December 18 The Pulwama District of Southern part has shut down for the fourth consecutive day to mourn the Killing of three Militants and Seven civilians in the Sirnoo area of South Kashmir on Saturday. The Pulwama, Shopian, Kulgam and Islamabad (Ananatnag) districts had shut spontaneously as the news of the killings spread in the area on Saturday. The Kashmiriyat was informed that traffic is off the roads, while business establishments are shut in the area on Tuesday for the fourth consecutive day. The Government has also suspended classwork in educational institutes while as railway services have also been suspended in South Kashmir. The Shopian District of Southern Kashmir is also observing a complete shutdown. Hundreds of people are still visiting the houses of Slain...

December 18 The National vice-president of the ruling BJP and state in charge Avinash Rai Khanna said on Monday that people should stop interfering in anti-Militancy operations. “Civilian killings are unfortunate, but when people interfere in operations and try to divert the attention of the forces, mishaps are bound to happen. We can only appeal to people to let the forces do their job in eliminating Militants and not indulge in activities like stone-throwing or cause obstruction in operations,” said Khanna. He also said ‘Operation All-out’ would continue till the last Militant was eliminated. “We had come to power in the state with an agenda of peace and development, but had to back out when things started going haywire. The NC, PDP and Congress have different agendas, which ...

December 18 The Hurriyat leadership has not given any shutdown call for Tuesday as is being circulated on Social Media platforms. Hurriyat had called for a shutdown starting from Saturday for a period of three days earlier after the killing of seven civilians in Pulwama District of South Kashmir. Complete shutdown was witnessed across the valley and Chenab valley on Sunday and Monday and parts of Kashmir valley remained shut on Saturday also.

December 17 At least 480 people have been killed in violence in Jammu Kashmir, so far in 2018 and the mayhem continues. The officials said that 2018 has been bloodiest year for the State since 2008 when over five hundred people had died in violence, The toll stood at 384 in 2017 whereas 247 people had died in 2016. in 2018, 253 militants, 97 Government Force personnel and 84 civilians have been killed so far, as per official figures, however data available to The Kashmiriyat reveals that at least 140 people have been killed in Violence related incidents. Among the top commanders killed this year were Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT)’s Naveed Jutt alias Abu Hanzalla, Jaish-e-Muhammad’s sniper specialist Usmaan Haider and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen’s Altaf Ahmad Dar. Seven civilians were kille...

December 17 The cold wave continued across Jammu Kashmir on Monday as night temperatures remained several notches below the freezing point. A MET Department official told that the cold weather conditions are likely to continue for another four to five days with weather mostly likely to remain dry. The minimum temperature recorded in Srinagar was minus 4.8 degrees Celsius, while in both Pahalgam and Gulmarg it was minus 8.3 degrees. The Jammu city recorded 4.4 degrees Celsius, Katra 6.4, Batote 1.5, Banihal 3.5 while Bhaderwah in Chenab valley recorded minus 1.2 as the minimum temperature. The Leh district of Ladakh region recorded the season's coldest night at minus 16.1 degrees Celsius, while Kargil recorded minus 11.4 degree Celsius.  

December 16 The chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Mohammed Yasin Malik has been detained in Srinagar  after he tried to march towards Badami Bagh army base in Srinagar. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that Malik who had went underground to evade arrest appeared in Gaw Kadal and led a march of scores of people, however forces deployed near Budshah bridge stopped the peaceful march. The Forces fired tear smoke shells to foil the protest and took Malik into detention near Budshah bridge in Srinagar.