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Month: September 2018

Government Asks Wazzas to Get registered

REGIONAL
September 07 The Government of Jammu Kashmir has the Wazzas (Wazwaan Cooks) to get themselves registered  with Food and Safety authority of Jammu Kashmir. Commissioner Food Safety has issued an advisory asking the cooks to get themselves registered with immediate effect in their respective locations with the Department. The advisory has asked people to not allow unauthorized cooks and not to allow them to use colouring agents in the Wazwaan.

CASO Launched in Shopian Area

SHOPIAN
September 07 The Government Forces jointly launched a cordon and search operation in the Nowpora area of Baskuchen in South Kashmir's Shopian District. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that on Friday, the forces including 44 RR of Indian Army, and Jammu Kashmir police sealed all the entry and exit points to the Nowpora area. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that a heavy contingent of forces reached this Shopian locality and are conducting a search operation in the area. A search operation was going on when this report was being filed. (The Kashmiriyat)

Adigam Residents Stage Protest against the Non Availability of Water

ISLAMABAD
September 07 Sheikh Nadeem/ Waris Shah The Residents of Adigam area in Kokernag on Friday stated a protest at Adigam against the non-availability of clean drinking water. The residents on Friday morning hit the streets and staged a demonstration against the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department for the non- availability of clean drinking water in the village. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that chanting anti-government slogans, the protesters blocked Kokernag- Margan top road. The protesters alleged that they were suffering due to non- availability of drinking water from several days.buy tadalafil online https://gilbertroaddental.com/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/inc/new/tadalafil.html no prescription “If the department fails to restore water supply in the village we wil...

5 Drug Peddlers arrested by Jammu Kashmir Police

REGIONAL
September 07 Five suspected drug peddlers were arrested and intoxicants seized from their possession in separate searches in Jammu region. A police party intercepted two persons in the Supwal area in Samba district Thursday night and seized around 150 intoxicant capsules from them, a police official claimed. The duo was arrested and a case has been registered, police said. Balvinder Singh was arrested following a tip-off at Tikri-Katra link road in Udhampur district, they said, adding that over 500 intoxicant capsules were seized from him. A police team intercepted a man, identified as Jaswant Singh, during checking in the Nagri area of Kathua district Thursday night.

Friday Focus- Islam in the Contemporary world

WRITE-UPS
September 07 Asma & Farooq Bakloo Islam world’s second largest Religion, is growing rapidly and is now spread to more than hundred countries on the planet. It is figured that there are 1.3 and 1.5 Billion Muslims in the world (Heywood 2011). The religion is based on the instructions of the Holy Quran and the teachings of the last prophet of islam, Muhammad. The Holy Quran was revealed on the last and final Messenger of Islam Prophet Mohamed (PBUM) during 23 years in Mecca and Medina, these places are located in the Suadi Arabia. Allah has sent number of the Messengers towards different nations to spread the message of love and compassion among humankind. However, the Messengers before the last Prophet of Islam was sent to specific areas and for a particular kind of people, ...

Forces Ransack the house of Ex Army Man During CASO in Pulwama Area

SHOPIAN
September 09 The Government Forces late night on Thursday vandalized the property at the house of Army man turned Militant, Zahoor Ahmed Thoker in Sirnoo area of South Kashmir's Pulwama. The Forces, as reported by The Kashmiriyat, had launched a cordon and search operation in the locality following inputs about Militant movement in the area. Following the Cordon and Search Operation, intense clashes had erupted in the area when hundreds of youth including those from nearby villages rushed to the Sirnoo village and clashes with the forces from 55RR, Jammu Kashmir Police and 183 BN of CRPF. The Locals have alleged that the forces barged inside the house of Zahoor Ahmed Thoker, an active Militant from the area and ransacked the property. "They used harsh abuses and words agains...

Mass Graves with 166 Bodies Found in Mexico

INTERNATIONAL
September 07 Mexican authorities said Thursday they found a mass grave with 168 human skulls in Veracruz State, a somber reminder of the tens of thousands of people who have gone missing, presumably at the hands of organized crime members. The remains and personal items found at the site, including 200 articles of clothing, suggested that the victims might have been killed two years ago, said Jorge Winckler Ortiz, the Veracruz attorney general. It is one of the biggest clandestine graves found in Mexico in recent years. Veracruz has been one of the states caught up in the horror of these giant dumping grounds, used by drug gangs to dispose of their victims. Federal officials say more than 30,000 people have disappeared in Mexico, although human rights groups put the number much...

Despite Hurriyat Warning, Nocturnal Raids Continue in South Kashmir

KULGAM
September 07 Nocturnal raids were conducted in Ghat area of Redwani in Quimoh belt of South Kashmir's Kulgam district late night on Thursday. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that forces entered the Redwani and Rehpora villages of Quimoh belt and arrested two youth during the raids conducted during the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. One of the youth has been identified as Fayaz Donoo (setha) son of Bashir Donoo, a resident of Ghat area in Quimoh. A Local from Ghat told The Kashmiriyat that Fayaz is a labourer and has no involvement in stone throwing or any Anti India activity. "All the youth from the area ran for cover and came out of their houses when troops raided the locality," he said. He added that nocturnal raids in the locality have become a routine, more th...

Indian Army Likely to Get Drones to Monitor Militant Activity

INDIA
September 07 Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the government will soon frame and implement a drone policy and go for a technological upgradation to monitor militant activities, specially in Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat and Assam. The Minister said the new policy will unveil comprehensive regulations on the use of drones which are being increasingly inducted into the Indian security establishment to monitor sensitive and vulnerable areas prone to security risks, including thick and dense jungles in Maoist-affected areas where physical monitoring is extremely difficult. He made the announcements while inaugurating a three-day Defence and Homeland Security Expo and Conference-2018 organised by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry in association with Ministry of Micro,...

Intense Clashes Erupted during CASO in Pulwama Area

PULWAMA
September 06 Following a specific input about Militant movement, the Government Forces jointly launched a cordon and search operation in the Sirnoo area of South Kashmir's Pulwama District. Late night on Thursday, the forces including 55 RR of Indian Army, 183BN CRPF and Jammu Kashmir police sealed all the entry and exit points to the Sirnoo area. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that a heavy contingent of forces reached this Pulwama locality and are conducting a search operation in the area. Youth in large numbers hit the streets as soon as troops launched a joint operation, Shouting Pro Freedom and Pro Militancy slogans, the youth hit the streets throwing stones on Government Forces. The troops fired tear smoke shells to disperse the protesting, locals told The Kashmiriyat. ...