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A blaze has broken out in a forest in Tral area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, official sources said. They told GNS that a fire broke out in Chan Kitaab Tral this afternoon. “Soon as the locals sighted billowing smoke from the forest, the Fire and Emergency Services Department and Forest Protection Force were called in”, they said. “Several teams from the departments reached the site”, they said adding however due to difficult terrain, nothing much could be done. The flares were continuing – when this report was being filed. (GNS)

A short film 'Ayesha' produced by the department of Journalism GCW M.A road Srinagar won first prize in film competition at Media Festival Baramulla, on Wednesday. 'Ayesha'–a short film focuses on how Art therapy can prove beneficial for people suffering from anxiety, depression. It was scripted, shot, directed and produced by the students of Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Government College for Women M. A road Srinagar. Day-long media festival was organised on 21th September by the Department of Media Studies Government Degree College (GDC) Baramulla in College campus on Wednesday. The media institutions from Kashmir and other states and independent media professionals participated in the event. HOD of Media Studies department, GDC Baramulla, Dr Danish Nabi s...

A woman was allegedly hammered to death by her husband in Mendhar area in Poonch district, officials said. They told GNS that one Gazanfar Bi (55), wife of Mohammad Khalil, resident of Ari was found in a pool of blood at her house today. "She has been prima-facie allegedly hammered on head by her husband", they said. "A police team reached the site and took the body to a nearby hospital", they said. Meanwhile, a police official told GNS that they have arrested the accused alongwith weapon of offence and also registered a case in this regard for further investigations. "The accused person stands arrested alongside the weapon of offence", the official said adding details once available will be shared accordingly. (GNS)

Danishwar Hameed The dead body of Gurmeet Singh, a senior Government official with the Roads and Buildings Department of Jammu Kashmir who had been missing since August 25 has been found in Gantamulla area of Barmulla. "He left home on August 25, around 6 P.M. for some work after which he did not return home till 9 P.M., that caused panic among his family members, We (family) along with neighbours, friends, colleagues, and police started to search for him everywhere including a hospital," a family member had told The Kashmiriyat. During the search, his colleagues found his vehicle (wagonR) near a riverside Sheeri in Baramulla. "Inside his locked vehicle, his phone too was found on flight mode," the family members told The Kashmiriyat over the phone. The family lodged a missing ...

The number of patients visiting OPDs in the Valley’s largest District De-addiction Centre in SMHS Hospital, Srinagar, jumped 75% to 41,110 in the year-ending March 2023, Indian Express reported. This means that one patient walked into the OPD every 12 minutes. As per the report, in the previous financial year, over 21,000 follow-up patients and 2,000 new patients had turned up at the DDC while in '22, the number of new users has gone past 3000 and follow-up patients beyond 38000. Nearly 75 percent of the patients at the DDC are users of injected heroin, with many diagnosed with Hepatitis B, C, and in some cases HIV. Eight out of 10 districts in Kashmir got an Addiction Treatment Facility (ATF); the remaining Kupwara has a de-addiction center and the other Ganderbal will have an...

A militant has been killed while two to three more likely trapped as forces thwarted repeated attempts of militants to escape. Reliable sources told the news agency Kashmir Scroll that after initial contact, Indian Army troops moved to the area and pinned down militants assessed to be upto 2-3. Additional troops of Rashtriya Rifles have been mobilised as terrain is undulating and forrested. Special Forces were brought in by Indian Air Force helicopter they said . "Repeated attempts by militants to break cordon thwarted by controlled fire throughout the night they added. Night enabled Quadcopters, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Sniffer Dogs also used, he said, adding that one militant confirmed killed while firefight still on. Rashtriya Rifles troops of Indian Army and Speci...

On the second day, the Government forces continued the cordon and search operation in the Manzgam area of Kulgam. Earlier, officials said that the three troopers were killed during an encounter that raged in the area on Friday evening. Two more troopers who were injured are being treated at the hospital, they said. Meanwhile, an official said that there has been no contact with the militants after the initial one. The searches are going on to trace the group of militants, he said.

The central government will try to get Lok Sabha’s approval for the passage of the Forest Conservation Amendment Bill, 2023 Wednesday. Earlier, more than 100 former civil servants, members of the Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG), have written to all members of parliament in India expressing their concern with the Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023. This tendency of liberally giving away forest land for non-forest purposes, is now sought to be further strengthened through the FCA Amendment Bill. This Bill allows forest land, other than in protected areas, to be used for several non-forest purposes, viz. (i) defence related purposes within 100 kms. of the border of India, (ii) stretches of land alongside railway lines and highways; (iii) zoos and safaris owned by the gover...

Shia leaders have expressed great dissatisfaction after their meeting LG Manoj Sinha on Monday over the annual Muharram processions. Speaking to the press at Srinagar's Press Colony, Syed Muzaffar said that the Manoj Sinha Led administration wanted them to limit the number of mourners attending the 8th Muharram gathering to 100. "This is not a wedding invitation where we can limit the number of people. Devotees will come out in large numbers, and nobody can stop them," he said. He expressed great dissatisfaction with the fact that the LG-led admin wanted Shia leaders to limit down the number of mourners and said nothing fruitful came out of the meeting. Earlier, Moulana Imran Raza Ansari walked out from a high-level meeting called by the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir at...