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Continuing its endeavor, the Srinagar District has achieved top rank across the country in implementation of phase III of “The Eat Right Challenge for Cities and Districts” of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India. The Eat Right Creativity Challenge Phase III started from May 2023 and will end in October has been launched as a part of the celebration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav is aimed to tap the creative talent of students and enable them to inculcate healthy dietary habits. The Eat Right Challenge in Srinagar was carried out under the overall supervision of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad, while Assistant Commissioner Food & Safety, Yamin ul Nabi was its Nodal Officer. The Targets fixed by Food Safety Standards Authority of India were satisf...

An encounter has started between security forces and militants in Gundhikhwas Rajouri area of Jammu division officials said. Officials told news agency—the Kashmir Scroll that security forces received information about the presence of militants in the Rajouri area in the Jammu division. ” Teams of police and army rushed to the spot after this information at the entire area has been cordoned,” the official said, adding that the firing is going on between two sides and it is believed that more than two militants are trapped in the area. (KS) Further details awaited

Scores of residents on Saturday staged a protest in Jammu city against the abrogation of Article 370 and 35a on its fourth anniversary. Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that several Jammu residents gathered in the Mahraja Hari Singh park of Jammu city to protest "BJP's illegal abrogation" of the articles that gave special status to Jammu Kashmir. Raising slogans and holding placards demanding that the Supreme Court must restore the articles immediately, the people gathered here said that Article 370 was one of our primary conditions to join the Union of India. "You cannot discredit the Articles 370 and 35A, after decades when it has been one of our primary conditions to join the Union of India,' an old aged protestor said. He said that the present Government of India must not mere...

A 25-year-old youth died due to an electric shock while working at an under-construction private aquaculture farm in the Akhal Kangan area of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. The deceased has been identified as Ubaid Mushtaq Dar, a resident of Palhalan Pattan area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Official sources said that the victim was busy erecting an electric pole when he received an electric shock. He fell into the waterbody and was immediately shifted to the hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. The victim was doing labor at a fish farm owned by a private individual. Police have taken cognizance of the incident and registered a case under relevant sections of law. [KNT]

Mild earthquake tremors were felt across the Kashmir valley on Saturday afternoon. As per initial reports, the earthquake was felt across various parts of the Valley with a magnitude of 5.2 and its epicenter in Pakistan. The earthquake happened around 8:34 A.M on Saturday. No major damage was reported anywhere, as per the reports received by The Kashmiriyat.

On the anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, Former chief minister Jammu Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti has alleged that she has been put under house arrest along with other party leaders. https://twitter.com/MehboobaMufti/status/1687685086773178368?t=81nXI5mJYupdOcgrOwOvDQ&s=19 In a tweet, Mehbooba Mufti said, "I’ve been put under house arrest along with other senior PDP leaders today. This comes after a midnight crackdown where scores of my party men are illegally detained in police stations. GOIs false claims about normalcy to the SC stands exposed by theirs actions driven by paranoia." Earlier PDP's Arif Laigaroo was detained by forces on Friday evening. The party had said that they were denied permission to hold a seminar on the unilateral abrogation of special status ...

Three army men who were earlier injured during the ongoing encounter in the Manzgam area of Kulgam have succumbed to their injuries. Official sources told The Kashmiriyat that militants fired upon forces during a cordon and search operation in the south Kashmir area during which four army troopers were critically wounded. They said that the troopers were shifted to the Army's 92 base hospital, where three of them succumbed to their injuries. Meanwhile the search operation in Manzgam area of Kulgam has been intensified to trace the militants, who are believed to be two to three in number. Earlier Government forces including 34 RR, Jammu Kashmir Police had jointly laid a cordon during which militants fired upon them in the area.

A university girl hailing from south Kashmir’s Pulwama district loses battle for life after prolonged ailments at SMHS hospital, sources said. Sources told news agency Kashmir Scroll that Sadaf Ayoub, resident of Lassipora Pulwama, a university student, passed away here at SMHS hospital this evening. They said that Sadaf was suffering from blood cancer. It is pertinent to mention that her family had appealed for financial assistance for her treatment, the video of which had gone viral on social media, if sources are to be believed she had received nearly one crore rupees in 24 hours after which her brother appealed to general public not to deposit any money.(KS)

Jammu Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party Friday said that the government allowed BJP to celebrate and take out a rally to celebrate the abrogation of the special status of Jammu Kashmir while the same government denied permission to them to conduct a seminar on Saturday (5 August). Meanwhile, the party president and former chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti alleged that one of their leaders was arrested by Jammu Kashmir police. "Why is @JmuKmrPolice detaining PDP leaders on the eve of 5th August? Arif Laigroo has been taken by the police in this video. BJP is given a free run to carry out the tamasha of celebrating illegal abrogation of Article 370 in Srinagar. All this is being done to hoodwink the public opinion in the country. Just goes on to expose the facade of normalc...

The Amarnath Yatra will remain suspended from the Jammu base camp on Saturday as a precautionary measure in view of the fourth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, officials said. "The Amarnath yatra will remain suspended tomorrow”, Jammu Deputy Commissioner Avny Lavasa told PTI. The 33rd batch of Amarnath Yatris with 1,181 pilgrims left the base camp here on Friday for the holy cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas amid tight security arrangements, officials said. Over 4.5 lakh devotees have paid obeisance at the shrine since July 1, when 62-day Yatra began in the valley, they said. On August 5, 2019, the Centre abrogated provisions of Article 370 and Article 35 A of the Constitution, which accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir, and bifurcated the state into U...