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2 dead, 6 injured as bus turns turtle in Rajouri

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Two persons died while six others were injured after a minibus turned turtle at Kewal Turn in Rajouri district on Thursday morning. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a minibus with eight passengers on board turned turtle near Kewal Turn in the district, resulting in injuries to the passengers. Block Medical Officer Kandi, Dr Iqbal Malik said that eight injured were received at Community Health Center Kandi, but two of them succumbed to injuries. He said of six injured two have been referred to GMC Associated Hospital Rajouri. Deceased have been identified as Shakil Ahmed of Kewal and Badar Hussain of Kandi—(KNO)

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Administration shuts JK Cements Limited, invites global bidders for sale

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The Jammu Kashmir administration has officially shut J-K Cements Limited (JKCL) and invited global bids for its sale, Greater Kashmir reported Officials quoted by the newspaper said that the strategic disinvestment of JK's (100 percent) equity participation in its venture, JKCL, coupled with complete managerial control, has received formal approval from the J&K administration. "The JKCL is being sold, and the Industry and Commerce Department has invited bids. The deadline for interested parties to submit their proposals is March 17," a senior Industries Department official said. The past three decades, private cement manufacturing enterprises in J&K have prospered, while the government-owned company, which had the monopoly on being the first choice for cement purchasing in...

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‘What transpired after Army arrested Rashid is anybody’s guess’: Mehbooba Mufti

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Former Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir and People's Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti said that she was not allowed to visit the family of Abdul Rashid in Kunan Poshpora whose dead body was found on Wednesday morning. Abdul Rashid Dar, a resident of Kunan Poshpora in Kupwara who was arrested on December 15 and went missing from custody, a day later, was found dead on Wednesday in the forest area in north Kashmir. Police had said that Rashid had fled from the custody of the Indian army, a claim denied by the family. Extremely disturbed to see pictures of the mutilated body of Abdul Rashid from Kunan Poshpora. Wasn’t allowed to visit the family under the pretext of security, Mehbooba Mufti said. She said, "What transpired after the Army picked him up for questioning...

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Readymade garment shop looted in Kulgam

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Danishwar Hameed Unknown burglars looted a readymade garment shop in the Laroo area of south Kashmir's Kulgam district. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that unknown burglars during the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday broke into a garment shop in Kulgam's Laroo area and looted goods worth one lakh rupees from the shop. They said that the looted shop belonged to Sarmad, a resident of the Mir Bazar area. Locals appealed to the Police to intervene in the matter and find the thieves who have been on the prowl in the area. "Three shops have been looted in the Kulgam town in less than a month. We ask the Police to find the thieves at the earliest," they said.

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Fresh snowfall in Gulmarg, light rains lash plains in JK

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Upper reaches including Gulmarg received light snowfall while rains lashed plains in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Thursday. The weather department has forecast intermittent snowfall on higher reaches and light rain in plains during the next 24 hours in JK. A meteorological department official here told GNS that in last 24 hours till 0830 hours, Srinagar received 2.9mm of rain, Pahalgam 9.2mm, Kupwara 4.9mm, Jammu traces, Banihal 5.4mm and Bhaderwah 6.8mm while Gulmarg received 2.5cm of snowfall. Regarding temperature, he said, Srinagar recorded a low of 7.0°C against 6.4°C on the previous night and it was above normal by 4.8°C for the summer capital. Qazigund, he said, recorded a low of 5.5°C against 5.0°C on the previous night and it was 4.6°C above normal for the gateway...

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NIA attaches property of Al Umar Chief Mushtaq Latrem in Srinagar

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The National Investigating Agency (NIA) on Thursday morning sealed the house of Al Umar Mujahideen Chief Mushtaq Ahmed Zarger alias Latrem in the Nowhatta area of Srinagar. Officials said the house of Zargar, the founder of Al-Umar-Mujahideen, was attached in Srinagar’s Nowhatta area Thursday morning. Based in Pakistan, the Al Umar commander Mushtaq Zargar was one of the militants released as part of the 1999 Kandahar hijack prisoner swap. In April 2022, the ministry of home affairs (MHA) designated Zargar, as a terrorist under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. Officials said an NIA team, assisted by local police and CRPF, attached the property of Zargar early this morning. A notice of attachment was posted on the house of Zargar. Zargar, having the n...

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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...