Month: September 2022

Weather department on Friday forecast mainly dry weather in Kashmir division and isolated light rain and thunder in Jammu division in next 23 hours. A meteorological department official here told GNS that isolated to scattered light rain and thunders were expected during the subsequent two days. Regarding the minimum temperature, he said, Srinagar recorded a low of 13.7°C against 13.3°C on the previous night. The temperature was 0.9°C above normal for the summer capital during this time of the year, he said. Qazigund recorded a low of 15.0°C against 11.0°C on the previous night. The temperature was 4.5°C above normal there, he said. In Pahalgam, the mercury settled at 9.6°C against 7.8°C on the previous night and it was 3.4°C above normal for the south Kashmir resort, he said. ...

Inhabitants of Munawarabad road and its adjacent areas here have expressed resentment against the authorities for failing to repair the Munawarabad Chowk to Khayam Chowk road stretch, terming it to be a reason for immense hardships. Talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the locals said that it has been years together that the pivotal road stretch that leads to a known private hospital has been left on God’s mercy. “We are facing immense hardships as the road has developed massive potholes, causing huge inconvenience to the commuters, especially those who visit the hospital on a regular basis,” Fayaz Ahmad, a local resident told KNO. He said that the concerned authorities seem least concerned over the sufferings of local populace here as the macadamization of the ...

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 ...