Thursday, December 18Latest news and updates from Kashmir

Modi Government blocks 35 YouTube channels, other social media accounts: Report

Modi Government blocks 35 YouTube channels, other social media accounts: Report

INDIA
Modi government has blocked 35 more YouTube channels, Vikram Sahai, Joint Secretary (P&A), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said on friday. According to news reports, on the basis of intelligence inputs, 35 YouTube channels, two Twitter, Instagram accounts, a website and one Facebook account have been blocked yesterday i.e. on January 20. Earlier on January 19, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur had said that the government would continue to crack down on those "conspiring" against the country. The Information and Broadcasting Ministry in December last year, ordered the blocking of 20 YouTube channels and two websites accused of spreading anti-India propaganda and fake news. The ministry had said these channels were being used to "coordinately post ...
Residents suffer as road from Naderbagh Haider-maidan in Ganderbal remains in shambles

Residents suffer as road from Naderbagh Haider-maidan in Ganderbal remains in shambles

REGIONAL
Shah Basit Residents of Naderbagh Haider-maidan area of Wayil in Ganderbal District are facing a lot of problems due to dilapidated condition and muddy of the road which was newly constructed by Rural development department Ganderbal last year. Naderbagh Haider-maidan is a remotest area of Ganderbal district which is a few kilometres away from Gutlibagh road. Residents speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that they are facing a lot of inconvenience due to this road as a result of which the people of this area are suffering during harsh winter season. "We have approached Rural development department Ganderbal for this road they said we have no funds for execution of further work on the said road," they said.buy prednisone online https://pridedentaloffice.com/wp-content/themes/Divi/i...
Transmission tower of Samba-Amargarh line damaged; Kashmir to witness additional curtailments for next  two weeks: KPDCL

Transmission tower of Samba-Amargarh line damaged; Kashmir to witness additional curtailments for next two weeks: KPDCL

OTHERS
uri, 1 tower of 400 KV Sambha-Amargarh Sterllite Transmission Line has toppled, because of land erosion as a result of which power supply to Kashmir Valley has got partially affected since intervening night of 20th & 21st January, 2022,” a KPDCL official told GNS. “We are short of availability of power by 10%, this has resulted in additional curtailments. Restoration works have been taken up in hand by concerned agency and will take about 10-15 days. Consumers are requested to bear with the corporation and inconvenience caused to general public is regretted,” the official added. (GNS)
Srinagar Admin reaches out to fire victims of Aali Kadal

Srinagar Admin reaches out to fire victims of Aali Kadal

REGIONAL
On the directions of the Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad, Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Srinagar, Dr Syed Hanief Balkhi Friday visited Aali Kadal area near Rahbab Sahab Shrine in Shaher-i-Khaas to take first hand appraisal and on the spot assessment of the damages caused due to devastating fire incident. The ADC accompanied by Tehsildar South and other concerned Officers met the fire victims whose residential houses got completely damaged in a massive fire incident on January 20, besides a 56-year-old woman lost her life in the unfortunate incident. On the occasion, the ADC met the fire victims who have been provided temporary shelter in a nearby Community Facilitation Center. While interacting with the fire sufferers, the ADC expressed sympathies with the...
2022 will be transformative year in Jammu Kashmir: Army

2022 will be transformative year in Jammu Kashmir: Army

OTHERS
Core Group consisting of top officials of Civil Administration, Intelligence Agencies, and Security Forces in J&K met today at Badami Bagh Cantonment to review the security situation in Kashmir. The meeting was co-chaired by the General Officer Commanding, Chinar Corps, Lt Gen DP Pandey and Director General of Police Jammu & Kashmir, Dilbag Singh. The core group reviewed the intelligence inputs and security parameters of 2021. The year 2021 witnessed a reduction in militant infiltration, militant incidents and militant recruitment and increased operations based on human intelligence, reduced collateral damage, no civil casualties in law and order situation, reduced SF casualties, increased arrest of militants and booking of OGWs; all pointing to effective conduct of joint operat...
One Person Arrested For ‘scandalous online campaign’ against Kashmiri students

One Person Arrested For ‘scandalous online campaign’ against Kashmiri students

SOUTH KASHMIR
The Jammu Kashmir Police on Friday said that one Iftikhar Ahmad Dar from Anantnag was arrested for carrying a “scandalous online campaign against Kashmiri students studying outside, causing anguish to students and parents.” The Jammu Kashmir Police in a tweet said a case (FIR No. 23/2022) at police station Anantnag stands registered under relevant sections of law. Iftikhar Ahmed Dar is a resident of Sarnal in the main town of Anantnag. He had recently run an online video on his page where he had accused students studying outside Jammu Kashmir of being a threat to Islam as they were involved in 'unislamic' activities.  
COVID-19: Authorities impose restrictions across Kashmir as cases rise

COVID-19: Authorities impose restrictions across Kashmir as cases rise

REGIONAL
Authorities on Friday afternoon imposed restrictions on the non-essential movement of people across Kashmir as a 64-hour lockdown began in the union territory in view of an exponential rise in the number of coronavirus cases since the beginning of the new year, officials said. Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday recorded 5992 fresh cases of coronavirus -- the highest single day spike since the pandemic began. There are 31,044 active cases in the UT Police vehicles fitted with public address systems announced the restrictions at several places across the valley in the afternoon after the government ordered complete restriction on non-essential movement during from 2 pm on Friday till 6 am on Monday in the entire Jammu and Kashmir, the officials said. Shops and other business establishments ...
JK reports 5720 new positive cases, 5 More die in last 24 hours

JK reports 5720 new positive cases, 5 More die in last 24 hours

REGIONAL
The admin today informed that 5720 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 1890 from Jammu division and 3830 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu Kashmir to 384381.Also, 05 Covid deaths have been reported; 04 from Jammu Division and 01 from Kashmir Division. Moreover, 1877more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 819from Jammu Division and1058 from Kashmir Division. The Bulletin also informs that no new case of Mucormycosis has been reported today, thus the total number of confirmed casesremains51 across J&K. On COVID vaccination, the bulletin informs that 39,460doses of COVID vaccine have been administered in the last 24 hours bringing the cumulativ...
Watch: Day 2- Street Vendors Stage Protest, Seek Rehabilitation

Watch: Day 2- Street Vendors Stage Protest, Seek Rehabilitation

REGIONAL
Ulfat Bashir The street vendors in Sopore staged a protest for the second consecutive day against the administration, for failing to rehabilitate them. As per the reports, the vendors protested and raised slogans against the administration and Municipal Council, Sopore. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5zFahUU2SE Street vendors ran their stalls outside Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Sopore. The ADC Sopore, however, has stopped them from setting up stalls at the location. Street vendors blocked the main road outside the ADC office demanding a specified place for installation of stalls. They demanded permission to set up their stalls along roadsides or that they be provided a suitable place to carry out their businesses. "We have no place for installation of s...
Train crushes cop to death in Panzgam Pulwama

Train crushes cop to death in Panzgam Pulwama

PULWAMA
A policeman was crushed to death by a train in South Kashmir's Pulwama district on Friday, police said. A police official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a Head constable Mohammad Hussain Dar (48) was hit by a train while he was performing his duties near GRP (Panzgam), resulting in his on the spot death. They said the train was heading towards Banihal Railway Station when the accident took place—(KNO)