Month: September 2020

Peerzada Waseeem Despite elapsing seven years since the foundation stone was laid by the then chief minister, the authorities have miserably failed to complete Maharajpora bridge in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, thus leaving the local residents to lurch at large. Pertinently, the foundation stone was laid down by the then Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in presence of Abdul Majid Wani, the then Roads and Building (R&B) Minister on 2nd December 2013. The bridge as the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) was being constructed at the cost of Rs 16 Crore out of which only Rs 9 Crore have been released, officials said. However, the locals alleged that even after Rs 9 Crore has been released, the authorities concerned have failed to even complete 10 per cen...

Ishfaq Wagay Inspired by the Muslim poet, philosopher, and politician Allama Iqbal, a 21-year-old boy from the frontier district of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district has published his debut novel. Aamir Altaf, a political science graduate from India’s premier educational institution Aligarh Muslim University, during the ongoing global pandemic has published his maiden book titled “Walking Away- The Unfinished Part of Me.” Talking to The Kashmiriyat, Aamir said that the writings of Dr. Sir Mohammad Iqbal has motivated him to explore the writer in him, and the COVID 19 lockdown enabled him to work on his book while being locked indoors. The book is about a student, his struggles living in a troubled region and the predicaments he faces during his student life. It is a story based o...

Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday said the common people in Kashmir are tired of militancy and are becoming increasingly aspirational for themselves and their children.Delivering the first edition of 'Kunwar Viyogi Annual Memorial Lecture' of the University of Jammu on the 'Way Forward Post Abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A in Jammu and Kashmir', he said that militancy is in its last phase in the region and militants on the run are hitting soft targets.Singh, Minister of State for PMO's Office; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions said things are changing for the better each day and hoped for a new beginning from the next season. He said that in the second term of the Modi government, the Prime Minister had called for giving Jammu Kashmir similar kind of attention and focus...

Three drivers were injured in a scuffle that broke out between them in Parimpora Mandi in central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Monday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that three drivers were injured when a scuffle broke out between them at Parimpora Mandi and they were were shifted to SMHS hospital for treatment. The injured were identified as Mohammad Saqlain, Mohammad Yaseen both from Saderkote area of Bandipora and Umar Farooq from Maloora area of Srinagar. Meanwhile, Parimpora police have taken cognisance of the incident and has initiated investigation in the matter