Kashmir
Govt to allow home delivery of bakery on Eid, Ehsaas Interna...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:The Srinagar district administration decided to allow home delivery of bakery items in Srinagar by bakery units on the even of Eid-ul-Fitr. Kashmiri volunteer group Ehsaas International distributed 300 PPE Kits among bakers during the event held at Srinagar. Wilayat Times reports that District administration Srinagar on Friday launched a training program for bakers and confectionery manufacturers of Srinagar district on how to open and run up their units alongside ongoing pandemic Covid...
Srinagar airport ready to resume with 40 per cent flight ope...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:A first private cargo aircraft carrying medical essentials arrived at Srinagar International Airport on Wednesday at Srinagar since March 25 when government of India suspended routine commercial air traffic due to Covid-19 outbreak. The flight also travelled to Leh before touching down at Srinagar. Tasaduq Hussain/KNO The airport authorities in Srinagar Thursday said that they are ready to resume the flight operations with only 30 to 40 per cent air traffic the Centre gives...
Youth Killed near Narbal Budgam, Family refutes CRPF claims,...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar: A civilian was shot dead by paramilitary CRPF men at Kawoosa, Narbal in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district today when he allegedly jumped at two check points. Mobile internet services across Budgam district was suspended as a precautionary measure on Wednesday soon after a civilian killing took place in Narbal area. Police said that a civilian travelling in a vehicle jumped from two naka points in Kawoosa, Narbal after which CRPF men fired at him in which he got injured. “He was shifted...
Kashmiri Journalist Tanveer ul Ahad remembered for his dedic...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar: Global News Service (GNS) and daily Kashmir Glory founder Tanveer-ul-Ahad passed away on Monday night. 33 years old Tanveer breathed his last after a brief illness at SMHS Hospital in Srinagar. A young and promising journalist, he started his career working with Daily Alsafa and news gathering agency PBI run by Helpline Group. A resident of Kupwara district, later he founded his own news gathering agency GNS and daily Kashmir Glory. His colleagues at GNS said that Tanveer reported vomiting...
Mirwaiz Yousuf Shah (R.A) remembered on his 53rd Death Anniv...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar: The 53rd death anniversary of Muhajir -e-Millat Mirwaiz Moulvi Yousuf Shah (RA) was observed on both sides of the divide In Jammu and Kashmir with full respect and honor on 10 May 2020. Due to Covid 19 pandemic no public function to commemorate the services of the late Mirwaiz was held in Srinagar . In Muzzafarbad AJK PM Raja Farooq Haider and his cabinet ministers offered Fateh Khawani at the graveyard of Mirwaiz Molvi Yousuf Shah before which Quran Khwani was held there. In a Statement...
JK Police version over encounters in South Kashmir and Naiko...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:Jammu and Kashmir Police issued the statement on South Kashmir encounters saying on specific inputs two cordon and search operations were launched by J&K Police and Security Forces at Sarshali and Beighpora in Awantipora. Police in the statement said that these cordon and search operations led to encounters as the hiding militants opened fire upon the operation parties. According to police in these encounters four militants were killed. “In Sharshali encounter 02 militants of LeT were...
Math teacher to Hizb operations chief: Riyaz Naikoo Killed...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:Hizbul Mujahideen operational commander Riyaz Naikoo and his associate Adil Ahmad alias Dr.Saifullah were killed during an encounter with security forces in South Kashmir’s Awantipora village. Not many outside the Valley had heard of Riyaz Ahmad Naikoo, the 35-year-old operational commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen who was killed in an encounter with security forces in South Kashmir’s Awantipora not until three years ago. In August 2017, a year after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen...
No risk of COVID infection from dead body:Kashmiri Health E...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:As the families of deceased COVID-19 patients are being asked to follow protocol set by the government in performing last rites, the health expert in the Valley on Wednesday said that there is no risk of getting affected from the dead persons, who die from the deadly Coronavirus. Wilayat Times reports says In a statement issued to news agency—KNO), Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) president and prominent health expert of Kashmir, Dr Nisar ul Hassan, said “There is no risk to catch the...
Ramadan begins amid Lockdown...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:Holy Islamic month of Ramadhan begun today with closed mosques denying gatherings for prayers, including special prayer taraweeh due to the nationwide lockdown imposed to combat the Covid 19 pandemic. With the beginning of Ramadhan, almost all Muslim majority countries closed Mosques and people prayed at home in order to counter Coronavirus which has claimed 2.73m lives and 192K deaths globally till date. Practicing Muslims, abstain from eating and drinking from dawn to dusk during Ramadhan...
Alama Sheikh Dawoodi bereaved, death widely condoled...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:19th April 2020:Prominent Islamic Scholar and Patron of Tehreek Soutul-Auwliya Jammu and Kashmir, Alama Sheikh Haaj Abdul Rashid Dawoodi bereaved after his father passed away for heavenly abode at Kashmir. Due to COVID-19, very few people attended the last rituals of father of religious scholar and In his message Sheikh Dawoodi requested all people of J&K not to visit him for condolences due to social distancing which is important during these Crisis. A large number of people including...