June 2020 - Page 15 of 26 - The Kashmiriyat

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This Baramulla Teacher is Teaching Hundreds of Students As Schools Remain Shut

OTHERS

Shabir Khan As Educational Institutes remain closed in Jammu Kashmir, amid the nationwide lockdown due to the Corona pandemic,a teacher namely Manzoor Ahmed in Kupwara district of Kashmir is teaching hundreds of children in the Daroh Valley. He is voluntarily teaching his students openly, following physical distancing rules, Apart from this, the first female Wushu champion of Kashmir, Jabena Akhtar, is also training local children. Pertinenly schools in Kashmir have been shut since the abrogatgion of Article 370 in August last year and opened for not more than five days in March, making children suffer. Manzoor Ahmad Dar, who lives in Charkote in the Lolab Valley, is teaching children from the Gujjar community. Sepaking to The Kashiriyat a local resident said, "The people of th...

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Indian Soldiers Displayed Courage in Ladakh, Says Yogi AdityaNath

INDIA

Yogi Aditynath, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister on Wednesday said the Indian army men who lost their lives in a violent clash with the Chinese army in Ladakh's Galwan Valley displayed exemplary courage and their supreme sacrifice will always be remembered. According to the Indian Army, 20 of its men, including a Colonel, were killed in the clash on Monday night. In his condolence message, Adityanath said the supreme sacrifice of the army men, who displayed exemplary courage for the security of the nation and gave their lives, would always be remembered, according to a government release. He also paid homage to Havidar Vipul Rai, a native of Meerut district, who was among the 20 army men killed in Monday's face-off. In this hour of crisis, the state government stands with the f...

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Police arrests 4 Gamblers in Srinagar, Stake Money Seized

REGIONAL

Acting tough against social crimes, Srinagar Police have arrested 4 gamblers from a gambling site and seized stake money. A police party from Police Station Nigeen raided a gambling site at Meerak Shah Colony following an input about gambling activities and apprehended four gamblers. Officers have seized playing cards and stake money of ₹3900/- from the gamblers. They have been shifted to Police Station where they remain in custody. Accordingly, a case FIR No.106/2020 under relevant sections of law has been registered in Police Station Nigeen and investigation has been initiated. Persons found indulging in criminal activities shall be dealt as per law. Community members are requested to share information regarding the crimes in their neighbourhood with the local police units.

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‘Kill 2000 Chinese Soldiers, Launch Surgical Strikes Against China’ BJP Leader

ISLAMABAD

At a time when the armies of Asian neighbours, India and China are finding ways to de-escalate the ongoing tension between the two sides in the wake of deadly face-off in Galwan Valley in Ladakh which left 20 Indian soldiers dead, a senior leader of BJP, which is in Government in India has strongly advocated “a surgical strike on China” to avenge the killings. In a message, the BJP leader said, “The Chinese army killed 20 Indian soldiers including an officer. The action was responded effectively by the Indian army Many Chinese soldiers were killed as well,” Sofi Yousuf said. “My appeal to the Prime Minister Narendera Modi ji is to launch a massive surgical strike on the Chinese army to avenge the killing of our 20 soldiers including an officer. If Chinese army has killed our...

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Sopore Girl Alleges Harassment by Army- Forces Deny

REGIONAL

A girl from North Kashmir’s Sopore town has alleged that army soldiers in a bid to shield a ‘notorious’ drug peddler ransacked her house. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that Nighat Bashir, a resident of Seelu Sopore alleged that the ‘notorious’ drug peddler lured her young brother to drugs and when she complained about the accused, the soldiers barged into her house and ransacked it on Tuesday night. Nighat, who has won a gold medal in Karate at Hyderabad, has said that her brother has become habitual drug addict from past several days in the company of Manpala while police first arrested him and then released him. “I want to know why this drug peddler was released and why my house was ransacked,” she questioned. Police refuting all her charges saying neither accused Man pala has been rel...

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We Do not Want Anymore Clashes With India on Border, Says China

INTERNATIONAL

China said on Wednesday it does not want to see any more clashes on the border with India following a clash on Monday that killed at least 20 Indian soldiers, adding that both countries are trying to resolve the situation via dialogue. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian reiterated that China is not to be blamed for the clash and said the overall situation at the border is stable and controllable.

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Militants Almost Wiped out from South Kashmir, Says IGP Kashmir

OTHERS

IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar claimed that Militants have been eliminated from South Kashmir and said that now the Forces will carry out a special campaign to make North Kashmir Militancy free. He said that so far this year, security forces have killed 94 militants, including all the key commanders of various organizations including Hizbul Mujahideen, Lashkar and Jaish-e-Mohammed, in separate operations in the interior of the valley. Talking to reporters in the police control room, the IGP said that there are only a few militants left in South Kashmir. Most of the terrorists have been killed or have fled to other areas to save their lives. He was accompanied by senior officers of IG CRPF and Army. While claiming to mark the killers of Sarpanch Ajay Pandita in Anantnag last week, the IGP...

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COVID 19- India Sees 2003 Deaths In Last 24 Hours

INDIA

India reported 2,003 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the coronavirus toll to 11,903 on Wednesday, with 10,974 fresh cases, the Covid-19 infections in the country rose to 3,54,065, which includes 1,55,227 active cases and 1,86 934 recoveries, according to the health ministry. The Prime Minister expressed grief over deaths due to the coronavirus pandemic in India while adding that India’s death toll was one of the lowest. Globally, as many as 8,155,266 people have been infected with the virus while 441,505 have lost their lives while battling the pandemic and 3,945,763 people have recovered. The US, which is the worst-hit country, has 2,137,707 infections so far with 1,16,962 deaths. Meanwhile, Beijing officials reported 31 new confirmed infections for June 16, bringing the cumu...

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65 Year Old Shopian Man Dies of Covid- Death Toll in Jammu Kashmir 64

REGIONAL

A 65-year-old COVID-19 positive man from Shopian district of Kashmir died at a hospital here on Wednesday, taking the number of fatalities due to the disease in the Union territory to 64, officials said. The man from Feripora area of Shopian, in south Kashmir, died of cardiopulmonary arrest at 4:15 am at SKIMS Hospital Soura, they said. The officials said the patient was admitted to the hospital on Monday with complaints of fever and shortness of breath, and was diagnosed with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder. The patient was on non-invasive ventilation and his son who was attending him had given negative consent for intubation, they added.

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Sagar’s PSA Revoked by High Court

REGIONAL

The Jammu Kashmir High Court has revoked the Public Safety Act (PSA) imposed on the National Conference's Additional Secretary General and former Minister Ali Mohammad Sagar and directed his immediate release. His son petitioned for the removal and release of PSA. Ali Mohammad Sagar was taken into preventive custody by the state administration in the circumstances arising out of the imposition of the Jammu Kashmir Reorganization Act on August 5, 2019. On February 5 this year, the administration had arrested him under the PSA. His case was heard in the court of Justice Sindhu Sharma in the Jammu Kashmir High Court. Justice Sidhu Sharma quashed the order of District Magistrate Srinagar to imprison Ali Mohammad Sagar under PSA. Ali Mohammad Sagar is the first leader among the various...