Month: June 2022

There are about 150 militants present at the launchpads across the Line of Control (LoC) ready to infiltrate into Jammu Kashmir while 500 to 700 more are undergoing training at eleven terror camps there, a senior Army officer said on Saturday. He said security forces have successfully thwarted infiltration attempts by the militants along the LoC in the Valley. “There are about 500 to 700 people at the 11 training camps at Manshera, Kotli and Muzaffarabad across the LoC,” the Army officer, who did not wish to be named, said. As per the intelligence inputs, he said, there are about 150 militants at the launchpads in Pakistan ready to infiltrate into JK. The officer said there has been no successful infiltration along the LoC in the valley so far this year. “Till May end, every...

Directorate of Health Services Kashmir on Saturday said that there are 70 health facilities and 100 ambulances available for Amarnath Yatra this year. Addressing a press conference here, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Director Health Kashmir, Dr Mushtaq Ahmad Rather said that they have kept 70 health facilities from Jawahar Tunnel to the holy cave on both routes including Chandanwari and Baltal, which include six base hospitals, medical aid centres, emergency aid centres and 26 oxygen booths. He said that in addition to that they have 11 on-route facilities, 17 other facilities which have been kept alert and more than 100 critical and basic care ambulances. Dr Mushtaq added that all the hospitals in the vicinity will have emergency response system in place and...

Police sealed a factory in Srinagar outskirts for processing beer with liquor content illegally. Srinagar police said that information was received from reliable sources that one factory registered in the name of M/S Zainab Textiles Phase 2 Khunmoh is involved in legal/unlawful activity of manufacturing/processing of Beer. Accordingly, the said factory was raided along with officials from the Excise Department, Revenue Department, and Food Department under the supervision of SDPO Panthachowk and SHO Panthachowk. During the search large quantity of beer bottles were recovered and seized on the spot by the concerned officials. The machine used in the manufacturing/process has also been seized. In this regard, an FIR vide number 64/2022 under sections 420,465,468 IPC and Excise Ac...

Continuous power shutdown in Zafran Colony and its adjoining areas amid fresh rise in day temperatures has irked the residents with many areas facing acute shortage of drinking water. PDD officials however, say that it was a temporary shutdown as new wires are being laid to connect newly installed transformers. As per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the residents of Zafran Colony, Achanambal, Iqbal Sector, Zewan and Zawoora areas expressed their anger against the admin and the PDD for resorting day-long power cuts since past three days. "We get drinking water only when power is available. There has been acute shortage of drinking water in our area," said Gulzar Ahmed, a resident of Zafran Colony, Srinagar. He said that power breaking down has causer huge inconvenience to peo...

Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only surface link connecting Kashmir Valley with the outside world, reopened for one-way traffic after four days of closure while the Mughal road was closed due to a landslide on Saturday. “Jammu-Srinagar Highway, Srinagar-Sonamarg-Gumari road is through for vehicular movement,” the traffic department said in a statement issued here. It said stranded vehicles on the highway will be allowed to move to their destinations. Meanwhile, the Mughal road, connecting Poonch and Rajouri districts with the Shopian district, was blocked due to a landslide at Manasar Morh. SHO Surankote Niaz Ahmed told GNS that a landslide occurred early morning. He said efforts are underway to clear the road. (GNS)

Srinagar police on Friday said that two juveniles were apprehended involved in a hit and run case, in which a man from Kupwara was killed in Raj Bagh area of Srinagar. Srinagar police on its official Twitter handle, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) informed that fathers of both juveniles have also been arrested under MV act for giving vehicle to minors. Police also said that a case has been registered at Raj Bagh police station under section 279, 304 A of IPC and vehicle has also been seized. “Two Juveniles apprehended in hit & run case where one youth from kupwara died in Raj Bagh today. Dr Shamin Bhat & Fayaz Rather, fathers of both juveniles, arrested in 191A MV act for giving vehicle to minors. Case registered at Raj Bagh PS u/s 279,304A of IPC & ...

The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (Act 30 of 2013) has been made applicable to Jammu Kashmir. The Administration of Jammu Kashmir has prepared draft rules in exercise of powers conferred by Section 109 of the said Act which have been published as required under section 112 of the said Act, for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby; and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of a period of 15 (fifteen) days from the date of publication in Official Gazette. The draft rules are available on the official website of the Revenue Department (https://jkrevenue.nic.in). "Any objection or suggestion which may be received from any person wi...

Jammu Kashmir on Friday claimed to have busted a narco-militancy funding module by arrested four associates of LeT outfit in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. According to a statement, issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Police along with 53 RR and 181 BN of CRPF arrested four associates of LeT and also recovered incriminating materials, explosives, ammunition and vehicles from their possession. The arrested persons have been identified as Younis Manzoor son of Manzoor Ahmed Waza, Mehboob Ahmed son of Mohd Ramzan Sheikh, Irshad Ahmad Ganie son of Mohd Amin Ganie of Arigam Khansahib and Muzaffar Ahmad son of Ghulam Nabi Bhat—all residents of Budgam. The statement reads that preliminary investigation has revealed that the arrested associates were involved in prov...