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Kupwara Missing Boy Traced After 7 Years

Kupwara Missing Boy Traced After 7 Years

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Police on Sunday claimed to have traced a missing boy from Kupwara in Delhi. The boy had been missing for 7 years. In a statement issued, Police said that Police Post Kalaroos received a written report from Mohammad Ashraf Bhat son of Khazir Mohammad Bhat of Dogerpora Kalaroos, that one Ab Rashid Konsi son of Mohd Yousuf Konshi of Branard Kalaroos age about 14 years then, was missing from his house since 24 July 2013 who was working as a domestic helper in the house of said person. Praising the efforts of the police, the statement said, “By virtue of untired efforts of Kupwara Police and the family members of the missing boy, Abdur Rashid Konshi son of Mohammad Yusuf Konshi was traced out in Delhi recently”. Today on 2 August, after a gap of 7 years, the missing boy, now a man, wa...
Four Lakh Domicile Certificates Issued in over a Month in Jammu Kashmir

Four Lakh Domicile Certificates Issued in over a Month in Jammu Kashmir

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The Jammu Kashmir administration has issued over four lakh domicile certificates in over a month.buy prelone online buy prelone generic Pawan Kotwal, Principal Secretary, Revenue Department J-K, said, “So far, over four lakhs domicile certificates have been granted to the applicants. Though a period of fifteen days has been fixed for issuing a certificate to an applicant, yet we have asked all revenue officers, including Tehsildars, to complete the process within two days.” Pawan Kotwal was talking to the Chandigarh based newspaper, The Tribune. The region-wise division for the issued domicile certificates was not available. On talking about the rejection of a huge number of the online applications, he said, “the matter has been taken up with the IT department and they have as...
Editor of The Kashmiriyat, Qazi Shibli, Detained for Reasons Unknown

Editor of The Kashmiriyat, Qazi Shibli, Detained for Reasons Unknown

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One of the editors of The Kashmiriyat, Qazi Shibli, after being summoned by the cyber police in Srinagar was later detained and is yet to be released. There has been no clarification from the cyber police as to what charges he has been detained for. Qazi Shibli had got a call from the cyber police station at around 2:15 PM on Thursday asking him to present himself for questioning in the cyber police station on Friday. On Friday, speaking to The Kashmiriyat, Qazi Shibli’s family stated that they waited for 8 hours outside the Cyber Cell in Srinagar before being told that he was being detained, without revealing the charges for detention. As of now, Qazi Shibli's family said that they don’t have any updates regarding his detention. Pertinently, Qazi was arrested last year in 2019...
EU Slaps Sanctions Against Russian Intelligence, North Korean, and Chinese Firms Over Cybercrime

EU Slaps Sanctions Against Russian Intelligence, North Korean, and Chinese Firms Over Cybercrime

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Following speculations regarding participation in cyberattacks across the world, the European Union imposed travel and financial sanctions on a department of Russia’s military intelligence service along with North Korean and Chinese firms. In its first-ever sanctions associated with cybercrime, the EU targeted the department for special technologies of the Russian military intelligence service, which is known as the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Russian service has been accused of being involved in the two cyberattacks that happened in June 2017, which hit several companies in Europe. The service is also accused of two cyberattacks against Ukraine’s power grid in 2015 and 2016. As many as four individuals of the Russian milita...
Anti-Government Rally Surges in Bulgaria

Anti-Government Rally Surges in Bulgaria

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5,000 protesters on two major crossroads in front of government headquarters in Sofia, Bulgaria, have blocked roads and set up tents on Eagle Bridge as they demand Prime Minister Boyko Borissov to resign with an immediate effect. Since early July this year, Bulgarians have been daily protesting accusing three-times Prime Minister Borissov of failing to fight corruption that erodes the rule of law and benefits powerful local tycoons. 61-year-old Borissov, who has dominated Bulgaria’s political life in the past decade, has vowed to stay in office until next March when regular elections are due. He clearly refuses to quit. Nikolay Hadjigenov, one of the protest organizers said, “The traffic blockades and other civil disobedience action would be maintained until Prime Minister Boyko B...