Month: May 2024

Danishwar Hameed A 65-year-old woman died due to electrocution in south Kashmir's Kulgam district on Monday afternoon. Officials told The Kashmiriyat that a woman identified as Haneefa Begum wife of Ghulam Nabi Naik, a resident of Khuloora Devsar received an electric shock at her residence today afternoon resulting in serious injuries to her. She was immediately taken to the nearby District hospital Kulgam where doctors declared her dead on arrival. Meanwhile police have taken cognizance of this incident.

Rayees Shah/ Shah Basit Voters in great numbers turned to polling stations in the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat on Monday morning to decide the fate of 22 candidates including the National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah. Nearly 17.5 Lakh voters will exercise their franchise in Baramulla, Bandipora, and Kupwara districts and parts of Budgam. Officials told The Kashmiriyat that 2,103 polling stations have been installed throughout the Lok Sabha seat which is expected to witness a nail-biting contest. The poling began at 7 A.M. in the polling stations, eight polling will be managed by women, and 18 by youth. 21 polling stations have been declared as green polling stations. "26 Polling Stations have been installed outside Jammu Kashmir,  21 in Jammu, 4 in Delhi, and 1 in Udh...

Dilip Kumar Pandita, a lone displaced Kashmiri Pandit candidate contesting on the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat, is ramping up his campaign, promising to “reunite all Kashmiris through serious intra-community dialogue via civil society”. Pandita is among 20 candidates in the fray challenging prominent figures like PDP president Mehbooba Mufti and National Conference leader Mian Altaf Ahmad in the election slated for May 25. Pandita (56), who hails from a small hamlet of Ramhal in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, has been living in a government accommodation in Jagti migrant township with his family for several decades. Despite the prevailing heatwave conditions in Jammu, he is vigorously campaigning with door-to-door interactions and corner meetings in Jammu, particularly in f...

The National Conference leader Omar Abdullah has said people are identifying themselves with his party's campaign as it is talking about factors important to them: the sense of "betrayal" since August 5, 2019 and their issues remaining unaddressed in the absence of a popular government since 2018. Abdullah, who is contesting from the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat, accuses the "BJP and agencies" of riding "multiple horses in this race to see which one can ultimately damage the National Conference". Overwhelmed by people's enthusiastic response to his roadshows and rallies, especially in areas hitherto dominated by the separatist ideology, the NC vice president said the BJP's tactics in various constituencies indicated a calculated approach to secure advantages through alliances against his...

Two workers of Jammu Kashmir National Conference were stabbed by unknown assailants during a rally attended by National Conference leaders in Mendhar Poonch district on Sunday. A leader of the Jammu Kashmir National conference said that choas spread after unknown assailants attacked a National Conference rally with a knife, resulting into injuries to at least two persons, one of them critically. Police said that it was a group clash which resulted in injuries to three persons. "All the three injured were shifted to near by Hospital where from they were shifted to GMC Rajouri for advanced treatment," news agency GNS reported. The one critically wounded has been identified as Suhail Ahmad Son of Mohammed Bashir, a resident of Qasab Mendhar. The second youth injured in the attack has...

The residents of Patal Bagh area of Pampore in South Kashmir's Pulwama district have demanded shifting of dumping site from saffron land so as to save the heritage crop of Kashmir. The residents of the area told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that authorities have been dumping garbage in the middle of the saffron land at Patal Bagh and that is having a negative impact on the saffron industry. Irshad Ahmad, a known progressive farmer, said that authorities have been dumping garbage in state land in the middle of the saffron land that is attracting dogs and wild animals like porcupines, who are damaging saffron corns. He said that the government should handover the state land to the floriculture department so that the garden will be developed there where tourists visiti...