December 2020 - Page 14 of 27

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MBBS Students Protest Against GMC Admin For not Holding Clinical Classes

REGIONAL

As many as 250 MBBS students on Friday morning staged a protest in the premises of SKIMS Medical College Srinagar against the administration for not taking concrete steps to commence the clinical classes and forcing students to face hardships. The students from 10:00 am assembled within the premises of SKIMS Srinagar to register their protest and press for their demands. The protesting MBBS students told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that for the past over six months not a single clinical class was held nor the administration has vacated the designated covid staff from hostels. They said that the protest was organized against the administration who for the past six months have kept them away from the classrooms deliberately. The Covid staff has been accommodated ...

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Militant Critically Wounded in Anantnag Gunfight Succumbs in Hospital

PULWAMA

Salman Shah The Militant who was critically wounded during a gunfight with Government Forces in Gund Baba area of Sangam in South Kashmir's Anantnag district has succumbed to his injuries. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that Zaheer Abas Lone, a resident of Inder area in Pulwama who was admitted in Shri Mahraja Hari Singh (SMHS) Hospital in Srinagar succumbed to his injuries. Zaheer, an affiliate of Hizb ul Mujahideen had recently joined the outfit and his audios were also circulated on social media. Pertinently an encounter raged in Anantnag on Thursday between Militants and Government forces at Gund Baba Khaleel, Anantnag during which te Forces arrested one local HM Militant Zaheer Abbas Lone. Zaheer was taken to the hospital by Police in a wounded condition.

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‘We will Not Conver any Event of Apni Party’- Sopore Media Association Condemns ‘Unruly’ Behavior of Apni Party Leader

UPDATES

The Sopore Media association has condemned the 'unruly behaviour' of Apni Party leader Tanveer Fatima towards journalists. In an official press release issued by the Sopore Media Association (SMA), they said that on December 17, after Ms. Fatima, a member of Apni Party called a press conference to which journalists turned up in a professional manner. "The journalists covered her press conference for their respective news organization and also shared the video clips of Ms. Fatima speaking on their social media handles," the press release issued to The Kashmiriyat read. However, later in the day Ms. Fatima misbehaved with some journalists over the comments her video has received from the public on social media. "Journalists can not control what people will write but their work ...

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Police Arrests Government Employee with Arms and Ammunition in Rajouri

REGIONAL

Mubashir Naik A Government employee was arrested and a pistol and ammunition was seized from him in Rajouri district on Thursday. Senior Superintendent of Police, Rajouri, Chandan Kohli said that one Jasvinder Singh’s car met with an accident at Chatta Siot but when a police team reached there to help but the concerned started running. However, Singh was detained by police after a chase and a pistol and six bullets of 7.65 mm calibre were seized from him. Singh, who works at the Jammu Kashmir Animal husbandry department, is from Nonial Nowshera and he has been arrested, police said. A case under relevant sections of the law for carrying an illegal weapon has been registered with further investigation into the matter going on.

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Frozen Water Taps and Kangri are Back as Kashmir Braces for ‘Chilai Kalan’

REGIONAL

A cold wave continued in the Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region on Sunday as the weather office said the same weather conditions were likely to prevail for two or three more days. Cold wave continued to sweep parts of J&K and Ladakh on Friday with Jammu recording season's coldest night at 2.8°C and the Drass town remaining frozen at minus 28.5°C. "Light rain/snow is likely in J&K and Ladakh on December 21-22, but the present cold wave condition is expected to continue during the next two to three days. "No major snowfall is expected in J&K and Ladakh till December 31", an official of the MET department said. Encouragingly for the local tourist industry, all hotels and huts in Gulmarg are completely sold out to new year enthusiasts where the minimum temperature wa...

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Rare’ Yellow-throated’ Mammal Rescued by Wildlife Department in Anantnag Kashmir

ISLAMABAD

Sheikh Nadeem The Jammu Kashmir Wildlife department on Friday claimed to have received a rare specie of the animal kingdom in the Sundoo area of Anantnag's Shangus. An official told The Kashmiriyat that the Rage Officer of Bringi Dildar Ahmad Bhat received input about the presence of an unknown animal at Sundoo Nowgam. The team of wildlife Department from Achabal control room immediately reached the spot where it was found a rare species of Marten a mammal belonging to the family of Chordata. The official said that the animal had a few injuries on its body. Later the team rescued and gave medical attention and treatment to the said animal which is still under investigation and observation. Gulzar Ahmad, the senior in charge of Wildlife control room Achabal Speaking to T...

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French President Macron Tests Positive for Covid 19

INTERNATIONAL

French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for deadly virus [Covid-19] on Thursday. “The President of the Republic has been diagnosed positive for Covid-19 today,” his office said in a statement. “This diagnosis was made following an PCR test performed at the onset of the first symptoms.” It said Macron would isolate himself for seven days. “He will continue to work and take care of his activities at a distance,” the statement read. Earlier, in October, thousands of Muslims in countries around the world have held protests to vent their fury at France over its perceived animosity towards Islam. Macron has become a target in several Muslim-majority countries for his recent comments about Islam. Mr Macron has called Islam a religion “in crisis” and defended the right of ...

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Roshni Act- High Court Postpones Hearing of Review Petition to December 22

OTHERS

A division bench of the Jammu Kashmir high court comprising on Wednesday postponed the hearing of review petitions in the multi-crore Roshni land scam to December 22. As per a report on Hindustan times, the Advocate general of J&K DC Raina assisted by additional advocate general Aseem Sawhney submitted that about 21 review petitions have been filed so far but the registry has listed only 11 of them including the one by the administration. Senior advocates ZA Shah, Jehangir Ganai, Sunil Sethi, Gagan Basotra, Rohit Kohli senior advocate and a battery of lawyers appeared for the review petitioners. Additional advocate general Aseem Sawhney, who appeared on the behalf of Jammu Kashmir administration, assured that copies of review petitions will be provided to the CBI counsel. ...

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Militants Attack Government Forces in Awantipora

PULWAMA

Suspected militants fired upon Government forces in the Kadibal area of South Kashmir's Awantipora. An official said that on Thursday afternoon militants fired upon joint forces of Police and CRPF in the Kadibal area of Awantipora in south Kashmir's Pulwama district. As per initial reports nobody was injured in the attack. The forces launched search operation to nab the attackers. GNS

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Pakistan Pacer Amir Bids Farewell to International Cricket

SPORTS

Pakistan left-arm pacer Mohammad Amir announced his retirement from international cricket on Thursday. The left-armer, who arrived at the scene in a T20I game against England in June 2009, participated in 147 international fixtures in which he took 259 wickets. He was part of the Pakistan squad which won the 2009 World T20I. However, his career faced a downward spiral when he was banned for five years over his involvement in the 2010 spot-fixing scandal during the tour of England in 2010. Upon his return to the international side, Amir played a leading role in Pakistan’s formidable pace attack and helped the side won its maiden International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy title back in 2017. The pacer retired from Test cricket citing workload reasons and has been parti...