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Police on Tuesday registered a case after a person alleged that he was provided a cup of tea mixed with a poisonous substance by a shopkeeper in the Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. The person who has been provided the tea mixed with poisonous substance is husband of Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) District Development Council (DDC) candidate, who is contesting from Seelu constituency in north Kashmir. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), BJP’s DDC candidate, Dr Fareeda Khan said that her husband felt unconscious after having a cup of tea provided to him by a shopkeeper. Soon after he felt unconscious, sources said he was rushed to Sub District Hospital Sopore for treatment, where doctors stated that the patient is recovering. They alleged ...

Mehbooba Mufti, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President was disallowed on Tuesday to move out of her residence once again by the Jammu Kashmir administration, as per reports. According to the report the former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir was scheduled to visit Budgam today. Earlier in November, Mehbooba had claimed that she and her daughter, Iltija Mufti, were placed under house arrest and not allowed to visit the Pulwama residence of party leader Waheed Parra, who was arrested by the NIA. “I’ve been illegally detained yet again. Since two days, J&K admin has refused to allow me to visit @parawahid’s family in Pulwama. BJP Ministers & their puppets are allowed to move around in every corner of Kashmir but security is a problem only in my case,” Mehbooba had sa...

In what is being seen as a relief to apple growers of J&K, 50 percent of transport from cold chains or orchards to markets and storage in cold chains would be borne by the administration. The Director Horticulture Kashmir Aijaz Ahmed Bhat said that Prime Minister has waived off all the early riders of the scheme for extended greater benefit to the farmer. All growers qualify for storage and transport subsidy of 50 percent.Director of Horticulture said that it was a long pending demand of the growers and would go long way in fetching them better returns of their produce. The Horticulture Director has issued guidelines to district officers for registration of the orchardists in their respective areas reports www.knskashmir.com Meanwhile Director of Horticulture today convened...

More than 10 former ministers and ex-legislators of the Bhartiya Janta Party are “unauthorisedly” residing in ministerial bungalows and quarters in Jammu Kashmir, the wire reported. Out of the ten, the names of BJP leaders Ravinder Raina, the president of Jammu Kashmir unit of BJP and Kavinder Gupta, former deputy chief minister and assembly speaker have appeared on the list. Others in the list include Sunil Sharma, Shakti Raj Parihar, Sat Sharma, Sukhnandan Choudhary and Bali Baghat, Neelam Langeh (ex-MLA), Daleep Singh Parihar (ex-MLA), R. S. Pathania (ex-MLA), Rajesh Gupta ( ex-MLA), Vibodh Gupta (ex-MLC), Pradeep Sharma (ex-MLC), Ashok Khajuria (ex-MLC), and Vikram Randhwa (ex-MLC). A few of its lower-rung cadre is also residing in government accommodation. Kavinder Gupta h...

Irshad Hussain Iqra Jan, the daughter of Mohammed Ayoub Khan of Beerwah Budgam who was one of the five arrested by Delhi Police on Monday morning has been shifted to a hospital in Budgam District. ALSO READ: Three Kashmiris, Two from Punjab Arrested After ‘Brief Encounter’ in New Delhi  The family members of Ayoub speaking to The Kashmiriyat over phone said that Iqra and other family members had been weeping since the news of the arrest of Ayoub reached them. "She suddenly fell down unconscious due to excessive mourning for her father who is an innocent and has been framed by the Delhi Police," a family member told The Kashmiriyat. He said that Iqra was shifted to the nearby hospital, from where she was shifted to Sub-District hospital in Beerwah in Budgam Central Kashmir. M...

The voters in Binlipora village of Aloosa Panchayat block in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district Monday alleged that the BJP district president disrupted polling for about half an hour as went inside the polling station and stop the polling mid-way. A group of voters, speaking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that BJP district president Abdul Rahman Thekri, disrupted the polling at Binlipora polling station as he wanted the voters to cast vote in favour of his party. They said that the BJP leader went inside the polling station and stopped polling for about half an hour. “He wanted the voters to cast votes in favour of his party as visibly no one was casting votes in their favour. He visited the polling station around 10 times and later disrupted the polling. This is ...

Shabir Khan A youth was wounded after he met with an accident in the Bomai area of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. An official of Jammu Kashmir Police confirming the incident to The Kashmiriyat said that on Monday morning a motorcycle bearing the registration number JK05G 5318 collided with a private vehicle in the Zendri area of Sopore, injuring him critically. The youth was rushed to the nearby hospital for treatment, from where he was shifted to Srinagar for advanced treatment. He was identified as Wajahat Ahmed son of Mushtaq Ahmed War, who is a resident of the Wadoora area in Sopore. A case has been registered in this regard and further investigations have been taken up, the official said.

Snowfall will start from northwest Kashmir, Pirpanjal, Gulmarg, Sonamarg Zojila Drass axis and gradually affect the entire valley, hilly areas of Jammu and some parts of Ladakh especially Kargil, Zanskar and higher reaches of Leh by Tuesday, MeT office said on Monday. Minimum temperatures continued their upward rise on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh areas as the authorities improved their preparedness to meet challenges posed by heavy snowfall forecast in the region.buy Tretinoin generic buy Tretinoin generic Avalanche warnings were issued on Monday for people living in avalanche-prone higher reaches of Jammu Kashmir following an advisory by the weather office that moderate to heavy snowfall is likely in the Valley and Kargil district of Ladakh region beginning Monday aftern...

The fourth phase of the District Development Council (DDC) elections 2020 recorded a voter percentage of 26.02 per cent across 34 different constituencies of Jammu Kashmir till 11 am. As per the figures given by the office of State Election Commissioner, in Kashmir Division, Pulwama has recorded 3.79 % till 11 AM, Baramulla 21.12%, Kulgam 3.58%, Shopian 1.24 %, Anantnag 16.28%, Bandipora 27.49%, Ganderbal 25.15 %, Budgam 21.14 %. Similarly, in the Jammu division, Kishtwar has recorded voting percentage of 36.49%, Udhampur 28.65 %, Jammu 42.93%, Kathua 35.37%, Ramban 36.39%, Doda 43.52%, Samba 38.58%, Poonch 37.09%, Rajouri 42.35% and Reasi 26.61% till 11:00 am. The Kashmir valley has recorded an overall voting percentage of 14.87 per cent while as 37.88 percent polling has been re...