Month: September 2023

The District Hospital Pulwama catering to around 300 villages is grappling with a severe shortage of doctors and paramedical staff, giving a tough time to hospital administrators. The officials while talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that the DH Pulwama not only caters to 300 villages of the district but the patients from Shopian and Budgam also visit here for treatment. They said the hospital witnesses a huge rush of patients round the clock and it needs adequate staff to provide better healthcare services to them. In the last few years, many doctors from the hospital were transferred but were not replaced till date, they said. While the people said there are better facilities available at the district hospital, they cited the shortage of doctors and ...

Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Wednesday said that the Kokernag encounter has not changed the peaceful situation in Kashmir and that the situation continues to remain peaceful as it was before the encounter. He, however, said that it is always advantageous for those who open fire first and in Kokernag terrorists opened the fire first leading to the killing of three officers. Talking to reporters after inaugurating the modular police station at Katra, Jammu, DGP Singh, as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that the Kokernag encounter hasn’t changed the situation in Kashmir. “Situation continues to remain peaceful as it was before the Kokernag encounter. I know, it is the handiwork of some vested interests to blow the Kokernag encounter o...

Security forces on Tuesday claimed to have busted two Lashkar-e-Toiba terror modules by arresting one militant and five overground workers in just 14 days. Addressing a press conference, SSP Baramulla Amod Nagpuri, as per news agency Kashmir Scroll, said that joint forces of the army and police arrested an active militant and six militant associates in the district of Baramulla and recovered arms and ammunition from them. Amod said all the arrested militants and associates were in contact with Pakistan-based handlers and were trying to affect the peaceful environment in the region. He also said two female overground workers were also arrested who were providing support to the active terrorists, and two grenades were also recovered from them. Note: Detailed news will be shared a...

The Security Intelligence Agency (SIA) in Jammu conducted a raid and search in the house of an Over Ground Worker (OGW) on Tuesday Morning. Official sources told Srinagar based news gathering agency Kashmir Scroll (KS) that a team of SIA conducted raid and searches in the house of OGW Mohd Iqbal son of Abdul Aziz Manhas of Khore At present Peer Bagh Bathindi Jammu. Sources said, during the raid, law enforcement officials discovered and seized significant evidence. One mobile phone, identified as a Realme 9 Pro 5G model, was confiscated from the premises. Additionally, two SIM cards were found, bearing the numbers Xxxxxxxxxx and XXXXXXXXXX, both linked to Mohd Iqbal. The SIA's swift and effective action in carrying out this operation highlights their commitment to maintaining law a...

A TADA court has rejected the bail plea of around a dozen Hurriyat and JKLF activists who were booked under UAPA recently after arresting them in a raid on a Hotel in Srinagar. Reports said that a special TADA Court has rejected the bail application of 10 activists of JKLF and Hurriyat who were arrested and booked under UAPA recently. They were arrested in July this year. A Police spokesperson said, "A search was conducted on the basis of credible info about meeting of some ex-trts of JKLF & erstwhile separatists in a hotel in Srinagar. They were brought to Kothibagh PS for verification. Inquiry has started, prima facie it came out that they were planning to revive JKLF & Hurriyat."

The administration plans to conduct an auction of lithium reserves located in Jammu Kashmir in the coming weeks, Reuters reported. This move comes as India seeks to ensure a stable supply of lithium, a crucial raw material essential for manufacturing electric vehicle batteries. In February, India discovered its initial lithium deposits in Jammu Kashmir, estimating the reserves to be approximately 5.9 million tonnes. The source mentioned that the auction is imminent, and there has been interest from foreign mining companies. However, due to the sensitive nature of these discussions, the report quoted government source as saying. When contacted, the federal mines ministry had not yet responded to a request for comments from Reuters. Furthermore, the source disclosed that KABIL...