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Tardy police verification leaves many Kashmiris without Jobs, Passports

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Editor

Kashmir Valley residents feel police are delaying the process of clearance to ‘punish’ people who may have relatives with separatist leanings; hundreds of applicants denied passports for ‘security reasons’ There’s a new source of anxiety in Kashmir after the Centre ended Jammu and Kashmir’s special constitutional position in 2019. Delayed or no police verification or adverse police reports have left hundreds without jobs and passports. According to top official sources, these have reached a five-digit mark in Kashmir, the highest in the past decade. Several J&K politicians, including former Chief Minister…

Fugitive Mushtaq Zargar’s house in Srinagar attached

March 3, 2023 Editor

Authorities here on Thursday attached the house of fugitive terrorist Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar, who along with two other militants was released in exchange of hostages of the hijacked Indian Airlines plane in Afghanistan’s Kandahar in 1999. Police personnel posted the notice of attachment on the house belonging to Zargar alias Latram, who is reportedly living in Pakistan occupied Kashmir. The house located on 540 square feet land in Nowhatta area here was attached under UAPA on the orders of the Union Home Ministry. Latram shot to limelight in 1989 for his…

Custodial Death: Protests break out post civilain killing in Kupwara

March 2, 2023 Editor

Custodial Death: Protest breaks out in Kupwara after civilians missing from Army custody found dead in woods

Protests broke out in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district today after the police found the body of a man who had gone missing in army custody. Protesters demanded justice and blamed the security forces for the alleged custodial death. Abdul Rashid Dar, a driver, was picked up by the army for questioning on December 15. Since then his family has held protests demanding his release. The army said Dar, 33, fled from their custody. The police said they found the body at a forest in Zirhama village. A medical board conducted…

Higher reaches across Kashmir receive snow, plains witness rains

January 9, 2023 Editor

After more than a week of dry and extreme cold conditions, mountains in Kashmir received mild snowfall while certain areas were also lashed with rains on Sunday in the beginning of a week-long intermittent precipitation predicted by the meteorological department. The MeT department said that Pahalgam in south Kashmir and Kupwara in north Kashmir witnessed rains. “Rains have started in Pahalgam and Kupwara while moderate snowfall is expected during the night, even in Srinagar,” said meteorologist Mohammad Hussain Mir. Srinagar’s prominent weather spotter Faizan Arif said snow has been witnessed in…

This winter Srinagar areas witnessing ‘Worst Ever’ Power Crisis

January 9, 2023 Editor

This winter Srinagar areas have been witnessing the worst power crisis. Unscheduled power cuts have become a source of nuisance for the people. The crisis will likely deepen once there will be snowfall. Locals from both old city and uptown areas face a lot of inconvenience due to power cuts. Aijaz Ahmed, a local from the Mehjoor Nagar area of uptown Srinagar told news agency Kashmir News Trust that the power supply is snapped multiple times without any schedule. “We are virtually living in the Middle Ages. We hardly witness any…

Srinagar records season’s coldest night at -6.4°C

January 5, 2023 Editor

Severe cold conditions continued unabated in Kashmir Valley with Srinagar, Qazigund and Kupwara experiencing season’s coldest night on Thursday. Quoting a meteorological department official, GNS reported that Srinagar recorded a low of minus 6.4°C against last night’s minus 5.2°C. Today’s minimum temperature was 4.3°C below normal and surpassed the previous lowest temperature that was recorded on December 25 when mercury plummeted to minus 5.8°C in the summer capital, he said. Qazigund recorded a low of minus 6.2°C against minus 5.2°C on the previous night. The temperature was 3.3°C below normal…

This weekend J&K to experince fresh spell of snow, rain: MeT

January 5, 2023 Editor

As Kashmir continues to remain under the grip of intense cold, the MeT office has predicted back-to-back western disturbances that could bring a fresh spell of snow and rain in the region Friday onwards. MeT director Sonam Lotus said on Saturday, weather is expected to be cloudy with possibility of snow and rain. “From January 8 to 10, snowfall is likely in the higher reaches and rain could lash plains at many places of J&K,” he added. Lotus said fog is likely to continue in plains of Jammu, Punjab, Chandigarh,…

Syed Salahuddin’s son, Bitta Karate’s wife among four JK employees dismissed from service

August 13, 2022August 19, 2022 Editor

Syed Salahuddin's son, among four JK employees dismissed from service

The Jammu and Kashmir Administration on Saturday sacked its four employees, including son of Syed Salahuddin, the chief of banned Hizbul Mujahideen, and the wife of terror-funding accused Bitta Karate, officials said. All the four employees were dismissed from service under Article 311 of the Constitution which enables the government to sack its employees without an inquiry. Farooq Ahmed Dar, alias Bitta Karate, is currently in judicial custody in terror-funding cases, officials said. His wife Assabah-ul-Arjamand Khan, a Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Services officer, was posted in the Directorate of…

Three Years of abrogation: Kashmir Valley witnesses partial shutdown

August 5, 2022August 6, 2022 Editor

Protests mark anniversary of ‘black decision’ Kashmir witnessed a street protest by the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a partial spontaneous shutdown in Srinagar, as the revocation of J&K’s special status completed three years on Friday. On the other hand, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha participated in multiple events to promote different projects. PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti and her supporters held a protest march from the party’s Srinagar office but were stopped from heading towards the commercial hub Lal Chowk. Ms. Mufti said August 5, 2019 was “a…

Six Pandits killed by militants since 2020, None left valley in 2022: Govt

July 29, 2022 Editor

Six Pandits killed by militants since 2020, None left valley in 2022: GoI

A total of six Kashmiri Pandits have been killed by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir between 2020 and 2022 so far, the government has said. MoS Home Nityanand Rai said in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that 2021 saw four Kashmiri pandits being killed, while there was a murder each in 2020 and 2022. No Kashmiri Pandits have left the valley Rai also informed the Parliament that the number of Kashmiri Pandits who are still residing in the valley is 6,514 and added that as per records, no Kashmiri Pandit has…