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Video: 11-year-old Kashmiri ‘scientific genius’ creates another multi-tasking machine

Video: 11-year-old Kashmiri ‘scientific genius’ creates another multi-tasking machine

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A remarkable Kashmiri boy, aged 11, has innovated another multi-tasking machine capable of dealing with fire incidents and gas leakages and providing power supply, simultaneously. https://youtu.be/aEPOd_8EqFI?feature=shared Moomin Ishaq Teeli, a resident of Gofbal, in Quimoh area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district has once again astounded people with his creation. His latest machine is designed particularly to address incidents of fire amid the raising cases of fire incidents across the Kashmir valley. Earlier, he created a low-cost incubator and a versatile 4-in-1 machine which could be used as a freezer, cooler, heater among other things. “Since fire incidents are very common in Kashmir, this machine will act as a fire alarm and also detect smoke. The machine has a pipe th...
Protests flare as Kashmir village residents voice water supply fears over pipeline project

Protests flare as Kashmir village residents voice water supply fears over pipeline project

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Suhail Dar The residents of Panzath village in Qazigund located in south Kashmir's Anantnag district staged a protest against government plan to lay control over the sole source of water, irrigating hundreds of kanals of land. Watch video  https://youtu.be/5O9PiMD4ptc?feature=shared Previously, the department had launched two pipeline projects that have not succeeded, locals told The Kashmiriyat. The local residents rejecting the new pipeline project said that it is an unjust interference while suggesting that without prolonging the dispute, the department must spare the spring and work out ways to supply water from the nearby defunct dam. Residents said that they rely on spring for usage and fear for a complete shortage of water, especially during winters, as the spring ...
Video: Internet abuzz as sufi sensation Abdul Rashid Hafiz unveils new song

Video: Internet abuzz as sufi sensation Abdul Rashid Hafiz unveils new song

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Kashmir's Sufi sensation, Abdul Rashid Hafiz, along with Bollywood's renowned music directors Salim-Sulaiman and Mithoon, is causing a sensation on the internet with their latest song, "Meri Jaan," performed in both Hindi and Kashmiri. https://youtu.be/_Ks81E7kLLY?feature=shared   This musical collaboration features Abdul Rashid Hafiz and Asees Kaur, a Bollywood playback singer, who lends her voice to the Hindi portion of the song. The track begins with verses by poet Abdul Ahad Nizam, followed by Asees Kaur's rendition. The highlight of the song is when Hafiz performs his popular "Ya tuli khanjar to maarey, nat'e saan'i shaba roozay," adding a unique charm to the composition. Salim-Sulaiman, known for bridging folk and modern music through their musical journey "Bhoomi...
Kashmiri Muslim dies repairing water tank in Anantnag for annual Amarnath Yatra

Kashmiri Muslim dies repairing water tank in Anantnag for annual Amarnath Yatra

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Suhail Dar A Kashmiri Muslim died after he fell down while repairing a water tank for Amarnath Yatris in the Anantnag district of south Kashmir. Watch Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx8EyEiTzMw Locals told The Kashmiriyat that on Wednesday morning, Bashir Ahmed was repairing a water tank for Amarnath Yatra at Harnag in Anantnag when he fell down from the rooftop of a three-storied Government building. The 55-year-old, a resident of Harnag was rushed to the Government Medical College in Anantnag from where the doctors rushed him to a hospital in Srinagar. On Thursday morning, however, Bashir, also working as a causal labourer with the Public Health Department of Jammu Kashmir, succumbed to his injuries, the locals said. Hundreds of people reached Khandipora area ...
Video: The Chinar man of Kashmir

Video: The Chinar man of Kashmir

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In an age, when trees are being cut down for human comfort, sometime in the name of development and at times in the name of firewood, Abdul Ahad Khan, a 36-year-old a resident of north Kashmir, has been planting Chinar trees for the past fifteen years. He has been given the honorary title of "Chinar Man" of Kashmir for his dedicated work. WATCH VIDEO https://youtu.be/-P0qDU2yq0A Khan, a labourer, is from a remote village in Jammu Kashmir's frontier district of Kupwara. Up till now, he has planted a huge number of Chinar trees. Plantation of the Chinar tree was a natural idea that came to Khan's mind. Chinar has been an important part of Kashmiri tradition. The Chinar, the Oriental (Eastern) Plane tree, (Platanus orientalis), or Buen and Booyn in Kashmiri language, is a li...
Video: Kashmiri youth missing in Punjab since 17 February

