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DC Anantnag Visits Various Areas of the District to Monitor Arrangements Amid Heavy Snowfall

Deputy Commissioner Anantnag, Mr. K K Sidha today made an extensive tour to various areas of the district and personally monitored the snow clearance operations, restoration of electricity and water supply, besides ensuring availability of essential commodities like ration, medicines, cooking gas, etc.. in the whole district, responding promptly to the challenges thrown by inclement weather and heavy snowfall in the district. Mr. Siddha visited SDH Bijbihara and Emergency Hospital, Qazigund in early morning and inspected the stock of medicines, power supply and heating arrangements there. He also interacted with the patients and directed the health officials to ensure quality health care facilities and heating arrangements to the patients. He also visited the Navyug Qazigund to Banih...

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‘Why does New Delhi not feel for the Helpless Mothers?’ – Mehbooba Mufti Demands the Returning of Bodies

REGIONAL, THE KASHMIRIYAT

Peoples Democratic Party President, Mehbooba Mufti on Monday asked government to return the dead bodies of three youth killed in Srinagar ‘encounter’. She was replying to the questions of the Reporters at her Gupkar based residence here in Srinagar. Mehbooba Mufti said that she is aghast the way New Delhi is treating Kashmiris. “It is the height of repression that you decline the body of a son to her mother even when the slain is innocent. You don’t have any proof about these 3 youth and still you are linking them to militancy. I fail to understand why New Delhi and Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha is not feeling for these hapless mothers,” she said. "During Amshipora encounter it was claimed that three men killed were militants but later on they turned out labourers from...

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Ganderbal Areas Remain Disconnected, Locals Complain of Lazy Snow Clearance Operation

REGIONAL

Shah Basit/Rayees Shah The fresh snowfall in Kashmir valley has forced the closure of most of the roads, and same is the situation in the Ganderbal district of Central Kashmir. Though the department incharge, R&B department has started Snow clearance operation at main Roads and other link roads in Ganderbal district, several areas remain disconnected. The roads, as per Locals, have been covered with a layer of snow and the clearing operations are in the process through the usage of JCB machinery. Locals of the Sehipora Wayil told The Kashmiriyat that snow was not properly cleared in their village and when they asked contractor about this contractor replied, “I don’t care Go to governor he will clear snow.” The road has been macadamisd by R&B but the contractor said that the ro...

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‘My Brother is Being Framed’, Says Sister of Zahid, Accused in Babar Qadri’s Assassination

REGIONAL

The sister of Zahid Farooq Khan-‘accused’ in Advocate Babar Qadri’s killing has issued a statement claiming that her brother has been falsely framed in the murder case. We are producing her statement with slight modifications. It was September 2020 about 5 o’clock in the evening when my brother namely Zahid Farooq khan, a resident of Nowhatta was in his shop in Khanyar Srinagar, few police officers came to his shop and he was being told to come along, by them. They said, “sir (senior police officer) wants you to come to Lal Bazar police station”. All of us were in shock to hear that, we rushed to SP office Hazratbal, to meet Zahid. All of this continued for 45 days, we went to SP office Hazratbal, police station Nigeen, police station Lal Bazar each day, but there, police perso...

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‘Hume Apne Bache Chahiye’, Amid Snow, Families of Youth Killed in Srinagar Encounter March Demanding Justice

WRITE-UPS

Irshad Hussain The families of two slain youth Athar from Pulwama and Zubair Lone from Shopian who were killed in an encounter in Srinagar last week along with few social activists including Sikhs staged a protest at press colony Srinagar on Monday demanding that the dead bodies of slain be returned. The families also demanded a high level probe of the Srinagar encounter that broke out in Lawaypora area of the Central Kashmir, the last week. On Monday Srinagar's press enclave reverberated with wails of trio families of three slain youths, who have been demanding a speedy impartial probe into the recent "staged" encounter in which three South Kashmir residents were killed. "They were in cold blood, they do not even know who lives in their neighbourhood, i fail to understand how does th...

