January 23, 2021 - The Kashmiriyat

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Protests Staged Outside Government House as Kisaan Tehreek Reaches Jammu Kashmir

INDIA

On Saturday, a protest was staged outside the Governor house that demanded new laws must be taken back at an earliest in support of farmers protesting on the borders of Delhi against agricultural laws, in Jammu. Kishore Kumar, a senior leader of the Kisan Tehreek, during a protest outside the Governor's House in Jammu said that the Supreme Court had stayed agricultural laws but the government does not act upon it. He said that the Union government has been discussing its benefits in eight rounds of talks and hasn't accepted farmers demands. "Modi government at the Center was constantly cheating the farmers. It had passed anti-farmer bills without telling the truth to the people, but resorting to lies and deception," Kumar said. "The government is also cheating the farmers in th...

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Ambani Likely to Meet Top Officials of Tourism Department in Jammu Kashmir

INDIA

The chairman of the Reliance group who is currently on a visit to the famous ski resort in North Kashmir is likely to meet the officials of the tourism department of Jammu Kashmir. Anil, who arrived here on Saturday along with his family on Friday is staying amid high-security at the Kyber hotel in Gulmarg. His visit has raised apprehensions in various circles of Kashmir, while many criticized the Jammu Kashmir tourism for trying to promote Kashmir tourism through a bankrupt. One Social media user wrote, "Ronaldo rejects $6m-a-year deal to promote Saudi tourism, And here we are trying to promote JK tourism through a bankrupt Anil Ambani., JK tourism should have roped in national stars for winter sports in Kashmir (Gulmarg). https://twitter.com/fayazm74/status/135295536346148454...

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Revisiting October Revolution on Lenin’s Death Anniversary

EDUCATION, WRITE-UPS

Inayatullah Din On January 21 in 1924, Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin died at the age of 54. He was the architect of the October Revolution and established the first communist state in Russia. How Lenin's Bolshevik uprising managed to capture power in October 1917 is an extraordinary story. Today on Lenin's death anniversary, let's unfold the events that led to this revolution, which eventually paved the way for the rise of communism as an influential political belief system around the world. The Russian Revolution was an unprecedented event in the sense that it was the first revolution that was based on a concrete and explicit theory of revolution. The coming of the revolution, though not its details, had been both predicted and anticipated. Another crucial aspect of this Revo...

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Two More Including Youth Woman Die of Heart Attack in Kashmir- Toll Climbs to 25 in last 15 Days

ISLAMABAD

Suhail Dar Two more persons have died of a heart attack in the Kashmir valley taking the toll to 25 in the past fifteen days. An official told The Kashmiriyat that a young teacher from the Batengoo area in South Kashmir's Anantnag District who was a Government Teacher by profession fell unconscious at his home on Saturday afternoon. Identified as Nayaz Ahmad Pinchoo Son of Ghulam Ahmad Pinchoo, he was rushed to the Government District hospital of Anantnag where the Doctors declared him brought dead upon arrival. "He had faced a cardiac arrest," a doctor said. Another young woman from South Kashmir died of a cardiac arrest on Saturday afternoon. Pertinently In the last 15 days, the total number of deaths reported due to cardiac arrest in the Valley has reached 25.

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Human Rights Situation in India is very serious, Says UN Special Rapporteur

INTERNATIONAL

The Indian American Muslim Council has released its Human Rights Compendium Series and the first report in this series called Human rights in India. It mainly focused on issues like the sedition law, hate speech, national security legislation, citizenship crisis in Assam and the rest of the country, the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on sanitation workers, migrant workers, fisherfolk, and so on. It is a comprehensive document that highlights the issues facing modern India under the governance of the current ruling BJP government in power since 2014 and how the actions of the government have affected various strata and classes of people and communities. The report was launched on January 21 with a webinar. Different people spoke on it in the webinar, namely Mary Lawlor, UN Spec...

