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Jammu Kashmir Police on Friday said it arrested seven drug peddlers in Anantnag and recovered contraband & psychotropic substances from their possession. In Anantnag, Police said, seven drug peddlers were arrested in separate actions. Police team of PP Sangam apprehended two persons namely Feroz Ahmad Rather and Aijaz Ahmad Mantoo, both residents of Waghama Bijbehara and recovered about 09 Kgs of Poppy Straw from their possession, a police spokesman said in a statement. Similarly, Police party from PS Kokernag recovered about 16.450 kgs of Cannabis powder from the possession of Suhail Ahmad Dar, resident of Nagam Kokernag and Reyaz Ahmad Mir, resident of Watnard Kokernag, police said. As per the Police statement, a police party of Police Station Utersoo arrested one person ...

In a bid to keep young teenagers away from drugs, a Kashmir based Non-governmental organization has announced an award of a bicycle for the teenagers below age of 15, who offer five times prayers. Khair e Aam trust based in south Kashmir announced that any teenager below the age of 15 will be awarded a bicycle if they offer Namaz for five times for a period of fourty (40) days. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, Rameez Ahmed Hydari, a member of the trust said that the competition has been launched for four mosques as of now. "We will expand the competition, but for now the competition has been announced for Jamia Masjid Sopore, Majid Sharif Elahibagh Srinagar, Jamia Masjid Anantnag, Jamia Masjid Anantnag, Jamia Masjid Kulgam, Masjid e Bafandan and Masjid e Sharif Qazi Mohalla in Anantnag,"...

Over 57.09 percent voter turnout has been recorded till 03:00 PM in the Udhampur Lok Sabha seat where Polling is being held on Friday under the first hhase of 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. As per office of the Chief Electoral Officer, J&K, by 3.00 PM. 61.1 % polling was recorded in 48- Inderwal AC; 49.34% in 49- Kishtwar AC; 56.62% in 50-Padder Nagseni AC; 53.78% in 51-Bhaderwah AC; 58.06% in 52-Doda AC; 59.05 % in 53-Doda West AC; 57.98% in 54-Ramban AC; 48.03% in 55-Banihal AC; 58.82% in 59-Udhampur West AC; 61.3% in 60-Udhampur East AC; 58.03% in 61-Chenani AC; 58.63% in 62-Ramnagar AC; 54.71% in 63-Bani AC; 58.21% in 64-Billawar AC; 56.56% in 65-Basohli AC; 62.03% in 66-Jasrota AC; 59.27% in 67-Kathua AC and 57.62 % in 68-Hiranagar

Danishwar Hameed  Two persons died while two others were injured  when they slipped and fell into an under construction trench in Chakpora area of south Kashmir' Kulgam. Officials told The Kashmiriyat that one Mohammed Ajmal, a resident of Mohantpora district Malda in west Bengal and Mohd Maqbool Dar of Checkpora died when they fell into a trench on Friday afternoon. "Immediately after the incident the four were rescued by the Police and district admin and shifted to the nearby hospital," said officials. Two among them, who were critically wounded  succumbed at the hospital.

The Estates Department of Jammu Kashmir has issued show-causes notices of eviction to 42 political figures. The department issued these notices on the directions of the Court. These politicians continued to occupy the Government bungalows, even after being directed by the Estates Department to de-occupy them. The Department evicted hundreds of people mostly working journalists from their quarters but failed miserably to evict influential politicians both in Kashmir and Jammu. After the abrogation of Article 370, some media houses were rendered office-less by the Estates Department. Some of the political and social figures as per the news agency Kashmir News Trust who have been issued show cause notices include Ghulam Nabi Azad, Muzaffar Hussain Beigh, Kavinder Gupta, Sajjad ...

A 22-year-old youth was found dead under suspicious circumstances in Palpora area of Pulwama on Thursday, officials said. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the youth identified as Junaid Ahmed Mir (22) son of Nazir Ahmed Mir of Palpora Nownagri was found dead in Palpora under suspicious circumstances. He said that cognisance has been taken and inquest proceedings under section 174 Crpc has been started—(KNO)

Rains lashed parts of Jammu Kashmir on Thursday, with more wet weather expected given the forecast by the meteorological department here. Amidst cloud cover, the night temperature recorded a rise, but the mercury is expected to fall during the daytime. A meteorological department official said that Srinagar and Jammu cities received traces of rainfall, while Qazigund and Gulmarg had 0.4mm and 0.2mm respectively. The weather department has predicted “widespread light to moderate rain and thunders” on April 18 and 19. “On April 18-19, generally cloudy weather with light to moderate rain and light snow over higher reaches is expected at most places, with thunder/lightning during April 18 evening to April 19 late evening/night,” the official said. He further mentioned that light...

Shabir Ali Along with hundreds of locals from various parts of the Kashmir valley, religious clerics from Sunni, Shia and Ahli Hadith schools of thought visited Gandabal area of Srinagar to express solidarity with the bereaved families. Moulana Mushtaq Ahmed Veeri visited the families on Wednesday and expressed grief over the sad demise of the 6 individuals in the tragic incident. He sought prayers for the individuals who lost their lives. Moulana Abdul Rashid Dawoodi of Saut ul Awliya also visited the bereaved families and also expressed hope that the three persons missing are found at the earliest. Aga Syed Hadi Kashmiri also expressed condolences to the families of the deceased and said every Kashmiri is united in grieving over the tragic loss. Pertinently, on Tuesday mor...

Army on Wednesday said it arrested two suspected persons with the arms and ammunition in Naina area of Sangam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. “On specific Intelligence input, a joint operation was launched by #IndianArmy & @JmuKmrPolice on 17 Apr at Naina, Bijbehara in Anantnag. Two suspected individuals have been apprehended along with the recovery of one Weapon, one Hand Grenade and other war-like stores,” Srinagar-based Chinar Corps of the Army posted on X. The Army said that further investigation in this case has started.

Suhail Dar A woman died of alleged medical negligence at Maternity and Child Care Hospital in south Kashmir's Anantnag district. The family of the deceased woman, speaking to The Kashmiriyat, said that Naza Akhtar, a resident of Khanabal area in Anantnag, died due to medical negligence at the hospital. The patient had been admitted to the hospital two days ago, as per the family members. "We had suggested that the patient must undergo cesarean delivery, but the on-duty doctor said that she would have a normal delivery," the family member said. He said that around 12 noon, the doctors who had kept telling us that she would have a normal delivery took her to the delivery room and conducted a cesarean on her. "She was experiencing a lot of abnormal pain. The doctors told us that i...