A 3-storey migrant house, occupied by paramilitary CRPF, was among at least five structures including a family quarter of BSF gutted in overnight fire incidents in Kashmir Valley, official sources said on Thursday. They said the fire erupted in the 3-storey concrete house, housing CRPF’s personnel of 132 battalion, at 1-Housing Colony Sanatnagar here at around 3 a.m. today. Soon fire tenders reached the spot and doused off the flames.buy amoxicillin online https://www.facebeautyscience.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/inc/new/amoxicillin.html no prescription In the incident, a police officer told GNS that Upper storey of the house was severely damaged while ground and first storey suffered partial loss. Reports said that one CRPF personnel was also injured in the incident bu...

Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K. Pole Wednesday chaired a meeting to review the progress achieved in containment and mitigation of the possible threat from Omicron variant in the division at Divisional Covid-19 Control Room Kashmir (DCCRK), here. At the outset, the Div Com stressed for further intensifying the disease surveillance network with rigorous screening and follow-up of all the international travelers coming from all entry points to Kashmir division. He also designated a Nodal Officer for Surveillance of International travelers. The Nodal Officer was directed to monitor the preparedness as well as implementation of the previous directions by the Administration vis-à-vis Omicron threat. Pole stressed upon Officers to personally visit the facilities w...

The minimum temperature in Kashmir fell as the mercury settled below freezing point across the valley on Thursday, officials said here. Gulmarg resort in north Kashmir's Baramulla district recorded a minimum temperature of minus 5.8 degrees Celsius, the officials said. They said the resort was the coldest recorded place in the valley. Srinagar recorded a low of minus 2.1 degrees Celsius on Wednesday night, down by more than a degree from Tuesday night's minus 0.4 degrees, the officials said. Pahalgam, which serves as the base camp for the annual Amarnath yatra, recorded a low of minus 4.9 degrees Celsius. The mercury in Kupwara in north Kashmir settled at a low of minus 2.4 degrees Celsius. Qazigund, the gateway town to the valley, recorded a minimum temperature of minus ...

The government on Wednesday informed Parliament that the Jammu and Kashmir government has not issued any order under which journalists can be stopped from reporting if their work threatens peace and public tranquility. Minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai stated this in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. "The government of UT of Jammu and Kashmir has informed that no such order has been issued," he stated. He was asked if the J&K administration has issued orders under which journalists can be stopped from reporting if their work threatens peace and public tranquility, and which directs unauthorised/unregistered journalists to complete their registration or obtain approval of the administration before they can be allowed to perform their duties.–(PTI)

A dynamic, responsive, efficient, and people-friendly power department remains the objective of the government. This was stated by the Chief Secretary Dr. Arun K Mehta here today. He was chairing a meeting to review the power sector in Jammu and Kashmir. Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary Power Development Department, Shiv Tayal, MD Jammu Power Distribution Corporation Limited, Basharat Qayoom, MD Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited and Chief Engineers and other senior officers of various wings of the corporations from both Jammu and Kashmir attended the meeting. The meeting was informed that a record number of 264 works costing Rs 2360.27 crores were slated for completion this year. This was by far the highest number of works ever completed in any single year. In the distr...

Financial crisis, cold wave in north, apple import main reasons behind decline in rates: KVFGDU chairman After fetching good rates throughout the autumn, the fruit growers in Kashmir are now witnessing a down market as rates have been continuously decreasing in different Indian markets since fortnight. Growers from different areas of Kashmir told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that usually the rates of apples increase after ending November but this year the rates have started declining due to the growers whose produce is yet to reach markets are very much worried. Abdul Rashid, a grower from Shopian said that he is yet to send his 300 apple boxes as he was waiting for rates to increase but instead of increasing, “rates are decreasing with each passing day.” He said...

Irshad Hussain Amid bone-chilling winter, the ever looming power crisis continues taking toll over lives in Kashmir. One of the many such ordeals is that of the Gund Hassi Bhat area of Srinagar city, which has been reeling under darkness since the past five days. The residents of the affected area while talking to The Kashmiriyat said a transformer got damaged in the area, and none from the administration came forward for repair. "It has been four days but the transformer has not been lifted, yet," a resident said. Kumail Ahmed, a student of the 10th class, told The Kashmiriyat that his exams have been scheduled in the coming days. "I am struggling hard to prepare for his exams. Non-availability of electricity in the area has left everyone exhausted," he said. "In the last f...