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People's conference chairman, Sajad Gani Lone on Friday hit out at the LG of Jammu Kashmir, Manoj Sinha over his claim that Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was not under house arrest. Reacting to the claim made by LG, Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Gani Lone in a tweet said: “I think LG sahib needs to verify facts. His statements don’t reflect reality. May I humbly state that the tradition of locking up leaders and then denying is an old worn-out tradition. It has been happening for the last 3 decades." Sajad Lone had earlier condemned the house arrest of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and demanded his immediate release. Pertinently, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has been under house arrest since August 04, 2019.

Jammu Kashmir Bank unit located at Tangdar area of North Kashmir's Kupwara district has been functioning from a tin shed which is so small to even accommodate dozen customers. Customers including women, senior citizens and Specially abled people can be seen waiting outside the bank under rain and sun. The bank authorities have started construction work of a new building which has been ongoing at a snails pace for the last three years. Speaking to Kashmir News Service KNS, people who were completely disturbed due to poor conditions in which the bank was functioning, urged authorities to complete the work at earliest. Adding to the misery of people in Tangdhar is the Bank ATM which has been out of order for most time during last month according to people.The ATM was out of order ...

Lieutenant Governor of Jammu Kashmir on Friday claimed that Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is not under house arrest, the administration of Jammu Kashmir has kept cops around him for his safety. “Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is not under house arrest. We have kept cops around him for his safety. He should decide what he wants,” Sinha said in an interview with BBC on Friday. Earlier in the day, Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam said that three years of ‘illegal’ house detention of Mirwaiz brings great pain and agony among the masses, and also hurts their sentiments. The Grand Mufti of Jammu and Kashmir and the senior leader of Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam while strongly reacting to the three-year-long detention of the MMU founder and patron Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Mu...

Shah Basit The Jammu Kashmir Police arrested two leaders of the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) in the Ganderbal district for cheating their own party workers in the central Kashmir district. Bashir Ahmed Bhat, a worker of BJP from Chandana's Ganderbal accused the duo of theft and looting 9 Lakh rupees from him during their joint stay in a Ganderbal hotel. He said that the administration had secured" several BJP leaders including the three of them in hotel Namrooz in the Ganderbal district for security purposes. During the time of their stay, Bashir lost a leaf from his chequebook. Initially, I did not notice that a leaf had been missing from the cheque book, he told the media. "I had won an amount of 1 Crore in Dream 11 betting game. The money was in my bank account. I had spent ve...

Sahil Gulzar Creating panic among locals, Cattle thieves have stolen five cattle including two cows, two calves and one sheep from cowsheds in the Reban area of Zainapora helmet in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on the intervening night of Thursday-Friday. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that “cattle thieves are on the prowl in the area. In a fresh incident, thieves broke into the cowshed of Abdul Rashid Wagay son of Khaleel Wagay and Abdul Hamid Wagay son of Khaleel Ahmed Wagay at Reban village and took away 5 cattle.” Family members said that at dawn when they went to milk the cows, they found the door of the cowshed broken. Not a single animal was left in the shed, they said. The family raised an alarm and along with fellow villagers went to search for the missing cattle, all ...

A retired teacher, who was missing since yesterday from his home, was found dead on Friday in Feeripora area of Shopian district. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Abdul Gani Rather(66) of Pudsoo village of Shopian was missing since Thursday. He said that today some locals spotted a body in Nallah Vaishav in Feeripora, following which a police party reached to the spot and took the body into their possession. The official said that the deceased was mentally unsound was missing since yesterday and the body will be handed over to legal heirs after medico-legal formalities. Meanwhile, police have taken started further investigation in this regard—(KNO)

Sheikh Nadeem A 27-year-old youth from Panzgam Kokernag area of South kashmir's Anantnag district has been missing for the past 20 days. Family members speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that Arshid Ahmad Chopan, Son of Abdul Rashid Chopan, a resident of Panzgam Kokernag went missing on the 28th of July and has not returned yet. Arshid's Father and sister also issued a video appeal on Thursday in which they pleaded with people to help them find their kin. All efforts by the family to trace him proved futile even as a missing report has been filed at concerned police station in this regard.

Jammu Kashmir reported 419 fresh covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus during the last 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. They said that 58 cases were reported from Jammu division and 361 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 475109. Among the cases, 173251 are from Jammu division and 301858 from Kashmir Valley. Providing district wise details of the cases, they said, Jammu reported 29 cases, Udhampur 0, Rajouri 3, Doda 2, Kathua 10, Samba 0, Kishtwar 3, Poonch 0, Ramban 4, Reasi 0, Srinagar 115, Baramulla 98, Budgam 53, Pulwama 9, Kupwara 27, Anantnag 24, Bandipora 7, Ganderbal 8, Kulgam 19 and Shopian 2. There was no death, either from Jammu or Kashmir Valley, due to the virus during the time. So far 4779 people have succumbed to the virus and am...

Police have detained a man in connection with a suspected militant financing case here, officials said. "One person has been called for questioning in connection with suspected militant financing," ADGP (Jammu Zone) Mukesh Singh said. He said that police are investigating it. According to sources, one person was detained at Jammu bus stand with Rs 10 lakh cash possibly for militant financing.–(PTI)

At least 80 sheep and goats were killed and 15 injured when a makeshift tent and livestock were swept away after cloudburst hit near Jawahar Tunnel in Banihal area of Ramban district on Wednesday, officials said here. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a cloudburst hit near Jawahar Tunnel area after heavy rainfall in the area. "Today at 04:00 am cloudburst took place at Shiva Post at Jawahar Tunnel top Banihal, a makeshift tent of Manzoor Ahmed son of Abdul Rahim, a resident of Dhani Bakhta Kathua presently he was in a makeshift tent at Tunnel Top which came under heavy landslide due to cloud burst", he said. He said a makeshift tent along with 80 sheep and goats were unfortunately washed away in the calamity while 15 sheep/goats are injured, however...