Month: December 2022

State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Saturday said that Rs 29 Lakh cash was recovered by it during raids at multiple locations in Kashmir Valley in connection with alleged militant funding case. “Continuing to rein in the networks of (militant) outfits with a purpose of destroying its ecosystems completely, State Investigation Agency, Kashmir conducted searches at multiple locations across Kashmir valley,” SIA said in a statement to GNS. It said houses and premises of suspects in Kupwara, Baramulla, Bandipora, Srinagar and Budgam were searched in compliance to search warrant obtained from the Court of Special Judge, Designated under NIA Act (TADA/POTA) Srinagar in connection with investigation of case (FIR No. 20/2022) u/s 13, 17, 18, 39, 40 UA (P) Act, 120-B IPC registered in Police Sta...

Deputy commissioner Baramulla, Syed Sehrish Asgar on Saturday directed officers to ensure if the committees framed for harassment cases were working properly and bring the same into her notice. The directions came in the backdrop of sexual harassment allegations against a professor by a girl student at Sher-i-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Kashmir (SKUAST), Wadura campus in Sopore. Sehrish Asgar, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) made the comments at a function in Sopore on Saturday and stated every woman has right to speak against injustice, particularly against harassment to them at institutional levels. She also said whoever is facing such kinds of harassment may approach the institution and in case they are reluctant they may approa...

Majority of the patients visiting psychiatric hospitals in Srinagar are youngsters including children and women, Head of the Department (HOD), Psychiatry, Government Medical College Srinagar, Dr Muhammad Maqbool Dar said on Friday. In an exclusive chat with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the prominent psychiatrist, said that the psychiatric problems increase with the development, unemployment, educational pressure, nuclear families and others. “At a time when I started my career in around 1989, only 20-30 patients would visit the hospital for checkup and most of them were mentally challenged. The situation has changed as nearly 200 patients visit the hospital for checkup every day and most of them are youngsters including the children,” he said. “The mental health aw...

Kashmir University (KU), vice-chancellor, Dr Nilofar Khan Saturday said they will announce winter vacations for a short time and as per the need. Talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), on the sidelines of an event, she said the mechanism of working and functioning of Universities is different from the schools. “We cannot keep it at par with the mechanisms or system of school level. Keeping in view the availability of infrastructure and as per our need, we will announce winter vacations for a short period,” she said. She added, however, the examination already slated by the varsity will be conducted on time and wherever required, teaching faculty will also continue the academics. On being asked about measures taken by the university regarding the recent sexual h...

State Investigation Agency (SIA) with the help of the Police is conducting raids at 12 locations in Kashmir in connection with an already registered case. Reports reaching Srinagar-based news agency Kashmir Dot Com said that the sleuths of the investigating agency with the assistance of the local police and the CRPF carried out raids in the summer capital Srinagar, Bandipora, Budgam, Kupwara and other districts of the valley. Searches are being carried out at the residences of Mohammad Ashraf (Hurriyat Activist) at Barzulla in Srinagar and Mushtaq Ahmad Wani son of Abdul Ahad Wani, a resident of Nadirgund PeerBagh. The residential house of Mohammad Sayeed Bhat son of Abdul Jabbar Bhat, a resident of Dard Harie Kralpora Kupwara is also being searched by the investigation agency. Th...

The Jammu Kashmir administration on Friday approved regulations for the functioning of agricultural markets across Jammu Kashmir. The Jammu and Kashmir Agriculture Produce and Market Committee (APMC) Act ceased to exist after the operation of the J-K State Reorganization Act- 2019 with the carving out of Jammu Kashmir. In an official handout, the JK admin said, The administrative council (AC), which met here under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved regulations for the functioning of agriculture markets across Jammu and Kashmir’, an official spokesman said. This Board will manage and regulate the established mandis in J&K and will remove the operational difficulties faced due to non-existing statutory mechanisms as of date, he said. The board ...

Amid slight improvement in night temperature, the weatherman here has predicted light snowfall in plains of Kashmir on December 09 and 10. Officials in the Meteorological department told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the weather conditions would remain dry till December 08. However, they said that as per the forecast, there is a possibility of light snow over plains and lower reaches, light to moderate snow over middle and higher reaches during 9th December (evening) to 10th December (evening) particularly over north, northwestern, central parts of Kashmir & South Kashmir. Amid the dry weather, the night temperature at most stations of the Valley settled below freezing point. In Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, the mercury settled at min...

A 35-year-old woman was charred to death in an overnight blaze at Taki Shah village of Bandipora district in northern Kashmir, officials said here on Saturday. They told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the woman identified as Naseema Begum wife of Fayaz Ahmad Khan, a resident of Taki Shah village was charred to death in an overnight fire that the fire broke out in her house and she got trapped in the fire and couldn't be rescued. The structure along with household items was completely gutted in the blaze, they said. A police official while confirming the incident said that the cause of fire is being ascertained but apparently seems to have been caused by electric short circuit—(KNO)