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Awantipora Police Station Catches Fire

PULWAMA

Skinder Gull A barrack of the Police Station in Awantipora in Pulwama in South Kashmir was damaged in a fire which broke out early morning on Wednesday. An official told The Kashmiriyat that fire emerged from a building inside the Police station at around 8:10 AM on Wednesday morning. However the fire tenders immediately reached the spot and brought the fire under control within twenty minutes after it erupted. As per the official, the first floor of the building was partially damaged in the fire incident, however, there were no injuries were reported from the incident.

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Militant Killed in Budgam had Rescued dozens of soldiers during 2014 Floods in Kashmir

UPDATES

The militant who was killed in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district yesterday in a gun fight was hailed for rescuing over two dozen soldiers during 2014 devastating floods by authorities and army. Asif Muzaffar Shah, a resident of Sambora Pampore village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district was killed yesterday in a gunfight with government forces in Nawhar village of Charar-e-Sharif town of Budgam district.buy sinequan online buy sinequan no prescription “Asif had joined militant ranks last month on 13 August,” sources told news agency KNT. Asif Muzaffar Shah was appreciated by the government and local army unit for rescuing over two dozen soldiers during 2014 floods in Pampore. At least two soldiers were drowned in that incident. He was however, picked up for questioning in con...

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Fire Breaks out in Anantnag Township in Kashmir, Damages Several Shops

ISLAMABAD

Waris Shah Fire broke out in a shop at South Kashmir's Mehndi Kadel Area of Anantnag district, resulting in damage to several shops. An official told The Kashmiriyat that the fire was brought under control with the help of fire tenders. The fire broke out from the Hilal Motors shops which are situated at Mehndi Kadel Anantnag of one Abdul Gani and Abdul Salam R/o Mehndi Kadel Anantnag. Due to electricity short circuit the shops got fully damaged, said the official. In this regard no loss of life has been witnessed, the official stated.

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Palestine Quits Arab League Role over Growing Arab-Israel Ties

INTERNATIONAL

On Tuesday, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki through a news conference in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah said that Palestine has quit its current chairmanship of Arab League meetings, stating the reason to be the growing dishonourable Arab ties with Israel. “Palestine has decided to concede its right to chair the League’s council [of foreign ministers] at its current session. There is no honour in seeing Arabs rush towards normalisation during its presidency,” Maliki stated. Palestinian leaders had recently failed to convince the Arab League to condemn the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – Israel deal of normalizing ties. Riyad, Palestinian Foreign Minister, had urged the Arab nations to reject the UAE-Israel deal and said that if Arab league did not condemn the ...

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‘Kashmir Conflict is Still a Burning Issue’: Erdogan Says at UN

INTERNATIONAL

On Tuesday, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed 193 countries for the 75th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session by stating the Kashmir conflict as a "burning issue" and speaking about solving the dispute over Kashmir as per aspirations of the Kashmiri people. “The Kashmir conflict, which is also key to the stability and peace of South Asia, is still a burning issue,” Erdogan said. “Steps taken following the abolition of the special status of Jammu-Kashmir further complicated the problem,” the Turkish President said. “We are in favour of solving this issue through dialogue, within the framework of the United Nations resolutions and especially in line with the expectations of the people of Kashmir,” Erdogan said. “The Kashmir conflict which is also key to t...

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Muslim Cab Driver Dies Due to Beating at Police Station in Mumbai

INDIA

Sohail Sheikh, a 26 year - old cab driver died due to ‘excessive beating’ in the custody of Mumbai Police in Chembur as per his family's allegations. An officer from the RCF Police Station in Chembur is accused by the family of Sheikh for his custodial killing. On Tuesday afternoon, Sohail was picked up from his uncle's residence and was declared dead the next day, after the police allegedly refused to let him take his medications for hypertension. On 15th September a constable and an officer in civil clothes visited Sohail's uncle Tayyab Mansoor Sheikh's home and took them both to the police station for questioning. While police claim that they were picked up on suspicion of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, Mansoor said they never mentioned it to them. Mansoor said, “The off...

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Protests Erupted in Sadipora Village of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla

REGIONAL

Protests erupted in Sadipora village of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday September 22. The residents staged a massive protests over non availability of portable drinking water in the area. Men, women and children were seen in staging protest where they blocked the road connecting Dangerpora and Sopore. The residents said they have been facing shortage of water since long now and the concerning department is not paying any heed. "The authorities in our area are not taking any measures to end the hardships of people", said protesters to The Kashmiriyat. "Despite living in 21st century, we are still struggling with basic amenities, water crisis has become one of the major issues from last couple of months." "We are not having enough water available f...

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Three held for refusing to give guest rooms to Madrasa teachers in Kolkata

REGIONAL

Three employees were arrested by the police in Salt Lake, Kolkata, for allegedly refusing lodging to 10 Madrasa teachers despite having prior booking. The employees were arrested on the charge of discrimination against guests on religious grounds, a senior officer of the Bidhannagar Police division said. It is alleged that 10 teachers belonging to the organisation arrived in Kolkata on Monday morning as they had some work at the School Education Department in Bikash Bhavan. “Because of our identity, our names, our appearance and our clothes we were refused to get rooms even after prior booking", one of the teachers said.buy mestinon online buy mestinon no prescription “We had come to Calcutta earlier too in connection with work and usually stayed at such lodges. This time we ...

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Jammu cricketer’s family hopeful their son will get a chance to prove his mettle

SPORTS

Abdul Samad, the lone cricketer from the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad for a base price of 20 lakh during the auction in Kolkata in December last year. His family is hopeful that Samad will be included in the playing 11 to prove his mettle. Samad’s father, Farooq Ahmad who was also a cricketer is currently working in the sports department told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that since his childhood Samad was interested in Cricket. “He has averaged over 74 in first class matches and I am hopeful he will continue his good average in IPL too.” He requested his fans to pray for him so that he will be included in the playing 11 to prove his mettle. Samad who originally hails from Rajouri presently lives in Sidhra area of Jam...

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Budgam Gunfight: Jaish militant killed, associates on the run; will get them soon: SSP Amod Nagpur

REGIONAL

Naveed ul-Haq Jammu and Kashmir police today said that one unidentified militant of Jaish-e-Muhammad outfit has been killed in an encounter at Nowhal area of Charar-e-Shareef in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district while as a few associates of the slain militant are active in the area who would be tracked soon. According to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), while speaking to the reporters, SSP Budgam Amod Nagpur said yesterday evening, joint teams launched an operation on the basis of specific information about the presence of militants in Nowhal area of Charar-e-Shareef area. “The militants fired indiscriminately at the forces with bullets and grenades. Today morning, one unidentified militant has been killed from whose possession large quantity of arms and ammunition besid...