Month: October 2022

Weather department here on Tuesday forecast isolated light rain and thunders over Jammu Kashmir during next 24 hours. For subsequent two days, a meteorological department official here told GNS that there is possibility of “scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rain or snow” in J&K. However, the weatherman reiterated that “there's no forecast of any major snowfall for the next one week to 10 days in JK and Ladakh.” Regarding minimum temperature, the MeT official said that Srinagar recorded a low of 7.0°C against 7.4°C on the previous night. The temperature was 1.9°C above normal for the summer capital during this time of the year, he said. Qazigund recorded a low of 6.0°C against 5.0°C on the previous four consecutive nights. The temperature was 1.6°C below norma...

The SIU team of Jammu  Kashmir Police on Tuesday conducted searches at multiple locations in south Kashmir's Pulwama district. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that SIU conducted searches at residences of Jahangir Ganaie and Younis Ahmad Mir in Armulla Pulwama besides that they conducted searches at the residence of Farooq Ahmad Dar in Niloora Pulwama. He said that the trio has been already arrested in case under FIR number 65/22 in Police station Litter. Official added that SIU conducted searches at the residences of Bilal Ahmad Sheikh of Jandwal Pulwama and Mohammad Maqbool Mala of Bandzov Pulwama. He said that searches are going on in connection with IED case in the Pulwama district. Notably on 16 June this year, an Improvised Explosive Device ...

The Jammu Kashmir police barred the Member of Parliament from Sangrur, Punjab Simranjit Singh Mann from entering Jammu Kashmir. Sangrur MP and President of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) Simranjit Singh Mann and his colleagues were entering Jammu Kashmir via the Lakhanpur border, where he and his colleagues were denied entry, following a notice issued by Kathua DM citing 'disturbance in public tranquillity'. Meanwhile, the Simranjit Singh Mann took to his Twitter to hit at the BJP led Government asking why was he being disallowed from entering Jammu Kashmir, if everything was peaceful. "Party Members & I have entered Jammu Kashmir Police with orders from GoI have stopped my entry into Kashmir without assigning any reason. I have a Constitutional right to be represented by a la...

Meer Irfan Suspected militants on Tuesday night killed two non-local labourers in the Harmain area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. An official told The Kashmiriyat that non local labourers were attacked by militants as they were asleep at their rented accommodation. The duo identified as Monish Kumar & Ram Sagar, both residents of Uttar Pradesh were shifted to the district hospital Shopian, where they were declared brought dead on arrival, the official said. The Government forces rushed to the spot and launched a search operation in the area.

A fleet of 200 electric buses will be deployed in the twin capital cities of Jammu Kashmir to establish an environmentally, socially and financially sustainable network of public transport in the Jammu Kashmir region, officials said here on Monday. TATA Motors Ltd and Chalo Mobility Pvt. Ltd have entered into a strategic collaboration for the deployment of these buses, they said. They said a contract agreement was signed between the firms in the presence of Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta and Principal Secretary of Housing Urban and Development Department (HU&DD) Dheeraj Gupta. The collaboration is part of the Jammu and Kashmir government's initiative to establish an environmentally, socially, and financially sustainable network of public transport for Jammu and Srinagar, the...

The Chairman of People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration and National Conference President Farooq Abdullah has targeted the BJP over the targeted killing of Kashmir Pandits in the Kashmir valley. He said that BJP used to beat drums of normalcy and maintain that such killings would stop after the removal of Article 370. "Now that it has been removed, then why are killings happening now?" he asked. Farooq Abdullah said that until justice is not done, the killings will not stop. "They (BJP) used to say that such killings are happening because of Article 370. But now it has been abolished, so why is the process of killings not stopping? Who is responsible for this? Farooq Abdullah said that the BJP government claims that the situation in Kashmir is better, but where is this situation ...

All Parties Hurriyat Conference Monday denounced the "hooliganism" demonstrated outside its Rajbagh office in Srinagar by sponsored goons and rent-a-crowd with police as bystanders, saying it’s a petty attempt at diverting attention from the authorities that failed to safeguard the lives of Kashmiri Pandits. It’s shameful that the unfortunate killing is being exploited for promoting propaganda against Hurriyat whose activists and leaders are either in jails or under house detention, APHC said in a statement. APHC in principle has always denounced all killings since its inception and advocated the return of Kashmiri Pandits to the valley with dignity and safety. It is the brute use of force and authority and a myopic outlook of those at he helm, that has made Kashmir a dangerous pl...

Dismissing accusations about the liquor mafia having taken control of the trade in Jammu Kashmir after the introduction of e-auction, a top excise official said 100 per cent of the liquor licences for wine shops have been issued to domiciles of Jammu Kashmir with revenue realisation touching an all-time high of 217 crore this year. Excise Commissioner Pankaj Kumar Sharma also defended availability of beer and other ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages at departmental stores in urban areas, saying “the step is part of a policy initiative to encourage transition from high content to low content harmless alcohol.” Talking to PTI here, the official said this year, the J&K excise policy has been issued with major emphasis on facilitating the opening of vends at tourist destinations so that the...