May 2020 - Page 8 of 10 - The Kashmiriyat

May152020 by News DeskNo Comments

Suicide Rates On Rise at an Alarming Rate in Chenab Valley

WRITE-UPS

Mubashir Naik The rising number of suicide cases in the Jammu Kashmir especially in the Chenab valley at an alarming rate undoubtedly is a matter of concern. With no letup or any strong preventive measures in place, suicides continue to claim lives in Chenab valley for last few years. The majority of the victims are young people which are an asset of every nation. According to WHO data “Close to 800000 people die due to suicide every year, which is one person every 40 seconds. According to WHO report 1.5% people died due to suicide of all deaths in 2016.” Suicide is a global phenomenon and occurs throughout the lifespan. Effective and evidence-based interventions can be implemented at population, sub-population and individual levels to prevent suicide and suicide attempts. The...

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Coronavirus May Never End- Warns WHO

INTERNATIONAL

The World Health Organization has warned that corona-virus may never go away and populations will have to learn to live with it just as they have HIV, as the global death toll from the disease crosses 302,000, while it has infected 44 Lakh people globally. Some countries around the world have begun gradually easing lockdown restrictions imposed in a bid to stop the this panademic from spreading, the WHO has said it may never be wiped out entirely. ALSO READ: Corona Virus- How To Keep Yourself and Your Family Safe "We have a new virus entering the human population for the first time and therefore it is very hard to predict when we will prevail over it," said Michael Ryan, the WHO's emergencies director. "This virus may become just another endemic virus in our communities and this virus...

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“If You Allow Wine Sale, Why Not Friday Prayers”- Clashes Erupt in Kashmir’s Pulwama

PULWAMA

Scores of people on Friday protesting the "double standards" of Government gathered in the Ruhmoo area of South Kashmir's Pulwama district, chanting Anti- BJP and Pro Freedom slogans. Speaking here, a protester said that, "it is unfortunate that on one side the Government is allowing wine sales in India and disallowing us to perform our religious obligations." They further said that the wine sellers and those purchasing it do not follow social distancing. "We had promised authorities that we will maintain social distancing as recommended by the health officials, but despite those assurances, we were disallowed to offer Friday prayers." As soon as the protesters tried to march ahead, the police swung into action and fired tear smoke shells to disperse these people who were trying t...

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“Do not Starve us to Death’- Family Appeals officials Amid Corona Outbreak

ISLAMABAD

Sheikh Nadeem / Waris Shah In Larnoo area of Kokernag in this South Kashmir's Islamabad (Anantnag) District, the Department of Consumer Affairs and Distribution has issued Above Poverty Line (APL) ration cards to various families living below the poverty line, depriving them of free rations has affected their daily livelihood. Though the Government has taken steps to provide free rations for three months to alleviate the plight of poor families, many such people living in Kokernag, Mathandu, Gawran area in south Kashmir's Islamabad (Anantnag) District while speaking to The Kashmiriyat alleging that their financial condition has deteriorated since the outbreak of Corona virus. Saying that they are laborers by profession and hail from upper belt of larnoo, due to the lock-down, they are d...

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19 Year Old Girl Injured, As Police Barges into Quarantine Centre in Kashmir- Police Denies

REGIONAL

Clashes erupted in the premises of a quarantine center here in Nagam Chadoora after people quarantined in the building and their relatives accused administration of delay in declaring the tests of quarantined people. Eyewitnesses said that the relatives of the quarantined people assembled in the premises of Quarantine Centre and alleged that despite taking samples on 12 May at Udhampur, the test reports are awaited and they have already come for a new test. ALSO READ: 'Trapped on a Ship in Times of Corona'- From the Pen of a Kashmiri Mariner As the people started assembling in large number, policemen present their tried to disperse them while they raised anti-police slogans. The Policemen barged inside the premises of the the quarantine ground and thrashed many including the quarantin...

