Bhat Yasir Regarding the detaining of two wheelers in Srinagar, Additional Special Mobile Magistrate (Traffic) Srinagar directed SSP Srinagar to call for a report from all police stations of Srinagar district. The Kashmiriyat accessed the order by the Additional Mobile Magistrate Srinagar in response to a plea filed by Social activist Naveed Buhtiyar, the Addl. Special Magistrate (Traffic) Srinagar regarding the detaining of two wheelers by J&K police in Srinagar. The applicant had filed the application through Advocate Malik Aadil and associates, in which applicant has pleaded that the illegal action has caused humiliation and agony among people. The additional Special Mobile Magistrate (Traffic) Srinagar, Shabir Ahmad Malik has ordered and directed SSP Srinagar to call th...

  CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami Saturday said the decision of J&K administration to shut down internet sporadically in several parts of Srinagar and other areas of the Valley has once again brought back painful memories of communication blockade imposed in Kashmir on August 5, 2019, which was fully lifted after a year and a half. Reportedly internet access is shut for most of the day in these areas and services resume mostly after 10 pm when they are least required. This has hugely impacted students, who are not able to attend their online classes as the internet remains shut down during day hours. People, including businessmen, doctors, media personnel, and other professionals are also suffering immensely due to the sporadic shutdown of internet services. The 2...

Power station without important parts like CT-PT: Locals Several villages in Wussan Kangan block in central Kashmir's Ganderbal district are reeling under darkness from the past several months as the Power Development Department (PDD) has failed to make a high capacity transformer functional in the area. The transformer was approved and provided for the receiving station year’s back. Adil Ahmad, a local resident of Kangan, told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that despite 33/11KV receiving station established in Wussan area of District Ganderbal, dozens of villages reel under darkness after the frequent technical snag in existing low capacity transformer installed in the station. "Though a high capacity transformer was approved for this receiving station year’s back but...

Police on Saturday said that they have arrested three Extortinists in Central Kashmir's Budgam district. In a statement to Media, the police said that on 23rd August this year Police Station Beerwah received a written complaint from one Tawseef Ahmad Bhat son of Abdul Ahad Bhat resident of Rawatpora Khag stating therein that on 22nd August late evening, after closing his office (Khidmat Centre), he along with his neighbour namely Saqib Ahmed Dar son of Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din resident of Rawatpora were on way to home, while crossing the river (Shuknag), some masked persons stopped them, showed a weapon, thrashed them and robbed the complainant for a cash amount of Rupees 1,50,000. The statement further stated that upon this information, a case FIR number 121/2021 under relevant sections o...

Kounsar Bashir Community Information Center (CIC) operators working in Rural Development Department (RDD) have demanded the regularization of their services in the department, which is long pending since 17 years. Talking to The Kashmiriyat over phone, the employees said that the department has assured them in the past that their service would be regularized ‘but nothing has been done till date.’ Er. Noor Ul Nayeem Siddiqui, president CIC Operators, Jammu Kashmir, while talking to The Kashmiriyat said that they have been working at the department for 17 years and their case for regularisation has been in process since 2014 when cabinet order for regularisation arrived. "Our case is taking too long. We demand the honourable LG Manoj Sinha to settle our case immediately. All the ...

Terming increase in covid-19 cases as a matter of “serious concern”, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad, on Saturday said that the next two weeks are “very critical”. Talking to reporters while overseeing various team out on streets of Srinagar to enforce covid-19 protocols, the Deputy Commissioner urged people not to “invite” third wave. “From last few days, covid-19 cases are increasing in Srinagar. Increasing positivity rate is a serious concern for us and if you see overall picture, 60% of the total cases in Jammu and Kashmir are reported from Srinagar district alone,” he said. “This makes it clear that there have been violations of covid-19 protocol and same is happening continuously. We are carrying inspections in vehicles. Whosoever is found without mask w...