Month: July 2023

J&K administration on Friday withdrew its 2013 order regarding payment of electricity charges by its employees residing in official quarters at Srinagar and Jammu at flat rates. “The Government Order No. 301-GAD of 2013, dated 20.02.2013, pertaining to the payment of electricity charges by Government employees residing in Government Quarters at Srinagar and Jammu at flat rates, is hereby withdrawn with immediate effect,” read the government order.

Srinagar, July 14: Police arrested four people for creating a ruckus and misbehaving with two foreign tourists in a hotel in Srinagar on Friday. The accused have been identified as Umer Mehraj Hakeem, Ashiq Ahmad, Ubaid Gulzar, a resident of Chattabal, and Ubaid Bilal Banday, of Karan Nagar, Srinagar, police said. The accused were creating a ruckus in a hotel in the posh Rajbagh area and allegedly misbehaving with the two foreign lady tourists. A case has been registered against the accused at Police Station Rajbagh. “4 youth were arrested for creating a ruckus in a hotel in Rajbagh and for misbehaving with two foreign tourists. FIR 34/2023 in relevant sections in Rajbagh PS”, Srinagar police tweeted.

With World Health Organization (WHO) declaring that artificial sweetener aspartame widely used in diet drinks could cause cancer, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday said it is a matter of serious concern. “Diet drinks have become routine part of people’s lives and the cancer link to these drinks is alarming,” said DAK President Dr Nisar ul Hasan. Dr Hassan said the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) which is the cancer research arm of WHO has linked sweetener aspartame to increased risk of liver cancer. The conclusion is based on three large human studies conducted in the US and Europe that examined artificially sweetened beverages. “The risk is particularly high in those who are taking excess of these soft drinks,” he said. The DAK President said co...

Jammu Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Friday said that earlier almost every year, Kashmir would witness routine bandh calls and that gone are days when school and colleges would remain closed in the Valley. He said that hartal calls are a thing of past and now 365 days of a year pass off peacefully with schools and colleges functioning normally every day. “Gone are the days when people would give hartal calls which resulted in closure of schools and colleges in Kashmir. Today, all 365 days of the year pass off peacefully with schools, colleges, universities functioning normally. Hartals is a thing of the past in the Valley where business of all sectors is flourishing and economy growing,” the LG said addressing a gathering of students at Amar Singh College Srinagar, as repo...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has announced a cash bounty of Rs 10 lakh on Kulgam-based TRF commander militant Basit Ahmed Dar. As per a report, The reward money has been announced in case 32/2021/NIA/DLI registered against Basit Ahmed Dar of Redwani Payeen, Kulgam in south Kashmir. "The identity of the informer who gets him arrested shall be kept a secret," NIA said. According to officials, Basit was the mastermind behind the spat of civilian killings in October. Basit, a resident of Redwani's Kulgam, who had been missing from his home since April last year joined The Resistance Front (TRF), a front organization of Lashkar-e-Taiba. According to security officials, Basit Ahmed Dar started his killing spree while taking orders from slain TRF commander, Abbas Sheikh. Af...

A Hurriyat member from Bandipora in north Kashmir was booked under the Public Safety Act. Police, on Friday said that one former militant and member of APHC namely Ameer Hamza Shah, a resident of Quilmuqam Bandipora was booked under PSA and lodged at District Jail Baramulla, for his continuous involvement in anti-National activities. https://twitter.com/bandiporapolice/status/1679778734440841216 In 2020, his wife passed away when he was booked under PSA and lodged at Kot Balwal jail in Jammu.

The woman from Rajouri district who allegedly married at least 27 men from Budgam has another victim, the latest from Rajouri. In a reptation of the same modus operandi, the Pulwama man identified as Mohammed Rafiq said he was married in the dark of the night on 16 November 2022 and six days later, the woman, Shaheena escaped from the man. Mohammed Ayoub Ahanger, he alleged, took 50,000 from the Pulwama man to get him married to the rajouri girl and another middleman from Rajouri took 1,50,00 from him. "Four days after the wedding, Shaheena told me that her father was sick, and she needed to go back to Rajouri. I left with her immediately to Rajouri where we stayed in the hotel. At the hostel, she said she will hand me over to the army," he claimed. The man tried to call the mi...

Farmers in Udhampur, Jammu Kashmir, are experiencing great joy as the prices of tomatoes skyrocket to an unprecedented high of Rs 150 per kilogram, bringing them substantial income and newfound optimism for the future. After facing numerous challenges for years, this unexpected surge in prices has provided a much-needed boost to the agricultural community in the region. Mohammad Aslam Bhat, a diligent farmer from Bain village in the Chenani block of Udhampur district, expressed his satisfaction with the exceptional profits of this season. Although a portion of his tomato fields suffered damage from unexpected rainfall, the remaining crop yielded excellent results, enabling him to earn significant earnings. He revealed that, after waiting for two decades, they finally earned Rs ...