Month: October 2022

A 24-year-old woman died due to a lightning strike in the Poonch district last night, police said on Wednesday. A police official said that lightning struck the woman, Saleema Kousar daughter of Mohammad Zaman, when she was on her way to give fodder to the cattle in a cowshed nearby her house at Balakote in Mendhar Poonch last night. Station House Officer Mendhar Niaz Ahmed confirmed it to GNS and said that a case has been registered in this regard. (GNS)

The Jammu Kashmir election officials on Tuesday created another political storm, this time in the Jammu region after they in order asked for the registration of non-local voters for the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu Kashmir. Deputy Commissioner of Jammu, Avani Lavasa issued an order that any person who has been living in Jammu for more than a year should be registered as a new voter. The official order, accessed by The Kashmiriyat stated, Whereas, Special Summary Revision, 2022 has been started in Union territory of the Jammu and Kashmir w.e.f. 15.09.2022, for registration of new voters, deletion, correction, and transposition of voters who have migrated, and died since the last Summary Revision. "Whereas, as per guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India, any of...

A non-local driver was killed after a heavy shooting stone hit a apple laden vehicle along Mughal road this afternoon, officials said. They told GNS that one Toffiq Ahmad son of Qurban Ali, resident of Sitapur Uttar Pradesh, died on spot after a truck bearing registration number UP32MN 1224 he was driving was hit by a heavy shooting stone near Panar bridge. The conductor accompanying however escaped unhurt in the incident, they said adding the vehicle was bound for Uttar Pradesh. SHO Surankote Rajveer Singh also confirmed the death of the person in the particular incident. DTI Mughal road Mohammad Aijaz Mirza has in the meantime informed that the movement of heavy vehicles on Mughal road has been suspended till further orders. (GNS)

Jailed leader Altaf Shah, the son-in-law of Hurriyat leder Syed Ali Shah Geelani passed away battling cancer while he was undergoing treatement at All India Institite of Medical Sciences. Under Detention since 2017 in a militant funding case, Altaf Ahmed Shah (Funtoosh) was recently detected with renal cancer after he was shifted to a Delhi hospital, however, as per the familt the doctors at the hospital recommended that the separtist leader be shifted to another hospital. "He was shifted back to Tihar Jail," his family said. Earlier, his daughter had written a letter to the Prime Minister of India seeking his intervention in the deteriorating health of her father. Seeking medical attention for her father, Ruwa Shah, a journalist by profession, who is also the granddaughter of dec...

Jammu and Kashmir admin on Tuesday accorded sanction to be the shifting of the CD hospital to GB Panth hospital after assessing functionality of all vital aspects. According to an order issued by Principal Medical College Srinagar, a copy of which lies with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), CD hospital shall be utilized as infectious disease hospital. "Consequent upon the shifting of GB Panth Hospital to newly constructed 500 bedded Children Hospital Bemina vide Govt. Order No. as mentioned in the reference above, sanction is hereby accorded to the shifting of entire CD Hospital to GB Panth Hospital Sonwar Srinagar after assessing the functionality of all vital aspects by Medical Superintendent Chest Disease Hospital and HOD Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine Chest Disea...

The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Anantnag, Dr. Basharat Qayoom today chaired the National Coordination Centre meeting at Dak Bungalow, here to review the actions taken against the drug menace by various departments, inter-departmental coordination and deliberate on the future course of action. The DC issued directions to the Drug Inspector to ensure that all chemists/ pharmacies in towns have CCTV surveillance. He said that proper records for purchase and sale of habit-forming drugs must be maintained and regularly checked. The meeting was informed that the department, acting tough against violators, has suspended the business license of 30 operators and cancelled the licenses of two operators. It was also informed that a total of 250 inspections have been conducted. Reviewing the act...

The People's Democratic party chair, Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday criticized the Central Government and said that political prisoners are left to suffer in jails. "Not only was Altaf Shah made to suffer, but his family is also being made to wait to receive his dead body so that they can perform his last rites. The family has been waiting since morning at AIIMS to get Altaf Shah's dead body," Mehbooba Mufti said. It is not about Altaf Shah only, Stan Swamy died in jail for the want of treatment. "Many Kashmiri political prisoners are suffering from multiple ailments, but nobody pays attention to their plight. The Government on the other hand not only frees crime convicts but also felicitates these criminals," she said. Meanwhile, All Parties Hurriyat Conference in a statement expresse...

Suhail Dar The inaugural match of the maiden cricket tournament Devsar Premier League was held today at Kulgam, under which players across south Kashmir as well as from local areas of the district participated with enthusiasm and zeal. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, the organizers said that the objective behind conducting this tournament is to harness the talent of players in sports activities and to provide them a platform for them to have a career in the sports sector. The tournament is being organized for the first time in the south Kashmir district ad 64 teams are participating in the mega-event, he said. Moreover, SSP Kulgam Dr. G. V. Sundeep Chakravarthy-IPS, DDC Member Reyaz Ahmed Bhat SDPO Devsar SHO Devsar and Apni Party leader, Asif Bhat were present at the inaugural ce...