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BJP Sarpanch Shot Dead by Militants in Qazigund, Kulgam

KULGAM, REGIONAL

Suspected Militants shoot dead BJP sarpanch, Sajad Ahmad Khanday. The sarpanch was shot by suspected militants outside his residence at Vessu village of Qazigund area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Sajad was rushed to the hospital, GMC Anantnag but the medical Superintendent, Mohammad Iqbal Sofi declared him brought dead. Pertinently, the attacks on Panchs and Sarpanchs have increased in the valley. This is the second attack in two days, earlier Arif Ahmad, a Panch of Qazigund was critically injured in one such attack.

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Prominent Global Organisations Condemn Qazi Shibli’s Detention

INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL

The Editor of The Kashmiriyat, Qazi Shibli, is still under detention for the past 6 days. Qazi, on Thursday received a call at around 2:15 PM, from the Cyber Police Station, Srinagar, summoning him for questioning. The next day, Friday, Qazi Shibli presented himself before the Cyber Police and was detained under unknown charges, after eight hours of ‘questioning’. On 1st August, Shibli was taken to PCR hospital for reasons not known to the family or his organization. He was later shifted from Sher Ghari police station to Central Jail, Srinagar. He has now been booked under 107 CrPc, a law permitting the police to arrest anyone on suspicion. Qazi’s detention has received global attention: Amnesty India, released a non-exhaustive list of arrested and intimidated Kashmiri journali...

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India Rejects Pakistan’s New Political Map, Calling it “Absurd”

INTERNATIONAL

Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan in reference to the first anniversary of revocation of Article 370 in Jammu Kashmir, unveiled a new political map which claims Ladakh, Jammu Kashmir, and parts of Gujarat as an integral part of Pakistan. After Nepal, Pakistan seems to show cartographic aggression to India with this new map that was made public on Tuesday, according to news reports. According to this map, Jammu Kashmir is shown as a disputed territory and awaiting UNSC resolutions which will decide the final status. Imran khan addressing a press conference said, “This is the most historic day in Pakistan history. Today we are introducing the new map of Pakistan to the world. This new map has been endorsed by Pakistan's cabinet, the opposition, and the Kashmiri leadership. This...

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Lieutenant Governor of Jammu Kashmir Girish Chandar Murmu Resigns

REGIONAL

In a sudden change of events, the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu Kashmir, Girish Chandar Murmu has resigned from his post. The resignation was sent to the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind.buy Bactroban generic rxxbuynoprescriptiononline.com over the counter There has been no confirmation on whether the resignation was accepted by the president. G.C Murmu was appointed as the first L.G after the abrogation of Article 370.

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Authorities Issue Order to Curb Unnecessary Movements in Jammu

REGIONAL

The authorities, on Wednesday, issued an order to restrict the movement of individuals for all non - essential activities in Jammu district. District Magistrate, Sushma Chahun issued an order to prohibit the movement o for all non-essential activities between 10 PM to 5 AM in the territorial limits of the District from August 5, 2020, till further orders. Any violation of this order will be strictly dealt with under section 188 of the Indian Penal Code and other relevant sections of Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, and the Disaster Management Act, 2005. It’s important to note here that there has been a spike in COVID cases in Jammu district.

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Kendriya Vidyalaya to Come up at Kreeri, Baramulla

REGIONAL

The Government has decided to transfer 50 canals of land to School & Education Department. The Administrative Council (AC), which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu, approved allotment and transfer of land measuring 50 canals to the School Education Department at village Hail Jageer, Tehsil Kreeri in District Baramulla for construction of Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) in Kashmir. Once operational, the school will cater to the educational needs of the children of far-flung areas of district Baramulla, Kashmir, and adjacent areas by providing quality education as envisaged under the constitutional right of education.

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Three BJP Workers from Waripora Kund Resign from the Party

REGIONAL

Three BJP Workers – (1) Subzar Ahmad Padder, Vice President Devsar Constituency, S/o Abdul Satar Padder, resident of Waripora Kund. (2) Nisar Ahmad Wani, Constituency President S/o Abdul Gani Wani, resident of Hakradan, Waripora Kund. (3) Ashiq Hussain Palla, S/o Mohd Abdulla Palla, resident of Waripora Kund, has resigned from the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) Party. They released a statement that they have no concern with any political party in the future. They also publicly apologized and asked for forgiveness if they’ve ever made any mistake in the past. This is the third resignation that was publicly announced after BJP leader, Wasim Bari was shot dead along with his brother and father in Kashmir.

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SSP Bandipora Rewarded Police Officials for Saving a Minor Boy from Drowning

REGIONAL

Bandipora police rewarded the Police Officials who saved a minor boy from drowning in Nallaha Madhumati, yesterday. Two minor boys drowned while bathing and due to timely rescue eviction by police officials namely Ct. Fayaz Ahmad assisted by Tahir Bashir Bhat and Ct. Jahangir Ahmad of DPL, Bandipora, who immediately jumped into the Nallaha after seeing the crowd shouting for help and rescued the two boys and evacuated them to district hospital Bandipora where doctors declared one of them dead on arrival. SSP Bandipora Sh. Rahul Malik- IPS in order to encourage their courageous valor by risking their own lives, honored the police officials with cash rewards, appreciation letters, and praised their timely efforts during the rescue operation.

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BJP Anantnag Held Celebrations and Hoisted the Tri Colour at Different Places in Anantnag

REGIONAL, SOUTH KASHMIR

Mohammed Mufeez Senior leader and Vice President of Jammu and Kashmir Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) - Sh. Sofi Yousuf along with other leaders on Wednesday celebrated the 1st anniversary of Abrogation of Article 370 and 35-a by hoisting Tri colour at Khanabal, Mattan and Pahalgam of Anantnag District, Kashmir and also distributed sweets among party leaders and workers on this historic day. Picture credits : Suhail Dar When asked about the celebrations, Sofi Yousuf described August 5th, 2019 as a historic day and said that the political monopoly of regional parties have ended as he believes that the regional parties have looted people of Jammu and Kashmir from decades. He says that Jammu and Kashmir is now completely integrated with India and the time ...

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Andhra Pradesh Police Identifies 235 People Addicted to Consumption of Sanitizer

INDIA

On Monday, police in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh came up with a statement that they have identified 235 people who have become addicted to the consumption of sanitizer. They have stated that this could be due to non-availability of liquor. Last week, the region registered 14 deaths due to consumption of hand sanitizer. "We are in the process of identifying more people. It is an ongoing process and we are in continuous engagement with them, counselling them and telling them about the dangers of consuming sanitisers,” said SP Siddharth Kaushal said in a statement.buy super kamagra online https://www.lifefoodstorage.store/wp-content/themes/astra/languages/en/super-kamagra.html no prescription The official also said that two people who died last week hosted a "sanitizer" party o...