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ED Conducts Raids on the Office of NewsClick Media

REGIONAL

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday morning conducted raids at the houses of officicials and Journalists working with the Delhi-based independent media portal, Newsclick, the wire reported. The Wire quoted officials from the organiation saying that the houses of the owner Prabir Purkayastha and editor Pranjal were raided by the Enforcement Directorate. The ED has said that the raids were conducted on NewsClick after an alleged money laundering case. "The agency is probing funding the organisation had received from “dubious companies” abroad," the report added. Anchor Abhisar Sharma, who hosts two YouTube programmes for NewsClick, also confirmed the raid on Twitter. In his twitter post, Abhisar wrote, "ED raid at http://Newsclick.in 's office & Directors/Shareholders...

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NPC Asks Indian Government to Release Journalist Aasif Sultan Under Detention for Nearly 900 Days

INTERNATIONAL

National Press Club (NPC) leaders spoke out Monday to urge the government of India to release from prison Aasif Sultan, a Kashmiri journalist who has been ‘unjustly detained’ for two and a half years. In a statement, the NPC mentioned, “Sultan, a writer for the Kashmir Narrator, was arrested in August 2018 on an unwarranted charge of harboring militants, although all he had done was an interview and write about them”. “Since he was imprisoned, almost all of his scheduled court dates in his trial have been postponed. His fate remains uncertain. He is at risk of contracting COVID-19 in crowded prison conditions. His father has a heart condition, and his entire family is distraught,” the statement reads. Sultan’s next court date is set for Feb 26. National Press Club’s President L...

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At Least 11 injured in Road Accident in Rajouri, 2 Critical

REGIONAL

At least eleven persons were injured in an accident that took place at Khawas Latti area in Rajouri district on Tuesday morning, officials said. Two of the injured persons are critical, they told the news agency. They said a vehicle (Tempo) bearing registration number JK02AL-9145 was on way to Rajouri from Khawas Tehsil headquarter, adding that the vehicle turned turtle and fell into a roadside gorge at Latti area, resulting in injuries to eleven persons. “The mishap took place at around 07 AM on Tuesday morning,” officials said, adding that all the injured were evacuated by locals and shifted to hospital for treatment. They said two of the injured have serious injuries and have been referred to GMC Rajouri. The injured have been identified as Madhan Lal, son of Lal Mahaan, Kar...

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Stripped Naked and Tortured Brutally- Muslim Youth Locked in a room, Beaten Mercilessly by Two Policemen in UP

INDIA

The Police in Uttar Pradesh has started an investigation into the alleged torture of a Muslim youth in Harsoli police station of Muzaffarnagar district following a complaint lodged by the rights group NHCRO. The police department also suspended two guilty police personnel immediately. According to NCHRO, in the Harsoli police station, the police inspector Sandeep Kumar and constable Prashant Sharma illegally detained a youth named Mobeen (who is from an extremely poor family and sells chow mein), and stripped him naked in custody and beat him mercilessly. As a result of which, he has sustained serious injuries. The organization’s state President, Advocate Rita Bhuiyaar alleged that these two policemen also abused the mother and sister of Mobeen badly. These two took Mobeen under c...

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Burglars Loot Six shops, 23,000 from a Mosque in Verinag

ISLAMABAD

Sheikh Nadeem Burglars broke lockers at a Masjid during the intervening night in Qamar Verinag area of Anantnag District and decamped with the cash of amount 23000 rupees. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that the burglars struck at six Shops and Masjid Shareef located at Qamar Verinag during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. They said the burglars broke the locker of Masjid Sharif and decamped with all the cash amount of 23000. As soon as the locals heard the sounds from the Masjid, they chased and caught two burglars on spot namely Shabir Ahmad Shah and Manzoor Ahmad Malik both residents of Manzgam area of Kulgam and seized a Sumo vehicle bearing Registration JK02V 7392. Later on, Locals informed to the nearest police station and handed over both the burglars along w...

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Kashmir Parts Shut on the Anniversary of Afzal Guru

REGIONAL

Most parts of the Kashmir valley have shutdown shut down from North to South against the hanging of Afzal Guru on the same day in the year 2013 in Tihar Jail. The All Parties Hurriyat Conference through posters displayed in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir urging people to observe a complete strike on 9th and 11th February said that these great sons of soil sacrificed their lives for the future of the Kashmiri generations. The posters also displayed by Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Alliance paying rich tributes to the martyred Kashmiri leaders said that their sacrifices would not go waste. The posters were carrying pictures of Muhammad Maqbool Bhat and Muhammad Afzal Guru and they were reading, “We are the custodians of the blood of thousands of Kashmiri martyrs and would not re...

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Covid 19- Common People to be Vaccinated from March in Jammu Kashmir

REGIONAL

Common people will be vaccinated with Covid vaccination from March in Jammu Kashmir. The target is to give the first dose of covid to the medical personnel registered on the covid app by 25 February in Jammu Kashmir, Similarly, the field care level workers will be given a dose till March 6, This includes police, administrative staff and officers. Preparations are being made to provide vaccine to the beneficiaries in the general population from the second or third week of March in Jammu Kashmir, It will include people over the age of 50 years. Meanwhile, the highest ever dose of vaccine was given to 11000 employees in the region on Monday. So far 8500 personnel have been given the first dose of vaccine in the Health Department in District Jammu. Covid vaccine campaign is being r...

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‘Amar Cha Maran’- The Life of Gopinath Bab

WRITE-UPS

Throughout history, Kashmir has been a cradle of mysticism, nurturing renowned poets and thinkers within its boundaries. So rich is its tradition that it was known as ‘Reshvear’. The valley has witnessed the presence of eminent saints and sages from various religious faiths, transcending social and economic conditions. People, regardless of caste and religion, sought solace and guidance from them. Nund Reshi, Lal Ded, Laxman Joo of Ishbar, Gopinath Bab, and Nanda Bab are some luminaries of this tradition. Among Kashmiri Pandits, very few saintly figures have left as indelible an impression on the minds of the people as Bhagawaan Gopinath Ji. Two highly venerated mystics of contemporary Kashmir, Kashkak and Nanda Bab, recognized Bhagawaanji's greatness. Swami Kashkak stated that Bh...

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Police Man Hands Over Lost Money to Sopore Man

REGIONAL

Ishtiyaq Ahmed, a JK Police personnel of Sopore, handed over lost money that he found around in his locality on Monday. Ishtiyaq is the PSO of DySP Sopore, Muhammad Amin. After Ishtiyaq found rupees 15,000 cash in Sopore, he took to social media and shared the details of his availibility and how the money shall reach the concerned person. After the post went viral a concern person approached Ishtiyaq and in the presence of DySP he handed over the said amount to the concern person.

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Protest Outside the House of Sachin Tendulkar for ‘Anti Farmers Tweet’- Maharashtra Government Orders Probe into Similar Celebrity Tweets

INDIA

After Youth Congress workers poured black oil and ink over Sachin Tendulkar's cut-out in Kerala's Kochi on Saturday, workers of the Swabhimani Shetkari Saghtana protested outside the cricketing legend's house in Mumbai on Monday. A poster in Marathi read: Sachin amchya shetkari bapasathi kadhi tweet karshil (Sachin when will you tweet for our farmer father?) This comes in after the cricketer put out a tweet favouring the MEA’s statement on the farmers’ protest and the involvement of international celebrities and media. International celebrities like Rihanna, Greta Thunberg among many others expressed their solidarity with the farmers’ protest following which the MEA released a detailed statement saying, “The temptation of sensationalist social media hashtags and comments, especial...