The Jammu Kashmir on Thursday witnessed 52 deaths due to Covid-19 while 4,926 fresh positive cases, highest since pandemic were also reported, taking the number of total active cases in the UT to 41,666. With 52 more deaths the death toll has reached to 2,562 and the active cases continue to increase and the recovery rate decreases with each passing day. 4,926 fresh positive cases reported on Wednesday pushed the tally of positive cases to 201,511. Of the exact number of 201,511 cases, 123,646 are from Kashmir division and 77,865 from Jammu division. Officials told that among 4,916 new cases, 3,242 belong to Kashmir division while as 1,685 are from Jammu division, adding that the total number of positive cases in Kashmir division have reached to 123,646 including 95,172 recoveries an...

Rayees Shah/ Shah Basit An 18 old boy ended his life by hanging himself at his home, in Rezan area of Gund of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, on Thursday. An Official told The Kashmiriyat that the18 Year old boy, a resident of Rezan Gund hung himself at his home. He was immediately rushed to PHC Kullan, where doctors declared him dead on arrival. Meanwhile, police have taken cognizance of the incident and have registered a case and taken up further investigations in this regard.

The Dal Khalsa mourns the demise of chairman of Theerek-e-Hurriyat Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai at Jammu hospital. The separatist leader was booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA) by the Jammu Kashmir administration in July last year and was presently under detention in Jammu prison. On Tuesday he was admitted to GMC Jammu after his health deteriorated. As per reports, he was suffering from multiple ailments. He was considered next to Syed Ali Shah Geelani in the Hurriyat hierarchy. Leaders of pro-freedom Sikh group from Punjab expressed their condolences on Sehrai’s death. They said he was a man of principles and commitment. They prayed before the Almighty to give strength to family members, Hurriyat  colleagues and people of Kashmir to bear the loss of their true representative. ...

Saima Bashir Wani Nikkah has become largely expensive and difficult in Kashmir. Recently, a report compiled by a reputed NGO was published in a newspaper on 29 April 2021 and various different social media platforms had covered this report. It said that the number of girls who have touched the age bar of marriage or those who have already crossed the age bar of marriage is 5000 in number and Srinagar city alone, has 10,000 such cases. This is simply heart-wrenching and alarming. CAUSES OF LATE MARRIAGE IN KASHMIR There are different causes of late marriages in Kashmir, some of the main causes have been briefly enumerated below. A plethora of men and women prefer late marriage because they do not want to be accountable at an early age and most women and men believe their freedom...