September 2020 - The Kashmiriyat

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Amid Immense Hardships and Challenges, Sopore Girl Cracks KAS Exam

Despite hardships and immense domestic issues, Shafia Maqbool from Nageen Bagh, Sopore, North Kashmir - Baramulla district has fulfilled her dreams. She has cracked Kashmir Administrative Service (KAS) and secured rank 13th in the merit list, making her parents proud. While speaking to news agency - Kashmir News Observer (KNO), she said since two years she was preparing for KAS exam and at the end she finally succeeded in fulfilling her dream. “I completed my schooling from Sopore school after which I completed engineering in information and technology from Jammu. I got myself prepared for M.Tech and then started dreaming about civil service. I belong to a modest family and didn’t have all the resources for cracking the civil services, but yet I did it with the prayers of my parents...

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‘He’s not our affiliate, Arrest Him’, BJP distances itself from Javid Molvi of Handwara

OTHERS, REGIONAL

Bhartiya Janta Party, on Wednesday said that Javaid Qureshi alias Javed Molvi of Handwara is no more associated with the party. Senior BJP leader and former MLC, Sofi Yousuf told KNT that there is a person called Rajeev Chandeel who runs some ‘BJP Modi-Shah Mission’ and he has nominated Javed Qureshi as State BJP President for Jammu Kashmir. There are people from Jammu Kashmir who have met him and he has entrusted them with assignments. We don’t know where from this Rajeev Chandeel is and those who are meeting him are defaming BJP,” Sofi said. "Those who met Rajeev Chandeel are not members of BJP and the party has nothing to do with them including Javed Qureshi,” Sofi said. He alleged that these people are committing frauds, grabbing money from the naïve people and have made Jamm...

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‘I want to look them in the eye and ask them why did they kill my son ?’ – Shopian Encounter

REGIONAL, SHOPIAN

Fizala Khan On the 18th of July, a day after an encounter raged in Shopian’s Amshipora, three ‘alleged’ militants were shot by the armed forces. Now, nearly after three months, the bodies of the killed labourers are being exhumed and are very soon to be handed over to their respective families, according to IGP - Kashmir, Vijay Kumar. The statement comes amid persistent demand from the poor families, seeking bodies of the trio - Abrar Ahmed (25), Imtiyaz Ahmed (20) and Mohammed Ibrar (16) and immediate arrest along with stern punishment to those behind the killings. Mohammad Yousuf, father of Abrar Ahmed who was killed in Shopian Encounter Mohammad Yousuf, father of Abrar Ahmed (25) spoke to The Kashmiriyat and said, "I have not been contacted by the authorities as of now, b...

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Thousands of Young Educated Women and Men in Kashmir Unemployed: National Conference

REGIONAL

On Tuesday, the National Conference said, “Jammu and Kashmir was facing unemployment and administrative inertia while the educated unemployed youth were at the receiving end.” Nasir Aslam Wani, the Party’s Provincial President while addressing a meeting of block Amirakadal functionaries at Nawa-e-Subha Srinagar said in a statement that the previous lockdown and the prevailing COVID-19 crises has affected every vital sector of Jammu Kashmir's economy. He said the much touted development was not perceptible on the ground and the local youth in particular were at the receiving end. “Thousands of educated young women and men in Kashmir are bearing the brunt of unemployment and are struggling to find jobs. Prevailing economic crises and administrative inertia has compounded the scenar...

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Government of India Allows 315 JK Students to Cross Over to Pakistan to Resume Studies

REGIONAL

The government of India has allowed 315 students from Jammu and Kashmir enrolled at different colleges across Pakistan to cross over via Attari Wagah border in Amritsar today. In an official communique, a copy of which lies with news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the Government of India on request of Pakistan has allowed 315 students to cross over to Pakistan to resume studies. The government of Pakistan had earlier communicated with the government of India to allow the travel of 315 Kashmiri students to Pakistan on 30th September having Indian passport. Pakistan had request that the students be allowed to cross over to Pakistan via Wagah border-attari on 30th of September. In reply, the government of India allowed the travel of 315 Kashmiri students to Pakistan on 30th ...

