Month: November 2022

The Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Mayor Junaid Azim Mattu has now alleged that illegal appointments were made in the department by the National Conference (NC) leaders. The SMC Mayor has alleged that illegal appointments were made and facilitated in the Left River Works Division of Srinagar Municipal Corporation. "Fake appointees (including the cousin of a senior NC leader and also the wife of an NC leader who is also a current elected representative) being identified. Three current elected representatives, all belonging to JKNC, and at least two SMC employees involved in the scam prima facie." Junaid Azam tweeted. (KNA)

Police on Thursday urged media houses not to discuss names of the journalists during their debate regarding online anonymous threat to them. "It has been noticed by our social media cell that many news portals are irresponsibly discussing names of media persons in their debates regarding the online anonymous threat to them," Srinagar police said in a statement to GNS. A case under relevant sections has been already registered in Shergari police station about this threat, the police said. "Media houses are requested not to fall for sensationalism in discussing names of victims in reporting and also to behave responsibly and not endanger the safety and security of their fellow journalists," the police added.(GNS)

Amid forecast for mainly dry weather during next 24 hours and light rain and snowfall on weekend, mercury recorded a drop in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar recorded a low of 1.2°C against 2.4°C on the previous night. The temperature was 0.6°C above normal for the summer capital during this time of the year, he said. Qazigund recorded a low of 3.6°C against 4.7°C on the previous night. The temperature was 2.8°C above normal for the gateway town of Kashmir, he said. In Pahalgam, the mercury settled at minus 3.4°C against minus 2.4°C on the previous night and it was 1.4°C below normal for the south Kashmir resort, he said. Kokernag recorded a low of 3.1°C against 3.2°C on the previous night and it was 1.5°C above nor...

Authorities on Thursday reopened the historic Mughal road, connecting the twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri with Shopian, for traffic. The vehicles were permitted to move after snow clearance work was completed on the thoroughfare, officials said. The road had been closed for past nearly four days after fresh snowfall around Pir Ki Gali. DySP Traffic Rajouri-Poonch Range, Aftab Bukhari confirmed to GNS the opening of the road for traffic. (GNS)

A massive protest erupted in Drass Sub-Division of Kargil on Thursday against the absence of any fire station. Notably, ‘Qadeem Hanfia Jamia Masjid’ was gutted in a fire incident yesterday late evening. Locals alleged that the fire could have been doused in time if there would have been any fire station in the Sub-Division Drass. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a large population of Drass hit to the road on Thursday morning and demanded that a fire station should be established in the area. The protesters alleged that authorities didn’t learn any lesson from the past fire incidents and ignored the repeated requests of people. In order to pacify the protesters, Deputy Commissioner Kargil Santosh Sukhdev along with SP Kargil Inayit Ali reached the spot. The Deput...

The admin on Wednesday ruled out the allegations of ‘plastic rice’ being supplied to the people and said that some vitamins and iron are being added to the rice to ensure that consumers will get iron-deficient rice. Talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Director of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) Kashmir Abdul Salam Mir, said that for the last three years, some districts are being supplied rice in which folic acid, Vitamin B12, and iron is being added. “Adding one percent of folic acid, Vitamin B12, and iron is aimed at ensuring that the rice being supplied to the people is iron-deficient,” he said. He further added that there is no need to panic as the admin is not supplying ‘plastic rice’ to consumers. “We have already started awareness i...

Amid the complaints of pesky power cuts across Kashmir, the government has increased the monthly tariff by 8-12 per cent to the consumers across Jammu Kashmir while the people have expressed resentment against the move, appealing to the authorities to revisit the decision. The consumers received bills as per hiked tarrif, barely two days after the KPDCL announced fresh curtailment schedule for Kashmir—four and-a-half hours cut in metered areas and 8 hours power cut in non-metered areas. The consumers from different areas across the Valley told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the monthly tariff of electricity has been increased by the Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL), saying that from around 700 rupees per month, they have been served the bill of...

A Jamia Masjid was completely gutted in a devastating fire incident in Drass area of Kargil on late Wednesday evening. Local sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that fire broke out in the Masjid and in absence of any fire dousing mechanism, the Masjid got completely damaged. “Qadeem Hanfia Masjid was completely gutted in a fire incident,” confirmed a police officer. Chairman/Chief Executive Councillor (CEC) Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Kargil, Feroz Ahmed Khan while expressing anguish over the damage to the Masjid said that the fire and emergency department of Ladakh has failed to protect the properties of people in fire incidents. Despite of liberal funding, the department could not provide fire engine service at sub-divisional level. “I request LG Manoj ...