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The MET Department has predicted a fresh spell of snowfall from Monday (November 23) in the upper reaches of Kashmir Valley, and rainfall to moderate snowfall in the plains of the valley. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, a MeT official said that from Monday, the upper reaches of the Kashmir Valley are likely to witness another spell of snowfall, while the temperatures across the region are likely to take a further dip. The minimum temperature according to Kashmir weather recorded in Kashmir was Srinagar was 2.1°C, Qazigund 2.6°C. Gulmarg shivered at minus 7.5°C, while Pahalgam and Kokarnag recorded lows of -3.2°C and 1.2°C, respectively. Kupwara was 1.7°C, while as Jammu witnessed 6.8°C, Banihal 0.4°C, Batote 2.1°C and Katra 7.6°C. The minimum temperature recorded at Drass in the...

The MISSION YOUTH J&K- MY J&K has asked the unemployed youth of Baramulla for applying for various employment schemes in the district. This form aims to capture the details of unemployed youth of district Baramulla who are not registered with Employment department for availing various employment opportunities under MISSION YOUTH J&K- MY J&K. The unemployed youth have been asked to fill the form and be careful in submitting ten digit working mobile number and email id as these will be the sole means of contacting you! Download the Form here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfcwluhfQnbdaAX5A1ys1cp0ht1ZjlQEQPDnvvPQUX4GTs7Aw/viewform

The Forest Division has further issued eviction notices to the “unauthorized occupants” of the forest land in various areas of Jammu Kashmir. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat Sources said that notices have been issued to the members of the indigenous Gujjar and Bakerwal community in areas of Kathua and Ganderbal. A notice issued to Haji Makhan son of Kalu Din, who is a resident of Chanda nal area in Fafal of Kathua district, which has been accessed by The Kashmiriyat stated that Haji Makhan was “occupying” 1.00 kanal land in Androte Fafal forest of Kathua. The Divisional Forest Officer, Kathua, claimed in the notice that Hazi Makhan had constructed “Kacha and Pacca structures”. “In pursuance of section 79-A of the Indian Forest Act, 1927, undersigned call upon you show cause to rep...

Mir Junaid The pages of history if turned show Kashmir's love and care, a sense of belonging and compassion for each other, however, we may have moved away from our roots. In one such incident, which depicts our hollowness from top to bottom of our social hierarchy, a 15-year-old handicapped boy, Suhaib Ahmed from Srinagar lost his life allegedly due to carelessness of Jammu Kashmir Board of School Education and Health department officials. Suhaib who was a student of New Era Public School in Srinagar and was writing his exams in Government Higher Secondary Bemina died because of the fault of many people. A family member speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that at the age of 10 Suhaib lost his muscle movement control, after which he could no longer move his muscles. Suhaib, as...

The Jammu Kashmir administration has said that it will implement the Forest Rights Act, 2006 The Forest Rights Act provides for the granting of rights of forest lands to forest dwellers. However, the rights conferred under this act shall be "heritable but not alienable or transferable", he said. This step is being taken in view of the large scale encroachment of huge forest lands and its illegal sale in Jammu and Kashmir. He said departments of tribal affairs, and forest, ecology, and the environment started working on its implementation in October this year. "It may be pointed out that the Forest Rights Act of 2006 provides for granting of rights to forest dwellers across the country," the spokesperson said. This central Act was, however, not applicable or implemented in ...

Muzamil Bashir On 04 August 2019, Former Law maker and Ex MLA Langate Engineer Rashid was, according to his family, summoned by the National Investigation Agency of India and a few days later on the 14th day of August the same year, he was shifted to Tihar Jail in New Delhi. Later in October, NIA filed a supplementary charge sheet against Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chief Yasin Malik and others before a Delhi court in connection with a case related to funding of separatists and militant groups. MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as “Engineer Rashid”, was also named in the charge sheet. Rashid’s name had come up during the investigation of Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Watali, who the NIA had arrested earlier in the year for allegedly supplying money to Militant groups and ...

The Jammu Kashmir Administration has started demolishing temporary Kaccha houses of Gujjar and Bakarwal tribes in Kashmir’s Pahalgam area. Gujjars and Barkarwals who stay in Kashmir for six months in the summer season, have already migrated to areas of Jammu leaving behind their temporary structures here. On Friday a video was shared on a social media platform showing a Gujjar Kotha (temporary structure) being demolished by the forest authority. The video has evoked criticism with people asking why the administration has started vandalising these structures which are enacted here for the last 7 decades and are only used as temporary accommodation. “I am unable to understand why the Forest Department has started to demolish the Kothas. Neither have we occupied these lands nor d...

The army Tuesday said that 200 militants are active in J&K of which 60 militants are active in northern districts of Kashmir, majority of whom are foreigners. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the final football match at SK Stadium Bandipora, General officer Commanding (GoC) Kilo Force Major General H S Sahi said that there are 200 militants active in J&K of which 60 are active in the northern district of the Valley. “There are 50 to 60 militants active in northern districts of Kashmir of which 40 to 45 are foreigners. The best thing is that militants aren’t able to carry out any activity since July this year and we will not allow them to do so,” the GoC Kilo Force told reporters. “We will not allow the militants to disrupt the peaceful atmosphere prevailing in north ...

Skinder Gull Two Militants were killed during an encounter that raged in the Kutpora area of Shopian in South Kashmir on Tuesday morning. Officials told The Kashmiriyat that 34 Rashtriya Rifles, 178 Battalion of CRPF and Jammu Kashmir Police had following specific input about Militant presence in the Kutpora area launched a search operation there. During this operation, exchange of gunfire took place, which eventually led to the killing of two Militants, the official said, adding, "we tried our best to persuade the Militants to lay down arms and surrender." The Indian Army claimed that they recovered one pistol, one AK rifle, and one grenade from the site of the encounter after the two Militants were killed. An official speaking to The Kashmiriyat identified the slain Milit...

The marriage assistance to the needy unmarried girls has witnessed constant dip in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar from the last three financial years, official documents reveal. According to the official figures under the State Marriage Assistance Scheme (SMAS), a total of 555 unmarried girls have got the benefits in district Srinagar. However, from the past three financial years, there has been a dip of at least 90.46 per cent in providing assistance to the needy unmarried girls. The official figures of the Directorate of Social Welfare Kashmir (DSWK) state that in district Srinagar, 309 beneficiaries were given assistance in the financial year 2017-18 followed by 193 beneficiaries in 2018-19 and 53 in 2019-20. Official figures of DSWK further reveal that i...