SRINAGAR — Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar Friday said that once again, its head and Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir, Dr Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq, who continues to be under house detention for the last more than three years since August 2019, was not allowed to leave his house to offer Friday prayers and hold majlis e waz at […]
ANANTNAG — Driver of a vehicle was killed in a fatal road mishap at Larnoo area in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday evening. Reports reaching GNS said that a vehicle driven by one Ghulam Rasool Deka son of Sonuallaha Deka, resident of Dessu Daksum met with an accident at Gawran in Larnoo, resulting in […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Friday said that they have recovered an abducted minor girl within 24 hours in Budgam district and arrested an accused person involved in the commission of crime. According to statement by Budgam police, “On 01/09/2022 evening, Police Post Soibugh received a written complaint from a resident of Khan Mohalla Soibugh stating […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Government was today awarded Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) Smart Policing Awards 2021 for the e-governed Vigilance Clearance System (VCS) initiative. The smart digital initiatives by J&K, under the dynamic leadership of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, among which the e-governance initiative i.e. Vigilance Clearance System […]
JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today inaugurated and laid foundation stone of 14 projects of Jammu Smart City worth Rs 113 crore. Dedicating the Smart City Projects to the people, the Lt Governor said these projects will create smart living by improving quality of life, better public services, opportunities for local economic development and […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari on Friday said a party delegation would call on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha soon to formally demand the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood. Addressing a press conference here, Bukhari also demanded the release of the youths who were detained in Kashmir Valley. Bukhari said […]
NEW DELHI — Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reorient India to global benchmarks. Addressing the “Education […]
Sahil Gulzar ANANTNAG — A 22-year-old young man, famous for his batting skills, died after suffering a cardiac arrest while playing cricket at a local playground in the Jablipora area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday afternoon. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that a cricket match was being played at a cricket ground in Jablipora […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Friday said that they arrested a man for raping a minor girl in Srinagar. According to Srinagar police, the accused Aijaz Ahmad Sheikh, son of Ghulam Nabi Sheikh, a resident of Zewan Khunmoh was arrested for raping a minor girl of Maloora (name withheld), four days ago. Police said that the […]
HERAT — An explosion at a mosque in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan killed a high-profile pro-Taliban scholar as well as more than a dozen civilians. “Eighteen people were martyred in the incident and 23 others were wounded,” Hameedullah Motawakel, spokesman for the governor of Herat province, told reporters. The blast went off […]