At least 50 youths were detained in Jammu while demanding the early conduct of written examination for the posts of Jammu Kashmir Police Border Battalion advertised in 2019. The angry protesters also condemned the recent re-advertisement of the posts by the police recruitment board and sought its withdrawal. On Tuesday morning, hundreds seeking recruitment in the police border battalion appeared at Dogra Chowk and later blocked the Tawi bridge on Jammu-Airport road for nearly two hours. This triggered massive traffic jams in the city. "Police was immediately rushed to the scene and used mild baton charge before detaining over 50 protesters," an official said. On January 27, the border battalion aspirants submitted a memorandum to the divisional commissioner, Jammu and apprised him...

Danishwar Hameed A woman from the Soppar area of Kulgam died of medical negligence on Tuesday. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, one of her family members said that on Sunday (06 Feb) Sholi Jan went for a routine check-up. "The doctor at the clinic advised her to go to the nearby hospital as her oxygen level was slightly low," the family member said. "At the hospital, Sholi was continuously kept on the high flow of oxygen which damaged her lungs and later caused her death on Monday," he told The Kashmiriyat. The Medical Superintendent of District Hospital Kulgam Dr. Muzaffar Ahmed said that a probe has been launched to investigate the incident. "she (Sholi Jan) was suffering from Myotonia. The statement of the concerned doctor will be recorded too during the probe," he said.

At least 10,000 pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh have registered for the Hajj in the ensuing year scheduled to begin from May month while the registration process last date is on 15th of February this month. Given the 1st and 2nd wave of the deadly COVID-19 infection across the globe, India and the kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the last two consecutive years barred overseas Hajj pilgrims. Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi had welcomed the decision of the Saudi government saying that all arrangements for the Hajj were made while they waited for their decision and the central government welcomed the call amid a rise in COVID cases. After the nod from Saudi Arabia regarding the Hajj 2022 in the ensuing year with a decline in infection cas...

A 17-year-old girl attempted to commit suicide by consuming poisonous substance at her home in Ganiwan Kangan area of Central Kashmir's Ganderbal district. Sources told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the girl (name withheld) consumed some poisonous substance at her home and was immediately rushed to nearby hospital where from she was referred to SKIMS Soura in a critical condition where she succumbed. The official said that it was not immediately known as to why she took this extreme step—(KNO)