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The Coordination Committee Bemina has decided to increase the rates of graveyards in the locality. According to a press release, the meeting regarding this was held last month in which it was decided by the local committee to enhance graveyard rates in the locality. "In the context of the high market rates and overall inflation scenario, Coordination Committee Bemina Srinagar decided the enhance the rates for its graveyard near Anjum Masjid. The enhanced rates shall be applied from June 01, 2022," the press release said. The Chairman, General Secretary and Advisor are authorized persons to examine the applicant's form for the graveyard allocation and the decision of the Chairman shall be binding upon the applicant. The respective Mohalla President shall inform the committee whe...

The district administration in Kulgam Thursday asked the Kashmiri Pandits employed in various departments to "approach the nodal officer Kulgam" with their grievances. In an official communique which The Kashmiriyat has a possession of, the Deputy Commissioner, Kulgam has appointed Mr. Zahid Sajad, as the Nodal officer for District Kulgam and said that all the concerned employees shall approach the concerned officer for the registration of their grievance(s), if any. "The Nodal officer shall brief the undersigned on daily basis about the grievances and redressal thereof," the order read. The district has appointed the Nodal officer for the redressal of grievances of Migrant, ALC, SC, Prime Minister Package, and Non-Prime Minister Package employees posted in the south Kashmir distr...

Divisional Commissioner Kashmir P K Pole on Thursday said that in view of respite in Covid-19 situation, Government of Saudi Arabia has allotted a Haj quota of around 6000, of which at least 5400 will be from Kashmir and remaining will be from Jammu and Ladakh regions. Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS) Pole said that all arrangements have been put in place for the Haj pilgrimage this year. He added that all pilgrims would require a 72-hour RTPCR test report before departure and they would also require to come to at least 4.5 hours before scheduled time of the flight in order to go smoothly through various processes. “The process of flight operations for Haj 2022 will start from June 05 and there would be around 2 to 3 flights a day which will continue for 15 days. And after th...

With the aim of protecting the Hajj pilgrims from various infections and promoting health safety measures, a vaccination programme has been running at full steam for the last couple of days in the Valley, informed the officials on Wednesday. About 5,281 people from the Valley would be going on the pilgrimage this year. The department of health services is providing vaccine doses free of cost. The pilgrims lauded the arrangements and appreciated the efforts of the government in arranging the vaccination facilities under one roof. "We thank the organizers for the vaccination drive. Their aim to keep us safe is really thoughtful," said Aquib Javaid, a pilgrim. Earlier, an orientation-cum-training program was organized by authorities of Hajj house Srinagar in various districts o...

In a step towards elections in Jammu Kashmir, the Chief Electoral Officer of J&K has called for rationalization of all polling stations before June 20 as well as freezing of all Electoral Roll Operations for the region on June 2. This order is being seen as a step closer to conduct of assembly elections in UT. As per a report by Daily excelsior, 20 Deputy Commissioners have been directed who are also District Electoral Officers (DEOs). 20 districts in Jammu Kashmir will work out proposals for rationalization of Polling Stations, wherever necessary, in terms of the extant directions of the Election Commission of India and submit them to the CEO office by June 20. All the 20 deputy commissioners have been asked by the CEO to file proposals for the appointment of electoral regist...

'Agencies will continue to disturb us till elections' National Conference (NC) president and incumbent Member of Parliament from Srinagar constituency, Dr Farooq Abdullah reached the Enforcement Directorate's office here in Rajbagh for questioning with regard to JKCA scam. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Dr Farooq was summoned by ED a few days ago and was asked to appear at the office on May 31. Dr Abdullah will be questioned by the officials at ED with regard to JKCA scam "They will continue to disturb us till elections,"—(KNO)

Twenty-seven militants including four infiltrators were killed in May this year. Joint Forces neutralized these militants in 15 gunfights across Kashmir Valley. The data available with the news agency Kashmir News Trust reveals that 36 persons lost their lives in militancy-related incidents in May. These include 27 militants, 5 civilians, 3 policemen, and an army porter. Among the five slain civilians, one Shahid Gani Dar of Pandoshan Shopian was killed in Pandoshan encounter when militants escaped from the spot while the killing of other civilian Shoib Ahmed Ganaie of Turkwangam Shopian sparked protest prompting authorities to order a magisterial inquiry. The killing of 27 militants is the largest number in a month in the current year. In April this number was 24 followed by 2...

Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh who is in the valley, on Monday said that militancy in Kashmir is phasing in it’s last stage as decisive action is being taken to fight militancy which has resulted in huge number of tourists in the valley. Dr. Singh, the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Earth Sciences, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Science and Technology, MoS PMO and Minister of State Ministry of Personnel and Public Grievances, made these comments while speaking to media on the sidelines of several inaugural, interaction and flag off events in district Budgam. In a response to a question by media over the recent civilian killings as per the news agency Kashmir News Service—KNS, Dr. Singh said that from beginning Pakistan has been indulgi...

The Jammu Kashmir administration is set to reopen the cases of militant-activities in the Valley involving former militants, separatists etc in which evidence can be gathered. The Home Department of the Manoj Sinha-led administration is actively considering all such cases and will take a call shortly depending on the merits, Dalit Excelsior reported. Quoting official sources the report said that the Jammu Kashmir Admin has asked the Home Department to consider reopening of cases pertaining to 'Anti-India' activities involving former militants, who are roaming freely now, separatists and other anti-national elements whose cases were closed or couldn’t be pursued legally during past three decades of militancy due to “indifferent attitude of the then administration”. “Several such ca...

Jammu and Kashmir police Sunday claimed to have shot down a North Korean drone which is having a payload attached to it, Officials said. An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) informed that on the basis of drone activity observed in the area of Talli Hariya chak under police station Rajbag in district Kathua, an early morning search party of police was being regularly sent in the general area. "Today early morning, the search party observed a North Korea drone coming from the border side and fired at it," police said. Police added that the drone was shot down and is found to have a payload attachment with it which is being screened by the bomb disposal experts—(KNO)