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China Developing Military In-Depth Camps Along the LAC

INTERNATIONAL

China has been developing several military camps in their depth areas all along the LAC since the 2017 Doklam crisis to enhance its preparedness during military conflicts, government sources said. China and India are locked in a bitter standoff along the LAC in eastern Ladakh since April-May this year. The soldiers are likely to remain deployed on the forbidding heights through the long and harsh winter ahead as both the nations are yet to agree on the modalities of troop disengagement. “The Chinese have been developing military camps in their depth areas all along the LAC. Around 20 of such camps have been observed with some civilians also around these places,” government sources told news agency ANI. The sources said that these camps can help the Chinese troops patrol the...

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Unknown Persons Steal 50 sheep from Tral Hamlet

PULWAMA

Approximately 50 sheep have been stolen from a cowshed in a hamlet in Tral town of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The incident occurred during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. Locals told news agency KNT that 50 sheep were stolen from the cow-shed of one Abdul Rashid Shah from Lariyar village. They said a report is being filed at concerned police station. Cattle theft incidents are common in rural areas. Police arrested dozens of cattle smugglers and thieves in recent past from different hamlets of South Kashmir. (KNT)

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Jammu Kashmir Transport Welfare Association Protests in Solidarity with Farmers

INDIA, REGIONAL

Mubashir Naik The bandh call given by farmers and various other organizations witnessed mixed impact in Jammu District with most of public transport staying off roads. Commuters faced problems and were seen walking a distance, but shops and business establishments remained partially open. The main protest rally was taken out by Jammu Kashmir Transport Welfare Association (JKTWA) from Bikram Chowk to Digiana, blocking the Jammu-Pathankot highway. The JKTWA and over a dozen other social, religious and political organizations have extended support to the bandh call. The protests remained peaceful and no untoward incident was reported from anywhere in Jammu district or elsewhere in the province, officials said. The protest started around 11:00 am from Vikram Chowk Jammu Leading th...

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Asia’s Second Largest Fruit Mandi in Sopore Shuts Down in Solidarity with Farmers

INDIA, REGIONAL, THE KASHMIRIYAT

Asia’s Second largest fruit mandi in North Kashmir’s Sopore town in Tuesday observed a complete shutdown to extended their support to Bharat Bandh call given by farmers who are seeking the rollback of three recent farm laws. Fayaz Ahmad Malik, President fruit mandi, said that they have closed all the activities and businesses today in fruit mandi, Sopore in support of the Bharat Bandh call given by the farmers. He also appealed to the central government that in the view of the sentiments of farmers the newly framed farm laws should be rolled back immediately. Farmers from various states in the country are protesting against the three new farm laws that were passed by the parliament recently. The Bharat Bandh call today which was supported by various opposition parties, demandi...

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Unknown Persons Steal 50 Sheep from Tral Hamlet

REGIONAL

In Tral town of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, locals said that approximately 50 sheep have been stolen from a cowshed in a hamlet. The incident occurred during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. Locals told news agency KNT that 50 sheep were stolen from the cow-shed of one Abdul Rashid Shah from Lariyar village. They said a report is being filed at concerned police station. Cattle theft incidents are common in rural areas. Police arrested dozens of cattle smugglers and thieves in recent past from different hamlets of South Kashmir.

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Mega Enrollment Drive Organised at Middle Shelipora, Anantnag

ISLAMABAD, THE KASHMIRIYAT

Sheikh Nadeem A Special Enrollment Camp was organised by Education Zone Achabal at Govt Middle School, Shelipora in compliance to the Worthy Chief Education Officer in Anantnag. The program recorded overwhelming response from the nearby villages and more than 300 parents participated in the program. On this occasion, the newly admitted 117 students in Govt Schools of the area were present in the program and 23 more children got admission on the spot. The free text books, school bags and uniforms were distributed among the newly admitted children. The Worthy Chief Education officer Anantnag and respected Deputy Education Planning officer Anantnag in their speech assured the large gathering of the parents that they will not be deceived if they trust our teachers & admit thei...

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Delhi CM, Former Jammu Kashmir CM Put Under House Arrest, Claim Parties

REGIONAL

Mehbooba Mufti, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President was disallowed on Tuesday to move out of her residence once again by the Jammu Kashmir administration, as per reports. According to the report the former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir was scheduled to visit Budgam today. Earlier in November, Mehbooba had claimed that she and her daughter, Iltija Mufti, were placed under house arrest and not allowed to visit the Pulwama residence of party leader Waheed Parra, who was arrested by the NIA. “I’ve been illegally detained yet again. Since two days, J&K admin has refused to allow me to visit @parawahid’s family in Pulwama. BJP Ministers & their puppets are allowed to move around in every corner of Kashmir but security is a problem only in my case,” Mehbooba had s...

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Cardiac Arrest Among Young Kashmiris Growing at an Alarming Rate, Say Cardiologists

UPDATES

The cardiologists in the Valley termed the heart attacks or cardiac arrests among the youth as alarming, saying that smoking, drug menace and psychosocial stress were among the main causes behind the increasing rate of deaths occurring due to the heart attacks or cardiac arrests. Dr. Nisar Tramboo, HoD SKIMS said that the heart attacks and cardiac arrests among the youth are increasing as they (youth) live unhealthy habits, which include smoking and other related things. He said cardiac arrest and heart attack are two different things and heart attacks don’t lead to cardiac arrest mandatorily. “In the past, we couldn’t diagnose it as there were no investigative modalities available. But now, there are both the things including investigative modalities as well as awareness,” he s...

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40,000 Fresh Admission in Government Schools of Kashmir

EDUCATION

The School Education Department on Monday said that it has registered at least 40,000 fresh admissions for the academic year 2020-21 in government schools of Kashmir. Director of the department from Kashmir region, Mohammad Younis Malik said, “in order to review the ongoing educational survey cum enrolment drive, a series of meetings and interaction sessions with Zonal Education Officers (ZEO’s) and Heads of Schools (HOS’s) of Kashmir division were held.” DSEK has said that an increase of more than 40,000 students in government schools during a short period of two weeks is a big achievement but it needs to be taken to a logical conclusion so that fruitful results are achieved out of the campaign. Malik expressed satisfaction over the increasing number of children being enrolled i...

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‘Is it Crime to be a Kashmiri’- Families of Three Budgam Men Arrested in Delhi Plead their Innocence

WRITE-UPS

Irshad Hussain The Special Cell of Delhi Police on Monday arrested five "suspected militants" after an "encounter" with the police in Delhi’s Shakarpur area. "The initial probe suggests that the five, two from Punjab and three from Jammu Kashmir, have links to Khalistan and Islamic terror organizations," the Delhi Police claimed. Three Kashmiri men who hailed from Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. They were identified as Reyaz Ahmed Rather and Shabir Ahmed Gojri, both residents of Nasrullah Pora and Muhammad Ayoub Pathan of Gondhipora village of Budgam. As soon as the news of the arrest of the trip reached their homes back in Kashmir, the families plunged into mourning and anger pleading the innocence of their loved ones. Neighbours in large numbers reached the houses of t...