September 2020 - Page 34 of 43

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Body of Mentally Unstable Man Recovered from Wular Lake

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In North Kashmir's Bandipora district, near Laharwapora village on Sunday afternoon, a mentally unstable man's body was recovered from Wular Lake. The body of mentally unsound 30 year - old man identified as Sarwar Ahmad Ganai S/O Ghulam Ahmad Ganai, was a resident of Qazipora. He said that the body was taken to district hospital Bandipora and after medical formalities the body will be handed over to his legal heirs for last rites. Police Officials have registered a case in this regard and further investigations have also been taken up.

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Huge Quantity of Drugs Recovered in Qazigund, Peddlers Arrested

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Suhail Dar In its continued efforts to eradicate the menace of drug peddling in Kulgam, Police Station in Qazigund arrested 4 drug peddlers during Naka checking and raids at Dhaba at NHW, Qazigund. During the surprise Naka checking at NHW, Police party from Qazigund led by SPO Qazigund - Muhammad Shafiq, SHO - Qazigund Irshad Reshi along with police team raided Pathan Kotia Vaishno Dhaba located at Driyan crossing Qazigund highway and recovered huge quantity of banned alcohol bottles and other banned drugs. Police team recovered 1642 alcohol bottles, 186 kg of poppy straw, 200 gms of charas under NDPS and excise act and arrested drug Mafia dealers, namely - Anchal Singh S/o Shiv Lal Singh R/o Batote Ramban ,Raju Singh S/o Lajpat Singh R.o Kud Chenani Dist. Udhampur,,Rajesh Kumar ...

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UK Newspaper Distribution Hit by Extinction Rebellion Blockade

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Climate Change Activists in the United Kingdom create inconvenience during the distribution of British newspapers accusing them of not publishing news concerning climate change by blocking print works used by Rupert Murdoch's News UK, publisher of The Times, and The Sun. According to the Extinction Rebellion, at least 80 protesters blocked the roads which lead to two print works, at Broxbourne in Hertfordshire, northeast of London, and at Knowsley, near Liverpool. Hertfordshire Police stated that they arrested 42 protesters whereas Merseyside police arrested 30 protesters. The activists said how they want to highlight the failure of leading newspapers to accurately report climate change and “their consistent manipulation of the truth to suit their own personal and political agend...

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Kashmir Valley Becomes the First Place to Protest Against PUB G Ban

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Mir Junaid Kashmir Valley has become the first place to witness protests over the ban on popular online mobile game Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) by the Indian government. Days after the Modi Led Government in Delhi banned PUBG in India, the youth from Kashmir staged a peaceful protest in Srinagar's press colony, demanding the government to revoke the order immediately. PUBG enthusiasts carrying placards in their hands that “revoke PUBG ban, we cannot live without PUBG," appeared at Srinagar's Press Enclave to protest government’s decision to ban PUBG in India. The game was banned amid the mounted tensions between India and China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh. The protesting youth from Srinagar appealed to the centre to revoke the ban on online ...

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India has No chances of Wining the War if it Happens, Says China

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Amid the escalating tensions between India and China over Ladakh border, Beijing has said that India has no chance of winning the war with China if there were to be one. “We must remind the Indian side that China’s national strength, including its military strength, is much stronger than India’s. Although China and India are both great powers, when it comes to the ultimate competition of combat capability, the Indian side will lose. If a border war starts, India will have no chance of winning,” China said in an editorial on its mouthpiece Global Times on Saturday, On Friday, there was also a 2 hours and 20 minutes long meeting between the Defense Minister of India Rajnath Singh and his Chinese counterpart General Wei Fenghe on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation m...

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At Least 17 Worshippers Killed in Bangladesh Mosque Blast

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During Friday night prayers, a gas pipeline explosion near a mosque in Narayanganj district, Bangladesh, killed 17 people and injured dozens with critical burns, officials said on Saturday. Fire service officials suspect the explosion was caused by leakage from the pipeline. According to Dhaka's state-run specialised burn and plastic-surgery hospital's burn unit coordinator, Samanta Lal Sen, 17 people, including a seven-year-old boy, died due burn injuries by Saturday afternoon. Sen also stated that the death toll could rise further as many of the victims were in critical condition, adding that at least 37 people had burns on up to 90 percent of their bodies. The impact of the blast led to the explosion of at least six air conditioners inside the mosque, according to local TV...

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India China Agree to Ease Tensions on Border Clash

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On Saturday, India’s defense ministry in a statement said that both India and China have agreed on neither sides taking "any further action that could either complicate the situation or escalate matters in the border areas". The statement came after a meeting between the defense ministers of both countries late Friday on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting in Moscow. India’s defense minister Rajnath Singh and his counterpart from China General Wei Fenghe took part in the meeting. This meeting marked the highest-level face-to-face political contact between India and China since tensions first flared in May and led to the border clash in Galwan Valley in June which resulted in the death of 20 Indian soldiers. On 29-30 August, Indian army accused Chi...

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Several Cars Damaged in Mysterious Explosion in Rajouri Village

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A mysterious explosion in Maira Chowkian village of Rajouri district in Jammu division rocked the area late last night following which police started investigation into the matter. A police official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that at around 11 PM, a medium intensity explosion took place near some residential houses in Maira Chowkian village of Rajouri He said that in the explosion few cars got damaged besides some fencing walls. "It seem as if some explosive material was thrown towards the spot that caused damaged,” the official said. He added that senior police officers have rushed to the spot and investigation into the matter was going on—(KNO)

Sep52020 by News DeskNo Comments

“Your Friend Has Been Shot, He is No More”

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Syed Asrar On the 6th of August's evening, I left my home to play in a park located near my home. I stepped into the park and saw Asrar playing Carom with some boys. I walked towards him calling out his name not knowing that it would be the last time to call out my closest friend's name. Little did he know that he was about to start the most difficult battle of his life. I reached Asrar and told him “Hey let’s play some cricket". We gathered two teams and started a cricket match recalls Muqeet Shah. We were enjoying our cricket match as usual. Suddenly we heard sounds of tear-gas shells. All the people present in that park rushed towards safer locations. After a while, few paramilitary force's buses passed through the Main road near the park. We stopped our game fearing the cons...

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50 Year Old Man from Ganderbal Critically Injured in a Bear Attack

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Shah Basit / Rayees Shah On Saturday afternoon, a 50 -year- old man was critically injured in a bear attack in Ganderbal district of Central Kashmir. Official sources said that Mohd Sediq Kumar of Dar Mohalla, Kangan was attacked by a bear when he was working in this field. Officials said, “The Locals heard his cried and rushed to spot, and the bear ran away from the spot. The man was rescued bu the locals and later shifted to Sub - District Hospital - Kangan in critical condition. He was later shifted to SKIMS - Soura, Srinagar for further treatment. Due to the injuries he sustained, he is kept under observation and under going treatment.