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Five district hospitals in Kashmir are lagging behind in medical technology as they do not have CT-Scan facilities available, causing significant challenges for the local populace. According to information obtained by the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the districts lacking CT-Scan facilities include Srinagar, Budgam, Bandipora, Ganderbal and Shopian. Health officials revealed to KNO that JLNM Hospital in Srinagar currently does not have CT-Scan facilities. However, residents of Srinagar have alternative hospitals available, mitigating their difficulties. An official mentioned District Hospital Bandipora where a CT-Scan machine was approved three years ago, but it has not been installed yet, leaving patients in the district to suffer immensely. The absence of this crucia...

Crime Branch of Kashmir on Saturday produced a chargesheet before Court of Anti-corruption in Anantnag, against three persons accused of involvement in cheating and other relevant offences. "Special Crime Wing (Crime Branch) Srinagar produced charge sheet of case FIR number 25/2012 before the Hon’ble Court of Anti Corruption Court Anantnag on 05.10.2023 against three accused persons for their involvement in commission of offences punishable under sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 201, 120-B RPC, 5(2) PC Act", reads a statement issued to GNS. The said case, the statement reads, was registered in Crime Branch Kashmir on a complaint from then Zonal Education Officer Kulgam, wherein, it was alleged that one Rashid-Ul-Hassan Gojjar son of Gh. Hassan, resident of Arigatnoo Tehsil Kulgam has bee...

Palestinian fighters have launched the largest attack on Israel in years, infiltrating areas of southern Israel amid a barrage of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip that killed at least one woman and injured 15 others, Israeli medical workers said according to Al Jazeera. The rocket fire began from multiple locations in Gaza starting at 06:30am local time (03:30 GMT) on Saturday and continued for nearly half an hour, the Agence France-Presse news agency reported. Military commander, later announced the start of a military operation in a broadcast on Hamas media, calling on Palestinians everywhere to fight. Deif said the rockets fired marked the start of “Operation Al-Aqsa Storm”, according to reports. “We’ve decided to say enough is enough,” Deif said as he urged all Palestinian...

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said that over 9,000 landless people have been given land in the region so far and only those eligible will get 5 Marla land from the government. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function at Dak Bunglow, the LG as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that the administration has been able to bring transparency and have adapted to the pro-people approach and a new dawn of development is being written. He said that over 9,000 landless people in Jammu and Kashmir have been givern the land and that only eligible land less people will get 5 Marla land in J&K. The LG, who was on a 2-day visit to Kupwara district, also said that the Railway Minister has already sanctioned budget for a technical survey. “Once the ...

Condemning the recent police crackdown on NewsClick and the arrest of its editor under the draconian UAPA in India, the students of Columbia Journalism School assert that journalism is not a crime, and it most certainly is not terrorism, Maktoob Media reported. “In the early hours of October 3, 2023, police in India questioned, detained and arrested dozens of journalists, editors, and writers associated with NewsClick, an outlet that is known to be critical of the current regime. The homes of these journalists and human rights defenders were raided, and their phones and laptops seized. While some were released after questioning, others were arrested on charges of terrorism and criminal conspiracy,” read a statement signed 70 students of the school. “This episode is the most recent of...

A recent incident in Rajouri district has resulted in an Army officer sustaining injuries in what appears to be a grenade accident. Army officer told news agency Kashmir Scroll that the incident occurred at a post in the Rajouri sector and the injured officer was promptly evacuated for medical attention. After receiving initial treatment, the officer's condition has stabilized and is currently deemed stable. The army has initiated investigations into the incident to ascertain the factors that led to this unfortunate accident. This ensures that all necessary protocols, safety measures, and precautions are reviewed and strengthened to prevent similar incidents in the future. (KS)

Assistant Regional Transport Officer (ARTO), Baramulla warned private Eco vehicle owners ferrying passengers without permit of strict action if they continue the practice. An official at the Motor Vehicle Department, Sopore told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that a checking drive was launched jointly by the teams from Police and the Motor Vehicles Department Baramulla, during which three vehicles who were ferrying passengers illegally were seized. The vehicles seized were violating the rules and regulations under the MV Acts and were ferrying the passengers without a permit, the official said. Assistant Regional Transport Officer (ARTO), Baramulla, Muazzam Ali warned the private vehicle (Eco) owners from ferrying the passengers illegally without proper documentation. ...

Shah Basit/Rayees Shah Ganderbal Press Association has elected a new body after conducting fresh polls through a well-decorated ballot voting process on Thursday. The elections were conducted at Degree College Ganderbal in the presence of the Chief Guest ADDC Ganderbal Mr Mushtaq Simnani and Principal Mrs Fozia. Seven candidates were in the fray. Out of 48 total votes polled one vote was rejected. Mir Aftab (Punjab Kesari) was elected the new president of the Association while others who were elected to different posts included Vice President Ghulam Nabi Raina (Kashmir Uzma /KNT), General Secretary Saleem Wani (Gulistan TV), Spokesperson Haadi Hidayat (ANN) and Treasurer Raja Syed from KNO. On the occasion, the oath ceremony was also organized under the chairmanship of ADDC ...

CPIM Leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami on Thursday expressed deep grief and sorrow over the demise of the spouse of the well-known religious scholar, Dr Qazi Nisar. In a condolence message, Tarigami expressed condolences to the deceased’s sons, Qazi Yasir, Qazi Umair and Qazi Shibli.(KNS)