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Danishwar Hameed Residents of Kulgam town are up in arms against the JK admin for having failed to repair the street lights in the south Kashmir town non-functional for the past several months. Despite having reached all possible offices, the residents said, the town continues to scare the commuters at night time. "After dusk, walking on the streets is a nightmare. There is hardly any activity on the streets, at least people do not come out to walk on these streets which has also impacted the business activity in the south Kashmir town a great deal," a local shopkeeper told The Kashmiriyat. He said that the town looks like a ghost town post evening and poses a great threat to the security of people in general. "women are hesitant to come out on the streets as it gets really sca...

From 22.4 per cent in October, The unemployment rate in Jammu Kashmir has grown to 23.9 per cent in the month of November, which is the third highest in states and UTs across India. Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) has pegged Jammu Kashmir's employment rate at 23.9 percent marking a spike of over 1.5 per cent against the month of October when the Unemployment rate had gone up to 22.4 per cent. The monthly figures of the unemployment rate maintained by CMIE since 2016 show that in January 2016 the unemployment rate stood at 12.3 percent. It reached a high of 29.6 percent in November 2016, however, after the abrogation of Article 370, the unemployment rate has gone up considerably. In March 2022, the rate went up to 25.0 percent, which was the second highest since Novembe...

Kashmiri Pandits will soon be nominated to the Jammu and Kashmir assembly, NDTV reported. The Central Government is planning changes to the law to give "representation" to Kashmiri Pandits and two members of the Kashmiri Pandit community will be nominated to the Jammu Kashmir assembly. The Changes to the Jammu Kashmir reorganization law will be brought in parliament, the report quoted unnamed sources as saying. The Delimitation Commission appointed by the Modi-led Government had recommended representation for Kashmiri Pandits and those displaced from Pakistan-administered Kashmir to the Jammu and Kashmir assembly. The commission also increased seven seats to the existential number of seats taking the total tally of seats to 90. The overall number of seats including those frozen...

After unleashing a massive controversy as he attacked the film 'The Kashmir Files' on stage in front of several ruling party ministers, on Monday, the Israeli director Nadav Lapid, who served as head of the jury at the International Film Festival in Goa, India, while talking to Ynet elaborated on his criticism of the film and said that "It's crazy, what's going on here." "It was broadcast live on television. It's a government festival and it's the biggest in India. It's a film that the Indian government, if it didn't actually initiate, at least pushed it in an unusual way, because it basically justifies the Indian policy in Kashmir, and it has fascist features. The claim is there It is that the dimensions of the event were hidden by the intellectuals and the media. And it is always the ...

The Manoj Sinha administration has abolished Urdu as a mandatory language in the recruitment of Naib Tehsildar positions in the Jammu Kashmir's Revenue Department. Previously, the administration had removed the Urdu language requirement for Patwari recruitment, who are the primary authority in the maintenance of land records and documentation. According to sources, the move comes after the Ladakh UT administration implemented a similar rule earlier this year, clearing the door for the gradual elimination of the use of Urdu in land registration and documentation processes. "From now on, a 'Bachelor's degree from any recognized university' will be required instead of 'Knowledge of Urdu in addition to a Bachelor's degree' for the position of Taib Tehsildar in the Revenue Department."...

The election commission will publish the final electoral rolls on Friday after a months-long exercise. Jammu Kashmir's total electorate has now risen from 76 lakh to 83 lakh in 90 Assembly segments with the deletion of expired voters and the addition of seven lakh new eligible electors. During the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the electorate in the erstwhile state was 78.4 lakh which excluding Ladakh would have been 76.7 lakh. From 2014 to 2019, the electorate increased by 6.5 lakh. Details emerging.

Various Human rights bodies have urged India to “immediately and unconditionally release” Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez, who completed one year under arrest today (November 22). Khuram was deatined by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) during a raid at his house in Srinagar on November 22, 2021. The office of prominent human rights activist, Khurram Parvaiz, who also heads a faction of the Association of Parents of Disappeared persons was also raided in the Amira Kadal area of Srinagar. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat last year, his family had said, "They received an arrest warrant (case 30/2021) in Khurram’s name. He was taken for questioning by the officials who said they were from the NIA." According to the family, his phone, laptop, and a few books have also b...

Meer Irfan As another winter sets its food in Kashmir and the temperatures are dropping drastically in the region, the valley is witnessing frequent power cuts, like every year, which has caused widespread grief among the people. The prevailing power crisis from down South to up north, including the rural and urban areas of Kashmir, has left people distraught. Residents of the valley complain that they are paying hiked electricity charges, taxes and bills, yet the electricity they are receiving is minimal. “There has been no change in the electricity crisis in the valley. Though the administration claims to be making huge advances in electricity, the changes in electricity are hardly visible on the ground. Yes, the situation has gone from bad to worse,” Danish, a resident of Shopi...

The vast majority of people who suffered eye injuries as a result of rifle pellets in Srinagar between July and November of 2016 have lost a degree of vision, Times of India reported. Quoting a research paper, the report added that, on 777 eye procedures performed during this time period, over 80% of them have been limited to "counting fingers." The researchers strongly cautioned against using pellet guns on civilians. It stated that the injuries put a "major physical, emotional, and socioeconomic burden" on society and the patients (mainly males aged 20 to 29) due to poor vision, high medical care costs, and long-term rehabilitation. One of the main authors of the paper, published in ‘The Indian Journal of Ophthalmology', is Mumbai-based retina surgeon Dr S Natrajan. He had trave...

The militant killed in the encounter in Semthan area of Bijbehara in south Kashmir's Anantnag district has been identified by the Jammu Kashmir Police. An official press communique from Police said that Jammu Kashmir Police along with the 3 RR of the Indian Army launched a cordon and search operation at the Semthan Bijbehara area of Anantnag following input regarding the presence of militants in the said area. As the search party proceeded towards the suspected spot the hiding terrorist fired indiscriminately upon the joint search party which was retaliated effectively by the joint party leading to an encounter. In the ensuing encounter, one local militant identified as Shakir Ahmad son of Habibullah resident of Ladermud was killed. As per Police records the killed terrorist was linked...