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Police Monday said that it arrested two drug addicts, who had assaulted and looted a homeless old man in Lal Chowk area of Srinagar city. Srinagar Police in a Tweet informed that: “Two accused arrested for beating & looting a homeless old man in Lal chowk area around midnight time 2 days back.” The accused have been identified as Furqaan Majeed Khan, a resident of Nowgam Kanipora and Danish Manzoor Ganie, a resident of Sopore. “Both are drug addicts and criminal-minded,” police said. Pertinently, a video probably from Abi Guzar location had gone viral in which these two drug addicts were seen trying to snatch money from a beggar during late night hours. Drug addiction of late in Kashmir has shown an upward trend giving rise to crime in society. (KNT)

The CBI Tuesday started a search operation at 33 locations, including the premises of ex-Jammu and Kashmir SSB chairman Khalid Jahangir, over alleged irregularities in the recruitment process of sub-inspectors in the Union Territory, officials said, PTI reported. The premises of Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) Controller of Examinations Ashok Kumar are also being searched, they said. The searches are spread across Jammu, Srinagar; Karnal, Mahendergarh, Rewari in Haryana; Gandhinagar in Gujarat; Delhi; Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh and Bengaluru in Karnataka. This is the second round of searches conducted by the CBI in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities, they said. "The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case on the request ...

Centre has extended the package of concessions and incentives to Central Government employees working in Kashmir Valley for a further period of three years. “It has been decided by the competent authority to extend the package of concessions/incentives to Central Government employees working in Kashmir Valley for a further period of three years with effect from 01.08.2021,” said an office memorandum issued by the DoPT on Monday. The DoPT said that the package of incentives is uniformly applicable to all Ministries and Departments and PSUs under the Government of India and they should ensure strict adherence to the rates prescribed in the package. "The concerned Ministry/Department may ensure implementation and monitoring of the package in conformity with the approved package, and ...

Like rest parts of the world, the frequency of depression in Jammu and Kashmir are on the rise and there are many reasons behind it, Dr Sushil Razdan said on Monday. Dr Razdan, a renowned neurologist while talking to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that frequency of depression is on the rise like rest parts of the country and many people are suffering because of depression. “The main reason behind it include stresses of modern life, stresses in education, stresses at home, nuclear families, loneliness, presence of drugs in society and violence around,” he said. He said that depression is in all age groups and behaviour disorders are more besides that due to Covid-19, the number suffering from depression has increased and there are many reasons behind it. “There is a nee...

The residents of Machipura Hardshiva village of Sopore in north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Monday staged a protest against the Jal Shakti department for failing to supply drinking water to them for the last six months. Reports reaching the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that inhabitants of Machipura Hardshiva of Baramulla's Sopore are facing acute water scarcity, forcing them to consume unhygienic water, posing serious risk of getting infected with water borne diseases. However, the concerned department is least bothered about their genuine demand, they said. Shagufta Khursheed, who was part of the protest at Iqbal Market told KNO that there is no drinking water in their village and they are being compelled to walk two kilometres everyday to fetch water and cons...

Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department, Atal Dulloo today chaired a meeting to review the measures taken for controlling the spread of Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) across Jammu and Kashmir. Director Animal Husbandry Jammu/Kashmir, representatives of SKUAST Jammu/Kashmir, Chief Animal Husbandry officers of all districts and other concerned officials attended the meeting in person and through video conferencing. At the outset, the meeting discussed the recommendations of Department Of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India wherein the States and UTs were asked to go for mass vaccination and to ramp up testing. Several power point presentations were delivered wherein the status and controlling measures like vaccination, use of medicines, procureme...

Meer Irfan The militant killed in the encounter at Heff Shermal area of south Kashmir's Shopian district has been identified as a resident of Shopian district's Drawani area. Police officials on Monday said that the Jammu Kashmir Police along RR of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police had launched a cordon and search operation during which the militants opened fire upon joint forces. During the exchange of gunfire, one militant was killed while the search operation is still going on, the official said, adding, "one Army man was also injured during the encounter." Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, his family confirming his identity said that Akir Ahmed aged 22 has been killed during the encounter. "We have received a call from the local Police station to identity him," a family member s...

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday dismissed former Union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad’s views on the the article 370 as merely his “personal opinion”. Mufti was reacting to remarks made by Azad at a rally on on Sunday where he said removal of article 370 required a two-thirds majority in Parliament which he did not expect the Congress to get. I will not ‘mislead’ people on the issue of removal of article 370, Azad had said. "It’s his personal opinion…Congress had raised its voice against the British and stopped them. Similarly, there are voices in JK who believe 370 will be reinstated,” former chief minister Mufti told ANI. Attacking the BJP, Mufti said, ” Removal of article 370 did not solve the Kashmir issue but it further complicated it. Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel...

The Kargil Police seized a truck loaded with an illegal consignment of Cement belonging to Border Roads Organization (BRO) from Kargil town on late Sunday night. Sources said that a truck (JK05C-9398) was intercepted by Kargil Police after receiving information that over 200 bags of cement were loaded illegally in it for sale in the black market. The cement bags with ‘not for sale’ tag belonging to BRO were loaded in the truck from BRO GREF Camp at Khurbo Drass. Station House Officer (SHO) Kargil Police Station Manzoor Hussain Mir confirmed to news agency Kashmir News Trust that a truck with an illegal consignment of cement has been seized and two persons including the driver and the conductor have been arrested. “We had prior information about the BRO cement bags being illegal...

NCR-based Paras Healthcare is all set to set up a 200-bed hospital in the Dalgate area of Srinagar. Paras Hospitals said that it has signed an agreement with Fujifilm India for bringing the latest diagnostic technologies in the health sector to Jammu Kashmir. The spokesperson of Paras Healthcare Pvt Ltd—which has a chain of hospitals providing medical care across the country said that under the agreement, Fujifilm India will provide innovative medical and screening devices at the hospitals of Paras Healthcare in J&K. It is to be noted here that the departments at different Paras hospitals including that of the one coming up in Srinagar will be benefited from the collaboration, especially in IT, radiology devices like X-ray imaging devices, ultrasound systems, MRI & CT, end...