Month: May 2023

The State Investigation Agency (SIA) of Jammu and Kashmir police sealed approximately 20 shops today in the Kupwara district of north Kashmir. Acting on the orders of the district magistrate, the SIA took action to seal the shops, which were identified as part of a shopping complex owned by the Jama'at-e-Islami and designated as an unlawful association. According to an official statement to the news agency—Kashmir Scroll that the district magistrate of Kupwara ordered the SIA to seal the 20 shops. Simultaneously, the SIA team installed a board declaring the property, a shopping complex, as belonging to Jama'at-e-Islami, which has been designated as an Unlawful Association. The property is located in the village of Kupwara and consists of twenty shops situated on land falling under...

At Childrens’ Hospital Srinagar, 879 neonates died last year, official data reveals. The 500 bedded hospital is located in the Bemina area of Srinagar outskirts. The official data as per the news agency Kashmir News Trust reveals that 28,616 children were admitted to the hospital out of them, 879 died due to different causes including Sepsis, Eosinophils, Rheumatoid factor, Cerebral Atrophy, etc. The data further reveals that 9153 patients have availed the benefits under the ‘Golden Card’ Scheme. In response to the application filed by social activist and senior journalist MM Shuja under the Right to Information Act, Childrens’ Hospital Srinagar has admitted that there is a deficiency of gazetted, non-gazetted, and multi-tasking staff. The cleanliness part of the hospital ha...

As the national debate has heated up yet again over Yasin Malik after NIA plea seeking punishment to the Kashmiri separatist leader, Bhartiya Janta Party has blamed the Indian National Congress for saving the Yasin Malik for “39 years.” Tarun Chugh, senior leader of the party accusing Yasin Malik of “mass exodus” of Kashmiri Pandits said that the Congress Government made a hero out of Malik. “The conspirator of Kashmiri Pandit exodus and the abductor of Mufti Mohammed Sayed’s daughter shall be given the strict punishment,” the BJP leader said. On Monday, the court responding to the NIA’s plea seeking death penalty for Yasin Malik issued a notice to the separatist leader currently serving life imprisonment in Tihar jail of New Delhi. As the plea was admitted, a massive debate reeme...

Several structures were damaged in a fire incident in North Kashmir's Bandipora district on Monday. A police officer told the news agency— Kashmir Scroll that a fire broke out at Ghanie Mohalla in Kaloosa Bandipora and it engulfed several structures in no time. Soon after the incident, fire tenders and police rushed to the spot and doused off the flames, he said. He said that in the incident residential structures belonging to Gh Mohammad s/o Gh Ahmad Ganaie, Manzoor Ahmed s/o Gh Ahmad Ganaie, Manzoor Iqbal s/o Gh Rasool Ganaie Akhter Hussain s/o M Akbar Ganaie and Akbar s/o M Ramzan Ganaie were damaged. Meanwhile, police have taken cognizance of the incident and started an investigation—(KS)

Danishwar Hameed On Monday shopkeepers in the Qazigund area in south Kashmir's Anantnag district observed a complete shutdown demanding the closure of a wine shop that was recently opened in the area. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat the locals expressed anguish and protested stating that the wine shop should be closed immediately. Watch video:  https://youtu.be/QYmGNsPP4tw "We may be a weak society right now. But our weaknesses should not be exploited. Kashmiris have never been in support of wine shops and will never be. We demand that the shop shall be removed from here," Abdul Rashid, a local resident said. He said that the administration should respect the religious sanctity of Kashmir and not hurt the religious sentiments of the local residents. Another local resident ...

Amid forecast for intermittent light to moderate rain and thunderstorm till June 2, night temperature reordered increase but hovered below normal at most places in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar recorded a low of 12.0°C against 8.9°C on the previous night and it was normal for the summer capital. Qazigund, he said, recorded a low of 9.9°C against 6.6°C on the previous night and it was below normal by 1.1°C for the gateway town of Kashmir. Pahalgam, he said, recorded a low of 5.1°C against 2.6°C on the previous night and it was 1.0°C below normal for the famous tourist resort in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. In Kupwara town, he said, the mercury settled at 9.2°C against 7.4°C on the previous night and it was 1.4...