REGIONAL

Danishwar Hameed The residents of Duggapora in Nillow area of Kulgam are irked by the condition of electric wires and absence of electric poles in the area. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, locals said that the HT and LT wires are erected against the trees and sticks against residential houses in the area, which risks the lives of local residents. "We have appealed to the PDD several times to erect poles in the area, as the wires run low and cause great threat to human life," Abdul Rashid Dugga, a local resident said. He said that it is unfortunate that the concerned department has delayed the process. "They might wake up to our genuine concerns only after someone dies of electrocution in the area," he told The Kashmiriyat. Appealing to the Governor-led administration to int...

The Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh Wednesday visited Anantnag and chaired a joint meeting of officers to review the security scenario of South Kashmir. Accompanied by IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar, the DGP was received by senior officers of South Kashmir and was given guard of honour on his arrival at DPO Anantnag. DGP chaired officers meeting which was attended by DIG South Kashmir Rane, Abdul Jabbar, DIG CRPF Anantnag, D.P Uphaday, DIG CRPF Awantipora B.S. Negi, SSP Anantnag, Ashish Kumar Mishra, SSP Kulgam Dr. G.V. Sundeep Chakravarthy, SP Shopian Amritpal Singh, SSP Awantipora, Mohd Yousif, CO 183 Bn. CRPF Pulwama R.D Jeony, CO 130 Bn. CRPF Hilal Feroz, CO 40 Bn. CRPF R.W Dawa, CO 18 Bn. CRPF B. AK Chorasiya, 2 I/C 14 Bn. CRPF Vijay Kumar and other senior officers of Sou...

The move of Police in Kargil to summon students and political activists for being active on social media and organizing different protest marches has drawn flak. Kargil Democratic Alliance while condemning the police move has stated that such action goes against the tenants of democracy and Indian Constitution. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that police in Kargil recently summoned political and social activist Sajjad Hussain Kargili with regard to his tweet about Tripura violence. Besides summoning of Sajjad Kargili, student leaders were also summoned by Kargil Police for supporting the peaceful march organized by the different students’ associations of Kargil. Kargil Democratic Alliance in a statement has said that summoning Sajjad Kargili and student leaders to poli...

Ministry of Home Affairs approves 41 vacancies for induction of Jammu Kashmir Administrative Services (JKAS) officers into the Indian Administrative Services (IAS). After the green signal of 41 posts by the MHA and Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), the matter will shortly go to the Union Public Services Commission (UPSC) for final approval. This induction exercise of JKAS officers into IAS has been initiated by the present government in Jammu and Kashmir. As per reports, the formal induction of JKAS officers into IAS will take some time as the UPSC needs to complete certain formalities before the meeting with JK government representatives. The GAD had initiated the exercise for induction of JKAS officers into IAS after nearly a decade following fixation of seniority of ...

While the minimum temperatures continued to drop in Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh on Wednesday, the weather office has forecast widespread rain/snow beginning from Thursday night. “Widespread intermittent light to moderate rain/snow (over higher reaches) is most likely to occur during Thursday and Friday nights,” the Met Department said. “This may led to temporary disruption of surface transportation on Zojila Pass, Mughal road, Banihal-Ramban axis, Sinthan Top,” it added. The weather office added that there was no forecast of a major snowfall till November 10. On Thursday, Srinagar recorded 2.0 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam minus 2.0 and Gulmarg minus 1.6 as their minimum temperatures. Leh town recorded minus 0.7 degree Celsius, Kargil minus 2.0 and Drass minus 11.4 as the night’s lowe...

Mohan Lal and Muhammad Akram Chowdary have been appointed judges of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Additional Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Law and Justice, Rajinder Kashyap in this regard has issued a formal order stating that the President of India is pleased to appoint Mohan Lal and Muhammad Akram Chowdary as judges of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in that order of seniority with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices. Earlier in September both judicial officers-Mohan Lal and Muhammad Akram Chowdary were elevated as judges. (KNT)

Suhail Dar Angry drivers, taken for a toss for several months on Wednesday  staged a protest inside the office premises of the Assistant Regional Transport office (ARTO) Anantnag to demand their pending wages for the District Development Council Elections-2020 election duties. The South Kashmir Transporters Association spokesman, Shabir Ahmed speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that the district administration approached them last year ahead of the elections and asked them for the assistance in providing vehicles for moving election equipment and officials from one place to the other during the elections. "We provided them nearly 450 vehicles, the drivers paid for the petrol themselves. The officials back then promised that the payments would be released within a month," Shabir said,...