Month: July 2022

Toibah Kirmani The Indian Red Cross Society Jammu Kashmir (IRSJK) organized an event on awareness about First Aid in north Kashmir’s Batpora Magam. The event took place at Boys Higher Secondary School Batpora Magam. The event happened under the supervision of Mr. G.A. Qureshi, former Director General of Economics and Statistics and currently associated with the Red Cross Society. In this event, 10th, 11th, and 12th-grade students received hands-on instruction on how to treat injured people with first aid. The Students expressed willingness to engage with humanitarian organizations like the Red Cross. The teachers and principal of the high secondary school expressed gratitude to the Red Cross and in particular to Mr. G.A. Qureshi for his assistance in the community of Magam, of ...

Shabir Khan A 20-year-old motorcyclist died in a road accident in Amargarh area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Sunday. Reports reaching The Kashmiriyat said that a bike rider identified as Shoaib Ahmad Dar son of Shabir Ahmad Dar of Amargarh, lost control over the motorcycle, which he was riding, resulting into on-spot death. Meanwhile, police in this regard has registered a case and started investigation investigation.

Rayees Shah A woman received severe burn injuries on Sunday after she allegedly set herself ablaze in the Geraj area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that a woman (name withheld) allegedly put kerosene on her body at her home and tried to set herself on fire. The woman was immediately rushed to the nearby hospital, where the doctors referred her to Srinagar hospital. Details rushing in.

The People’s Democratic Party president, Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said that her sister Rubaiya Sayeed did her duty as per the law to identify Yasin Malik in her abduction case. Talking to selected reporters, Mehbooba Mufti, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that Rubaiya Sayeed was called as a witness to identify someone in case and she could not have refused it. “Since it was easy to identify Yasin Malik as he has been in the public domain for a long time, so it was easy for her to identify Yasin Malik. 32 years is a long time and people tend to forget a lot of things in such a long time, but it was easy to identify Yasin Malik,” she said. She said that Rubaiya could not identify the other people, as 32 years is a long time. “She only did her duty as per the ...

Unknown miscreants on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday damaged several gravestones in a graveyard in the Alochi Bagh area of Srinagar, Locals said. Locals said that the graveyard was attacked by unknown persons in the dark of the night and in the morning when the residents entered the graveyard, they found several epitaphs damaged. Noor Mohammed Bhat, a local resident said that several deceased from the locality have been buried in the graveyard since 1980. "We do not know who are these people who do not even spare the death. The incident has left everyone in deep shock. We consulted various departments of the Government but they denied any involvement in the incident," he said. Expressing anguish over the vandalism, another local said that the graveyard is the resting...

Customers will have to pay 5% GST on pre-packed, labeled food items like atta, paneer, and curd, besides hospital rooms with rent above ₹5,000 from Monday with the GST Council’s decision coming into force. In addition, hotel rooms with a tariff of up to ₹1,000/day, maps, and charts, including atlases, will attract a 12% Goods and Services Tax (GST), while 18% GST will be levied on tetra packs and fees charged by banks for the issue of cheques (loose or in book form). Last month, the GST Council, chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and comprising her state counterparts, pruned the exemption list and imposed a tax on a host of goods and services. The Council, based on an interim report of the Group of Ministers (GoM) on rate rationalization, had also removed duty inve...

A Central Reserve Police Force personnel who was earlier injured in a militants attack in Gangoo area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday has succumbed to his injuries.. Officials told The Kashmiriyat that militants fired upon a joint team of Police and CRPF at the circular road in Gangoo, causing injuries to one sub inspector of CRPF. The injured trooper was rushed to the nearby hospital for treatment, however, he succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. The trooper was identified as ASI Vinod Kumar of 180BN CRPF. Soon after the attack whole area has been cordoned off to nab the attackers. Details emerrging.

A Central Reserve Police Force personnel was injured when militants attacked joint forces at Gangoo crossing area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday. A top police officer told GNS that militants fired upon joint team of Police and CRPF at circular road. In this incident one CRPF trooper received bullet and was subsequently shifted to nearby hospital for treatment. Soon after the attack whole area has been cordoned off to nab the attackers. More details emerging.(GNS)