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Government to offload additional 20 Lakh ton wheat in open market ‘to cut prices’

INDIA

The Centre on Tuesday announced it will offload an additional 20 lakh tonnes of wheat in the open market to bring down the prices of wheat and wheat flour. On January 25, the Centre had announced sale of 30 lakh tonnes of wheat in the open market from its buffer stock to check rise in prices of wheat and wheat flour (atta). According to an official statement, the government has decided that state-owned Food Corporation of India (FCI) will offload an additional quantity of 20 lakh tonnes of wheat in open market under the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS). The stocks will be for sale through e-auction to flour mills/private traders/bulk buyers/manufactures of wheat products. The proposal to sell stocks in the open market was taken by a group of ministers, sources said. "So far, 5...

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Two weeks on, Residents of Kupwara area suffer in darkness

REGIONAL

The residents of the Matipora area in Tarathpora of Kupwara district's Ramhall belt have said that they have been suffering due to the absence of electricity in their area for the last two weeks. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat the residents said that two weeks ago the village transformer went out of order and since then the electricity in the area has been defunct. “We are facing a lot of hardships in absence of electricity,” the residents said. Also, the locals charged that the Power Development Department (PDD) was "indifferent" to their problems. “It has been more than two weeks now, there is not even a whisper by the officials which speaks volumes about the lack of concern for our woes,” A local said. They said that despite repeated requests, there is not any effort by the concer...

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Kashmiri militant commander killed in Afghanistan, says report

INTERNATIONAL

Kashmir-born militant commander, Ejaz Ahmed Ahanger has been reportedly killed in Afghanistan's Kunar province, 'The Print' reported. As per the report, Ejaz Ahmad Ahanger is reported to have been killed recently by the Taliban during its ongoing anti-ISIS operations. The Srinagar-born militant was wanted in India and was involved in attacks on Sikh minority in Afghanistan as well as in militancy in Kashmir. His death has been confirmed by Indian intelligence agencies and family members. A resident of Srinagar, the 50 year old was declared a terrorist by the Ministry of Home Affairs in January. According to The Print's report, Ejaz's sister Fahmida Shafi has told that she has been informed by the authorities about his (Ejaz's) death. Fahmida said, "The police had called h...

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KPDCL’s Amnesty Program for chronic defaulters has failed to bring the intended revenue

REGIONAL

Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) has failed to generate the substantial revenue as it had expected after the announcement of the Amnesty Scheme launched by it for its domestic electricity consumers. Under the Amnesty Scheme consumers with large outstanding dues, can pay their outstanding bills in a maximum of 12 easy monthly instalments. Official sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that the Corporation was forced to disconnect the power connections of defaulters after poor revenue realization under this scheme. “We have launched a massive disconnection drive of chronic defaulters and so far the power connections of over 1000 defaulters have been disconnected. This driver will continue,” they said adding that the disconnection driver has born fruits an...

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Daksar’s ‘sinking’ surface — Here’s what we know so far

FEATURED

Sajad Chopan Chaos is rising in the Daksar neighbourhood of Gool's Dalwah area in Jammu Kashmir's Ramban district, and villagers are moving their valuables and cattle in preparation for the worst, which they think is on the way. People have been forced to abandon their ancestral homes and farmlands. Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyZvHO48ofA The panic spread around 2:30 AM on Friday (17 February 2023), when the locals felt the ground beneath them was slipping away. As the residents moved out of their houses, they witnessed the collapse of two residential houses and several others had developed cracks. An ancestral graveyard of the locality also sunk during the incident. "We could save only one dead body, the rest of the graves just slipped away during th...

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Property tax to be imposed from April 1 in Jammu Kashmir, Here is everything you need to know

FEATURED

The Jammu Kashmir administration has announced the rules for levy, assessment and collection of property tax from the residents of Jammu Kashmir. In a copy of the order accessed by The Kashmiriyat, the administration has said that the Taxable Annual Value (TAV) of a property under the Act and the property tax due thereon for a financial year shall be calculated in accordance with the formula given in Schedule-l to these rules (which are mentioned below). Against media reports, both residential and non-residential properties have been included in the collection of the property tax. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) authorized the JK administration to impose property taxes through Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils, and Municipal Committees in October 2020 after the acts were ...

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Thousands of fish die in spring in Qazigund

REGIONAL

Thousands of fish at a spring in the Babapora area of Qazigund in south Kashmir's Kulgam district have died after the water body developed a low concentration of oxygen. In a never-before incident, the dead fish were flushed towards the mouth of the spring. Spring is the natural exit point at which groundwater emerges out of the aquifer and flows onto the top of the Earth's crust to become surface water. It is a component of the hydrosphere as well as a part of the water cycle. Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a spring located at Babapora with good discharge for the past many years was selected as a source for this water supply scheme for villages – Babaporateng, Mandhole and Chandian Pajan. They said there was a reduction in the discharge of the spr...

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Jan Aushadi Stores: Lack of awareness killing the idea of ‘low cost’ generic drugs

REGIONAL

Directorate of Health Services Kashmir has miserably failed to create awareness about the benefits of ‘Jan Aushadi’ Centres among the common masses of Valley. Medicines are kept available at these centres at the lowest reasonable rates, however, due to a lack of awareness, the poor and people from middle-income group purchase medicines from the open market instead of visiting these centres. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendra, an ambitious project to provide affordable generic medicines to poor people has so far failed to take off in Kashmir Valley. ‘Not only there is a lack of awareness among people about these stores, but they are also ill-stocked,” said a chemist from South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. There are scores of Jan Au...

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Leopard captured in Srinagar outskirts

REGIONAL

Wild Life Department Tuesday captured a leopard in Bagandar Lasjan area of Srinagar outskirts. The leopard was seen roaming in the area by some locals during pre-dawn hours when they were on their way to the mosque to offer ‘fajar’ prayers. An alert was sounded and announcements were made using the public address system of the mosque asking people, especially children not to venture out. “Locals informed us on phone and our team rushed to the spot and captured the animal with the assistance of locals,” an official from Wild Life Department told Kashmir News Trust. [KNT]

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‘Narco terrorism Case’: SIA raids five locations in Kashmir

REGIONAL

State Investigation Agency (SIA) is carrying out raids at multiple locations in central, north and south Kashmir parts on Tuesday morning as part of its investigation of a militancy related case registered at SIA. An official told Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com that sleuths of the investigating agency with the assistance of the local police and the CRPF carried out raids at five locations. The searches are being carried out in Districts of Baramulla, Anantnag, Pulwama, Budgam, Sopore in ‘Narco Terrorism’ case, he said. In Anantnag, residence of Owais Gul son of Gull Mohammad, a resident of Hardu Akad is being searched by the probing agency. The searches are being carried out in the FIR no 19 of 2022 registered at SIA Kashmir, the officer said, adding that further detai...