Month: December 2023

The residents of Shopian district have urged the authorities to construct a maternity hospital at Old Fruit Mandi site Arhama in the town. Inhabitants while talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) expecting mothers have to travel to Srinagar for maternity services. A dedicated facility in the district would not only cater to the immediate needs of pregnant women but also contribute to the overall improvement of maternal and child health in the region, the residents said. Ehsan Ahmad, a local, said that they have already submitted a plea with the government for construction of the hospital. According to him, there is a piece of land available where fruit mandi existed and has been shifted to Aglar now. The construction of maternity hospitals will have a positiv...

Anjuman Auqaf has termed the disallowing of prayers for the 9th consecutive Friday at Jama Masjid Srinagar and the continuous detention of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq as unjustified. Auqaf in a statement said today they were informed to close all doors of the mosque for Friday prayers. It also expressed resentment against placing Mirwaiz under house detention for the 9th consecutive Friday, saying such restrictions are not only unjustified but there is also no reason for such an arbitrary act. "Such acts by the administration are not only tantamount to interference in religious affairs but also seriously hurt the feelings and sentiments of the people," the Auqaf said. It said people have a deep religious and emotional attachment to the Jama Masjid Srinagar and Mirwaiz, and disallowing pra...

Srinagar Court has issued directions to the Police to register an FIR in alleged forgery case and take up the investigation. The directions came after the complainant Sabha Sheikh of Rajbagh Srinagar alleged that some of her family members have forged her signatures for various property transactions and thus making fraudulent transactions on her name. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the Court of City Magistrate, Srinagar, presided over by Fozia Paul directed the Economic Offence Wing Srinagar to file the case against all accused in the case. In her complaint, Sabha Sheikh has alleged that her some family members have forged her signatures and also availed loan from bank after mortgaging her share in property to the bank. The complainant also alleged th...