Month: October 2022

Union Home Minister Amit Shah Tuesday said that post abrogation of Article 370, J&K has emerged as the ‘most secured place’ as the militancy related incidents are all time low. He said a sustained drive launched by Prime Minister Narendera Modi against militants and Hurriyat bore fruit and stones in the hands of youth were replaced by laptops. Addressing a massive rally at Rajouri district of Jammu, Shah said those who would state that blood will flow if Article 370 was rolled back should go through figures. “Against the previous figures of 4767 militancy related incidents reported in J&K in a year, the figure dropped to 721 only post Article 370 roll back. Killing of Security Forces personnel has come to just 137 a year, which is lowest ever,” the Home Minister thundered fro...

It’s halal versus jhatka cut in Karnataka with Hindu activists launching a campaign seeking a boycott of halal meat during the Navratri celebrations in the city. Meat is offered to ancestors of the family during the festivities and people feast on non-vegetarian food in south Karnataka. Hindu activists have started a campaign that during the festivities, meat should only be bought from Hindu shops. Mune Gowda, a Hindu activist and Hindavi Mart owner explained that a meeting of Hindu leaders would be held on Monday in this regard. “Jatka cut (Hindu way of killing animals for meat) campaign has to be continued,” he said. Last time, when a call was given to use only Jhatka cut and ban Halal cut meat, people responded well and it was a great success. Hindus have awakened. From Monday,...

The murder of the top Jammu Kashmir Policeman has sent shockaves among the security grid in Jammu Kashmir and the prime accused in the murder is a 23-year-old man from the Ramban district of Jammu Kashmir. Official sources told The Kashmiriyat that Yasir Ahmed, a resident of Gool in Ramban has been arrested and his interrogation has been started. He had been working as domestic help for the DGP for the past six months. Yasir is suspected of having killed the DG prisons Hemant Lohia, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1992 batch. Hemant had got his latest posting just two months ago. He was staying with his family at a friend's house while an official house for him was being furnished. A diary that police say belongs to him carries songs in Hindi, one of which is titl...

JK Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Tuesday said that for a time being police rules out the militancy angle into the murder of DG Prisons H K Lohia while investigations will cover all angles. “The accused has been aggressive in nature. DG Prisons had a foot injury and the domestic help while trying to massage the foot attacked him with sharp edged weapon and later tried to set his body ablaze,” J&K DGP told reporters after visiting slain DG Prison’s residence in Jammu, as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). He said that the accused locked the main door while family members tried hard to save DG Prisons. “It seems that DG Prisons succumbed to injuries caused to him,” he said. The DGP said that photographs of the murderer have been circulated in the media and...

With Indo-Pak armies maintaining ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC), at least 250 marriages have taken place in border villages of Kashmir bringing back the old memories of weddings in their own houses instead of moving the events to safer places outside the villages. Tentative figures available with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that at least 250 marriage ceremonies have taken place in this year so far in Keran, Machil, Bangus, Tangdhar, Gurez, and Uri area along the LoC in north Kashmir. Locals said that they are happy to witness such celebrations after a very long times. "Earlier we used to stay indoors for days together due to intense shelling from across the border but now here people are participating in marriages on a large scale without anyone fear,...

Jammu Kashmir’s Director General of Prisons, Hemant Kumar Lohia was found dead in mysterious circumstances at his Jammu residence, police said. A police official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that dead body of Hemant Lohia, DG Prisons, found under suspicious circumstances. He said that first examination of the scene of crime reveals that this was a murder case. "The domestic help with the officer is absconding," he said. "Forensic teams and crime teams are on spot. Investigation process has begun," he said. Meanwhile, senior officers have rushed to the spot. A 1992—batch IPS officer, Lohia was born in 1965. He was appointed as the DGP, Prisons on August 2022—(KNO)

Meer Irfan Two more youth have gone missing from their homes in the south Kashmir districts of Pulwama and Shopian. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, the family of Danish Mohuiddin son Ghulam Mohiuddin Ganie, a resident of Dadsara in Tral belt of south Kashmir's Pulwama has gone missing from his home since Thursday. They said that Danish was pursuing B.Com from a local college and left home for some personal work after which he did not return. "Since then the family has been trying to find him everywhere, but to no avail," the family members said. Meanwhile another youth who is a resident of Shopian has gone missing from his home for the last eight days. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, the family of Aadil Ahmad Wani Son of Mushtaq Ahmad Wani, a resident of Hushanpora Nagbal Shopian ...

Massive security arrangements have been made in north Kashmir's Baramulla district ahead of Amit Shah's October 05th rally in the north Kashmir district. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that the towns of Sopore and Baramulla witnessed a massive jam as multiple checkings have been installed at various spots in the north Kashmir towns. "We are stuck in traffic for the last two hours and are barely moving. There is a massive jam at Sopore Bypass, Iqbal Nagar, Mundi road, and everywhere else at Sopore," the locals said. Meanwhile, the traffic Police has issued an advisory for the traffic in view of Home Minister Amit Shah’s rally. An order issued by the SSP traffic rural Kashmir read, “In view of public rally at Showkat Ali Stadium Baramulla on 5th of October-2022, motorists who are in...