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Six Persons Arrested on Charges of ‘Throwing Grenades’, Asking people to ‘Boycott Elections’ in Awantipora Belt

PULWAMA

Six persons have been arrested on charges of throwing grenades and for pasting “threat posters of election boycott” in Tral and Sangam areas in south Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. “Police along with 42RR and 180 BN CRPF busted a (militant) associate network of Jaish-e-Mohammad involved in grenade lobbing incidents in Tral Pulwama and Sangam areas of Anantnag district,” a police spokesperson said in a statement to GNS. “The arrested (militant) associates have been in contact with Pakistani handlers and have targeted security forces by lobbing grenades in recent past,” he said, adding, “The arrested persons have been involved in pasting of threat poster of election boycott in Tral areas”. The arrested have been identified as Aijaz Ahmad Bhat of Larow Tral, Mohammad Amin Kha...

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Relatives of Muslim MLA Thrashed by UP Police Over Victory Celebration

INDIA

The relatives of Aam Admi Party (AAP) MLA Amanatullah Khan were lathi-charged by the Uttar Pradesh police in Meerut district when they were celebrating his successful re-election bid from Okhla constituency of Delhi, The Statesman reported. Khan was re-elected to the Delhi Assembly on Tuesday after defeating Bharatiya Janata Party’s Braham Singh by a massive margin of 71,827 votes. Okhla, his constituency has been the epicenter of anti-CAA protests raging across the country. Both Shaheen Bagh and Jamia Nagar area are in this constituency. Soon after election results were announced, Khan’s relatives in his paternal village Agwanpur started the celebration. On this, the cops reached there and trashed the MLA’s kin and villagers to disperse them. Khan’s relatives claimed some police...

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‘It is Shameful, though we Liked it Earlier’- Beyond the Conflict, Kashmir’s Young Battling the Potent Threat of “D” Addiction

WRITE-UPS

Umar Khursheed This Story was originally published in 2017 on The Kashmiriyat Drug addiction, a chronic brain disease often leads people who are with drugs to use it more and more, despite of knowing it that it will damage their brain system and won’t let a person to work in a conscious manner. There are people who don't understand why or how other people become addicted to drugs. They may mistakenly think that those who use drugs lack moral principles or willpower and that they could stop their drug use simply by choosing to stop it. But In reality, drug addiction is a complex disease, and quitting usually takes more than good intentions or a strong will. Drugs change the brain in ways that make quitting hard, even for those who want to. Their brain is who they are. It’s w...

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508 Days and Counting: High-Speed Internet remains Barred in Kashmir

REGIONAL

The Frequent snap-down and the slow internet speed of internet in Kashmir districts have paralysed life in the valley districts as thousands of students are suffering especially due to snapped internet. Students and aspirants of different competitive examinations who have applied for different government jobs are facing hardships, Locals told The Kashmiriyat. Tauqeer Ahmed from Zainapora Shopian, who is preparing his exams said the because of snapped internet he could not prepare well. “Times have changed. We can’t cover all the syllabus through books. Use of the internet is a must for better results but the government here is playing with our career banning Internet every second day, despite internet being on slow speed since August last year,” Shah told The Kashmiriyat. Busines...

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‘Industrialization to Start at a Fast Pace in Jammu Kashmir’- Governor Sinha Says ‘Prosperity’ the only way Forward

INDIA

Manoj Sinha, the man who almost became UP CM in 2017, and now has taken oath as the L-G of Jammu Kashmir, in an exclusive interview to Zee UP-Uttarakhand editor Dileep Tiwari, spoke about a number of issues in detail including the changes in the region post the abrogation of article 370. Sinha said, “People in Jammu Kashmir are excellent which adds to its natural beauty. Talent is immense. There may be little confusion because the true picture does not reach the outside world. But those who are living here have also realized that now a new wind of change has started flowing here.” Sinha feels the budget provided by the Central government to the Union Territory is doing a lot to fight the general perception that J&K is a disturbed state due to terrorism and corruption. “It is ...

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Republic Bharat fined £20,000 by UK TV regulator body for spreading hate Speech

INDIA

The British broadcasting regulator Ofcom has imposed a fine of Rs. 19.7 lakhs on Worldwide Media Network Limited, which operates Republic Bharat in the UK, for failing to comply with broadcasting rules. The breach in question referred to a screening of "Poochta Hai Bharat" episode on September 6, 2019, 14:26 pm. The series is a daily current affairs discussion programme, which is broadcasted for the Hindi-speaking community in the UK. Ofcom found the episode to have contained "uncontextualised hate speech" and inciteful language against people from Pakistan. Ofcom defines "hate speech" as "all forms of expression which spread, incite, promote, or justify hatred based on intolerance on the ground of disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, nationality, race, religion, or s...

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National Conference Wins 25 Seats in Jammu- Two Former BJP Ministers Lose DDC Elections

OTHERS

The National Conference (NC) has won 25 of the 140 seats in the Jammu region in the District Development Council (DDC) elections. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of another former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, which is also a part of PAGD, could win only one seat in the Nowshera region of Jammu. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 71 seats while the Congress won 17, Jammu Kashmir Apni Party three, National Panthers Party bagged two seats, and Bahujan Samaj Party one. In a tweet, NC leader Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday, “I understand the temptation to overplay the 3 seats the BJP has won in the valley but why to underplay the 35 wins/leads of the @JKPAGD in Jammu province. We aren’t Kashmir-based parties, we are political parties with strong support in both Kashmir and Jammu...

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Pahalgam Shivers at Minus 6.6- Dry Weather Expected till December 27

REGIONAL

After slight improvement in temperatures from past few days, night temperature dropped in many parts of Jammu Kashmir. Kashmir Weather, an independent weather forecaster, said minimum temperature settled at minus 5.0 degrees Celsius in Srinagar — 0.2 degrees up from minus 5.2 degrees Celsius the previous night.buy ventolin generic rxbuywithoutprescriptionrxonline.com/ventolin.html over the counter The ski-resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 6.0 degrees Celsius last night — down from the previous night’s minus 5.8 degrees Celsius, he said. The night temperature at Pahalgam resort, which also serves as one of the base camps for the annual Pahalgam was the coldest recorded place in the valley at minus 6.6 degrees celsius, he added. Qazigund — the gateway t...

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SPO Goes Missing with Rifle in Kulgam

KULGAM

A Special Police officer of Jammu Kashmir Police has gone missing in the Kulgam district of South Kashmir. Official Sources told The Kashmiriyat that a Special Police officer, Zakir Hussain Malik son of Mohammad Skinder Malik, a resident of Ahgar area in Yaripora Kulgam has gone missing since Tuesday. He said that Zakir (belt 967A) has been missing along with an AK-47 rifle from Tuesday (December 22). Details awaited

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‘People have Rejected the Unconstitutional Decision to Abrogate Article 370’- PAGD Cross 100 Mark in DDC Polls

UPDATES

The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration has won or is leading in 110-plus seats out of the total 280 in the first-ever District Development Councils (DDC) elections held in Jammu Kashmir. On the other hand, the Bhartiya Janta party has won or is leading on 75 DDC seats. It is sweeping the Hindu-dominated districts — Jammu, Udhampur, Kathua and Samba — in the Jammu Division, leading in 49 out 56 DDC seats. As there is no clear-cut majority in the five councils, the result of 276 District Development Council (DDC) seats, out of 280 seats, has been declared so far. Both the BJP and the People’s Alliance have termed the poll results as their success. “The overwhelming participation of the people is a clear sign that they believe in democratic procedure rather than bullet and ...