THE KASHMIRIYAT

Upper reaches of Kashmir Valley including Gulmarg besides Leh in Ladakh received light snowfall, meteorological department here said on Friday. There is already a forecast for light snowfall of 1-2 inches in plains of the valley and around 10 inches over upper reaches during the December 9 evening to December 10. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Gulmarg received 0.6cm of snowfall and Leh 0.5cm. There are reports of snowfall from Sonamarg and some upper reaches of the Valley. Also, the MeT official said that Pahalgam received 2.0mm of rainfall while Kokernag had traces of it till 0830 hours. Meanwhile, there was rise in minimum temperature amid cloud cover last night. The MeT official said that Srinagar recorded a minimum of 1.0°C against minus 2.8°C on the p...

The Bhartiya Janta Party is trailing by a huge margin after the first round of counting in the recently concluded bypolls in Hajin (A) DDC seat. Independent candidate Naza Bano was leading after having secured 670 votes, as first round of counting process concluded. Peoples Conference candidate Ateeqa Bano stood the second after having secured 431 votes, Independent candidate Aabida Bano with 654, Kulsooma Begum of Bhartiya Janata Party with 100, Independent candidate Zahida Begum 96. A total of 196 have been counted as rejected, the official figures read. The second round of counting is underway

The residents of Bagh-e-Lala Pandit locality in the Noor Bagh area of Srinagar Friday staged a protest against the Power Development Department. The protesters said that their transformer has been damaged for four days and yet it has not been lifted from the area. They expressed resentment and said that the locality needs an upgraded transformer. "We draw electricity from a transformer which is already overloaded and due to that we are facing extreme power cuts. We often face issues and now this transformer has got damaged and is not being lifted by PDD for the repair,” the protesters told the news agency Kashmir News Trust. "We have been appealing to the concerned authorities to install a transformer of 350 KWs in our area so that we may not suffer anymore. If they will install a tr...

The Jammu Kashmir Police has initiated the process of attaching four more residential houses in Srinagar for allegedly sheltering militants, officials said In a press statement, Jammu Kashmir Police said, SIU of Srinagar district filed Chargesheet in NIA court, Srinagar against 13 accused including 3 active militants of TRF in FIR no 127/2022 of Parimpura PS in sections of UAPA, Arms act. "Process has also started for attachment of four (4) houses which sheltered militants," Srinagar Police Tweeted. Earlier, a Police spokesperson in a statement issued on 21st June 21, said that five (05) residential Houses of willful harbourers of militants were attached as per section 2(g) and section 25 of UA(P). On September 25,  the residential house of one person namely Bashir Ahmad Mir of...

President Municipal Council Ganderbal on Wesdnesday lost the floor test after a no-confidence motion was moved against him. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Hilal Ahmad Tantry, President MC Ganderbal lost the floor test by a margin of 5 votes. He said the councillors had moved a no-confidence motion against the incumbent president on October 25. He said after no-confidence motion, a floor test was mandated was the incumbent president to prove his majority. “He, however, lost the floor test today after 12 out of 17 councillors voted against him,” he said—(KNO)

The administration of Jammu Kashmir on Wednesday suspended a deputy superintendent of police of Crime Branch Jammu 19 days after he was arrested on charges of corruption. According to an order, a copy of which lies with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the suspended officer Varinder Singh has been attached in JK police headquarters. “In terms of Rule 31(2) of the Jammu Kashmir (Civil Services Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1956, Shri Varinder Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Crime Branch, Jammu, shall be deemed to have been placed under suspension with effect from 11.11.2022, i.e. the date of arrest of officer in case No. FIR No. 15/2022, U/s 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, in P/S Anti Corruption Bureau, Jammu,” reads the order. It added it ...