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Four Youth Arrested During Nocturnal Raids in Kulgam

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Danishwar Hameed The Government Forces raided the Bugam area in South Kashmir's Kulgam District late night on Sunday and arrested at least four boys from the locality. Locals speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that Government Forces late night on Sunday broke into a few residential houses in this Kulgam locality and arrested four boys from their houses. The arrested youth have been identified as Tanzeel Ahmad wani, Dawood Ahmad Mir, Arsheed Ahmad sheikh and Shabir Ahmed Khanday, all residents of Bugam area. In nocturnal raids at Pulwama's Kakapora belt im South Kashmir, several youth have been picked up during nocturnal raids. Reports reaching The Kashmiriyat also suggested that three youth were picked up during nocturnal raids in Maldaira area of Shopian in District. A Po...

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Two More from Kashmir die of Covid- Toll 135

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Waris Shah With two more deaths, in the Kashmir valley, the death toll due to covid 19 has climbed to 135 on Monday morning. A 56-year-old man from Budgam district in Kashmir, who had been tested positive for COVID-19 died early morning on Monday. Hotpital officials told The Kashmiriyat that the deceased was a resident of Kralpora area in Budgam and he was suffering from Hypertension, other than Chronic Kidney Disease and Community Acquired Pneumonia besides being COVID-19 positive. The official said that the patient was on expired around 4 am this morning. Another man who passed away this morning is a 90-year-old man from Tangmarg area of Baramulla. “The 90 year- old man from Baramulla was admitted on 26th June and died at 2:00 a.m early morning today. He too was sufferi...

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Mudasir Hassan- Kashmiri Rapper’s Incredible Journey to Fame During the Times of Conflict

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Mubashir Naik When a middle class guy from a remote place in Bandipora would have told the people around him that he wants to become a rapper, imagine the hysteria he would have faced. And now when his success has become an inspiration the hysteric people are the admirers. The Kashmiriyat brings you an exclusive with this inspirational Rapper. Mudasir Hasan Dar famously known as Baabarr, a social media sensation in Kashmir, belongs to a middle class family of Bandipora. Born in 1995, when the valley was in a state of unrest, he has been witness to bloodshed and destruction. “I wanted to tell the story of Kashmir to people but there was no means through which I could be heard. The conflict of Kashmir has been quite frustrating and like other people of my generation, has affected my mi...

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Lady Killed in Road Accident in Donipawa

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Sheikh Nadeem One lady was killed when a speeding vehicle hit her near the Donipowa area in South Kashmir's Islamabad (anantnag) area. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that a vehicle plying on the Achabal- Anantnag main town road turned turtle causing injuries to one passenger. The passenger was immediately shifted to the nearby hospital for treatment, where she was declared brought dead on her arrival. She has been identified as Naseena Banoo wife of Javid Ahmad khan, a resident of wangam shangus area in this SOuth Kashmir district. Meanwhile a Police official said that they have taken cognizance of the issue.

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Man Arrested For Domestic Violence in Kashmir’s Sopore

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A man was arrested on charges of domestic violence for mercilessly beating of his wife in north Kashmir’s Sopore town on Sunday. A police officer told news agency that a family of Bemina Srinagar lodged a complaint with the police against a Sopore resident for beating their daughter ruthlessly for years. Taking note of the incident, police registered a case an FIR under number 173 /2020 under section 498A, 506, and 323 IPC and arrested the accused from his house in Muslimpeer Sopore. The officer said further investigation into this case has been initiated.

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Kashmir Losing Agricultural Land at a Drastic Pace

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In the Kashmir valley, where Agriculture is the main source of economy there has been a massive dip in the agricultural land holding from 0.62 hectares to 0.59 hectares per person. This official data shows that Kashmir had 4, 67,700-hectares of agricultural land in 2015 which has dropped drastically to 3, 89,000 hectares in 2019, 78,700 hectares of land have been been converted from Agricultural to Non-Agricultural purposes in the last five years in Kashmir. The data reveals that the land under paddy cultivation in Kashmir region shrank from 1, 48,000 hectares in 2015 to 1, 40,000 in 2018. Similarly, maize cultivation shrank from 100,000 hectares to 76,000 hectares over these years. Accordingly, cultivation of pulses has declined from 14,600 hectares to 12,767 hectares. Oilseed...

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Two Boys Drown in Ganderbal, Rescue Operation Launched

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*Two Srinagar boys Two boys drowned in Nallah Sindh in Kijpora area of Kangan in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Sunday late afternoon. A senior police officer told that the two boys aged 17 and 18 drowned in the Nallah while taking a bath. He said that soon after the incident a rescue operation was launched by locals, SDRF and police to retrieved their bodies and efforts are on to trace the duo. The officer identified the duo as Zahid Umar and Faisal Ahamd-both residents of Noorbagh Palpora Srinagar. The rescue operation was going on when this report was filed—(KNO)

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Concerned About Small Scale Units in Kashmir- JKPM

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Jammu Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM) has registered strong concern about the failure of the government to save the Kashmir based small scale units. In a press release JKPM Vice President Advocate Syed Iqbal Tahir expressed his anguish over the failure of the government to save the remnants of local industrial units.buy prednisone online buy prednisone generic He stated that most of the units are in a debt trap and are on the verge of closure due to unprecedented business interruptions and callous attitude of authorities. “From the news in the media, I gather that major contracts are going to non-local units in an unabated manner. No concrete proposal for affording any relief to the local enterprises has so far been devised or submitted to any relevant authority here or at the ...

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Sikhs are Not Terrorists, Rectify Your Error, Dal Khalsa tells Indian Government

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Taking at dig at Indian government for terming the nine Sikhs associated with the Khalistan struggle as “terrorists”, the Dal Khalsa and the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) on Saturday asked the Union home ministry to rectify its error. In a press briefing held in Patiala, Dal Khalsa president HS Cheema and SAD (A) general secretary Mohinderpal Singh called the government’s move ‘an attempt to paint the image of Sikh Nation worldwide with terrorism brush, which is totally unacceptable and intolerable’. Dal Khalsa general secretary Paramjit Singh Tanda, SYP president Paramjit Singh Mand and SAD (A) leader Harbhajan Singh Kashmiri were also present at the event. “Continuing with its anti-minority policies and mindset, the Union Govt under Narendra Modi has designated nine sikhs assoc...

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Over 5900 Domicile Certificates Given out This Week in Jammu Kashmir

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Over 6,600 applicants, including a large number of retired soldiers and officers from the Gorkha community, have received domicile certificates in Jammu Kashmir in the week, according to a report in The Times of India. Over 5,900 certificates have been issued in Jammu and nearly 700 in Kashmir since the Union Territory administration began issuing the document, a senior Revenue Department official was quoted as saying. The tehsildar of Bahu in Jammu, was quoted as saying that nearly 2,500 members of the Gorkha community who had served in the Indian Army and their families had received domicile status in this tehsil alone. The authorities had received about 3,500 applications, including many from members of the Valmiki community as well. According to the report, about 1 lakh Gorkha...