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Amid Snowfall, Muslims Carry the Body of their Hindu Neighbour for 10 Kilometers in Shopian Kashmir

CULTURE

Meer Irfan Local Muslim neighbours of a Bhaskar Nath who passed away in a Srinagar Hospital on Saturday morning, shouldered his dead body for miles amid heavy snowfall. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that the amublance in which the dead body of the deceased was being carried could not move ahead in Shopian due to heavy snowfall in the area. The Locals spotted the ambulance and after failing to make it cross the snow covered road, the locals took out the dead body and carried it on their own shoulders for a distance of more at least 10 Kimoetres to Pargochi. As per the Locals, the ambulance driver had called the family of the deceased who informed their muslim neighbours and without any hesitation rushed to the spot and carried Bhaskar on their shoulders. Later, upon reaching Pa...

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Historical Mosque Lying in Ruins in Ganderbal Kashmir

REGIONAL

Rayees Shah Located near the Ganderbal's District headquarters in Central Kashmir, Malashahi Bagh Masjid, as it is popularly known, is lying in ruins due to official apathy. The Locals speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that the centuries-old historical Ganderbal mosque has been facing negligence from both the Waqf Board and Directorate of Archeology in Jammu Kashmir. The Snow and inclement weather conditions over the years and then the apathy of the consecutive Governments have caused huge damage to the structure. "No Government has ever taken any step to repair the historical mosque," a senior citizen, Ali Mohammed Dar said. Currently, in possession of the Central Waqf Board along with 360 Kanals of Orchard land, the Mosque was built by Dara Shikoh in the 17th century for his t...

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‘Government is Rigid to not Repeal the Laws’- Farmers Protest to Continue

INDIA

On Friday, Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar has told the farm unions that the government would not repeal three contentious agricultural laws. The Centre asked the farmers to reconsider its proposal for putting the Acts on hold for 12-18 months adding that it was the best offer Government could provide to them. Tomar said the dialogue process could only restart if the farmers reconsider the government’s proposal, and asked the farm unions to inform the latter by January 23 if they were ready to change their minds. While farmers' unions have called for the repeal of the laws. On Friday, they vowed to intensify their agitation, The farmers union said that they are going to take a rally on tractors in Delhi on January 26. However, they said they will do it after Ind...

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Two Bootleggers Including one Non- Local Arrested with Illicit Liquor by Police in Ganderbal

REGIONAL

Shah Basit/ Rayees Shah The Jammu Kashmir Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested two persons including a non-local with thirty bottles of illicit liquor in the Ganderbal district of Central Kashmir. An official told The Kashmiriyat that on the directions of SSP Ganderbal Khalil Ahmad Poswal, a snap Naka was established at Gulab Sheikh crossing by SHO Police station Safapora, Arshid Ahmed. He said that During the checking, an Alto car bearing registration number JK 01R-4894 traveling from Bandipora towards Safapora was halted at the Naka point but men on board in the vehicle tried to escape the checking point, meanwhile, the Police party stopped them tactically. During checking of the said vehicle 30 bottles of illicit liquor viz; XXX Rum (24 bottles), Imperial blue (02 bottles) an...

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Fresh Snowfall in Kashmir- Flights Delayed at Srinagar Airport

REGIONAL

The morning flights were delayed at the Srinagar airport after a fresh spell of snow in parts of Kashmir valley on Saturday early morning, officials said here. Director Srinagar Airport Santosh Dhoke while said that in view of continuous snowfall the flight operations at Srinagar Airport have been delayed. “As soon as the weather improves the flight operations will resume. So far no flight has landed at Srinagar Airport today,” he said. Meanwhile, Airport Authorities in a Tweet said there might be delays in flights due to fresh snowfall in the valley. "Runway not available till 09:00 due to snowfall. Flights may delay. Plan accordingly @Aaisnrairport @AAI_Official @aaiRedNR,” Srinagar Airport Tweeted. Meanwhile, ADGP Traffic told KNO that the traffic authorities have allowed...