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Police in North Kashmir’s Handwara recovered Brown Sugar from two drug peddlers, official sources said. They said a police party intercepted two drug peddlers at Sonmullah Crossing Check Point and during frisking 10 grams of Brown Sugar were recovered from them. Both were arrested and an FIR vide number 102/2022 under section 8/21 NDPS Act was registered against them at Police Station Vilgam. Police sources identified the duo as Shabir Ahmad Lone of Budnamal Chowkibal and Shakeel Mir, a resident of Zunreshi Kupwara. (KNT)

Department of Health and Medical Education on Saturday said that registration on Hospital Professional Registry (HPR) portal of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission is mandatory for doctors and nurses working in government as well as private sector. H&ME department in a Tweet, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) informed that HRP registeration is mandatory for all doctors and nurses of both government as well as private sector. “It is mandatory for all the doctors and nurses working both in the government as well as the private sector to register themselves on the (HPR )Hospital Professional Registry portal of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission,” it tweeted—(KNO)

Weather department on Saturday forecast scattered light to moderate rain and thunders over Jammu and Kashmir in next 24 hours and mainly dry weather thereafter for subsequent two days. A meteorological department official here told GNS that several parts of Jammu and Kashmir received very light rain fall. Regarding the minimum temperature, he said, Srinagar recorded a low of 16.2°C against 14.2°C on the previous night. The temperature was 3.0°C above normal for the summer capital during this time of the year, he said. Qazigund recorded a low of 13.2°C against 12.6°C on the previous night. The temperature was 1.8°C above normal there, he said. In Pahalgam, he said, the mercury settled at 9.1°C against 8.8°C on the previous night and it was 0.6°C above normal for the south Kashmi...

Kashmir’s bat manufacturers are facing losses in the face of willow shortage. A spokesperson of Bat Manufacturers Union Fawzul Kabeer told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that the industry has been producing bats and is meeting about 85 percent of the total demand of world cricket since 1920. Fawzul, who is also owner of the GR8 Sports and has provided bats to international cricketers, said that nobody plants willow trees now causing the ongoing shortage. “The government can intervene by planting willow saplings on wetlands, banks of water bodies, state land, marshy land and other land available so that the willow will remain available in abundance and then bat can reach to every corner of the world,” he said. Fawzul said that presently there are one lakh skilled and u...

Sarjan Barkati, as per his family, has been arrested by the Police, from his house in the Reban area of Shopian district of South Kashmir late on Saturday morning. A family member of Barkati told The Kashmiriyat over the phone that the Forces entered into the house of Barkati in Reban around 6:45 AM and detained the religious cleric. He said that Barkati has been arrested by the Police for reasons unknown. “We do not know why he has been picked up,” the family member said. Barkati has been arrested twice in the last two years. Earlier he was booked under the Public Safety Act in 2016, only to be released after four years Earlier two prominent clerics Abdul Rashid Dawoodi and Mushtaq Ahmed Veeri from south Kashmir were picked up by the police and booked the the public safety act...

With the augmentation of power infrastructure further in Jammu and Kashmir, the Valley would likely witness less power curtailments in the upcoming winter season while as the officials said that the new power curtailment scheduled will be announced in next month. Talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Chief Engineer, Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL), Javed Yousuf Dar, said that the power infrastructure has further been augmented in the past one year. “There were less power curtailments in the last winters and with the further augmentation of power infrastructure, more relief is expected to the consumers this winters as well,” Dar said. Asked about the new power curtailment scheduled for winters, he said that the present schedule will continue...

Former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, on Friday, condemned the arrest of three prominent religious figures of Jammu Kashmir. In a tweet she said, "If normalcy as claimed by GOI has indeed returned to JK with zero incidents of stone pelting & other activities considered anti-national, why are they booking religious scholars under draconian laws like PSA? Out rightly condemn such actions that reflect BJPs communal mindset." Meanwhile, MLA Devsar Mohammad Amin Bhat also condemned the arrest of three prominent religious figures of Jammu Kashmir. In a statement, Bhat said, "I condemn the arrest of Three well known Religious personalities of Kashmir. In a democratic country, it is unjustifiable that such rigorous laws are used as tools against religious scholars." Bhat requested ...

Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday refuted the reports of kidnapping of a minor child by some unknown non-locals in Yanihama locality of Lar in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. In a statement, issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), a spokesperson said that some media groups have circulated news on social media platforms that some unknown non locals tried to kidnap minor children at Yanihuma, however, the matter got verified on ground. The statement reads that statements of house owner and other eye witnesses have been recorded which confirms that they were not involved in any criminal act. “They also stated that they were begging in the area and neither they tried to kidnap any minor children nor they indulged in any theft attempt,” it reads. It added that ...

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha during his visit to Doda on Thursday sought a comprehensive report on the progress of key projects including GMC Doda, construction of the medical College campus, residential quarters and teaching hospital; Widening of NH-244, High Altitude Medicinal Plant (AYUSH) at Bhaderwah; Government Degree College, Kastigarh; Multipurpose Indoor Sports Hall at Doda; Government Polytechnic Doda; 100 Bedded Hospital at Gandhoh and directed for ensuring the timely completion of the ongoing projects. Regarding the prestigious mega project of NH-244, the Lt Governor directed the NHIDCL authorities to engage more manpower and machinery so that the project shall be completed under the fixed timeline. The Lt Governor also directed the authorities to take all the road safety...

At least seven persons suffered injuries after a truck collided with a passenger cab in Behramgalla of Surankote area in Poonch district this afternoon. Reports reaching GNS that a truck bearing registration number JK08F 7247 hit a Srinagar-bound Xylo vehicle (JK14C 2788) in Behramgalla Surankote area, resulting in injuries to seven persons. The injured persons identified as; Raysat Khan, son of Mohd Younis, Mohd Razak son of Lal Khan,Tariq Khan son of Abdul Quyoom, Shabina wife of Mohd Bashrat, Saleema Bi wife of Mohd Sageer, Moheen Khan son of Imtayaz Khan and Mohd Bashrat son of Khan Mohd, all residents of Mendhar, were shifted to a nearby hospital for immediate treatment. SHO Surankote Rajveer Singh told GNS that soon after receiving information, a team was moved to the spot a...