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‘They Certainly Intended to Kill us that Night’, 4 Tablighi Jamaat Members Recount Attack by Hindu Mobs in Maharashtra

OTHERS

On the night of 16 September, 4 Tablighi Jamaat members Suhail Tamboli, Aslam Ather, Sayyed Layak, Nizamuddin Qazi were brutally attacked by some Hindu mobs in the Hol village of Maharashtra’s Beed district.The four Tablighi Jamaat members were travelling to Ambajogai village from Dharur for one of their friend’s funeral when the car developed a glitch and they parked the car and Suhail Tamboli and Sayyed Layak went to get water for coolant. Besides that, two men on a bike arrived at the spot where their car was parked and for no reason started verbally abusing Aslam and Nizamuddin, and as per them, “used filthy language against our community.” The men were wearing skull caps and Kurtas. The Tablighi members politely tried to deal with the situation but within a span of a few minute...

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JK Admin Amends Grant of Domicile Certificate (Procedure) Rules 2020

REGIONAL

The Jammu Kashmir administration has introduced amendment in the grant of Domicile Certificate (Procedure) Rules, 2020, authorizing Naib Tehsildar in addition to Tehsidar to issue certificates to PCR holders and their children. "In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 309 of the Constitution of India, read with Section 15 of the Jammu Kashmir Civil Services (Decentralisation and Recruitment) Act, 2010, the government hereby makes the following amendment in the Jammu and Kashmir Grant of Domicile Certificate (Procedure) Rules, 2020," a notification issued by the General Administration Department (GAD) stated on Saturday. The amendment in Rule 5, Clause 1 authorises both Tehsildar and Naib Tehsildar to issue domicile certificates to Permanent Resident Certificate (PRC) holders ...

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Missing Tral Youth Seen in a Viral Photograph Carrying Weapon Arrested

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Police arrested a missing youth today whose photograph in which he was seen carrying a weapon had gone viral yesterday. The missing youth identified as 21 year - old Shazada Suvaid, son of Manzoor Ahmed Shah, a resident of Batagund - Tral, was arrested by Tral Police at Devar Tral in Kashmir. Suvaid had gone missing on 19 September and then on the very same day, his photograph had gone viral on social media. In the photograph he was purportedly carrying a weapon. A police official told news agency KNT that Shazada Suvaid was arrested without the weapon. He said matter is under investigation and the youth is being questioned.

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Farooq Abdullah Protests against alleged Fake Encounter, Custodial Killing in Parliament

INDIA

National Conference President and MP Srinagar, Farooq Abdullah, protests in Parliament along with MP Anantnag Hasnain Masoodi against fake encounters and custodial deaths in Kashmir . On September 16, Hasnanin Masoodi had expressed deep concern over the sluggish pace of the investigation. “With DNA samples taken more than a month back, there is no reason to delay the investigations,” he had said. Now when the verdict is out by JK High Court and a statement given by army accepting the lapse , The duo have resorted to a protest to expedite justice to the victims.

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Indictment of Soldiers for Killing Three Labourers Confirms Fake Encounter: Yousuf Tarigami

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The communist paety of India (Marxist) leader, Yusuf Tarigami has said that the indictment of unnamed soldiers for killing three labourers from Rajouri on July 18th, in South Kashmir's Shopian district ropes the confirmation of a fake encounter. In a press release issued to The Kashmiriyat, Mr. Tarigami said that the Court of Inquiry (CoI) by the Army is encouraging and must ensure the justice does not get delayed under any pretext. The trio from Rajouri, who had come to Shopian to find some labour work were murdered in the name of encounter. He said that the DNA sampling report should be confirmed at the earliest so that the probe is taken to its logical conclusion. The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) through its general secretary Om Prakash Sharma had already moved an appl...

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To Keep Youth Away from Drugs, Lecturer from Kulgam plays his Bid

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Shabir Ahmad Lone (42), a resident of Frisal Yaripora area of Kulgam engages local youth of his vicinity to help them to come out of psychological stress amid COVID-19 pandemic. Shabir Ahmad who is presently posted at Government Degree College for Women Anantnag said that since 2003, he has struggled for local playground and after a struggle of over a decade, funds were released by district administration and later by youth services and sports for repairing the ground. However, he said that even after spending lakhs of rupees, the condition of the ground wasn't fit to play. “During COVID-19 lockdown, when I saw that youth are distressed and are getting involved in drug addiction, I out of my own pocket money hired a tractor and Bulldozer to level this ground,” he said, adding tha...

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After Babri, Hindutva Brigade now Starts making Fresh Claims over Kashi and Mathura

INDIA

According to Prof. Ram Puniyani, when Babri Mosque was being demolished in broad daylight, the slogan being chanted by the leaders was, Yeh to Kewal jhanki hai, Kashi Mathura Baki hai (This is the beginning, Kashi Mathura are next on the line). The Supreme Court despite giving the land to those who demolished the Mosque did call it a crime. The Ram Temple was used to the hilt for electoral purposes and for dividing the society along religious lines. The faith that ‘Lord Ram was born precisely at that spot’ was constructed. This constructed faith formed the base of politics and later the judgement of the Courts. Having achieved this milestone of religious nationalism, now what next? As such there is no dearth of divisive issues, issues based around identity, issues which demonise the re...

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‘I am a Muslim and I am Proud of my Identity’ Says Farooq Abdullah in Parliament

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NC President & Member of the Parliament Farooq Abdullah spoke to the parliament for the first time in more than a year, on Saturday. Farooq in his speech said, “Like we are talking to China to resolve issues, we need to hold talks with the other neighbour country as well. People are dying every day, border skirmishes are on a rise. We need to find some solution." During his speech in Parliament, Farooq says, “No progress is taking place in Jammu Kashmir." He further added, "People there do not have access to 4G facility, how are they going to grow in the present time when the rest of the country has access to every facility on the internet”. "The Army has accepted that the youth killed in Shopian are innocent, the Government must take steps to ensure compensation to the vi...

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Defence Employee arrested for passing information to Pakistan Through ‘Madam Ji’

INDIA

Mahesh Kumar, a civilian employee of the Military Engineering Services (MES), Jaipur was arrested by Haryana Police’s special task force (STF) in Rewari for allegedly passing on classified information to a Pakistani military intelligence unit after getting honey-trapped on Facebook. On Sept 16 , Lucknow based Military Intelligence (MI), the Special Task Force (STF) of the Haryana Police arrested Kumar. As reportedly he was in touch with operatives of the Pakistani Military intelligence unit. The STF said it had received an alert that Kumar was in touch with a Pakistani intelligence operative since the past two and a half years and has received money from them on multiple occasions and was passing classified information through WhatsApp and Facebook. Earlier in June, the Lucknow M...

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Two OGWs, Three Militants Arrested by Jammu Kashmir Police in Pulwama, Rajouri

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Mubashir Naik/ Skinder Gull The Jammu Kashmir Police in Awantipora claimed to have arrested two Militant associates from the Awantipora and Khrew area of Pulwama district in South Kashmir. An Official told The Kashmiriyat that incriminating material of proscribed outfit Hizb-Ul -Mujahdeen and Al-Badr has been recovered from the arrested Militant associates. A case under the F.I.R number 127/2020 of Police Station Awantipora and 56/2020 of Police Station Khrew under relevant sections of law has been registered against the accused, he said. In another incident, the Jammu Kashmir Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in a joint operation of security forces in Gurjan Bala of Rajouri district in Jammu region. An official speaking to The Kashmiri...