Year: 2023

Incessant Rains and defunct drainage system causes waterlogging at many places in Srinagar

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Incessant Rains and defunct drainage system causes waterlogging at many places in Srinagar

Incessant rains coupled with defunct drainage system caused waterlogging in several areas in the summer capital today. Reports said roads and lanes in several areas in Srinagar including New Colony Batamaloo, Hamza Colony Kanipora, Khanyar, Khayam, Munwarabad and Bohri Kadal were waterlogged following heavy rains. “We have been facing immense hardships due to waterlogging, We can’t even venture out of our houses. We have been moving from pillar to post for construction of the outlet of old drainage system but to no avail,” said a group of residents of New…

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Kashmir faces rising trafficking cases, Women’s Panel calls it ‘Tip of Iceberg’

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Kashmir faces rising trafficking cases, Women's Panel calls it 'Tip of Iceberg'

The National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma on Thursday said human trafficking increased by 15.56 per cent in Jammu and Kashmir last year as compared to the 2021-22 financial year but it is “just the tip of an iceberg”. “In the last few years, we have seen in Kashmir also that women are getting targeted. The NCRB data shows that it has increased 15.56 per cent last year compared to 2021-22. And this is just the tip of the iceberg because the data does not give the true…

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Eleven tourists from Gujarat caught with fake gondola passes in Kashmir

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Eleven tourists from Gujarat caught with fake gondola passes in Kashmir

The authorities on Thursday caught 11 tourists and a local guide with fake and edited Gandola tickets at famous ski resort Gulmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that 11 tourists from Gujarat along with a local guide who had come to board Gondola from Kongdori to Gulmarg were caught with fake and edited tickets. He said they had reached Kongdori through ponies and had come to undertake return journey on fake and edited tickets. “To avoid inconvenience to tourists they were…

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Poonch Attack: Man allegedly dies by suicide after police summon

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Poonch Attack: Man allegedly dies by suicide after police summon

A 35-year-old man, who allegedly consumed poison on being called by police for questioning in connection with the last week Poonch attack case, died on Thursday, an official said. Mukhtar Hussain Shah, a resident of Nar village in the district’s Mendhar tehsil, was perturbed as he was facing some domestic issues, he said and added that he was not summoned as a suspect. He allegedly consumed poison at his house on Tuesday evening. He was admitted to the Government Medical College, Rajouri, where he died on Thursday morning, the official…

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Kashmir facing growing threat from drugs

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Kashmir facing growing threat from drugs Kashmir facing growing threat from drugs

Drug-related crimes have been on the rise in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in recent years. The state’s strategic location makes it a transit point for the illegal drug trade in Kashmir. The porous borders and difficult terrain make it challenging for law enforcement agencies to prevent the smuggling of drugs and other contraband into and out of J&K. Heroin, cannabis, and prescription drugs are among the most commonly trafficked drugs in valley. Drug addiction is also a significant problem in J&K, particularly among young people. Many addicts turn to crime…

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Jammu & Kashmir experiences a drop in temperature and heavy rainfall affecting apple pollination in Kashmir

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Jammu & Kashmir experiences a drop in temperature and heavy rainfall affecting apple pollination in Kashmir

Amid cloudy weather, intermittent rain lashed Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. Light to moderate showers with lightning and winds were observed at many places of the Union Territory particularly in the afternoon. “We have recorded rain in all weather stations of J&K,” said an official of the meteorological department. She said the highest rainfall of 6.2 mm was reported in Jammu’s Batote and 5.4 mm in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district during the day. “The summer capital Srinagar was drenched with light rain of 0.7 mm which is still continuing intermittently,” she said…

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Over 300 vehicles stranded as Jammu-Srinagar national highway got shut due to landslide near Banihal

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Over 300 vehicles stranded as Jammu-Srinagar national highway got shut due to landslide near Banihal

The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed on Thursday after a landslide in Ramban district, leaving over 300 vehicles stranded, officials said. The landslide took place in the Shalgari area of the district, which is being battered by rains, they said. Over 300 vehicles are stranded at different points of the 270-km highway, the officials said. They said work is on to reopen the highway for traffic but incessant rainsin the Ramban-Banihal sector was proving to be an impediment.  “Continuous shooting stones, slides block traffic at Shalgadi, near Banihal. Arrangements made…

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Non-local tenant refused to leave rented accommodation, Attempts to set ablaze house in Pampore

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Non-local tenant refused to leave rented accommodation, Attempts to set ablaze house in Pampore

A non-local on Sunday allegedly tried to set a house on fire in the Pampore area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The daughter of the house owner Humaira told the media in Srinagar that their employee who is a non-local set ablaze their house on the night of Sunday and Monday. She said that the non local who identified himself as Sahil from Nepal worked in their hotel. “He showed us all documents which were fake and his real name is Shakti. He told us that he has no one…

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Kashmiri Pandit outfit warns GoI: ‘Perceptions of normalcy in J&K no more than delusions’

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Kashmiri Pandit outfit warns GoI: 'Perceptions of normalcy in J&K no more than delusions'

Panun Kashmir asks the Centre to ‘recognise the internal failures in J&K’ over the handling of security affairs, at the level of the security establishment and the top political leadership. Panun Kashmir, a prominent organisation of migrant Kashmiri Pandits, on Tuesday, asked the Government of India “to recognise that its perceptions about fast unfolding normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir are not more than delusions driven by political expediency”. In a press statement issued in Jammu, Panun Kashmir chairman Dr Ajay Chrungoo expressed shock over the terrorist attacks on security forces…

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Poonch Attack: People’s Anti-Fascist Front, Jaish offshoot releases photo of truck ‘Before’ attack

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Poonch Attack: People’s Anti-Fascist Front, Jaish offshoot releases photo of truck ‘Before’ attack

50 detained for questioning, combing operation enters Day 5 Taking responsibility of the Poonch terror attack in which five soldiers died, Jaish-e-Mohammed’s (JeM) offshoot terror group People’s Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF) has released a purported photograph of the Army truck shot by a body camera before it was ambushed on April 20. The photo, which went viral on social media after being released on Monday, shows the Army truck plying on the road with forest area on both sides. Intelligence sources had earlier informed that investigators believe that a spotter or an…

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