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National Conference Saturday staged a massive protest against the decision of the Waqf Board to ban the tradition of donations at Muslim Khanqahs across Kashmir. The Youth Wing of the party raised slogans outside Party Headquarters in Kashmir's capital Srinagar. Later on party senior leader Ali Muhammad Sagar addressed a press conference and termed the decision as undue interference in the religious and traditional practices of people. He said attempts are being made to malign the image of Muslims. “The Government should not defame the image of Muslims and hurt their sentiments. Due to the presence of Khanqahs, Kashmir is called ‘Pir Var’ (Land of Sages) and for centuries, people are offering donations at will without being forced. This is called belief and faith and one has no right...

A day after LG Manoj Sinha's claims that Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was not under detention, the police personnel deployed in large numbers outside Mirwaiz's house barred media from entering his residence. Several journalists who tried to enter the residence of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq at Nigeen area in Srinagar were stopped by the Government force personnel disallowed media to enter the house of Mirwaiz e Kashmir. "Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq's residence at Nigeen continues to be under deployment of police. Officials are not allowing press inside saying 'we are here for security only'," Ubeer said on his twitter. https://twitter.com/ubeernaqushbndi/status/1560880299537358848?t=p5SMiIfxxn63h_c8hTh-CA&s=08 Pertinently LG Manoj Sinha had claimed that Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was not u...

An 18-month-old girl was killed after being hit by a speedy school vehicle in Lankreshipora area of North Kashmir's Bandipora district on Saturday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that the speedy school vehicle hit a girl at Lankreshipora, resulting in critical injuries to her. "Soon after the incident, she was rushed to district hospital Bandipora where from she was referred to SKIMS Soura. She, however, succumbed to her injuries," he said. He identified the victim as Ajwa Rasheed daughter of Rasheed Ahmad of Lankreshipora. Meanwhile, police have taken cognizance of the incident—(KNO)

The police on Saturday raided multiple locations in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch in connection with a hawala racket that was unearthed with the arrest of two people who were allegedly routing money to militant outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba and Al Badr, officials said. Abdul Hamid Mir, a resident of Poonch, and Delhi-based garment trader Mohammad Yaseen were arrested from the Jammu bus stand and the national capital on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. Hawala money worth Rs 24 lakh was recovered from them. The officials said police have been carrying out searches at multiple locations in Poonch since early this morning. "The raids are going on and further details are awaited," an official said. According to police, Yaseen, a resident of Delhi's Turkman Gate, revealed that the hawala...

The JK admin placed nine teachers from two Government schools under suspension for not hoisting the national flag in their schools on Independence Day. According to news reports, nine teachers posted at Middle School Batwari and Primary School Khandole in Kishtwar were placed under suspension by Zonal Education Officer (CEO) Inderwal on August 16. A three-member committee has been constituted to inquire into the matter and submit its report within a week. The centrally run administration of Jammu Kashmir had ordered Government schools across the region to hoist flags. The admin ordered, "All Government buildings must hoist tricolor to celebrate Aug 15 marking the 75th independence day of India." “We received information from ZEO Inderwal on 16th August, suggesting that nine tea...

After removing the Mujavirs and their donation boxes from the shrines across the Valley, the Jammu Kashmir Waqf board is now mulling to revise the rates of their properties across JK as per recommendations of Rent Review Committee of 2015-2016. Official sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) that many shopkeepers holding the Waqf shops are still paying meager amount as monthly rent for the shops, fixed by the authorities’ decades ago. “The rates were increased by 120 per cent on April 01, 2018, but still the rent is meager,” they said, adding that there is no fixed rent for all the shops and other establishments as the rates vary from place to place. They further informed that the authorities have now decided to revise the rent agreement of shops and other establishments b...

Danishwar Hameed  A massive fire has broken out at jawahar navodaya vidyalaya school in south Kashmir's Kulgam district. Official sources told The Kashmiriyat that mysterious fire broke out in the JNV school in Bonpora area of Kulgam district, resulting in injuries to one student. The student was shifted to nearby hospital for treatment, where the doctors referred him to Sher e Kashmir institute of Medical Sciences hospital in Srinagar. The condition of the student is critical, they said. The cause of the fire was not immediately known.

Police on Fridays claimed to have arrested two Hybrid militants in North Kashmir's Handwara, officials said. In a handout to GNS, the police said that on Aug 4, 2022, joint parties of Police, Army 21 RR and 92 Bn CRPF had arrested 03 hybrid militant in Handwara and recovered arms and ammunition from them. FIR No. 213/2022 u/s 13 UAPA and 7/25 Arms Act had been registered at Police Station Handwara and investigation was initiated. The police spokesman further stated that based on leads developed during investigation, the role of two more individuals emerged in the conspiracy to carry out militancy acts, namely Aijaz Ahmad Bhat @ Hilal, S/o Khazir Mohd Bhat, R/o Humpora and Naseer Ahmad Mir, S/o Mohd Ramzan Mir, R/o Sagipora. They have been arrested and based on their disclosure, a ...

The move of Waqf board has drawn criticism from several quarters of the society including from political parties in the Kashmir region. On Friday, several mosques in Kashmir attached to the Khanqahs decried the decision of the Waqf board. In Verinag Jamia Masjid Anantnag, the Masjid committee decried the Waqf's decision of complete takeover of the Khanqahs and throwing out the Khudamans who have been taking care of the Khanqahs before the Waqf came into existence. Farooq Ahmed Khan, the president of the committee said that the people in charge are on chairs and very far from the ground realities. "This caravan of Sufi faith is not working because of the Governments but due to the hardwork of these Molvis and Khudamans. When anyone visit any Ziyarat, they guide them about it. They ...

On Friday, the Hurriyat Conference, in a statement, refuteing "the deliberate misinformation spread by Manoj Sinha on the continuous detention of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq" said that the Mirwaiz must be allowed to deliver the Friday Sermon on August 26, if he has not been illegally detained. Pertinently, in an interview with BBC Hindi, LG Manoj Sinha said, “Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is not under house arrest. We have kept cops around him for his safety. He should decide what he wants." "Let Mirwaiz be allowed to deliver the Friday Sermon on 26th Aug, if he has not been illegally detained," the APHC said in reaction to the interview. Meanwhile, in the statement, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) expressed "amazement" at the video statement given to BBC Hindi by the LG of J&K Mr Ma...