REGIONAL

The idea of beautification of Towns in the valley is gaining momentum as the Administration puts emphasis on the redevelopment of pavements, alignment of electric poles, facade enhancement of buildings, the lining of roads, removal of visual pollution, and maintenance of parks. To expedite the process of beautification of Towns, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Vijay Kumar Bidhuri today chaired a meeting of Deputy Commissioners and HoDs of various departments wherein he gave a slew of directions for steps to be taken for a makeover of towns. He directed DCs to prepare most of the works by September 30, so that towns become attractive and appealing. He said that the administration is committed to beautification through different interventions of creativity. The Deputy Commissione...

Jammu Kashmir Police claimed to have arrested a hybrid militant along with an associate in central Kashmir's Budgam district. Official sources told The Kashmiriyat that on Friday, Police along with 53 RR of the Indian Army arrested a hybrid militant and his associate in the Pakherpora area of Budgam. They identified the hybrid militants as Tanveer Ahmed Bhat son of Ghulam Mohammed Bhat and his associate as Yawer Ahmed Ganie son of Mohammed Maqbool Ganie, both residents of Chrar e Shareef in Budgam. "Arms and ammunition which includes one pistol, a magazine, nine pistol rounds and other material was recovered from the possession of the duo," they said.

The High Court of Jammu Kashmir quashed the detention of Moulana Abdul Rashid Dawoodi and Moulana Mushtaq Veeri under the Pubic Safety Act on Friday afternoon. The court has directed the officials to release the duo who were detained in September last year and later lodged at Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu. Justice Sanjay Dhar and Justice Rajnesh Oswal passed the judgement in the cases of the Kashmiri religious clerics and ordered their release from the jail. In the order quashing the detention of Moulana Dawoodi, the court observed, when any person is detained in pursuance of an order made under any law providing for preventive detention, the authority making the order shall, as soon as may be, communicate to such person the grounds on which the order has been made and shall afford hi...

The students of government higher secondary school Saaj staged a protest at Thanamandi Rajouri against the arrest of a teacher who was arrested over the allegations of sexual harassment. Reports reaching The Kashmiriyat said that a teacher of higher secondary school Saaj Thanamandi was arrested few days ago after he was allegedly accused of sexual assault of girl students. On Friday, the students of same higher secondary school staged a protest and raised slogans against alleged conspiracy. The protesting student alleged that the teacher was accused of a fake allegations. They alleged that some teachers made a conspiracy against accused teacher and insisted few female students to file a complaint against teacher who was later arrested by the police. “They offered few students m...

A 32 year old man was arrested for sexually assaulting a minor girl in Parimpora area of central Kashmir's Srinagar district on Thursday night. Officials said Umais Khan (32 years), a resident of Zaldager, Srinagar, arrested for sexual assault on a 13 year old child. In this regard police registered a FIR (FIR no 140/2023) under sections 7,8 of POCSO act registered at Parimpora PS. Police started further investigation in this regard.(KS)

In a major decision, the Supreme Court of India harshly criticized the Ladakh administration for disallowing Jammu Kashmir National Conference (NC) to use the plough symbol for the upcoming Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) elections. Noting that the plough symbol was reserved for JKNC by the Election Commission of India because of its status as a recognized state party of the erstwhile State of Jammu Kashmir, the Court held that its demand for the symbol was "legitimate and just". The Court came down heavily on the Ladakh Administration for notifying the LAHDC elections while sitting over the representation made by JKNC seeking the allotment of the reserved symbol, reported Live Law. “The Appellants(Ladakh Admin), while sitting on the representation of R1(JKNC), ...

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, urged the people of Sopore to refrain from offering any form of shelter to militant supporters and to leave the rest to the police and other security forces. He also emphasised that the administration is fully committed to eradicating the militant ecosystem and dealing sternly with those who have profited from the conflict at the expense of the common people. Addressing a gathering at Dak Bungalow in Sopore, as per KNO, LG Sinha urged the residents of Sopore and the entire Jammu Kashmir region not to provide refuge to militancy supporters and militants. “Simply do this much and leave the rest to the police and security forces. With the full support of the administration, our police and security forces will ensure that terrorism and its ecosystem ar...

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Pandurang K Pole has issued a fresh list reserving 358 municipal wards out of 1,119 for women and sought objections and suggestions to it within a week. The list of reserved wards for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women in open, SC and ST categories have been made on the basis of population data. According to data released by the election department, of the 1,119 wards of 77 municipal bodies in the Union territory, 358 wards have been reserved for women. Eighty-six wards have been reserved for SC and 14 for ST. "In accordance with section 10-A of the Jammu & Kashmir Municipal Corporation Act, 2000, and Section 11-A of the Jammu & Kashmir Municipal Act, 2000, wards are to be reserved for women, Scheduled Castes, Sc...

Meer Irfan A teenage girl died under mysterious circumstances in the Shopian district of south Kashmir. An official told athe Kashmiriyat that on Thursday morning, a 16-year-old girl (name with held) was found lying unconscious at her home in the Reshinagar area of Shopian district. When her parents spotted her, they rushed her to the nearby hospital for treatment, the official said. Upon reaching the hospital, she was declared critical and shifted to SKIMS soura for advanced treatment. "However, at SKIMS, she lost her battle for life," he said.

Assistant Regional Transport officer Bandipora Thursday blacklisted a vehicle that was involved in a stunt incident. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a video went viral on social media platforms where driver of the vehicle was seen standing on top of his car. He said that as the matter came into the notice of ARTO Bandipora Bilal Ahmad Mir and he instantly blacklisted the vehicle. The official said that the owner and driver of the vehicle will face legal action under IPC and Motor Vehicles Act—(KNO)