Jammu & Kashmir

Srinagar : Kashmir’s loved Radio Jockey and sketch comedian Mirchi RJ Vijdan was spotted on different junctions around the city throughout the month of Feb, with a placard in hands, that read, “slow down, give way, save lives.’’

Vijdan has been talking about giving way to ambulances in the city, on his show on Mirchi FM as part of the month-long campaign, Sun Siren Sun – a sensitization campaign for listeners to be more considerate about patients while driving. Involving volunteers from schools and different backgrounds of life Mirchi FM took the initiative on ground.

Volunteers raised awareness among the public for making way for ambulances while driving. According to research published in 2017 by the National Crime Records Bureau nearly 24,012 people die each day due to a delay in getting medical assistance. To address this issue, Mirchi partnered with AL Rahat Hospital, Dr Bashir’s Eye Care Centre and ARG Jeep to raise awareness on air and on ground.

“We at Mirchi always try to bring initiatives through our programming and campaigns to address issues that the society faces, with Sun Siren Sun we used on air and on ground efforts to highlight the problem faced by ambulances and patients to make it to the hospital in time.” said Vijdan.

Social Evils Like Drug Abuse, Violence Against Women Needs to be Eradicated for a Better & Normal Society: DC B’la

Dr Syed Sehrish Emphasizes on Self Introspection for Mental, Psychological Well Being

Baramulla March 01: Continuing to reach out to the people in distress, Distric Administration Baramulla in collaboration with District Hub for Empowerment of Women organized a day long conference on Mental Health today at Govt Degree College for Women Sopore.

Deputy commissioner Baramulla Dr Syed Sehrish Asgar was the Chief guest on the occasion.

The conference was convened under the banner of “Nayi Soch” which is an ambitious initiative of district administration Baramulla for generating awareness about mental health and allied issues among the masses.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Syed Sehrish Asgar said that administration and people are on the same page in the fight against drug abuse.DC proclaimed that district administration recently established Drug De-addiction Center at PHC Singhpora which will cater the in and out door patients from across district.

Dr Sehrish Asgar said that self Introspection is vital for mental health and awareness among masses is need of the hour to curb the menace of substance abuse.

DC further said that administration will go tough against those who are involved in trafficking of drugs and stringent laws will be executed in this direction.

The conference witnessed huge gathering of students and youth of Sopore sub division.

Counsellors and subject experts spoke on the occasion and highlighted the importance of psychological and social wel being of a person.

It was given out that 192 cases of domestic violence were registered with One Stop Center (OSC) among which 132 were successful resolved. OSC is a nodal center for dealing with the cases of violence against women with the 24*7 Helpline 181.

Pertinently, mental health has intrinsic and instrumental value and is integral to wel being of the society.

Waris Fayaz

Baramulla, Mar 01 (KNO): Body of boy, who had jumped in the river Jhelum along with a girl in north Kashmir Baramulla, was retrieved on Wednesday evening.

An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a boy and a girl jumped in Jhelum today afternoon, however, girl was immediately rescued, while search for the boy was going on.

He said after hectic efforts body of the boy was also retrieved from the river and was shifted to a nearby hospital for medico-legal formalities.

Meanwhile, police have taken cognisance of the incident and started further investigation—(KNO)

Waris Fayaz

Baramulla, Mar 01: A boy and a girl jumped in river Jhelum in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, however, the girl was rescued immediately, while search for boy was on.

An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the duo jumped in the river Jhelum this afternoon.

He said the girl was rescued immediately, while search to trace the boy was going on.

Meanwhile, police have taken cognizance of the incident—(KNO)

Waris Fayaz

Sopore, Mar 01: Sudden emissions of gas from a tube well in Bomai village of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district has created scare among locals even as they accused the concerned department of carelessness.

Locals told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the well was dug to meet up water scarcity in Logripora village of Bomai, however, sudden emissions of gas has created scare among them.

