Heath authorities on Tuesday asked all the Chief Medical Officers, Medical Superintendents and Block Medical Officers not to leave their station without seeking prior permission “so as to make sure that health care facilities don’t get hampered due to snowfall.” “In order to meet out any emergency situation that may arise due to heavy snow fall in Kashmir Division, all the Chief Medical Officers / Medical Superintendents / Block Medical Officers are hereby directed not to leave their station without seeking prior permission from this office, so as to make sure that health care facilities don’t get hampered due to snowfall,” reads an order by Dr Mushtaq Ahmad Rather, Director Health Services Kashmir, a copy of which lies with GNS. In addition, all the hospital administrators have been...

At Least 34 flights to and fro Srinagar ‘international’ airport here have been cancelled due to poor visibility amid rains and snowfall in Kashmir Valley on Tuesday. Officials here told GNS that all Indigo flights (13), Spicejet (6) and Vistara(3) besides most of the Air India and Go First flights have been cancelled. In all 42-44 flights were scheduled for today and it was unlikely that any flight will take place today, they said. Some international flights are scheduled later tonight, they said. “Given the weather conditions, they are unlikely to operate,” they said. However officials said that the call on the remaining flight operations will be taken depending on the prevailing weather conditions during the day. Director Srinagar airport, Kuldeep Singh told GNS that 34 fligh...

Danishwar Hameed Two Militants have been killed during an encounter that raged between militants and government forces in Wokay (okay) area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. An official earlier told The Kashmiriyat that on Tuesday morning, 9 RR of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police and 18 BN of CRPF launched a joint launched cordon and search operation in the Wokay area of Kulgam. During the cordon, the hiding militants fired upon the forces, triggering off a gunfight, he said. Two militants have been killed, who are yet to be identified.buy vidalista online https://pridedentaloffice.com/wp-content/themes/Divi/includes/new/vidalista.html no prescription As per the latest report, the search operation is still going on.

Jammu Kashmir Police personnel will soon get American Sig Sauer assault rifles and pistols to carry out anti-militancy operations, officials said. The Army has already equipped its personnel guarding the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan and the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China with state-of-the-art rifles. The Jammu Kashmir Police is probably the first in the country to get the modern weapons, they said, adding that the force will be procuring 500 Sig Sauer-716 rifles and 100 Sig Sauer MPX 9mm pistols. The special operation group (SoG) and personnel deployed for the security of protected people will be equipped with the weapons, they said. According to officials, the Jammu Kashmir Police had recently floated global bids on the government buying portal GeM (Government ...

Bhat Yasir Several parts of the Kashmir valley received fresh snowfall on Tuesday (January 04) which hit the flight operations in the region. As the snowfall continued, several flights were cancelled due to poor visibility. According to reports received by The Kashmiriyat, so far 14 flights have been cancelled due to wet weather conditions which are expected to intensify as the day progresses. The weatherman has issued an orange warning for the Jammu Kashmir region and asked people to take all necessary precautions. “ There are chances of snow avalanches and landslides in vulnerable areas besides disruption of power supply in hilly areas. There may be water logging in low-lying areas besides a further dip in day temperatures," the warning said. “People in snow-bound areas ar...

Unknown persons have allegedly stolen overhead (OHE) wiring of track operating between Pampore and Srinagar railway stations' on intervening night of January 3 and 4 at Pampore. Official sources told GNS that the wiring was found cut and missing this morning by the authorities. "It couldn't be however immediately ascertained by the authorities as how much of the wiring has been stolen", sources said. "Though repeated incidents of such nature have been taking place over the time, hardly has been anyone arrested so far", they said. When contacted a railway department official told GNS that they are working on it. (GNS)

Weatherman on Tuesday issued an ‘orange alert’ as present weather system of snowfall is expected to “intensify”. The weather office has already issued an advisory for snowfall in J& till January 9. “As expected, weather is overcast in both J&K with widespread light rain/snow and moderate snow over higher reaches,” an official of the MeT office said here told GNS. “Present weather is likely to intensify as the day progresses. Expect Moderate Snow/Rain in plains and Heavy Snowfall over higher reaches with main activity later tonight and tomorrow in both Jammu and Kashmir. The weatherman has issued ‘amber/orange warning for “isolated heavy snowfall”. There are four types of colour codes signifying the level of caution: green which means no action, yellow—situation to be watc...