THE KASHMIRIYAT

A middle-aged woman died on the spot after being hit by a private car near Naqashbandh Sahab shrine in Khawaja Bazar area of Srinagar downtown on Wednesday. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a private Ignis car (JK01AQ-5374) hit a female pedestrian who died on the spot. The driver Altaf Ahmed Shiekh reportedly surrendered before the police after which the vehicle was seized by the police. The deceased lady was shifted by police to SMHS Hospital for postmortem. Hospital sources identified the deceased female as Adeeba Shabir wife of Shabir Ahmed Dar, a resident of Anzimar area of Khanyar Srinagar. Eyewitnesses said that another lady was also injured in the mishap and taken to hospital, however, that was not officially confirmed. [KNT]

Mild earthquake tremors were felt across the Kashmir valley on Monday afternoon. As per initial reports, the earthquake was felt across various parts of the Valley with a magnitude of 5.0 magnitude and its epicenter in Diamir Pakistan. The earthquake occurred at 4:01 p.m. on Monday. No major damage was reported anywhere, as per the reports received by The Kashmiriyat.

Flags of ‘Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf’, led by incarcerated former Pakistan Premier Imran Khan, were spotted and recovered in twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri, officials said on Monday. They told GNS that a flag of ‘PTI’ tied with balloons was spotted at Middle School Sarula in Bhimber Gali Sector. “A police team on receipt of information visited and took the paraphernalia into its possession”, they said. Similarly, they said, multicolored Pakistan-made balloons alongwith Pakistan National flag and PTI flag were recovered on intervening Sunday and Monday night in Rajpur Kamila in Lam area of Rajouri district. “On information by the locals, a police team visited the spot and took the stuff into its possession”, they said. (GNS)

The Jammu and Kashmir Electrical Engineering Graduates Association (JKEEGA) said in a press release that they have issued a warning to initiate a token strike on September 9, unless their pressing concerns are addressed urgently. The decision was announced after a daylong meeting on Friday. The JKEEGA convened a crucial meeting of its apex body, the Guidance Council, to urgently address the mounting concerns stemming from prolonged delays in addressing critical issues within the engineering sector. The meeting, co-chaired by Sachin Tickoo, its President, and Peerzada Hidayatullah, the General Secretary, saw attendance from Chief Engineers, Superintending Engineers, and Executive Engineers, all of whom are integral members of the association. Central to the discussion was the inordina...

Beseeching the police to arrest the accused persons for ‘murdering’ their daughter, a family from North Kashmir’s Bandipora district Thursday said the husband and in-laws of their deceased daughter are trying to portray ‘murder’ as ‘suicide. “Let us assume for a moment, that my sister as per the police, committed suicide. Why she was bearing torture marks on her body? During the ablution of the dead, we found torture marks on her back, legs, and arms and even marks of cigarette butts on her body,” Imtiyaz Ahmed Bhat – the brother of the victim told the news agency Kashmir News Trust. The family from Malangam Bandipora emerged in Press Enclave Srinagar to attract the attention of authorities about what they called the ‘gruesome murder’ of their recently wedded daughter. As per the ...

Presence of a 'man-eater' bear has created widespread fear psychois in Mawar belt of Handwara in north Kashmir's Kupwara district. A group of locals told GNS that there have been several incidents of bear attack recently which resulted in the death and injuries to several others. "The worst hit area where the 'man-eater' bear has caused panic and fear is Drangsoo Mawar", they said adding given the recurrent incidents the whole Mawar belt is panicked and even the parents are reluctant to send their wards to educational institutions. Alleging the authorities of inaction, the locals said that despite time to time representations to the authorities they are yet to see anything being done on the ground to alleviate the sufferings of public. "We nonetheless yet again make a fervent a...

Shabir Khan Continuing its efforts to eradicate the menace of drugs from society, police have booked a notorious drug smuggler under NDPS Act in Sopore. Besides, a drug peddler was arrested by Police in the Batpora area of Sopore. The notorious drug peddler Muzaffer Ahmad Bhat @tanga R/o Badshah masjid Sopore has been booked under PIT-NDPS Act after obtaining formal detention orders from the competent authority. Also, the Police station Sopore attached residential property which has 06 Marla land in the Batpora area of Sopore. The booked drug smuggler has been detained and subsequently lodged in Central Jail Kot-Balwal Jammu. The said person was involved in a number of NDPS cases at police' station Sopore and NCB Jammu

An Islamic clerk was stabbed by his followers on Tuesday evening in central Kashmir's Budgam district officials said. Official sources revealed to Kashmir Scroll that the victim, identified as Ab Azi Parray, son of Mohd Ismail Parray from Parray Angan, Ompora, Budgam, was attacked by his own followers at his residence. In the incident the clerk sustained minor injuries An official has confirmed that a case has been registered in connection with the incident, and a thorough investigation has been initiated to uncover the truth behind this heinous act. (KS)