Day: September 22, 2022

A soldier allegedly shot himself dead in South Kashmir's Anantnag district on Thursday evening. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the soldier posted with Army's 1 RR shot himself dead with his service rifle at High Ground in Annatnag. He said that the reason behind soldier taking this extreme step was not immediately, however, investigation has been started in this regard—(KNO)

Bhat Yasir The body of a minor boy was recovered from the Moli Nag Behak forest area in Uri of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, hours after he was taken by a wild animal. Officials told The Kashmiriyat that on Thursday, a boy identified as Ali Hussain (7) son of Abbas Hussain was with the family in the forest area when a leopard attacked and vanished into the dense forest area along with the 7-year-old. The family raised a hue and cry but could not save him from the clutches of the beast. Later a police party also reached the spot and started massive searches along with the locals and family. During the searches, the body of the minor was found in the dense forest area. An official of the wildlife department confirming the incident said that the teams of wildlife and Poli...

Six days after a minor girl was killed by a leopard, a wild animal on Thursday picked up and took along a 7-year-old boy from Moli Nag Mehak forest area of Dhani Syedian Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district this evening. According to reports reaching GNS, the boy identified as Ali Hussain (7) son of Abass Hussain was with the family in the forest area when the the wild animal attacked him and vanished into dense forest area along with him. The family raised a hue and cry but could not save him from the clutches of the beast. Later a police party also reached the spot and started massive searches along with the locals and family. A police official confirmed the incident and told GNS that efforts are underway to find out the boy. He said that animal is suspected to be a leopard. (...

The Waqf Board has identified the land for the much-needed cancer hospital in Kashmir at Eidgah area of Srinagar with Chairperson Darkshan Andrabi saying that the foundation stone of the hospital is likely to be laid by Union Home Minister Amit Shah soon. Talking exclusively with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Andrabi said that the cancer hospital was set to come up near Hazrat Sultanul Arifeen (RA) shrine, but the Department of Archaeology didn’t allow the construction of a building there. However, she said that a huge chunk of Waqf land, which is near about 650 kanals in Eidgah is available. “The encroachment will be removed and 60-80 kanals of land will be kept for the cancer hospital so that the poor and needy people will get some respite,” she said, adding that it ...

Over 200 garbage lifting small-size trucks called ‘Hooper’ are lying untouched for the past six months in the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) owned yard near Aloochi Bagh area of uptown Srinagar. These trucks had been procured by SMC to lift the solid waste material from the interiors of Srinagar city, but due to the non-availability of drivers, these vehicles have not been used for the required services and are lying where they were parked six months ago. Insiders at SMC told news agency Kashmir News Trust that authorities are pressurizing the Ward Officers to identify those ‘Sweepers’ who can drive these vehicles so that they can be used to lift garbage from different wards of Srinagar city. Sources added that not a single ‘Sweeper’ has shown a willingness to drive these sm...