Says militants involved in yesterday’s killing in Kulgam should be brought to justice soon Director-General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh Saturday visited Kulgam in South Kashmir and Handwara, Kupwara in north Kashmir. He led officers/relatives in paying floral tributes to martyr Bantu Sharma at Kulgam and in the afternoon visited the family of martyr SI Arshid Ahmad Mir at Handwara. He also chaired officers' meetings to review the security situation in these districts. Accompanied by IGP Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, DGP J&K first visit Kulgam where he led senior officers of police, Army/CAPFs and civil administration, and relatives of the slain in paying tributes to the slain at a wreath-laying ceremony held at DPL Kulgam. Floral wreaths were laid on the mortal remains for his sup...

Says 50 per cent of total cases coming from Sgr alone; City people are educated, must urge friends’ relatives to take preventive measures; DGP Dilbagh Singh flags off pedal for peace, says 70,000 youth participated in sports activities organized by police in 2020 Jammu Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Sunday made a hand-folded request to the people of Srinagar to follow SoPs to prevent further spread of the pandemic stating that half of the total cases are coming from the district where majority of people are educated. “Today, we see 50 percent of the total COVID positive cases are coming from Srinagar. I urge people rather, I make a hand-folded request to the people of Srinagar to follow SoPs in sprit, otherwise, we will go back to the square one where we were last year,” t...

Basit Shah Four-person were injured in a road accident at the Zero point at the Zojila area on the Ganderbal- Ladakh Highway. An official told The Kashmiriyat that an Alto car bearing number JK16B 1970 skidded off the road at zero point Zojila, causing injuries to four people. Among the injured, two were females and two were male. The injured were rushed to the Primary Health Care center in Sonmarg, where the two females were declared dead by doctors. The injured have been identified as Nisar Ahmad Lone Son of  Abdul Rehman, resident of  Drass presently at Kijpora, Kangan aged 58, and Reyaz Ahmed Mir Son of  Abdul Rashid Mir, a resident of Kijipora, Kangan, aged 35. The deceased have been identified as Tahseena Parveen daughter of Nisar Ahmed Lone, resident of Drass prese...

The increasing numbers of stray dogs in different areas of South Kashmir have become a cause of grave concern for the inhabitants of the district. The residents said that the problem has created a serious threat to the locals with concerned authorities turning a deaf ear to the public outcry. People from different areas of South Kashmir including Tral, Awantipora, Pulwama, Bijbehara, Anantnag, Achabal, Dooru, Qazigund, Kulgam, Pampore, Zainapora and Shopian said that herds of dogs can be seen on the prowl causing inconvenience to general public. “The increase in the number of stray dogs is posing a grave threat to the life of people and the movement of people, especially children, elders and women has become difficult during morning and evening hours,” locals said. Locals alleg...

The Crime Branch Kashmir has said that it produced a chargesheet before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Budgam against two accused persons for illegally grabbing state land and selling it off to some other persons. In a statement, issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), a spokesperson said that the Crime Branch Kashmir produced chargesheet in case FIR No: 33/2017 U/S 420, 120-B, 201-RPC of Police Station CBK against Nazir Ahmad Dar son of Ghulam Mohammad Dar of Parraypora Bhagat Srinagar, proprietor. M/S Gousia House Building Co-Operative Ltd and Mohammad Ayoub Dar son of Ghulam Mohammad Dar of Hyderpora Srinagar proprietor of M/S Jawahar House Building Co-Operative Ltd Hyderpora Srinagar before the court of CJM Budgam for grabbing state land and to selling it off....