Month: May 2023

Shabir Ali Thousands of fish have been found dead in the Dal Lake in Srinagar causing panic among the local residents. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that thousands of fish are floating on the surface of the world-famous Dal Lake around the Nehru Park area. The fish have been floating for the past two days which has created a foul odor in the entire area, Arshid Hussain, a local said. “The dead fish are floating on the surface of the water inside at several places including Nehru Park, Ghat 18, Centaur Hotel, Foreshore Road”, he said. Various teams of the Fisheries Department, LCMA have visited the spot and are investigating the causes behind the death of the fish. "Initial investigation has revealed that stratification, the change in the temperature profile with increasing ...

Suhail Dar The body of a 25-year-old was recovered in south Kashmir's Anantnag town on Friday morning. An official told The Kashmiriyat that locals spotted a dead body lying in the Wazirbagh area after which they informed the local police. A police team reached to the spot and took the body into its possession, he said. The Police identified the deceased as Irshad Ahmad Allaie son of Ghulam Nabi Allaie, who is resident of Shaksaz Mohalla in Kadipora area of  Anantnag town. The Police have registered a case in this regard for further investigations.

After two and half months, The Jammu Kashmir Police on Thursday submitted a challan in brutal rape and murder case of a lady in the Soibugh area in central Kashmir's Budgam district. A Police spokesperson said that the deceased lady was reported missing on 8th March 2023 and a missing report was lodged in the police post-Soibug. It was later discovered during the search that she had been murdered and her body dismembered. "During the investigation, police arrested Shabir Ahmad Wani of Mohanpora Budgam for his involvement in the crime and a case *FIR No 53/23 U/S 302 IPC was lodged in Police Station Budgam. It was further revealed that the victim had been raped before being murdered and dismembered. This led to the addition of the rape charge under section 376 of the IPC," he said. ...

An intense hailstorm has wrecked havoc in some areas of north Kashmir's Baramulla and Kupwara districts. Affected locals told The Kashmiriyat that an intense hail storm on Thursaday caused immense damage to fields in the Tawheed Gunj, Wagoora, and Tilgam areas of the Baramulla district. They said that the hailstorm continued for nearly ten minutes and caused damage to paddy fields, maize crops, apple trees, and almond orchards in the twin districts. "We are mostly dependent on these crops for our livelihood and constant hailstorms have damaged our crops," they said. They appealed to the administration to compensate for their losses.

The authorities on Thursday said that the eagerly anticipated results of the 10th and 12th standard annual regular exams in the Kashmir division are nearing completion and are scheduled to be declared within the coming month. A top official told the Kashmir News Service (KNS) the results are currently being prepared and are in the final stages. However, it is important to note that this is a dynamic process, and we will continue to update and make necessary adjustments until the last moment, the official said. The official also expressed confidence that the results will be announced within the upcoming month.(KNS).