Month: July 2022

A sand extractor died after drowning in river Jhelum in Bijbehara of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district this afternoon. Reports reaching GNS that one Khalil Ahmad Chohan, son of Ab Raheem, resident of Tanghard Hiller Arhama Kokernag drowned in the river during extraction of sand. Soon after, the locals and police launched efforts to rescue the drowned person and later on retrieved him in an unconscious state. He was taken to a nearby health facility, where the doctors declared him as brought dead on arrival. Confirming the incident, a police official told GNS that the body would be handed over to family after necessary medico-legal formalities. (GNS)

National Conference (NC) has raised concern over choking the livelihood of people due to irksome security arrangements in wake of the ongoing Shri Amarnath Yatra. Expressing deep disappointment over the stringent measures choking business activity and movement of people, the party's additional General Secretary Dr Sheikh Mustafa Kamal asked the government to go back to the drawing board again and address the concerns of shopkeepers and others who are involved in business activities along the route of the yatra. “The need for foolproof security arrangements is well understood but certainly not at the cost of people's lives. Never before have multi-layered security arrangements been so irksome for the local people, who have although welcomed them with open arms. Today however people li...

A rare musk deer commonly known as 'roose kat' was captured alive while roaming in Bhawan Watsar locality of Rajwar in North Kashmir's Kupwara district on Friday. A wildlife official Muhammad Sadiq told news agency Kashmir News Trust that the deer was roaming in the fields of Bhawan Watsar locality of Rajwar last evening after which the animal was captured alive by the locals. He said the locals handed over the rare animal to wildlife officials. He added it was likely that the deer was frightened and might have come down from forests to an inhabited area situated at the bottom of Rajwar range forests. Later, he said, the musk deer was taken to Dachigam Wildlife Sanctuary in Srinagar.(KNT)

Four Amarnath pilgrims, who were on way to the holy cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, were injured in a road accident in Banihal area of Ramban district on Friday morning, officials said. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a tempo vehicle carrying the pilgrims turned turtle on Srinagar-Jammu national highway near Sherbabi area of Banihal at around 06:00 am, resulting in injuries to four passengers. He said that the injured were taken to SDH Banihal, where their condition is said to be stable. The have been identified as Kundan Kumar from UP, Vinayak Gupta, Anita Gupta, and Gudiya—all residents of Chhattisgarh—(KNO)

A trooper of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was injured after he shot himself with his service rifle in Gund area of Ganderbal district on Friday morning, officials said here. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that the trooper (name withheld) from Reasi, who shot himself today morning, was posted at CRPF Headquarter Gund. He said that soon after the incident, he was rushed to SDH Kangan, where doctors referred him to SKIMS Soura for specialised treatment. The official said that police have taken cognisance of the incident—(KNO)