January 2023 - Page 4 of 43

Jan302023 by News DeskNo Comments

Fresh snowfall disrupts air, surface traffic in Kashmir, train service suspended too

REGIONAL

Due to fresh snowfall in Kashmir and parts of Jammu, Srinagar-Jammu national highway has been closed, while all flights have also been delayed at the Srinagar International Airport and train service from Banihal to Baramulla was also suspended. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that train service will remain suspended till snow on the railway track is removed. The fresh snowfall also disrupted flight operations at the Srinagar International Airport as all morning flights have been delayed. Director Srinagar International Airport Kuldeep Singh said the visibility was only 200 M and there is continuous snowfall. “Wr are simultaneously clearing the snow. All flights are delayed,” he said. He also advised air passengers to check the status of their fli...

Jan292023 by News DeskNo Comments

400 Kanal of ‘encroached’ state land retrieved in Kulgam, say officials

REGIONAL

The District Administration Kulgam in a single day today retrieved more than 400 Ka of state land during an anti-encroachment drive carried out across the district. Illegal land measuring 10 Kanals was also retrieved from the relatives of Ex MP, with the title State Land (Roshni) retrieved after a massive Eviction Drive at Kulgam Town today, the DIO Kulgam said in a press release issued to The Kashmiriyat. The Property having worth in Crores has been handed over to the MC, Kulgam, for further management. Land measuring 50 Kanals under Survey No 675 recorded Sarkar in revenue records was retrieved today at estate Lammer, officials said. On spot 40 Kanals were handed over to the Agriculture Department for Seed Multiplication Farm and 10 Kanals were handed over to the Headmaster G...

Jan292023 by News DeskNo Comments

Cleric goes missing from Kulgam, Family seeks help

REGIONAL

Meer Irfan A man has gone missing from his home in the Behibagh area of Kulgam district in south Kashmir. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, his brother said that a man identified as Mufti Nazir Ahmed Dar, who is a resident of Behibagh had gone missing from his residence on the 28th of January 2023. Aged 35, Nazir Ahmed Dar had been called to the Police on January 27 for some verification process of a Darul Uloom. "On 27 January, my brother (Nazir Ahmed) was called by Police station Behibagh to submit some documents of his school for verification purposes and Nazir Ahmad Dar went to the police station with the said documents. Then at the police station, Nazir was advised to bring some more documents/ photocopies the next day (28 January 2023) morning at 8 AM in order to get the verif...

Jan292023 by News DeskNo Comments

‘Attaching buildings won’t detach people from sentiments,’ says Hurriyat after Rajbagh office sealed under UAPA

REGIONAL

The Mirwaiz led Hurriyat Conference, on Sunday, released a statement reacting strongly after the NIA attached the Hurriyat's Rajbagh office. The All Parties Hurriyat Conference said that the rub of repeated storming on its Hurriyat office and its widespread media telecast through state-controlled media is not lost on the people of Jammu Kashmir. Whether it is the sponsored assaults on the office by paid goons or rent-a-crowd by vested interests, we are aware of the reality of such actions, the Hurriyat said. It added that in a lopsided court order, the office has been “attached” and in subsequent swift and dramatic action under media coverage notices put up on its walls, signaling some victory takeover. APHC said that those in command and control of J-K should know that the sen...

Jan292023 by News DeskNo Comments

MeT predicts snowfall for next 24 hours in Kashmir

REGIONAL

The weather was generally cloudy in J-K during the last 24 hours as the MeT office said on Sunday that widespread rain/snow is likely in Kashmir division and light rain in Jammu division. “Widespread rain/snow is likely in Kashmir division and light rain in Jammu division during the next 24 hours,” an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar recorded minus 2.4, Pahalgam minus 5.6 and Gulmarg minus 7.2 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature on Sunday. (IANS)

Jan292023 by News DeskNo Comments

Top NC leader gets notice for ‘occupying state land’ in Anantnag

REGIONAL

The authorities on Saturday issued a notice to National Conference district president Kulgam and former legislator from Homeshalibugh for occupying government land in LG Pora area of Anantnag district. A top official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the notice was issued to Abdul Majeed Bhat (Larmi) for occupying government land by raising a commercial structure in LG Pora area. He said a team of revenue officials from Anantnag today visited the spot and issued notice to him. “The leader has occupied Kahcharai land with Khasra number 42 min, Shamilat Section 4) at LG Pora. If he does not comply with the order further necessary action will be taken,” he said—(KNO)

Jan292023 by News DeskNo Comments

Day after court order, NIA attaches Hurriyat office in Kashmir

REGIONAL

The National Investigation Agency sealed the Hurriyat office in Srinagar on Sunday, a day after the NIA Court ordered the attachment of the Hurriyat office, Srinagar in a case related to militancy funding activities in Jammu Kashmir. Official source told The Kashmiriyat that NIA officials on Sunday morning reached the office of Hurriyat in Srinagar's Rajbagh and seized the separatist organization's office. They placed boards and locks over the office stating that the office was seized in a case dating back to 2017 in the case RC 10/2017/ NIA/DLI. On Saturday, Additional Session Judge Shailender Malik ordered to attach the All Parties Hurriyat Conference headquarters at Raj Bagh, Srinagar. The court order in the matter reads, “The evidence collected during the investigation of t...

Jan292023 by News DeskNo Comments

Streetlights in Ganderbal town lying defunct for several months

REGIONAL

The Residents of Ganderbal town in this central Kashmir are complaining that many of the streetlights installed there are lying defunct for the last many months. "Some of the streetlights have stopped working and the Ganderbal Municipal Council has failed to repair or replace them,” a resident told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). He said the streetlights in the town have not been working for several months, yet nobody from the municipality visited the area to replace them. Another resident, “It is very difficult to walk on roads during the evening as most of the roads too are in dilapidated condition, with potholes after every few metres. The streetlights should be repaired at the earliest.” Chairman Ganderbal Municipal Council, Advocate Altaf Lone, acknowledged th...

Jan282023 by News DeskNo Comments

Maharashtra government removes Muslim ruler Tipu Sultan’s name from Mumbai playground

INDIA

In a potentially controversial move, the Maharashtra government has ordered the removal of Tipu Sultan, the ruler of the Mysore kingdom, now in Karnataka, given to a prominent suburban garden and playground by the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi government. Making the announcement, Bharatiya Janata Party’s Mumbai Suburban District Guardian Minister M.P. Lodha said the decision was taken recently at a meeting with the Collector. “Finally, victory of the Right! Ordered removal of name Tipu Sultan from the park in Malad after considering protests by Sakal Hindu Samaj and demands by BJP MP Gopal Shetty,” said Lodha. He said in the DPDC meeting last year, the previous MVA government had decided to name the park after Tipu Sultan and the BJP had protested the move. However, after droppin...

Jan282023 by News DeskNo Comments

40 shops ‘built on state land’ sealed in Shopian, 406 Kanal retrieved, say officials

REGIONAL

The District Administration Shopian today said that it retrieved around 406 kanals of state land during anti-encroachment drives carried out across the district. In tehsil Shopian, 40 shops built on State land were also sealed today by Executive Magistrate (Tehsildar) Shopian, they said. A team of revenue officials under the supervision of the Tehsildar also freed 90 kanals of kahcharie and 12 kanals of state land in Ramnagri village during the anti-encroachment drive, an official press release issued to The Kashmiriyat read. ALSO READ: Officials mark over 75,000 Kanal of land ‘state land’ in Shopian district, details here: Providing a Tehsil wise breakdown of the eviction drive, officials said, in tehsil Keegam, a team of revenue officials under the Supervision of Tehsildar Keega...