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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...

Long before the firstly commonly known uprising of 1931, at least 28 Kashmiris were shot dead by Dogra forces on April 29, 1865, when they were protesting against the cruel taxation by the government. In 1865 around 125 thousand people were involved in the shawl industry. These included weavers, washer men, and skilled laborers having the know-how of printing. The industry generated more than Rs 50 lakhs annually. In that year, shawls worth 254 thousand British Pounds were exported from Kashmir. Veteran Journalist Zaheer u Din states that despite the hard work of the weavers most of them made around Rs 5 to 7 every month and that too after working 16-18 hours a day. They had to pay tax to the tune of Rs 5 monthly. They could not change their profession or stop working. A heavy fine w...

Amid a raging debate over Hijab in parts of India, A school in Baramulla has asked teachers to remove Hijab during school hours to allow students to communicate freely with the teachers, the school, however, has said that the "issue has been resolved." The letter is doing rounds on social media and has evoked widespread anguish, While many others have appreciated the move. A Twitter user wrote, "Their main motive is to remove hijab from our sisters and look at comments section instead of targeting school management they are targeting one who post-it " https://twitter.com/Attitudeaddict4/status/1518839033979277312 "Principle meant for specially abled students of #Baramullah, but the circular simply instructs the school staff to ban the Hijab during school hours. #Hijab is part o...