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Two Injured as JCB Turns Turtle in Shopian

SHOPIAN

Two people suffered injuries after the Bull Dozer they were travelling in turned turtle at Awaneera area of Zainpora in South Kashmir's Shopian district on Monday afternoon. Sources said during snow clearance process the Bull Dozer machine (number not known) turned turtle and fell into a Drain at Awneera village of Zainpora resulting the injured to two persons.buy cialis soft online https://pavg.net/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/fonts/new/cialis-soft.html no prescription The injured has been identified as Gayaas Bhat and Irshad Ahmad Bhat among them one is said to be critical. Both shifted to hospital, as per eyewitness.

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Major Snowfall in Kashmir; Air Traffic Remains Suspended, Highways Closed

REGIONAL

The major snowfall of the season left the entire Kashmir blanketed in varying depths of the white stuff even as air traffic remained suspended while Jammu-Srinagar and Mughal road remained closed. Snowfall began late on Saturday night in most parts of Kashmir and continued throughout the night with large swathes of south Kashmir receiving more snowfall than north and central parts of the Valley, the officials said. Srinagar, the summer capital of the J&K, received snowfall of 13.4cms in the last 24 hours till 0830 hours, a MeT official told GNS. He said Qazigund, the gateway town of Valley, recorded the highest snowfall of 52cms while Pahalgam, the famous tourist destination, and Kokernag recording 21cms and 32cms respectively. Regarding Gulmarg, the official said that the wo...

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Amid Snow, Police Official Helps Cancer Patient to Hospital in Anantnag as Roads Remain Cut off

ISLAMABAD

Sheikh Nadeem Amid snowing in south Kashmir parts from yesterday night which has cut several areas from Tehsil headquarters and disrupted the normal life, the traffic movement on the roads has also been hit drastically. According to an official in Manzmoh Qazigund area of Southern region of Anantnag district, a cancer patient namely Musadik Kholi Son of Mohd Sanie Kholi a resident of Dongiwara Manzmoh area of Qazigund was taken by SDPO Dooru, Syed Majid Mosvi in Rakshak Jeep on the Qazigund highway and shifted in an ambulance towards the hospital for treatment. Due to Continuous snowfall, it was impossible for the family to take him to the nearby hospital for treatment. It came to the notice of PS Dooru and immediately SDPO Dooru along with his team which reached on spot and he...

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Despite Snow, Muslims Perform the last Rites of Hindu Man in Baramulla Kashmir

CULTURE

Despite snowfall, the Muslim neighbours help perform the last rites of a 27-year-old Kashmiri Pandit in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Sunday. Lokesh (27) breathed his last in government quarters in Baramulla today morning, plunging the whole locality in mourning. Locals said that Lokesh had received serious injures in a car accident six months back and today he lost the battle. They said that soon after the news of his death spread in the area, local Muslims made special arrangements in performing his last rites. “They also ferried firewood for helping the family to cremate the deceased.” "It is in our religion that you should help and take care of your neighbours irrespective of their religion," Junaid, local resident said. Around a dozen pandit families are residin...

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Police Arrests Two Drug Peddlers in Awantipora

PULWAMA

The Jammu Kashmir Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested two drug peddlers in the Awantipora area of South Kashmir's Pulwama district. In an official press release issued to The Kashmiriyat, the Police said that continuing its drive against drug peddlers and its propagators, Awantipora Police arrested two drug peddlers at Toll Plaza Naka. The arrested were identified as Showkat Ahmad Teli resident of Sheikh Mohalla Soura Srinagar, Manzoor Ahmad Kounda, a resident of Dawood Colony Soura Srinagar. The duo, as per the Police press release, were arrested while traveling in Scooty bearing registration number JK01AH-4575 from Sanagam towards Awantipora, Also, two kgs of grinded Charas was recovered from their possession.buy filitra online https://pavg.net/wp-content/themes/twentynine...