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Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora (GKPD) on Thursday released their manifesto for their return to the Kashmir valley. GKPD in a statement said that the manifesto was released after a two-year-long study by eminent, international scholars and human rights practitioners on the way forward for the just and sustainable return of Kashmiri Pandits to their homeland. While commending the present government for removal of Article 370 and making progress on the 6,000 Prime Minister jobs package, there was universal agreement that the state had abandoned the Kashmiri Pandit community which was now facing extinction, GKPD said. Furthermore, the statement said, Notwithstanding occasional rhetoric, the continuing official tag of ‘migrants’ showed that the State had not only not classified the Pa...

Kashmiri Journalist Gowhar Geelani has been summoned by a court in the Shopian district of Jammu Kashmir for acting in a manner “prejudicial” to the public interest that tends to “disturb” public peace.buy singulair Canada buy singulair generic Gowhar has been asked to ensure his appearance before the court of the Executive Magistrate by the 7th of February. The Executive Magistrate of Shopian, in his notice, has stated that the court received a report regarding the incident dated 01-02-2022 from concerned police authorities, wherein police personnel named Shabir Ahmad Wagay, son of Ghulam Hassan Wagay resident of Amshipora, Shopian was fired upon by militants at his native village Amshipora and was shifted to District Hospital Shopian in a critical condition. “Immediately after ...

Qazi Shibli The Delimitation Commission in its report has recommended the merger of Rajouri and Poonch into Anantnag Lok Sabha seat, among several other changes. In its interim report, the assembly segments seem to have been heavily scattered against the existing structure of the seats. In earlier instances, seats in Jammu Kashmir were delimited in 1963, 1973, and 1995. The last commission of 1995 was headed by Justice K.K. Gupta. The next delimitation was scheduled in 2005, but in 2002, the then state government froze the delimitation process until 2026. However, after the abrogation of Article 370 by the Modi-led government in 2019 August, a delimitation Commission was formed by the Government. Assembly elections have not been held in the region after June 2018 when the BJP p...

The administration of Jammu Kashmir is set to shun the policy of providing government jobs to the next of kin in lieu of the death of their government employee family member under SRO-43. The admin is instead mulling to provide one-time compensation to the beneficiaries of all the SRO-43 cases instead of government jobs. In the region, the government in the erstwhile state of Jammu Kashmir had framed compassionate appointment rules in the year 1994 and notified the same vide SRO-43.canadian pharmacy canada pharmacy generic The rules apply to the compassionate appointment of a family member of a government employee, who dies in harness other than due to militancy-related action and a Government employee who dies as a result of militancy-related action. Last week Divisional Comm...

Amid strict restrictions, a shutdown and snapped internet services, the 73rd Republic day of India was observed across the Kashmir valley on Wednesday. Major republic day parades were held at all the district headquarters, the largest event which was addressed by the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu Kashmir, Manoj Sinha was organized at the Jammu's Parade ground. Hundreds of Government employees and students participated in the celebration events. Restrictions were placed in Srinagar and across the major townships of the Kashmir valley on Wednesday morning, patrols, security forces manning the streets, armoured vehicles patrolling the roads were seen across the Kashmir valley. A top security official said that restrictions were imposed in view of the law and order situation...

Sajad Gul- the Journalist from Kashmir's Bandipora has been booked under the draconian Public Safety Act and shifted to Jammu's Kot Bhalwal jail. On Saturday, it had come to the fore that Sajad was granted bail and will be released soon. Expecting his release, the family went to the police station in order to take Sajad home. But after waiting for hours, the family was told that he wasn't at the Hajin Police Station. ALSO READ: In Kashmir, 2021 was a year of harassment, intimidation and fear for Kashmiri journalists On Sunday, when an incarcerated journalist from north Kashmir, Sajad Gul, was expected to be released after bail, another FIR was lodged against him making his family return empty-handed from the Hajin Police Station after several hours of wait. Speaking to The Kashmiri...

Jammu Kashmir's Administration days after it permitted the usage of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes has framed rules for the conversion of Agricultural Land. The District Collector is the head of the District Level Committee that will examine the plea for conversion of agricultural land into non-agricultural and grant permission after recommendations from the Committee. Besides District Collector, Assistant Commissioner (Revenue) as the Member Secretary and officers from the districts of Public Works (R&B), Irrigation & Flood Control, Power Development, Pollution Control Committee (if required), Agriculture, Industries and Commerce, District Development Authority, Forests Department. As per a report by Daily Excelsior, the district-level Committee will meet...

Yasir Yousuf A Kashmir-based journalist was allegedly assaulted by Government force personnel in Anantnag town of South Kashmir on Tuesday morning. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, Mudasir Reshi said that he was rounded by Force personnel on Tuesday morning when he was traveling towards his office located in the main town of Anantnag. Mudasir is the associate editor of Prime post- a Kashmir-based fortnightly news magazine. "I was stopped at a Naka in the Ashajipora area of Anantnag. The Force personnel rounded me up asking me to wear a mask. I was traveling alone in my car, so I told them it was no mandatory for me to wear a mask," Mudasir said. After which the Force personnel got angry and started misbehaving with him, he said. He told The Kashmiriyat that the forces abused ...

Meer Irfan Since the initiation of Covid 19, ambulance drivers have massively contributed to healthcare. From sleepless nights to restless days, the drivers who have seen it all have remained the unsung frontline heroes constantly battling the covid 19 pandemic globally. Among hundreds of the underappreciated drivers is Shameem Ahmed Dar of South Kashmir's Shopian district. Shameem Ahmad Dar, an ambulance driver of the sub-district hospital, Zainapora, who works on a need basis has been massively appreciated by the locals, here, since he has been on the forefront to serve patients. "Shameem has served for more than twenty years as an ambulance driver in sub-district hospitals. He is among the most sincere, hardworking, and dedicated people who have not only served the departmen...

The Jammu Kashmir Police on Saturday produced a charge sheet before the court of JMIC Sumbal against a journalist from north Kashmir's Bandipora for allegedly “trying to disrupt peace and tranquility” in Jammu Kashmir. The Police said that Sajad who is a Journalism student and freelances for various publications is “involved in tweeting fake news” in order to provoke people against the government. In a statement, police issued to the press, “Sajad Ahmad Dar, son of Ghulam Muhammad Dar of Shahgund Hajin, runs a twitter account in the name of Sajad Gull is always in search of anti-government news and uploads tweets, which are not based on facts in order to provoke the people against the government and to spread enmity against the country among people”. ALSO READ: In Kashmir, 2021 was ...