Month: October 2022

An assistant professor from the Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) has been awarded the Young Scientist and Technologist award by the Government of India. Dr Hilal A Makroo who is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Food Technology in IUST Kashmir will receive the award from the Government of India's Department of Science and Technology. His research on "Ohmic heating based new aseptic and continuous processing of viscous food products for shelf-life enhancement" has been given the award under the heading "Socio-economic Development and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)" Dr. Makroo's research team is on finding new uses for minor fruits and vegetables, byproducts, and food waste.

An Indian army trooper who was injured in an encounter between militants and security forces in Wanseeran Taripora area in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district succumbed to injuries on Thursday. Official sources told The Kashmiriyat that on Wednesday joint team of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation following specific information about the presence of militants in the area. They said that militants fired upon forces which was retaliated, triggering an encounter during which one Army trooper was wounded. He was shifted to Army's 92 base hospital in Srinagar for treatment. The trooper identified as Kulbushan Manta has succumbed to injuries, they said. Earlier the ADGP Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said He added that brief exchange of fire, se...

One militant has been killed during the encounter between militants and Government forces in Asthan Marg in Kausarnag area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam dstrict. Official sources told The Kashmiriyat that on Thursday joint team of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in the area following specific information about the presence of militants in the area. They said that militants fired upon forces which was retaliated, triggering an encounter during which one militant was killed.

Explosive material packed in two boxes was recovered in a taxi stand at Jammu Railway station on Thursday. An official told news wire Kashmir News Apex-(KAN) that We have recovered a bag near the taxi stand at Jammu Railway Station. He said that explosive materials packed in 2 boxes were found in the bag. He added that 18 detonators and some wires were recovered and a round 500gm of wax-type material was packed in the box. Materials have been seized and an investigation has been taken up. (KNA)

245 people lost their lives and over 30,000 were injured in the man-animal conflict across JK since 2006, reveals official data on Tuesday. Official data accessed by the Kashmir News Service (KNS) reveals that from 2006 to 2022, 245 people lost their lives, and 30,000 received injuries in animal attacks. The number of deaths has particularly gone up between 2011 and 2020. In 2018, eight persons were mauled to death, while it was 11 the following year. In June this year, three minors were killed in a leopard attack in different areas of Uri while in September two more minors fell prey. Similarly in northern Kashmir's Handwara tehsil two minors were killed in a leopard attack in different areas Till 2005, reports of man-animal conflict would rarely pour in. But over the past 15 year...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh while castigating the Pakistan government for “resorting to torture and harassment” of people of Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK), Thursday said that India is committed to implementing the 1994 resolution passed in the Parliament about retrieving the part of Kashmir “under illegal occupation of Pakistan.” Addressing the Infantry Day function in Srinagar, Singh, as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that India feels the pain of every citizen of PoK where torture and harassment are regular features. “Pakistan government is sowing the seeds of hatred in PaK and time is not far when people will resort to mass rebellion there,” Singh said. He said India is committed to implementing the resolution passed in the Parliament about retrieving Kas...

The Jammu Kashmir Government has asked PDP president and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to vacate her Fairview residence by or before November 15, saying the reply furnished by her in response to the eviction notice served to her on October 15 doesn’t justify retaining of the accommodation. The Jammu Kashmir’s Estates Department has asked Mehbooba Mufti and other occupants of the Fairview residence to vacate the accommodation by or before November 15. “Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred under sub-section (1) of section 5 of The Jammu Kashmir Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1988, I, hereby, order that Ms. Mehbooba Mufti, ex-chief minister and all persons who may be in occupation of scheduled premises or any part thereof to vacate the sc...

Amid news reports of his participation in electoral politics, separatist leader and Chairman of Peoples Independent Movement Bilal Gani Lone on Wednesday said that “he won’t comment on something which I have not done.” Talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Bilal, who heads JKPIM, said that he won’t comment on something which he has not done. “You should better talk to the news agency which published the news. I don’t know where from they got this news,” Lone said. A news agency on Tuesday reported that Bilal Lone is likely to join electoral politics. Bilal joined politics in 2002 after assassination of his father Abdul Gani Lone at Eidgah Srinagar. Bilal's JKPIM is part of Hurriyat led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. In 2018, Bilal had said in an interview that he wil...