Month: January 2023

An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale jolted Jammu Kashmir at 11:12 pm on Sunday. The earthquake struck at 11:12 PM at a depth of 10 km from the surface. Its coordinates are latitude 33.54 degrees and longitude 76.24 degrees, the officials said. However, there were no immediate reports of any loss of life or damage to property due to the earthquake. This is the second earthquake to have hit the region in last four days. On January 05, An earthquake hit Jammu Kashmir earlier with its epicenter in the Hindukush region of Afghanistan. After back to back quakes last year with minor depth, Some local earth scientists had cautioned that these small tremors could be the precursor of a major seismic event in the offing. Others have said that these were beneficial because ...

A public convenience in Sopore that opened a few months ago has been closed in the face of water scarcity. Residents told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) toilets have been locked for the last eight days as it lacks water facility. The most affected are women and children as there is no toilet facility in the town. Director ULB Kashmir, Mathoora Masoom told KNO that she is not aware of the issue and will look into it. She assured me the issue will be resolved at the earliest. An official at Jal Shakti department Sopore told KNO that the washroom block is without a proper agreement for water connection. "We had provided them with a water facility on a temporary basis on their request for an inaugural ceremony,” the official said. Municipal Committee President Masara...

After the announcement of the formation of the High Powered Committee by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Apex Body Leh and Kargil Democratic Alliance convened an emergency meeting of at Jammu today. The meeting was aimed to discuss the recent announcement by the Home Ministry about the formation of the High-Powered Committee to resolve the outstanding issues of the Union Territory of Ladakh and to take a decision about the participation in the subsequent meetings to be held, read a press release issued after the meeting. Members of both the APEX Body and the KDA participated in the meeting and unanimously decided not to accept the formation of the High-Powered Committee and attend any meeting conducted under the aegis of the Committee as the said Committee has not been mandated to disc...

Former Indian Police Officer (IPS) Basant Rath has said he will join the Bharatiya Janta Party before the next Parliamentary elections. In a Tweet, Rath, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said he will work and stay in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. He also said he won’t go back to Odisha. “I'll join BJP before the next Parliamentary elections. I'll stay and work in J and K and Ladakh. No question of going back to Odisha,” he said—(KNO)