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As crime rate against women is increasing in Kashmir, Srinagar police has taken an initiative of deploying a women's squad in Parrypora which is known for its maximum tuition centers in Srinagar. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), women police flying squads have been deployed in the coaching hub of Parraypora and Baghat areas to ensure safety for the girls studying in the coaching centers. In cases of stalking, harassment, teasing or any unwanted advancement by delinquents the girls students can approach any of the female constables for instant assistance. It has been noticed women flying squad was deployed only after it was discovered that some victims felt uncomfortable to talk on such sensitive issues with the opposite sex. There is an increase in crim...

Militants lobbed grenade on security forces in Keegam area of South Kashmir’s Shopian on Thursday. A senior police officer told GNS that militants lobbed grenade on CRPF vehicle, however, grenade missed the intended target and exploded on roadside. In this incident, there was no loss of life or injury reported. Meanwhile whole area has been cordoned off to nab the attackers.(GNS)

On February 16 the aviation turbine fuel (ATF) hiked prices for the second time in February. In the national capital, the price of jet fuel was raised to Rs 90,519.79 per kilolitre from Rs 86,038.16 per kilolitre. In the other metro cities of Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai, the price was increased to Rs 94,888.70, Rs 88,987.20 and Rs 93,371.18 per kilolitre, respectively. The hike is expected to impact aviation companies' finances that are under huge stress amid high debt. Fuel retailers revise jet fuel prices on a fortnightly basis. At present, fuel based expenses account for over 30 percent of the overall operating cost of an airline. With the hike in the ATF, it is expected that airline companies will pass the buck to the passengers, as a substantial amount of the air ticket price...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday paid tribute to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans killed in the 2019 Pulwama terror attack. "Heartfelt tribute to the brave jawans of @crpfindia who upheld the sovereignty of the country by making their supreme sacrifice in the cowardly terrorist attack of Pulwama. The nation will always be indebted to your sacrifice. Your bravery will continue to inspire us to root out terrorism," Amit Shah tweeted from its official account in Hindi. Meanwhile, tribute is being paid to CRPF personnel in Jammu Kashmir's Lethpora. "We remember the 40 CRPF jawans who lost their lives in the Pulwama terror attack in 2019. We aim to maintain peace and harmony in the region," DS Chaudhary, Additional Director General (ADG), CRPF said. The attack on th...

Sub-zero night temperatures continued in Kashmir Valley and Ladakh on Sunday, officials said. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar, the summer capital of the J&K, recorded a low of minus 2.2°C against last night’s minus 3.0°C. The temperature was below 2.4°C than the normal, he said. Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, witnessed a low of minus 2.6°C against minus 3.2°C on the previous night, he said. Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, had a low of minus 1.9°C against minus 3.5°C on the previous night, the official said. Pahalgam, the famous resort in south Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 6.3°C against minus 8.1°C last night, he said. Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 7.0°C against minus 7.8°C on the previous night, he said. The temperature ...

On Friday evening, Justice Ajit Singh Bains, a human rights defender in Punjab passed away at the age of 99 at his residence in Chandigarh. He's survived by his wife, 4 children including Sr. Advocate R.S. Bains and a legacy of defending human rights in Punjab during the militancy period. Bains remained a Judge at Punjab and Haryana High Court from Oct 1974 - May 1984. He founded the Punjab Human Rights Organization right after his retirement in 1985. He remained associated with it till his demise. He was booked under TADA by state police in 1992, after which he spent six months in detention. Meanwhile, Dal Khalsa paid tribute to Justice Bains and said that he was a person who fought for his people’s rights and stood against repression. The organization said that their association...

Shah Basit On Saturday morning, an unknown dead body was recovered from Nalah Sind at Syed Kadal Fatehapora in Central Kashmir's Ganerbal district. An official told The Kashmiriyat that the age of the dead person is suspected to be around 35/36. The body, on being found, was brought to the District Hospital, Ganderbal. The Ganderbal police has begun its job in order to recognize the person while Postmortem is going on.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Wednesday said that 6000 transit accommodations at an estimated cost of Rs 920 crore will come up in Kashmir while the land has been restored to Kashmiri migrant applicants in the last five years. The Ministry of Home Affairs was responding to the queries raised in the parliament including the number of properties that have been restored for the Kashmiri Pandits during the last five years and whether there is an agency that monitors and tracks the status of these properties and whether Government has taken ownership in the absence of the property holder. Minister of State (MoS) in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Nityanand Rai responded to the queries in Rajya Sabha. In a written reply to the parliament, the MoS as per news agency—Kashmir News ...

Residents of Tangath village and its adjoining areas of north Kashmir's Bandipora district are suffering due to the delay in completion of the vital bridge that connects Tangath village to the Pannar area. Locals while complaining about the grievance told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that the bridge was sanctioned years ago by the government following which the work on it began last year but since then only pillars have been half raised. The villagers said that they are facing much difficulties in absence of this bridge as it is supposed to connect Tangath and other adjoining remote villages to the Pannar area. “For the past one year, the construction work on the bridge is going at a snail’s pace,” Mushtaq Ahmad, a local, said, adding that students face life threatenin...

A kashmiri Pandit inmate at the psychiatric diseases hospital in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar city the other day created a rare scene, doctors and the staff at the hospital broke down like they would after losing a member of their own family. A Kashmiri Pandit girl unable to manage herself was admitted by her family to the psychiatric diseases hospital in Srinagar just before the mass exodus of the community in early 1990s.buy levitra online https://www.mabvi.org/wp-content/themes/mabvi/images/new/levitra.html no prescription "She was with us for 30 years. She had become part of the hospital's extended family," Prof. Maqbool Ahmed Dar, head of department of psychiatry at the government medical college Srinagar said. Doctors at the hospital said that the patient's mother occasiona...