A Delhi court on Monday sent Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvaiz and two others to NIA custody to confront them with a former superintendent of police, who was recently apprehended by the agency in a militancy funding case in the Valley. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had on Friday arrested IPS officer Arvind Digvijay Negi, a former SP posted with the agency, for allegedly leaking secret documents to an overground worker of the banned group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Special Judge Parveen Singh handed over the custody of accused persons - Muneer Ahmad Chowdhary, Arshid Ahmad Tonch and Parvez - to the NIA for their custodial interrogation till February 25 in the case filed under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prev...

At least four army men were injured after their vehicle met with an accident in Choora area of Sopore in north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Tuesday morning. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that an army vehicle met with an accident at Choora area of Sangrama resulting in the injuries to four army men, who were immediately flown to nearby MI hospital for advance treatment.buy kamagra gold online https://pridedentaloffice.com/wp-content/themes/Divi/includes/new/kamagra-gold.html no prescription "After the accident, the traffic movement on the road was restored," he said—(KNO)

Poor patients in Kashmir division are suffering as the golden cards are not being accepted at many major private hospitals. Many cases uploaded by the patients are rejected by the concerned authorities. Several patients told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that despite hospitals empanelled to provide cashless treatment to patients with Golden Card, their cards aren't being accepted. An employee of Khyber Hospital said that the hospital is empanelled under the scheme from 2018. He said that in policy period three and four, 805 cases were rejected by authorities just with an excuse that required documents were not uploaded on time. He said that most of these 805 cases are of January to April last year worth Rs 1.91.crore and despite informing authorities on time th...

Elections in Kashmir will be held within six to eight months of the delimitation exercise being wrapped up in the Union Territory, Home Minister Amit Shah said, as per a report by News18. “The delimitation exercise is about to get over. After that, within six-eight months, the elections will be held. There is no confusion," Shah was quoted as saying in the report. Meanwhile, in the same interview, when asked about Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent statement that New Delhi and Islamabad should resolve their issues, especially Kashmir, together, Shah said: “Kashmir is an integral part of India. There is no point of discussion there. It is a part of India. This is the position taken by all governments in Parliament. This is the country’s position." Shah also criticised Cong...

A man was killed while three other sustained injuries in a road accident in Rajouri town on Monday morning. Police officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the accident took place when a tempo traveller moving on Jammu-Rajouri-Poonch highway hit a tipper near Army water point station of Rajouri town, in which one person was killed and three others were injured. The deceased has been identified as Sajjad Ali, son of Mohammad Ali of Swari village of Rajouri. The injured, they said, have been hospitalized in GMC Rajouri. Meanwhile, police said that necessary legal formalities have been started into the matter—(KNO)

Danishwar Hameed The Govt. Degree College Kulgam today celebrated International Mother Language Day to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural heritage of the Kashmiri Language. The essence of the event was to promote, preserve and protect all languages people speak. Speaking at the event, the Additional District Development Commissioner (ADC) Kulgam, Showket Ahmad Rather who was also chief guest on the occasion said that languages are innate and it is our moral responsibility to protect the mother tongue. In his address, Ayoub Sabir (Guest of Honour) recited his humorous poetry on Kashmiri language. Dr. N. A. Simnani, Principal of the college welcomed the guests, Poets, faculty and language activists of the UT. In his address, he advised students and the audience t...

Ulfat Bashir Due to the sinkhole in Brengi stream in Wandevalgam village in Kokrnag area of ​​south Kashmir, the water of stream is flowing into the sinkhole leaving the stream dry. The water body has been severely affected due to the drying up of the stream, also causing threat to aquatic life. The steps taken by the administration in this regard have diverted the water of the stream towards other tributaries through channels. The landowners would use this water for irrigating thousand Kanal of land but now they have been completely deprived of it. Orchids are also being adversely affected. Now, that the farming season is about to begin, it remains to be seen what effect the sinkhole has on the farming as thousands of kanal of land in the area depends on this water body which ...