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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...

A tourist guide is feared dead while 11 sightseers and two other guides are trapped near banks of Tarsar Lake in south Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. Official sources told GNS that a group of 14 people including 11 tourists and three guides –Mohammad Ishaq Lone, Tariq Ahmad, both residents of Pahalgam, and Shakeel Ahmad of Gagangeer Ganderbal were on sightseeing near Tarser Lake. One of the guides, Shakeel Ahmad is feared drowned in the lake, they said. “The other people are stuck near the bank of the river,” they said. Subsequent to the information, a rescue team has been dispatched by police Pahalgam to retrieve the trapped persons, they said. “Further details are awaited,” they added. (GNS)

A number of migratory families have been stuck in the high altitudes of South Kashmir’s Kulgam while authorities have dispatched rescue teams to evacuate them. The families have been trapped after the inclement weather in the high altitudes of Kounsarnag. Deputy Commissioner Kulgam, Dr Bilal said that he received distress calls from migratory families stuck in high altitude Kausarnag in Kulgam and accordingly teams were constituted and sent with necessary relief materials including blankets, and waterproof covers, and food items. He said teams will reach there after trekking for 30 kilometers. (KNT)

The Jammu Kashmir Police on Tuesday said they have attached Five (5) houses in central Kashmir's district Srinagar for using them in the purpose of militancy, officials said. Police spokesperson in a statement said that today on 21st June 21, five (05) residential Houses of wilful harbourers of militants were attached as per section 2(g) and section 25 of UAP Act. “These are the houses where it has been proved beyond doubt that these houses were used for purpose of militancy and the shelter/harbour was voluntarily/knowingly given by the member (s) of the house. Many attack on civilians, security forced were conspired and planned by militants while using these houses as hideouts,” he said. Moreover, as per police, “the five (Houses) have been attached in the Jurisdiction of Police ...

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday performed yoga asanas at an event on the banks of the Dal Lake here as he led the International Yoga Day celebrations in the union territory and urged all to embrace the ancient practice. Union Minister of State for Panchayati Raj Kapil Patil, Chief Secretary A K Mehta and Srinagar Municipal Corporation Mayor Junaid Mattu, among others, participated in the event. ”Greetings on #InternationalDayofYoga. Participated in #YogaDay2022 along with Hon’ble Union MoS Shri @KapilPatil_ and hundreds of people at Dal Lake in Srinagar. I urged all to embrace Yoga as an integral part of life for holistic approach to health & well-being,” Sinha tweeted. ”This invaluable gift to humanity is being used as a therapeutic intervention for various disorde...