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In a bid to ensure smooth conduct of upcoming Lok Sabha elections, 2024 in the district, Nodal Officer Training today held a training programme for MCMC Staff, Media persons and representatives of Political parties at Mini Secretariat, Shopian. District Information Officer (DIO) Shopian, Showkat Hussain Ganie who is also Nodal Officer MCMC/Paid News raised awareness among concerned about the process of pre certification of Political advertisements, Paid News and Media monitoring issues. The DIO highlighted the role of Media in order to create an environment for peaceful conduct of elections as well as to use different forms of media to spread voter awareness among the general public. The aim of the training was to highlight the guidelines, particularly do’s and don’ts prescribed f...

The chairman of DPAP and former Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad will contest from the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency. Azad, who parted ways with Congress after over three decades, formed his own party DPAP in 2022. He had lost from Udhampur constituency in 2014 to BJP leader Dr. Jitendra Singh. "Today the core committee of DPAP met and we have decided that (party president) Ghulam Nabi Azad will contest the Anantnag-Rajouri seat," DPAP leader Taj Mohiuddin told reporters here. "We are short of time and there was not much headway in talks. So it is better they do their bit and we do ours. They were not in any case interested in Anantnag seat," he added. Mohiuddin said candidates for other Lok Sabha Seats in Kashmir will be decided in due course, However, ...

Startling data released by the traffic headquarters in Jammu Kashmir has shed light on the alarming number of road accidents in the region, with a huge toll on human lives and well-being. Over the past five years, J&K has witnessed a total of 28,896 road accidents, resulting in 4,251 fatalities and 37,725 injuries, the data, accessed by the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reveals. Jammu region has recorded the highest number of road accidents. In 2019, Jammu reported 3,907 road accidents, leading to 695 fatalities and 4,987 injuries, while the Kashmir division recorded 1,889 accidents, resulting in 301 deaths and 2,545 injuries. In the following years, the Jammu division reported a higher number of accidents compared to Kashmir. In 2020, Jammu witnessed 3,086 road acci...

Jammu Kashmir Police on Monday said it booked five persons under the Public Safety Act in Baramulla. As per Police press statements, the five were subsequently shifted to Central Jail Kot Bhalwal Jammu and District Jail Udhampur. “Acting tough against Anti-national Elements, Baramulla Police booked five persons namely Asif Ali Bhat son of Ali Mohammad resident of Badipora Tangmarg, Mohammad Yaqoob Bhat son of Ghulam Mohamed resident of Tantraypora Palhallan, Waseem Mehraj Farash @Waseem Farash son of Mehraj ud din resident of Khanpora, Bashir Ahmad Sualiah son of Late Ghulam Mohammad resident of Mohalla Jadeed Baramulla & Bilal Ahmad Dar @Shakir son of Gh Nabi resident of Wussan Khoie Pattan under Public Safety Act after obtaining formal detention orders from the competent Author...

The Jammu Kashmir National Conference has on Monday annonced its candidate for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. A spokesperson of Jammu Kashmir National Conference informed The Kashmiriyat that Mian Altaf will contest the south Kashmir seat where Rajouri has been recently added. Mian Altaf, though an MLA from Ganderbal, is being seen as a  candidate with high potential in south Kashmir with his massive support among the Gujjar Bakerwal community in Rajouri and Poonch, they said. Mian Altaf's candidature may prove to be a massive help for National Conference on the Anantnag- Rajouri (south Kashmir) seat, where BJP has not finalised any candidate as of yet. PDP may also field a candidate for the polls, however, sources indicate that the party is mulling to support JKNC in the upcoming ...

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to conduct a trial run of the 3.5 km long emergency landing facility on the Jammu-Srinagar highway at Bijbehara while as the authorities have made elaborate arrangement by deploying security forces and setting up radars and other technical equipment including CCTV's to ensure smooth experiment, the officials said on Monday. Officials told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a large number of security forces personnel have been deployed near the emergency landing facility from kilometre 246.200 to kilometre 249.700 on Jammu Srinagar National Highway as the IAF is likely to conduct a trial run on the strip. "Strong security established has been deployed in the area besides setting up radars and other technical equipment including CCTV's," they...

Shabir Ali A teenage boy was attacked with a sharp-edged weapon in the Srinagar district of Kashmir on Sunday evening. Official sources told The Kashmiriyat that a teenager  Farhan Ahmed, son of Mohammad Rafiq Wagay, a resident of Maloora was attacked with a knife on his head, causing a critical injury to him. Faizan aged 17 was rushed to the  JVC hospital Srinagar, where he is undergoing treatment. According to locals, Faizan has been critically wounded during the knife attack and is currently under critical care at the hospital. Meanwhile, police have registered a case under relevant sections of law. Knife attacks have been on a rise in the Kashmir valley. The Kashmiriyat reported in October last year that at least 42 incidents of knife attacks have been reported till t...

Jammu Kashmir Police have arrested five drug peddlers on Sunday in Baramulla and Handwara areas of north Kashmir and recovered contraband substances from their possession. In a statement, a Police party of Police Station Baramulla headed by SHO PS Baramulla at a checkpoint established at Khanpora Baramulla, intercepted two persons identified as Azad Ahmad Bhat, resident of Naidkhai and Aqib Ahmad Gojree, resident of Bagh e Islam Baramulla. “During search, 140 grams of Charas was recovered from their possession. They have been arrested and shifted to PS Baramulla where they remain in custody,” it said. “During search, 140 grams of Charas was recovered from their possession. They have been arrested and shifted to PS Baramulla where they remain in custody,” it said. Similarly, the...

The Jammu Kashmir High Court has sharply criticized the administration for its unreasonable delay in releasing a detenu whose preventive detention order was quashed by the court in December 2023. In resolving a contempt petition filed by a detainee pressing for the execution of his release order, Justice Rahul Bharti, with the District Magistrate and SSP Baramulla personally present as per its previous directives, remarked. “This court has made known to the two offices the serious concern of this court about loss of 79 days of his life by the petitioner by remaining under preventive custody without any legal basis only to earn his release upon intervention of this court”. The case, brought forth by petitioner Muneeb Rasool Shenwari highlighted the egregious loss of 79 days of Shen...