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Supreme Court dismisses petition seeking suspension of vacant J-K assembly seats

REGIONAL

The Supreme Court of India on Monday dismissed a plea regarding vacant constituencies numbering 24 under Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, reported Bar and Bench. The applicant pleaded: “These constituencies should be suspended as the people are not able to enjoy all rights.” Chief justice U.U. Lalit, as per the report, said that “these are all in the policy domain. This is like an act of state”. “Why are you bothered with this? It is under India only,” he added, dismissing the plea. Before restarting the political process in J-K, the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, made it mandatory to follow the delimitation process. The total number of seats in the Assembly now is 107. Of these, 24 seats will remain vacant on account of certain areas of Jammu and Kashmir b...

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Encounter breaks out in Shopian area

SHOPIAN

Encounter broke out between militants and government forces in Baskuchan area of south Kashmir's Shopian district on Monday. Official sources told The Kashmiriyat that a joint team of Police and army launched a cordon and search operation in Baskuchan. As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon the forces, triggering off a gunfight. More details awaited

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Two more south Kashmir youth go missing

SOUTH KASHMIR

Meer Irfan/ Suhail Dar A youth has gone missing from his home in Drawani Imamsahib area of south Kashmir's Shopian district. Akir Ahmad,22, son of Mohammed Akram Pall, a resident of Drawani Imamsahib in Shopian has been missing from his home since yesterday evening, his family members told The Kashmiriyat. "We have been trying to call him since, but to not avail," he said. Akir's family has filed a missing report at the concerned Police station in Imamsahib Shopian. Meanwhile, another youth who a nursing student went missing in Waghama Bijbehara area of south Kashmir's Anantnag district. The 20-year-old has been identified as Owais Ahmad, son of Ghulam Mohammad Khan resident of Waghama Bijbehara has been missing since 3 September. "On 31st August he said that he has be...

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Bullet riddled body of Pulwama man found in Shopian

SOUTH KASHMIR

Body of a man with bullet marks was found in Shopian district on Monday morning, officials said here. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the body was spotted by some passersby, following which they informed the police. He said that soon after getting the information, a team of police reached to the spot and recovered body. He said that body has bullet marks and he has been identified as Manzoor Ahmad Nangroo of Rajpora village of Pulwama district—(KNO)

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Light to moderate Rain during next 24 hours in J-K: MeT

REGIONAL

Weather department on Monday forecast fairly widespread light to moderate rain in Jammu and Kashmir in next 24 hours. A meteorological department official here told that in the last 24 hours till 0830 hours, Qazigund received rainfall of 1.0mm, Pahalgam 1.7mm, Kupwara 8.7mm, Gulmarg 0.4mm, Jammu 30mm, Banihal 9.4mm, Batote 38.2mm, Katra 24.6mm and Bhaderwah 4.2mm. Regarding minimum temperature, the official here told that Srinagar recorded a low of 18.8°C against 18.4°C on the previous night. The temperature was 3.8°C above normal for the summer capital during this time of the year, he said. Qazigund recorded a low of 16.8°C against 17.4°C on the previous night. However, the temperature was 3.6°C above normal there, he said. In Pahalgam, the mercury settled at 13.8°C against 13...

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Will fight for statehood, rights of people of JK: Gh Nabi Azad

REGIONAL

Former Jammu Kashmir chief minister and ex-Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who recently resigned from the party, said that he will work for complete restoration of statehood to J&K and also fight for the rights of the people. Addressing a gathering in Sainik Farms in the outskirts of Jammu, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), he said that his party will focus on the restoration of full statehood, right to land and employment to native domiciles. Azad also attacked the Congress party and said that the party was with made with their blood, not by computers and not by Twitter. He said that he was yet to decide the name of his party. "My people will decide the name of our party. I just want a Hindustani (non-English) name so that everyone could easily connect wit...

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Thief who stole taps from Hajj house turns out a drug addict

REGIONAL

The thief who had stolen costly taps from the Hajj House in Srinagar turns out to be a drug addict. On August 29, last month, employees at Hajj House here in Bemina area of Srinagar city found a number of taps missing. Subsequently, the Chief Executive Officer Hajj House informed the police about the incident and a formal case had been registered at the police station. During investigation, police apprehended a burglar from Chattabal Srinagar who confessed his crime and handed over the stolen taps to police. The burglar as per police is a drug addict who besides stealing taps from the Hajj House had broken into various houses as well. This drug addict has been identified as Shafi Dar of Pamposh Colony Chattabal area of Srinagar. Drug addicts are being accused of stealing cash a...

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South Kashmir’s premier hospital lacks MRI facility, Patients suffer

SOUTH KASHMIR

Suhail Dar Anantnag's District hospital which was upgraded to a Medical College in 2019 is the premier hospital for south Kashmir districts and also witnesses patient intake from the district of Banihal. According to the official figures, the hospital has an intake of 800 patients on an average per day. The patients include those from Pulwama, Shopian, Anantnag and Kulgam, sometimes Banihal too. Among these hundreds of patients who visit the doctors at GMC Anantnag was Zafar's sister, who had been recommended an MRI scan. The hospital, however, lacks basic facilities including the Magnetic Resonance imaging (MRI) facility, forcing the patients either go to Srinagar hospitals or private diagnostic centres. Zafar, pursuing post graduation from Islamic University of Science and Techn...

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CRPF man on leave dies of suspected cardiac arrest in Karnah

REGIONAL

A CRPF paramilitary trooper died of a suspected cardiac arrest at his home in Gundishart of Karnah in Kupwara district this afternoon, officials said. They told GNS that one Ghulam Yameen son of Manghat Khatanna, a resident of Ibkote suffered a major cardiac arrest during a function at his home, adding he was lifted for immediate medical attention to SDH Kupwara, where the doctors however declared him as brought dead on arrival. Posted at Delta Coy (DPL Kupwara), the officials further said that the now deceased trooper was on leave since August 29, 2022. (GNS)

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Migrant labourer dies, another injured at under-construction site in Rajbagh

REGIONAL

Srinagar, Sept 03 (KNO): A migrant labourer died while another was injured while unloading construction material at an under construction hotel in Rajbagh area of Srinagar on Saturday, reports said here. Reports reaching to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that two labourers identified as Rohit Yadav (21) and Ladoo Kumar (19) were critically injured when they were unloading construction material in Rajbagh. They said that the injured labourers were shifted to SMHS hospital for treatment, however, Rohit succumbed to his injuries, while Ladoo Kumar was being treated and his condition is said to be stable. Meanwhile, Police have taken cognizance of the incident—(KNO)