Month: May 2023

The planned phased withdrawal of the Army from certain areas of the Jammu region has been shelved "indefinitely" in view of terror attacks being orchestrated from across the border, officials said in Srinagar. They said the government had planned to reduce the footprints of Rashtriya Rifles, a counter-insurgency force of the Army, in the Jammu region and hand over the security to the Jammu Kashmir Police and paramilitary forces. The Army has three Counter-Insurgent Forces (CIF) in the Jammu region — Delta Force (which looks after the Doda region), Romeo Force (looking after Rajouri and Poonch areas) and Uniform Force (looking after Udhampur and Banihal areas). Some units of the Army had planned to gradually hand over the security and law and order management to the local police and pa...

A minor girl died after she fell into a well in the Nikloora Litter area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday. An official told KNO that the girl identified as Fatima Jan (7) daughter of Fayaz Ahmad Dar of Nikloora fell into the well while playing near her residence on Wednesday. Soon after the incident she was rescued by her family members and shifted to a nearby hospital. She was declared dead on arrival at the hospital.

On May 15th, 2023, a significant event took place in Panchayat Halqa Mathi-Gawran Anatnag, where the first Gram Sabha on Community Forest Rights under the Forest Rights Act 2006 was organized. This event was assisted and facilitated by the J&K-Forest Rights Coalition and witnessed the participation of a large number of residents who came together to make history. During the Gram Sabha, a resolution was read and unanimously passed by the Forest Rights Committee, Panchayat, and Gram Sabha members. The resolution declared 1200 square kilometers of forest land, including Daksum forests, stretching from Gawran forests to Margontop gali, Simthan to Wardwaan forests as Community Forest. This means that the forest land will now be managed and governed by the local communities, who will u...

A Kashmiri Pandit girl, currently residing in Delhi, has made her mark in the film industry. Eleena, originally from Kokernag and belonging to a family that migrated to Jammu, has recently appeared in the film “The Kerala Story” as the character ‘Husna’. She has also played the role of ‘Roohi’ in a short film called ‘Idli Amma’ (2023), a biopic about M Kamalathal. Eleena is hopeful that ‘Idli Amma’ will achieve national recognition and win a prestigious National Award. Eleena attended the Institute of Home Economics (Delhi University) in New Delhi and pursued a bachelor’s degree in journalism. She took acting lessons from The Indian School of Acting in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, and is currently pursuing a Masters in Journalism and Mass Communication (2021-2023) from Indira Gandhi Nat...

A woman died after she was hit by a motorcyclist in Redwani Payeen area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday afternoon. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the accident took place near Redwani Payeen area of Qaimoh this afternoon when an unknown biker hit the woman identified as Hajera Banoo (45) wife of Khurshid Ahmad Khanday of Danav Bogund. He said that soon after the incident, the woman was shifted to PHC Qaimoh, however, she was declared dead on arrival. A case has being registered in this regard and further investigation has been started, the official said—(KNO)

Special Investigation Unit of Jammu and Kashmir Police conducted raids at three locations in Tral area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district in connection with militancy funding case. A senior police officer told GNS that this morning SIU team raided three places in Reshipore Tral in connection with militancy funding case with FIR No.10 of 2023 registered at Police Station Tral. There was no details regarding recovery or any arrests when this story was being filed.(GNS)