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The Wire has learnt that former Jammu and Kashmir governor and BJP-appointed governor for four other states Satya Pal Malik, who made many revelations about national security and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s approach to corruption in an explosive interview with Karan Thapar, has been called in by the country’s apex investigating agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), “for questioning” on April 28. He will be going to the CBI’s office in New Delhi to answer questions. It is reliably learnt that the ‘questioning’ will be on the Reliance Insurance issue – the scheme that RSS and BJP leader Ram Madhav was allegedly pushing Malik to pass while he was the governor of Jammu and Kashmir, and which Malik cancelled. On April 14, Malik had given an explosive interview to Karan Tha...

Danishwar Hameed A woman allegedly hanged herself to death in Devsar area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. An official told The Kashmiriyat that on Tuesday morning a woman (name withheld) hanged herself to death at her residence in Sopat Devsar village of Kulgam. He said she was rushed to district hospital Kulgam where doctors declared her dead on arrival. Meanwhile, police have taken cognizance of the incident and started further investigations.

Internet has been suspended in parts of Punjab as the state Police launched a crackdown to arrest Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh. Several social media users including journalists said that internet had  been suspended in parts of Punjab. https://twitter.com/Gagan4344/status/1637014860834942977?t=c8OP_uY-rNnILQ_JViOjlw&s=19 On Saturday, the Punjab Police arrested six associates of Amritpal Singh, however, Amritpal has not been arrested as of yet, as per media reports. The Police has raided the house of his close aides, after he managed to escape when intercepted by Police near Mehatpur in Shahkot Punjab. As per media, Amirtpal is being searched in a kidnapping case registered against him by local Police. As per media reports, the Home Ministry has asked Punjab Police to ...

Scores of Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) job aspirants gathered here in Press Enclave on Wednesday to protest against the purported grant of contract to APTECH Ltd. for conduct of various exams. The protesters, as per the GNS, demanded that the LG administration must investigate as to why paper leak and scam issues only occur in Kashmir. “All blacklisted companies should be banned in Jammu and Kashmir, until action is taken against these blacklisted companies, no student will sit for any competitive exams,” the protestors opined. The protesters pointed out that APTECH Ltd. has been involved in numerous scams in other parts of the country including in Rajasthan, Leh, Ambala, and others. “Many national papers have also highlighted these scams, nothing significant...

State Investigation Agency (SIA) Kashmir on Saturday said that it has presented chargesheet against four accused in NIA Court in Srinagar on in a militant –OGW nexus before Court of special judge designate Under NIA Act in summer capital Srinagar. In a statement the agency said ” SIA On 04.03.2023 charge sheeted four terror accused namely Umar Mushtaq Khan S/o Mushtaq Ahmad Khan R/o Begum Bagh Kakapora Pulwama, Murtaza Rashid Dar S/o Ab. Rashid Dar R/o Samboora District Pulwama, Sajjad Ahmad Dar S/o Gh. Nabi Dar R/o Dethoo Herpora Shangus District Anantnag and Ali Kashif Jan @ Jan Ali Kashif S/o Gohar Ali R/o Village Doisrah Tehsil/District Sharsadda, Khyber Pakhtunwa, Pakistan of Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist outfit based / operated from Pakistan before the Special Judge Designate under N...

On Wednesday, the authorities handed over the dead body of youth, Abdul Rashid Dar, who was missing since December 2022 to his family from Kunan after nearly three months. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that the dead body of Abdul Rashid Dar who went missing on 15th December after army detained him has been handed over to family in Kupwara at around 4:45 pm, following which hundreds have gathered for his funeral. Raising slogans and demanding justice for Abdul Rashid, the local residents also demanded an investigation into the incident. They said that the dead body of Abdul Rashid was found in a nearby Zurhama forest area, after which the dead body was shifted to the hospital. Officials at the hospital confirmed that the body was brought to the health centre for the medico-legal f...

As many as 118 militants of Jammu and Kashmir's Doda are based in Pakistan and PoK, of whom 10 are most active and are attempting to spread militancy in the region by recruiting the youth, a top police officer said on Wednesday. The police said the two militants have been declared as 'Individual' (those indulging in lone-wolf attacks) militants while two others as 'Proclaimed Offenders' (PO). SSP Doda Abdul Qayoom said the police have also seized the properties of one of the POs and are preparing a dossier against those attempting to revive militancy in the district. "118 militants of Doda are based in Pakistan and PoK at the moment, of whom 10 are most active. They try to involve the youth here in militancy. They are trying to spread militancy once again in Doda and the Jammu pro...

Suhail Dar A 17-year-old boy wrote a Quran with his hand in merely two months in the Kund area of south Kashmir's Kulgam district. Having started the Quran using some colored pencils and sketch colors, Shabir finished writing the Quran with his hand in two months. He has spent endless nights and days working on writing the 6666-verses of Quran, divided into 114 chapters and has 77,430 words written in the Arabic language. Studying in class 10th Shabir Ahmed Bakerwal has been the sole bread earner to his family after his father died four years ago. Talking to The Kashmiriyat Shabir said, "I go to school sometimes and work some time to earn a livelihood for his family." “I wrote the Quran in 2 months and my teacher Molana Sabzar Ahmad koka and Molana Riyaz Ahmad at the Dars...

State Investigation Agency (SIA) Kashmir on Wednesday said that it has arrested three including a woman for smuggling around 24 kilograms of narcotics worth crores of rupees from Pakistan. SIA, in a statement, said: “Targeting the financial networks of terror outfits with an aim to destroy its ecosystem and support structure completely, State Investigation Agency, Kashmir conducted searches on Monday at multiple locations in districts of Anantnag, Pulwama, Budgam and Baramulla.” “About 04 premises of narco terror suspects in different districts of Kashmir were searched on Tuesday viz residential premises of Abdul Rashid Bhat R/O Padgampora, Awantipora, Danish Farooq R/O Nasrullapora, Budgam, Abdul Rashid Mir R/O Amargrah, Sopore and Ovais Gul Bhat R/O Hardu Akad Anantnag in complianc...