Sahil Gulzar SHOPIAN — Creating panic among locals, Cattle thieves have stolen five cattle including two cows, two calves and one sheep from cowsheds in the Reban area of Zainapora helmet in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on the intervening night of Thursday-Friday. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that “cattle thieves are on the prowl in the area. In […]
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PDP stages protest against inclusion of non-local voters in J&K’s electoral rolls
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday took out a protest march here against the inclusion of non-local voters in the electoral rolls in Jammu and Kashmir. Several PDP leaders led by the party’s chief spokesperson Suhail Bukhari took out the march from the party’s head office near Sher-e-Kashmir Park here. Bukhari said the […]
Burglars loot 3 shops, house in Surankote Poonch
POONCH — Burglars targeted three shops and a house in Surankote area of Poonch last night and allegedly decamped with goods worth lakhs of rupees. Locals told GNS that theft occurred in three shops and a house near BDO office Surankote. The shops, they said, include that of Abdul Ghani (sold and silver shop), Rohil […]
Accused of weapons dropping case dies while offering Namaz in Kotbalwal jail
JAMMU — A suspected member of a militant module involved in collection and ferrying of weapons and explosives dropped via drones along the International Border in Jammu frontier died after suffering a heart attack in the Kotbalwal jail here, officials said. The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the module involved in the May […]
Centre needs to come out with unvarnished truth: Sajad Lone
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Lone on Friday said that the recent statement by officials of the Election Commission pertaining to allowing non-locals to vote in the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir has created a new set of apprehensions among the people, and that the Government of India must allay […]
20-yr-old boy allegedly dies by suicide in Budgam
SRINAGAR — A 20-year-old boy died after allegedly ended his life by committed suicide in Kharpora Khansahib village in central Kashmiri’s Budgam district, officials said. They told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that one Mohammad Shafi Hajam, son of Mohammad Ramzan, a resident of Kharpora Khansahib allegedly committed suicide at his home on Thursday. Hajam […]
Missing retired teacher found dead in Shopian
SHOPIAN — A retired teacher, who was missing since yesterday from his home, was found dead on Friday in Feeripora area of Shopian district. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that Abdul Gani Rather (66) of Pudsoo village of Shopian was missing since Thursday. He said that today some locals spotted a […]
Army’s 23 Rashtriya Rifles organise 45 days stitching classes in Kumla Ramban
ESS ENN RAMBAN — In an effort to boost financial independence among women in rural regions through self employment, Indian Army’s 23 Battlion in collobaration with RSETI commenced a 45 day long free stitching class for the women of Kumla village in remote area of Ramban district. The program is aimed at improving the economic […]
12-yr-old boy found hanging in Budgam
BUDGAM — A 12-yr-old boy was found hanging in Raithan Khansahib area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday evening. An official told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that the boy name (withheld) from Raithan Khansahib was allegedly found hanging at his home and was subsequently taken to SDH Khansahib. At SDH Khansahib, the boy […]
Allowing outsiders to register as voters in J&K last nail in the coffin of democracy: Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR — Accusing the BJP of converting Jammu and Kashmir into a “laboratory for its experiments”, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said she has asked NC president Farooq Abdullah to convene an all-party meeting over poll authorities allowing outsiders to register as voters in the Union Territory. Hours later, a National Conference (NC) spokesperson […]









