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In the Kashmir valley, Anantnag and Srinagar have turned into hotbeds of drugs during the year 2020. According to a report, a total of 1222 cases were registered under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act across Jammu Kashmir in the year 2020- 573 cases in the Jammu zone and 634 in Kashmir. Of the total 634 cases in the Kashmir region, a maximum of 100 were registered in South Kashmir's Anantnag district followed by 92 in Srinagar district.buy desyrel online buy desyrel no prescription 56 cases were registered in Awantipora, 44 in Kulgam, 37 each in Pulwama and Shopian. The Budgam, Ganderbal districts of Central Kashmir reported 52 and 25 cases registered under NDPS. 23 in Bandipora, 44 in Kupwara, In Handwara 35 and 38 in Sopore. In the Jammu division...

The Jammu Kashmir Police on Tuesday said that there has been a 15.41 percent increase in the crime registered in 2020. Releasing the annual edition of the crime gazette, the Director-General of Police, Dilbagh Singh said that a total of 28,936 cases were registered under various sections of the Indian Penal code in Jammu Kashmir during 2020 against 25,072 cases during the year 2019. As per the gazette, The crime rate for the year 2020 remained at 216.90 per lakh population as against 189.41 for the year 2019. "The crimes these days are not only varied but also more complicated in nature. So, special focus has to be on crimes of terrorism, cyber and narcotics," Dilbagh Singh said. The gazette was released in the Police Headquarters here and Spl DGs, R. R Swain, A.K Choudhary, AD...

The year 2021 was definitely rough for the journalist community of the Kashmir valley. Data recorded by The Kashmiriyat reveals that as many as 49 Kashmir-based journalists were subjected to 32 incidents of harassment or intimidation. These incidents of harassment ranged from snatching of ID Cards, physical assault, summons, FIRs, arrests, and raids at their residences. ALSO READ: 2021- At Least 45 Kashmiri Families Left Roofless, 57 Structures Damaged During Encounters In the month of August, Kashmiri Journalist Asif Sultan, who is lodged at Central Jail in Srinagar completed 3 years in jail. In April, the Jammu Kashmir police issued an order banning the ‘live’ coverage of encounters between the government forces and militants. In October, the Directorate of Information in Central...

The year 2021 left many families in Kashmir roofless as their houses were damaged during encounters between Government forces and militants. On 13 March six residential houses and four cowsheds were damaged during an encounter in the Rawalpora area of South Kashmir's Shopian district. ALSO READ: 2021- A Year of Death, Internet Shutdowns, Arrests in Kashmir; 190 Militants Killed The Government does not maintain any official data for the houses damaged. The last recorded data was in the year 2001, which said that at least 5,368 shops, houses, and other privately-owned structures in Kashmir suffered damage from 1989 to 2001. No such data is available for the last 17 years but the number can be reasonably estimated to have increased manifold. The victims of the encounters, who are left ho...

2021 has been another year of bloodshed in the Kashmir valley. The passing year was a witness to targeted killings, the trail of destruction at encounter sites, killings of both militants and Government force personnel. The year also saw various encounters in which the forces and families of alleged Militants conflicted the narratives of Jammu Kashmir Police claiming the innocence of their kin, killed during "encounters." Among the various militants killed was 9th class student, Faisal Ahmed Ganie of Shopian district in South Kashmir who was killed on April 11. Various top commanders including Mufti Altaf, the chief of Kashmir tigers-- the outfit behind the Zewan Attack in Srinagar. On the first day of 2021, the father of Mushtaq Ahmed of Pulwama staged a protest in Srinagar's pre...

On Christmas day, unknown right-wing men heckled a Christian priest from Manipur in the Kathua district of Jammu Kashmir on Christmas. In a video that has gone viral on social media, the right-wing supporters can be heard forcing him to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans. In the video, the men were heard asking the priest to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ while accusing him of “converting” people to Christianity in the area. The right-wing men repeatedly asked him, “Where are you from? Who brought you here?” https://twitter.com/vinodkapri/status/1475879346153803776 “The incident happened around 3 pm on Christmas. I had gone to a believer’s house nearby in Kathua to pray. I returned home and went out to the market to buy some gifts for my three children. That was when two men stopped me and beg...

The first real estate convention is going to be held in Jammu Kashmir on Monday. The real estate policy of Jammu Kashmir will also be announced during this conference in Jammu, official sources said.buy cozaar online buy cozaar no prescription At least 15 companies will sign a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the administration to start their operations in Jammu Kashmir. These groups include Medanta, Haldiram, Apollo Group. The Union Housing and Urban Development Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State in PMO Dr. Jitendra Singh, Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha and several other officials and real estate personalities will attend the occasion. In this conference, real estate policy and legal framework in Jammu Kashmir is likely to be discussed along with the real estate oppo...

A three-day event was organized by hate preacher, Yati Narsinghanand in which the speakers raised multiple calls to kill minorities and attack their religious spaces. BJP Leader, Ashwini Upadhaya who also filed a petition seeking removal of Article 370 and 35 A also attended the meeting where he presented the Bhagwa Constitution to Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati. Ashwini was accused in the Jantar Mantar Hate Speech case. He said that the fight of the speakers is a constitutional fight. https://twitter.com/zoo_bear/status/1473580321429868544 “If you want to finish them off, then kill them. We need 100 soldiers who can kill 20 lakh of them to win this, We are ready to even go to jails to finish them off," Annapurna Maa, Mahamandleshwar of Niranjini Akhada and General secretary of Hind...

Militancy will start crumbling gradually in Kashmir after two-three years of resistance and in a period of 8-10 years, it is likely to be brought to an ineffectual state, says former Army chief Gen (retd) N C Vij. He has come out with a book "The Kashmir Conundrum: The Quest for Peace in a Troubled Land" in which he tries to give a complete picture - starting with a history of Jammu & Kashmir and its people to the abrogation of special status. "Militancy in the region is not likely to disappear in a hurry. It may take eight to ten years, but the intensity is likely to decrease over time, as Pakistan's ability to create mischief will also reduce," says Vij, who is from Jammu and Kashmir. According to Vij, all these factors put together will surely make the Kashmiris have a seri...

The delimitation commission constituted by the Government of India to redraw J&K’s electoral map has proposed to increase one seat each in Kathua, Samba, Udhampur, Doda, Kishtwar and Rajouri districts in the Jammu region and Kupwara in the Kashmir Valley. Sources told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the draft proposal shared by the panel with J&K’s Lok Sabha members’ reveals that the panel has proposed to increase one seat each in Kathua, Samba, Udhampur, Doda, Kishtwar and Rajouri districts in the Jammu region. “The panel has also proposed to increase one seat in Kupwara district,” they said. According to sources, the commission has only shared proposals regarding the district—wise allocation of seats with members of the parliament (MPs) from Jammu & Kash...