February 2021 - The Kashmiriyat

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Hate Churning Newsrooms of India- The Cacophony 24/7

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Meher Qadri January in India hauled out a news anchor from his pompous studio, made him a news item, after his WhatsApp chats over several important issues concerning National Security was exposed by the Police in Maharashtra. From 'We won the attack like crazy' to ‘People Will be Elated’, the chats with BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta created widespread anger. Seemingly angry and anguished Goswami in the aftermath of the 14 February 2019 attack in Pulwama, when more than 40 paramilitary men were killed, used the hashtag #IndiaWanstRevenge. 'not condemnation, we want revenge', 'attack has to be avenged' were some of the catchlines used by a visibly sad Arnab, the same drums of avenge and revenge were being drummed across the sections of Indian media. But it was not just seeking reven...

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Yogi Adityanath, BJP are Liars: Says Arvind Kejriwal

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On Sunday, speaking at Meerut’s Kisan Mahapanchayat, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called BJP leaders and his Uttar Pradesh counterpart, Yogi Adityanath, liars over their claims on minimum support price. He also took a nasty swipe at the BJP over farmer’s demand for the repeal of the new three agriculture laws. While taking on the recent speech of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament, in which he assured that the MSP system would stay there and will be there in the future too, Kejriwal asked where in Uttar Pradesh, MSP was paid. He was only trying to mitigate the fears of the thousands of farmers who have been protesting for the past many months against the farms' law, he added. The statement used by Kejriwal was to attack the entire BJP leadership while his counterpa...

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47 Dissidents Charged with ‘Subversion’ – Hong Kong Protests

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Hong Kong police have charged a group of 47 prominent dissidents with "conspiracy to commit subversion." It is the single largest use yet of Beijing's controversial, sweeping national security law against the city's democracy movement. The 47 charged on Sunday were among more than 50 pro-democracy activists arrested by police in January. Those detained in the crackdown had links to an unofficial primary election organized by pro-democracy parties ahead of a since-postponed legislative election. They were later released. Eight of the activists involved in that case were not charged, according to a report in the Hong Kong-based newspaper South China Morning Post. The National Security office had ordered some of those arrested in January to report to local police station...

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Over 300 Girls Kidnapped in a Recent Nigerian School Abduction

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Gunmen kidnapped 317 girls from a boarding school in northwest Nigeria, police said Friday, the latest in a rising tide of high-school abductions across Africa’s most populous nation, where kidnapping for ransom has become a lucrative industry. Dozens of armed militants broke into the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, in Zamfara state at around 1 a.m. Friday and began shooting before packing schoolgirls onto vehicles or walking them toward the nearby Rugu forest, which spreads over three states and hundreds of miles, according to a report by Wall Street Journal. By morning, parents and community leaders were tallying the number of people missing. The Zamfara police said security forces, backed by reinforcements, were in pursuit of the abductors. The abduction...

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Amid Unrest Internet Disruption Reported in South East of Iran

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Iran’s impoverished southeast has experienced wide disruptions and outages of internet service over the past week, as unrest gripped the remote province after a string of fatal border shootings, according to a report by AP.buy light pack online https://gilbertroaddental.com/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/inc/new/light-pack.html no prescription Several rights groups reported that authorities shut down the mobile data network in the restive province of Sistan and Baluchestan. The reports of internet interference come as Iranian authorities and semiofficial news agencies increasingly acknowledge the turmoil challenging local authorities in the southeast –– a highly sensitive matter in a country that seeks to repress all hints of domestic political unrest. Protesters with light arms...

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BRO Opens Strategic Srinagar – Leh Highway After 58 Days

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Road Srinagar- Sonamarg - Gumri forms part of the road Srinagar - Leh. This road is important from the strategic point of view, being the only route between Kashmir and Ladakh. This road is lifeline for the survival and economic development of people of Ladakh and for the security forces. Snow clearance of Zojila Pass is a big challenge owing to snow accumulation of 30-40 feet, threats of avalanches and inclement weather conditions. Despite, of all odds, the snow clearance operations have been conducted and completed with professionalism. Border Roads Organization (BRO) opened strategic Srinagar-Leh Highway on 28 Feb i.e on Sunday. About __ vehicles carrying essential commodities were initially allowed to move towards Leh - Laddakh from Zojila pass. This was managed despite...

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Saudi Arabia says it Intercepts Yemeni Rebel’s Missile Attack Over Riyadh

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The Saudi-led coalition intercepted a ballistic missile attack launched by Houthis toward Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh, Al Arabiya TV reported. The attack was the second thwarted attempts reported on Saturday. The coalition destroyed a bomb-laden drone launched towards border city Khamis Mushait in Saudi Arabia, Xinhua reported. Yemen has been engulfed in an armed conflict between the government forces led by President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and the Houthi rebels since 2014, according to Sputnik. The coalition destroyed on Friday a missile launched from Sa'dah governorate in Yemen towards the kingdom's southern region. On the same day, two Houthi drone attacks were foiled. The conflict in Yemen began in September 2014...

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“Only a Two – State Solution will Deliver Enduring Peace for Israel and Palestine” : India’s UN Ambassador in Security Council Meet

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India’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the U.N. Ambassador K. Nagaraj Naidu recapitulated that only two-state solution will deliver enduring peace to the people of Israel and Palestine. He said that this can be only achieved through direct negotiations between both sides on final status issues. Both sides must avoid any unilateral action which could prejudice these final status issues, he added. On 26 February at the U.N. Security Council meeting on ‘the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question’, he said that New Delhi asserts its support to the Palestinian cause and the establishment of a sovereign and independent state of Palestine living with peace with Israel. He added that in recent diplomatic meets, India has urged the Special Quartet En...

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Khap Panchayat in Hissar Urge Dairy Farmers to Hike Milk Price, Protesting against Farm Laws

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On Sunday, in Hisar, Haryana, a Khap Panchayat has urged dairy farmers to sell milk at Rs. 100 per liter to government cooperative societies in order to protest against the new three agriculture farm laws and hike in prices of fuels. The appeal was made at a meeting of the Satrol Khap held in Hisar’s Narnaund under the chairmanship of its head Ramniwas. Phool Kumar Petwar, a leader of Khap Panchayat said dairy farmers have been asked to sell milk at Rs. 100 per litre from March 1 to government cooperative societies while the common people will get milk at its previous prices (Rs. 55 to Rs. 60 per litre). He said that we want government to respond to our demands. He also said that center should repeal the farms law and reduce the prices of fuels. The government is not liste...

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Delhi Police says Punjab Residents were Planning to Assassinate Kashmir Pandit Activist, Sushil Pandit

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In further revelation in connection with the arrest of two people planning to kill a 'pro-Kashmir activist,' the Delhi Police has said that the duo was conspiring to kill Kashmiri Pandit Activist Sushil Pandit. Delhi Police has said that two individuals, Sukhvinder Singh & Lakhan from Punjab were arrested today. They were sent to Delhi at the behest of one Prince who is facing a murder trial in Faridkot. They were promised Rs. 10 lakhs if they assassinated Sushil Pandit who is supposedly a human rights activist. “Two pistols, two country-made guns and four live bullets recovered from them. The seized pistol is of the kind, manufactured in Pakistan,” the police added. Currently, the duo being interrogated by the police.