Saturday, January 11News and updates from Kashmir

Month: March 2019

When Muttton is Sold 500 Rupees Per Kilo

BUSINESS
March 06 Violating the government Rate List, the butchers in various parts of the Kashmir valley are selling meat at Rs 500 per kilogram - at least 80 rupees higher than the Government approved rate. Despite the administrative officials time and again repeating the availability of food and essentials in the market in abundance, Mutton sellers have been blaming the less availability of the supplies for the extra rates. The meat consumption in Valley increases in the Winter months and in Ramadhan prompting the sellers to charge extra to make extra bucks. "If we ask the Mutton sellers about the higher prices, they often blame the dealers, however for us the mutton has become almost unaffordable to the poor," A Pulwama local, Abdul Rashid told The Kashmiriyat. At various places ...

Zakir Musa’s affiliate Accused of Jalhandar Bombings Arrested by NIA

INDIA
March 06 National Investigation Agency on Wednesday arrested an alleged affiliate of Zakir Musa from Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district for alleged his involvement in a grenade blast at Jalandhar area of Punjab in September last year. The NIA claimed involvement of Ansar Ghazawat-ul-Hind (AGH) headed by Zakir Musa in the four grenade blasts in which one policeman was injured on September 14 last year. “Today NIA arrested accused Amir Nazir Mir son o Nazir Ahmed Mir of Dadsara, Awantipora of Pulwama district (in south) Kashmir in case RC- 39/2018/NIA/DLI registered in connection with grenade attack on Police Station Maksudan in district Jalandhar, Punjab from Awantipora, Pulwama,” the NIA said in a press release. The NIA said that after the attack, FIR no. (163/2018)...

No Further Extension, Educational Institutes to Reopen in Kashmir on March 11

EDUCATION
March 06 Advisor to Governor, Khursheed Ganie, who holds the charge of Education Department, today said that there will be no further extension in winter vacations beyond March 9 and all schools, colleges will open from March 11. Chairing a high level meeting attended by the Vice Chancellors, College Principals, Controller of Examinations and Director School Education Kashmir, Ganie asked them to make preparations for starting class work.

Graduation Student from Shopian Goes Missing

SHOPIAN
March 06 A 22 year old boy from Shopian in South Kashmir has went missing from his home since Tuesday morning. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that Mohammed Amin Bhat son of Ghulam Mohuddin Bhat, a resident of Poterwal Area in South Kashmir's Shopian has been missing from his home. Amin, as per his family members, had left home to appear in the exams at Government Degree College (GDC) of Pulwama. The family has sought the help of people in locating the missing youth. Amin as per his family is pursuing Bachelor's in Arts at GDC Pulwama.

India Yet Again Figures as the Most Dangerous Country for Women

UPDATES
March 06 India is the most unsafe place in the world for women, a newly-released report has said. This was revealed in a poll conducted by Thomson Reuters Foundation titled ‘The World’s Most Dangerous Countries for Women’ which ranks India at number one, with Syria, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia and Somalia also in the top five. The results were based on interviews conducted with women across six key areas, namely healthcare, discrimination, cultural traditions, sexual violence, non-sexual violence and human trafficking. Nations were graded on a scale of 1 to 10 on the basis of how women were affected by these six factors, with 10 being the highest a country could score. “India was named as the most dangerous country for women after coming fourth in the same survey seven years a...

Will Create World Class University and Wild Life Reserve in Name of Guru Nanak, Imran Khan

INTERNATIONAL
March 06 The Prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan, while propelling a spring tree ranch battle at Balloki, Nankana Sahib on Saturday, said that Pakistan’s backwoods would be secured no matter what. The head administrator planted a sapling at Balloki, where he was additionally advised about the tree manor drive. While tending to the group, Prime Minister Khan declared that his legislature will likewise make a natural life save under Baba Guru Nanak’s name and that Nankana Sahib will likewise end up home to the Baba Guru Nanak college.

UN Warns India Over Harassment of Muslims

INTERNATIONAL
March 06 The United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has warned India that its “divisive policies” could undermine economic growth. She said that narrow political agendas were marginalising vulnerable people in an already unequal society. “We are receiving reports that indicate increasing harassment and targeting of minorities – in particular Muslims and people from historically disadvantaged and marginalised groups, such as Dalits and Adivasis,” Bachelet said in her annual report to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Pakistan was Planning to Hit Three Major Indian Cities After Indian Air Strikes- Report

INTERNATIONAL
March 06 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was stopped from attacking Pakistan by the United States and Britain once Pakistan informed them of its clear intention to hit back three times harder if its eastern neighbour violated its territorial integrity. India was also warned by the US that the international powers would not be able to stop the confrontation from progressing into a full-blown nuclear war. Well-placed sources based in Washington and London have shared information with The News that Indian Prime Minister Modi conducted a meeting with his three services chiefs for hours on February 27 in the wake of the suicide attack in Pulwama on February 14 killing at least 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel. Modi and his generals reportedly “selected to hit at least nine...

Militant Hideout Busted in Shopian

SHOPIAN
January 02 The Government Forces busted a hideout of Militant in the Shopian District of South Kashmir, Police officials said. They said that a hideout was busted on Wednesday afternoon at Kungoon area of Shopian in South Kashmir. "Incriminating materiel was recovered from the hideout," the Police officials added.

Families of CRPF Soldiers Killed in Pulwama Attack Demand Proof of Militants Killed in Air Strike

INDIA
March 06 The family of Ram Vakil, one of the CRPF troopers killed in the Pulwama attack echoing the opposition parties asked the Narendra Modi led Government to show proof of the Air strikes conducted by the Indian Air Force inside Pakistan territory. Ramrakhsa, the sister of Ram Vakil in a video that has gone viral over Social media has asked the Government to prove its claims of killing '250' Militants as claimed by Amit Shah, the BJP president during an election rally. ALSO READ: Satellite Images Reveal Madrasa buildings still standing at scene of Indian bombing "They must show us proof, otherwise we will not trust the Government," Ramraksha is heard saying. The brother of the deceased soldier said the Government asked us to wait for a proof when Ram Vakil was killed in the ...