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The demise of Sampat Prakash is widely mourned in the Kashmir valley even as scores of Muslims thronged to his residence in Srinagar district to express solidarity with the bereaved family. Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that scores of Muslims and Sikhs thronged the residence of Sampat Prakash in Srinagar to bid a farewell to the 85-year-old who passed away due to cardiac arrest on Saturday afternoon. Awami National Conference president, Muzaffar Shah visited the residence of the deceased and defined Sampat Prakash as a nationalist saying, "He never left Kashmir because Kashmir lived in his blood till, he breathed his last." On Sunday, leaders of business community, trade unions visited his residence in large numbers. Sampat Prakash's last rites will be performed at Karan Nagar...

Shah Basit A 15-year-old boy was attacked and stabbed by his friends in north Kashmir's Kupwara district. As per reports reaching The Kashmiriyat the incident took place on Sunday afternoon when a 15-year-old boy was attacked by his friends when they were taking bath at a rivulet (Kahimil) in the Gundmomin area of Trehgam area in north Kashmir. The minor boy, Saqib Ahmed Lone was attacked with a knife after which he had to be rushed to Sub District Hospital in Kupwara in an injured action. As per Police, the Jammu Kashmir Police has filed an FIR against the accused in Police Station Villigam Kupwara and further investigation has been started in the incident. In May, at least seven incidents of stabbing have been reported. Police arrested a teenager (16) after he stabbed a 46...

Jammu Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) has received over 26 lakh applications for nearly 27,000 positions during the last four years. According to a Greater Kashmir report, a total of 26,22.285 applications were received by the JKSSB from 2019 to 2022 for over 26,687 advertised positions. Out of these candidates have been selected for 17,668 positions. In the year 2019, the board announced 2026 positions for which it received 1.30 lakh applications, and 13.66 lakh applications were received for 15,429 positions in 2020. For the years 2021 and ’22, JKSSB received 6.6 lakh and 4.59 applications for the 5729 and 3503 positions respectively. Directorate of Employment in 2021 witnessed three lakh registrations by postgraduates and PhD degree holders for jobs. In the same yea...

On a hot summer Tuesday, the former chief minister was in a cabinet meeting when her phone rang. “Madam, BJP has withdrawn support from the coalition Government,” the caller stated. It was 19 June 2018, when direct central rule was imposed on Jammu Kashmir. It has been over five years now with no signs of polls for the assembly which was dissolved by the former Governor Satya Pal Malik in November that year. This is not the first time that Jammu Kashmir has witnessed direct central rule. The area has been subject to direct Central rule eight times since 1977 without any local representatives in the region’s legislative assembly. Jammu Kashmir was degraded into a union territory and the Governor’s position needed for the state demoted into a Lieutenant Governor after the uniletral ...

The earthquake of magnitude 5.4 that hit Jammu Kashmir on Tuesday with its epicenter in Doda and a depth of six kilometers inside the earth has refreshed the concerns of a major environmental disaster among experts. The earthquake was felt in the neighboring regions including Punjab. It has led to many speculations and confusion around the seismic activity in the region and many wondering if we are heading to a major catastrophe. Five earthquakes have been recorded following yesterday's event, which are likely the aftershocks of the Tuesday earthquake. An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 occurred at 2:20 a.m. on 14 June, Depth 10 km, Nearest Town: 19 km S of Kishtwar, 23 km E of Doda another one with Magnitude 2.8 occurred at 2:41 a.m. on 14 June with a depth of 10 km, Nearest Town: 20 km...

Amid the major anti militancy grid launched to wipe out militancy from the region, the government forces have arrested over 300 people in Jammu Kashmir over militancy charges in the year 2022, stats have revealed. Police chief Dilbagh Singh recently said that militancy was rapidly declining in the Kashmir valley and in Jammu as well. "Militancy is not over, but it is surely declining rapidly, and the government forces are working hard to eliminate the remaining militants in the months ahead," he told media in April 2023. He also directed the officers to maintain close coordination besides keeping a close watch on suspects while increasing the patrolling during the night. He asked Police officers to carry out counter-insurgency operations and to target the Over Ground Network of milit...

Ubaid Mukhtar Among the nearly 65 per cent of the candidates who passed class 12th board exams on Friday is the 20-year-old Insha Mushtaq. Watch Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGfbL_Z0yiI&t=14s Blinded by pellets in the year 2016, Insha Mushtaq, a resident of Shopian's Sedow area has qualified the class 12th board exams. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, over the phone, a relative of Insha confirmed that she (Insha) had passed the board exams of class 12th with first division. Expressing joy over Insha's results, the family said, "They are extremely joyous that Insha has been able to pursue many of her dreams despite the fact that she is visually impaired." On July 11, 2016, Insha, then 14, opened the window of her house to look out at the protests raging against...

Photos/ Ubaid Mukhtar Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, is an emotional affair in Kashmir as it constitutes one of the five pillars of Islam. Hajj 2023 begun in Kashmir on Wednesday as 630 pilgrims from nooks and corners of the valley reached the Hajj house in Srinagar where the pilgrims will gather to be taken to Srinagar and then Jeddah. The Muslim pilgrims accompanied by their relatives and friends gathered near the Hajj house where they were welcomed by the officials of the Jammu Kashmir administration. Naat and Duroods were recited as a part of centuries old tradition to bid farewell to the Hajis. In villages and small towns, neighbours of the Hajj pilgrim gather in large numbers reciting Durood and Naat and walk along with the pilgrim till they reach t...

Suhail Dar A resident of Jammu displayed exemplary humanity by bringing a Kashmiri driver who suffered a heart attack from Jammu to Anantnag district in south Kashmir. Several years ago, Gopal Krishan started a small tea stall in the Jammu city nearly two decades back when Yousuf, a driver from Kashmir introduced drivers from Anantnag to his tea stall. With time, all the drivers developed good connection with Gopal which helped his business flourish. Yousuf used to visit Gopal habitually on all his travels to Jammu and with time, the two developed a great relation. On Saturday, during one such visit to Gopal's eatery Yousuf suffered a heart attack and died on the way to the hospital. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat family of Mohammed Yousuf Dar, who was a resident of Kanzgund in Ba...

Research by The Reporters’ Collective (TRC) has showed the Modi government rushed with its plan to supply fortified rice to more than 80 crore people in the country, despite internal and external expert warnings on the adverse effects of feeding people, particularly children, fortified rice. Massive protests have been staged across Jammu Kashmir to protest against the decision to supply fortified rice, locally called plastic rice, however, less or unabundant research pushed the Government narrative. The officials said that the rice was rich in multi nutrients. The Food Department of Indian Government omitted a review by Cochrane, a UK-based scientific nonprofit whose evaluations are considered a gold standard on efficacy of fortified rice in scientific literature. The Cochrane rev...