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14-yr-old girl hangs self to death in Pattan Village

Pattan 02 March : A Teenage girl hanged herself to death in Uglar Village of Pattan in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday.

Official sources told Kashmir News Service (KNS) that a 14-year-old girl (name withheld) hanged herself on Thursday Afternoon at her home in Uglar Goshbugh village of pattan following which she was immediately rushed to a nearby Trauma hospital Pattan where doctors declared her brought dead.

An official told KNS that we are Ascertaining the facts, A case has been registered and investigation has been initiated in this regard he said (KNS)

Baramulla , March 02 : Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Shri Parshottam Rupala on Thursday visited Baramulla and reviewed the implementation of Centrally Sponsored Schemes.

At the outset Deputy Commissioner Baramulla Dr Syed Sehrish Asgar gave a detailed presentation and briefed about the profile of the district.

The Union Minister was informed that district Baramulla produces 19.50 Cr litres of milk annually which makes the district milk surplus. It was given out that 368 cases were sponsored under Integrated Dairy Development Scheme in the current financial year in which 270 units have been sanctioned thereby generating employment avenues to 286 youth of Baramulla district.

On the occasion , the Union Minister said that norms have been relaxed so that more youth avail the benefits under IDDS and employment avenues are created besides scaling up the livestock production in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

While highlighting the achievements made under Dairying and Sheep Husbandry, it was given out that 20.05 lac kgs of mutton was found to be produced against the target of 20.13 lac kgs in the district.

The meeting was informed that district has scaled up the fish production from 915 tonnes in 2020-21 to 1685 tonnes in 2022-23.

The Union Minister lauded the efforts of district administration for successful implementation of centrally sponsored schemes in the district and said that livestock is the most important sectors in the economy of Jammu and Kashmir with a huge potential of employment generation.

The Union Minister inaugurated three mobile Veterinary Clinic Vans and six Bikes for carrying out Artificial Insemination AI and other treatment of the livestock at the doorsteps of the beneficiaries.

On the occasion, the Union Minister distributed sanction letters among beneficiaries of fisheries, dairy and sheep farming units

Later , the Union Minister held insightful interaction with the District Development Council , Municipal Council and other PRIs of the district.

DDC Chairperson Safina Beigh apprised the Union Minister with the ongoing development in the district and put forward several demands including reconstruction of Trout rearing unit at Bella Boniyar.

Rajouri, Mar 02 : Two persons died while six others were injured after a minibus turned turtle at Kewal Turn in Rajouri district on Thursday morning.

An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a minibus with eight passengers on board turned turtle near Kewal Turn in the district, resulting in injuries to the passengers.

Block Medical Officer Kandi, Dr Iqbal Malik said that eight injured were received at Community Health Center Kandi, but two of them succumbed to injuries.

He said of six injured two have been referred to GMC Associated Hospital Rajouri.

Deceased have been identified as Shakil Ahmed of Kewal and Badar Hussain of Kandi—(KNO)

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.