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The Jammu Kashmir administration has ordered re-construction of security pickets across Kashmir valley, especially in Srinagar city, where targeted civilian killings have increased since October, The Times of India reported. The order came on Thursday, when two encounters broke out in the valley at separate locations. The encounter in Kulgam district's Czawalgam went on all night and two militants including a top commander, who was active since 2015, have been killed in an encounter in Chensar area of Czawalgam area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam on Friday morning. Meanwhile, another militant was killed in the overnight encounter that raged in the Bemina area of Srinagar. Sources said 50 security pickets were removed from various vulnerable areas across Kashmir valley in 2011, besid...

Bhat Yasir Reports had emerged last week of the CRPF troops being accommodated at Wedding Halls in various Srinagar areas. The recent news that has come to the fore is that the CRPF troops have been shifted from downtown's Wedding Hall to an alternate accommodation. ALSO READ: Srinagar Residents Protest Against Establishment of CRPF Camp in Marriage Hall The CRPF took over wedding (community) halls at Shutrashahi area of uptown Srinagar and Illahibagh-Malbagh area of Downtown, Srinagar, a few days ago. This move was widely criticized by locals as well as politicians of Kashmir valley, who expressed concern over the move. The development was made after Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to the valley, who had also chaired a security review meeting at Srinagar. Earlier, locals of Shu...

The proposals for new investments in Jammu Kashmir have triggered panic among local industrialists and business units. Industrialists in Kashmir valley who have set-up their units on smaller investments fear that their business will eventually die as bigger fish are ready to swim in the market. Syed Tufail, who owns a glass manufacturing unit in Lassipora Pulwama is one of the many industrialists who see that his business, which provided employment to hundreds of locals is soon going to be extinct. “It is capital that matters in business more than anything. I have invested around 2 crores in my industry. When someone comes with 2000 crore investment, it would become almost impossible for me to survive the competition,” Tufail told The Kashmiriyat. Several youngsters of Kashmir pro...

A fact-finding report on Tripura violence revealed that if the BJP government had wanted, it could have thwarted premeditated violence against Muslim minority in Tripura, but it allegedly gave free hands to the Hindutva mobs. The report reveals that Muslims were attacked in 51 places in the state and 12 mosques were ransacked and damaged. Titled as “Humanity under Attack in Tripura; #Muslim lives matter” the report was released at the Press Club of India by the team members who visited Tripura. The team includes the supreme Court lawyers Ehtesham Hashmi, Advocate Amit Srivastav (Co-ordination Committee, Lawyers for Democracy), Advocate Ansar Indori (Secretary, Human Rights Organization, National Confederation of Human Rights Organizations (NCHRO) and Advocate Mukesh, Civil Rights Org...

The annual Milad procession attended by tens of thousands of people was taken out in Anantnag town of South Kashmir on Tuesday morning. Attended by Kashmiris in large numbers, the procession began from the Jamia masjid of Anantnag, and then marching through the lanes and bylanes of Anantnag town, the historical march culminated at Martyrs Graveyard, where tributes were paid to the Martyrs of Kashmir. Reciting Duroods (praises of the Prophet) and Holy Quran, the devotees marched the streets with folded hands praying for peace in Kashmir. The streets that wore a decorated look, were flooded by residents from all over South Kashmir where the locals had made arrangements of food and water for those who participated in the procession. The day is marked to commemorate the defending ...

Shabir Khan Hours after the killing of two non-locals in the Laram Ganjipora area of South Kashmir, the administration swung into action and shifted non-locals to safer destinations in several parts of Kashmir valley on Sunday night. Official Sources told The Kashmiriyat said that all the non-locals residing around the township in North Kashmir were shifted to safer location where they are being provided all necessary arrangements including food and accommodation. "Security arrangements have been made around the venue to safeguard the lives of the non-locals," they said. Earlier, unknown gunmen attacked three non-Locals, two of them died on the spot, while as the third one is admitted at Government Medical college in Anantnag.buy udenafil online https://calibudsman.com/wp-content/...

"No story is worth a journalist's life." This is a sentence which is increasingly being used to direct newsrooms all over the world. The editors forbid reporters from reporting certain news and events where there is a substantial risk of reprisal or intimidation. Fearing severe reprisal, various subjects of public importance are blanketed. Journalism is not an easy profession. We all bear witness to the tough road we have walked together as the world witnesses one of its darkest ages. Media organisations have swelled in the last few years. Journalists in many countries face violence and other forms of intimidation, especially when reporting about authoritarian regimes or organized crime. ALSO READ: In Conversation with Suhail Ahmed Dar and Fahad Shah Regarding the Incessant Attack o...

Mehran Bhat Clerics in several parts of the Kashmir valley have expressed support and solidarity with the families of the civilians killed in the last few days and appealed the majority community to stand with the minorities in their hour of grief. During their sermons, clerics from various parts of their valley asked Muslims to stand up for Sikhs and Hindus of the valley. Various Religious seminaries (Dar ul Uloom) reciting verses from Quran and hadith of the Prophet have drafted letters to their clerics in various parts of the valley to announce support for religious minorities. Mosques from South to North were abuzz with support and solidarity with the bereaved families. A Cleric, Irshad Hyderi speaking to The Kashmiriyat over phone said, "The Prophet (peace be upon him) warned...

Irshad Hussain Expressing resentment over the recent killings in the Kashmir valley, the leaders of the Sikh community on Saturday addressing a press conference said that the administration failed to provide security to minorities. The press conference in Srinagar's Amira Kadal was addressed by Sardar Budh Singh of Guduwara Parbandh committee, Sardar Navtej Singh, Dr. Sukhwinder Singh. Emphasizing on the fact that the woman named Supinder Kaur who was principal of the Government Boys Higher Secondary School in Eidgah in downtown Srinagar was killed in a targeted attack, Dr. Sukhwinder Singh said, "They (teachers) were made to queue up and their ID cards were checked, these two (the deceased) were taken out of the queue and then shot dead." Dr .Sukhwinder Singh said that it is a...

Suhail Dar South Kashmir's Anantnag has become the first district in the valley to have completed 100 per cent Covid 19 vaccination in the age ground 18-44. Official figures suggest that so far four districts in Jammu Kashmir including Anantnag, Ramban, Samba and Poonch have vaccinated its entire adult population. The figures accessed by The Kashmiriyat suggest that 746666 people have been vaccinated so far with the first dosage of the vaccination in 18 plus population group. Besides, 2,97,804 people have been administered the 2nd dose in the age group. Dr. Piyush Singla, the deputy commissioner for the South Kashmir district hailed the people of the district and also the general public. Speaking on the achievement, the DC said it is a proud moment for the district and compl...