They also accused Jal Shakti Department of carelessness stating that no official visited the site to look into the matter. “When we brought the matter before the concerned officials, they asked us to block the tube well with the help of JCB, but didn’t even bother to visit the village themselves,” the locals alleged.

Meanwhile, the locals appealed to the higher authorities to look into the matter at an earliest—(KNO)

Baramulla, February 28: In a significant and breakthrough achievement, medical experts at Govt Medical College Baramulla today successfully performed a heart surgery, called in medical terminology as Permanent Dual Chamber Pacemaker Implant in an 80-year-old patient with complaint of recurrent loss of consciousness and conduction block.

This is a first-of-its-kind facility among the new Medical Colleges and will prove to be a boon to the health sector of North Kashmir. This facility will benefit the people of North Kashmir in general and senior citizens in particular, who otherwise had to travel to Srinagar or outside state for Pace Maker Implants.

As per the Principal of GMC, a team of doctors’ lead by Dr. Mudassir Muzamil & Dr. Owais performed this procedure which took 1 hour. The team was assisted by Dr. Javaid Ahmad and technical staff led by Jaffar Ahmad and as per reports, the patient is doing well post-surgery.

Meanwhile, the Principal of the college and Medical Superintendent Associated Hospital congratulated the team of Doctors of the Department of Medicine for achieving the feet in cardiac surgery domain. They said that such operations are being performed at very few centres in Kashmir. They asserted that Medicine department will be provided with advanced surgical equipment for delivering top end facilities to the heart patients of North Kashmir.

Khan Jehangeer

Sopore 28 febuary: National Science Day 2023 was celebrated here at Government Degree College Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday.

The day is celebrated on February 28 every year since 1987 to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by Indian physicist Sir C.V. Raman.

The programme was organised by the Sopore Rashtriya Rifles in collaboration with the NGOs “We Care Kashmir Foundation” and “Jarna Fondation and Govt degree College Sopore at GDC Sopore.”

An official said that a total of 30 Science projects spanning 13 schools and one college were submitted by the students for the exhibition.

Dr. Nazrul Islam, a member of the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), was the chief guest on the occasion.

Around 450 students from 13 schools, including Unique Educational Institute Duroo, Imperial Educational Institute Nathipora, Rehmat e Alam Educational Institute Seloo, Welkin School Sopore, Govt. Hr. Sec. Botingoo, Govt. Hr. Sec. School Unisoo, Amzat Hall Public School Malmapanpora, and GDC students, besides 50 students from different Madrasa also participated in this grand event

The occasion was also attended by a large number of volunteers across the Sopore belt.

Meanwhile, on this occasion, the participants showed great interest and also thanked the Army for coming forward to organize such events for the bright future of students in the town.

“This is exactly the need of the hour to give a platform for the young blood who can have a vision for his or her career; such programmes are boosting our children and giving them peace of mind to think about their bright future; we are really thankful to the Army for organising such programs,” said a group of volunteers.

The students also thanked the Army for giving them a chance to participate in such informative programs.

Srinagar, Feb 28: One more militant has been killed in the ongoing encounter in Awantipora area of Pulwam district, taking the toll to 3 including a soldier, police said here on Tuesday.

Kashmir zone police, in a Tweet, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said one more militants has been killed while search operation was going on.

“01 more #terrorist killed (Total 02). #Incriminating materials including arms & ammunition recovered. #Search going on. Further details shall follow,” police tweeted.

Earlier, one militant and a soldier were killed, while another soldier was injured in the ensuing gunfight. ADGP Vijay said the slain militant identified as Aqib was involved in the killing of Kashmiri Pandit Sanjay Sharma—(KNO)

Srinagar, Feb 28: An unidentified man was killed after getting hit by a moving train along Pattan-Hamray railway station in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district this morning, officials said.

They told GNS that the man was hit and subsequently run over by the train on way from Banihal to Baramulla, resulting in his instant death.

Confirming it, a police official told GNS that they are ascertaining the identity of the deceased individual. (GNS)