An elderly man was allegedly manhandled by staffers and security guards at a Jammu Kashmir bank branch at Sivere in Lolab area here on Monday afternoon. Eyewitnesses said one Ghulam Haider Mughal had come to withdraw money at the bank branch. However, after hours of wait outside the bank premises, the elderly man asked the security staff to allow him to enter the branch. However the security staff and few staffers caught hold of the person and dragged him, they alleged. The elderly person, they said, suffered contusions on his hands and arms and was shrieking in pain, they said. The locals alleged that bank authorities were allowing only some selected people to enter the bank despite them waiting outside. The people demanded strict action against all those involved in what they...

Directs for strict monitoring of attendance of medical staff Taking immediate cognizance of few reports regarding the unauthorized absence of some doctors from duties at Government Medical College Anantnag, the Deputy Commissioner (District Magistrate) Anantnag, Dr. Piyush Singla today directed the Principal of the college to strictly monitor the attendance and roster of the doctors and paramedical staff there. He further asked the Principal to ensure the health staff at the college attend the duties punctually and follow the roster in letter and spirit besides forwarding the attendance to the office of the Deputy Commissioner on daily basis. Meanwhile, on the directions of the DC, a team of officials headed by Additional Deputy Commissioner, Ghulam Hassan Sheikh and Tehsildar Anantn...

Residents of Check Mohalla in Qazipora village of Chadoora in Budgam district Monday chose a unique way to protest against the government's failure of repairing the important road link by planting paddy crop on the road stretch to attract attention of authorities. According to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), villagers planted paddy saplings as a mark of protest on the Chadoora-Check Mohalla Qazipora road to highlight its poor condition. Residents alleged that authorities never paid interest to repair the road their and the village is only six kilometers away from Chadoora tehsil. The residents of the village said that the road is in dilapidated condition as the stretch has not been repaired since a decade due to which they face many problems. "We took to the streets a ...

Suhail Dar Three laborers were critically injured after a trench collapsed and fell down on them in the Durpora area of Khiram in the Bijbehara belt of South Kashmir. An official told The Kashmiriyat that on Monday morning, three persons were injured after an under-construction trench fell upon, after which the trio was referred to a nearby hospital for treatment. The injured were identified as Shahid Ahmed Lone, Sabzar Ahmed Lone both sons of Abdul Rehman Lone and Nazir Ahmed Lone, son of Sanaullah Lone, all resident of Durpora area in Khiram. A Police official while speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that Sabzar Ahmed Lone succumbed to his injuries, while the two others have been shifted to District Hospital, Anantnag for treatment.

Jammu Kashmir reported five more covid-19 deaths since last evening, officials said on Sunday. They said two deaths were reported from the Jammu division and three from Kashmir Valley, taking the fatality count to 4191. A woman from Kakapora Pulwama died within half an hour of her admission to GMC Anantnag, the officials told GNS. They said a 70-year-old woman from Jobera Awantipora died three days after remaining admitted to the hospital. A 71-year-old woman from Ratsana Tral died 12 days after remaining admitted to the hospital, they said. Two deaths were reported at GMC Jammu, they added. Of late, there has been decrease in both the number of daily cases and deaths in Jammu and Kashmir. So far over 250 people have died this month while over 15000 cases have been added ...

Shabir Khan The Jammu Kashmir Police in the Sopore area of Baramulla in North Kashmir has listed the three top-most wanted Militants in the Sopore belt. Official Sources informed The Kashmiriyat that the posters of "wanted-Militants" have surfaced in various areas of Sopore Kashmir wherein three Locals have been asked to provide information about the three carrying a cash bounty of rupees ten lakh each. Pertinently, the posters have figured two days after an attack on Government forces in the Sopore area, in which two civilians and two cops were killed. "Two local militants involved in the attack have been identified," Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar had said, adding,  Jammu Kashmir Police and security forces are on job and they will be tracked down at an earl...