Month: June 2022

Fear and panic have spread across the rural areas of Boniyar and Uri Tehsils of north Kashmir's Baramulla district after several leopards have been spotted in the areas. Locals from Boniyar told The Kashmiriyat that the presence of leopards can be felt in every village, which has left the residents terrified. "We are scared to go out of our houses even during the daytime. The animal seems to be everywhere." Videos shared by locals from the area show a leopard standing in the middle of a busy road during the evening time. https://twitter.com/islahmufti/status/1536616661822111744 The residents of the bordering Uri have been terrified after three consecutive leopard attacks were reported from Kalsan, Trikanjan and Burnate villages of sub-division Uri in north Kashmir's Baramulla d...

Suspected militants on Wednesday evening lobbed a grenade toward a police vehicle in Bijbehara town of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that suspected militants hurled a grenade towards police vehicle at Bijebhera resulting in injuries to Jammu and Kashmir police cop who has been shifted to hospital for treatment. He said that the area has been cordoned off to nab the attackers—(KNO)

Meer Irfan A school bus met with an accident near Dubjan Bridge on Shopian's Mughal road on Wednesday evening resulting in critical injuries to three including a teacher. Officials told The Kashmiriyat that a bus from Smart mission High school in Ganjipora Anantnag rolled down from Dubjan Bridge in Shopian almost 8 feet down from the road on Wednesday evening, causing injuries to thirteen persons, three out of them critically. Meanwhile, a Special team from 15 Garhwal Rifles reached the spot with their medical members and other basic first aid treatment. The students were later evacuated from the accidental bus and shifted to DH Hospital Shopian for advanced treatment. Three persons identified as Farhan Fayaz son, a resident of Ganjipora (forehead injury) and Rabid Reyaz Bha...

Jammu Kashmir’s regional parties National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party are participating in the meeting convened by TMC president Mamta Banerjee in New Delhi to discuss the opposition’s strategy for the presidential poll slated on July 18. Sources told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that NC’s vice president Omar Abdullah and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti have turned up to participate in the meeting which is presently underway. The total vote value of NC MPs in the presidential polls is 2100 as it has three members in the Lok Sabha. The value of the vote of an MP is 700. Interestingly, PDP’s vote value in the election is zero as it doesn’t have any members in the Lok Sabha. In the 2017 presidential election, NC voted for opposition candidate Meira Kumar and PD...

The Election Commission has initiated the revision of electoral rolls in Jammu Kashmir following the delimitation exercise and the draft rolls will be prepared by August 31, sources said on Wednesday. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey carried out a review and directed the Jammu Kashmir Chief Electoral Officer to map the redrawn assembly constituencies. The electoral roll revision needs to be carried out before the first assembly election in Jammu Kashmir. Officials said that intensive and time-bound pre-revision activities are required due to the redrawing of assembly constituencies. Directions have also been given for the appointment of officials to work on updating the voter list. Re-serialisation, mapping, and renaming o...

Many petrol, diesel stations across Kashmir are facing a fuel shortage as the oil companies had abruptly curtailed the quote being supplied to the outlets in the region, while as the Fuel refilling stations have rejected reports of fuel shortage and assured that there is no need for any panic. Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Iftikaar Pandith, owner of Hassan Motors, a well known fuel station of North Kashmir's Sopore town said, that due to non functioning of Jammu and Kashmir Bank from past few days, we were not able to do RTGS - (Payment system that allows the instant transfer of funds) and companies doesn't allow credit. It's just because of that otherwise we have adequate stock available. "If everything goes well with Jammu and Kashmir Banks funds transfer system tomorrow, ...

Members of Sikh community in Kashmir valley on Wednesday thronged Gurudwaras on the auspicious occasion of Guru Gobind Jayanti also known as Prakash Parv to pay obeisance. The largest gathering was witnessed at Gurudwara Chatti Patshahi Rainawari in Srinagar where hundreds of men, women and children visited on the occasion and paid obeisance. The occasion is also known as the Prakash Parv of the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh Ji. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha has greeted the people on the eve of Prakash Parv of Sri Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji. Expressing his good wishes on the auspicious occasion, the Lt Governor said Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji was the embodiment of compassion, bravery, sacrifice and universal brotherhood. The auspicious occasion of Prakash P...

Locals in Kargil are up in arms against a Tibetan-origin Buddhist monk from Leh who has started a ‘Pad Yatra’ to lay a foundation of a monastery in Kargil. Within the radius of 20 kilometers of the land in question, not a single Buddhist resides, and yet as per ‘Kargil Democratic Alliance’ the politically motivated yatra led by a person who is an outsider and has nothing at stake is not being stopped by authorities. The Co-Chairmen of Kargil Democratic Alliance-an association of social and religious organizations, Qamar Ali Akhoon and Asghar Ali Karbalai have written to the Deputy Commissioner stating their apprehension that the march is politically motivated and could disturb communal harmony in Ladakh. The letter which is in possession of news agency Kashmir News Trust states th...