Month: December 2022

Amid cold cover and the possibility of isolated snowfall over upper reaches, there was a slight respite from intense cold conditions in Kashmir Valley on Monday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar recorded a low of minus 3.5°C against the previous night’s minus 5.8°C which was the coldest recorded minimum temperature so far during this season. Today’s temperature was 1.5°C below normal for the summer capital, the official said. Qazigund recorded a low of minus 4.2°C against minus 5.0°C on the previous night. The temperature was 2.2°C below normal as well as the season’s coldest for the gateway town of Kashmir, he said. Pahalgam, he said, recorded a low of minus 5.7°C against minus 7.0°C on the previous night which was the coldest night this season in th...

A pregnant lady lost her life due to non-availability of road connectivity in Mujpathri area of South Kashmir's Shopian district on Sunday, locals alleged. The residents of Chadak Mohalla Mujpathri told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a lady identified as Zoitina Banoo, wife of Mohammed Hussain of Chadak Mohalla Mujpathri in Shopian had labour pain and they were not able to take her to the hospital on time due to non-availability of road connectivity. They said that they took her in a cot for around two kilometres and she gave birth to baby on the cot but died on way to hospital. They said that had there been the road connectivity, they could have taken her to the hospital on time. Soon after the incident, they staged a protest and claimed that this is the thir...

The Jammu Kashmir Police on Sunday said that a civilian was unhurt after militants fired upon him in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. In a handout to GNS, the police said that police in Shopian received an information about a militant crime incident at Heerpora area of Shopian. Senior police officers reached at the militant crime spot to ascertain the facts. The spokesperson further stated that preliminary investigation revealed that militant had fired upon a civilian namely Waseem Ahmad Wani son of Mohammad Amin resident of Heerpora at Main Bazar Heerpora area of Shopian. However, the militants missed the intended target and he escaped unhurt. In this militant incident, the bullets hit the nearby parked vehicle (swift) bearing registration number JK22A-4422. Regarding the ...

Union Secretary of Power, Alok Kumar, Saturday chaired the 16th meeting of the Monitoring Committee of Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS). Joint Secretary (UT), Ministry of Home Affairs; Chairperson CEA; Principal Advisor Energy, NITI Aayog; CMDS of REC/PFC/PGCIL from central government and Principal Secretary PDD, H.Rajesh Prasad; Managing Director KPDCL, Yasin M Choudhary besides Managing Director JPDCL, Shiv Anant Tayal from JK UT attended the meeting. Union Secretary had detailed review and discussion on salient features of RDSS and was apprised of progress on the RDSS scheme implementation by KPDCL. He discussed and took stock of an action plan for reduction of AT&C losses to 12-15 per cent by 2024-25 and reduction of ACS-ARR gap to zero by 2024-25. Union Secretar...

Security forces in the Kashmir region have been largely successful in reducing the number of militants while the remaining ones are facing an ammunition shortage, a top army official said here Sunday. The army official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the security forces have stepped up anti-militancy operations and have set a target to bring down the number of active militants in Kashmir further and the forces have been very successful in it. He also said that the Indian Army is vigilant and won't allow any infiltration into Kashmir. He also said that Pakistan is pulling the militants from across the LoC in a bid to disturb the communal harmony in the valley, short guns are being sent here by Pakistan just to target the civilians but "we will never let that happ...

Three of a family from Maharashtra were injured in an accident that took place on the SSG road near Hung Park Sonamarg in this central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Sunday. An official told the Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a Tavera vehicle bearing registration number JK01X 4504 coming from Sonamarg towards Srinagar skidded off the road due to over-speeding and fell down into a gorge resulting in injuries to three persons. He identified the injured as namely Ajit Shrikant Patil his wife Smita and daughter Aayoshi, all residents of Pune, Maharashtra. They were taken shifted to Public Health Centre (PHC) Kullan Gund where from they were referred to Sub District Hospital (SDH) Kangan for further treatment, the official said. Meanwhile, police have taken cognizance of the inci...

Tarun Chug, BJP's top leader said the Jammu Kashmir will go for assembly elections somewhere between April and May 2023. BJP's in-charge for Jammu Kashmir while addressing a party meeting in Jammu asked the party members to get proactive, talk to people and inform them about the achievements. “We have only two-and-a-half months left,” Chug told BJP workers. The BJP plans to fly top leaders including the president of the party, the prime minister, and the home minister to Jammu Kashmir in the next three months. Jammu Kashmir has had no assembly since BJP withdrew support from its coalition partner PDP in June 2018.