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After overnight rainfall in Srinagar muddy water has inundated nearly half a dozen shops at the refurbished Polo View market in Srinagar even as authorities said there was no drainage failure. President Polo View market, Haji Mohammad Ismail told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that muddy water has entered few shops in the market. He, however, said that it was not known how the shops got inundated while a team of officials visited the area. CEO Srinagar Smart City Athar Amir told KNO that there is no drainage failure as all the drains in the market are almost dry. “We are looking into the issue and it seems water has entered from the back side. I am here with my team to ascertain the facts," he said—(KNO)

The Srinagar Smart City Limited (SSCL) is all set to commence the trial run of e-buses in Srinagar within the next two days, and over a dozen such vehicles are expected to be operational on the roads here after 15 days. Pertinently, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has procured 200 e-buses; 100 for each of the twin cities of Jammu and Srinagar. A total of 200 e-buses with AC, heating facility, and CCTV are being procured under the Smart City project. The e-buses will also have digital on-boarding facility and live tracking, enabling people to be aware of the buses’ arrival timings. Chief Engineer of SSCL, Iftikhar Kakroo, stated that the trial run of the e-buses will begin in the next two days, and necessary processes such as registration and obtaining a certificate from th...

A newly opened wine shop located in Potha area of Poonch’s Surankote subdivision was gutted in a mysterious blaze while police have started investigation into the matter. The shop, officials said, is located on Jammu-Rajouri-Poonch national highway at Potha. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the shop was opened a couple of months ago but it developed sharp criticism in the area and massive protests have taken place in the area in the last three weeks during which people took out rallies, demanding closure of this shop. A protest was also going on at Surankote sub division headquarter led by DDC member Shahnawaz Chowdhary in which the participants were putting forth their demand for closure of this wine shop. Meanwhile, in the intervening night of Sunday-...

Meer Irfan A twenty two year old from Shopian district of south Kashmir fell in the Aharbal waterfall. Official sources told The Kashmiriyat that on Monday afternoon, a youth fell into the gushing waterfall at Aharbal area of Kulgam district on south Kashmir. The youth, a resident of Manihal area in Imam Saheb Shopian was running a shop in the south Kashmir district. As of now, the twenty two year has not been found, however, a massive search operation has been launched to to trace him, official sources said. Details rushing in.

Jammu Kashmir’s Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Thursday said that the neighbouring country is following the Punjab model to lure J&K’s younger generation towards drugs as militancy is on its deathbed. “When terrorism ended in Punjab, youth and people were lured towards drugs. While terrorism vanished in Punjab, drugs remained there to destroy the generations. Same model is being followed in J&K by Pakistan. Militancy is on its deathbed in J&K but efforts from across are on to hook youth towards drugs,” DGP Singh told reporters as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), after inaugurating the J&K Police Martyrs’ Football Tournament in Srinagar. He said that last year, J&K police, while following the zero tolerance for drugs, destroyed 8000 kgs ...

Police on Monday said to have arrested two Pick Pockets including a woman from GMC Baramulla and also recovered stolen cash from their possession. In a statement, a police spokesman said that police under the supervision of Altaf Ahmad-JKPS, DySP Hqrs Baramulla assisted by Inspr Vilayat Hussain SHO PS Baramulla arrested two Pick Pockets including female identified as Ishfaq Ahmad Gojree S/O Bashir Ahmad Gojree resident of Drangbal, and Manesha resident of New Plot Jammu A/P Drangbal Baramulla at GMC Baramulla and has recovered stolen cash from their possession. He said, these pick pockets were stealing money from patients and their attendants visiting GMC and were taking advantage of huge flow of patients to GMC Baramulla. Case under relevant sections of law were registered in Pol...

Amid the rising knife attacks in Kashmir, two youth were stabbed near Srinagar's Exhibition Ground. Officials said that three persons were arrested in Srinagar for stabbing two youth on Sunday evening in Exhibition ground. Police said that the three arrested were identified as Hammad Khan, Baazil Khan and Majid Khan, all residents of Sariabala area in Srinagar. "Three knives were recovered from the accused after which an FIR under the number 40/2023, under section 341,307 IPC was registered in Shergari PS Srinagar," Police said.

A CRPF troopers was injured after being  hit by train in Sadoora area of south Kashmir's  Anantnag district. Officials told The Kashmiriyat that on Monday morning a CRPF trooper was hit by train no 09767 at km no 14.4 in between Sadoora, Anantnag section. The injured trooper was critically wounded after which he was shifted to near by hospital for treatment. Further details awaited.

Police on Sunday evening said to have arrested two persons for cruelty and brutally killing a stray dog near Badamwari Rainawari on Friday afternoon. Srinagar police in a tweet as per news agency Kashmir Scroll said, “2 persons arrested for cruelty & brutally killing a stray dog near Badamwari Rainawari on 21- 07-2023. FIR No 29/2023 U/S 429 IPC & sec 11 (1) of PCA Act registered in PS Rainawari. Arrestees: 1) Gulzar Ahmad Beigh of Rehmaniya colony, Lal Bazar 2) Adnan Shah of Hawal Badamwari. Srinagar Police tweeted.(KS)

The Central Government is set to amend the Jammu Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019 to reserve three vacancies in the Jammu Kashmir Assembly. While two berths would be kept for "migrants," one berth would be reserved exclusively for displaced individuals, those who migrated from portions of Jammu and Kashmir in 1947 and are presently on the other side of the LoC, according to media reports. The Jammu Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, has been introduced in the Lok Sabha for consideration. Reservations are being made in order to "protect their political rights as well as their overall social and economic development." According to the new changes, two seats would be designated for 'Kashmiri Migrants,' and one seat will be reserved for displaced persons from Pakistan-admin...