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The Hurriyat Conference headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday called for a bandh in Kashmir to pay tributes to Moulvi Mohammad Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone on their death anniversary on May 21. The separatist amalgam asked people to visit Eidgah, where the two leaders have been laid to rest, and offer prayers for them. Abdul Gani Lone, a prominent Hurriyat leader, was assassinated in 2002 during a rally to mark the death anniversary of former Mirwaiz of Kashmir Moulvi Mohammad Farooq in Srinagar. Moulvi Farooq, the father of Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, was assassinated in 1990. The Hurriyat Conference also condemned the continued detention of its leaders since August 2019 and slammed the recommendations of the delimitation commission. It also criticised the governme...

District Election Officer (DEO) Bandipora has asked Director Urban Local Bodies (ULB) Kashmir to take action against a Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) Councilor in Municipal Council Bandipora of the north Kashmir for holding fair price shop license which is against norms. Sources privy to the development disclosed to GNS that the councilor of Ward No. 4 of Municipal Council Bandipora Saleema Akhter possesses Fair Price Shop (FPS) license for Ward No. 6 of Bandipora, thereby she kept the election department in the dark for several months. “However the Incumbent President of MC Bandipora moved a complaint against the councilor before Election department, which was inquired by the Additional District Development Commissioner Bandipora,” they said. The enquiry officer submitted his detaile...

Central Administrative Tribunal, Srinagar, on Wednesday quashed the suspension order of the jail superintendent, a day before of his retirement date. The then Superintendent Central Jail Srinagar, Hilal Ahmed Rather, was placed under suspension following the firing incident that took place in SMHS hospital, Srinagar, where LeT commander was brought for medical checkup, in February 2018. The firing had resulted in the death of two policemen and also the escape of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Naveed Jatt. Naveed Jat a prime suspect in the Journalist Shujaat Bukhari’s killing was killed in a military operation merely 8 months after his escape. Dilbagh Singh, the then DG Police, had said capturing Jatt alive would have fetched police more information about the Shujaat Bukhari’s ...

A 13-year-old Budgam boy, who had gone missing since May 13, has been traced in Jaipur city of Rajasthan state. Family members of the missing boy told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Tanveer Hussain a resident of Daffpora Nasrullahpora, left home after his parents scolded him for not studying. "When Tanveer didn’t return till late evening, the family searched for him everywhere but couldn't trace him for almost six days." An official from the police said that after all efforts Tanveer was traced in Jaipur and his family is on the way to get their ward back—(KNO)

Sahil Gulzar One person died during a road accident in the Rajpora area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that on Wednesday a scooty was hit by a Tata matador in the Rajpora area of Pulwama district of south Kashmir, causing injuries to the scooter rider. The Locals rushed him to the Rajpora hospital from where he was referred to SKIMS in critical condition. Identified as Imtinan Muneer Wani, a resident of Firdous Colony in Bemina of Srinagar, he was declared 'brought dead' upon his arrival at the hospital.

Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, P K Pole on Wednesday that the inquiry into the "killing of two civilians in Pulwama" was on and if the slain duo is found innocent, the government will provide jobs to the next of kin of both the civilians under SRO 43. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), he also said that the service related issues of the agitating Kashmiri Pandit employees will be resolved soon and that nearly 2100 backlog surgeries have been conducted in the past one week during the medical camp organized by the Rotary International in northern and central Kashmir districts. Addressing a news conference, Pole, who was accompanied by Director Health Services, Kashmir, Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad and Dr Rajiv Pradhan¸ Chief, Rotary Club here said that the magisterial en...

The Sub-divisional Magistrate of Sogam has attached Patwari Chandigam Halqa (B) and ordered an enquiry against him besides two of his subordinates after a local moved a complaint against the trio here. The order has been issued by SDM Lolab/Sogam after preferring a complaint moved by Ab Qayoom Khan, son of Sher Khan, resident of Chandigam Lolab against Bashir Ahmad Shiekh Patwari Halqa, Javid Ahmad (Lumberdar) and employee Zahoor Ahmad son of Ghulam Rasool Dar, residents of Chandigam Lolab. In the pursuit of complaint, Bashir Ahmad Shiekh Patwari Halqa Chandigam is hereby attached with TO Sogam till the outcome of enquiry initiated regarding the instant complaint against the official. Meanwhile, GQ Sogam Abdul Hamid Mir is directed to look after the work of Patwar Halqa Chandigam til...

The British government of the Conservative party told the House of Lords on Tuesday that it is monitoring the trial of Indian Kashmiri leader Yasin Malik. Responding to a question, Minister of State in the Foreign Office, Lord Tariq Ahmed, said: “On the specific issue of the trial of Mr Yasin Malik… we are monitoring it very closely. We do note he has been charged under the Indian law… and therefore we cannot intervene in the independent judicial process of India directly. However, in all our engagements we urge all countries to always respect their own international obligations regarding the treatment of any detainees.” The matter put to him by Lord Qurban Hussain, a Liberal Democrat peer, was that Malik is on trial this week. Lord Hussain claimed the charges against him are “fake”....

The Administration Kashmir has framed a new policy for the Kashmiri Pandit employees working under the Prime Minister’s Rehabilitation Package (PMRP) that entails the same place of posting for the couples and no more remote area postings for the employees. The administration is also working on providing safe and secure accommodation to the employees. Talking to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) exclusively, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir P K Pole said that in the wake of concerns expressed by the KP members, especially the employees working under PMRP following the killing of their colleague in Chadoora, Budgam, the administration has decided to place the couples at one place of posting. “It won’t be like husband will be in one district and wife in another. They will share the sa...