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An elderly man from South Kashmir's Pulwama district is trying to keep an old Kashmiri tradition of making sandals (chappals) with straw alive. Muhammad Yousuf Bhat (60), a resident of Zantrag village in Khrew, in Pampore hamlet of South Kashmir's Pulwama district has been trying to keep the tradition alive by making Pulhoor, which is centuries old and were worn by people as footwear in ancient times. Muhammad Yousuf, while talking to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that he has learnt this art of making footwear, mats and other things from his forefathers and he is nowadays making these chappals and other things at School of Design in Srinagar. “I have been making these items made of straw for decades and I have been making these old traditional items at school of De...

Srinagar Police on Tuesday claimed to have recovered a minor girl in less than 24 hours. A police spokesman in a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that on 05-12-2022, Police Station Pantha Chowk received a written complaint from one person (details withheld) to the effect that his minor daughter who left home for school has not returned home after school hours. On this, a case under FIR number 132/2022 under section 363 IPC was registered in Police Station Pantha Chowk and investigation was taken up, police said. “During the course of investigation, a Police team headed by SHO Pantha Chowk Insp Syed Owais Geelani was constituted under the supervision of Incharge SDPO Pantha Chowk Shivam Siddharth. During the investigation, using technical analysi...

Housing for the poor, new business centers to decongest old cities, besides planned townships for state & all India service officials are the three factors that must remain at the heart of Master Plan for Jammu city, said Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday. He also called upon the thriving class of society to pay for the government services, thus contributing to the welfare of the poor and helping the society prosper, The Lieutenant Governor was speaking at the ongoing ‘My Town, My Pride’ Programme at Gulshan Ground in Jammu. Underscoring that master plan is linked to the city’s growth, deveopment and overall socio-economic development, the Lt Governor stressed that city Master plan must reflect aspirations & needs of common man and the poor families living in the ...

Kashmiri journalist, Khalid Gul has been arrested from south Kashmir's Anantnag district, officials said here on Tuesday. A top police official quoted by a local news agency (KNO) said that the senior journalist Khalid Gul of Anantnag has been arrested. Khalid Gul, associated with Greater Kashmir for the last many years was arrested in an old case filed in 2017, the official said. Though the details of the case are not known yet, A close associate of Khalid, who is a resident of Anantnag town's Bakshiabad area confirmed his arrest and said that he (Khalid) was detained on Monday evening. One of the senior most journalists from the Anantnag town, Khalid has done several ground breaking stories and highlighted issues of public importance from the south Kashmir district, where he ...

Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Tuesday reviewed the security situation in Jammu Kashmir, officials said, days after a militant group released a "hit list" of 56 employees belonging to the Kashmiri Pandit community. The meeting was also attended by other senior officials of the ministry, paramilitary forces, the Jammu Kashmir administration and police. The meeting took stock of the prevailing security situation in Jammu Kashmir, an official said. It is a routine monthly review meeting and some of the representatives of the Jammu Kashmir administration attended it through video conferencing, another official said. There have been reports that people from the Kashmiri Pandit community working in the valley are in a state of panic after a terrorist group released a "hit list" ...

Intense cold wave coupled with mist and haze at places continued unabated in JK and Ladakh on Tuesday. Pahalgam remained the coldest place, recording a low of minus 3.8°C, a meteorological department official here told GNS. He said it was 0.5°C below normal for the famous tourist resort in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Srinagar, he said, recorded a minimum of minus 2.2 against minus 3.4°C which was the coldest so far this season in the summer capital. Having remained engulfed in mist this morning, the MeT official said, today’s temperature was 1.3°C below the normal for this time of the year in Srinagar. Qazigund recorded a low of minus 2.2°C against minus 3.4°C on the previous night. The temperature was 1.2°C below normal for the gateway town of Kashmir, he said. Ko...

Days after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former Jammu Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s moved to her sister's house in Khimber area of Srinagar, the Security Wing of the JK Police has said that the location where Mufti has moved did not fulfil the ‘security clearance’ parameters. Quoting sources, The Hindu reported, Mufti’s new residence, located 16 km from her earlier official residence, Fair View, in the high-security zone of Gupkar, has long desolate stretches up to the house located on the hill slope with sparse population around. The house also has a vast forest area in the background. Mufti along with her daughter and mother, also wife of former Union home minister and ex-J&K chief minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, shifted to her sister’s house in Khi...

The Economic Offence Wing of Crime Branch Kashmir produced a challan against six accused including 3 deceased persons for establishing fake examination centres for class 12 in Kupwara district. According to a statement, issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the challan in Case FIR No. 65/2005 U/S 420, 467, 468, 471,201,120-B RPC of Police Station Crime Branch Kashmir against Ghulam Nabi Mir, Abdul Khaliq Dar, then the senior assistant BOSE, Late Mohammad Ramzan, then junior assistant BOSE, Late Mohammad Ashraf Khan, then Head assistant BOSE, Ali Mohammad Badyari, retired assistant secretary J&K BOSE and Late Mohammad Abdulllah Sofi, then Principal Govt. Higher Secondary School, Sogam Kupwara, before the court of Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Kralpora Kupwara....

Meer Irfan The Government forces recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) from the Shirmal area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. An official told The Kashmiriyat that on Tuesday afternoon Government forces including Army and Police recovered an IED from the south Kashmir area, after which the bomb disposal squad was rushed to the spot. The Bomb Disposal squad was trying to defuse the IED when this report was filed. Details rushing in.

At a time when many people are struggling to earn their livings, Shameema Banoo, (45), from south Kashmir's Kulgam district has managed to sustain her income by running a tree nursery where there are various varieties that fetches her Rs 6 lakh annually. Shameema, a resident of Nowpora, Akhran in this southern district of Kulgam, while talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that she has been associated with this business for the last several years and is earning a handsome annual income. “I have almost all kinds of tree varieties available at the nursery and with each passing year, new varieties are being added which are directly increasing my earnings”, she beamed. “This business remains at its peak in winter months and this year, as usual, the sale of differen...