Month: April 2024

National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah expressed disappointment on Saturday over his party's electoral contest in the Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency against the People's Democratic Party. Omar Abdullah, while addressing reporters in Ladakh after an election meeting supporting the NC candidate from Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, alluded to PDP president Mehbooba Mufti's candidacy from the south Kashmir seat. The NC has nominated its senior Gujjar leader Mian Altaf as their candidate. Abdullah remarked, "The contest in south Kashmir is not against the BJP. Regrettably, it's against a former ally who, driven by ambition, departed from us. Our contention, particularly in south Kashmir, isn't with the BJP or its affiliates." The rif...

The Jammu Kashmir police claimed to have busted a militant hideout and recovered arms and ammunition in Reasi district on Saturday. In a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), a spokesperson said that acting on the reliable information regarding presence of a hideout in Dalas Barneli, an operation was launched to sanitise the area. The statement reads that during the search and cordon operation police team recovered huge quantity of arms and ammunition in Dalas Barneli area of Arnas. It reads that 2 detonators, 12 cartridge of assault rifle, a pull through, a hand held tape recorder IED enabled, a calculator IED enabled, a battery and few connecting wires were recovered.   SSP Reasi Mohita Sharma, as per the statement, said that search operatio...

As the last date for filing of nomination papers for Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency ended Friday, 25 candidates have filed their nomination papers with Mehbooba Mufti from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Mian Altaf from National Conference (NC) prominent among them. As per the details available with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), 25 candidates have filed their nomination papers while the scrutiny of papers will be done on Saturday. Returning Officer of the constituency and Deputy Commissioner (DC) Anantnag, Syed Fakhrudin Hamid in a press conference said that the last date of withdrawal of the forms is April 22 following which meetings regarding different issues including symbols will be conducted. He said that all the arrangements for the smooth cond...

The body of man, who was missing since March 28, was recovered from river Jhelum in Sopore area of Baramulla district on Saturday morning, officials said. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the man was missing from his home in Mapanpora area. He said that his body was seen floating in Jhelum, following which locals informed the police. "The body was later recovered by a police team and was shifted a nearby hospital for medico-legal formalities," he said. He has been identified as Mohammad Maqbool Mir (70) of Mapanpora Sopore—(KNO)

Jammu Kashmir Police on Friday said it arrested seven drug peddlers in Anantnag and recovered contraband & psychotropic substances from their possession. In Anantnag, Police said, seven drug peddlers were arrested in separate actions. Police team of PP Sangam apprehended two persons namely Feroz Ahmad Rather and Aijaz Ahmad Mantoo, both residents of Waghama Bijbehara and recovered about 09 Kgs of Poppy Straw from their possession, a police spokesman said in a statement. Similarly, Police party from PS Kokernag recovered about 16.450 kgs of Cannabis powder from the possession of Suhail Ahmad Dar, resident of Nagam Kokernag and Reyaz Ahmad Mir, resident of Watnard Kokernag, police said. As per the Police statement, a police party of Police Station Utersoo arrested one person ...

In a bid to keep young teenagers away from drugs, a Kashmir based Non-governmental organization has announced an award of a bicycle for the teenagers below age of 15, who offer five times prayers. Khair e Aam trust based in south Kashmir announced that any teenager below the age of 15 will be awarded a bicycle if they offer Namaz for five times for a period of fourty (40) days. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, Rameez Ahmed Hydari, a member of the trust said that the competition has been launched for four mosques as of now. "We will expand the competition, but for now the competition has been announced for Jamia Masjid Sopore, Majid Sharif Elahibagh Srinagar, Jamia Masjid Anantnag, Jamia Masjid Anantnag, Jamia Masjid Kulgam, Masjid e Bafandan and Masjid e Sharif Qazi Mohalla in Anantnag,"...