February 2021 - Page 27 of 37

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Kashmir’s Representation in Rajya Sabha Weakens as Four Senior Leaders Retire

INDIA, REGIONAL

The prime minister was participating in the farewell speech for Opposition leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and three other members from Jammu Kashmir — Nazir Ahmad Laway, Shamsher Singh Manhas, Mir Mohammad Fayaz whose terms in the Upper House are coming to an end. Rajya Sabha has no member from Jammu Kashmir presently. Modi said it would be difficult for anyone to fill the shoes of Azad as he cared not only about his political affiliation but also about the country and the House. In Rajya Sabha, Modi broke down several times while reminiscing his close affiliation with Azad. He noted that Azad had called him to ask for an all party meeting during COVID-19 period. “I liked that and also did it. This kind of connection is there because he has the experience of both being in power and in opposition....

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Twitters Plays it Smart – Suspends 500 Accounts and Refuses to Act on 1178 Accounts, as Requested by the Central Government

INDIA

In response to the ''legal requests'' from the Central government, Twitter on Wednesday informed that it has taken multiple enforcement actions - including permanent suspension of over 500 accounts for clear violations of Twitter's rules. The social media giant in a statement said, "Separate to our enforcement under the Twitter Rules, over the course of the last 10 days, Twitter has been served with several separate blocking orders by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act." "We took a range of enforcement actions -- including permanent suspension in certain cases -T against more than 500 accounts escalated across all Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology orders for clear vi...

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93 Sedition Cases Registered in 2019 in India, 11 in Jammu Kashmir

INDIA

As many as 93 cases of sedition were registered in different parts of the country in 2019 in which 96 people were arrested, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said charge sheets were filed against 76 people while 29 were acquitted by the courts in 2019. The highest number of 22 sedition cases in 2019 was registered in Karnataka where 18 people were arrested, he said in a written reply to a question. Reddy said 17 sedition cases were registered in Assam where 23 people were arrested. A total of 11 sedition cases were registered in Jammu Kashmir where 16 people were arrested. As many as 10 sedition cases were filed in Uttar Pradesh in which nine people were arrested, he said. Replying to another question on whether any st...

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‘Intruder’ Killed by Government Forces on LoC

REGIONAL

An intruder was killed by security forces at Dulanja post near LoC in the Uri area of North Kashmir's Baramulla district in the wee hours on Wednesday. A senior Police officer said that in night hours one intruder was killed at LoC on PaK side near forward post Dulanja Uri by security forces. The officer further said that the body along with the weapon is visible, however, more clarity will come after we retrieve the body. Meanwhile, Police URI has rushed towards the incident site to ascertain further details. GNS

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Like Quran belongs to whole Humanity, Ram belongs to the whole world : Farooq Abdullah

INDIA, REGIONAL, UPDATES

Former JK chief minister and Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, on Tuesday urged the Centre to hold a dialogue with the farmers protesting against three contentious farm laws and come out with a solution. Farooq Abdullah said, "I am thankful that 4G services have been restored," he said to the retiring MPs. "Please find a solution. We are here to find a solution not to create obstacles," Farooq Abdullah appealed to Centre. "A doctor never looks at a blood bottle and asks whether the blood is that of a Hindu or a Muslim. God has made us all the same. You go to a temple, I go to a mosque," Farooq Abdullah said addressing the Treasury benches in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Farooq Abdullah asserted, "Ram belongs to the whole world. Ram belongs to all of us. The way Muslims have held on ...

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To The Gallows- Of the Collective Conscience & An Empty Grave

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Meher Qadri Kashmiris are a people in perpetual mourning (حداد دائم). Some days more than others. A land of saints, now a land of martyrs. Our meadows, now a witness of denied dignity even in death. Gagged mourning and the pleas for the return of the dead, an ‘act of terrorism’. Today on a cold February morning, Kashmir wakes up to one such memory of loss and grief, as it has been for the last 8 years. The city, and other parts of the valley in unison, wore a shroud of remembrance, paid tributes at the ‘grave in waiting’ and observed hartal on the death anniversary of Mohammad Afzal Guru. Deep-seated beliefs regarding spirituality and religion are explained partially due to the collective unconscious. Jung believed that the collective unconscious is expressed through universal con...

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Women Development Corporation- Where Government’s Transfer Policy has Gone Missing

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Irshad Hussain The Jammu Kashmir women's development Corporation has been alleged for pick and choose the method in recruiting the employees in the department. As per the complaints received by the vigilance organisation that 43 appointments/ promotions/ regularisations have been ordered in the department without following proper procedure. In response to this, the vigilance commission launched a time-bound investigation and they found that illegal appointments have absolutely been made in the department. As per the document of Right to Information Act (RTI) accessed by The Kashmiriyat, all the appointments were cancelled. “Now, therefore, it is hereby ordered that: all the appointments made in the J & K State Women’s Development Corporation and listed in Annexure “A” to...

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Supreme Court : ‘Shashi Tharoor and other Journalists Cannot be Arrested for Tweets on Farmer’s Death’

INDIA

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court stayed the arrest of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and six journalists including Rajdeep Sardesai and Vinod K Jose, in the controversial case where they were booked under charges of sedition for tweets related to farmers’ tractor rally on Republic Day. A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde issued notices and sought responses from the Union government and others on the petitions filed by Tharoor and journalists Rajdeep Sardesai, Mrinal Pande, Zafar Agha, Paresh Nath, Vinod K Jose and Anant Nath. When the bench said it was issuing notice in the matter, senior lawyer Kapil Sibal, appearing for Shashi Tharoor, said that no coercive action be taken against the petitioners in the meantime. “Nothing is going to happen. Where is the danger,” said the Bench, a...

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Bat Factory Gutted in Fire Incident in Anantnag

REGIONAL

A bat manufacturing unit was badly damaged in a nocturnal fire incident in Bijbehara town of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The fire incident occurred in Hussanpora village of Bijbehara where this bat factory is located. Local sources told KNT that bat factory was badly damaged in the fire incident. Fire tenders rushed to spot and controlled fire from spreading to other buildings. The owner of the factory Muhammad Ramzan while confirming the fire incident said that timber and bats manufactured were damaged in the incident. He said property worth lakhs was destroyed in the incident. Police registered a case and set investigation into motion

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PDP’s DDC Member from Kangan Resigns from Basic Membership of Party

REGIONAL

Tasleema Aadil, District Development Council (DDC) member from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday resigned from the basic membership of the party. Tasleema Adil emerged victorious in the recently held maiden DDC polls from Kangan, that is a constituency on PDP's ticket. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), she sent a letter to PDP's district president Ganderbal today wherein she announced her resignation from the primary membership of the party. Notably, Kangan, was reserved seat for woman in which six women candidates had filed nomination papers while Tasleema from PDP bagged 1644 votes and was subsequently declared winner. The candidates in the fray in the constituency were three independents and one each ...