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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case in connection with the encounter in Nagrota in Jammu Kashmir. The officials of Pakistan High Commission officials were summoned by the Ministry of External Affairs on 21 November regarding this incident. On November 19 in Nagrota, Jammu Kashmir, Government forces killed four Militants of Jaish-e-Mohammed during the encounter, the four Militants were said to be from Pakistan. Around five o'clock in the morning, a truck was stopped by the forces, upon being stopped the militants present in thheis truck, opened fire on the Government forces. The truck driver managed to escape towards the jungle. 11 AK 47 rifles, three pistols, 28 grenades, under-barrel grenade launchers (UBGL), and a large number of magazines and bul...

On Friday, Voting is being held in 33 seats for the third phase of the District Development Council (DDC) election in Jammu Kashmir. Out of these, 16 seats are in Kashmir and 17 seats are in the Jammu division. In this phase, voters will use their voting power to decide the future of 305 candidates. A total of 305 candidates are in the fray for this phase, which includes 53 female candidates. Pertinently, the first phase elections were held on 28 November, in which 51.76 people exercised their franchise. The second phase of elections were held on 1 December, with 49 per cent of the voters casting their votes. As per the data of the state election commission by 9 AM, the polling percentage stood at 8.33 percent. In the Kashmir division, Kupwara has recorded a voting perc...

Firdous Qadri A houseboat at Abi Guzar has collapsed on the intervening night of Wednesday-Thursday, thereby forcing the family to live under the open sky. "The residential houseboat situated at Abi Guzar embankment got collapsed at around 02 pm, resulting in loss of property worth crores,” Shameema, who was living in the houseboat as a paying guest told The Kashmiriyat. She said that they suffered a tremendous loss due to the collapse of the houseboat. “The rush of water entering into our residential houseboat did not allow us to save the essentials,” Shameema said while speaking to The Kashmiriyat. Shameema said that her four daughters, two sons, husband and other family members were present in the houseboat as it sunk. “We were rescued by the neighbors. They risked t...

Shah Basit / Rayees Shah Scores of residents of Check Akhal in Kangan area of Ganderbal district in Kashmir staged a protest against the Jal Shakti (PHE) Department complaining of acute shortage of drinking water in their locality. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat the residents who blocked the Akhal road in Kangan, Ganderbal, said that despite the frequent attempts of the locals to get the water problem of their area addressed, the admin has paid no heed to their demands. Raising slogans against the PHE (Jal-Shakti) department they said, "Even though we have been provided connections, but no water supply runs through those pipes." The residents are facing immense problems due to the water shortage in the area, which has been hit for the past ten days, the locals alleged. Meanwhil...

The Agriculture Minister of Haryana, JP Dalal blamed foreign China and Pakistan for trying to destablise the situation in India by advancing the farmers. He said the foreign forces do not like the face of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Times Now quoted him as saying. The Aam Aadmi Party has responded to the Minister’s remarks saying, "Dalal Saheb of the BJP is saying that Pakistan and China are behind the farmer movement. ‘Modi ji, is the farmer a traitor of the country? Is he agitating against the country together with Pakistan and China? How much insult is the country’s farmer going to tolerate now?” The AAP further said, “Will the BJP now call our farmers also Pakistani? BJP, tell us who is behind the anti-farmer black laws?”

The weather conditions across Jammu Kashmir are likely to change from Friday (04 December). According to the Meteorological Center of Srinagar, moderate to light snowfall is likely to take place in Srinagar while intermittent rains are likely to take place in plains across Jammu Kashmir from December 4-6. As per Kashmir weather, Leh was freezing last night with a low of minus 5.1 and Kargil minus 4.3 degrees Celsius. The Summer capital of Jammu Kashmir, Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of minus 1.0, Pahalgam shivered at minus 2.3 and Gulmarg at minus 1.4 degrees Celsius. The temperature across the erstwhile state of Jammu Kashmir is expected to drop down.buy vibramycin online buy vibramycin no prescription

The Jammu Kashmir Police on Wednesday arrested an army soldier for allegedly molesting a 36-year-old woman here at Paranpeelan area of Uri in this north-Kashmir district. A senior police official said that an army soldier belonging to 173 TA of Engineering section identified as Hawaldar Parvaiz Hussain presently attached with 18 MLI Bandi in Uri was arrested after allegations of molestation made on him by a local woman (name withheld) today. "An FIR Number 168/20 under sections 457, 376, 511 of IPC has been registered against the accused soldier and further investigations set in motion", the official added. GNS

In Southern Kashmir, many people preferred to stay away from the second phase of District Development Council (DDC) polls but those who voted stated that they have used their vote cautiously to choose best candidates. People from different areas of South Kashmir ‘boycotted’ the DDC polls stating that participating in these elections won’t bring back Article 370, and its “better to stay away.” However, many others were seen enthusiastic in casting their votes on the pretext that they want best candidates to serve them. Mudasir Nabi, a resident of Shadimarg belt of Pulwama district told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that when article 370 was abrogated, Central government even detained former Chief Ministers’ of J&K, so how can DDCs help in restoring special status. ...

Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami has filed an Application for Direction in the pending Writ Petition in the Supreme Court challenging new land laws on behalf of the CPI (M). In the application, Tarigami submitted that the new land laws promulgated by the Central Government permit anyone from any part of the country to buy land in Jammu Kashmir including agricultural land and that the same is illegal for the reason that the powers to make such laws are derived by the Central Government from the Jammu Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019 which in itself is unconstitutional. In the plea, Tarigami points out that the new law prohibits the sale of agricultural land to a non-agriculturist, yet authorizes the government or an officer appointed by it to “grant permission to an agriculturist to alienate ...

Mubashir Naik A groom from Kathua district in Jammu division turned up to a polling station to cast his ballot on Tuesday during the second phase of DDC elections in Jammu Kashmir. Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that Sahil Bhadwal of Mandi area in Kathua before proceeding with his baraat turned up at the local polling station of block Mandi. His wedding day coincided with the second phase of maiden DDC polls in Jammu Kashmir for which he had registered himself to vote. The State Election Commissioner KK Sharma tweeted about Sahil casting his vote on his wedding day, “#DDCElections2020…A Groom namely Sahil Bhadwal cast his vote at Kohag A1 Polling Station of Block Mandli before proceeding with his Baraat in Kathua today, ” Sharma wrote. He also uploaded Sahil’s picture whe...