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A middle-aged socio-political worker was injured after he was shot at outside his house in Draj village of Kotranka in Rajouri district, late last night. The injured has been identified as 36-year-old Ranjit Singh son of Prem Singh, a resident of Draj village of Kotranka in Rajouri district. Officials told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that at around 12 AM last night, unknown gunmen fired at Singh, outside his house. "He sustained a bullet wound," the official said. The injured was evacuated to the hospital by his family members and neighbours. "From CHC Kandi, he was referred to GMC Rajouri and is under treatment", officials said. They said that a case under relevant sections of the law have been registered in the matter and investigation is going on

The administration in Jammu Kashmir has identified 200 kanals of land in Budgam district to set up Kashmir’s first Sainik colony, The Print reported. The report quoted a senior official saying that the land will be primarily used to set up housing facilities for retired armed forces personnel and their families belonging to Jammu Kashmir, also accommodating the widows and families of deceased personnel of the armed forces. "The 25 acre grazing land and its transfer to the relevant authorities will take place after completion of all the bureaucratic processes, central and Jammu Kashmir," the report read. The Government Forces had been long seeking the establishment of the colony for the Force personnel. The 25 acre land, including revenue papers had been forwarded to the concern...

Various shopkeepers in the Anantnag township of South Kashmir Tuesday alleged that they were forced to shut down their shops ahead of the sixth phase of the District development Council polls in the Kashmir valley that are scheduled for Wednesday. In this sixth phase, polling will be held for Anantnag & Sagam DDC seats, Panch and Sarpanch vacancies (where ever necessary) in these blocks and ULB vacancies (where ever necessary) in Municipal Council Anantnag and Municipal Committee Kokernag on 16th of   December, 2020, an official communique of the District Information office issued to The Kashmiriyat notified. Shops, business establishments are shut in the township, while people are indoors and traffic is majorly off the roads in the town and the areas surrounding it. "Two da...

The Jammu Kashmir Police has said that some people have been misusing social media to spread hatred among religious communities in Jammu Kashmir. In a press release, the Jammu Kashmir Police said, Taking a serious note of the misuse of social media Srinagar Police have registered an FIR against social media user who intended to disturb the religious harmony. This false post was uploaded on social media 'Twitter' using URL www.twitter.com/vimarsh, a police spokesperson said in a statement. The accused has used provocative language while posting this falsehood with criminal intention to hurt the religious sentiments of the Hindu community and to promote enmity & ill will between different religious groups. Therefore taking cognizance of said false post-Srinagar Police hav...

A 100-year-old woman Monday attended a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rally in Baniyari village of Hajin in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district to get her son, who is languishing in jail since past 10 years, released. Fazi Begum, who claimed she is more than 100 year-old, said that she attended the BJP rally in Chrangpora village of Baniyari today as she wanted to get her son released from jail. Two of her neighbours accompanied Fazi to the rally venue, as she could not walk on her own and needed support to reach the venue. She said that some “Jan Sahab of BJP” has promised her that her son would be released if she attends the BJP rally that was addressed by the BJP national spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain and other senior leaders of the party including Sofi Yousuf. Fazi said that ...

Bharatiya Janata Party senior leader and party spokesperson Dr Darakhshan Andrabi on Monday met the members of a women social activity group and a delegation of tribal youth in Srinagar and interacted with them about the role of women in new Jammu Kashmir and the extension of benefits of newly implemented central tribal welfare laws to the tribal communities of the region. “In DDC polls, we had seats reserved for women. This right was not given to the womenfolk by the earlier governments for decades. Much such discrimination against womenfolk existed here as many such laws and central regulators were not implemented by the local governments here. Now J&K will have specially reserved seats for women in the new Assembly,” said Dr. Andrabi to women activists, as per an official press r...

The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu Kashmir, Manoj Sinha has said that no outsider has bought land in Jammu Kashmir after 05 August 2019, when the special status of Jammu Kashmir was abrogated. Claiming that 90 percent of the land in Jammu Kashmir is agricultural, Speaking to the Indian Express, he said, "there was not even a single incidence of an outsider having bought land in the region." Sinha said that there was no need to panic or be feared. He said that the assembly elections will be held in Jammu Kashmir only after the delimitation commission completes its work.buy symbicort online buy symbicort no prescription

Irshad Hussain Scores of Gurmut Taksal (IGS) activists along with other social activists from Kashmir staged a peaceful candlelight protest in Srinagar on Sunday evening seeking a rollback of the three new farm bills passed by the Indian parliament in September this year. The members of the organization holding placards that read: “No farmer, no food”, “we stand with farmers”, “Punjab resist against black laws” and “down with BJP ”, "Kashmir stands with Farmers" "Modi shah Hosh Mai Aao". Malkit Singh Babbar, President Gurmat Taksal IGS social Religious Activist, said, "Farmers are sitting at Delhi border from last 14 days, but Government of India is not taking them seriously, which is very shameful farmers feed us but our genuine demands are being put into the back burner. " An...

Shabir Khan The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is carrying out fresh raids in Sopore area of North Kashmir's Baramulla district. An official speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that on Monday morning a team of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) assisted by Government Forces searched at least three locations in Sopore area of Kashmir. The SSP Sopore confirming the incident said, "there have been raids, but the details will follow only after the conclusion of the operation."

Due to overnight partial cloud cover across J&K and Ladakh, night temperatures dropped further as Drass town recorded minus 17.6 degrees Celsius and Gulmarg ski resort recorded minus 7.6 degrees Celsius as minimum temperatures on Sunday. “Weather is expected to remain mainly dry during this week and due to clear night the minimum temperatures are likely to drop further in J&K and Ladakh,” an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar recorded 0.1, Pahalgam minus 3.2 and Gulmarg minus 7.6 degrees as minimum temperatures on Sunday. Leh town of Ladakh recorded minus 13.8, Kargil minus 12.6 and Drass minus 17.6 degrees as the night’s lowest temperatures. Drass is the second coldest inhabited place in the world where the minimum temperature dropped to minus 60 degrees Cel...