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Sahil Gulzar The Jammu Kashmir, Director General of Police Dilbag Singh has ordered the establishment of Special Investigation Units (SIUs) in six districts of the Kashmir valley. The development comes at a time when security review meetings are being held from New Delhi to Srinagar in view of the recent targeted killings which have led to widespread demand by the Migrant Kashmiri Pandits for their mass transfer out of the Kashmir valley. The Home Minister during the security meeting asked for the strengthening of the Policing system and the establishment of six "safe zones", according to news reports. The SIUs, according to an order issued by the DGP, of which a copy lies with The Kashmiriyat, reads, six Special Investigations Units (SIUs), will be established in Kashmir capital ...

Seventeen civilians were killed in Kashmir in the last five months so far this year. As per the local news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), they include 12 Kashmiri Muslims, two from the minority community, a Hindu teacher, a bank manager from Rajasthan, a migrant labourer and an employee of a liquor shop. On 25 Feb, A civilian identified as Shakeel Ahmad Khan resident of Shopian was killed during a gunfight in Amshipora Shopian in which two militants were killed as well. On 02 March a Panch identified as Mohammad Yaqoob Dar of Kulpora Srandroo Kulgam was shot dead at his residence. On 6 March, two persons namely Mohammad Aslam and Rafiya Jan were killed in a grenade attack in Amira Kadal Srinagar. On 9 March, a PDP sarpanch Sameer Bhat was killed in the Khonmoh area of S...

The Indian Congress Thursday said that during the last eight years since Narendra Modi came into power, 10,000 incidents of communal violence have taken different parts of India. At a press conference here today, the Congress released the Modi government’s "report card", titled "8 Saal, 8 Chhal; Bhajpa(BJP) Sarkar Vifal". Ajay Makan, a senior Congress leader and former union minister, told the journalists at the party’s headquarters that the country had seen over 10,000 religious riots in the last eight years. The Prime Minister, on the other hand, said nothing about the incident, he said. He said that the government comes to power on the promise of 'vikas’ (development) but it has been spreading ‘nafrat’ (hatred) in order to divert attention from its failures. “Everyone knows ...

The Chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by an NIA court in Delhi has been confined to a solitary cell under tight security, News Agency PTI reported Thursday. Yasin Malik’s conviction in a 2017 case was a foregone conclusion. There is a parallel case in which he is accused of the brutal killing of four Indian Air Force officers. Additional Sessions Judge Parveen Singh awarded two life sentences and varying jail terms, which will all run concurrently, and a fine of Rs 10,65,000 for offenses under the stringent anti-terror law — Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) — and the IPC. Akhand Pratap, Amicus Curiae in the case, appointed by the court went public to say that Yasin Malik was adamant to not contest the charges. He also sai...

Kashmir Journalist Fahad Shah detained under the Public Safety Act was shifted to Jammu and his custody was handed over to the State Investigation Agency (SIA) for questioning in a case. According to reports, Fahad's custody was taken over by the Kupwara jail authorities for the investigation into the FIR number 01/2022 registered by the SIA at the Joint Interrogation Centre, in Jammu, against an op-ed written by Abdul Aala Fazili in 2011. This is the fifth time Shah has been arrested consequently since 4 February 2022, or in the last 108 days. According to Kashmir walla, Fahad was detained in the case in which Aala Fazili has already been booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) sections 13 and 18 and sections 120B, 121, 124, and 153B of the Indian Penal Code ...

As May 20 is celebrated as World Honey Bee Day, experts in Kashmir Friday called for a collective approach for saving the flora and fauna of bees stating that Valley produces quality and number one honey. Talking to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Director Agirculture Kashmir Chowdhary Muhammad Iqbal said that May 20 is observed as the World Honey Bee Day across the globe and also in Kashmir. “We have a huge potential but there are some challenges as well. At present 90,000 youth are associated with the Honey production job. There is a huge scope for this business as it can provide livelihood to lakhs of youth,” he said. He said that Kashmir produces 14 types of honey and Valley’s honey is number one across the globe. “We have faced some challenges due to the spraying of ...

The National Family Health Survey -5 has revealed that with 23.7 percent Jammu Kashmir has the third-highest number of cars after Goa and Kerala. Goa has 45.2 percent of the total households that possess cars. The figures place Jammu Kashmir at the second-highest spot of people in possession of cars, while Bihar stands at the bottom of the list with 2 percent. India overall has a total of 7.5 percent of the population that possesses cars, according to the Survey. Another survey by Stats of India showed that around 16 percent of the total population in India owns three appliances, Television, Fridge and Refrigerator. In Jammu Kashmir, the survey stated, more than 41.5 percent of the households owned all three appliances while in Uttar Pradesh the number was at 15.7 percent. T...

Barely a week after his killing, the Hindu right-wing has started heckling the deceased Kashmiri Pandit, Rahul Bhatt, who was killed by suspected militants in the Tehsil office at Beerwah Budgam last Thursday. The Kashmiri Pandits have been up in arms against the local admin and openly raising Anti-BJP slogans as security remains their primary concern, however, the Right-wing has not given up on sharing what many say is a morphed image of Rahul Bhatt. Many are even using the slanderous comments against the deceased. https://twitter.com/iamgowda_sushma/status/1526818914826866688 In this Photo, which is being claimed to be a display photo of Rahul Bhatt's Facebook page, the deceased has allegedly used the banner in support of Rohingya Muslims, who were massacred in their country Bur...

Bhat Yasir A family on Friday staged a protest in Pattan's Warpora area demanding justice for a 30-year-old, a victim of domestic violence. The 30-year-old, married in the Kokathal area in Baramulla was wounded after being beaten by her husband in the Kreeri in the Baramulla district. Family members of the woman speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that the woman who has a young daughter was tortured by her in-laws for dowry for several years over the issue of dowry. On Eid Day, her family members said, that she was beaten inhumanely by her husband over the same issue of dowry after which she was taken to the SDH Kreeri Baramulla from where she was referred to Baramulla District Hospital. "The Doctors there referred to SKIMS in Soura from where they informed the family members of t...

Mohammed Ashraf Khan alias Ash Molvi who had appeared on the list of the most-wanted militants had escaped several anti-militancy operations during the past few years, but today was not his day as he was killed during an encounter, far away from his normal operating zone in the Breng belt (Kokernag), Anantnag district. On January 09, 2018, the Government forces received input about his presence in the Pehlipora area of Kokernag area of south Kashmir. Ashraf was shot at, while his colleague Farhan Ahmad Wani, a resident of Redwani Khudwani, Kulgam was killed during the encounter. The cordon continued for several hours, but Ashraf managed to escape. Sources say that Ashraf had escaped several gunfights and cordons laid down specifically for him in the Kokernag and Sirigufara belts of s...