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26 Jan, 2023 arrangements finalised at Shopian

SHOPIAN

To finalise the arrangements for Republic Day, 2023 celebrations, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shopian, Sachin Kumar Vaishya today chaired a meeting of concerned officers at Meeting Hall of DC Office Complex, here. The meeting finalized arrangements for smooth and error-free conduct of national event. The DC directed all the concerned departments to make fool proof arrangements for R-Day Celebration. He asked the security agencies to ensure fool proof security at all venues throughout the district. Various issues including seating arrangements, barricading, security, traffic regulation, drinking water and power supply, sanitation, first-aid, PAS, fire-tenders, Media gallery were discussed and finalized. The contingents of Police, CRPF, JKP, Home Guard, NCC, School children, bes...

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Cell phones, cameras not allowed at 26 Jan celebration venue in Jammu

REGIONAL

Security Jammu has issued guidelines for people participating in the Republic Day celebration this year. In this regard, Senior Superintendent of Police, Security Jammu, Swarn Singh Kotwal, today issued a detailed information regarding do’s and dont’s for general public in connection with observance of national event in the region. He said that great public participation is expected in the Republic Day function on 26th January, 2023 so the Security Jammu has sought cooperation from the visitors to facilitate their safe and comfortable entry and partaking in the event at M A Stadium. As per a public notice issued in this regard, the public has been asked not to carry cell phone, camera, arms/ammunition, sharp edged weapons, hand bags, polythene bags, transistor, toys, tools, stop w...

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BJP’s Sopore constituency incharge quits party

POLITICS

Bharatiya Janta Party constituency incharge of Sopore in North Kashmir's Baramulla district on Thursday resigned from the basic membership of the party. Talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Farooq Ahmed Rather, who was affiliated with BJP said he resigned as he failed to address the grievances and fulfill the demands of the people of his constituency who have always supported him. He said that the party failed to address the grievances and his moral conscience doesn't allow him to continue with the membership of the party. Farooq has submitted his resignation letter to JK BJP president—(KNO)

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1,65,000 Kanal of land marked as ‘state land’ by officials in Srinagar, details here:

FEATURED

Officials in the Srinagar district of central Kashmir have listed a total of 6926 patches of land registered under separate Kharsa numbers with the revenue Department of Jammu Kashmir as state land - out of them 6426 patches of state land have been encroached, while 503 patches of land are lying vacant. Documents accessed by The Kashmiriyat show that a total of 1,65, 182 Kanals (20647.7478) of land across seven tehsils of Srinagar have been marked as state land under various categories including Banjar e Qadeem, Khul, Maliyari, Gair Mumkin, Maidani, Bathoo among others. ALSO READ: State land ‘retrieval’ drives intensified across Kashmir: Here is the area wise list of state land in Anantnag The Jammu Kashmir admin has launched a massive drive to evict state land from the "encroachers" ...

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Several Unit Holders in Pulwama yet to obtain lease-land rights despite paying hefty sums

PULWAMA

Despite paying the lease amount and rent since August last year, district administration Pulwama has not given possession of land to the Unit Holders who want to set up their units at Industrial Growth Centre Lassipora. At least 8 Unit Holders have taken 15 Kanal lands each on lease and for which every Unit Holder has paid Rs 4.50 lakh per Kanal. “Besides the lease amount, we have been paying rent since August last year and despite fulfilling all the formalities, no possession of land has been given to us,” one of the Unit Holders from South Kashmir’s Pulwama district told news agency Kashmir News Trust. The Unit Holders said that the leased land which they are supposed to obtain from the district administration Pulwama is still under the ‘illegal’ occupation. “Even Assistant C...

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Video: ‘State land’ eviction drives evoke protest in south Kashmir

Video

The land acquisition drive on part of the administration triggered a massive protest in the Larnoo area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Watch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S5pgjiPmgk People living in far-off areas mostly from the tribal community participated in the protest in huge numbers. They denounced the policy of evicting people from the land terming it an injustice and anti-human. Notably, the JK admin has ordered the eviction of "encroachments" from the alleged state land by January 31 this month. The order has created widespread protests while politicians have expressed resentment, asking the government to reconsider the decision. The protest that was led by tribal leaders urged the LG administration to roll back the order saying that it will render ...

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Common masses, poor wouldn’t be touched by ‘State Land’ eviction drive: Manoj Sinha

REGIONAL

JK’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday said that common masses and poor people wouldn’t be touched during the ongoing drive launched by his administration to retrieve state land from encroachers. Talking to reporters, as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Sinha said common masses and poor people wouldn’t be touched during the ongoing drive against land encroachers in Jammu Kashmir. “Common man and poor people wouldn’t be touched by the administration. The government is concerned to safeguard the interests of poor people,” he said. He said that the influential people misused their positions and encroached on state land in violation of the laws. Sinha said there were directions from the High Court to retrieve state land from encroachers. On January 9, the J...

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Locals of Khudwani area protest demanding drinking water

SOUTH KASHMIR

Danishwar Hameed A large number of residents including women assembled near Rahpora khudwani to stage protest against the Jal Shakti Department. Amid slogans, the protestors also blocked vehicular movement on the road. While speaking to The Kashmiriyat, the protestors said that the Jal Shakti Department is playing with their lives by not supplying them with drinking water. “We are facing an acute water crisis and no one from the department is concerned about that," they added. Meanwhile, the concerned Xen Jal Shakti Department Shahnawaz Ah assured that the water crisis in the village will be sorted out very shortly. He directed the concerned officers of the said area to restore the old line as soon as possible.

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Anti-encroachment drives intensified in all tehsils of Ganderbal

REGIONAL

Shah Basit The Jammu Kashmir administration on Thursday "retrieved" 718 kanals of state land in the central Kashmir's Ganderbal district. An official said, on the directions of Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Shyambir a joint team of Revenue, and Police departments led by Additional Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Mehraj-ud-Din Shah today retrieved 718 kanals of State and Kahcharai land in various tehsils of the district. During the ongoing eviction drive, Ganderbal's district administration has retrieved 11600 Kanal of State land across the district as of today. While giving details about the anti-encroachment drives undertaken to preserve Government land, the DC said that the drive will continue and no one will be spared and all the "illegal encroachments" on the state land, wi...

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Renowned Kashmiri scholar Mufti Abdul Gani Azhari passes away

REGIONAL

Mufti Abdul Gani Azhari, Kashmir’s veteran Islamic scholar passed away Thursday at the age of one hundred. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that Mufti Abdul Gani, who was a resident of Kokernag's Sagam area in south Kashmir's Anantnag district was not keeping well for a long time and he breathed his last on Thursday morning. He was the former head of the Arabic department at the University of Kashmir and was teaching at Dar ul Uloom Deoband post his retirement. He was laid to rest in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh. Professor Azhari was a Sufi scholar and was taught by India's first education minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. A Ph.D. from Al Azar University in Egypt, e retired from KU in the year 1997.