Month: April 2022

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Friday filed a charge sheet against 25 persons including a woman in the alleged case of hatching of conspiracy, both physical as well as cyberspace, for undertaking violent militant acts in J&K and other parts of India. The charge sheet in case—RC 29/2021/NIA/DLI dated 10.10.2021—was filed in the Special NIA Court New Delhi, the investigation agency said in a statement. The perons include Bashir Ahmed Peer alias Imtiyaz Alam son of Sikandar Pir of Punzgam, Kupwara, Imtiyaz Kundoo alias Fayaz Sopore son of Abdul Khaliq Kundoo of Krelteng Sopore, , Bilal Ahmed Mir alias Bilal Fafoo son of Ghulam Mohammad Mir of Gulbagh Colony, Parimpora, Srinagar, Owais Ahmed Dar son of Abdul Khalid Dar of Gulbugh, Kakapora, Pulwama, Tariq Ahmed Dar son of Gh...

The Jammu Kashmir police on Friday arrested five drug peddlers in the Kokernag belt of south Kashmir's Anantnag district. A Police spokesman said that, upon specific inputs, a Police party headed by SHO police station Kokernag under the supervision of SDPO Kokernag apprehended five persons and recovered Charas from their possession. He identified the arrested as Mohammed Rafiq Bhat, Mubeena Banoo, Anayat ullah Bhat, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat, all residents of Soaf Shali Kokernag.buy Bactroban generic buy Bactroban generic The fifth person has been identified as Sajad Ahmad Ganie, resident of Hangulgund Kokernag. "5 Kgs of Charas (in form of balls) from possession of above mentioned accused and a case FIR NO 63/2022 U/S 8/20 NDPS ACT Stands registered in this regard," the Police spokesma...

Councillors of Municipal Council Baramulla (MCB) on Friday moved a no-confidence motion against the incumbent municipal president. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that 12 councillors of Municipal Council Baramulla moved the no-confidence motion against the incumbent president Towseef Ahmad Raina. "It is pertinent to mention that from the last one year major funds lapsed due to the inefficiency of the president. So we the majority of elected councilors are of the opinion that we want to replace the said post with some another elected councilor as per the J&K municipal act 2000," 11 councilors mentioned in the no confidence motion copy. Tauseef Raina was elected as chairman of the Municipal Council Baramulla (MCB) as he defeated his opponent by a ma...

Sahil Gulzar A three-year-old boy drowned to death on Friday in a stream in Reban area of Zainapora in South Kashmir's Shopian district. An official told The Kashmiriyat that a minor boy while playing slipped in the stream, flowing through the area at Khargund Chak-e-Reban in the Zainapora area and drowned. Locals launched the rescue operation and evacuated him. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, he added. The boy has been identified as Azaan Imtiyaz son of Imtiyaz Ahmad Ganaie a resident of Khargund Chak-e-Reban. Meanwhile, police has taken cognizance of the incident and further investigations have been set into motion.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked the Jammu and Kashmir Police, as well as the Central security agencies, to make a foolproof plan for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra which is set to begin on June 30, sources have said. The Ministry has directed the deployment of more than 40,000 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel and also other troopers from paramilitary forces, the sources further said. The registration for the annual pilgrimage will begin from April 11. During the yatra, all the registered pilgrims will be given an RFID tag, which will ensure the exact location of the person at all times. J&K Police DG Dilbag Singh had recently said that a tight vigil is being maintained on social media platforms as these platforms can be misused to create fake narratives ...

A Youth from South Kashmir has gone missing in Jammu. The youth hails from Gudwali Larnoo village of Kokarnag Anantnag and was working as a ‘Cleaner’ at a garage in Talab Tillo area of Jammu. The brother-in-law of the missing youth told the news agency Kashmir News Trust that Wahid Ahmed Khan was working at Talab Tiloo Jammu in a garage. “He spent the whole winter in Jammu. A week ago we called him on this phone that was switched off. Subsequently, his boss informed us that Wahid left for home a week ago after taking Rs 500 from him,” he said. He said Wahid is untraceable for the past one week. “We have lodged a missing report at the concerned police station and appeal general public to help us in locating him,” the brother-in-law of the missing youth said. (KNT)

The Information and broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday told the Parliament that the Centre has not imposed curbs on any news media in Jammu Kashmir.The Information and broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday told the Parliament that the Centre has not imposed curbs on any news media in Jammu Kashmir. Thakur made the disclosure while responding to a question posed by Trinamool Congress MP Abir Ranjan Biswas in Rajya Sabha. The West Bengal lawmaker sought to know whether the government is aware of the recently-released Press Council of India’s fact-finding committee (FFC) report on news media in Jammu and Kashmir. Last month, the committee reportedly found that “news media in the Jammu and Kashmir region, especially in the Valley, is slowly being choked ma...