Month: January 2023

On Thursday, a 21-year-old girl allegedly hanged self to death in the Trikolbal village of Pattan in north Kashmir's Baramulla district. An official told the Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the girl hanged herself to death at her residence in Trikolbal village. He said she was rushed to Pattan hospital where doctors declared her dead on arrival. Meanwhile, police have taken cognizance of the incident and started further investigations. Notably, this is the second incident in the district in the last 24 hours. On Wednesday, a 27-year-old youth hanged self to death in Hib Dangerpora village in Sopore—(KNO)

With continuous dip in temperatures to sub-zero levels in Kashmir valley, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Wednesday said chilly weather puts people at greater risk of high blood pressure. In a statement, issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), DAK president Dr Nisar ul Hassan said falling temperatures in winter cause hike in blood pressure which increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes, two leading causes of death and disability in the valley. He said high blood pressure; also called hypertension, is harder to control in winter. “Even healthy people aren’t off the hook. They tend to have high blood pressure in winter.” “When winter arrives and temperatures drop, there is one place where the mercury rises, that is in the blood pressure gauges,” he said. ...

A filtration plant constructed by the Public Health Engineering department in the Chanchmarg Shadab Karewa area of Shopian has been abandoned due to unknown reasons forcing people to drink contaminated water. The residents told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that in order to provide drinking water to the local population, work on the filtration plant was started and once it reached near completion, the authorities abandoned the project. They said that since then the plant has become a dumping site for garbage with heaps of plastic waste. Irshad Ahmad, a local questioned abandoning the project saying taxpayers' money was wasted. Locals said that in absence of a filtration plant, they are getting contaminated water due to which water broke diseases can break out any...

The University of Kashmir clarified on Wednesday that due process has been followed in evaluation of answer-scripts and assured that claims of students regarding the evaluation carried out in some subjects are being addressed on merit. Reacting to claims by some UG 6th semester students alleging unfair evaluation in papers like Chemistry and English, the Controller of Examinations Dr Majid Zaman said these claims will be examined under rules and addressed on merits. “In order to fully satisfy the aggrieved examinees, we have ordered a review of the evaluation in the case of Chemistry and English subjects. Further course of action will be taken after the expert report is received,” Dr Majid said. The evaluation is undertaken following due process in all respects, including selection ...