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India Tops the List of Curbing Internet Access in 2020

INTERNATIONAL

India tops the list of Internet shutdowns in the world among a groups of 21 countries that curbed citizens’ web access in 2020, Hindustan Times reported. The report further said that China and North Korea was exempted from the report because researchers relied on publicly available open source information and have documented internet and social media shutdowns. India restricted Internet for 8,927 hours in the year 2020. Internet restrictions in Kashmir -- where the government in 2019 revoked the special autonomous status of the country’s only Muslim majority state - affected access for medicines, businesses, education and schools. The partial internet ban still remains in place in of Jammu Kashmir with frequent closure of internet in view of encounters, which are almost an eve...

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JK Bank Decides to Hold Exams Despite Heavy Snowfall

OTHERS

Jammu Kashmir Bank management has decided to hold all Bank exams on schedule despite heavy snowfall. A top official informed that they cannot change the examination date. "This is not done by J&K Bank. It is in hands of IBPS. We have given relaxation of half an hour in timing. Still we will request them. Those who have to attend examination attend it any way." Meanwhile Kashmir University, Cluster University and State board of School Education has postponed the examination due to the adverse weather situation which has cut-off major roads in Kashmir" (KNS)

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Locals of Anantnag Town Aghast as Admin Yet to Clear Snow ‘for First times in many Years’

ISLAMABAD

Salman Shah various areas of the Islamabad (anantnag) town in South Kashmir have remained cut off for the second consecutive day on Tuesday amid heavy snowfall. A group of Locals from the Hazratbal area of the main town speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that it was for the first time in several years that the administration has not cleared the roads in the town leading to several problems including the movement of public towards hospitals. They said that it was not for the first time that it snowed in the Kashmir valley, but for the first time the locals of the area are facing such tremendous problems as nobody had come to clean off the streets. The Kadipora locality and the parts of KP road in the town are also covered with snow, locals told The Kashmiriyat, adding that the...

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Family of Three Found Dead in their House Under ‘Mysterious Conditions’ in Baramula

REGIONAL

Shabir Khan A family of three persons was found dead on Tuesday morning inside their house in Nihalpora area of Pattan in Baramulla district of North Kashmir. An official told The Kashmiriyat that a local resident identified as Mohamed Maqbool was found dead in his ancestral home along with his Son and wife under mysterious circumstances. He was shifted to the hospital along with the other two family members, where the doctors declared that they had died already.buy temovate online www.mabvi.org/wp-content/languages/new/uk/temovate.html no prescription As per initial inputs the three had died during night hour's probably because of Carbon Monoxide poisoning. The Police have registered a case in this regard and started an investigation into the incident.

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Will Launch indefinite Strike, If we are not regularized, Causal Labourers Warn Admin

REGIONAL

Mubashir Naik Casual labourers and daily rated workers, working in different Government departments in J&K have warned Govt that they will resume their indefinite strike if their demand of regularization and release of wages as promised by Lt Governor M K Sinha in presence of BJP State president Ravinder Raina and MP Jugal Kishore Sharma is not addressed. In a joint press release, heads of various unions and associations of these workers, under the banner of All Department Casual Labours United Front (Jammu Province), disclosed that on November 11, 2020 a delegation of United Front along with BJP J&K Unit president Ravinder Raina and MP Jammu-Poonch Constituency, Jugal Kishore Sharma met the Lt Governor , Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhawan Jammu after 48 days long strike. The repre...

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Shopian Woman Gives Birth on Cot as Rural Areas Remain Disconnected Amid Heavy Snow

SHOPIAN

Meer Irfan A woman gave birth to the child on cot in Zakran area of Shopian as most parts of the Kashmir valley remains cut-of amid the admin's unpreparedness for snow. Locals from Zakran told The Kashmiriyat that a pregnant woman from Shopian gave birth to the child on the cot as she was being shifted to the nearby hospital on shoulders amid the road blockade in the Shopian area. They said that the woman was being carried to the hospital on a cot on Tuesday morning as the vehicular movement has been hit on the snow covered roads. Due to continuous snowfall, the roads are yet to be cleared and the administration has failed to clear the roads amid a heavy snowfall. As Kashmir valley remains wrapped in snow, many areas have been cut off especially down in South Kashmir, where ...

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Heavy Snowfall Cuts of Rural Areas in Kashmir- ‘Admin Focuses on Urban Areas Only’

REGIONAL

More than 6000 vehicles remained stranded at various places due to heavy snowfall in Jammu Kashmir for the second day on Monday. Air services to Srinagar also remained suspended due to snow and poor visibility. Heavy snowfall has been predicted also on Tuesday. As Kashmir valley remains wrapped in snow, many areas have been cut off especially down in South Kashmir, where road connectivity and electricity has ben severely hit. The administration has set up control rooms across all districts, however, the snow remains unremoved from most of the parts other than in the urban localities. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, locals from the upper reaches of Kulgam including Damhal Hanjipora, Noorabad, Aharbal said that the areas have been cut off due to the snowfall and the administration has so ...

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Highway, Roads Across Kashmir Blocked- More Snowfall Likely

REGIONAL

After heavy snowfall in Kashmir, the Jammu Srinagar national highway (NHW) has been blocked due to snow accumulation at Jawahar Tunnel and Landslides/mudslides at several places. According to Kashmir weather, Moderate to heavy snowfall is likely to continue till tomorrow morning with occasional breaks. Significant improvement in weather is expected from tomorrow afternoon. However, isolated light snowfall activities will continue till 8th Jan.

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Wild Life Casual Labours Stage Protest, Demanding Release of Pending Wages.

REGIONAL

Sheikh Nadeem The casual labourers of Wildlife Department on Monday held a protest against authorities in Bijbehara demanding release of pending wages besides regularization. We are working since years and govt. hardly bother to look into our grievances, said protesting labourers. They said, "We are without wages for the past 12 months. We work with zeal and zest, but without wages our families face immense problems. We have to feed our children," a protester added. Meanwhile they have to appealed LG. Manoj Sinha for the immediate redressal of their long pending demand.

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Youth from Tral goes Misssing – Family Appeals to Return Home

PULWAMA, REGIONAL, SOUTH KASHMIR

Mohammed Mufeez A boy from Tral, in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district has been missing since Friday from his residence. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat the family of the missing youth said that they have not been able to contact their kin since yesterday and have lodged missing reports at the Police Station in Tral. Arif Ahmed Sheikh, the bread earner of the family went missing on Friday. Arif's mother spoke to The Kashmiriyat and said, "My son would earn whatever he could and bring it to us. I kept waiting for him to return on Saturday. We called him multiple times on his phone, but it was all in vain. His number was switched off". "I plead to all of you, if anyone knows about my sons whereabouts, let us know, I am waiting for him to return" she said. Arif's sister said that her...