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After remaining suspended for a day, Amarnath Yatra resumed on Wednesday with improvement in weather conditions in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said here. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Yatra has resumed through both routes from Chandanwari and Baltal in Pahalgam and Ganderbal areas respectively. Meanwhile, divisional commissioner Jammu also informed that temporarily suspended Yatra has resumed again after improvement in weather conditions. "The Yatra which was suspended temporarily and halted in Jammu due to bad weather conditions has now been resumed on account of improved weather conditions,” Divisional Commissioner Jammu tweeted. Amarnath Yatra was suspended on Tuesday due to inclement weather conditions in Jammu and Kashmir—(KNO)

Bhaderwah man  Aadil Gafoor Ganai  has been booked under PSA for 'provocative' speech during the protest against remarks on Prophet Mohammad. Earlier, Aadil was arrested for allegedly stoking communal tension as curfew and strict restrictions under prohibitory orders remained in force in parts of Jammu region's Chenab valley . The accused Aadil Gafoor Ganai was arrested from his house during an early morning raid on 12 June by police at his residence at Chinar Mohalla locality in curfew-bound Bhaderwah town of Doda district, the officials said. They said Ganai was accused of delivering an inflammatory speech from Markazi Jamia Masjid Bhaderwah on June 9 during a protest rally against recent remarks on Prophet Mohammad by two now-suspended BJP leaders and social media posts by a fe...

New Delhi: After former JNU student Sharjeel Imam filed a plea in Delhi court alleging assault in the Tihar jail where he is lodged in an alleged conspiracy behind the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots, prison officials on Tuesday said they will "enquire into his allegation". Imam, on Monday, moved a Delhi court alleging harassment and assault by Tihar Jail officials. He, through his lawyer Ahmad Ibrahim, alleged that the Assistant Superintendent of Tihar Jail along with 8-9 convicts had entered his cell in the garb of a search assaulted him, and called him a terrorist and anti-national. The Additional Session Judge Amitabh Rawat on Monday sought a response from Tihar Jail Authorities and kept the matter for July 14 for a detailed hearing. Imam's application to Karkardooma Court read, "On J...

Ismat Siddiqui, the mother of Dr Aafia Siddiqui jailed in a US prison, died on Saturday. A spokesperson for the Aafia Movement Pakistan, Mohammed Ayub, was quoted by Dawn newspaper as saying, that the 80 year old was suffering from kidney and breathing problems. Her funeral prayers were offered at a local mosque in Gulshan-i-Iqbal.

Authorities on Saturday sealed seven private dental clinics, three private laboratories and one X-Ray lab in Mendhar area of this district for running either without registration or their registration having been expired. Block Medical Officer Mendhar Dr Parvaiz Ahmed Khan along with Naib Tehsildar Mendhar Mukesh Singh sealed the clinics. The clinics were also not registered with the State Pollution Control Board and were not adopting the biomedical wastage norms, official sources Said These clinics were not displaying any rate list of various procedures and tests, they said. The dental clinics sealed include Star Dental clinic Mendhar, Advance Dental Health Care, Abdullah Dental Clinic and Treatwell Dental Clinic. The private laboratories sealed includes V Care Diagnostic Laborat...

National Investigation Agency on Tuesday said that it arrested two accused persons involved in Cross LoC Trade and Militancy Funding Case in Jammu and Kashmir. According to a statement, issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) NIA arrested two accused persons namely Tanveer Ahmad Wani s/o Ghulam Ahmad Wani of Pulwama and Peer Arshad Iqbal alias Ashu s/o Peer Gayasuddin of Baramulla in case RC-17/2016/NIA/DLI. The statement reads that the case pertains to the generation of extra profits through cross LoC trade mechanism between J&K and PoK and using of those funds for fomenting militant activities in Jammu & Kashmir. “The said trade was started in the year 2008 via two Trade Facilitation Centres (TFCs) located at Salamabad, Uri in Baramulla District and Chakan-...

Several Kashmiris who have gone for the holy Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj have complained of inadequate facilities provided to them by the authorities. Abdul Gani Itoo, One of the Haji spoke to The Kashmiriyat over the phone stating that nobody from the authorities had visited them since they reached Medina for the holy pilgrimage on June 21. "Mashallah, up until we arrived at the Hajj house, everything was well-organized. We were satisfied and hoped everything to be fine afterwards. However, We were left in the lurch, once we left Hajj House. After the bus dropped us off at the Hotel Huda in Medina, no one gave a damn about our well-being, whether we required any guidance to adhere to the schedule, or whether the facilities were there or not. Sadly, no manual was offered to us," Abdul...

Police have recovered two dead bodies at two different places in Srinagar and Kulgam districts. The dead body of 20-year-old youth identified as Adil Ahmed Sheikh son of Shabir Ahmed of Parimpora has been recovered from Shalteng Bund. Police in this regard have registered a case at the police station Parimpora area of Srinagar. Another dead body was retrieved from Waishov Nallah near Bethpora in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. A police official said that girl had gone missing after the incessant rains and today her dead body was recovered. She is the local of Nasnoor village of Aharbal. Police have registered a case and started an investigation. (KNT)

Shopkeepers at Forest Lane of Srinagar city Thursday claimed that burglars looted ready-made garments worth lakhs from the three shops during the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. Police rushed to the spot to take stock of the situation. As per shopkeepers, they found the shutters of three shops half-open with broken locks after arriving in the market. “Burglars have looted ready-made garments worth over 6 lakhs from the shop number 34 belonging to Ghulam Rasool Dhobi of Bemina, shop number 50 owned by Bilal Ahmed of Rainawari and shop number 60 belonged to Deen Muhammad, a resident of Lal Bazar area of Srinagar outskirts,” the shopkeepers said. While talking to news agency Kashmir News Trust, President, ‘Forest Lane Shopkeepers Association’, Mufti Abdul Hamid Shah s...