Month: September 2023

The Jammu Kashmir High Court on Friday issued a notice to the administration seeking its response to a petition filed by Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq over his house arrest since August 2019. Farooq’s lawyer, Nazir Ahmad Ronga said the court has given four weeks’ time to the administration to file its response. The separatist leader filed a writ petition in the high court “seeking an order, or direction upon the respondents (state authorities) to release the petitioner (Mirwaiz) from ‘illegal and unauthorised detention’ as the petitioner has been detained/ house arrested at his Nigeen residence without any order or authority in law”. The writ petition also requests the high court that it may issue an appropriate writ or order asking the administration to “lift t...

The Transport Department of Jammu Kashmir, in its drive to increase ease of doing business with the Government and eliminating opportunities for corrupt behaviour, launched a new online module for Transfer of Vehicle ownership in Jammu Kashmir. The new module would enable both the buyer and the seller to have the option of electronically signing the legal documents, required for application process through their AADHAR registered mobile number. This has not only made the process of making transfer of ownership application much easier but also obviated the requirement for the buyer and seller to visit the Motor Vehicle Department’s offices in person to get their identities verified as the same is being accomplished through the AADHAR enabled e-Signing process. Earlier, the buyer an...

The persistent dry spell in Jammu & Kashmir has led to complaints of water scarcity in some places as the water level has reduced in the water bodies, given the deficit rainfall in the region for the past two months. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), J&K has recorded 12 per cent deficient rainfall in the ongoing season from 01 July, 2023 to 13 September, 2023. As already reported yesterday, the water level in almost all the water bodies, especially in river Jhelum, Doodh Ganga and other tributaries have reduced. Reports suggest that the water scarcity has hit multiple places in wake of the persistent dry spell. The consumers have complained that they are not getting an adequate water supply from the past many days, thus simultaneously affecting n...

Kashmiri journalist and TV panelist Majid Hyderi has been arrested by Police from his residence in Srinagar on the charges of "extortion, and defamation" among others. Police in a tweet confirming his arrest said, FIR No 88/2023 U/S 120-B, 177,386,500 of IPC registered in Sadder PS on basis of order issued by Hon’ble court of JMIC Srinagar. One Majid Hyderi, a resident of Peerbagh arrested for criminal conspiracy, intimidation, extortion, giving false information, defamation etc. The former Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti said that Majid was dragged from his home like a "wanted terrorist." She said, "Majid Hyderi’s arrest late last night has exposed the nexus between conmen & certain intelligence agencies. He was dragged from his home like a wanted terrorist wit...

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday said that “conflict profiteers” used to brainwash children and handover guns and stones in their hands but the administration is going tough against these profiteers and one will be spared. Addressing two-day workshop on Strengthening of Child Protection System/Mechanisms for Representatives of PRIs/ULBs/Police/SIRD and other stakeholders of J&K, at Convention Centre, Srinagar, the LG said that some “conflict profiteers” used to brainwash J&K children and handover stones and guns in their hands. “We have decided to go tough against all these conflict profiteers and none of them will be spared,” the LG said as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). He said that the administration is committed to hand over laptops to J&K’s chil...

One more army trooper has succumbed to his injuries, bringing the total number of casualties from the security forces to four in Gadol Kokernag encounter. Official sources told news agency Kashmir Scroll that one more army jawan has succumb to his injuries, bringing the total number of casualties from the security forces to 4. They said that the search operation within the cordoned-off area has commenced on the third day on Friday despite rains. On Wednesday Colonel Manpreet Singh, who was the commanding officer of 19 RR, Major Aashish Dhonchak Salvinder Kumar and DySP Humayun Bhat, the son of former DIG Kashmir Ghulam Muhammad Bhat were killed during initial exchange of fire.(KS)

Three school-going children who had gone missing from Handwara last Monday have been traced in Chennai, in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As reported by GNS, the three minor boys are Nazim Mumtaz, son of Mumtaz Ahmad Lone of Phalmarg; Faizan Hameed Mir, son of Abdul Hameed Mir of Kalmoona; and Uzair Ahmad Dar, son of Mohammad Shafi Dar of Chammpora. “Despite searching every possible location, the trio couldn’t be located until information was received from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, about their whereabouts,” said an official source. Confirming the receipt of information about the sighting of the trio in Chennai, a police official told GNS that they are in continuous contact with the authorities there to ensure that all three boys are brought back and reunited with their families ...