Month: November 2020

Irshad Hussain Members of the Institute of Gurmat Studies (IGS) from Kashmir along with local Muslims staged a peaceful protest at press colony Srinagar condemned the brute force on peaceful farmers in Punjab.  The protesters were carrying placards which read "Stand with farmers" Down with RSS" and "Farmers are our pride". Chanting slogans against Modi led BJP Bhartiya Janta party Government and termed the new form bills are nothing but to harm the survival of farmers of Punjab.  The President of the Institute of Gurmeet Studies (IGS) Murkeet Singh Babar told The Kashmiriyat that such bills would adversely affect farmers In Punjab.  He said that these bills are not in favor of farmers. "Passing such bills in the Parliament is nothing but an attempt to make slaves of farmers...

The Forest Division has further issued eviction notices to the “unauthorized occupants” of the forest land in various areas of Jammu Kashmir. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat Sources said that notices have been issued to the members of the indigenous Gujjar and Bakerwal community in the Kupwara area. A notice issued to Iqbal Khan son of Ayoub Khan, who is a resident of the Drangyari area in Chowkibal of North Kashmr's Kupwara district Kathua district, which has been accessed by The Kashmiriyat stated that Iqbal was “occupying” 0.9 kanal land in Block Ramhal forest range of Kupwara. The Divisional Forest Officer, in his notice claimed that Iqbal Khan has "illegally" raised construction on "Encroaced Forest Land" in the area. “In pursuance of section 79-A of the Indian Forest Act, 19...

Several Muslim activists, including a former bureaucrat, of Jammu Kashmir on Sunday alleged that “some elements” are making deliberate attempts to harm the communal harmony of the union territory’s Jammu region and sought the intervention of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. Though they did not identify the “elements” but claimed that their attempts intensified after the announcement of the District Development Council (DDC) polls, the first elections after Jammu and Kashmir was reorganised into a union territory last year. Former bureaucrat Khalid Hussain and advocate Sheikh Shakeel Ahmad at a press conference said that Muslims of the Jammu region are nationalist to the core and do not need a certificate from anyone to prove their nationalism. “Deliberate attempts are being made ...

The Jammu Kashmir administration has "temporarily" suspended 17 government employees, including seven teachers and three policemen, in the Kishtwar district for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct ahead of the second phase of the District Development Council elections, officials said Monday. District Panchayat Election Officer, Kishtwar, Ashok Kumar Sharma ordered the attachment of the employees of Dachhan block on Sunday following complaints against them, the officials said. The second phase of the DDC elections, along with panchayat bypolls, is scheduled to start across Jammu Kashmir at 7 am on Tuesday, covering 43 constituencies to seal the fate of 321 candidates – 125 in 18 seats of Jammu division and 196 in 25 constituencies of Kashmir division. The attached employ...

Shabir Khan The Jammu Kashmir Police on Monday claimed to have arrested a militant associate in the Dragmulla area of North Kashmir's Kupwara district. A Police official told The Kashmiriyat that the police arrested a militant associate of Jaish e Muhammad at a Naka along with one Chinese grenade and cash of 3.5 Lakh INR." The arrested was identified as Sahil Dar son of Mushtaq Ahmad Dar, who is a resident of Babgund Handwara. A case has been lodged under FIR no. 333/2020 US 3/4 Explosive sub act, 13,38, 40 UA(P)A in Police Station Kupwara.