November 2020 - Page 27 of 29

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Austria Hunts Suspects after Vienna Shooting in a Feared ‘Islamist Attack’

INTERNATIONAL

After gunmen opened fire at six different locations in the city centre on Monday evening, seventeen people were wounded - some seriously injured and receiving treatment. Officials said, one attacker was shot dead by police. Interior Minister, Karl Nehammer described the assailant killed by police as an "Islamist terrorist". Two men and two women were among the killed, the women was reportedly working as a waitress, the second women succumbed to her injuries later at the hospital, overnight. At Seitenstettengasse synagogue, around 20:00 (19:00 GMT) a heavily armed man opened fire on people outside cafes and restaurants, according to Police officials. Image : Getty Images One policeman was shot and critically wounded before the perpetrator as members of the special forces quic...

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Admin’s Defense of New Land Laws ‘A Bunch of Lies’, GAPD

REGIONAL

The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), an amalgam of around six parties in Jammu Kashmir, on Tuesday disputed the defence of the administration on the newly introduced land laws and described it as “a bundle of lies” and “an attempt to change demography”. “The PAGD rejects the statement of the official spokesman [of November 2] as a bizarre attempt to distort facts, weave lies and mislead people”, a spokesman of the Gupkar alliance said in a statement. Disputing the remarks made by government spokesman Rohit Kansal that the previous laws were “archaic and regressive”, the alliance spokesman said the land laws regime of Jammu and Kashmir was “most progressive, pro-people and pro-former in the entire Indian subcontinent”. “The real object to repeal the basic land laws ...

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Police Arrests Activist Who Hoisted Tri-Colour Flag At PDP Office in Jammu

OTHERS

An activist, Amandeep Singh Boparai was arrested by police from his home in Jammu on Tuesday morning for hoisting the national flag at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) office in Jammu. He, along with the local youth, had forcibly hoisted the national flag at Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) office in Jammu. Singh hoisted the flag after PDP Chief, Mehbooba Mufti said that she would not hoist the tri-color until the separate flag for Jammu Kashmir and the special status of the state is restored. A group of youth activists led by Amandeep Singh organised a rally and attempted to hoist the national flag at PDP headquarters, but were stopped by the police. Meanwhile, Amandeep has reportedly been taken to Gandhi Nagar police station. Senior police officers refused to divulge any details...

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21-Year-Old Girl Battles for Life After Being Sexually Assaulted in Kulgam

KULGAM

Danishwar Hameed A girl was sexually assaulted after being kidnapped in the Akhal area of Devsar in South Kashmir's Kulgam district on the 31st of October (Saturday). Locals told The Kashmiriyat that the girl (Name withheld), who is a resident of the Pooniwah area in Kulgam had gone to attend a wedding in the area when she was abducted by a group of youth and allegedly assaulted her after that. The youth after assaulting the girl sexually tried to kill her, as per Locals. She was later recovered by a group of locals from the site and rushed to a local hospital in an unconscious condition. The doctors referred her to a Srinagar condition, where she is said to be in a critical condition. Two youth have been arrested in this connection, a Police official said, adding that the P...

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Four More Youth From South Kashmir Go Missing

REGIONAL

Skinder Gull/ Mir Irfan Four More youth from South Kashmir districts of Pulwama and Shopian have gone missing since the past week, some of whom have reportedly joined Militant ranks. Sources informed The Kashmiriyat that Umer Khanday son of Mushtaq Ahmad Khanday, who is a resident of Tulbagh Pampore Pulwama, Amir Ahmed Mailk son of Abdul Gaffar Mailk from Hadergund Zainapora Shopian, Shahnawaz Ahmad from Sambora Pulwama & Umer Malik From Sugan Shopain. The 16-year-old Umer Mushtaq, who was studying in class 11th went missing from his home in the last week of October, Locals from Tulbagh said. Police official upon being contacted by The Kashmiriyat said that the family of Umar has filed a missing report in the Police station Pampore on 26 October 2020. Amir Ahmed Malik ag...

