THE KASHMIRIYAT

In view of the upcoming Republic Day celebrations, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Bandipora Mohammad Zahid Monday chaired a joint security review meeting at DPL Bandipora. A police spokesman said in a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the meeting was attended by COs of Army, CAPF, ASP Bandipora SDPOs, SHOs and other senior officers of police and intelligence units. On the occasion, SSP Bandipora was briefed by the participating officers about the overall security scenarios and measures being adopted to counter the challenges in their respective areas. SSP Bandipora directed all the jurisdictional officers to remain extra-vigilant, strengthen nakas/checkpoints and generate actionable intelligence so that the nefarious designs of anti-national e...

In Jammu and Kashmir, nearly 33 lakh individual golden cards have been issued by the authorities since 2020 under Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), reveals official data. As per the official figures available with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), under Sehat scheme, 33.70 lakh health-golden or Sehat-cards have been issued to individuals in Jammu and Kashmir. Besides, in J&K 14.56 lakh families are eligible under PMJAY- Sehat, whereas 9.57 lakh (65.72 percent) of families have received their health cards and are covered under this scheme. Since the launch of this scheme in J&K, 60 thousand above patients have been treated in 218 hospitals empanelled for this scheme. “In PMJAY- Sehat, 60,594 golden card holder patients have been treated in the hospital...

A 14-year-old girl was abducted and repeatedly raped in Reasi district. The Jammu Kashmir Police in a statement said, a person lodged a complaint on December 28, 2021, that his 14-year-old daughter went missing after she left home to fetch milk. The complainant said he suspects that his minor daughter might have been abducted. A case was lodged at Police Station Reasi and investigations started. The Senior Superintendent of Police, Reasi, Shailender Singh constituted a special team headed by the Sub Inspector rank officer and recovered the minor. Police said the team recovered the missing minor girl from the house of Shakeel at Poonch. Sensing the approaching Police party, accused Shakeel alias Sonu fled from the spot. The police team finally arrested him from the Belicharan...

Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only surface link connecting Kashmir Valley with the outside world, shall remain open for only one-way traffic on Tuesday, officials said here. “Tomorrow (Tuesday), subject to fair weather and better road condition LMVs(Passenger)/private cars shall be allowed from Srinagar towards Jammu (strictly one way) on Jammu-Srinagar highway,” a traffic department official here told GNS. TCU Srinagar shall liaise with TCU Ramban before releasing the traffic, he said. He said cut off for LMVs and private cars from NAVYUG Tunnel (Qazigund side) is 0900 hours to 1300 hours “subject to change depending on the road position then.” “No Vehicle shall be allowed before and after cut off timings,” he said. Regarding HMVs and load carriers, he said, they will be allowed to...

Amid closure of Gurez-Bandipora road due to snow, an elderly patient, who was in need of a ‘Surgical Consultation’, was airlifted here on Sunday from snowbound Gurez Valley to a hospital at Bandipora. An official told GNS that the control room established here for the emergency evacuations on Sunday airlifted Abdul Kabir Lone,70, a resident of Baudugam of Gurez, who had developed some complications post surgery, adding that the patient was accordingly airlifted to Bandipora. He said the evacuation was done following directions from Deputy Commissioner Bandipora, Dr. Owais Ahmed. Pertinently, the 84-Km long Gurez-Bandipora road mainly remains closed during winters due to accumulation of heavy snowfall amid freezing temperatures. However, for the convenience of the general popula...

Covid-19 cases continued to skyrocket in Jammu and Kashmir as 3499 new cases have been reported while six persons succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Sunday. They said that 1210 of the cases were reported from Jammu Division and 2289 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 359373. There were also six deaths in the last 24 hours, three each from Jammu division and Kashmir Valley. So far 4567 people have succumbed to the virus and include 2221 in Jammu and 2346 in Kashmir. Giving the district wise details of the fresh cases confirmed in J&K, the officials told GNS that Srinagar reported 614, Baramulla 463, Budgam 404, Pulwama 94, Kupwara 157, Anantnag 230, Bandipora 166, Ganderbal 27, Kulgam 127, Shopian 7, Jammu 556, Udhampur 126, Rajouri 39...

Majority of the Kashmir based journalists have expressed anguish over the illegal and arbitrary takeover of the Kashmir Press Club based in Srinagar by some journalists. A joint statement by various journalistic bodies said that On 15 January the day when the administration had declared a weekend lockdown in view of Covid surge, some journalists barged into the club office and forcibly took control of the club by keeping the office members hostage. Large number of Police and paramilitary personnel were deployed beforehand for this high condemnable and completely illegal move. The administration, by allowing few disgruntled elements to hoodwink the Club constitution and flout all norms of law, has set a wrong and dangerous precedent. The authorities had already communicated abou...

The Directorate of Health Services in Kashmir (DHSK) has on Sunday directed the hospital to continue with the Out-Patient Department (OPD) services till further orders. An order issued by the DHSK read that in consultation with Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, it has been decided that both COVID & Non-COVID activities will continue to function normally, which includes routine OPDs and elective surgeries till further orders. The hospitals across Kashmir have been directed to continue to function normally, which includes routine OPDs & Elective Surgeries till further orders. However, it is impressed upon all the Chief Medical Officers, Medical Superintendents, and Block Medical Officers of Kashmir Division that COVID Protocols and Guidelines shall be strictly adhered to while r...