September 1, 2023 - The Kashmiriyat

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Anjuman appeals to authorities to release Kashmir Mirwaiz

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Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar has condemned the authorities for the continued house detention of its president Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq for more than four years. In a statement, the Anjuman said that today is the 210th consecutive Friday when Kashmir's top religious leader Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir was not allowed to perform the important religious duty of offering Friday prayer or deliver the Friday sermon. Due to his continued house arrest, the centuries-old pulpit of the Jama Masjid, has fallen silent which otherwise would reverberate with Qaal Allah Wa Qaala Rasool (SAW), causing great pain and heartbreak among those who visit the central mosque on Fridays and all Muslims of J&K, Anjuman said. Meanwhile, Mirwaiz the Anjuman said, has sent a legal notic...

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Sikh engineer’s death triggers anguish among minority community, Family demands CBI inquiry

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Bhat Yasir On August 30, a group of young Sikhs flanked by a few Muslims gathered in the Lal Chowk area of Srinagar. Sikhs, a micro-minority in Jammu Kashmir have found themselves gripped in fear again following the mysterious death of a 59-year-old Sikh from north Kashmir's Baramulla district. Gurmeet Singh, a 59-year-old Government Engineer with the Roads and Building Department of Jammu Kashmir left his home around 9 P.M. on August 25. He told his wife that he was going for an official meeting and will return home soon-- but he did not. Five days after this, his dead body was found drowned in Jhelum. The death of Gurmeet Singh refreshed the wounds of the killing of Narendra Kaur in 2021, who was a government teacher, Rajinder Singh Bali, an employee of Doordarshan, who was abdu...

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Centre likely to introduce ‘One Nation, One Election’ bill

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The Centre is likely to introduce “one nation, one election bill” or simultaneous national and state elections system in India. As per reports, BJP led central Government on Friday formed a committee headed by former President of India Ram Nath Kovind to examine whether the country will examine whether India will have the “one nation, one election” system. The move comes a day after the Centre announced a special session of the parliament from September 18 to 22, without revealing its agenda. The surprise announcement was followed by intense speculation that a bill on 'one nation, one election' would be tabled during the session, but the government maintained being tight lipped over the issue. 'One nation, one election' refers to holding the Lok Sabha and state assembly polls simu...

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Health and Family Welfare workers in J-K without salaries since May

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Thousands of employees of Health and Family Welfare in J&K are without salaries for the last four months due to which they have been going through a “very tough time”. The employees, including Deputy Chief Medical Officers, educators and FMPHWs, told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that they have been without salaries since May this year and have been facing “hard times”. Official sources said that thousands of employees working in Health & Family Welfare across J&K under a centrally sponsored scheme have never received their salaries on time. They said the employees working under 2,210 head never face such issues and get salaries on time but those working under 2,211 head have to bear the issue of delay in salaries. They said despite being permanent emp...

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‘No money to eat’: GMC Anantnag junior resident doctors go on strike demanding salary

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Suhail Dar For the past five months, nearly forty junior resident doctors posted at Government Medical College Anantnag have been without salary triggering protests from the doctors inside the hospital premises. ALSO READ: Anantnag: Patients pay extra money at private clinics as GMC doesn’t conduct various tests Holding placards and raising slogans, the doctors said despite reaching to every possible official including the hospital authorities at Anantnag, their issues have remain unaddressed. The doctors have demanded an early redressal of their issues, following which the officials have taken up the issue with senior officials. The Postgraduate DNB students alleged that they have received only one stipend which was back in March. ALSO READ: Day after power breakdown in south Kas...

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High court orders halt in JKSSB selection process

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The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the High-Level Committee established to examine the operation of the Jammu Kashmir Service Selection Board (JKSSB) to submit its findings within ten days. After hearing an argument, a panel led by Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi ordered the JKSSB not to move further with the hiring process for the different positions it had advertised. The selection process has been put on hold while the admin considers its findings and suggestions regarding the High-Level Committee's study of the board's operation, the court said. The court stated, "The Review Committee shall submit its report within a period of ten days from the date of passing of this judgment. The Review Committee shall be established pursuant to Government Order No. 487-JK (GAD) of ...

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Amarnath Yatra 2023 ends, 4.5 lakh Hindu pilgrims visited the cave in Kashmir

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Chhari Mubarak (the holy mace of Lord Shiva) reached the Amarnath cave shrine on Thursday, making the formal end of the 62-day-long Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra 2023. Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Chhari Mubarak reached the holy cave on Thursday where the final pooja was held. An official said that a group of sages led by the custodian of the holy mace Mahant Deependra Giri carrying Chhari Mubarak reached the Amarnath cave on Thursday after spending a night at Panchtarni. He said that during the beginning of the yatra this year, there was a good rush of pilgrims; however, later it started declining with each passing day, forcing the authorities to suspend the yatra a week before its scheduled time. This year, the overall flow was good after several y...

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PDD lineman electrocuted, hospitalised

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A daily wager lineman sustained grave injuries after receiving an electric shock in south Kashmir Kulgam district's Chatabal area on Friday morning. As per locals, the lineman had ascended the pole and was doing his work when he received an electric shock and fell on the ground, resulting in grave injuries to him. He was immediately shifted to a nearby hospital, where he is currently being treated and critical condition and shifted to SKIMS. The injured has been identified as Mohammad Amin Itoo, who has two sons, a daughter, and a wife, who has been bed-ridden for two years due to a tumor, the locals said.

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‘Sent fake photographs, collected mehr’: Fake marriage holding nexus busted in Kunzer

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A fake marriage-holding nexus has been busted in the Kunzer area of Baramulla in north Kashmir and four persons detained in the connection. Police in a statement said that the case was brought to police's attention through an application submitted by some persons of Kunzer area. According to the complaint, the accused individuals were operating as middlemen during marriage functions. "They used WhatsApp to send photos of various young women, falsely claiming they were ready for marriage. These individuals convinced the victims on the other side to agree to marriage proposals, fix the Mehr money, and make payments. However, despite the financial transactions, no marriages were conducted, and the money was not returned," the Police statement said. The Police claimed that this gro...

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‘Bought land on Moon’, says corporate businessman from Jammu following Chandrayaan-3 triumph

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Rupesh Masson, who is the regional director of UCMAS for Jammu Kashmir and Leh claimed that he has bought land at “Luna Earths Moon, Tract 55-Parcel 10772 known as Lacus Felicitatis (Lake of Happiness).” “I purchased the land from The Lunar Registry in New York City and it was certified on August 25,” said Masson, as per Hindustan Times. He said that he feels that a plot on the moon is either a token of hope in the future or a cost-effective psychological escape hatch for the person confronting climate change. Rupesh also claimed that around 675 celebrities and three former presidents of the United States had extra-terrestrial land holdings.