THE KASHMIRIYAT

A girl hailing from the Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama who had suffered burn injuries around a week before due to gas leakage succumbed at SMHS hospital. An official told news agency— Kashmir Scroll that a girl identified as Anisa Javaid (18) daughter of Javaid Ahmad Najar resident of Hariparigam village of Tral had suffered critical burn injuries on 21 May at her residence in a gas leakage blast. He said she was shifted to GMC Anantnag for treatment, where from she was shifted to SMHS hospital for advanced treatment where she succumbed on Saturday morning. Meanwhile, police have taken cognizance of the incident—(KS)

Jammu Kashmir’s Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta Thursday said that unemployment hasn’t increased in the UT and those who claim so are “lying.” Addressing a function at Wayil in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, Kumar said there is truth in claims that unemployment has increased in J&K. “Such claims are nothing but a big lie,” he said, as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). He said J&K is witnessing a change that can be gauged from the fact that in 2018-19, 9229 projects were completed at the capital expenditure of Rs 13650 Cr. “In 2022-23, 92560 projects were completed at almost the same amount. One is that the amount remained the same but efforts got doubled ten times,” the CS said. He said that there are many schemes available for unemployed youth who want to ...

Jammu Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday congratulated residents of the union territory for making the event historic and memorable. While inaugurating key infrastructure projects at the Ganderbal area of Kashmir Valley, the Lieutenant Governor congratulated people of Jammu Kashmir for the successful G20 meeting. The Lieutenant Governor observed that the G20 meeting is the beginning of a new era and has opened the door to immense possibilities of peace and progress in the Union Territory. "The festivity around the event was a reflection of the transformation in Jammu Kashmir," he said. Sharing details of the successful event, the Lieutenant Governor said that the three-day meeting of 57 delegates from 27 countries in Srinagar has infused new enthusiasm and new con...

In a significant move, the Jammu & Kashmir Government has approved the installation of towers of harmonious call-blocking systems in all 14 jails of the Union Territory to prevent unauthorized communications from them. As per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the Union Territory’s Home Department has approved the project of installation of a harmonious call-blocking system in all 14 jails of J&K for blocking 2G, 3G, and 4G signals that could later also be suitable for 5G. The proposal involves a financial outlay of Rs 21. 26 crore. Of which, Rs 19.04 crore is a one-time cost and Rs 1.76 crore is recurring cost per annum on account of rent to passive infrastructure providers @Rs 26000 per telecom service provider(TSP) per month per tower-HCBS) and Rs 0.56 crore on a...

While clamping down heavily on the militants settled in POK and their sympathizers, the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of Ramban Police on Wednesday again carried out raids at multiple locations in District Ramban in the houses of militants and their relatives, who are operating from Pakistan occupied Kashmir. A senior police officer told the news agency—Kashmir Scroll said that the houses of the militants and their sympathizers who are settled in POK/PAK and are continuously trying to revive the militancy in the Chenab Valley were raided yesterday. These houses belong to the relatives of Pak/Pok settled militants including Qari Abdul Latief originally a resident of Koot Ara Khari, Reyaz Ahmad Bohru, a resident of Arpinchla, Khari, Fayaz Ahmad, Mushtaq Ahmad Bohru both resident of ...

Danishwar Hameed Veshaw River, a major tributary of River Jhelum has been turned into a dumping site in the Pahloo area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district causing immense damage to the water body in particular and to the environment in general. Locals are openly dumping waste and garbage near the Phaloo bridge of river Veshaw in Brazloo Kulgam “Dogs are always seen in many areas as they keep searching for food in these dumping spots, posing a threat to locals particularly students,” locals said. Dr Suhail Ahmad, a local, said years ago Veshaw gushed with fresh water, and thousands of people would use it for drinking purposes. People would take a bath in it, now you can see that it has been reduced to a mere cesspool. He said there is no mechanism to dump the solid waste. “Pe...

Municipal Committee Handwara demolished an ‘illegal’ under-construction shopping complex, coming up within the township, on Tuesday, official sources said. They told GNS that an under-construction shopping complex on the land with Khasra numbers 1464, 65, 66, 67, and 71 were demolished by the Municipal Committee Handwara after people flagged concern over its alleged illegal construction within the Municipal limits. “Taking cognizance of the concern expressed by people, the Municipal Committee swung into action and razed the structure to ground today”, they said. The Municipal Committee concerned, the sources said, has dealt a stern warning to the public to refrain from involving themselves in any sort of construction without prior permission from the relevant offices. (GNS)...

Korean Ambassador Chang Jaebok Tuesday said that Korea and India need to put efforts to increase tourist footfall from Korea to Kashmir. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the 3rd G20 Tourism Working Group Meeting, Korean Ambassador, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that both governments need to promote cultural exchanges to attract film crews for shooting in the Valley. Jaebok also said that the Korean government extends complete support to India for its G20 presidency this year. "Every country has its own position on any issue, but as far as Korea is concerned, we are completely supporting India for its G20 presidency this year," he said. He said that it will take some time to have increased footfall of tourists from Korea to Kashmir, but the govern...

Jammu Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Tuesday said that the UT reflects the multi-cultural ethos of India and the administration led by him has revived film tourism under the film policy 2021 to open the gates of ‘paradise’ for Bollywood and Hollywood. Addressing the inaugural session of the Third G-20 Tourism Working Group meeting at SKICC on the banks of Dal Lake, the LG as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said the UT administration has rolled-out film policy in 2021 to open gates for Bollywood and Hollywood. “In 2022, more than 300 films and serials were shot in J&K,” the LG said. “We have included hundreds of new tourist destinations on the UT’s tourist map. Many tourist destinations are already on the global map. In 2022, 18 million tourists visited...