Most parts of the Kashmir valley have shutdown shut down from North to South against the hanging of Maqbool Bhat on the same day in the year 1984 in Tihar Jail. The All Parties Hurriyat Conference through posters displayed in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir urging people to observe a complete strike on 9th and 11th February said that these great sons of soil sacrificed their lives for the future of the Kashmiri generations. The posters also displayed by Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Alliance paying rich tributes to the martyred Kashmiri leaders said that their sacrifices would not go waste. The posters were carrying pictures of Muhammad Maqbool Bhat and Muhammad Afzal Guru and they were reading, “We are the custodians of the blood of thousands of Kashmiri martyrs and would not ...

With the theme of GO FOR THE GOALS, International Development Week was celebrated in Banpura, Trehgam in the Kupwara district of North Kashmir. As per an official communique of Indian Army issued to The Kashmiriyat, The event was attended by Mr Md Abdullah Mir, BDC Trehgam and Inspector Rashid, SHO Trehgam PS, Sapanches and ward members and approx 180 villagers incl 120 children also attended the event from 11 AM to 1230 PM at Banpura. Mr. Abdullah Mir and Inspector Rashid told educated everyone about the importance of goals in life and to concentrate on achieving a brighter and peaceful future. The enthusiasm of people to attend the same was visible from a large number of attendees and especially children. The sparkling smile on the face of the children indicated the josh and the po...

The PIL seeking a ban on cow slaughter and enacting strict laws on it was rejected by the High Court. A division bench of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Rajneah Oswal asked the petitioner to place his demand before the Chief Secretary of Jammu Kashmir. In the PIL filed in the High Court, the NGO demanded a stringent law against cow slaughter in Jammu Kashmir so that cow slaughter can be stopped in the state. Lawyers appearing on behalf of the petitioner argued in the High Court that cow slaughter was a punishable offense under Ranbir Penal Code RPC. After coming into force in the state of Jammu Kashmir Reorganization Act-2019, it no longer comes under the category of crime in Jammu Kashmir. The lawyers also said that the Indian Penal Code is not in the category of cow ...

Shah Basit/ Rayees Shah The dead Body of a one-year-old missing child was recovered from Nallah Sindh at Kullan area of Gund in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Thursday. Police officials told The Kashmiriyat that the body of the 1-year-old identified as Wahid Ahmad Sontra Son of Mukhtiyar Ahmad Sontra resident of Rezan Gund by Police and Locals from Nallah Sindh at Kullan. He was missing since yesterday. A police official said that the body was recovered from Nallah Sindh at Kullan ,adding he was missing since yesterday. Meanwhile, Gund police have registered a case under 174 CrPc and initiated further investigation in this regard.

After the revocation of Article 370 and 35A, the surprising news got out yesterday that "Srinagar based group of separatist has reached out to the central government with begging bowl, seeking apologies for their past activities, quoting ANN news. However, The Kashmiriyat spoke to some of the prominent Hurriyat leaders Masroor Abass Ansari, and Professor Abdul Gani Bhat both categorically rejected this news. Meanwhile, All Parties Hurriyat Conference led by incarcerated Mirwaiz Umar Farooq asked people to be wary of mischief mongers and agencies who are spreading false rumours through some media outlets that some APHC leader led by the Mirwaiz group has reached out to New Delhi asking for “apology “. APHC reiterated its stand regarding the peaceful and just political resolution of...