Month: June 2022

A few days after the Ramban Deputy commissioner asked Jammu Kashmir Police to verify the "authenticity" of media houses operating in the district, the Deputy Commissioner of Budgam has issued similar instructions to the Senior Superintendent of Jammu Kashmir for the central Kashmir district to "identify" media houses spreading "fake news." In an official letter, addressed to the SSP of Budgam district, the District Magistrate of Budgam district asked the Police to "identify all such fake media groups operating in the District without any proper registration, and also verify the antecedents and source of funding of all so-called journalists who operate these illegal portals without any authorization and furnish the same to this office, so that action as warranted under the relevant prov...

Amid the growing demand for shifting Kashmiri Pandit employees to safer places after a series of targeted killings, the Jammu Kashmir administration Friday made it clear the employees would not be moved out of the Valley but transferred to safer locations. The official also said the recent escalation in targeted violence would not lead to any change in plans for holding the annual Amarnath Yatra which is scheduled from June 30-August 11. The assertion comes in the wake of a spate of targeted killings. One of the victims was Rahul Bhat. Bhat was a Kashmiri Pandit migrant who was employed under a prime minister’s package. He was shot dead by militants on May 12 at his office in Chadoora of Budgam in central Kashmir. His brutal killing sparked demonstrations by around 6,000 emp...

A new born was found dead in the premises of District Hospital Handwara this afternoon. Reports reaching GNS said some people spotted the baby lying in the premises and informed the hospital authorities about it. A medical team soon after reached the spot and took the body into its possession. Riled up over the incident, a large number of people, according to whom the infant’s body had several dog bite marks, assembled near the health facility and demanded a thorough investigation to bring the culprits involved to justice. Medical Superintendent DH Handwara Dr. Nissar Ahmad told GNS that a police complaint into the matter has been registered. (GNS)

An encounter has started between militants and Government forces in the Kapran area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Official sources told The Kashmiriyat that on Friday afternoon, a joint group of 19 RR, 164 BN of CRPF  and Jammu Kashmir Police after receiving inputs about militant presence in the Kapran area launched a cordon and search operation. The hiding militants opened fire on the troopers during the cordon, triggering an encounter. 2-3 militants are believed to be trapped in the area Details emerging.

ACB trapped and arrested Fayaz Ahmad Khan, State Manager, Jammu & Kashmir State Industrial Development Corporation, Srinagar for demanding and accepting bribe of ₹1.05 lakh from the complainant for issuance of NOC. Anti-corruption Bureau received a complaint from the complainant resident of Suthrashahi, Srinagar alleging therein that he is an industrial unit holder. His unit is situated at Khunmoh, Srinagar. For the expansion of the said industrial Unit, he had requested for financial support/assistance from the J&K Bank Khunmoh. The bank sought NOC from SIDCO (Jammu & Kashmir State Industrial Development Corporation), Sanat Ghar, Bemina, Srinagar. Accordingly, he prepared a file and completed all paperwork and approached the SIDCO office in Bemina. State Manager Fayaz Ah...

55 civilians were killed in JK since January 2021 by militants, with 35 and 20 among them gunned down in 2021 and till 2nd June of this year respectively. As per data collated by Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com, 20 targeted killings took place in J&K this year till 02 June which is almost double of the killings that were recorded in the corresponding period in 2021. In 2022, first killing took place on 5th February of a person Mohammad Akram Shah in Targain village of Jammu’s Poonch district, which was followed by the killing of another civilian, Shakeel Ahmad, in the same month in Amshipora area of Shopian, as per the data, the other 18 a mong 20 persons were killed between March 2022 to 2nd June 2022 which include the victims of both target killings and grenade attac...