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Two Drug Peddlers Arrested in Kulgam

KULGAM

Danishwar Hameed The Jammu Kashmir Police in Kulgam arrested two persons with contraband substances in the Kelam area of the Kulgam district in South Kashmir. An official told The Kashmiriyat that during the intervening night of 02/03 November, while checking vehicles on Naka in the Kelam area, a Police party headed by SI Sandeep Sharma intercepted a Maruti car Alto 800 bearing registration number JK22-7447 with two persons traveling in it. "During the checking of the aforementioned vehicle and persons, nine bottles of Codeine Phosphate were recovered from their possession," the official said. He identified the duo as Mudasir Ahmad Shan, resident of Nowpora and Shabir Ahmad Shan of Pati Akhran Nowpora, adding, "They have been arrested and Vehicle used in the commission of crime...

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‘People Of Jammu Kashmir are Suffering’- Plea in Supreme Court for Early Hearings on Revocation of Article 370

INDIA

An application for early hearing of the petitions challenging the promulgation of the Constitution (Application to Jammu Kashmir) Order, 2019 amending Article 367 of the Constitution of India and abrogating Article 370 has been filed in the Supreme Court. The application has been filed by one Shakir Shabir, who had challenged the revocation of Article 370 in the top court last year. The application states that several legislations have been passed since August 5, 2019 and key changes are being effected by the government in J&K which risks lending permanency to initial impugned order passed on 5 August 2020. The applicant has, therefore, raised the apprehension that "mere passage of time" can render the abrogation of Article 370 permanent making the petitions infructuous. "All ...

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All Beneficiaries of the Roshni Act are not Illegal Occupants or Encroachers

REGIONAL

The Group of Concerned Citizens (GCC), a civil society group, on Monday said that different views have been expressed regarding the High Court judgment over Roshi Act and said all the beneficiaries under the said act were labeled as encroachers which is not a fact .In a statement issued to the press, the GCC said, under the Roshni Act those of the occupants who were holding leases of the Nazool land for residential purposes under the J&K Land Grants Act,1960 were also made eligible to seek conversion of their leasehold rights into freehold. It said, these lease holders were neither encroachers nor were in illegal occupation of any state land. They constitute a class apart amongst the various classes of the occupants. The initial leases in their favour or in favour of their anc...

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BJP Trying to Destroy our Identity by Selling Our Land to Outsiders, Jammu Congress Leader

REGIONAL

The BJP-led Centre is trying to destroy the cultural identity of Jammu Kashmir by “selling” land to outsiders, senior Congress leader and former deputy chief minister Tara Chand alleged on Monday. His remarks come in the backdrop of the central government clearing the decks for people from across the country to buy land in the union territory by amending several laws. ”The BJP had earlier promised securing land and jobs for the local youth but taking a U-Turn it has now decided to open it for everyone which will reduce the opportunity for locals,”Chand claimed while addressing party workers here. "BJP-led central government is trying to destroy the cultural identity of Jammu and Kashmir by selling land to outsiders,” he said. Chand urged the central government to restore the st...

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47 Civilians Killed So Far in 2020

REGIONAL

Forty-three civilians including 8 BJP workers, a kid, and a Block Development Chairman lost their lives in different violence-related incidents across Jammu Kashmir this year. The BJP workers who were gunned down by suspected militants include Waseem Bari, his brother Umar Sheikh and father Bashir Sheikh of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district, Abdul Hamid Najar of Ompora Budgam, Yuva Morcha General Secretary for Kulgam Fida Hussain and Umar Ramzan of YK Pora and Haroon Rashid Beigh of Sopat Kulgam. Suspected Militants also abducted and subsequently killed Khonmou Panch Nisar Ahmed alias Kobra whose body was recovered from Dangam Shopian village. He was reportedly associated with BJP but the party, later on, disowned him. Suspected Militants also shot dead BDC Chairman Bhopindar Sin...