ghulam Muhammad Naikoo for processing the file of the complainant for allotment of timber Kairoo (Kair) for house construction, a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reads. “The complainant managed Rs 10,000 and approached ACB for legal action against the corrupt officials,” the statement said. It added that the contents of the complaint prima facie disclose the commission ...

Srinagar, June 30 (GNS): The JK admin on Thursday announced a ‘suitable reward’ to people who give information about misuse of drugs or hospital items stamped as “JKMSCL Supply Not for Sale” by any person in or outside the Government Healthcare institutions in Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir Medical Supplies Corporation Limited (JKMSCL) is a Public Sector Undertaking of Government of J&K, which is the nodal agency for procurement, warehousing, and distribution of generic medicines, surgical, sutures, machinery/equipment, and allied items for various Government Health Institutions of J&K. “The Drugs are released to Government Healthcare institutions only after Quality testing/analysis by the empanelled Drug Testing Laboratories which are GMP certified and NABL accredited....