Month: July 2024

Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, has recorded its third-highest temperature for the month of July, reaching 36.2 degrees Celsius amidst a persistent heat wave. The Meteorological Department (MeT) said this temperature marks the hottest day of the season so far in Srinagar. Speaking with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Director MeT Kashmir, Dr Mukhtar Ahmad said, "The all-time highest maximum temperature in Srinagar for July is 38.3 degrees Celsius, recorded on July 10, 1946, followed by 37 degrees Celsius on July 9, 1999. Today, Srinagar recorded the third-highest day temperature at 36.2 degrees Celsius." Meanwhile, Qazigund and Kokernag set new records for the highest temperatures ever recorded in these areas. Qazigund, often referred to as the gate...

Three bodies that were retrieved from Dal Lake near Foreshore Road in Srinagar yesterday have been identified as Ramban residents even as police said further investigation is going on. A top police official of the district told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the deceased include a woman and her minor kids and they were residents of Ramban’s Gool area. He said that the primary investigation suggests that this could be the case of suicide by drowning, but final conclusion will be made once probe is completed. “A special team of doctors, including forensic experts, are on job to ascertain details and further investigation is underway,” he said. The official said that as a professional force Srinagar police will conduct foolproof inquiry into the matter, while forensi...

Three dead bodies were recovered from Dal Lake area of central Kashmir in Srinagar district on Saturday. An official told News Agency Kashmir Scroll that three bodies were found in Dal Lake at Foreshore road near Shalimar ghat. Srinagar Police official said that they recovered three dead bodies from the Dal Lake area this evening. The deceased include a female (aged about 28 years old) and two minor children, one male and one female. In this regard, police have taken cognizance and proceedings under relevant sections of law have been initiated. Further investigation into the matter is going on, police said. The dead bodies have been shifted to SMHS hospital for post-mortem examination, he added.

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday called for forming a panel of representatives of people from both sides of the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir to discuss the region’s issues. Speaking at the 25th foundation day function of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba appealed to Union Home Minister Amit Shah to form a committee of 20 representatives on each side. “Amit Shah says he will bring back that Kashmir (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir) even as you tell us Muslims to go to Pakistan,” she said. “But I have a request for you. Till the time you bring that part back, form a committee of the representatives of this Kashmir and that Kashmir, and bring us together. We will sit together twice a year and discuss the issues we face,” the PDP president added. She asked Shah to put aside h...

 Three dead bodies were recovered from Dal Lake area of Central Kashmir Srinagar district on Saturday evening. An official told Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Scroll that three bodies were found in Dal Lake at Foreshore road near Shalimar ghat. He said that bodies are of three women. He said that police have reached the spot and bodies are being taken to hospital for legal and medico formalities. Meanwhile investigation in this regard has been taken up.(KS)

Sheikh Nadeem In a heartbreaking accident in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, eight persons, including five family members, lost their lives when a vehicle skidded and rolled down a road near Daksum in Kokernag. According to officials, a Sumo van with the registration number JK03H 9017 veered off control and fell down the road. The vehicle, officials told The Kashmiriyat, was transporting a family of Police personnel posted in Kishtwar, including five children, two women, and a man. Officials said that the eight deceased belonging to two families were travelling from Kishtwar via Sinthan top towards Marwah, however on the way they are met a fatal accident. The parents who died along with their children have been identified as Imtiyaz Rather s/o Ghulam Rasool Rather r/o Mar...

Police have arrested a government school teacher for allegedly molesting a minor student in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. “We have arrested and registered an FIR against the accused under relevant sections of law and further investigation is going on,” a police official told GNS. The incident was reported by the mother of a third-grade student to Uri police. She alleged that her daughter was molested by the teacher after school hours on Friday, reports said.(GNS)

Police released sketches of three militants on Saturday, who they believe were involved in a recent militant attack in Doda district. In a public notice, the police have requested assistance from the community in providing information about the whereabouts or movements of these individuals. Informants can remain anonymous. They can contact the following numbers: - SSP Doda: 9541904201, SP HQRS Doda: 9797649362, 9541904202,  SP OPS Doda: 9541904203, DYSP DAR Doda: 9541904205, DYSP HQRS Doda: 9541904207, SHO PS Doda: 9419163516, 9541904211, SHO PS Dessa: 8082383906, IC PP Bagla Bharat: 7051484314, 9541904249, PCR Doda: 01996233530, 7298923100, 9469365174, 9103317361. The police appreciate any information that could aid in their investigation, they said in the notice.

An Indian Army personnel was killed and four others, including a captain, were injured on Saturday when the Army thwarted an attack by Pakistan’s Border Action Team (BAT) in the Kamakari sector of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir, according to military sources. In the exchange of fire, a Pakistani intruder was also killed. The BAT, typically composed of Pakistani special forces and militants, attempted the assault early in the morning. Sources confirmed that the vigilant Indian Army troops successfully repelled the attack. "One Pakistani intruder was killed," one source reported. During the prolonged gunfight, which lasted several hours, two intruders managed to retreat back into Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK). The intruders had initially launched a grenade and fired upon ...