Month: July 2022

In a swift action, police on Sunday arrested four people in connection with thrashing a journalist in central Kashmir's Srinagar district. In a handout issued to GNS, the police said that yesterday night, Shabraiz Bashir son of late Bashir Ahmad Party resident of Hamdanya colony Bemina, correspondent with the News Now, lodged a written complaint to the effect that on 23/07/2022 he was thrashed by four unknown persons in Bemina Chowk who fled away from the spot in a white Swift vehicle. The police spokesman further stated that the assault resulted in injuries to the applicant. In this regard Case FIR no 71/22 U/S 341,323 IPC was registered in Police station Bemina and an investigation was taken up. During the course of the investigation, efforts were made to trace out the accused, ...

Panic gripped the densely populated twin including Nesbal and Madwan villages of north Kashmir's Bandipora district on Sunday after two leopards were sighted. Locals told the Local news agency, Kashmir News Service (KNS), that the appearance of the leopards created panic in the areas and people tried to chase them out of the area Rather Mehraj Sarpanch Nasbal told Kashmir News Service (KNS), that wild animals are roaming in the villages for many last days and have caused damage to livestock but the wildlife department fails to act so far. "Our children feel unsafe, even we can't go our orchards, we once requested wild life department to catch the wild animals so we feel a sigh of relief," he said. Meanwhile, an official said that the teams of the wildlife department were depute...

Two more people have succumbed to their injuries, who were injured in a road accident that took place in Ramsoo area of Ramban district on Sunday afternoon, taking the toll to four, officials said here. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a Scorpio, carrying a marriage party, plunged into a gorge in Ramsoo area today afternoon. He said that two people died on the spot, while 6 others were injured, who were shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment. He added that among the six injured two more succumbed to their injuries at the hospital, taking the toll to four. The official said that the vehicle with eight passengers, carrying a marriage party, was on way from Neel to Shagan when it skidded off the road. The deceased have been identified as Haz...

Shabir Khan Residents of Rahmania colony in Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Sunday protested against the Public Health Engineering (water supply Department) for failing to provide water supply to the area. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat the locals said that they have been complaining to several officials for the past four years, but their demands have fallen on deaf years during this period. "We have protested innumerable times demanding water in the area, however, the officials have failed to provide water supply in the area forcing the residents to walk for several kilometers to fetch water," a local resident said. The locals demanded an immediate official intervention so that their demands are resolved at the earliest.

A video tweeted by former Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti has gone viral on social media networking sites in which an official vehicle can be heard making an announcement asking the shopkeepers in Anantnag district to pay 20 rupees for the Admin's 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign. The District Administration in Anantnag has, however, refuted that there was any official order like such. The officials in the Anantnag admin said that the announcer has made the announcement on his own. "There was no authorization to the campaign," the official said. The Divisional commission of Kashmir, PK Pole had on Saturday said that the campaign was not a compulsion. He said the sole aim of the 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign is to instill patriotism among the locals and there was no element o...

More than three weeks after Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha assured to look into demand of aspirants to increase the upper age limit to 37-years for open merit candidates for Combined Competitive Examination (CCE)-2022, no headway has been made in this regard so far. In fact, the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission has already announced the examination for the preliminary examination on July 31. “After assurance by Lieutenant Governor we were hopeful that we would be given a chance but we were kept waiting and waiting,” a number of aspirants told GNS. “Hopefully assurance was not a joke with us,” they said, adding, “We were seeking relaxation in light of disruptions due to covid-19 etc and meeting our demand falls well within the rules.” On July 3, a delegation of around 5...

A man died under mysterious conditions during a marriage ceremony in Kamsar village of Poonch district, officials said here on Sunday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the man identified as Mohammad Bashir son of Late Mohammad Akram of Mandi Poonch received electric shock mysteriously during a marriage ceremony. He said that the man died on the spot, while police reached to the spot and conducted site examination, following which body was shifted to Poonch hospital for post-mortem. He said that Police have initiated investigation into the matter and all aspects related to this mysterious death were being probed—(KNO)

A BSF jawan was injured after he was hit by a bus in Mamar locality of Kangan in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Sunday morning. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a bus hit a BSF jawan, who was on duty at Mamar area of Kangan. He said that the BSF jawan was injured and was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. The injured jawan has been identified as Narengan Kumar s/o Jatan Kumar of 102 BN, who was deployed for ROP duty at Mammer. Meanwhile, Police have taken cognisance of the incident and further investigations was on—(KNO)