Month: July 2022

The union ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday informed the Lok Sabha that one medical college has been approved for Leh at a cost of Rs 325 crore, which is to be shared between Centre and the UT Administration of Ladakh in the ratio of 90:10. In a written reply, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Bharati Pawar, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that the medical college has been approved under Phase-III of a centrally sponsored scheme namely ‘Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals.” He said that out of Central share of Rs 292.50 crore, Rs 127 crore has already been released to the UT Administration under this Scheme. "As per Scheme guidelines, the UT Administration is the implementing a...

Yasin Malik, the chairman of the banned Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front who is currently lodged in Tihar under a life sentence after being recently convicted in a militancy case has written in a letter that he will launch a fast unto death starting from July 22. In a letter sent by Yasin Malik to his family, the JKLF chairman who was recently identified by Rubaiya Sayeed in another case as her kidnapper has traced his political journey from 1986 and said it was Ajit Doval, the current NSA of India who facilitated his first meeting with the Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Yasin has also stated that he worked with several ruling dispensations of India and worked in close coordination with the Governments for the "cause" of the people of Kashmir. In his letter, Malik also sai...

The chairman of the banned Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front who is currently lodged in Tihar under a life sentence after being recently convicted in a militancy case has written in a letter that he will launch a fast unto death starting from July 22. In a letter sent by Yasin Malik, released by his wife Mushal Malik, the JKLF chairman who was recently identified by Rubaiya Sayeed in another case as her kidnapper has traced his political journey from 1986 and said it was Ajit Doval, the current NSA of India who facilitated his first meeting with the Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Yasin has also stated that he worked with several ruling dispensations of India and worked in close coordination with the Governments for the "cause" of the people of Kashmir. In his letter, Malik ...

Suhail Dar A teenage girl was allegedly found hanging at her home in Anachidoora area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that the 18-year-old girl (name with held) was found hanging at her residence on Friday morning after which her family members rushed her to the hospital. The doctors, on her arrival, at the hospital declared her brought dead. Police have registered a case and started probing the incident.

The study aimed to investigate the district level variation of COVID-19 infection in Kashmir during December 2021 and January 2022 has found that the infection was co-related to population density and urban residence. As per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the study aimed to compare percent positivity of two districts of Kashmir during the 3rd COVID Wave conducted by doctors Jalila Qayoom, Omar Rashid, Talat Masoodi, Umar R. Khan and Syed Arshia from SKIMS Medical College & Hospital Bemina and department of Microbiology, SKIMS Medical College & Hospital Bemina in order to help government for developing policies and taking necessary interventions for future. The study states that the total samples received in the month of December 2021 and January 2022 during 3d COVID...

A mass marriage ceremony, at least 51 couples from different areas of Kashmir tied a nuptial knot in Srinagar on Thursday. The mass marriage ceremony was once again organised by the NGO—“We the Helping Hand Foundation” which has already solemnised a series of such ceremonies in the last few years. “We have already borne the marriage expenses of over 400 poor girls and expect to continue to organize more mass marriage ceremonies in future,” said Umar Wani, the Chairman of the NGO, while speaking to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). “This year, we have already borne the marriage expenses of over 60 poor and orphan girls during two mass marriage functions and today we have borne the marriage expenses of 51 poor girls from different areas of Kashmir.” Wani said that the main ai...

Secretary Jammu Kashmir Sports Council, Nuzhat Gul on Tuesday said that about 35 lakh youths have to be engaged in sports activities in Jammu Kashmir. Speaking with Kashmir News Service (KNS), she said that in the calendar of sports activities which has issued by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, 35 lakh youths have to be engaged in sports activities in J&K. She further said that the youth service and sports and sports council have got a target by the government to involve 35 lakh youth in sports activities. "Both the departments are working on this target in and sports activities including football and hockey are going on in every district of J&K," she said, adding that the government's focus is on sports and sports-related activities. The secretary Sports Council, furt...