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Burglars loot mobile phone shop in Kulgam town

Danishwar Hameed Burglars struck at a shop in the main market of south Kashmir’s Kulgam town and looted goods worth lakhs of rupees. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that during the intervening night, unknown burglars stormed into a mobile shop (Synotek) in main market Kulgam and stole mobile phones along with accessories worth lakhs of rupees. […]

Officials blacklist 24 passenger vehicles in Kulgam

A team of the Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) headed by ARTO Kulgam today blacklisted 24 vehicles for violating Traffic rules including Overloading, Overcharging of fares, plying without SLD, and other violations. The action against the erring was taken during checking carried out by the team as part of an ongoing enforcement drive. Around 150 Vehicles […]

Two weeks on, Residents of Kupwara area suffer in darkness

The residents of the Matipora area in Tarathpora of Kupwara district’s Ramhall belt have said that they have been suffering due to the absence of electricity in their area for the last two weeks. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat the residents said that two weeks ago the village transformer went out of order and since then the […]

Kashmiri militant commander killed in Afghanistan, says report

Kashmir-born militant commander, Ejaz Ahmed Ahanger has been reportedly killed in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, ‘The Print’ reported. As per the report, Ejaz Ahmad Ahanger is reported to have been killed recently by the Taliban during its ongoing anti-ISIS operations. The Srinagar-born militant was wanted in India and was involved in attacks on Sikh minority in […]

KPDCL’s Amnesty Program for chronic defaulters has failed to bring the intended revenue

Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) has failed to generate the substantial revenue as it had expected after the announcement of the Amnesty Scheme launched by it for its domestic electricity consumers. Under the Amnesty Scheme consumers with large outstanding dues, can pay their outstanding bills in a maximum of 12 easy monthly instalments. Official […]

Daksar’s ‘sinking’ surface — Here’s what we know so far

Sajad Chopan Chaos is rising in the Daksar neighbourhood of Gool’s Dalwah area in Jammu Kashmir’s Ramban district, and villagers are moving their valuables and cattle in preparation for the worst, which they think is on the way. People have been forced to abandon their ancestral homes and farmlands. Watch Video:   The panic spread […]

Thousands of fish die in spring in Qazigund

Thousands of fish at a spring in the Babapora area of Qazigund in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district have died after the water body developed a low concentration of oxygen. In a never-before incident, the dead fish were flushed towards the mouth of the spring. Spring is the natural exit point at which groundwater emerges out […]

Jan Aushadi Stores: Lack of awareness killing the idea of ‘low cost’ generic drugs

Directorate of Health Services Kashmir has miserably failed to create awareness about the benefits of ‘Jan Aushadi’ Centres among the common masses of Valley. Medicines are kept available at these centres at the lowest reasonable rates, however, due to a lack of awareness, the poor and people from middle-income group purchase medicines from the open […]