Month: June 2022

Jammu Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on the 'International Drug Abuse Day' urged people to supplement efforts in eliminating drug menace from the society. Lieutenant Governor urged individuals and Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to support the effort in eliminating the drug menace and promote a healthy and drug-free society. On the ' International day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking, LG said drug abuse has a wide-ranging harmful impact on the health and well-being of individuals, families and society. “Drug Abuse has wide-ranging harmful impacts on health & well-being of individuals, families & society. On Int'l Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking, I urge individuals, NGOs to supplement Govt’s efforts in eliminating drug menace & ...

A 13-year-old boy from Pampore area of Pulwama district slipped to death at Shalimar Srinagar on Saturday when he was on a picnic with his school. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) the boy, who was a student of government middle school Dusoo Pampore, slipped into water at Shalimar when he was on picnic with his school. He said that the boy was taken to SKIMS Soura for treatment by his teachers, where he breathed his last. The official identified the boy as Mir Zeeshon son of Mohammad Shafi Mir of Dusoo area of Pampore—(KNO)

Indian Police officer, Basant Rath, who was also a social media sensation in Jammu Kashmir as a traffic police official, has written to the Chief Secretary of Jammu Kashmir Administration stating that he wishes to join politics. "I wish to resign from the Indian Police Service in order to be able to participate in electoral politics. Please consider this letter as my request for resignation/voluntary retirement and process it accordingly," he wrote to the Chief Secretary of JK admin. https://twitter.com/KangriCarrier/status/1540840943498428416 Meanwhile in a tweet targeting the BJP, the IPS officer said, "If I ever join a political party, it WILL be BJP. If I ever contest an election, it WILL be from Kashmir. If I ever join politics, it WILL be before March 6, 2024." Details ru...

Jammu Kashmir police on Saturday reacted to the statement given by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief, Mehbooba Mufti about a local driver from Sedow area of Shopian, who was arrested and later killed in a gunfight in Kupwara on June 20. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Kashmir zone police on its official Twitter handle reissued the statement, stating that Showkat Ahmad, a mastermind behind an IED blast inside a private vehicle in the Sedow area of Shopian was arrested. Police stated that during his interrogation, it was revealed that he used to ferry militants, arms, and ammunition from Lolab to Shopian. “Kupwara police got his custody changed by the order of the court and arrested in one militancy-related case. During his interrogation in Kupwara, he r...

At least four persons were injured in a road accident that took place at Sialsui on Rajouri-Kalakote road on Saturday evening, officials said here. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that an Ecco vehicle collided with a car at Sialsui crossing, resulting in injuries to four persons. He said that all the injured were shifted to Community Health Center Kalakote where from one of them was referred to GMC Associated Hospital Rajouri. He added that from Rajouri hospital, he was referred to GMC Jammu for advanced treatment. The injured have been identified as Ajay Kumar, Hardesh Sharma (50), Ajay Singh (23) and Khushi (17)—all residents of Rajouri—(KNO)

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha Saturday said that maximum youth will get jobs in the coming days as the government will roll out a job policy soon. Talking to reporters on the side-lines of a function at Magam in Central Kashmir's Budgam district, LG, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that in the coming days, government will roll out a job policy and maximum number of youth will get jobs. He added that qualified youth must give up the mind-set of waiting for the government jobs. Citing example of an M. Tech youth, LG said the youth was waiting for government job for the past four years despite being well-qualified. He further said that security forces are working under a policy to ensure peace and no innocent will be touched, but guilty...

Mehbooba Mufti, the former Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir and president of the People's Democratic Party, on Saturday addressing a press conference in Srinagar asked the Jammu Kashmir admin to make public the list of the youth who have been detained along with their place of lodgement. Alleging that the Government Forces were forcibly snatching public vehicles in the Shopian district of south Kashmir, she said that the Forces recently used a driver Showkat Ahmed Sheikh in a similar incident and later arrested him from Shopian's Sedow and later killed him in an encounter in Kupwara. "A few days back, a youth who was arrested in Shopian's Sedow and ten days after that the Police said he was arrested and killed in Kupwara. I do not understand How did he reach Kupwara while he was in Po...