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12 persons were Injured in a road accident in the Tral area of South Kashmir's Pulwama district on Thursday. Reports reaching news agency Kashmir Scroll that between a Wagonar and a Toira vehicle at Baja Kol on Tral Nodal Road resulted in injuries to 12 persons. They said that they were immediately shifted to Tral Hospital from where a few were shifted to Srinagar. He identified the injured persons as Tanveer Ahmad Butt resident of Tral, Raja Noor Al Hada resident of Paneer Jagir, Ratba Zahra resident of Paneer Tral, Fayaz Ahmed resident of Sherabad, Shaukat Ahmad Butt resident of Satura, Iqrajan resident of Syedabad, Bazla Jan resident of Lalgam, Javed Ahmad Rishi Lalpura, Asadullah Butt resident of Sharifabad. , Iqrajan Bahu Awantipora, Tariq Ahmed Sherifabad, Bilal Ahmed Butt resi...

The construction of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the Awantipora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district is going on in full swing and every effort is being made to complete the project by the end of 2024, officials said on Wednesday. The work is going on at “very full speed” and if it continues at this pace, the project will be completed on time, an official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). He said that earlier there was a legal dispute over the acquisition of land needed for the access road essential for transporting construction material, followed by a clampdown after the abrogation of Article 370, and then issues with a nearby army base. The winter season and COVID-19 were also the reasons behind the slow execution of work on this mega proje...

On day 13, the Central Government began its arguments in the Supreme Court highlighting the "developmental" work that took place in Jammu Kashmir post August 5, 2019. The Supreme Court is presently hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the unliteral abrogation of Article 370 on August 05, 2019. The Solicitor General of India, Tushar Mehta said that in 2022, 1.88 crores tourist visited. The main industry was tourism. "Many new industries are also coming to Jammu Kashmir," said the SG, who is representing the central Government. "Policing alone can't do it, several initiatives are introduced...out of 53 projects under the Prime minister development package, worth 58477 crores, out of 53, 32 are completed," the court was informed by the centre through the Solicitor General. He ...

In a first, the Shankaracharya temple here in Srinagar in the banks of world famous Dal Lake has recorded the footfall of around 73,000 devotees on the eve of Raksha Bandhan, the festival that was celebrated with religious fervor across Jammu & Kashmir on Wednesday. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) the special prayers were held at the temple on the festival today where a huge rush of devotees was witnessed at 4:00 AM in the morning. Devotees from different parts of the country were seen waiting in long queues at Srinagar's famous Shankaracharya Temple. “I am very happy to be here on Raksha Bandhan. The administration here is very helpful as they had made elaborate arrangements for the devotees today at the temple. The transportation facility was also ma...

PME entertainment on Tuesday rejected the claims of Kashmir being the host of the 71st edition of Miss World in December. Earlier media reports stated that Kashmir would be hosting the 71st edition of the Miss World contest. “On behalf of the Miss World Organisation, we would like to strongly state that news of the main Miss World 2023 Finale is being held in Kashmir is unfounded and incorrect,” Jamil Saidi, Chairman PME Entertainment, a company associated with the event has said. “As officially announced by PME Entertainment and Miss World organisation, the venue for the finale is to be finalised and will be announced officially at a later date.” The denial came following the press conference of Miss world who had said 140 nations would come to Kashmir in November 2023. “We lo...

After a gap of around 10 years, the 600-plus aggrieved families in Budgam district are supposed to get compensation for their 4000 Kanals of land which was acquired by the Defence Estates Department at Srinagar Old Airfield area ( Estate Karewa Damodar) in 2013. The aggrieved land owners and farmers have been waiting for the payment since then. Part of the payment Rs 4.80 lakhs per kanal was already paid to each family but the rates were enhanced to Rs 18 to 20 lakhs per kanal and said payment was not disbursed to the families. A delegation of aggrieved landowners of estate Karewa Damodar (Old Airfield) Srinagar led by social activist Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat had a detailed meeting with senior officers in DG Defence Estates Office in New Delhi on Monday. In a statement the Zamidaran ...

‘Eye flu’ cases are on the rise in Jammu Kashmir as the hospitals across the region continue to receive patients complaining of irritation, redness, swelling and itching in their eyes. Doctors from Kashmir and Jammu divisions told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the cases of conjunctivitis, popularly known as ‘eye flu’, are on the rise in Kashmir division while cases have started declining in Jammu division. They, however, said there is no need to worry as it goes away in one to two weeks. An official from the Directorate of Health Services Jammu told KNO that 14,412 cases of conjunctivitis were reported in Jammu division including GMC Jammu. Giving further details, he said so far 3,274 cases have been reported in Jammu district, 789 in Doda, 1,956 in Kathua, 6...

The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) Shopian on Tuesday conducted raids and searches in residential houses in the district. “The SIU Shopian in continuation of investigation in case FIR No. 126/2023 U/S 307 IPC 7/27 IAA, 16,18,20,23,38,39 UAP Act, on disclosure statement of accused namely Adnan Shafi son of Mohd Shafi Shah conducted raids and searches in residential houses of Zahid Ahmad Shah son of Ab Gaffar Shah, Hanzil Ahmad Shah son of Mohd Maqbool Shah and in house of accused in discussion,” a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). Moreover, raid and search was also conducted in the Matting Shop of Mohd Yaqoob Shah son of Mohd Sultan Shah resident of Rawalpora at New Colony Gagren, police said. “During search, one Hand Grenade was recovered from a Hy...

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, formally announced the landmark achievement of reaching 1016 citizen-centric services being provided in online mode making Jammu Kashmir first amongst all States/UTs in the number of e-services being provided to citizens. The Lt Governor said that it was a milestone achievement in tune with the commitment and resolve of the J&K administration to provide ease, convenience and accessibility of services to the common man ushering in a new era of digital governance. “J&K creates a new benchmark in e-Governance Service Delivery with 1016 services now made available online. Digital transformation of the UT is guided by the principle of people-first and our aim to empower the common man. This historic achievement is testimony to our commitment to tra...