March 1, 2023 - The Kashmiriyat

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Almond industry on the verge of decline in Pulwama

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In South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, where apples and other fruits are cultivated on a large scale, there are thousands of canals in the district where only almonds are cultivated. The people of these areas are associated with almond cultivation for centuries. But due to the lack of attention to the horticulture department, almond cultivation is on the verge of decline. Locals from the district said that nobody from the authority is willing to accept the contribution of this industry as a result the almond industry is vanishing from the map of Jammu and Kashmir. “Wild animals have created havoc, damaged all these almond trees, but nobody cares and comes forward,” said a local from Trichal village of district of Pulwama. Instead of focusing on this industry, different types of p...

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DDC Shopian presides over Block Diwas at Chitragam

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The District Development Commissioner (DDC) Shopian, Sachin Kumar Vaishya today presided over a Mega Block Diwas at Chitragam, here. People of the concerned area flagged off various developmental issues, and grievances pertaining to drinking water availability, uninterrupted power supply, road connectivity, and other rural development works and public welfare measures during the Block Diwas. The DDC listened to all public issues and demands and issued directions to the concerned officers for resolving and meeting the demands on priority basis. Certain issues of emergent nature were redressed on the spot. Speaking on the occasion, DDC said that the potable tap water facility will be provided to each and every household of the district in a time-bound manner. The DDC laid focus o...

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Kunan Poshpora: Police issues statement after retrieval of Abdul Rashid’s body from forest area

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75 days after going missing, body of a man from Kunan area was recovered from PK Galli forests in the north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday, police said. “In continuation to missing of Abdul Rashid Dar of Kunan area of Kupwara on December 16,2022 today early in the morning a dead (body was) recovered from Zurhama -PK Galli forests,” a police spokesperson said in a statement to GNS, adding, “The body was brought to SDH Kupwara where it was identified by the relatives of (the) missing person). After completing all medico-legal formalities including post mortem by a team of doctors, he said, the body was handed over to the family members for burial. “Cognisance of the matter has been taken for further investigations,” he said, adding, “Further details will be shared.” At a press...

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Kunan Poshpora: Nearly 3 months later, family receives missing Rashid’s dead body

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On Wednesday, the authorities handed over the dead body of youth, Abdul Rashid Dar, who was missing since December 2022 to his family from Kunan after nearly three months. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that the dead body of Abdul Rashid Dar who went missing on 15th December after army detained him has been handed over to family in Kupwara at around 4:45 pm, following which hundreds have gathered for his funeral. Raising slogans and demanding justice for Abdul Rashid, the local residents also demanded an investigation into the incident. They said that the dead body of Abdul Rashid was found in a nearby Zurhama forest area, after which the dead body was shifted to the hospital. Officials at the hospital confirmed that the body was brought to the health centre for the medico-legal f...

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Feb-2023: 58 drug peddlers arrested, contraband worth crores recovered, says Baramulla Police

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The Police in North Kashmir's Baramulla district has arrested 58 drug peddlers in 40 FIRs registered in February month of year 2023. An official said that the total recovery in the month of February include 58.20 kilograms of Poppy straw/cannabis powder, 4.671 kilograms of Charas, 3.14 kilograms of Brown sugar, and 152 grams of heroin. The cash of 40.15 lacs and nine vehicles were also seized in this month, he said. Total value of recovered contraband, according to pure contraband on the black market, is 3 crores 17 lacs and 67 thousands. Including cash the total value is 3 crores 57 lacs and 82 thousands. He said that 40 total drug-related FIRs were registered in the district this month. Additionally, 58 drug peddlers were arrested. Baramulla police in a statement said, “Gene...

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Baramulla: Two jump into Jhelum, One rescued

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A boy and a girl jumped in river Jhelum in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, however, the girl was rescued immediately, while search for boy was on. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the duo jumped in the river Jhelum this afternoon. He said the girl was rescued immediately, while search to trace the boy was going on. Meanwhile, police have taken cognizance of the incident—(KNO)

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Launch brutal operation against Kashmiri militants, their aides: Kashmiri Pandit outfit

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A Kashmiri Pandit outfit, Kashmiri Pandit Sangarsh Samiti (KPSS) has called upon the Government of India to initiate a "brutal operation" against militants and their supporters in the Kashmir valley "to safeguard the lives of Kashmiri Pandits." The outfit, which has lesser space among the community, issued a press release and declared that after August 2019 when the GoI abrogated the special status, every two Kashmiris out of ten have become aides to militants. KPSS in its press release said, Raliv, Galiv ya Chaliv (convert, die or leave) a modus-operandi initiated by the radical Kashmiris to establish Islamic Doctrine in Kashmir continues and is reverberated by every Kashmiri Pandit killing which is happening in Kashmirn and the irony is that it is the same society which worries abo...

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118 militants of Doda based in Pakistan, 10 most active in J-K: Police

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As many as 118 militants of Jammu and Kashmir's Doda are based in Pakistan and PoK, of whom 10 are most active and are attempting to spread militancy in the region by recruiting the youth, a top police officer said on Wednesday. The police said the two militants have been declared as 'Individual' (those indulging in lone-wolf attacks) militants while two others as 'Proclaimed Offenders' (PO). SSP Doda Abdul Qayoom said the police have also seized the properties of one of the POs and are preparing a dossier against those attempting to revive militancy in the district. "118 militants of Doda are based in Pakistan and PoK at the moment, of whom 10 are most active. They try to involve the youth here in militancy. They are trying to spread militancy once again in Doda and the Jammu pro...

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17-year-old Kulgam youth writes Quran with his hand in two months

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Suhail Dar A 17-year-old boy wrote a Quran with his hand in merely two months in the Kund area of south Kashmir's Kulgam district. Having started the Quran using some colored pencils and sketch colors, Shabir finished writing the Quran with his hand in two months. He has spent endless nights and days working on writing the 6666-verses of Quran, divided into 114 chapters and has 77,430 words written in the Arabic language. Studying in class 10th Shabir Ahmed Bakerwal has been the sole bread earner to his family after his father died four years ago. Talking to The Kashmiriyat Shabir said, "I go to school sometimes and work some time to earn a livelihood for his family." “I wrote the Quran in 2 months and my teacher Molana Sabzar Ahmad koka and Molana Riyaz Ahmad at the Dars...

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Cop injured after being hit by speeding vehicle in Batmaloo, says Police

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The Jammu Kashmir Police on Wednesday said that a policeman was injured after being hit a speeding vehicle in the Batmaloo area of Srinagar. In a tweet, police said, "A speeding vehicle without a number plate hit and injured a PSO of a traffic officer on duty, resulting in the accidental discharge of PSO's weapon, no damage/injury reported." The police further said that a case has been registered in Batmaloo PS against rash and negligent driving.