THE KASHMIRIYAT

Jammu and Kashmir has roughly eight lakh unemployed youth registered with the Labour and Employment Department, officials said on Saturday. Commissioner Secretary Labour and Employment Department Fatima Batool told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that there were roughly eight lakh people registered with them. She said the department taking several steps to mitigate the unemployment problems. “Out of the total working force economy, and the data collected from different sources, we have roughly eight lakh unemployed people,” she said. Batool said that as a part of their initiative to mitigate the unemployment problems, they organised a job fair in which companies of both local and national repute participated for manpower requirements. The entire process of the job f...

Rains lashed Jammu and Kashmir since overnight with Pahalgam receiving the highest precipitation during the last 24 hours, a meteorological department official here said on Sunday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that in the last 24 hours till 0830 hours, Pahalgam received 34.9mm followed by Bhaderwah 19.8mm, Jammu 14mm, Katra 12.8mm, Batote 6.6mm, Banihal and Kokernag 6.0mm each, Qazigund 1.6mm, Gulmarg 0.8mm and Srinagar traces. Regarding the forecast, he said, generally, cloudy weather is expected with 1-2 spells of rain at most places of Kashmir and at scattered places of the Jammu region in the forenoon today. From July 17-20, he said, rain/thundershower was expected at scattered places of Jammu and Kashmir towards early morning, late afternoon and evening....

Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Saturday said that no outsider was being given land under Pradhan Mantri’s Awas Yojna (PMAY) and those who grabbed state land illegally should stop misleading people. Addressing a function at Dak Bunglow, Baramulla district of north Kashmir, the LG as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that many people came to him stating that they were eligible for the PMAY but they had no land. “So the administration took a review and decided to give such families 5 malras land under PMAY so that they can constructed their own houses. So far, 1,99500 homes have been sanctioned for homeless families. The figure includes 46000 SC and ST category families who were eligible for the scheme besides 2711 families who had no land,” he said....

The National Investigation Agency on Thursday conducted raids at five locations in south Kashmir in the militant conspiracy case. According to a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) the raids were carried out in Shopian, Awantipora, and Pulwama the premises of hybrid militants and OGWs of the outfits and affiliates of Pakistan-backed banned terrorist organisations. The statement reads that the NIA also raided the premises of sympathizers and cadres of the newly floated outfits, namely The Resistance Front (TRF), United Liberation Front Jammu & Kashmir (ULFJ&K), Mujahideen Gazwat-ul-Hind (MGH), Jammu & Kashmir Freedom Fighters (JKFF), Kashmir Tigers, PAAF and others. “These outfits are affiliated to various banned Pak-backed organisations like...

After autonomy, Jammu and Kashmir Administration on Tuesday said that all Gazetted/Faculty vacancies/posts under direct quota at SKIMS, Soura and Medical College, Bemina shall be made through J&K Public Service Commission (PSC). In an order by the General Administration Department (GAD), a copy which lies with Srinagar-based news agency Kashmir Dot Com reads “That the recruitment against all the Gazetted/Faculty vacancies/posts under direct quota, borne on the establishment of SKIMS, Soura as well as SKIMS Medical College, Bemina, henceforth, shall be made through J&K Public Service Commission.” “This is in continuation to this department's reference No. GAD(Adm)S1/2020-IV Gated 15.01.2021 vide which the SKIMS stands already advised about filling up all ClassIV and Non Gazett...

Police on Monday formally arrested ten persons in connection with “a case related to the conspiracy of reviving banned organisation JKLF and Hurriyat”. A police spokesperson in a statement issued to the news agency – Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said the arrested persons and others “were planning to revive these organisations on the directions of Pakistan-based handlers”. “This meeting was an overt attempt to start working for the revival of these moribund organisations,” he said, adding that a case FIR No 23/2023 under sections 10, 13 of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act & section 121A of IPC already stands registered in Police Station Kothibagh in this regard. “Initial investigation has also revealed that they were in touch with entities based abroad, few of them were member...

After two days of suspension due to inclement weather, Amarnath Yatra resumed on Sunday in the Kashmir Valley. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that after improvement in weather conditions, Yatris were allowed to move towards the holy cave from Nunwan and Baltal base camps. Yatra was suspended on Friday due to inclement weather and in view of the safety of Yatris. The annual Amarnath Yatra started on July 01 and around 85,000 Yatris have performed the Yatra so far—(KNO)

A youth from Anantnag town passed away at Srinagar Hospital on Wednesday morning. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that a youth identified as Umer Ismail, a resident of the Shirpora area in Anantnag town passed away after suffering a brain hemorrhage a few days ago. The 36-year-old was shifted to Srinagar where he has been treated since then, they said. However, on Wednesday morning, Umer breathed his last at the hospital after which his dead body was handed over to his legal heirs. Amid grief, Hundreds of people, locals said, gathered at his native to offer his funeral prayers.

Jammu and Kashmir Bank customers have been left high and dry just a day before Eid Ul Adha as they faced significant issues in accessing mPay services - the bank's mobile banking application. News agency GNS received numerous calls from customers across Kashmir who reported difficulties logging into their accounts, rendering them unable to perform important transactions during the all important festival. “The mPay service, which is crucial for digital transactions, especially for the Muslim community ahead of Eid-ul-Adha to purchase goods and items have been experiencing an unexpected outage. This has been causing quite an inconvenience to us all,” said Bashir Ahmad, a local from Srinagar. Customers expressed their disappointment and dissatisfaction with the bank's digital transac...