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State Investigation Agency (SIA) is carrying out raids at multiple locations in central and north Kashmir on Saturday morning as part of its investigation into narco financing of terror activities in Jammu Kashmir, sources said Sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that the sleuths of the investigating agency with the assistance of the local police and the CRPF carried out raids in the summer capital Srinagar, Budgam, Kupwara districts. In Srinagar, a raid is being conducted in hotel Almonds Lal Mandi in Room no 219, in which one person namely Gulzar Ahmad Mir, son of Ghulam Nabi, a resident of Kishtwar is staying. Mir is a soil assistant in the agriculture department. Another team of SIA raided in the house of Bashir Ahmad Dar son of Ghulam Ahmad, a resident of Batpora Kachwar...

At least four persons including three sisters died after drowning in a Nallah at Chetredi village of Tehsil Ramnagar in Udhampur district on Friday, an official said. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that at about 1430 hrs, an information was received that four people including three sisters who had gone for grazing and fetching water to their cattle in a Nallah at Chetredi drowned. He said all the bodies have been recovered and shifted to SDH Ramnagar for legal formalities. He identified the deceased as Nishu Devi, Anju Devi, Meenakshi daughters of Fangu Ram and Yash Pal son of Som Raj—all from village Chetredi—(KNO)

In the year of 2021, One hundred thirty six (136) cases of murder were registered in Jammu Kashmir with 164 victims, among which the motive behind 10 cases was love affairs, NCRB data reveals. According to the National Crime Records Bureau, Union Territory of Jammu Kashmir has registered 119 murder cases in the year 2019 and 149 cases in 2020. While in 2021 year, the 136 murder cases were registered. It says the rate of murder in 2021 was 1.0 and the charge sheeting rate was 79.9. The report, a copy of which lies with The Kashmiriyat, states that among other motives behind the murders, the extremism/insurgency motive tops the list with 30 cases registered. Other motives were, Family dispute 18 cases, property/land dispute 15, personal vendetta or enmity 13, love affairs 10, child/hum...

Abdul Ahad Rah (90) passed away at his native in Srinagar's Mahrajgunj area on Tuesday, earlier this week, awaiting a 'mulaqat' (meeting) over 22 years with two of his sons who were arrested by Delhi Police and the Interpol in the year 2000 in Nepal, and were never traced afterwards. Both of Ahad's sons Muhammad Shafi Rah (then 30) and Mushtaq Ahmad Rah (then 25), had left Srinagar in 1995, in search of employment in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. They worked at a tannery in Nepal, where they'd manufacture leather bags and gloves. On September 5, 2000, the Delhi Police, along with Interpol, conducted raids in Nepal and arrested several Kashmiri businessmen including both of Ahad's sons, in a case pertaining to the hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane (IC-814) in December, 1999. ...

Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid Srinagar termed it condemnable that even today its head and Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Muhammad Umar Farooq was not allowed to leave his residence for delivering the Friday sermon to the faithful at the historic central Jamia Masjid Srinagar. The Anjuman in a statement said that like the previous several Fridays, additional police and other paramilitary forces were deployed today outside the Nigeen residence of Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Since 5 August 2019, Mirwaiz’s has not been allowed to deliver any friday sermon at Jamia Masjid due to his continuous arbitrary and illegal detention; and a large number of Muslims from across the valley who come to the Jama Masjid Srinagar to offer Friday prayers and benefit from Mirwaiz’s sermons and guidance have been deprived of it due ...

Jammu Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Friday said that a lot has been done to wipe out anti-peace elements including militants and that it won’t take much time to clear off the remaining ones. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the Pedal For Peace event here, the DGP said that there were many thorns in the garden of peace, that was removed by police along with security forces. “Those remaining will be removed as well and that won’t take much time,” he said as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). He said that Hurriyat and other anti-peace elements used to play a “bloody game” in Kashmir on behalf of their mentors across. “Almost all the anti-peace elements have been wiped out and those remaining will be cleared off soon,” DGP Singhs said. He...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is visiting Jammu and Kashmir for two days on October 1 and 2 during his visit he is likely to announce reservations for Pahari speaking community, BJP sources said on Friday, reported IANS. As per the party sources, Shah will address a public rally in Rajouri on October 1 in the Jammu division and in Kupwara district of Kashmir division on October 2, spending one day each in the two divisions of the union territory. “He will announce reservations for the Pahari speaking community whose large population lives in Poonch, Rajouri districts of the Jammu division and Baramulla district of the Valley. Shah will kickstart the BJP election campaign in J&K during his forthcoming visit,” BJP sources said. The delimitation commission has already made reserv...

CIC Operators working in the Department of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, J&K Friday said that highly qualified technocrats were appointed two decades ago as CIC Operators and they are still waiting for regularization orders despite the completion of all the codal formalities.” The CIC Operators held a press conference in Kashmir capital Srinagar said that they have been appointed on a merit basis through proper recruitment procedure by District Level Committees headed by Deputy Commissioners constituted by the Government in the year 2004, and since then they are continuously working in the Department, on a contractual basis with punctuality and dedication on a peanut salary of Rs 10000. The fact is that they are all highly qualified having degrees like M.Tech, MCA, MSc,...

Wildlife department on Friday rescued a 3 feet long snake in Sir Syed locality of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said here. An official told the news agency - Kashmir News Observer that the snake was spotted in the area early morning, following which locals informed the wildlife department. He said that soon after getting the information, a Rapid Response Unit was rushed to the spot, which rescued the snake.

Body of a 35-year-old man was fished out from a river in Surankote area of Poonch district on Friday. Official sources told GNS that a police team along with locals recovered the body from river Suran at Dhundak. The deceased was later identified as Faiz Akbar son of Mohammad Azam Gujjar of Phagla According to locals, the man allegedly jumped into the river and his body was recovered about 500ft down stream. SHO Surankote Rajveer Singh told GNS inquest proceedings have been launched into the incident. (GNS)