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Shah Basit A colossal gathering of tens of thousands of devotees descended on Baba Nagri in Ganderbal to commemorate the 127th Urs of Hazrat Baba Nizam-ud-Din Kiyanvi (RA). This two-day spiritual event, which concluded on Thursday, took place at Baba Nagri in Wangat Kangan, located in the heart of Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, culminating in a significant joint prayer ceremony. Kicking off on June 7, the annual Urs featured Quran recitations, Daroud Azqar, and Khatmat-ul-Mozama, leading up to a night of continuous prayers. The celebrations reached their zenith on June 8 with a moving collective prayer session. Dating back to the 19th century, this year’s Urs marks the 127th annual event, with each year seeing a growing number of enthusiastic participants. Devotees from acro...

Amidst the fear of a third wave, Covid has taken a dangerous shape in Bangalore as 543 children have tested positive for coronavus in 11 days. Meanwhile, CM Basavaraj Bommai, who returned from his official tour, has called an emergency meeting with experts on Friday. Significantly, the CM passed the order to open schools in Karnataka but, in view of the growing corona, many tough decisions can be taken in this meeting.buy Revatio generic buy Revatio generic On the other hand, in a statement issued by the Greater Bengaluru Municipal Corporation, said that 543 children and youth have been infected with Covid. Most of them have either mild symptoms or no symptoms at all. Scientists are considering it as a bigger threat as corona is attacking children and youth.Due to this, the po...

During the 2014 election as well as during the 2019 general Polls, PM Modi had aggressively mentioned his plans to minimize and suppress the militancy in Jammu Kashmir. Looking into the current situation and latest data reports, all his promises and plans appear to be nothing but hollow rhetorics. As per the stats, the Bhartiya Janta party has failed to antagonize and contend the homegrown Militancy in Jammu Kashmir since its coming to power in 2014. Data available to The Kashmiriyat reveals that the Congress-led UPA Government saw as many as 154 local youths taking up arms to join Militant groups. However, the number has drastically risen to 914 during the Modi Led NDA Government till June 2021. In 2014, the number of Locals joining Militancy was 53 and in 2015, it reached 66 bef...

Irshad Hussain The Jammu Kashmir administration gave a nod to traditional Muharram processions in Kashmir putting an end to a 3-decade Muharram ban. Eighth Muharram and Ashoora processions were banned in 1989 when the armed struggle began against Indian rule in Kashmir. Since then, the government would impose a strict curfew to prevent Shia mourners from taking out these Muharram processions. The 8th Muharram procession was traditionally initiated from Abiguzar to Dalgate, Srinagar, under the leadership of Molvi Mohammed Abass Ansari. According to the mourners, huge participation was seen during the procession. After the ban on the procession, every year mourners would break curfew orders and would be beaten by government forces. In a similar manner, the 10th Muharram Ash...

The Jammu Kashmir administration on Sunday issued orders that prohibit passport clearance, no provision of government jobs, among other restraints for people engaging in Anti National behaviour. The CID Special Branch Kashmir, as per a report by News 18, has directed all its units to deny security clearance to all those involved in law and order issues, stone-throwing and other activities prejudicial to the security of the state. All evidence including police records will be taken into consideration for this. Earlier, an amendment by the administration in the Jammu Kashmir Civil Services (Verification of Character and Antecedents) Instructions, 1997 mandated a satisfactory CID report in order to get a government job. The in-service employees requiring re-verification from the C...

Danishwar Hameed/ Meer Irfan  Four Militants have been killed during two encounters in the Kashmir valley- three in the Shokbaba forest area of Bandipora and one in Yaripora area of Kulgam. An official told The Kashmiriyat that joint forces including Indian Army's 14 RR, Bandipora police, Para force, MARCOS and CRPF are engaged in the operation in Bandipora forests. The operation was launched on Saturday morning. Three militant bodies were retrieved from the encounter site and arms and ammunition including three AK-47 rifles have also been recovered so far. On Sunday morning, one militant was killed in an encounter in the Munand area of Yaripora in South Kashmir's Kulgam district. The identity is being ascertained, the official said, adding search operations are being joi...

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has conducted a raid on the residence of IAS officer Shahid Choudhary in Srinagar. As per news reports, a team of CBI reached Shahid's residence early on Saturday morning and started searching the house premises of the IAS officer. They said the Raid is regarding illegal Arms licence case. As per latest information, the raids were going on when this report was filed. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that Dr. Shahid Iqbal, who is the former Deputy Commissioner Srinagar lives at T-5 Tulish Bagh government quarter's in Srinagar. They said that two other top officers also on the radar of the investigating agency.