Month: February 2021

Opposition Leader in Rajya Sabha and former Jammu Kashmir Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, on Monday raised apprehensions about the federal government’s decision to merge JK Civil Services Cadre with Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Goa. During his speech as a member of the Upper House, Azad said both Home Minister and Prime Minister have promised that statehood will be restored and the status of Union Territory is temporary. He said that merging of Civil Services Cadre is irrelevant. Such moves are raising doubts in the minds of people, he added. He urged the government to restore statehood and conduct elections in Jammu Kashmir as soon as possible. The reasons cited by BJP government to abrogate Article 370, Azad compared the present situation of industries in Jammu Kashmir to pre-A...

Rayees Shah / Shah Basit Akhal bridge which connects Dozens of villages with Sub - Divsion of Kangan area of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal District awaits completion from last 12-years. The bridge was sanctioned in year 2008, The delay in completion of this Akhal bridge has left people with no words. They are now tired with representations given to almost every concerned government office. “The construction work was taken up by JKPCC at an estimated cost of Rs. 8.96 crore, but is yet to be completed, the total length of the bridge is 84mtr (long trussed bridge). The work on this bridge was started in the year 2008 and the anticipated time of completion was September 2014, Due to the inadequate funding the bridge awaits completion. The old bridge was declared unsafe many times,...

Teenagers Aabiroo and Azrah, both 19, and also the childhood friends have been enthralling audiences and winning accolades lately by singing duet Kashmiri and Urdu songs in events across Kashmir. Talking to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the duo currently graduating from North Kashmir's Baramulla College, said that they have been friends since the 9th grade and have been singing ever since, though individually. Now the partnership with a stage name "Sufi Sisters", the Hijab donning girls seem to catch the attention all across Kashmir. One of the performers, Abiroo, said that she has many times participated in competitions and won awards even for Naats at various platforms before. Abiroo, always wanted to be a vocalist and has extensive support on her family's end to purs...

In continuation to our previous post regarding the two missing brothers of Nowpora, Sopore, this is to inform general public that both the brothers have been traced out from Baramulla. In a press release issued to The Kashmiriyat, SHO Police Station Sopore said that they got a call on official number which was shared earlier that both the missing brothers are at a shop in Baramulla owned by Showkat Ahmad Dar S/O Ali Muhammad Dar. On receiving this information, police party headed by IC Police Post Fruit Mandi SI, Shams Ud Din deputed to Baramulla and recovered both of them. Sopore Police thanks shopkeeper for being a responsible citizen and his picture is being shared here along with 2 boys as a token of love from Sopore Police for helping us. The Jammu Kashmir Police said that...