Month: July 2022

JKNC leader and Member of Parliament Hasnain Masoodi under Rule 377 raised the issue of alarming air pollution in Khrew - Wuyan area, in the Lok Sabha today. He stated that due to emissions from half a dozen cement plants in Khrew- Wuyan, air pollution in the area has reached menacing proportions. The pollution has adversely impacted agriculture, saffron and horticulture production in the area, Masoodi stated. He cautioned the government about the threat posed by the air pollution to the adjoining forests and most importantly to the Dachigam National Park. He asked the government to undertake an expert audit of the cement plants and stop production beyond authorised and permissible limits. Masoodi demanded enforcing the universally accepted principle of “polluter to pay” to compensat...

A numberdar of Chadder village in South Kashmir's Kulgam district died of electrocution on Friday afternoon, officials said. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Ghulam Rasool Dar, son of Abdul Rahman Dar of Chadder Kulgam was repairing an electricity wire outside his home on Friday afternoon when he received an electric shock. He was rushed to a nearby hospital in an unconscious condition for treatment where the doctors declared him dead. Ghulam Rasool Dar was the village head (numberdar) of Chadder village in Kulgam district—(KNO

The Kashmir University (KU) has order probe into a video showing a dog inside a Girls hostel of the university. The purported video that went viral on social media shows a dog sitting on a chair inside an office chamber in the Kashmir University, reported Greater Kashmir. Quoting Sources the report said that the University authorities have found the office seen in video to be of Habba Khatoon Girls Hostel (HKGH). The report further quoted the Vice Chancellor of KU Prof Neelofar Khan saying, "the hostels are well maintained and secure. All care is being taken to ensure hygiene and cleanliness. You can come and visit personally to ascertain this. With this particular incident, it appears that somehow the door has remained open which has led to dog barging inside." She said that t...

Amid claims of having a transparent system, the Jammu Kashmir LG administration has appointed a doctor who has never associated with his parent department to a bureaucratic position. As per an order issued by In-charge Principal Secretary Health and Medical Education Department Manoj Kumar Diwedi, a doctor (name withheld) has been appointed  Additional Mission Director, Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission J&K. “Sanction is hereby accorded for setting up of the office of Mission Director Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission J&K as a part of Mission Director and Dr ***, Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in Health & Medical Education Department is nominated as “Additional Mission Director, Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission J&K” in addition to his duties as Sectoral Expert and Overall I...

A trooper was detained at the Srinagar International Airport on Friday after airport security recovered two live rounds from his baggage. An official told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that during screening at the drop gate of the Srinagar International Airport, two live rounds of INSAS rifle were recovered from the baggage of Vijay Pal of Assam rifles (AR) who was proceeding on leave from Srinagar to Delhi. Pal was immediately detained for questioning and later handed over to police post-Humhama, the official said. He said that further investigation has been launched in this regard. (KDC)