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‘We Were Kept Away from the Last Rites’- Cremation of Dalit girl done by Police at 2:30 am, Without Family

INDIA

The family of 19-year-old Dalit Girl, claims that the girl's body was taken away by the police in the middle of the night for cremation the final rites. “The police have forcibly taken the dead body, and my father along with them for cremation. When my father reached Hathras, he was immediately taken (to the crematorium) by the police,” her brother said. The girl who was gangraped by four men on September 14 in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras and was receiving treatment at Delhi hospital was cremated in the middle of the night, the family of the victim has alleged. She was referred to Delhi's Safdarjung hospital where she breathed her last on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the police said the cremation was being carried out “as per the wishes of the family”. An official said, “Other Administrati...

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Indian Government Commences Repairing Religious Sites in Kashmir

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The Indian government is sponsoring renovation of several religious sites in Srinagar, Kashmir. A report says that the Restoration work has begun on a Hindu temple, Sikh gurudwara, a church, an Imambara and two Muslim shrines. The temple carries the most symbolic meaning for Kashmiris because hundreds of temples were vacated in the 1990’s when Kashmiri Hindus (also called Pandits) fled the region during an armed rebellion against Indian rule. After settling outside Kashmir, leaving behind their homes, businesses and places of worship, many Pandits lived in one room tenements in cramped transit camps in the northern city of Jammu. Successive governments promised better accommodation and facilities to them but implementation remained slow on the ground. The Indian Prime Minis...

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Illegal Trade of LPG Busted in Pampore

PULWAMA

Skinder Gull The Jammu Kashmir Police on Tuesday claimed to have busted an illegal trade LPG Gas and have seized six LGP loaded gas tankers. A Police official told The Kashmiriyat that the Police station in Pampore raided a place in Literabal area of Pampore where gas tankers were illegally selling LPG gas by filling the cylinder with the gas from the tankers. During the raid 06 LPG gas tankers bearing the registration numbers HR55AB-3696,HR55U-5698,PBO3A-3399,RJ14GF-9500,HR46D-3222 and NLO1K-7135 were seized. All these tankers were coming from outside the valley and were supposed to dump the tanker filled gas at Gas Bottling Plant Pampore, but instead were illegally selling some quantity of it to the private gas dealers. The drivers of the seized gas tankers have also been...

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Babri Masjid Demolition Case- LK Advani, 31 Others Acquitted by Court

INDIA

The Babri mosque demolition was not planned, a judge in Uttar Pradesh said today, acquitting all 32 accused including BJP leaders LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti. The verdict in the 28-year-old case involving the demolition of Babri Masjid, which stood at the Ram Janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya, was announced by a special court in Lucknow. The 1992 demolition, when thousands of Hindu activists tore down the mosque on December 6, was preceded by a series of rath yatras by the BJP's LK Advani. Mr Advani, 92, Murli Manohar Joshi, 86, Uma Bharti and Kalyan Singh were not present in court but joined via video link. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti and Kalyan Singh are among the 32 surviving accused in the case; they were charged with criminal conspiracy and promoting...

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CRPF Demands Land at 29 Places for Establishment of ‘Permanent Camps’ across Jammu Kashmir

REGIONAL

The (Paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force) CRPF, has demanded the land for its battalions stationed across Jammu Kashmir, stating that it is not expecting any reduction in deployment of its troops, as reported by The Print. As per the report, the CRPF has sought 29 Locations to establish Battalion Camping Sites or BCSs in both divisions of Jammu Kashmir, after a meeting was held at the Ministry of Home Affairs last week, and was attended by senior ministry officials as well as those from the CRPF, the JK Police and the local administration. “The JK government will expeditiously dispose of requisitions made by the CRPF after it places indent (seeks land) according to its requirements.The Print reported that the communication, sent by CRPF director general A.P. Maheshwari, stated...