Month: July 2022

At least three residential houses were damaged after the land caved in Rawatpora Khag area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday. Official sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that three houses were damaged after land sunk due to wet weather. They said no local, however, has been injured. The damaged houses belong to Abdul Rashid Dar, Abdul Rashid Rather and Abdul Gani Bhat. Police and some officials from the administration have rushed to the spot to assess the quantum of loss. All the residents have been shifted to a safe location. (KNT)

Jammu, Jul 27 (KNO): Bhartiya Janata Party’s (BJP) national spokesperson, Dr. Sambit Patra has been nominated to oversee arrangements for Har Ghar Tiranga in Jammu and Kashmir. Patra is also on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir where he is holding a series of meetings with the party cadre. Addressing a press conference at Jammu, Dr. Sambit Patra said that Har Ghar Tiranga is a highly appreciable move of the government. Patra said that he is overseeing the arrangements of the party for this effort so that the motive of Har Ghar Tiranga is achieved. He appealed to all the individuals, organizations and institutions to hoist Tiranga as per the schedule. Dr. Sambit Patra further said that on Tuesday, he was in Kashmir and held meeting with party cadre and on Wednesday held me...

Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, who was on a hunger strike in Tihar Jail in New Delhi, and was admitted to the RML hospital following a fluctuation in blood pressure is stable, PTI reported. Malik has submitted a letter to the doctors at the medical facility, saying he did not want to be treated, they said. "He was admitted to RML hospital on Tuesday after fluctuation in his BP levels," a source said. His condition was reported to be stable by evening and his vitals were being monitored, the sources said. Yasin Malik has been sentenced by a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Delhi, late May 2022. He is serving two life sentences and varying jail terms, all running concurrently, under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code (I...

On Wednesday, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) headed by incarcerated Mirwaiz Kashmir Umar Farooq expressed serious concern over the media reports regarding the health and safety of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)'s incarcerated chairman Yasin Malik, whose health deteriorated while being on an indefinite hunger strike in Delhi's Tihar Jail. The APHC, in a statement, said that the political prisoners of Jammu Kashmir were "being subject to revenge for their political beliefs, and all forms of justice and redressal to them are ignored." It added that "the people's leadership of Jammu and Kashmir is either detained under house arrest or imprisoned in jails, which is not only very unfortunate but also illegal under international law." The APHC further said that rep...

A cloudburst has reportedly occurred near Amarnath cave on Wednesday afternoon, official sources said. They told GNS that soon after the incident an alert was sounded and approximately 4,000 pilgrims were shifted safely, by the rescue teams deployed in and around the site. “The situation is under control as of now”, they added. More details awaited. (GNS)

In a tragic incident, a 25-year-old youth died while playing cricket in the Khansahib area of central Kashmir's Budgam district on Wednesday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the youth identified as Raja Nisar son of Ghulam Ahmad Rather fell unconscious while he was playing cricket with his friends at Kudoora cricket ground in Arigam Khansahib. He said that soon after the incident he was rushed to the sub-district hospital Khansahib, where he was declared dead on arrival. Meanwhile, police have taken cognizance of the incident and have started inquest proceedings n in this regard—(KNO)