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August 20 Muslims worldwide will commemorate Eid ul Adha in the remembrance of Prophet Abraham and his son Ishmael and observe sacrificing of animals for three consecutive days. In Kashmir, the festival will be observed on Wednesday 22nd of August and before Sacrifice of animals the mandatory Eid Prayers are offered worldwide. The Kashmiriyat exclusively brings you the timing of Eid Nimaaz from various places in Kashmir. District Kulgam Eid gah jadeed kulgam: 08:30 am Eid gah qadeem kulgam: 09:00 am Markazi Eid gah jamiat e Ahlehadees kulgam: 7:30am Eid Gah Khudwani:0730 Am Hafia Jamia masjid khudwani:0830 Am Jamia Masjid, Quimoh: 0900 am Yaripora Kulgam (Ahli hadith): 8 am Bugam, Kulgam: 0630 am Kokergund Yaripora Kulgam: 0830 am Bugam, Kulgam: 0630 am Sonigam Kulgam 09:00a...

August 20 Shabir Khan Three persons were injured when an old dry Chinar tree fell down on them at Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that the incident took place at Noorbagh area of Sopore where an old dry Chinar tree suddenly fell on people causing injuries to three people and one among them was rushed to Sub-district hospital in Sopore for advanced treatment. Pertinently the locals in Sopore had approached the authorities to cut down the old dry chinars in the North Kashmir town as a precautionary measure but nothing has been done on ground level as department seems to be not interested.buy flagyl Canada buy flagyl generic Additional Deputy Commissioner Ashiq Hussian Lily told The Kashmiriyat that the issue has come to their notic...

August 20 Four passengers were killed and nine others injured when a landslide struck a hilly road in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, a senior police officer said. The incident took place at Kulligad on the Kishtwar-Paddar road when huge boulders and debris came down from a hillock, trapping a passenger vehicle plying on the road, Senior Superintendent of Police Rajinder Kumar Gupta told PTI. Four people were killed on the spot.Nine other passengers were rescued and rushed to a hospital where the condition of some of them was stated to be critical, the officer said. Officials said the vehicle was carrying a group of devotees from Udhampur to the shrine of Machail in Padder Valley. ( PTI)

August 19 The Indian Army on Sunday claimed to have foiled an infiltration bid by killing a militant at Kasturi Naar in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. A defence spokesperson said an infiltration bid was foiled at Kasturi Naar area in Baramulla. He said so far one militant was killed and operation is going on in the area.

August 19 The Younger son of Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has denounced stone throwing and said it has brought destruction for the people of Jammu Kashmir. Syed Naseem Geelani, who is an assistant professor at SKUAST wrote it in an article in a Srinagar daily, Greater Kashmir on Sunday. Naseem Geelani also adds that the youth who are throwing stones are becoming enemies of their own people. Even though Naseem has not formally joined Hurriyat, but he went to the residence of shujaat bukhari on behalf of Hurriyat and his father to condole the demise of the veteran journalist. The son of Hurriyat leader was summoned by NIA, which is probing the Hawala Funding to Separatist leaders, many believe that the article written by Naseem is an escape route from the clutches of NI...

August 18 Public Safety Act, PSA as it is often referred to in Kashmir, is a preventive detention law that allows for the jailing of individuals through executive fiat by administrative officials, rather than by judges following a judicial process or trial. Earlier this year a report published in a Srinagar Daily revealed that at least 700 people have been booked under Public Safety Act since 2016, many of them still languishing in Jail. The kin of around one dozen political prisoners have demanded the release of their inmates ahead of EID UL AZHA. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat They demand that political prisoners on humanitarian ground must be released from jails soon so that they are also able to celebrate Eid with their families. Shakeel Ahmad Itoo, of Manihal village of Sh...

August 18 A CASO has been launched in Tujar Shareef area of Sopore in North Kashmir's Baramulla District on Saturday afternoon Sources told The Kashmiriyat that 22 RR of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police and 179 BN CRPF laid down the Search operation jointly. "The Operation was launched after troopers received a specific input about Militant movement in the area," Sources said. The Search operation was going on when this report was filed.

August 18 The Jammu Kashmir Police led by SHO Lahkanpur Susheel Sharma acting on a tip off established special checkpoint at NHW Lakhanpur and seized one Innova car bearing registration no. PB08D-8195 and recovered 13.5 kilograms of Poppy Straw from the car which was on way from Kashmir to Punjab. Three persons were also travelling in the car and police arrested all of them and registered a case FIR No 84/18 U/s 8/15 NDPS Act against them. They were identified as Inderjeet Singh (driver) S/o Mohinder Singh, Baljeet Kumar S/o Paras Ram and Gurjeet Singh S/o Harbans Singh.

August 18 The dead body of a youth from Budgam who had drowned in Jhelum river was retrieved by SDRF men on Saturday afternoon. Officials said that Shabir's dead body was recovered post two days on Saturday in jhelum at Nawa Kadal in Srinagar. Shabir Ahmad Sheikh son of Abdul Rahman Sheikh, a resident of Sitaharan Khag area of Budgam who was 20 years old and working as a labourer had drowned in Jhelum at Nawakadal Srinagar.