Month: April 2023

Weatherman on Sunday forecast mainly dry weather with possibility of “isolated thundery development" towards afternoon in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that mainly dry weather was expected till April 16 while generally cloudy sky with possibility of light rain was likely for three days thereafter. Regarding the temperature, the MeT official said that Srinagar recorded a low of 5.1°C against 4.7°C on the previous night and it was 1.8°C below normal for the summer capital. Qazigund, he said, recorded a low of 4.4°C against 3.5°C on the previous night and it was 1.3°C below normal for the gateway town of Kashmir. Pahalgam, he said, recorded a low of 0.5°C against minus 0.4°C on the previous night and it was 1.7°C below normal for t...

Danishwar Hameed  A man died while two others were injured in a road accident in Khur Batpora area in south Kashmir's Kulgam district. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that on Saturday evening a speedy vehicle rammed into a two wheeler in the Kulgam area causing injuries to three persons. They said that the injured were shifted to nearby hospital where two were referred to SKIMS Soura. “one of them identified as Mohammed Rafiq Malik son of Abdul Rashid Malik succumbed to his injuries on the way to the hospital," they said. Meanwhile officials identified the injured as  Bashir Ahmed Ganie, Mushtaq Ahmed Malik son of Ghulam Qadir Malik, all residents of Khur Batapora in Kulgam. Meanwhile, police have taken cognizance of the incident.

Suhail Dar Haji Bashir u Din, a prominent religious and social figure from South Kashmir passed away on Sunday morning. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, locals said that the deceased who was a resident of Akhran area in Kulgam breathed his last on Sunday morning at the Government Medical College in Anantnag district. Peer Bashir u Din is highly revered in south Kashmir for his religious and social services to the society and his passing away is being widely condoled by people across various social and political divides. The deceased was a maternal uncle of Anantnag based Kashmiri journalist, Mudasir Qadri who works for ETV urdu. The deceased was the father of Peer Shabir Ahmed, Peer Shahnawaz Ahmed, Peerzada Javaid Ahmed and Peerzada Arshid Hussain. Hundreds of people have ga...

The two persons believed to be running the prostitution racket in the Bagh e Mehtab area of Srinagar have been booked under the Public Safety Act, Police said. Last week, Jammu Kashmir Police busted a prostitution racket in the Srinagar area and arrested two women and four women which included two customers as well. Locals of the area appreciating the job of the Police demanded a stringent action against the accused and also sought punishment to the house owner. Days later, Jammu Kashmir Police arrested the house owner and booked him under the relevant sections of law. On Saturday, Mohammed Shafi Hajam and Arshid Bhat - the two kingpin of Bagh-e-Mehtab prostitution racket were booked under Public Safety Act.

The office of Jammu Kashmir Haj Committee shall remain open on 9th April, 2023 (Sunday) for Receipt /submission of Documents from the Haj Pilgrims. As such, all Provisionally Selected Pilgrims of Hajj – 2023 who want to submit their required documents are being informed through this release that the office shall remain open on the said date for the convenience of the pilgrims.(KNS)

There is a shortage of prescribed essential medicine for the treatment of drug victims in Srinagar city. Reliable sources said that drug victims either admitted at deaddiction centres or being taken care of by their families are finding it hard to get the prescribed medicine. Official sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that last month District Magistrate Srinagar Aijaz Asadh while presiding over a meeting stressed on ensuring the availability of medicines to drug-affected patients at authorized medical stores on proper prescription duly signed and sealed by the concerned Doctor. The health official present in the meeting admitted that there is non-availability of the prescribed essential medicine for treatment of drug victims at medical stores. A chemist candidly said ...

Meer Irfan An education officer allegedly assaulted a gatekeeper in a private school in the Zainapora area in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, a claim denied by officials. Talking to The Kashmiriyat, Bilal Ahmed, a gatekeeper said that on Saturday morning, he noticed an unknown vehicle with unknown people on board honking at the gate of the school. "I asked them to park their vehicle and come inside because my duty is to safeguard the gates of the school," Bilal said. "The person in the vehicle told me that he had come to visit the school and asked me to open the gate to which I said that that he should mind his behaviour," he added. The official got angry for some reason and slapped me three-four times and even broke my glasses, Bilal claimed. "What mistake had I committed...