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Clashes During CASO in Pulwama Area

Clashes During CASO in Pulwama Area

PULWAMA
Following a specific input about the Militant movement, the Government Forces jointly launched a cordon and search operation (CASO) in the Aastan Mohalla area of Karimabad in South Kashmir’s Pulwama District. On the afternoon of Thursday, the forces including RR of Indian Army, CRPF and Jammu Kashmir police sealed all the entry and exit points to the Pulwama area. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that a heavy contingent of forces reached this Karimabad locality and are conducting a search operation in the area. Youth hit the streets as soon as troops launched a joint operation.buy zydena online https://www.conci.com/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/inc/new/zydena.html no prescription Shouting slogans, the youth hit the streets throwing stones at Government Forces. The troops fired ...
Tral Shuts Against ‘Unprecedented’ Hike in Electricity Charges

Tral Shuts Against ‘Unprecedented’ Hike in Electricity Charges

PULWAMA
Mohammed Mufeez The Tral township in South Kashmir's Pulwama district on Thursday is observing a complete shutdown to protest against an unprecedented 'hike' in the electricity tariff by Power Development Department. Decrying the hike in electricity charges in Kashmir, the locals speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that the hike in electricity charges is overburdening a common man. "We want the department to stop overcharging electricity consumers," a protestor told The Kashmiriyat. The call for shutdown and protest was given by Citizen’s Council Tral. A protest was led by Chairman of the Tral Citizens Council Farooq Ahmed Trali. Speaking to scores of people during the protest march Trali said, "We tried to appraise the issue of power-hike on numerous occasions at several offi...
Encounter Rages in Pulwama’s Parigam

Encounter Rages in Pulwama’s Parigam

PULWAMA
Skinder Gull On Thursday afternoon an exchange of gunfire took place between Militants and Government Forces in the Parigam area of South Kashmir's Pulwama area. Officials told The Kashmiriyat that RR of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police and CRPF jontly launched a cordon and search operation in the Pulwama area tracing an input about Militant movement. The exchange of fire took place after the holed up Militants fired a rounds of bullets towards the Government Forces who retaliated. As per the locals, an intermittent exchange of gunfire is on.buy cialis sublingual online https://www.ecladent.co.uk/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/inc/new/cialis-sublingual.html no prescription Details rushing in.
Man Killed by Younger Brother over Land Dispute in Rajouri

Man Killed by Younger Brother over Land Dispute in Rajouri

REGIONAL
Mubashir Naik A man has allegedly killed his elder brother on Wednesday during a confrontation over a land dispute in Rajouri district of the Jammu region. A Police official told The Kashmiriyat that two brothers from Chingus area of Rajouri had a confrontation over a land dispute and the duo entered into a scuffle on Wednesday. During the confrontation, the 46-year-old Muhammad Aslam, son of Faqir Muhammad attacked his elder brother with an axe, leaving him critically wounded. The injured, Mohammed Sharif was shifted to Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital Rajouri in a critical condition, where he succumbed to his injuries. The official said that the accused Muhammad Aslam is absconding.
BJP Vice President for Pulwama Resigns

BJP Vice President for Pulwama Resigns

PULWAMA
The Bharatiya Janata Party District Vice President for Pulwama district in South Kashmir has resigned from the basic membership of the party. Shabir Ahmed Wani who was holding the charge of District Vice President Pulwama for BJP tendered his resignation from the basic membership of party on Wednesday. Shabir announced his resignation on social networking site Facebook and wrote, “I forward this statement keeping my all guts active and with my own will and wish. I resign from the basic membership of BJP today on 18-11-2020.” “I hope from the mentioned date, I may be considered out of the BJP’s basic membership and my portfolio,” he added
Masarat Alam to Remain In Jail in ‘Funding Case’

Masarat Alam to Remain In Jail in ‘Funding Case’

REGIONAL
The Jammu Kashmir High Court has quashed a 2017 order of detention of separatist leader Masarat Alam Bhat, but he will continue to remain behind bars in connection with a terror-financing case. 'In the 2017 'terror funding case', the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet against Bhat, currently lodged in Tihar Jail in Delhi. A division bench of Justices Sanjeev Kumar and Rajnesh Oswal issued the direction to the Jammu Kashmir administration on Tuesday after noticing that Bhat's detention order of 2017 under the Public Safety Act had outlived its life and the writ petition has become infructuous. The court directed the administration to release him forthwith if his custody was not required in any other case. Bhat, who is the chairman of separatist outfit ...
4 Unidentified Militants Killed in Nagrota Encounter

4 Unidentified Militants Killed in Nagrota Encounter

REGIONAL
Mubashir Naik Four unknown militants have been killed in an early morning encounter that broke out between Government forces and militants who were travelling in a vehicle near Ban Toll Plaza of Nagrota in Jammu district. Officials told The Kashmiriyat that militants fired at a naka party at Nagrota on Jammu—Srinagar highway triggering a gunfight. "In the gunfight, four militants were killed," the official said, adding, two SoG men sustained injuries. The two had minor injuries and are said to be stable.buy cialis online https://www.lifefoodstorage.store/wp-content/themes/astra/languages/en/cialis.html no prescription Details rushing in.
DDC Candidates from PAGD Being Stopped from Campaigning, Says Omar Abdullah

DDC Candidates from PAGD Being Stopped from Campaigning, Says Omar Abdullah

REGIONAL
Former Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir and National Conference (NC) Vice President Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said that the candidates in the fray for the forthcoming District Development council polls in Jammu Kashmir were being stopped from campaigning. In a tweet, Omar questioning the Indian Home Minister Amit Shah said, "Is this the safe and terror-free J&K, which the Home Minister Amit Shah was talking about yesterday?. “What sort of elections are being held in J&K where candidates are being stopped from campaigning? Is this the safe, terror-free J&K the Home Minister was tweeting about yesterday?” Omar tweeted
Forest Rights Act to be Implemented in Jammu Kashmir by January 31, 2021

Forest Rights Act to be Implemented in Jammu Kashmir by January 31, 2021

UPDATES
The Jammu Kashmir administration has said that it will implement the Forest Rights Act, 2006 The Forest Rights Act provides for the granting of rights of forest lands to forest dwellers. However, the rights conferred under this act shall be "heritable but not alienable or transferable", he said. This step is being taken in view of the large scale encroachment of huge forest lands and its illegal sale in Jammu and Kashmir. He said departments of tribal affairs, and forest, ecology, and the environment started working on its implementation in October this year. "It may be pointed out that the Forest Rights Act of 2006 provides for granting of rights to forest dwellers across the country," the spokesperson said. This central Act was, however, not applicable or implemented in ...
Removal of Gujjar and Bakerwal Community from Forests is Illegal- Here’s Why

Removal of Gujjar and Bakerwal Community from Forests is Illegal- Here’s Why

WRITE-UPS
Muzamil Jaleel Why is the eviction of Kashmir’s Gujjar and Bakerwal community from their traditional forest lands illegal and what’s the way forward for them? The Forest Rights Act of 2006 recognises the rights of Forest Dwelling Scheduled Tribes, or FDST, and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers, or OTFD, to forest lands and produce except timber. The law is informed by the understanding that FDST and OTFD are “integral to the very survival and sustainability of the forest ecosystem” and, therefore, the goal of forest conservation is served by letting them stay on their lands, not by evicting them. The law enshrines four main rights of the forest dwellers: Every FDST and OTFD family gets ownership rights to up to 79 kanals, or 4 hectares, of the forest land that they cultivated ...