Month: October 2022

Shah Basit An seminary teacher allegedly assaulted a teenage student in the Kangan area of central Kashmir's Ganderbal district. A Police official told The Kashmiriyat that a teacher of a Darul Uloom in Kangan, Ganderbal hit a student on his eye after the latter was not wearing a Khan dress (Kurta Shalwar), the dress code of the Darul Uloom. The official further said that, On 10-10-2022 evening a written complaint was submitted by Mohammed Sadiq Chiche son of Abdul Rashid Chiche , a resident of Kangan Wuder to the effect that his minor son namely Bilal Ahmad Cheche has been allegedly beaten by a Molvi namely Reyaz Ahmad Khantana Son of Mohammed Yousuf, a resident of Wooder, Kangan in a local Darul Uloom for not wearing Khandress which is dress code in Darul uloom. The student...

Hurriyat leader, Mohammed Altaf Shah passed away weeks after he was detected with renal cancer in Delhi’s Tihar Jail. Family sources confirmed to The Kashmiriyat that the Hurriyat leader breathed his last during the intervening night. *Shah’s daughter Ruwa Shah confirmed the death through a tweet. “Abu (father) breathed his last at AIIMS, New Delhi,” his daughter Ruwa Shah tweeted. Earlier, his daughter had written a letter to the Prime Minister of India seeking his intervention in the deteriorating health of her father who has been languishing in the Tihar Jail in New Delhi since 2017. Seeking medical attention for her father, Ruwa Shah, a journalist by profession, who is also the granddaughter of deceased Hurriyat Leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani in her letter addressed to PM Mo...

Dengue cases in Jammu Kashmir are on the surge as over 2400 cases have been reported so far this year. A total of 9487 tests for Dengue have been conducted so far this year in J&K and out of which 2426 reported positive, Daily Excelsior reported. “Out of total 2426 cases, only 3 cases have been reported from the Kashmir region and that too of non-locals while 5 cases of locals were reported from other States/UTs,” the newspaper quoted the sources as having said. Giving district wise data, sources said that more than 80 percent cases of Dengue have been reported from Jammu district and a majority of the cases have been logged in urban areas, particularly Rehari, Sarwal, Paloura and Janipur. They said a total of 2092 cases have been reported from Jammu district, 81 from Samba...

As Chest Diseases hospital in Srinagar has switched over to online registration at OPD, patients on Monday alleged that they have to suffer a lot owing to the online registration and prescription system at the hospital. Reports reaching to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that scores of patients held a protest demonstration at CD hospital, stating that the online registration system was time-consuming and they had to wait in queues for hours together. “The hospital management has switched over to online registration at OPD and is providing OPD tickets in online mode and later prescription is also given online, which is very time-consuming. I am standing in the queue outside the registration counter since 9 am and still, I haven’t got any ticket. What should I do with ...

A minor boy was killed in a leopard attack in the Golipora Rajwara area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. An official told The Kashmiriyat that on Sunday, a boy aged 7 was playing outside his home when a man-eater wild animal attacked him and left him critically wounded in the nearby forest area. The boy later succumbed to his injuries, they said, while identifying the boy as Yasir Bashir son of Bashir Ahmed, a resident of Golipora Rajwar in Handwara.

Around ten thousand trucks, including 8820 laden with fruit have moved from Srinagar to Jammu through Jammu-Srinagar national highway from last 24 hours, officials said. A top traffic official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that in last 24 hours (down traffic movement), a total number of 10074 Heavy Motor Vehicles crossed Qazigund through Jammu-Srinagar national highway in which 8820 were fruit-laden trucks. He said amid inclement weather conditions, they managed to cross these vehicles day and night in 24 hours. “Over 10000 HMVs including 8820 fruit-laden trucks released through Navyug and Jawahar Tunnels during the past 24 hours. Chief Secretary compliments all functionaries and asks them to keep up the momentum,” Information & PR, J&K tweeted. Perti...

The Meteorological (MeT) department said on Monday that Jammu Kashmir will likely witness partly cloudy weather with light rain during the next 24 hours. The weather was partly cloudy during the last 24 hours. “Partly cloudy weather with light rain at isolated places is likely during the next 24 hours in J&K,” an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar had 11.8, Pahalgam 9.1 and Gulmarg 5.2 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature. Drass town in Ladakh region had 3.5 and Kargil 7.4 as the minimum temperature. Jammu had 19.8, Katra 16.2, Batote 11.9, Banihal 12.4 and Bhaderwah 12.2 as minimum temperatures. — (IANS)

Sheikh Nadeem Two militants have been killed during the ongoing encounter that broke out between militants and government forces in the Tangpawa area Kokernag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Earlier officials told The Kashmiriyat that on Sunday late evening 19 RR of the Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police and CRPF launched a joint launched a cordon and search operation in the Tangpawa area of Kokernag. During the cordon, the hiding militants fired upon the forces, triggering off a gunfight. During the exchange of gunfire, two unidentified militant were killed, they said Locals speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that a search operation is going on at the encounter site. Pertinently Tangpawa is the native of the slain Hizb commander Mohammed Ashraf Khan alias Ash Molvi who ...