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Shabir Ali Following a gap of over three decades, the streets of Srinagar reverberated with 'Ya Hussain' Slogans on the eighth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Muharram marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam e Hussain, the grandson of the Prophet who was martyred by the forces of Yazid in Karbala Iraq along with his companions on the 10th day of Muharram on the 61st Hijri year. Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that though the admin had granted permission from 6 A.M, devotees started reaching Guru Bazar as early as 4 A.M. Police and paramilitary troopers were deployed across all streets in Srinagar. Throughout the way from Guru Bazar to Dalgate where the procession ended, Sunni Muslims had installed stalls for the Shia devotees who recited Nouhas...

The Jammu Kashmir administration has permitted 8th Muharram procession in Srinagar's Dal gate area after a gap of over three decades. According to an order, of which a copy was accessed by The Kashmiriyat, the admin has given conditional permission which includes the procession being taken out from 6 A.M to 8 A.M on the traditional route. "Whereas, an application was received from Yaadgar-i-Hussaini Committee seeking permission for taking out Muharram procession on 8th Muharram-1445 from Guru Bazar to Dalgate via Budshah Kadal and M.A Road, Srinagar," read the order. Whereas, the matter was taken up with the Senior Superintendent of Police, Srinagar vide this office No. DMS/Jud/Muharram/2023/486 dated: 11-7-2-023 for comments. Whereas Senior Superintendent of Police, Srinagar v...

Amid frequent wet spells in the ongoing month, Jammu and Kashmir has reported 15 cloudburst incidents in the month of July while the Meteorological department (MeT) is preparing data to see whether the incidents have witnessed an upward trend. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Jammu and Kashmir has received excess rainfall of 27 per cent since June 01, 2023 to July 19, 2023 as the frequent rainfall has been reported in the Union Territory from last month. Deputy Director MeT, Dr Mukhtar Ahmad told KNO that although the complete data has not been prepared but so far in this month, a total of 15 cloudburst incidents have been reported in July alone. “It will be premature to speak whether such incidents have witnessed an upward trend as the data has not been f...

The Fair Price Shop owners have alleged Tehsil Supply Officer's (TSO) rude behavior and grave mismanagement in Food Circle Pattan in Baramulla district. In this regard, Fair Price Shop Owners, an important factor involved in the food supply system, has written a letter to the Director Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Kashmir, "exposing the malpractices" of Pattan's food supplies sector, a local Newspaper Tameel Irshad reported. In the letter to Director Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Kashmir, Fair Price (FP) Shops Dealers Association, Pattan has lodged a complaint against the concerned TSO Pattan Shabir Ahmed Khan, saying that the said TSO has adopted arbitrary procedures in the area. "He has tarnished the image of the department and undermined the entire adminis...

Mehnaz, 21, a young woman from Nagrota, Jammu is facing the unfortunate consequence of having her right foot amputated due to the Government Medical College Jammu's failure to provide appropriate and timely medical treatment for an infection which gradually became severe. The story begun on June 3, 2023, after the Jammu resident was admitted to General Hospital Sarwal, where she had a normal delivery. "Few days after her discharge my discharge at the hospital, I developed swelling in my right foot/leg and sought immediate medical treatment at the Govt Medical Hospital, Bakshi Nagar in Jammu," she said. Despite the urgency and severity of her condition, the attending doctors negligently applied a cast instead of promptly addressing the infection and providing the necessary treatme...

Former IAS officers Basharat Ahmad Dhar, Mehboob Iqbal, Ejaz Iqbal, Mushtaq Ahmad Malik, Akram Khan, and Sajad Parvez have been charged by Special Judge CBI Srinagar SC Katal in the Roshni land scam. The case, initially registered under FIR No 26/2015 by the Vigilance Organisation Kashmir (now ACB Kashmir), was later transferred to the CBI following a direction from the High Court of J&K in PIL No 19 of 2011. The CBI registered the case RC 1232020A0004 on November 20, 2020, charging the accused under Sections 120-B/420/RPC & Section 5(1)(d) read with 5(2) of J&K Prevention of Corruption Act. The CBI alleges that in 2007, ownership rights of state land measuring 07 kanals and 07 marlas were given to Sajjad Parvaiz at the rate of Rs 45 lakh per kanal by the empowerment comm...

Upper caste Hindus assaulted a Dalit man for trying to go inside the temple in the Doda town of Chenab valley, following which Jammu Kashmir Police has filed an F.I.R. against the accused. As per reports reaching The Kashmiriyat, Bittu Ram, a resident of Hiller Ramban entered a temple in the Ghala Dhar area of Doda on 18 June 2023 after which he was kidnapped and brutally assaulted by upper caste men. "I was walking back from the temple when five to six men from the upper caste kidnapped me from a street and started abusing me after taking me inside a house. They took off my clothes and beat me on my private parts for merely trying to enter the temple," Bittu explaining his ordeal said. He said that the upper caste men shouted him down when he said he had gone to the temple to say...

Members of All Jammu Kashmir Panchayat Conference on Wednesday staged a protest in Srinagar demanding the Manoj Sinha-led administration to fulfil ‘genuine demands’ of the people. The body consisting of all elected Sarpanchs and Panchs assembled in the Press Enclave and put forth five demands and sought the administration to fulfill them at an earliest. The first demand is to hold three-tier panchayat election for all District Development Council (DCC) and Block Development Council (BDC) candidates. The second is to restore old scale supply at ration stores, as people across valley are expressing anguish over a 50% reduction in the ration quota over the last three years, with each individual in a Priority Household (PHH) category now receiving only 5 kilograms of rice instead of t...

Hundreds of people flocked to picnic destinations in the Kashmir valley on the occasion of annual Eid festival observed from 29 June to 1 July. A huge influx of people, mostly locals, was witnessed on all three days of Eid ul Adha at Doodhpathri in Budgam, a local from Budgam told The Kashmiriyat. Adil Syed said that the people visited with food, packed food items and other eatables, however, due to the absence of a dustbin resulting in the accumulation of waste throughout the area. Furthermore, he said, no efforts were made by the authorities to collect these wastes during the holiday period, leading to a high level of pollution at Doodhpathri. "It is evident that there has been a significant failure on the part of the public in fulfilling their civic responsibility to protect...

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...