January 2023 - The Kashmiriyat

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Six years on, overhead railway pass far from completion in Anantnag

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After six years, the overhead railway pass on Srinagar- Jammu highway in Anantnag district is far from completion. As per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), due to unavailability of the overhead railway pass at Shoul Batengoo Anantnag, thousands of passengers suffer on the daily basis. The national highway-44 was thrown open for traffic in 2017 and the construction of an overhead railway pass was going on. But since then about six years have passed but it is nowhere near completion, said an official. The official said for the last many years no work has been carried out at the site due to which people are forced to use single lane there leading to traffic jams. Locals said that every day long traffic jams are witnessed at the spot when trains crosses the area. Aafaq Ah...

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Keen to revive wool sector in Jammu Kashmir: Admin

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Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department (APD), Atal Dulloo, today chaired a meeting to discuss roadmap for revamping wool sector in Jammu and Kashmir. The developments would be made with the support of Central Wool Development Board (CWDB), Rajasthan Rajasthan. GS Bhati represented CWDB during the meeting. It was revealed that India is a major wool producing nation of the world. Much of its produce is of coarse nature. Regions like Jammu and Kashmir have a distinction of producing high quality, apparel grade wool and its potential is yet to be fully exploited. The Central Wool Development Board is expected to provide support in the form of skill training, human resource development, modern machinery besides other technical assistance. Technical Of...

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Three injured as shed collapses in Kulgam

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At least three persons were injured after a floriculture shed collapsed inside a park in south Kashmir's Kulgam on Tuesday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a shed at Green Park Chawalagam collapsed suddenly, resulting in injuries to three persons who were sitting there. The injured identified as Umair Ashraf, Aahil Ahmad and Fasial Yousuf—all residents of Chawalgam Kulgam. He said they were immediately shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment. The official said one of them was critically injured and he was shifted to SKIMS hospital for further treatment—(KNO)

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Jan 2023: 13 drug peddlers arrested, 10 FIRs registered in Baramulla district

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Bhat Yasir The Police in Baramulla district have arrested thirteen drug peddlers in ten FIRs registered in January–the first month of the year 2023. A top official said that the total recovery in the month of January include 3 kilograms of Poppy straw, 664 grams of Charas, 700 grams of Charas powder, 23 Kilograms of Bhung Powder, 1.2 kilograms of Bhung, 25 grams of Brown sugar, and 177 grams of heroin. He said that 10 total drug-related FIRs were registered in the district this month. Additionally, 13 drug peddlers were arrested. He further said that a vehicle was also seized by the police. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Baramulla, Amod Nagpure (IPS), said that they are 'at war with drugs'. “Our aim is to make Baramulla Drug free,” he said. “Please cooperate with P...

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Senior journalist Nidhi Razdan quits NDTV

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Senior TV journalist and news presenter, Nidhi Razdan is the latest addition to the series of journalists that quit the news network NDTV after the Adani Takeover. "After more than 22 years, it is time to move on from NDTV. It has been a wonderful, roller coaster ride but you have to know when to get off. The next couple of weeks is my last. Thank you for the love and support all these years," Nidhi Razdan wrote on her Twitter. Earlier on January 28, senior journalist Sreenivasan Jain ended his 28-year-long association with NDTV. Journalist Ravish Kumar and NDTV Group president Suparna Singh are among others who quit. NDTV founders Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy also left the company’s board in December 2022.

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Kashmiri man goes missing in Delhi, family seeks help

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A 52-year-old Kashmiri man has gone missing from New Delhi's Okhla area. As per a report by Srinagar-based news portal The Kashmir Walla, Mirza Mohammad Haneef Beigh, a resident of the Hawal area in Srinagar has been missing since 4 PM on Monday. “This is to inform everyone that my cousin namely Mirza Mohammad Hanief Baig presently staying in Delhi regarding his business has not returned back to his place since yesterday afternoon. His cell phone is switched off and he was last seen online at 4:55 PM. If anybody has any sort of information regarding him kindly share the same and help us in tracing him," a relative of Beigh wrote on his Facebook. Mohammed Hanif Beigh, a businessman by profession, was residing in the Batla house area of Okhla. “Any person having any detail about ...

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Traffic partially restored on Srinagar-Jammu highway

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The traffic movement on Srinagar-Jammu national highway resumed partially, which was suspended on Monday due to landslides, shooting stones and snowfall, officials said here on Tuesday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that however, no new traffic was allowed on the highway. He said stranded vehicles were being allowed to move after road was cleared. "Our men and machinery were on the job day and night to restore the traffic", he said. "NH through for traffic. Intermittent shooting stones and slides still coming at some places. Travel very cautiously. Road slippery", SSP Ramban, Mohita Sharma tweeted—(KNO)

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VIDEO: Senior Kashmiri politician stands to bulldozers, Warns of ‘disastrous’ consequences during eviction drive

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Senior Kashmiri politician and leader of Awami National Conference on Tuesday stood to bulldozers in Srinagar's M.A road and called the admin to remove the Governor house in Kashmir, which he claimed was built on state land. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BifuO31h9Iw Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that on Tuesday afternoon, the revenue officials along with Jammu Kashmir Police personnel reached Hotel Nedous at M.A road claiming that the same was encroached on "state land," however, Muzaffar Shah came out holding the papers, which he claimed were the property documents and stood in front of the bulldozers. Reacting to the state land eviction drives, Muzaffar claimed that the Hotel Nedous was built in the year 1835 and the land is in possession of the third generation of the bui...

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Under-construction house damaged due to snowfall in Bandipora’s Tulail

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An under-construction house got damaged due to heavy snowfall in Sardab village of Tulail in north Kashmir's Bandipora district on Tuesday, officials said here. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that there was, however, no report of any loss of life or injury in the incident. Fresh snowfall in Gurez Valley has disrupted normal life as the area remains cut off from the district headquarters—(KNO)

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‘How can people with shops be poor’, SC dismisses petition against state land eviction drives in JK

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Noting that various ‘big shots’ are beneficiaries of the now-scrapped Roshni scheme, the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition against the ongoing anti-encroachment drive in Jammu Kashmir. The court was hearing a plea filed by Akbar Rashid and 5 others from Dodasan in Rajouri, seeking a stay on a circular issued by the Jammu & Kashmir government on January 9 that directed the removal of all encroachment on land owned by UT, including Roshni land and Kahcharai land by January 31. The six petitioners, represented by Advocate Muzaffar Khan, were served notices under the drive and had moved the Supreme Court, which had ordered a status quo on the demolition of their shops till January 31. On Tuesday, when the matter came for hearing, the Court came down heavily on petition...