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Jul42018 by News DeskNo Comments

5 Amarnath Pilgrims Die, Landslides Block Mughal Road

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July 04 Rayees Shah Three pilgrims died and many injured due to landslides during pilgrimage to holy Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas. Two pilgrims also died due to cardiac arrest today, reports said. Meanwhile the traffic on Srinagar-Leh Highway was disrupted for some time on Tuesday evening due to landslides at various places along highway triggered by heavy rains , reports said. They said that due to incessant rains that lashed valley on Tuesday evening , landslide occurred at Sumbal Bala , Aku Gund and Bajri Nallah along Sgr-Leh highway due to which the road remained blocked for hours . Hundreds of vehicles remained stranded on both sides on the highway.

Jul22018 by News DeskNo Comments

Flood Situation in Assam Turns Grim- 32 Dead- Indian Media Neglects

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July 02 The flood situation in Assam continues to be grim as the death toll has reached 32 and at least 63,000 people have been affected across five districts of Assam with the MeT department having predicted more rain in the coming days. Lakhimpur District is the worst-hit with nearly 32,000 being affected, followed by Charaideo with around 29,000 flood-hit people, local reports revealed. The Indian home minister Rajnath Singh has assured the Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal of full assistance from the Centre to tide over the situation. The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) has in its latest report said that 63,300 people are at present affected by the floods in five Assam districts of Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Sivasagar, Charaideo and Karimganj. The North Easter...

Jul22018 by News DeskNo Comments

Yatris Urinating on Dal Lake- Photo Goes Viral, Social Media Aghast

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July 02 A photo of showing Yatris urinating on the world Famous Dal lake in Kashmir's Summer capital has evoked angry response of netizens in Kashmir, the photo is being widely shared across the Social networking sites. The Photo that came into notice on Sunday has been shared and tagged to many administrative officials by Social Media users expressing their angry reactions to the act. Qazi Umair, one of the first person who shared this photo on Social media has nearly 1000 shares on the photo wrote, "Dear Yatris, We welcome you with open arms. But you need to understand that Kashmir is NOT INDIA, Please don't make it India. Thanks." Srinagar Journalist- Fahad Shah expressing his anger over the photo wrote, “This is what so called tourists or Yatris from mainland India, who bri...

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How Did we Save Tosa Maidan From Army and Gave it Back to People

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Lubna Syed Qadri July 02 Tosa Maidan is a high plateau (a 'marg' as in 'Gulmarg') and a splendid meadow in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. It falls in the Sukhnag range of Pir Panchal range of the Himalayan Mountains and lies at an altitude of 10,500 feet above mean sea level. It is located about 51 kilometres away from the soul of the valley - Lalchowk, Jammu & Kashmir. Background TosaMaidan has served as grazing land for the villagers’ livestock over centuries. However, in the year 1964, it was leased to troops of the Indian Army as a firing range for conducting artillery training. The military exercise came at a huge human and environmental cost. The firing range became a death trap for the cattle grazing communities such as Gujjars and Bakkarwals, Chopans and othe...

Jul12018 by News DeskNo Comments

At least 48 people killed in Utarakhand road Accident

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July 01 At least 48 people were killed after a bus fell down into a 60-metre deep gorge in Uttarakhand on Sunday. As per reports, the accident took place at about 9 a.m., near the Queens Bridge on the Pipli-Bhaun road when the driver lost control of the 28-seater bus which was headed to Ramnagar from Bhaun Eight injured people were rushed to nearby medical facilities out of which four were in “very critical” condition. Inspector General of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) Sanjay Gunjial has informed that a chopper has been rushed to airlift the remaining injured people. (This news is not edited by The Kashmiriyat. It is an auto generated item from an Agency Feed)

Jun302018 by News DeskNo Comments

Women Commandos Prepared to Deal with Stone Throwers

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June 30 Stone throwing incidents have been on rise in the Kashmir valley post the Ramadan ceasefire which saw a drop in the number of stone pelting incidents. To tackle the situation, The Central Reserve Police Force has prepared a team of Women troopers to deal with stone throwers after it has been found that women are actively participating in Stone throwing. The team has been provided the special training of fixing weapons in less than a minute, fighting blindfold and tackling the enemy during the night. Other than this the women teams have been taught special skills to deal with stone pelting crowds especially women and they are expected to soon function in the Kashmir valley. (The Kashmiriyat)

Jun282018 by News DeskNo Comments

Plane Crashed in Mumbai, 3 Feared Dead

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June 27 A Chartered plane was on its way to Mumbai from Uttar Pradesh when suddenly it crashed near an open area in India'a Commercial capital, Mumbai. The Plane owned by Uttar Pradesh Government had 12 people on board crashed in Sarvoday Nagar in Ghatkopar in which three persons were killed. The Plane Beechcraft King Air C 90 turboprop, was sold by the Uttar Pradesh government to a Mumbai-based UY aviation company in 2014.buy levitra-oral-jelly online https://www.mabvi.org/wp-content/themes/mabvi/images/new/levitra-oral-jelly.html no prescription Several fire engines and ambulances are at the site.buy vardenafil online https://www.mabvi.org/wp-content/themes/mabvi/images/new/vardenafil.html no prescription

Jun282018 by News DeskNo Comments

“Modi Government has No Policy on Kashmir and Pakistan”

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June 28 Taking a dig at the Narendra Modi government, former Union Minister and seasoned politician Arun Shourie on Monday said it was a “one-trick horse” with no concrete policy either on Kashmir or Pakistan. “There is no government and no policy regarding Kashmir or Pakistan or even the banks… What we have is a one-trick horse that only knows how to divide the Hindus and Muslims of this country,” Shourie said at the launch of senior Congress leader Saifuddin Soz’s new book in New Delhi. Terming the Modi government as “event-oriented and election-oriented”, Shourie said that the focus was on organizing events and winning elections with little focus on policy or governance. Commenting on the Kashmir situation, the former BJP minister said it has been hurting the whole country an...

Jun282018 by News DeskNo Comments

10 BSF Men Coming to Kashmir Missing

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June 27 The Border Security Forces has said ten of its men coming to Kashmir have went missing from a railway station. As Per officials 83 BSF Men were coming in a special train to Jammu Kashmir while 10 of them went missing all of a a sudden from Mughalsarai Railway station. The Men have reportedly not informed their officer in charge post which he filed a First Information Report at the Railway Police Station. The Special train was travelling from West Bengal to Jammu's Samba Region, and when the soldiers were counted at Mughalsarai railway station 10 of them were found absconding.

Jun282018 by News DeskNo Comments

Amarnath Update- Second Group of Pilgrims Leave from Base Camps

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June 27 The Annual Hindu Pilgrimage, Amarnath Yatra began on Thursday amid light rainfall in the Kashmir valley with the second batch of 3,425 pilgrims leaving from here for two base camps in the Kashmir Valley. The Yatris left in two groups: The first group of Yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas at 3.55 a.m. in an escorted convoy for Baltal base camp and the other group left at 4.20 a.m. for Pahalgam base camp. "The second batch of 3,425 pilgrims includes 2,679 males, 592 females, three children and 151 Sadhus," police officials said. The 60-day long Amarnath Yatra will end on August 26. The MET department has forecast occasional rain and thunder showers along both the Baltal and Pahalgam routes to the cave shrine on Thursday.