Month: January 2023

Srinagar Municipal Corporation Commissioner Athar Amir Khan on Friday said that around 80 percent work has been completed on dog sterilisation facility in Tengpora area of Srinagar. Talking to reporters here, Khan, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said the Corporation was working hard to control dog population in the City and for that several initiatives have been taken. He said they have constructed two more dog sterilisation facilities, one is at Tengpora, which is 80 percent complete and another is at Chatarhama. “We are trying to build more capacity of sterilisation facilities to control dog birth and we are also working with some NGOs in this regard so that dog population is controlled in the city,” he said. He said they are also trying to reduce and remo...

The Home Department of Jammu Kashmir has made 15 transfers in Jammu Kashmir Police after which the former SSP Baramulla Rayees Ahmed Bhat has been posted at the DIG of south Kashmir. In an official communique, the Home Department has ordered transfers and postings of Police officers. The Government Order No. 09-Home of 2023, dated: 06.01.2023, accessed by The Kashmiriyat said that Un the interest of administration, the following transfers and postings are hereby ordered, with immediate effect:- 1. Shri Garib Dass, IPS (AGMUT: 1997), Commissioner Civil Military Liaison, holding additional charge of Director SKPA, is transferred and posted as Director SKPA, Udhampur, against an available vacancy. 2. Shri Vivek Gupta, IPS (AGMUT: 2007), DIG Traffic, Jammu, holding additional Charg...

After the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly in Jammu Kashmir 107 political leaders have either vacated or evicted from the government quarters. This information was shared by the Estates Department in response to an application filed under the Right to Information Act by senior Advocate Sheikh Shakeel Ahmed. The Estates Department has revealed that pursuant to the judgment dated 18 February 2021 passed by the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in WF2No:24/2020 necessary actions were Initiated. However, it Is worth mentioning that after the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly all the Ex-Ministers and Political leaders who were occupying Government accommodations were requested to vacate the Government accommodation. Most of them vacated voluntarily and eviction proce...

With two back-to-back Western Disturbances “mostly likely” affecting Jammu and Kashmir from January 7 evening, meteorological department on Friday forecast light to moderate snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir for nearly seven days from Saturday onwards. “Two back to back Western Disturbances (are) most likely to affect J&K and adjoining from 7th January (evening),” a meteorological department official here told GNS, adding, “Under The influence of the 1st WD 7th (evening) to 9th January(afternoon), weather is likely to be cloudy with possibility of light snow over higher reaches during 7th night and light rain/snow over plains of J&K and light to moderate snow in middle and higher reaches during January 8th/9th.” From January 9th (afternoon) to 11th January (afternoon), he said, weat...

The Enforcement Wing of Agriculture Department has seized around 180 quintals of non-permissible fertiliser in south Kashmir's Kulgam district. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that after 19 hours of searches by the enforcement wing the accused was caught along with truck at Laroo Bypass in Kulgam. He said the truck was moving from Gujrat to Kulgam in a suspicious manner. “From Qazigund tunnel we followed the truck and after 19 hours the driver was arrested and vehicle was also seized. He said 180 quintals of non-permissible fertiliser in 900 packed bags was also seized. “The enforcement wing is to ensure quality fertilisers, pesticides are made available to the farming community through proper sale outlets at the right time,” he said—(KNO)

The Ministry of Home Affairs' (MHA) decision to declare 'The Resistance Front' (TRF) as a "terrorist" organisation will be followed by a crackdown planned by the government to wipe out the outfit and its cadre responsible for issuing threat lists, reported IANS. The Resistance Front is is an offshoot of the Laskar-e-Taiba (LeT), based in Pakistan. The MHA, in a notification, has also declared Mohammad Amin alias Abu Khubaib of LeT, who belongs to Jammu Kashmir (J&K), as an 'individual terrorist'. Mohammad Amin alias Abu Khubaib is believed to operate from Afghanistan and is organising militant activities in the Jammu region. Accoding to the MHA, TRF has been recruiting youth into militancy through online media for furtherance of militant groups' activities in Jammu and Kash...