Month: September 2022

With Asia largest fresh lake Wular Lake shrinking in size due to encroachment, fisherwomen in Bandipora are finding it hard to earn livelihood. As per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), fishing and other rural communities that have been relying on the lake for their livelihood are now struggling to earn a living from it as the lake is dying a slow death because of garbage. Hafeeza Begum, a fisherwoman from Kulhama village of Bandipora said that there was a huge population of fish in the lake decades ago. But nowadays, there is rarely a day when you find a good catch. Besides fishes, the lake was also known for water chestnuts but they are no longer visible now. Hafeeza said in her village namely kulhama which is situated on the banks of Wular, 83 families eke out their...

On the directions of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Anantnag, Dr Basharat Qayoom, a team of Drug Control Officers of the district under the supervision of Deputy Drug Controller, Nighat Jabeen today undertook a special drive, in south Kashmir's Anantnag district. A press release issued by the information office Anantnag stated that the drive was held to inspect the pharmaceutical dealers, chemist shops, Jan Aushadhi stores and hospital dispensaries to ensure that the medicines and allied pharmaceutical preparations are being dispensed and distributed for the legitimate requirements only and as per the prescriptions of registered medical practitioners. During the inspection drive, more than 30 medical sale establishments were inspected in and around the health institutions. The operation of...

Scores of cattle have died and thousands infected in Jammu and Kashmir due to Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD), an infectious viral disease among cattle and it continues to infect more cattle due to which the farmers are very much worried. Farmers while talking to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that though the mortality rate of LSD is not so high, but animals infected with this disease are unable to produce enough milk even after they are cured of infection and their economy is getting badly affected. They said that there are lakhs of families who livelihood is dependent on cattle rearing and other related but this disease has badly effected them. Muhammad Akbar, a farmer from Pulwama said that they have two cows and both got infected and have recovered as well but they are...

The Jammu Kashmir admin has decided to contribute 15 percent of medical for All India Quota from the ongoing year. The National Testing Agency (NTA), New Delhi conducted NEET-UG 2022 for admission to Under-Graduate Medical Courses on 17-07-2022 and declared the result of the said test on 07-09-2022. “The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has provided the result of candidates belonging to the Union Territories (UTs) of JK and Ladakh, who have appeared in the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET), to the Board on 26th of September 2022,” the Jammu and Kashmir Board of Professional Entrance Examination (JKBOPEE) said in a notification. The BOPEE has further informed the eligible candidates that, “From current year that is 2022, the government of J&K h...

Shashi Tharoor's manifesto for the Congress chief's election has landed him in some trouble — thanks to a map of India in it that does not have parts of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, NDTV reported. Social media users, particularly on Twitter where he has more than 8 million followers, have called this "a massive goof-up" and "shameful", with some accusing him of being "divisive". This is the second time in three years that Shashi Tharoor, a former union minister, has landed in a map-in-a-booklet controversy. In December 2019, he shared the cover of a booklet about Kerala Congress's protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). He deleted that tweet after the BJP's IT Cell and leaders such as Sambit Patra went after him. In his manifesto booklet with the tagline 'Think Tomo...

Police on Friday said that a woman was booked under Public Safety Act in central Kashmir’s Budgam district for committing criminal and anti-social activities. In a handout, the police said that Police it have booked a notorious fraudster identified as Shoki wife of Ghulam Rasool Dar@ Las Shikari resident of Gangbugh Srinagar under the Public Safety Act for her unrelenting involvement in criminal/anti-social activities and deceiving/looting the gullible people. The booked lady has been continuously deceiving, befooling and looting the gullible people with her craftiness. Many a time she was found to be involved in forcibly trespassing the land of people on the pretext of land deals and grabbing the same through deceitful means. The police spokesman further stated that the said woma...

Suhail Dar All JK Gujjar Bakerwal Coordination Committee wing Anantnag (AJKGBCC) held a massive protest here in Anantnag today opposing the move of the central Government to grant ST status to Pahari Speaking People. The leaders of the co-ordination committee while addressing the protestors said that the recent developments and reports in a section of print and social media all indicate that the non-existent Paharis and their self-styled leaders having connections at the right places in the JK establishment have joined hands to convince the authorities in J&K and New Delhi to their spurious and unjustifiable claim to Scheduled Tribe (ST) Status, so that they could share the benefits the tribals, including Gujjars, Bakerwals, Gadis and Sippis, have been getting since April 1991. ...

SSP Baramulla Rayees Mohammad Bhat IPS on Friday said that the slain militants had came to disrupt the ongoing Army Rally in North Kashmir's Baramulla district. Talking to reporters SSP Baramulla Rayees Mohammad Bhat said that we recieved a input this morning about presence of some militants in Yedipora Village. A joint team of Baramulla Police and Army launched cordon and search operation in the area. During searches the hiding militants from a residential house fired upon the search party, which was retaliated triggering off an encounter, the officer said. SSP Baramulla further said that encounter ensued for sometime and ultimately both the militants were killed this morning. Both militants so far are unidentified and from their possession AKS74U rifle with three magazines and a...

 At least 13 children have been infected with hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) at Mallinson Girls School Srinagar. As per the official communication of District Surveillance Unit, IDSP Srinagar, there has been an outbreak of HFMD at the school’s and the first case was reported on September 9 in the age group 4-5. Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is a mild, contagious viral infection common in young children. Symptoms include sores in the mouth and a rash on the hands and feet. Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is most commonly caused by coxsackievirus. The rashes or blisters are typically seen on the hands, foot, forearm and mouth and that’s how the disease gets its name. A team of doctors visited the school and identified the children affected with HFMD. The doctor...

During the ongoing investigations by the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) in the Services Selection Board (SSB) exam scam, it has surfaced that OMR sheets had also been replaced in lieu of money while question paper of Panchayat Assistants had also been leaked and a deal of Rs 4 crore was struck between paper leakers of Haryana and Jammu-based scamsters for upcoming examination of Foresters, Jammu based Daily excelsior reported. According to the report, three senior ranking officers of the SSB were involved in replacing OMR sheets in the exams. So far, replacement of 28 OMR sheets has been noticed and more sheets are being scrutinized to see how deep the roots of sheets replacing scam were in the Services Selection Board. Change of OMR sheets was detected as signatures of the I...