Month: July 2023

A 23-year-old boy on Tuesday allegedly committed suicide at her home in Kakadpati Dever area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Sources told news agency Kashmir Scroll that a 22-year-old (name withheld), a resident of the Kakadpati Dever Lalpora allegedly committed suicide at his home. "He was immediately rushed to the nearby hospital declared his brought dead,” they said. Later, the dead body was taken for the conducting of medico-legal formalities and police have registered a case and further investigation has been taken up. (KS)

The Supreme Court has listed the hearing for the writ petition regarding the immediate assembly elections in Jammu Kashmir for July 06. The petition filed by former minister and advocate Harsh Dev Singh sought the court’s intervention in restoring the democratic process in the region. The Chief Justice of India will lead the bench hearing the case. Singh expressed concern over the Government of India and the Election Commission of India’s lack of response on the matter, prompting him to approach the country’s highest court. He emphasised that delaying the elections would undermine democracy and contravene the orders of the Supreme Court. The last assembly elections were held in Jammu Kashmir in 2014. The region has been without an elected legislature since 2018.

Tourist destination Aharbal, known for its gurgling waterfall and spell-casting mountains in South Kashmir's Kulgam district is abuzz with tourists as around one lakh people have visited the destination in the past six months. Aharbal waterfall is one of the 75 off-beat destinations of Jammu and Kashmir which has been the priority for Lieutenant Governor. Figures accessed by the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reveal that 97,309 visitors, which includes tourists as well as locals, have visited the place since January this year. “2560 visited in the month of January, 12,880 in February month, 4,620 in March, 22,450 in April, in May 11,397 and in the month of June 43,402 people visited the destination,” figures said. Figures said footfall of local visitors remains high du...

‘Reconciliation, Relief and Rehabilitation’, a prominent Pandit rights organization has welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court to hear the Article 370 petitions. ALSO READ: Kashmiri political factions hopeful as SC lists Article 370 petitions "It is a welcome step taken by the Supreme Court. Sampat Prakash Ji has made our stand clear about the Articles. There is no second thought about it. It is unfortunate that the people of Jammu Kashmir were made to suffer immensely," said Satish Mahaldar, the chairman of the organization. Calling for the restoration of Articles 35 A and 370, he expressed hope that the Supreme Court of India will restore the Articles that provided special status to Jammu Kashmir. “The Indian Constitution ensures the right to equality that extends to individ...

Almost four years after the abrogation of Article 35A and 370 that gave special status to Jammu Kashmir, the political spectrum of the region is yet again abuzz with the debate of its restoration. ALSO READ: Kashmiri Pandits welcome SC decision, reiterate demand for restoration of Article 370 - The Kashmiriyat The fresh debate is triggered post the listing of the petitions challenging the August 05 decision by India's Apex court. The listing of the cases comes a few days after the former chief minister of Jammu Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti wrote to the chief justice of Indian demanding an early hearing of petitions challenging the unilateral abrogation of Articles 35 A and 370 of the Indian constitution. Major political parties from Kashmir and Jammu excluding the Bhartiya Janta Party have...

A Constitution bench of the Supreme Court will hear on July 11 a batch of petitions challenging the Centre's move of the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu Kashmir. The case will be heard by a five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud. The articles 370 and 35 a that gave special status to Jammu Kashmir were abrogated by the BJP Government unilaterally on August 05, 2019. The decision was followed by months long curfew "to prevent any law-and-order situation". Hundreds of Kashmiris were detained including three former chief Ministers. A Communication snap down was imposed in the valley for the longest duration. Though politicians from Jammu Kashmir have been calling for the restoration of the articles that gave special status to Jammu Kashmir, the BJP has ...

Danishwar Hameed One residential house and cowshed were gutted during a fire incident that broke in Zangalpora area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam. Locals told The Kahsmiriyat that fire broke out at on Monday at around 12:15 PM in Zangalpora area in a residential house. Soon after the incident, locals reached the spot and tried to douse the flames, they said, adding that the fire was brought under control but not before it damaged property worth lakhs. As per the locals, a residential house belonging to Zona begam wife of late Ghulam Hassan Wagay was damaged.