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JK administration plans for Restoration and Renovation of Six Mughal Gardens in Valley.

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Jammu Kashmir administration is all set to preserve the Six Mughal gardens in a bid to em-panel them because the United Nations Academic, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) mandated world heritage websites. A gathering was held not too long ago to formulate a plan for renovation and restoration of the Mughal gardens. The restoration work of those culturally important landmarks wants steady consideration due to their fragile nature, mentioned Sheikh Fayaz Ahmad, commissioner secretary, floriculture. “The originality of the constructions must be maintained in a bid to make sure recognition of those gardens as world heritage websites,” he added. All crucial interventions which can be vital for restoration of those cultural monuments ought to be dispatched to the ...

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Allahabad HC Drops NSA Charges Against Dr Kafeel Khan

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Dr Kafeel Khan was arrested in January for delivering a speech on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act at Aligarh Muslim University on December 10, 2019. The NSA was invoked against Khan on February 13, 2020. A huge relief for Dr Kafeel Khan, after the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday, ordered his immediate release and dropped the National Security Act, 1980 (NSA) charges against him. The Allahabad High Court has directed the government to immediately release him. The HC observed that the charges against Dr Khan were unwarranted as there was no occasion in his allegedly provocative speech that instigated hatred against any community or promoted violence. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh, declared, “We are having no hesitation in conclud...

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Japan To Extend Emergency Loan of Rs 3,500 crore For India To Fight COVID-19 Pandemic

INDIA

According to an official release by the Japanese embassy, Japan has extended the COVID-19 crisis response emergency support loan, which provides the necessary funds for India's fight against coronavirus. On Monday, Japan said that it will extend emergency loan support of up to INR 3,500 crore (50 billion Yen) towards India's response to the Covid-19 pandemic that includes implementation of health and medical policy. Concerning the provision of the yen loan, the Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs of Finance Ministry, CS Mohapatra and Japanese ambassador Suzuki Satoshi exchanged notes on Monday in New Delhi, to combat the COVID-19 pandemic as reported by ANI. This financial support will support the implementation of health and medical policy by the Government of ...

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50-year-old woman jumps into river Jhelum at Khankahe-Moula in Srinagar

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A 50-year-old woman tried to commit suicide by jumping into river Jehlum at Khankahe-e-Moula area of Srinagar on Tuesday morning. Though she was rescued by local people at Nawakadal, she died on the way to the hospital, the official sources said. The identity of the woman is yet to be ascertained. She was fished out by locals and police at Nawa Kadal. Later, she was taken to the SMHS hospital where doctors declared her brought dead. A case has been registered by the police and the investigations are underway.

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‘She makes Kashmir proud’- Kashmir Female Teacher Selected for National Teacher’s Award

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A Kashmir based school teacher from Nowshera Srinagar posted at Government Primary school Tailbal Srinagar, Roohi Sultana, who uses ‘play way method’ to teach her students have been selected for prestigious National Teacher’s Award 2020. She has completed her Masters in Urdu and Kashmiri languages from Government institutes and also done a three-year degree course in calligraphy. She has been working as a content creator for the subjects of Urdu and Kashmiri in the board of school education, also she works in Diksha as e-content creator and provides online classes to students through all India radio broadcast in Srinagar. She finds the ‘play-way method’ as the best way to teach students at the primary level. Teaching students by adopting new innovative techniques make learning...

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Dilapidated Main Road of Five Villages of Budgam Turns into Wetland

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Irshad Hussain Despite being one kilometre away from the deputy commissioner's office in budgam, a main road in this central Kashmir district has turned into a wetland and the administration remains is unmoved. Locals of Waterwani, Dadina, Sholipora , Doonsinaar , Labertal and their adjoining areas are facing acute difficulties due to the sorry state of this road. They alleged that the District Administration of Budgam is watching like a mute spectator. "Day by day it creates problems for the trespassers as well as outsiders to go through this road, especially for pregnant women travelling either by foot or through transport," a local told The Kashmiriyat, adding that, "Sometimes due to the pathetic condition of roads most of the patients get severe attacks in reaching the hospi...

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Kashmir Valley Other than Bandipora Declared as ‘Red Zone’

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The Jammu Kashmir government on Monday declared all districts in Kashmir except Bandipora as ‘Red Zones’ in view of the spike in the COVID-19 cases. An order issued by Chief Secretary JK, B V R Subrahmanyam, who is also the Chairman of the State Executive Committee of the Department of Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, said that the decision had been taken after a review of the COVID-19 situation with Financial Commissioner Health and Medical Education and in view of the spike in the number of infections of late. Accordingly, all districts in Kashmir except Bandipora, which figures in the ‘Orange Zones’ and Ramban district in Jammu division have been declared as Red Zones. Doda and Kishtwar are the only ‘Green Zone while rest of the districts in Jamm...

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‘His only crime is that he is a Muslim’- HC Quashes NSA Charges Against Dr Kafeel Khan

INDIA

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday ordered the immediate release and the dropping of stringent National Security Act (NSA) charges against Dr. Kafeel Khan. The UP Government led by Yogi Adityanath had invoked NSA earlier this year over an alleged inflammatory speech by him against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Commenting on his release, prominent journalist Rohini Singh took to twitter and wrote, "The court has ordered that NSA charges against Dr Kafeel Khan be dropped. But Dr Khan has already spent more than 200 days in jail. Everyone knew the case against him was a fraud one. His only ‘crime’ was that he was Muslim and spoke out against a vindictive regime." Khan had been arrested in January for delivering the speech at Aligarh Muslim University on December 10, 2019, Th...

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As Rains Lash Kashmir, Temperature Dips, MeT Predicts More Rains

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Rains lashed Kashmir on Monday bringing down temperatures sharply even as the Meteorological Department (MeT) predicted another wet spell on September 3 and 4. MeT in its fresh weather forecast said: “Light to moderate rain is likely at scattered to fairly widespread places of J&K mainly during September 3 and 4.” Director MeT, Sonam Lotus said during this period occasional heavy showers were likely at some places in Jammu region. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) weather forecast issued for various states has also predicted rains in parts of J&K from September 3. In view of the rain forecast, MeT has issued an alert saying rains could lead to as hoods and landslides especially along the 270-km Srinagar-Jammu National Highway. Meanwhile, summer capital Srin...

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China Controls 1,000 sq. km of Area in Ladakh: Indian Intelligence Reports

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According to latest inputs from the Indian intelligence, about 1,000 square kilometres of area in Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) is now under Chinese control, reported The Hindu. On 29-30 August, Indian army accused China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers of making ‘provocative military movements’ on the southern bank of Pangong Tso, across the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in an attempt to alter the status quo, the Indian army said in a statement early Monday. By evening, a senior unidentified government official informed The Hindu about a systematic mobilisation by the Chinese troops along the LAC from the 'Depsang Plains to Chushul' region. Although China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been gathering troops and building military prese...