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The Supreme Court of India, on Monday, dismissed a petition which challenged the delimitation exercise carried out for redrawing the Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in Jammu Kashmir. The petition was filed by two Srinagar residents-Haji Abdul Gani Khan and Mohammed Ayoub Mattoo. On March 6, 2020, the Union Ministry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department) issued a notification constituting a Delimitation Commission, with former Supreme Court judge (Retd) Ranjana Prakash Desai as the chairperson. The exercise missed several deadlines, which were extended and was finally completed on May 5, 2022, when the delimitation panel unveiled its final order, despite reservations by Jammu and Kashmir-based politicians and locals. They petitioners had submitted that the...

The minimum temperatures recorded a plunge in Kashmir Valley with Srinagar recording minus 4.0°C on Monday. A meteorological department official told GNS that there was a drop of 3.4°C against the previous night’s minus 0.6°C in Srinagar. Today’s minimum temperature, he said, was below normal by 0.8°C for the summer capital. Qazigund, he said, recorded a low of minus 4.6°C against minus 1.5°C on the previous night and it was 3.6°C below normal for the gateway town of Kashmir. Pahalgam, he said, recorded a low of minus 10.0°C against minus 4.0°C on the previous night and it was 5.0°C above normal for the famous tourist resort in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Kokernag recorded a low of minus 4.6°C against minus 2.3°C on the previous night and it was 3.1°C below normal for th...

Sheikh Nadeem A man was charred to death after his vehicle caught fire in Panzgam area of Kokernag in south Kashmir's Anantnag district. An official told The Kashmiriyat that on Monday morning, a vehicle suddenly caught fire and the man who was driving it was charred to death. The man has been identified as Shabir Ahmad Rather son of Mohammad Ashan Rather, a resident of Panzgam in Anantnag. The body of the deceased, a baker by profession, has been taken for the medico-legal formalities to the hospital, the official said.

Police under the aegis of Civic Action Programme (CAP) distributed wheelchairs among specially-abled persons at District Police Lines Awantipora. SSP Awantipora Mohd Yousif-JKPS distributed 24 wheelchairs among specially-abled persons hailing from different parts of the police district. DySP DAR DPL Awantipora, SDPO Awantipora and other Police officers were also present on the occasion. SSP Awantipora while interacting with the beneficiaries who are mostly from weaker sections of society assured them all possible support shall be provided from Police department in order to make their lives easy and comfortable. He said that the persons with physical challenges need to be taken care-off by the society. He further stated that Police department will always play its eminent role in this ...

In no less than a miracle, doctors from Kralpora sub-district hospital assisted paramedical staff of a health centre in remote Keran village of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district to deliver baby over a WhatsApp call. Officials told Kashmir News Service (KNS) a woman from Mandian village of Keran complained of labor pain and was taken to a nearby Primary Health Centre, where she was asked to visit SDH Kupwara. They said, however, due to heavy snowfall in the area for past several days, the road leading to Kupwara remains closed. “As this was not possible to take the woman to Kupwara due to road closure, paramedical staff at PHC Keran took up the matter with BMO Kralpora, who contacted his senior officials and despite hectic efforts to arrange a chopper service to take her to Kupwara....

The Supreme Court will deliver its judgment tomorrow on a plea challenging delimitation of assembly and parliamentary constituencies in Jammu Kashmir. According to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the Apex Court will pronounce its judgment on Monday (February 13) on the petition filed by two Srinagar residents-Haji Abdul Gani Khan and Muhammad Ayub Matto. On March 6, 2020, Union Ministry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department) had issued a notification in exercise of power under Section 3 of the Delimitation Act, 2002, constituting a Delimitation Commission, with former Supreme Court judge (Retd) Ranjana Prakash Desai as the chairperson. The exercise was completed on May 5, 2022 when the delimitation panel unveiled its final order. The petitioners have contended tha...

According to police, hundreds of Muslims stormed a police station in the eastern Punjab province of Pakistan, took a blasphemy suspect from his cell, took him outside, and lynched him. For desecrating pages of a copy of the Quran, Islam's holy book, a man Waris was being held by police, according to senior police officer Babar Sarfaraz Alpa on Saturday. He claimed that Waris had pasted pictures of himself, his wife, and a knife on various pages of the book, displayed them, and dispersed them throughout Nankana's rural area. Waris was allegedly taken from his cell and the entire police station was ransacked, according to Alpa. By the time more police officers arrived on the scene, the man had already been lynched and his body was on fire. However, police thwarted their attempt with...

Amid intense protests by Ladakhis, the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh R.K Mathur has been removed. The civil society groups in Ladakh, the Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) have been protesting for several weeks to demand special status for Ladakh. The groups have intensified stir to demand sixth schedule status for Ladakh. Details rushing in