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Month: April 2019

Apr242019 by News DeskNo Comments

Election Commission is Sleeping Like Kumbhkaran- Mehbooba Mufti

REGIONAL
April 24 Taking a jab at the election commission of India (ECI), the PDP Chief and Former Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, while taking to twitter has said that ECI is it’s in deep slumber like Kumbhkaran. Kumbhkaran is a mythological character for Ramayana who was the brother of antogonist of the Ramayana- Ravana, and is said to have been sleeping most of time. She said that Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has an unhealthy obsession with bombs, Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and nuclear arsenal, While reacting to BJP minister Pankaja Munde’s alleged statement that “Rahul Gandhi should be tied to a bomb and sent to another country.” Narendra Modi while casting his vote in Gandhinagar in Gujrat for his friend, Amit Shah had said, “power of Vote is more than IED.” The forme...
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“This Will Push them to The Wall”- Students Summoned to Police Stations Ahead of Polls in South Kashmir

REGIONAL
March 24 All Jammu Kashmir Students Union  (AJKSU) on Wednesday in a press statement issued to The Kashmiriyat termed the police move of summoning the students from south Kashmir a deplorable. As per the statement, various students have been summoned to the Police stations ahead of the elections in South Kashmir began yesterday. AJKSU got numerous such complaints especially from Shopian and Pulwama were students are being harassed ahead of polls.buy kamagra polo online https://calibudsman.com/wp-content/themes/shoptimizer/inc/core/functions/new/kamagra-polo.html no prescription Mudasir Dar, AJKSU President, said that, arrests students at the hands of Government forces is pushing the student community to walls, it should be stopped immediately, and those who have been arrested should b...
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BSF Vehicle Hit by Army Vehicle in Pattan

REGIONAL
April 24 Shabir Khan A vehicle of Border Security Force (BSF) was damaged partially in a road accident in Pattan area in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that a BSF vehicle was hit by an army vehicle on Wednesday morning. A Bolero vehicle was damaged partially, however, the BSF personnel including an officer on board escaped unhurt in the accident.
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Mehbooba Mufti Returns to Streets- Holds Protest in ‘Militancy Hotbed’ Pulwama

REGIONAL
April 24 People’s Democratic party chif Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday held a protest demonstration in Pulwama against the ban on Jamat e Islami in Pulwama townhsip in South Kashmir. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that Mehbooba Mufti after addressing a workers convention in DC Office in Pulwama led a protest demonstration towards the townhall of Pulwama. Raising slogans demanding the revocation of ban against the religious outfit Jamat e Islami, dozens of PDP workers rallied alongside Ms Mufti.buy udenafil online https://www.mabvi.org/wp-content/themes/mabvi/images/new/udenafil.html no prescription The Government of India in February imposed a ban on Jamaat e Islami and shortly after that a ban was imposed on JKLF.
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In Afghanistan, More Civilians Killed by US,Afghan Forces than Militants

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April 24 Afghan civilians are for the first time being killed in greater numbers by US and pro-government forces than by the Taliban and other insurgent groups, a UN report released Wednesday revealed. The bloody milestone comes as the US steps up its air campaign in Afghanistan while pushing for a peace deal with the Taliban, who now control or influence more parts of the country than at any time since they were ousted in 2001. During the first three months of 2019, international and pro-government forces were responsible for the deaths of 305 civilians, whereas insurgent groups killed 227 people, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in a quarterly report. Most of the deaths resulted from air strikes or from search operations on the ground, primari...
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Kashmir Highway Ban Yet Again Creates Chaos- Locals Demand Revocation

INDIA
April 24 The weekly two-day closure of the 270-km Kashmir highway for troop movement, which came into force last month, has thrown life out of gear in both Kashmir as well as Jammu regions as a complete chaos is being witnessed today on the 270 kilometer stretch. The state government has ordered the highway closed for civil and public transport from Baramulla to Udhampur every Sunday and Wednesday to facilitate security forces movement for the Lok Sabha election duty. The order will remain effective till May 31. There was chaos in the Valley, where the maximum impact was felt, and this led to a major controversy as two former Chief Ministers, Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Ms. Mehbooba Mufti, took to the streets in protest. Dr. Abdullah, claimed the Centre was aware of the Pulwama att...
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Medical Crisis Worsens in Kashmir- Pregnant Lady not Provided Ambulance, Delivers Baby on the Way to Hospital

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April 24 Sajad Hameed The cases of Medical negligence are growing in the valley, after the deaths of newborns in the valley's biggest maternity and childcare hospital in Srinagar, the Government took some initiatives to prevent deaths and succeeded in this to a large extent. However, the crisis shifted to the other hospitals, including many district hospitals, including the biggest hospital in South Kashmir and the one in Baramulla district of North Kashmir. The last year a major case of racist violence emerged from Lal Ded which is a direct case of doctor negligence which led to the death of  a baby as the doctors refused to check a Gujjar lady. ALSO READ: Patient Dies Due to Non Availability of Doctors at South Kashmir’s Biggest Hospital Similarly in South Kashmir, two pat...
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Forces Damage Electric Transformer in Islamabad (anantnag) Township

ISLAMABAD
April 23 After a day of low voter turout in Islamabad (Anantang) district of South Kashmir in general and negligible voting in Islamabad (anantnag) township on Tuesday, the Government Forces allegedly damaged a electric transformer in Sherpora locality of this township. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that minor clashes had erupted in the area to which forces responded with immense tear smoke shelling, during the clashes the forces also damaged a transformer and our locality has become dark, they said. They said that a truck  returning from Election duty from Achabal to Islamabad township was pelted with stones near Shirpora Bala area of the township during which the driver lost control of the vehicle and it turned turtle causing injuries to the driver. The driver was shifted to th...
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Intense Clashes Erupt in Achabal Area

ISLAMABAD
April 23 Waris Shah Intense clashes have erupted between Government Forces in Achabal area of Islamabad (anantnag) district in South Kashmir on Tuesday evening. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that scores of youth hurled stones on the Government Forces who fired tear smoke shells at the protesters. in Achabal Township, a total of 190 votes were polled out of 3300 as hundreds of troopers stood vigil on the streets of the township. The clashes were going on when this report was filed.buy amoxil online buy amoxil no prescription Meanwhile clashes also erupted in Hakura and Dialgam areas.
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Kashmir PhD Scholar Arrested in Punjab Over Alleged Militant Links

INDIA
April 23 A Kashmiri PhD scholar was arrested in a joint operation of the Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab Police from the Central University in Bathinda today for alleged militancy links, IANS quoted police as having said. The report said that the accused, Hilal Ahmed, 28, is being taken to Jammu Kashmir for further investigation. “The arrest was made following a raid conducted in the varsity campus,” IANS quoted Bathinda Senior Superintendent of Police Nanak Singh as having said. Over the past one year, the police in both states have raided institutions in various parts of Punjab and arrested students. (IANS)
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