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Month: April 2019

Minor Girl Gang- Raped by Driver and Conductor in Rajouri

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April 09 A 15-year-old girl was allegedly gang raped after being kidnapped by a driver-conductor duo in Rajouri district , police said. The main accused in the case was arrested and further investigation is on, a police official said. He said on Monday afternoon a man from a village of the Thanamandi area lodged a written complaint against the driver and the conductor of a mini-bus, alleging that they kidnapped his minor daughter on Saturday when she had gone for some work in her village. In his complaint, the man alleged that the accused took her to Rajouri in their vehicle and then back to the village Sunday night where they committed rape on her. “Taking note of the complaint, a case under various sections of the Ranbir Penal Code, including kidnapping and gang rape, and ...

Ban NC and PDP From Contesting Lok Sabha Polls, Says Kashmiri Pandit Organization

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April 08 Panun Kashmir, an organisation representing Kashmiri pandit migrants, Monday appealed to the Election Commission to ban candidates of the NC and the PDP from contesting the Lok Sabha polls as they were running a “seditious and secessionist” campaign in the valley. The campaign launched by the National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party that accession of Jammu and Kashmir with India was conditional and abrogation of Article 370 will lead to separation of the state from India is preposterous and has seditious connotation, the organisation said. “NC and PDP have embarked upon a brazenly seditious and secessionist campaign. They are virtually acting as over ground flanks of Pakistan and the separatist establishment in Jammu Kashmir,” Convenor of Panun Kashmir Agnisha...

Music Fountain to Come up in Srinagar on Wednesday

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April 08 Musical Fountain and Laser Show in Dal Lake in the back lawns of SKICC will be thrown open on April 10, 2019. The entry to the show will be free and the visitors will be allowed from rear Cheshma Shahi gate. The facility, which came up at the cost of Rs 6 crores, was established under Prime Minister’s Developmental Programme (PMDP) scheme to provide evening entertainment avenue to the public and also to the tourists. The musical fountain will run two shows initially each of 15 minutes duration from 6 pm every day having a seating capacity of 200 persons for one show. There will be no entry fee for visitors for first 15 days after its inauguration on Wednesday. Director SKICC Javed Humayun Bakshi said the musical fountain will provide an evening entertainment to the ...

Army Convoy Moves Along Kashmir Highway on Monday- Why the 2 Day Ban?

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April 08 Former Jammu Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has questioned the government over allowing the movement of convoys of the security forces on Mondays, asking how civilian traffic threatened them on Sunday and Wednesday. “If it is safe for SF convoys to move on Monday WITHOUT closing the highway to civilian traffic why is it not safe on Wednesdays & Sundays? Nothing proves the mindlessness of the order more than army movement on “unsafe” days. This road is part of the highway by the way,” Omar wrote on Twitter. “Here’s another full strength convoy. I’m simply trying to highlight the point that the architects of the highway closure have made no application of mind. Somehow this convoy on the highway is safe today but it wouldn’t have been yesterday & won’t be on W...

Imran Khan’s Office Catches Fire- He Refuses to Leave Before All Staff Evacuated

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April 08 A section of the Pakistani Prime Minister's Secretariat caught fire here on Monday leading to the evacuation of the staff in the building, officials said. Prime Minister Imran Khan was reportedly one floor below in a meeting with incoming United States Central Command chief General Kenneth F. McKenzie when the fire broke out, according to the Express Tribune. Khan continued his meeting despite reports of the fire and ordered that the staff be evacuated first before him, Geo News reported. No casualty was reported in the incident. The fire broke out in a section of the administrative office on the sixth floor of the building located in the high-security zone near the country's Parliament. A short circuit led to the blaze which was contained later. "Fire broke out owi...

“We will Shoot You Down”- Greater Kashmir Gets Threat Calls From Unknown Caller

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April 08 Kashmir's Largest Circulated English Newspaper on Monday said that its Jammu bureau received several calls from an unidentified caller who threatened to shoot down the entire staff of the publication. They claimed that the caller said he would barge into the office of the publication both in Jammu as well as in Srinagar, and shoot down the entire staff, responding to which the publication has lodged a written complaint at Ghandi Nagar police station. Pertinently the Government of Jammu Kashmir cut down advertisements to several Kashmir newspapers including Greater Kashmir, pertinently for exercising its freedom to act as a watchdog over the Government, at a time, when embedded journalism has gained prominence in India. There have been several attacks on Freedom of pres...

Abrogating Article 370 Will Pave Way For Kashmir’s Freedom From India

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April 08 National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday said abrogating Article 370 of the Constitution will pave way for “freedom” for people of Jammu and Kashmir and asked the BJP try joining the hearts and not break them. Abdullah’s remarks come on the day BJP released its manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls in which the party reiterated its commitment to scrap Article 370, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir. The party also resolved to annul Article 35A of the Constitution, which bars people from outside to own property in Jammu and Kashmir. “They talk of abrogating Article 370. If you do that, the accession will also not stand. I swear by Allah, I think this is the wish of Almighty, we will get freedom from them,” Abdullah, who is contesting the Lok Sab...

Ram Mandir Remains on BJPs Manifesto Even For 2019 Elections

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April 08 The BJP in its Lok Sabha election manifesto released on Monday pledged to explore all possibilities to facilitate the construction of a grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya. The Manifesto also said that it will secure constitutional protection on issues related to faith and belief on the Sabarimala temple and promised to bring a Uniform Civil Code. ALSO READ: BJP Promises to Abrogate Article 35A and Article 370 In its Manifesto The party promised that it will expand and popularise the teaching of Sanskrit in schools throughout India. It said an International Cultural Festival will be organised on a grand scale every year in five different states to showcase and promote the rich diversity of Indian culture. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released its election m...

Erdogan Warns Israeli Prime Ministers- “All of Palestine Belongs to Palestinians”

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April 08 The president of Turkey, Tayyip Erdogan said the West Bank belongs to Palestinians, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would annex Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank if he wins Tuesday’s election. Erdogan said the move would be another occupation measure by Israel, and emphasized that Turkey will stand with Palestine.buy dapoxetine online https://www.mydentalplace.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwenty/inc/new/dapoxetine.html no prescription Speaking to reporters ahead of his departure for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the capital Moscow, Erdogan said: “West Bank is absolutely a territory of Palestinians.” Turkish president also said every action of Netanyahu is against international law, Anadolu reported. On Saturda...

Ganderbal Shuts for Second Consecutive Day to Mourn the Killing of M.Tech Student

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April 08 Rayees Shah Central Kashmir's Ganderbal district has shut down for the second consecutive day on Monday to mourn the recent militant killings. The Kashmiriyat reporter from Ganderbal, Rayees Shah reported that all shops and business establishments are shut in the town while roads are wearing a deserted look. Two militants were killed on Saturday morning in the Shopian District in a gunfight with government forces, one of them was identified as a Ganderbal Resident, who was an MTech student named Rahil Rashid Sheikh. Rahil Rashid Sheikh was killed in a brief encounter with Government Forces in Shopian's Imam Sahib area on Saturday.buy xifaxan online buy xifaxan no prescription