Month: September 2023

A 32 year old man was arrested for sexually assaulting a minor girl in Parimpora area of central Kashmir's Srinagar district on Thursday night. Officials said Umais Khan (32 years), a resident of Zaldager, Srinagar, arrested for sexual assault on a 13 year old child. In this regard police registered a FIR (FIR no 140/2023) under sections 7,8 of POCSO act registered at Parimpora PS. Police started further investigation in this regard.(KS)

In a major decision, the Supreme Court of India harshly criticized the Ladakh administration for disallowing Jammu Kashmir National Conference (NC) to use the plough symbol for the upcoming Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) elections. Noting that the plough symbol was reserved for JKNC by the Election Commission of India because of its status as a recognized state party of the erstwhile State of Jammu Kashmir, the Court held that its demand for the symbol was "legitimate and just". The Court came down heavily on the Ladakh Administration for notifying the LAHDC elections while sitting over the representation made by JKNC seeking the allotment of the reserved symbol, reported Live Law. “The Appellants(Ladakh Admin), while sitting on the representation of R1(JKNC), ...

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, urged the people of Sopore to refrain from offering any form of shelter to militant supporters and to leave the rest to the police and other security forces. He also emphasised that the administration is fully committed to eradicating the militant ecosystem and dealing sternly with those who have profited from the conflict at the expense of the common people. Addressing a gathering at Dak Bungalow in Sopore, as per KNO, LG Sinha urged the residents of Sopore and the entire Jammu Kashmir region not to provide refuge to militancy supporters and militants. “Simply do this much and leave the rest to the police and security forces. With the full support of the administration, our police and security forces will ensure that terrorism and its ecosystem ar...

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Pandurang K Pole has issued a fresh list reserving 358 municipal wards out of 1,119 for women and sought objections and suggestions to it within a week. The list of reserved wards for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women in open, SC and ST categories have been made on the basis of population data. According to data released by the election department, of the 1,119 wards of 77 municipal bodies in the Union territory, 358 wards have been reserved for women. Eighty-six wards have been reserved for SC and 14 for ST. "In accordance with section 10-A of the Jammu & Kashmir Municipal Corporation Act, 2000, and Section 11-A of the Jammu & Kashmir Municipal Act, 2000, wards are to be reserved for women, Scheduled Castes, Sc...

Meer Irfan A teenage girl died under mysterious circumstances in the Shopian district of south Kashmir. An official told athe Kashmiriyat that on Thursday morning, a 16-year-old girl (name with held) was found lying unconscious at her home in the Reshinagar area of Shopian district. When her parents spotted her, they rushed her to the nearby hospital for treatment, the official said. Upon reaching the hospital, she was declared critical and shifted to SKIMS soura for advanced treatment. "However, at SKIMS, she lost her battle for life," he said.

Assistant Regional Transport officer Bandipora Thursday blacklisted a vehicle that was involved in a stunt incident. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a video went viral on social media platforms where driver of the vehicle was seen standing on top of his car. He said that as the matter came into the notice of ARTO Bandipora Bilal Ahmad Mir and he instantly blacklisted the vehicle. The official said that the owner and driver of the vehicle will face legal action under IPC and Motor Vehicles Act—(KNO)

Jammu Kashmir National Conference (NC) President and Member of the Parliament from Srinagar Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said that the ruling BJP is non-existent in Kashmir and has forfeited its political space in the Jammu province as well. This, he said, while addressing party functionaries at the party headquarters Nawa-e-Subha earlier today. “BJP has lost its political ground and relevance across both provinces of Jammu and Kashmir due to its anti-people policies’. They had promised a lot to the people of the Jammu province but delivered poorly on the ground. BJP betrayed the trust of the people in the region, leaving them feeling cheated. People are suffering due to dilapidated roads, huge power cuts, non-availability of potable drinking water and acute deficiency of teachin...

Kashmir Press Photographers Association (KPPA) on Wednesday paid glowing tributes to the senior photojournalists Mushtaq Ali on his 28th death anniversary and Shafa'at Siddiqui on his 9th death anniversary. In a statement issued to the press, KPPA paid tributes to Mushtaq Ali who was killed in a parcel bomb explosion on September 10, 1995, at Press Colony in Srinagar. KPPA also paid tributes to Shafa'at Siddiqui who drowned during the floods that swept Kashmir on September 7, 2014. The association recalled the services rendered by both the photojournalists to the profession of journalism in Kashmir and remembered them on their death anniversaries.