Month: January 2023

Panic gripped a village in Jammu Kashmir's Rajouri district after a Village Defence Committee member opened fire, NDTV reported. The Village Defence Committee (VDC) member may have fired in panic and security forces rushed to Muradpur village after the firing incident, official sources say. The groups have been revamped and equipped with guns after recent terrorist attacks in Rajouri in which seven people were killed. Over 5,000 members of the VDCs have been given rifles and more are queuing up for arms in Rajouri district. There are around 28,000 VDCs in the Jammu region, as per the report. Sources say the firing by the VDC member at Muradpur appears to be an incident of security paranoia. They said the VDC gunman opened fire after a woman in his home observed some suspicious ...

Administration in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district has imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 against District President Food Employees Association for allegedly littering the public park in the district. The district administration has even threatened to declare the election of the newly elected body of the Food Employees Association null and void if it fails to pay the fine. An order issued by the office of Deputy Commissioner Budgam informs that Food Supplies Employees Association had sought permission to conduct an event at Behisht-e-Zehra (SA) Park adjacent to DC Office Budgam to meetout the prolonged issues of the department. The order reads that the organizers have not maintained sanitation of the park and raw material, eatables etc, were found around the venue which shows the irresp...

In a shocking incident, a man from south Kashmir has allegedly murdered his sister-in-law in Kadlabal Pampore. The Kashmiriyat reported on Sunday that late-night protests erupted in the Kadalbal Pampore area where locals alleged that the woman was murdered by her in-laws, demanding punishment for the culprits. ALSO READ: Here is what we know so far Pulwama woman’s alleged murder by in-laws, Timeline of cases reported in 2022 Rozi Jaan wife of Muzafar Ahmad Ganie resident of Kadlabal Pampore aged about 40 years was brought to SDH Pampore by family members (in-laws). Police in its statement said that the cause of her death Prima facie appeared to be suspicious, accordingly, Pampore police after completion of a medico-legal procedure initiated inquest proceedings under section 174 CrP...

Over 50 people have been detained by Jammu and Kashmir police in connection with the investigation of the recent attack in Dhangri village of Rajouri district, officials said here on Tuesday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the investigation of the attack is being carried out by the police with the assistance of several other investigation agencies and forces. He said over 50 people have been detained so far in connection with the investigation of the case. "More than fifty people from different parts of the district have been detained so far and their questioning is going on,” he said. He further said that some vital leads have been received by the investigation team during the questioning of these detained persons. Notably, 7 people lost their...

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is planning to provide weapon training to Village Defence Committee (VDC) guards in Jammu, government officials said on Monday. The aim is to make the VDC guards able to safeguard the villagers in case of any attack, officials privy to the development said. As per officials, the plan is in its initial stage as the modalities of the proposal are still under consideration. “From training schedule to variety of arms to be included during the training as well as the participants are among other points on which a detailed plan needed to be discussed.” A CRPF official, requesting anonymity as having said that the weapons training for the VDC guards will help them secure several families from any territory attack, as well as fill a sense of securit...

In six-years, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura has registered over 27,000 patients ailing from cancer disease. Besides, the institute has witnessed 1833 deaths due to different types of cancer. During this period, the institute has also issued 64,504 Out Patient Department (OPD) cards issued by the Department of Nephrology. The official figures of SKIMS accessed by the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reveals that from October 2016 to October 2022, the institute registered 27,727. The Public Information Officer (PIO) SKIMS in a reply to Right to Information (RTI) said, “Total number of OPD cards issued under the Nephrology Department from October 2016 to October-2022 are 64504 and cancer patients registered are 27727.” “From October 2016 to O...