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The sarpanch of Halqa Pochhal panchayat of Kishtwar district of Jammu & Kashmir, Kamlesh Kumari, has resigned today due to continued incidents of “caste discrimination” against her and her family. The Kashmiriyat was able to access the official resignation letter submitted by Kumari, in which she accused “upper-caste Hindus for sustained life threats. “After bearing brunt of atrocities and hatred based on caste discrimination by upper-caste Hindus particularly towards Scheduled Caste and finding no safeguard from the upper caste Hindus i.e Block Development Chairman, Kishtwar, Suresh Sharma, BDO of Kishtwar Sheetal Sharma and JE RDD Block Kishtwar Vijay Parihar,” read Kumari’s resignation. Kumar, in her resignation, claimed that she and her family had been a victim of sustaine...

Suspected Militants attacked a Army Convoy in Ladoo area of Pampore of South Kashmir's Pulwama District. A Police official told The Kashmiriyat that suspected Militants on Thursday afternoon attacked a convoy of Army in the Ladoo area of Pampore in Pulwama District of South Kashmir. One lady has been injured in the attack, her condition is stated to be stable. Details emerging. This is a breaking News. Refresh the Page to check the latest version.

Mubashir Naik Police in Rajouri have registered a case against organizers of a bull race in Derian village of Rajouri's Doongi area. The Senior Superintendent of Police Rajouri Chandan Kohli told The Kashmiriyat that an information was received that a bull race have been organised in Derian village of Rajouri by some locals and a huge gathering of people has come up in clear violation of orders for maintaining social distancing. Taking note of it, SSP Rajouri said, matter was verified and information was found authentic after which a case in FIR 343/2020 under section 188 IPC has been registered in police station Rajouri and investigation have been started.People are requested not to indulge in such violations of norms.

Private Schools’ Association of Jammu Kashmir on Saturday announced 100 per cent fee waiver to the wards of the families who had no income during the lock-down period. Private Schools’ Association of J&K (PSAJK) after lengthy deliberations with Parents Association of Privately Administered Schools (PAPAS), trade bodies and representatives of tourism, transporters and other sectors have decided to announce a major fee waiver scheme for students, whose family income has been severely impacted by the present COVID19 lockdown. The press conference was attended by G N Var President PSAJK, Sheikh Ashiq, President KCCI, Asma Goni Convener PAPAS, representatives of Kashmir Traders & Manufacturers Association, Kashmir HouseBoat Owners Association, Kashmir Transport Welfare Association...

Shabir Khan As Educational Institutes remain closed in Jammu Kashmir, amid the nationwide lockdown due to the Corona pandemic,a teacher namely Manzoor Ahmed in Kupwara district of Kashmir is teaching hundreds of children in the Daroh Valley. He is voluntarily teaching his students openly, following physical distancing rules, Apart from this, the first female Wushu champion of Kashmir, Jabena Akhtar, is also training local children. Pertinenly schools in Kashmir have been shut since the abrogatgion of Article 370 in August last year and opened for not more than five days in March, making children suffer. Manzoor Ahmad Dar, who lives in Charkote in the Lolab Valley, is teaching children from the Gujjar community. Sepaking to The Kashiriyat a local resident said, "The people of th...

IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar claimed that Militants have been eliminated from South Kashmir and said that now the Forces will carry out a special campaign to make North Kashmir Militancy free. He said that so far this year, security forces have killed 94 militants, including all the key commanders of various organizations including Hizbul Mujahideen, Lashkar and Jaish-e-Mohammed, in separate operations in the interior of the valley. Talking to reporters in the police control room, the IGP said that there are only a few militants left in South Kashmir. Most of the terrorists have been killed or have fled to other areas to save their lives. He was accompanied by senior officers of IG CRPF and Army. While claiming to mark the killers of Sarpanch Ajay Pandita in Anantnag last week, the IGP...

Mir Irfan Bilal Ahmed- A sumo driver who was earning his livelihood by plying his sumo from Keller to different areas of the district Shopian, in Kashmir, has been work-less due to the lockdown for more than ten months post the abrogation of Article 370 and then COVID pandemic. The Lockdown has hit Bilal and his family severely, at the verge of starvation. Since his house has developed cracks, he along with his family resides in neighbours houses as it poses threat on their lives. Bilal's aged parents are on medication for life saving drugs, but due to lock down he is unable to provide them medicines as well. "How can we survive, the Government has just enforced a shutdown and forgot us," Bilal told The Kashmiriyat. Like Bilal there are thousands of such stories about  drivers througho...

Rayees Shah Various Police personnel posted in District Ganderbal participated in a blood donation camp organized by the local Administration at mini secretariat lawn of Ganderbal. The Jammu Kashmir Police in its statement has said, "In the recent times due to the corona pandemic, the blood banks are running dry with a decreasing number of blood donors but the number of patients in need of blood remains the same." SSP Ganderbal Shri Khalil Ahmad Poswal-JKPS, also attended the event to appreciate the Police personnel who donated blood and shared a message regarding the importance of blood donation. The SSP Ganderbal also distributed cash rewards among Jawans who donated blood.

Amid the escalating global pandemic, the former skipper of Pakistan Cricket team, Shahid Afridi has been tested for coronavirus, the Dawn reported. Shahid confirmed the same on his Twitter handle, as he wrote, "I’ve been feeling unwell since Thursday; my body had been aching badly. I’ve been tested and unfortunately I’m covid positive. Need prayers for a speedy recovery, InshaAllah." Meanwhile 132,405 have been tested positive for coronavirus while 2,551 deaths have been reported, while as the global death toll has surpassed, 4,13,000.

Amulya Leona (19), arrested in February on sedition charges for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans at an anti-CAA protest site, has been granted default bail by the magistrate court after the police failed to file the chargesheet within the stipulated 90 day period. The college student is likely to be released after being behind bars for over three months. "The 90 days period for filing the charge-sheet lapsed on May 20. We had soon after moved the court seeking default bail. However, since the trial courts were closed due to the lock-down the matter was not taken up," her counsel said. On June 2, her counsel again preferred the application and an order was passed on June 10, the same day when Amulya's regular bail application came to be rejected by the sessions court. As r...