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Shopkeepers in Anantnag Township Allege ‘Forced Shutdown’ by Forces- Officials Deny

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Various shopkeepers in the Anantnag township of South Kashmir Tuesday alleged that they were forced to shut down their shops ahead of the sixth phase of the District development Council polls in the Kashmir valley that are scheduled for Wednesday. In this sixth phase, polling will be held for Anantnag & Sagam DDC seats, Panch and Sarpanch vacancies (where ever necessary) in these blocks and ULB vacancies (where ever necessary) in Municipal Council Anantnag and Municipal Committee Kokernag on 16th of December, 2020, an official communique of the District Information office issued to The Kashmiriyat notified. Shops, business establishments are shut in the township, while people are indoors and traffic is majorly off the roads in the town and the areas surrounding it. "Two d...

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300 Students Remain Missing on Day 3 After being Kidnapped in Nigeria

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Anxiety is growing among the parents of hundreds of students who remain missing three days after gunmen attacked their school in Katsina State in northern Nigeria, Associated Press reported. More than 300 students are missing after the attack on the Government Science Secondary School, a boys' school in Kankara, on Friday night, Katsina Governor Aminu Masari said. A joint rescue operation was launched Saturday by Nigeria's police, air force and army, according to the Government. The military was in gunfights with the bandits after locating their hideout in the Zango/Paula forest Saturday, according to a statement by President Muhammadu Buhari. When the school was attacked, police engaged in a gunfight with the gunmen, allowing many students to scale the school's fence and run for...

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Police Registers Case Against user who Posted Fake News of Temple being Burnt in Srinagar

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The Jammu Kashmir Police has said that some people have been misusing social media to spread hatred among religious communities in Jammu Kashmir. In a press release, the Jammu Kashmir Police said, Taking a serious note of the misuse of social media Srinagar Police have registered an FIR against social media user who intended to disturb the religious harmony. This false post was uploaded on social media 'Twitter' using URL www.twitter.com/vimarsh, a police spokesperson said in a statement. The accused has used provocative language while posting this falsehood with criminal intention to hurt the religious sentiments of the Hindu community and to promote enmity & ill will between different religious groups. Therefore taking cognizance of said false post-Srinagar Police ha...

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After Facing ‘Social Boycott’ For being Covid Positive Srinagar Man Starts First-ever ‘Shikara Ambulance’

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Fizala Khan While most candidates for elections and seasoned politicians pitch for better roads, it is difficult to find them advocating for a progressive approach towards health care. A cardiac arrest or a stroke, for any Dal dweller, could most certainly result in life-threatening situations, if there is a delay in medical aid. Tariq Ahmed Patloo (50), a Dal dweller and social activist, tested positive for coronavirus in early October. Following the regulated guidelines, he quarantined himself at his residence in Dal Lake. Tariq’s health condition worsened with time as he, a diabetic patient fighting Covid, had to travel and cross the lake at night in order to reach for medical aid, which became a challenge as no Shikara rower or owner, would help him cross the distance to the...

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‘They Promised me, They will release my Son, if I Attend the Rally’- 100-year-Old Woman Attends BJP Rally in Kashmir

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A 100-year-old woman Monday attended a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rally in Baniyari village of Hajin in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district to get her son, who is languishing in jail since past 10 years, released. Fazi Begum, who claimed she is more than 100 year-old, said that she attended the BJP rally in Chrangpora village of Baniyari today as she wanted to get her son released from jail. Two of her neighbours accompanied Fazi to the rally venue, as she could not walk on her own and needed support to reach the venue. She said that some “Jan Sahab of BJP” has promised her that her son would be released if she attends the BJP rally that was addressed by the BJP national spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain and other senior leaders of the party including Sofi Yousuf. Fazi said that...

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Jails in Jammu Kashmir Holding Prisoners Beyond their Capacity, 43 Lodged in UP, Haryana Jails

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Muzammil Bashir An RTI filed by two students of Kashmir University has revealed that the jails in Jammu Kashmir are overcrowded during the times of global pandemic despite the supreme court orders of decongesting the Jails. Earlier in April, as the global pandemic spread in India, a three-member committee headed by J-K State Legal Services Authority Executive Chairman Justice Rajesh Bindal ordered the release of jail inmates, except those involved in militancy-related cases to decongest the prisons in the Union Territory. The figures reveal that a total of 4031 prisoners are lodged in fourteen jails across Jammu Kashmir against a capacity of 3660 persons. The data accessed by The Kashmiriyat also reveals that a total of 747 prisoners are lodged across the 14 jails in Militancy...

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Indian Flying Fox Captured in Kulgam by Wildlife Department

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A rare mammal, the Indian flying fox (Pteropus medius, also known as the greater Indian fruit bat) was captured by wildlife department in a village in South Kashmir's Kulgam district on Monday afternoon. Pertinently, Indian flying fox is a species of megabat found in the Indian subcontinent Sources told that the Indian large flying fox was captured by Wildlife control room Devsar in Sangas Karwat village of Kulgam on Monday. A large number of people rushed to the spot and clicked pictures of the mammal. Wildlife Warden, South Division, Abdul Rouf Zargar said that they would release the mammal into the orchard after a medical checkup because it was in a injured condition (head injury), adding that it forays into villages to eat fruits. Wildlife Warde...

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2,658 journalists Killed in Last 30 years, 45 in 2020: IFJ

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2,658 journalists and media personnel have been killed globally while carrying out their work in the past 30 years, according to the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). The IFJ said that when it started reporting the numbers of deaths in 1990, it was a time “when raising a white flag and writing TV in masking tape on a vehicle might help keep one safe”.buy ivermectin online buy ivermectin generic “Some believed that this was merely a blip. Sadly this proved not to be.” Although the numbers have fallen from a peak of 155 in 2006 to 49 in 2019 and 45 in 2020 so far, the IFJ urged the industry there is “no room for complacency”. IFJ general secretary Anthony Bellanger said the report’s trends should instead act as an “urgent call to redouble our efforts to mobilize fo...

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Assembly of Jammu Kashmir to have Reserved Seats for Women, Says BJP Leader

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Bharatiya Janata Party senior leader and party spokesperson Dr Darakhshan Andrabi on Monday met the members of a women social activity group and a delegation of tribal youth in Srinagar and interacted with them about the role of women in new Jammu Kashmir and the extension of benefits of newly implemented central tribal welfare laws to the tribal communities of the region. “In DDC polls, we had seats reserved for women. This right was not given to the womenfolk by the earlier governments for decades. Much such discrimination against womenfolk existed here as many such laws and central regulators were not implemented by the local governments here. Now J&K will have specially reserved seats for women in the new Assembly,” said Dr. Andrabi to women activists, as per an official press ...

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No Outsider Has Bought Land in Jammu Kashmir after August 05, Says LG Sinha

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The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu Kashmir, Manoj Sinha has said that no outsider has bought land in Jammu Kashmir after 05 August 2019, when the special status of Jammu Kashmir was abrogated. Claiming that 90 percent of the land in Jammu Kashmir is agricultural, Speaking to the Indian Express, he said, "there was not even a single incidence of an outsider having bought land in the region." Sinha said that there was no need to panic or be feared. He said that the assembly elections will be held in Jammu Kashmir only after the delimitation commission completes its work.buy symbicort online buy symbicort no prescription