December 2018 - Page 4 of 25

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Missing Girl found dead in a Canal in Kangan

REGIONAL

December 27 Rayees Shah A girl who was missing from her home found dead on Thursday from a canal in Kangan area of Central Kashmir's Ganderbal district. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that the body of 20-year-old Rabiya Bano of Woodar Kangan was recovered from a canal. Police have taken cognizance of the incident and started investigations, he said. The body of the deceased was handed over to her family for last rites after medico-legal formalities, said the official.www.parkviewortho.com/wp-content/languages/new/prednisone.html

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Save Kashmiri Language- Demand Protesters in Srinagar

REGIONAL

December 27 Firdous Qadri Scores of people on Thursday holding banners and placards staged a protest at press colony and sought administration’s intervention in preserving the mother tongue. Holding banners that read “Kashrin henz pehchan, kashir zaban kashir zaban” and “save Mother tongue of Kashmir” these protesters gathered under the banner of Kashmiri Language Union (KLU) in Srinagar. The protesting people have appealed the administration including Director of School Education Ghulam Nabi Itoo to implement the order Via 333 edu of 2017 which states that mother tongue of Jammu Kashmir (Kashmiri, Dogri and Bhudhi) should be made compulsory till higher secondary level throughout the state including Chenab valley. We have met concerned authorities but they have taken no init...

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Bike Rider Booked for Dog’s Death in Uttar Pradesh

INDIA

December 27 A man has been booked for rash driving after he allegedly hit a pregnant dog which died during treatment in Greater Noida, police said Thursday. The accident happened in Dhoom Manikpur village under Badalpur police station limits on Tuesday morning, they said. According to a complaint filed by Manzoor Ali, his female pet, Chinky, was hit by the speeding motorcycle of another village resident, Binnu, 22. The impact was such that the canine flung into the air and fell into a drain five metres away, said Ali, who works at a truck repairing shop. “The dog, which was over two-month pregnant, was severely injured and taken to an animal hospital where she died during treatment,” Ali said in the complaint, demanding strict action against the accused. A first informati...

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Sanitation Drive launched in Bandipora

REGIONAL

December 27 Shabir Khan The Municipality Committee of Bandipora on Thursday led by its Chairman Khursheed Ahmad along with Staff of MCB conducted a cleanliness drive at ward number 11 and ward 12 of District. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that scores of employees along with the locals of the area participated in the sanitation drive after which the chairman of the body, Khursheed Ahmed appealed the people of Kashmir to keep their surrounding clean. The general public of the concerned wards appreciated this drive with a hope that the drive will continue in future. On this occasion, the chairman appealed the people of the two wards to use dustbins and not throw garbage anywhere.

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IED planted on Bandipora-Srinagar-highway defused

REGIONAL

December 27 Shabir Khan The Government forces on Thursday recovered and defused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Dar Mohalla Garoora area on Bandipora- Srinagar highway. An official said that the IED was planted by the militants in Garoora area of Bandipora. Detailing the incident, he said that a patrol party of 13RR recovered the IED on the highway around 7 am by ED Dog. Soon, they said, traffic movement on the highway was suspended. A Bomb disposal squad of Bandipora police defused the IED around 12:15 pm without causing any damage, following which traffic movement was restored on the road. The official said that a major tragedy was averted by the forces by defusing the 20 Kg IED.

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Pheran Wearing Photograph of PhD Scholar Turned Militant Goes Viral

REGIONAL

December 27 The photograph of a Ph.D Scholar turned militant, Waseem Ahmed Rather from Quimoh area of South Kashmir's Kulgam District has gone viral over social networking sites. Waseem who had joined Militancy in May this year can be seen wearing a Pheran and holding an AK 47 Rifle in the photograph that is doing rounds on social Media. The last time Waseem was spotted was at the funeral of his close friend Adil on 06 May. ALSO READ: The Death of his Friend Forced a Ph.D Scholar to Join Militancy Adil was a CRPF man before he quit his job and started working as a teacher. During the clashes at Badigam Encounter in which Saddam Padder was killed, Adil was shot dead along with 4 other civilians. Locals from Quimoh said that the death of his friend Adil Ahmed who was killed...

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42 Kashmiri Women Trained for Entrepreneurship

BUSINESS

December 27 A batch of 42 aspiring women entrepreneurs passed out from the Centre for Women Entrepreneurship, Kashmir (CWE-K), a program vertical of Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) after completing the three-week Entrepreneurship Development Program. The women aspirants were trained for entrepreneurship development at Centre for Women Entrepreneurship (CWE) Kashmir here at Press Enclave for agri-allied, manufacturing and services sectors under Seed capital Fund Scheme and Youth Startup Loan Scheme being implemented by the Institute for entrepreneurship development in the State. The women aspirants hailing from Srinagar, Ganderbal, Kulgam, Budgam, Baramulla and Islamabad (Anantnag) districts of Kashmir praised the training curriculum for the program and s...

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Kashmir Shivers Under Cold, Coldest Night in 28 Years

REGIONAL

December 27 The Kashmir valley witnessed the coldest night of the season as the night temperatures dipped to Minus 7.6 degrees Celsius in the Summer capital of Jammu Kashmir. Pertinently the night was the coldest in the past twenty eight years. A MET Department official told that the cold weather conditions are likely to continue for another four to five days with chances of snow on the 1st and second day of January. Pahalgam recorded minus 8.3 degree Celsius, and the minimum temperature in Gulmarg was minus 9 degree Celsius. Leh recorded minus 8.4 degree and it was minus 16.2 degree in Kargil. Jammu recorded 4.3 degrees, Katra 3.7 degrees, Batote minus 2.2 degree, Banihal minus 3.5 degree and Bhaderwah minus 2.5 degree as the night’s lowest temperatures.

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Kulgam Shuts Against Frequent Power Cuts

KULGAM

December 27 Danish Hameed The Kulgam township in South Kashmir is observing a shutdown on Thursday against frequent power cuts in this South Kashmir district. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that shops and other business establishments are shut in the area while vehicular movement is very thin. The call for shutdown has been called by People's Welfare committee of District Kulgam who also held a protest early morning against the Power Development Department. A member of the Amalgam while speaking to The Kashmiriyat said, "Kulgam is being discriminated and the department has paid no heed to the constant appeals of the general public to provide proper electricity to public in the area." "The Kulgam township from the past few weeks is been provided less electricity and that too ...

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Police Shielding a Known Offender in Rajbagh, Alleges Srinagar Family

REGIONAL

December 26 The family of a youth who was recently stabbed by a known offender from Rajbagh in Srinagar has accused the Jammu Kashmir Police of favoring the accused. A family member of Asif while speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that Asif was near Nehru Park on Sunday when he was stabbed by the culprit. "They had an argument and the accused identified as Hashim ran away after stabbing Asif in his back," a family member said. He said that the family immediately lodged an FIR against Hashim in the concerned Police station, Rajbagh, however no action has been initiated against the culprit as of yet, They said that "the culprit is a known offender and has committed many offences in the past, however the Police favours the accused and is backed by his sister who is a known lawyer...