Video: Kashmiri youth missing in Punjab since 17 February

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Kounsar Bashir A Kashmiri youth who was working in Punjab's Ludhiana has been missing since February 17, 2023, his family said. On Thursday, his family staged a protest to demand the Government's intervention to find Peer Firdous Ahmed, a resident of Kralpora Kupwara. Watch video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj3vBvO7xas Talking to The Kashmiriyat, a sister of the Firdous Ahmed said that their elder brother has been missing for the last one month and seventeen days. Protesting relatives said that last time when he was seen in Punjab, he had his head injured and arm fractured. "He was working in Ludhiana in a private firm. The last time we contacted him, he told his mother to take care of herself and he was going to be fine, then he disconnected the call," a relati...
Video: 10-year-old Kashmiri boy develops low-cost egg incubator

Video: 10-year-old Kashmiri boy develops low-cost egg incubator

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Danishwar Hameed Momin Ishaq Teeli, a 10-year-old boy from the Munad Guffan area of south Kashmir’s kulgam district has developed a low-cost portable egg incubator to benefit the poultry sector in the area. Momin, a class 2nd student at Government High School Munad, was inquisitive since childhood to know why scores of colored chicks were available in the market. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcyAerpDlRo It is pertinent to mention here that an Incubator houses eggs in a warm temperature when a hen starts brooding. The incubators are is usually expensive and large in size but Teeli's incubator is portable and cost’s very low. The incubator can hatch about 50 eggs at one time. It provides a suitable temperature of 37.5 degrees required for hatching and takes 18 days for the ...
Video: Amid shutdown and protests, 61 shops sealed during state land eviction drive at Banihal

Video: Amid shutdown and protests, 61 shops sealed during state land eviction drive at Banihal

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Sajad Chopan Officials on Sunday demolished two structures and sealed more than 61 shops in the Banihal area of ​​Ramban district of Jammu Kashmir. As per the district administration, the shops were constructed illegally on "state land", so all the shops were sealed and handed over to the custody of MC Banihal. Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSqPhLWWkaE Locals told The Kashmiriyat that on Sunday morning sealed 61 shops built on state land inside Hospital Street were sealed as part of an anti-encroachment drive, which has been going on in the Jammu Kashmir region. A team of the revenue department headed by the Tehsildar demolished two structures including a medical shop amid heavy police deployment, officials said, adding that, more than 61 shops were handed ...
‘Our families will starve’: Fearing evictions, Locals protest, observe shutdown in Nagbal Shopian

‘Our families will starve’: Fearing evictions, Locals protest, observe shutdown in Nagbal Shopian

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Meer Irfan Anger and frustration are visible on the snow-covered streets of Nagbal Shopian where at least two hundred shopkeepers have shut their shops to demand an immediate rollback of the order calling for the removal of "encroachers" over the state land. The protest and shutdown in Nagbal Shopian comes a day after the main market in Kellar Shopian observed a shutdown asking the administration to withdraw the order calling for the eviction of "encroachments" over state land. Watch video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFACZR6-ejw Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, a group of shopkeepers Friday said that the administration has been asking them to vacate their shops allegedly built on the state land or else they will face action. "We have been forced to keep our shops shut so ...
VIDEO: Senior Kashmiri politician stands to bulldozers, Warns of ‘disastrous’ consequences during eviction drive

VIDEO: Senior Kashmiri politician stands to bulldozers, Warns of ‘disastrous’ consequences during eviction drive

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Senior Kashmiri politician and leader of Awami National Conference on Tuesday stood to bulldozers in Srinagar's M.A road and called the admin to remove the Governor house in Kashmir, which he claimed was built on state land. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BifuO31h9Iw Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that on Tuesday afternoon, the revenue officials along with Jammu Kashmir Police personnel reached Hotel Nedous at M.A road claiming that the same was encroached on "state land," however, Muzaffar Shah came out holding the papers, which he claimed were the property documents and stood in front of the bulldozers. Reacting to the state land eviction drives, Muzaffar claimed that the Hotel Nedous was built in the year 1835 and the land is in possession of the third generation of the bui...