THE KASHMIRIYAT

Police on Monday destroyed 6,727 kilograms of drugs seized during various operations in Jammu, officials said. It was done under the ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat’ campaign in Jammu led by Additional Director General of Police, Jammu Zone, Mukesh Singh. ”As a part of a nationwide campaign, 6,727 kg of drugs were destroyed in Jammu”, a senior official said. Officers of the Anti-narcotics Task Force, Narcotics Control Bureau and police officers were present on the spot.

Rains lashed Jammu and Kashmir since overnight with Pahalgam receiving the highest precipitation during the last 24 hours, a meteorological department official said on Sunday. A meteorological department official said 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 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. From July 21-2...

Army on Monday said it eliminated two infiltrators while foiling an infiltration attempt on the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch sector area. A defence spokesperson in Jammu, Lt Col Suneel Bartwal in a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that the army launched “Operation Bahadur” in the intervening night of Sunday and Monday after an attempt was made by infiltrators on the LoC in the Poonch sector area. The operation, the spokesperson said, was launched by the Indian army along with Jammu & Kashmir Police. “In this Operation Bahadur, two infiltrators have been eliminated,” he said, adding that the search operations are in progress—(KNO)

A 53-year-old woman Yatri was killed while two members of Mountain Rescue Team of J&K Police were grievously injured in a shooting stone incident between Sangam Top and Lower Cave in south Kashmir late last evening, officials said on Sunday. They told GNS that while the woman Urmilaben daughter of Laxmi Naryan was seriously injured after being hit by the shooting stone, two members of Mountain Rescue Team of J&K Police, Mohammed Salem and Mohammed Yaseen, suffered grievous wounds while they were trying to rescue her. The woman succumbed to her injuries before being shifted to hospital while the injured Police personnel were evacuated by army and private helicopter on Yatra duty, they said. DGP J&K Dilbag Singh has condoled the “unfortunate” death of the Yatri and has also...

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...