Month: September 2023

The School Education Department’s (SED) mobile application launched with an aim to get students feedback from students of Class 6th to 12th has failed to achieve the target—with the department directing the concerned authorities to ensure registration of students for their feedbacks via JK Samiksha mobile app. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Deputy Secretary to the Government, School Education Department has written to the Director School Education Kashmir/Jammu, Chief Education Officers, asking them to ensure that all the registered students submit their feedback on the mobile application. “As per the decision of the Government, School Education Department has developed JK Samiksha SED app for obtaining the feedback from students of class 6th to 12th on mon...

The body of a militant has been located and searches are underway in the area to retrieve the body of the militant, Police said. Official sources told The Kashmiriyat that the body of Army personnel Pradeep who had been missing since the first day of the encounter was recovered on Monday. The body of a militant that was found on Monday has been found to be that of Uzair Khan, of Kokernag who belongs to the Lashkar e Taiba militant outfit. On Tuesday, the search operation in Kokernag of Anantnag, continued for the seventh consecutive day. The Additional Director General of Police along with top officials of Indian Army visited the longest anti- militancy operation since 1995. Addressing the press conference, ADGP Vijay Kumar said that one militant who has been killed has been ident...

Power Development Department (PDD) employees on Monday held a strong protest in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, highlighting various issues faced by them. The protesting employees demanded timely salaries and speedy work on pending files with the government. They also urged the administration to look into the issue of daily wagers. As per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the wives of some of the employees who had lost their lives in the line of duty, also joined the protest. They raised slogans in favour of their demands outside the PDD office. The protesters said their families are suffering due to the “inaction” of the authorities. “We don’t receive salaries on time. Despite working on the ground regularly, all of us are made to suffer. Even after assurances, nothi...

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Monday laid the foundation stone of much-awaited 125-bedded District Hospital Complex at a cost of Rs 49.32 crore at Reshipora, Budgam. In his address, the Lt Governor congratulated the people of Budgam on the occasion. Today is a historic day for all of us in terms of development. The 125-bedded Hospital will fulfill the long pending demand and dream of the people of having all the health facilities under one roof, he said. “People’s health is the top priority of administration and this project is a testimony to our commitment to bring better health facilities to small towns, strengthening public health service delivery, minimizing inconvenience and referrals to Tertiary health care centres in Srinagar,” the Lt Governor said. The Lt Governor highli...

Suhail Dar In a shocking incident, a groom skipped his wedding in the Kandizal area of Awantipora in south Kashmir's Pulwama district. Expressing deep shock, locals who spoke to The Kashmiriyat said that Mohammed Shaban, a local who is father to seven daughter had got one of his daughters married to one Fayaz Ahmed, however, Fayaz did not come to Shaba 's home on the marriage day with Barat to get his wife. They said that the Nikah of the duo had been performed four years ago and they had prepared for the reception of the groom, however, he did not even inform Shaban's family. "The whole village was waiting for the groom and it got late in the night, but the groom did not come. We tried calling them constantly, but they did not receive the call. We had prepared everything inclu...

The body of an army personnel has been found in the Gadol forests in the Kokernag area of south Kashmir's Anantnag district, taking the death toll of government force personnel to five. Official sources told The Kashmiriyat that on Monday the body of Army personnel Pradeep, who had been missing since the first day of the encounter has been recovered and is currently being transported back. On Monday, the encounter in Kokernag of Anantnag, continued for the sixth consecutive day. At 7 A.M, a search operation was started in the mountains in Kokernag of Anantnag, for the sixth consecutive day on Monday. Reports suggest that this is the longest running anti- militancy operation since 1995. On September 13, Indian Army's Colonel Manpreet Singh, Major Ashish, Rifleman Ravi Kumar a...