THE KASHMIRIYAT

In the ongoing fight against drug trafficking in Bandipora district, Police have arrested 72 peddlers and registered 58 cases while assets worth INR 7,970,712 were seized this year. Details available with news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) showed that in 58 cases, police have arrested 72 individuals with eight booked under the PIT NDPS Act. Of 58 cases, 49 have been formally charged, while the remaining nine are currently under investigation. According to police, property valued at a total of INR 7,970,712 has been attached, comprising immovable property in the form of land worth INR 4,400,000, movable property valued at INR 135,000, and INR 2,220,712 seized from bank accounts. The police reported the seizure of 70 kilograms of cannabis and its derivatives, 43 kilograms of...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two persons for harbouring the militants, who had killed five innocent civilians in Dhangri village of district Rajouri of Jammu and Kashmir in January this year. The duo, Nisar Ahmed @Haji Nisar and Mushtaq Hussain, were formally arrested by the NIA on Thursday in the case (RC-01/2023/NIA/JMU), a spokesman said in a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). They were produced before NIA Special Court, Jammu on Friday and were sent to 12 days NIA custody, the statement said. Incidentally, both the accused were currently lodged in Central Jail, Kot Bhalwal, Jammu in another case, registered at Police Station Gursai, Mendhar, District Poonch, it added. On 1st January, 2023, five persons were killed and ot...

Two days after the article on Kashmiri journalists, the Jammu Kashmir Police has said that the State Investigation Agency will initiate legal proceedings against the British Broadcasting Corporation. (BBC). The BBC earlier released a report titled 'Any story could be your last' which spoke of the "intimidation" journalists in Kashmir face, however, the Police have issued a statement denying the claims made in the report. In its statement, Police said, J-K Police strongly objects to an article published by the BBC on 1 September 2023, “Any story could be your last - India’s crackdown on Kashmir Press” by Yogita Limaye. The article unfairly castigates the efforts of J&K Police in maintaining law and order and security in J&K as biased against journalists. Police maintains th...

Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar has condemned the authorities for the continued house detention of its president Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq for more than four years. In a statement, the Anjuman said that today is the 210th consecutive Friday when Kashmir's top religious leader Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir was not allowed to perform the important religious duty of offering Friday prayer or deliver the Friday sermon. Due to his continued house arrest, the centuries-old pulpit of the Jama Masjid, has fallen silent which otherwise would reverberate with Qaal Allah Wa Qaala Rasool (SAW), causing great pain and heartbreak among those who visit the central mosque on Fridays and all Muslims of J&K, Anjuman said. Meanwhile, Mirwaiz the Anjuman said, has sent a legal notic...

A daily wager lineman sustained grave injuries after receiving an electric shock in south Kashmir Kulgam district's Chatabal area on Friday morning. As per locals, the lineman had ascended the pole and was doing his work when he received an electric shock and fell on the ground, resulting in grave injuries to him. He was immediately shifted to a nearby hospital, where he is currently being treated and critical condition and shifted to SKIMS. The injured has been identified as Mohammad Amin Itoo, who has two sons, a daughter, and a wife, who has been bed-ridden for two years due to a tumor, the locals said.

Rupesh Masson, who is the regional director of UCMAS for Jammu Kashmir and Leh claimed that  he has bought land at “Luna Earths Moon, Tract 55-Parcel 10772 known as Lacus Felicitatis (Lake of Happiness).” “I purchased the land from The Lunar Registry in New York City and it was certified on August 25,” said Masson, as per Hindustan Times. He said that he feels that a plot on the moon is either a token of hope in the future or a cost-effective psychological escape hatch for the person confronting climate change. Rupesh also claimed that around 675 celebrities and three former presidents of the United States had extra-terrestrial land holdings.

Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Thursday said handing phone to your babies could lead to delay in their development. “The more time babies spend on smartphones, the more likely they are to have developmental delay,” said DAK President Dr Nisar ul Hassan. Dr Hassan said parents hand over phones to children to calm them. Also, it allows parents to get other tasks done like cooking, cleaning and washing. “Letting your baby play with a phone may seem like a simple way to keep them occupied, but it could affect their development,” he said. “According to a new study published on August 21 in the Journal of the American Medical Association Paediatrics, babies who spent more time on phones at age one year were more likely to have delays in speech and problem-solving skills,” said ...

A man was injured after he was attacked by a wild bear in Verinag Area of South Kashmir Anantnag district on Thursday afternoon. Reports reaching news agency—Kashmir Scroll that one person Ghulam Rasool Rather Son of Habibullah Rather resident of Zamalgam was attacked by a wild bear Verinag. They said the injured had been shifted to PHC Verinag for treatment and were referred to GMC Anantnag for advanced treatment.(KS)

State Investigation Agency with the help of the Criminal Investigation Department of Jammu and Kashmir Police in its drive to track down those allegedly involved in militancy-related incidents in the 1990s arrested 8 persons from Jammu region. SIA has said that in 327 cases registered in the past under TADA, it has so far verified and identified 369 absconders out of 734 absconders. As per the SIA 215 absconders from Jammu and 154 from Kashmir have been identified while the cases related to 317 absconders from Jammu and 417 from Jammu are in progress. The investigation agency has said that out of 369 verified absconders, 127 remained untraced, 80 have died, 45 are residing across the border and other countries abroad and 4 have been languishing in jail. SIA said that it would inve...

A minor girl was critically injured in a mysterious blast at TeePee in north Kashmir's Kupwara district, official sources said. They identified the girl as one Azra Quyoom daughter of Abdul Quyoom of Zonarishi Kupwara. The injured girl was evacuated to a nearby health facility, they said. More details awaited. (GNS)