Month: August 2022

Srinagar, Aug 05 (KNO): At least 284 persons including 174 Security forces personnel and 110 civilians were killed in militancy related incidents in Kashmir Valley since 05 August 2019, police said on the eve of third anniversary of abrogation of Article 370. "From August 5, 2016, to August 4, 2019, 3,686 law and order incidents have been recorded in the Valley while since August 5, 2019, to August 4, 2022, the number of such incidents has come down significantly to 438, police said, as per the news agency-Kashmir News Observer (KNO). As per the data, 124 civilians were killed from August 5, 2016, to August 4, 2019 but no civilian was killed in the law and order incident between August 05, 2019 to August 4, 2022. "From August 5, 2016 to August 4, 2019, six security force personnel...

Danishwar Hameed A civilian who was wounded in "crossfire" during the encounter in Redwani succumbed to his injuries on Friday, his family members said. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat the family of Manzoor Ahmed Lone, son of Mohammed Abdullah Lone aged 32 who was a resident of the Redwani area in Kulgam said that Manzoor received a bullet injury during the encounter that broke out in Kulgam's Redwani area on Friday morning. Manzoor was rushed to the hospital after being injured in the crossfire, however, he succumbed to his injuries, he said. The family member said that Manzoor was married the last year and he recently had a child who is barely two months old. "The body has not been handed over to the family as of yet. We are waiting for the body to be handed over for the last ...

The Jammu Kashmir administration on Friday directed all the officials above the rank of Under Secretary to attend the main function of Independence Day on August 15 at Jammu and Srinagar. The administration in a circular, a copy of which lies with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) also said that any absence will be only permissible with prior permission of their immediate superior. “Independence Day is an important national event celebrated on 15t August every year. All government employees are duty bound to participate in commemorating such an important turning point in the history of our Nation,” reads the circular. It reads that all the officers above the rank of Under Secretaries in the Union Territory stationed at Srinagar and Jammu are therefore enjoined upon to at...

Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday has sought monkeypox testing facility at Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar of Kashmir valley. “That would help in quicker testing of suspected monkeypox virus samples and hasten detection of cases,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. Dr Hassan said we have the recommended biosafety level 3 lab at GMC Srinagar and machine to do the tests. We have the laboratory expertise in molecular detection of the virus. “We need “diagnostic testing kits” and we will be doing the tests,” he said. “It is imperative to enhance laboratory preparedness which is crucial to tackle the looming public health threat posed by monkeypox,” he added. The DAK President said according to the guideline of the Union Health Ministr...

The residents of Jammu city have expressed great dissatisfaction over the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35 A stating that all the promises made by the Bhartiya Janta Party turned out to be false. On August 05, 2019, several mainstream channels in India showed visuals from Jammu that the Jammu residents were celebrating the BJP Government's unilateral decision of the Abrogation of Article 370. However, several Jammu residents claimed that the celebrations were made by BJP workers and their sister organizations only. Expressing anguish over the decision to abrogate Artice 370, a local Sikh said that the promises the Bhartiya Janta Party had made during the revocation of the Special status of Jammu Kashmir have all turned out to be a hoax. "I want to say that the way they decided to...

Police on Friday refuted news regarding house arrest of any NC or PDP leader placed under house arrest. In a handout issued to GNS, the Srinagar police said that there is a fake news going that some NC and PDP leaders have been placed under house arrest in gupkar road, this news is completely baseless. There are additional personnel deployed on gupkar road on certain places in view of certain inputs of militant attack. The police spokesperson further stated that Ms Mehbooba Mufti visited her party headquarters around noon time and Dr Farooq Abdullah visited Hazratbal shrine and his friend in Shalimar in Afternoon. Media friends are advised to verify news from authorities before circulating. JKP is a fully professional police force and is well aware of its duties, reads the stateme...