May142020 by News DeskNo Comments

Late Night Encounter Rages in Kashmir’s Kulgam

OTHERS

An encounter has raged between militants and Government forces at Yamrach area of in Yaripora area of South Kashmir's Kulgam District. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that a team of 34 RR, jammu kashmir police and 18 BN of CRPF was fired upon by Militants in the Mohammad pora area, after which the Army retaliated to the firing. The Forces retaliated and the exchange of fire triggering an encounter, Officials told The Kashmiriyat that two to three Militants are believed to be trapped at the site of the encounter, while the firing at the encounter site is still going on. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that the firing started around 12:05 AM. Meanwhile Internet Services are likely to be snapped in Kulgam district of South Kashmir Details emerging. (The Kashmiriyat)

May132020 by News DeskNo Comments

‘I will come Back Soon’- A Broken Promise and Tears of an inconsolable Family

UPDATES

Sajad Hameed The inconsolable women, here, have not merely gathered to mourn a death, they have congregated here to recite the elegies against an unending cycle of violence that has resulted into deaths of hundreds of civilians across the Kashmir valley, these women gathered at the house of Peer Mehraj u Din in Budgam thumping their bosom, pounding their foreheads perhaps conveys a message, "the global community must hear us out," said Shabeena, one of the mourning woman. ALSO READ:Yet Another Civilian Killed in Forces Firing Kashmir Shabeena is among the dozens of other women who have left their household work and come here with a creeping disquiet over the death of 26-year old, Peer Mehraj who was working with Khidmat Centre- an initiative of Kashmir's major bank- JKB. Peer Mehra...

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Yet Another Civilian Killed in Forces Firing Kashmir

REGIONAL

A civilian has was killed early morning on Wednesday after being being shot at by a patrolling party of the Central Reserve Police Force in the Kawoosa area of Budgam in Kashmir on Wednesday morning, five days after another civilian was killed in Pulwama. ALSO READ: Father of Two Girls Killed in Forces Firing in Kashmir The Kashmiriyat has been informed that a wagonR car was fired upon after it allegedly did not stop at two passing Nakkas (patrol) when the troopers of CRPF patrolling a road near Narbal area in Kawoosa area of Budgam opened fire upon their vehicle. A civilian, however told The Kashmiriyat that a man identified as Mehraj u Din Peer, a resident of Beerwah in Budam was shot in his right shoulder and chest. He was brought dead to the hospital, a doctor told The Kashmir...

May122020 by News DeskNo Comments

Trapped in Corona- Mumbai Man Hosted by Kashmiri Family Since 46 Days

CULTURE

Sajad Hameed Amid Lock-down to Prevent Covid-19 from spreading further, a family in Kunzar area of Tangmarg in North Kashmir is hosting a Hindu man from Mumbai in Mahrastra from the last 40 days, in a great display of Humanity. Amid attacks on Kashmiris in Himachal Pradesh in first week of April, Gotham Parikh, 42, who is a resident of Mumbai has been residing with this Muslim family like a family member at Kunzer's Utkioo Village of Baramulla, which shows real example of brotherhood, humanitarian and religious tolerance. Gotham was on tour purposes at the world famous tourist resort Gulmarg and other places in Valley but since lock-down over pandemic COVID-19 in India, he could not return home. The family of Mohammed Irshad, kept him in their residential house and have been host...

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Kashmir Journalist Freed after one Month- ‘Was Detained for Reporting Facts’

INDIA

Around 10 am, the phone of Suhail Dar, a freelance journalist, a resident of Islamabad (Anantnag) district in South Kashmir on the 05th of April rang- no number, he did not pick up, the phone rang constantly, "I picked up to be informed that it was Cyber Police Station that wanted me to come down to Srinagar- the summer capital of Kashmir." Dar was not informed why he was needed by the Cyber Police. "Being a journalist in Kashmir, you know its tough, i started my journey towards Srinagar- a two hour journey and i was in Srinagar. ALSO READ: 'Freedom of Press' Needs to be Preserved- It is Your Freedom Suhail said he had been summoned to the Superintendent of Police's (SP) office, Cargo in Srinagar where he reached around 12 noon. "The SP came only after three hours, who questioned me for,...