Month: July 2022

The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kulgam, Dr. Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat today convened a meeting of officers to review the arrangements put in place for the upcoming festive occasion of Eid-ul-Adha. During the meeting, the DC directed officers of Jal Shakti and KPDCL to ensure a smooth supply of water and electricity across the district. He also directed the Jal Shakti department to press water tankers in required areas and ensure no shortage of water at any place. The District Sheep Husbandry Officer informed the chair that adequate numbers of sacrificial animals (Goats/Sheep) are available in the district. Chief Animal Husbandry Officer informed the meeting that adequate numbers of poultry birds are available in the district. Instructions were passed by the DC to constitute joint mar...

A division bench of Jammu & Kashmir High Court on Friday directed the authorities to allow family of Amir Magrey, who was killed in last year’s Hyderpora encounter, to perform Fateha Khawani of deceased at Wadder Payeen, Handwara but declined to accept the prayer for exhumation of his body in view of the giving up of the relief granted by a single bench by the family before the Supreme Court. According to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) division comprising Chief Justice and Judge Javid Iqbal Wani directed authorities to allow Lateef Magrey and his family members (maximum 10 persons) to perform Fateha Khawani (religious rituals/prayers after burial) of deceased at Wadder Payeen Graveyard, on the date and time to be decided in consultation with authorities, subject to taking i...

The High Court of JK and Ladakh has imposed Rs 10 Lakh as penalty on the administration for forcible takeover of land of a private person five years ago for construction of a bridge in Bandipora district of north Kashmir. Apart from imposing Rs 10 Lakh penalty, a division bench of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Javed Iqbal Wani directed government to assess and determine the compensation of the land and Rs one lakh per year for five years as rent for 9.053 marlas of land which was taken over by R&B Department in 2017 for construction of the long Steel Girder Bridge at Moza Sultanpora Sumbal, Bandipora. In his plea, the petitioner Shabir Ahmad Yatoo through his counsel Javid Ahmad Parray had submitted that no compensation has been ever paid to him. The officials in the...

A teenage boy drowned to death in Wular Lake in Laharwalpora village of Bandipora district on Friday, officials said here. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the boy identified as Muzaffar drowned to death while he was trying to cross his cattle over a stream along the Wular Lake in Laharwalpora village. He said that three boys were trying to cross their cattle over to the stream that merges with Wular Lake when the incident took place. “All three boys drowned in the stream, however, two of them were saved, while Muzaffar got drowned,” he said. The official said that Muzaffar’s body was later retrieved by the efforts of locals and the police and was handed over to the family after medico-legal formalities—(KNO)