Month: June 2022

Doctors on Thursday staged a protest against the Jammu and Kashmir administration's proposed move to pool 50 per cent post-graduate seats from Government Medical College (GMC) and all seats of Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences for all-India quota this year. Accompanied by medical students, the doctors staged a protest in front of the GMC office here in support of their demand for shelving the idea until more post-graduate seats are allotted to new medical colleges in Jammu Kashmir. "The idea, if implemented, will harm the interests of the aspiring PG candidates of Jammu and Kashmir as we have a meagre number of seats which would be further reduced," Dr Shushant Kharke, one of the protesters, told PTI. Elaborating further, he said if 50 per cent of PG seats of the GMC an...

Umer Ahad The incessant rainfall has caused severe damage to the cherry crop in north Kashmir area, particularly in sub-division Tangmarg where cherry growers faced immense losses. Locals from the area speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that their cherry orchards suffered immense damage due to incessant rainfall during the past several days. People from Warapora , Hajibal, Mullabangil, Fajipora, Budipora and other hamlets of Tangmarg said that around 50 to 60 percent of fruit was on trees after which they would have taken pruning process but incessant rainfall fall has damaged everything. "40 percent of cherries were on trees in the area, but now nothing is left here, It is all damaged. Trees full of cherries were uprooted, and the branches of several others broken," Abdul Rahim...

A policeman died of cardiac arrest while he was on duty in Kokernag area of south Kashmir's Anantnag district late last evening, officials said here on Thursday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Nisar Ahmad Mugloo, a selection grade constable in J&K Police suffered a massive heart attack last evening. He said that he was shifted to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival. The deceased was posted as Personal Security Officer of district development council (DDC) member of Larooo—(KNO)

At least 15 persons including a teacher and two children were injured in stray dogs attack in North Kashmir’s Handwara on Thursday. Locals sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that stray dogs created panic in Gundchobutara Kralgund village of Handwara. They said that dogs attacked at least 15 persons who were shifted to District Hospital Handwara. Sarpanch Naseer Ahmed Khan confirmed that 15 persons including a teacher and two little children were taken to the hospital with dog bites. He said they are being treated. Meanwhile, locals alleged that there are no anti-rabies vaccines in the hospital. (KNT)

The Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for third consecutive day on Thursday owing to heavy rainfall and multiple landslides in Ramban and Udhampur districts even as the road clearance agencies speeded up the restoration work amid improvement in weather, officials said. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that with the improvement in weather after days of heavy rain across Jammu and Kashmir, road clearance operation was speeded up to restore traffic on the 270-km-long strategic highway– the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country. "Restoration work on NH44 is going on at Dewal Bridge, T2 tunnel, Maroge 1 (Sita Ram Passi) Maroge 2, Battery Chashma and hopefully these locations may get cleared by today evening,” said senior s...

Body of local tourist guide, who drowned in Tarsar Lake In Pahalgam area of Anantnag district on Wednesday was found at Lidderwath area of Pahalgam today, even as efforts were on to retrieve body of the drowned tourist, officials said here. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that body of Shakeel Ahmad, a tourist guide of Gagangeer area of Ganderbal, who had drowned while trying to save tourists yesterday, was recovered at Lidderwath today, while operation was going on to locate body of drowned tourist. Notably, the incident happened at Tarsar Lake in Sikwas area of Pahlgam, when a group of 13 tourists including three local guides were on way for sight-seeing on Wednesday. Officials said that when tourists along with guides were walking nearby the lake, a ...

Seven tourists and two families had a miraculous escape on Thursday after a houseboat capsized into the Dal Lake following incessant rains in the Kashmir Valley over the past few day. Mohammad Yousuf, owner of the house boat told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that his houseboat "Kolhai" sank into the Dal Lake today morning and said that besides two families there were seven tourists in the houseboat when it started to sank. He said that he along with other family members first evacuated the tourists as house boat was slowly sinking and somehow they managed to take them to safer place. “After taking tourists to safer place, we evacuated other family members.” Meanwhile, he said that their house boat is old and they had requested the authorities to give them permission...

With the Kashmir valley and parts of Jammu region witnessing incessant rains over the past few days, threat of water-borne diseases outbreak looms large in the region, officials said here on Thursday. Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that whenever there are incessant rains or flood-like situation, the apprehension of outbreak of water borne diseases always remains there. They said that people must take precautions while consuming water and should take water samples on regular basis to test it so as to reduce the impact of rain on the health and prevent outbreak of diseases. Meanwhile, Directorate of Health Services Kashmir has also issued an advisory urging the people to take precautions while consuming water. "As there has been incessant rains in Kash...