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Confusion prevailed in the Kashmir valley after a late-night announcement by the Ruat e Hilal Committee of Pakistan that Ramadhan will commence on Thursday. For ages, Kashmir has followed Pakistan's Ruat e Hilal Committee for starting its Ramadhan and Eid and the other months of the Hijri calendar, however, the crescents other than that of Ramadhan and Eid ul Fitr hardly make any debate. Ramadan, like all lunar months globally, begins the day after the first sighting of the sliver-thin new crescent moon, visible up to an hour after sunset on the appropriate evening. The orbit of the moon around the earth is such that it can take up to three days for the whole world to actually see the crescent for the first time each month, even after clouds have cleared. Kashmir's Grand Mufti, Nasir...

The Court has framed charges against Kashmiri Journalist Fahad Shah and Aala Fazili, a Srinagar research scholar in 'Anti-National' write-up case. In a statement, SIA said, On 16.03.2022, Special Judge designated under NIA Act, Jammu Sh. Ashwani Kumar framed charges against two accused namely Abdul Ala Fazili and Peerzada Fahad Shah in a State Investigation Agency (SIA) investigated case FIR No. 01/2022 of PS SIA Jammu. The case pertains to an information received by PS CIJ (SIA Jammu) on 04.04.2022 along with a copy of an article titled ‘The Shackles of Slavery Will Break’ written by one Aala Fazili and published in the digital magazine (portal) ‘The Kashmir Walla’ through its Editor-in-Chief cum Director Peerzada Fahad Shah. The duo accused under an active conspiracy and Pakista...

As the tourist season peaks in Kashmir valley, ticket to the valley has skyrocketed, causing anguish among the people associated with the tourism industry. Delhi to Katmandu (Nepal) is nearly half of the price if you want to fly to Srinagar from India's capital city. The same has caused anguish in the tourism sector of the valley. On 22 March, 2023, the prices for tickets from New Delhi, India to Kathmandu Nepal on Goibibo.com start from 5,109 INR and on the same day, the tickets to Srinagar cost 11, 221 INR. In fact, the tickets to Abu Dhabi cost around the same amount. The issue has existed for quite a long time. In 2019, Omar Abdullah taking a dig at the Government over the heightened prices said, "These are the fares people traveling out of Srinagar are being forced to pay. Ya...

In the wee hours of July 18, 2020, an encounter raged in the Amshipora area of Shopian. Conducted jointly by Indian Army's 62 RR, and Jammu Kashmir Police, the encounter ended after three were killed. Following Standard Operating Procedures, the bodies were handed over to the Police who called in some families from the Shopian district of south Kashmir to identify the three slain. On July 19, The Kashmiriyat reported that five families of active militants were called for the identification of the trio, however, they denied them being their kin. Later in the day, the bodies were transported to north Kashmir and buried there as unidentified militants. By then, department inquiries had been initiated into the encounter and the process of identifying the trio was going on, however, no ma...

Social media users in Kashmir are expressing their anger on Twitter and other social media platforms over the selection of APTECH company by the LG-led administration for conducting the Jammu Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) exams. APTECH has been penalized by the supreme court and is on the blocklists of various states including Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. In fact, in 2020, the Mumbai-based company was given a contract for conducting recruitment exams for the 643 posts under the irrigation department. The private firm conducted exams for 397 posts in the first phase with large-scale anomalies in February 2020. Following that, Gauhati High Court stayed the declaration of results of the examinations to select section assistants for the Assam irrigation department. ...

A media outlet based in Srinagar on Thursday published an editorial 'Pro-People Move’ while referring to the admin's recent order over the imposition of Property tax in Jammu Kashmir. The editorial further read, critics who oppose the tax are envying the prosperity of Jammu Kashmir. ALSO READ: Property tax to be imposed from April 1 in Jammu Kashmir, Here is everything you need to know The organization also published a video of over one minute with the concluding remarks, "So, let us all deposit property tax." The outlet also tagged a senior official of Jammu Kashmir administration in their video. The scenario, however, on the ground is not as rosy. As the External Affairs of the Government of India, S. Jaishankar recently remarked the age more than anything is a battle of narratives. "A...

Kupwara district has huge potential in the industrial sector and thermal power generation as there are around 17 lakh metric tonne major mineral deposits available in different areas of this frontier district. Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iFcZKcR1mA An official handout said that 9 Lakh metric tonne Lignite deposits are available at Nichahama and Hangnikkot areas of the district, and have huge potential of thermal power generation. Likewise, at Awoora and Zirhama, there are 8 lakh metric tonne high quality Marble deposits which can revive the industrial sector and can provide ample employment opportunities in the district. District Mineral Officer (DMO) Kupwara, Dr.Shujat Ahmad Qureshi in a statement said that Geology and Mining department has seized 440 vehicle...

Sajad Chopan Chaos is rising in the Daksar neighbourhood of Gool's Dalwah area in Jammu Kashmir's Ramban district, and villagers are moving their valuables and cattle in preparation for the worst, which they think is on the way. People have been forced to abandon their ancestral homes and farmlands. Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyZvHO48ofA   The panic spread around 2:30 AM on Friday (17 February 2023), when the locals felt the ground beneath them was slipping away. As the residents moved out of their houses, they witnessed the collapse of two residential houses and several others had developed cracks. An ancestral graveyard of the locality also sunk during the incident. "We could save only one dead body, the rest of the graves just slipped away during th...

The Jammu Kashmir administration has announced the rules for levy, assessment and collection of property tax from the residents of Jammu Kashmir. In a copy of the order accessed by The Kashmiriyat, the administration has said that the Taxable Annual Value (TAV) of a property under the Act and the property tax due thereon for a financial year shall be calculated in accordance with the formula given in Schedule-l to these rules (which are mentioned below). Against media reports, both residential and non-residential properties have been included in the collection of the property tax. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) authorized the JK administration to impose property taxes through Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils, and Municipal Committees in October 2020 after the acts were ...