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84,000 Tourists have Visited Kashmir Since August 2019, Union Minister

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Union Tourism Minister Prahlad Patel today revealed in the Parliament that since the abrogation of the Special Status of Jammu Kashmir, over 84,000 tourists visited Kashmir Valley. In response to a question, the Union Minister said that since August 2019, 84,326 tourists have visited Kashmir. He said among 87,94,837 tourists who visited Jammu during this period 76,80,775 were pilgrims. The Minister further revealed 100,931 tourists visited Ladakh since August 2019. (KNT)

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Bail Can be Granted in UAPA Cases if Right to Speedy Trial is Violated, Says Supreme Court

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On Monday, The Supreme Court observed that even if a person is charged under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, they still have the fundamental right to a speedy trial and are eligible for bail if it is violated. A bench of Justices NV Ramana Ramana, Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose held that the “rigours of UAPA provisions are meltdown”, when there is no likelihood of the trial being completed soon, and a large part of the maximum sentence has already been served as an undertrial. The court was hearing a plea by the National Investigation Agency against the Kerala High Court’s decision to grant bail to a man accused of chopping off a professor’s palm in 2010. The NIA had contended that the High Court erred in granting bail to the accused without considering the statut...

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Police Constable Among Three Arrested with Contraband Substances in Budgam

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The Jammu Kashmir Police on Tuesday arrested three persons including a police constable along with contraband substances in central Kashmir's Budgam district. An official told that 11 strips of banned drug Spasmoproxivan, 3 lathis of Charas and heroin from a vehicle bearing registration number DL5CN-1322. He said that police have registered a case an FIR number 21/2021 under sections 8, 21 of NDPS Act at Police Station Budgam and further investigation has been initiated—(KNO)

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Samples from Crows Found Dead in Srinagar Test Positive for Bird Flu

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Bhopal based, ‘The National Institute of High-Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD)’ have dispatched a report in which samples of some dead crows from Srinagar have been tested positive for Avian Influenza-H5N8 strain. Srinagar Administration shortly after receiving the report has sounded an alert in the areas wherefrom the samples of these dead crows were lifted and subsequently had been sent to ICAR-NISHAD Bhopal. “Samples from dead crows lifted near the Delhi Public School at Athwajan and the Flood Spill Channel at Peerbagh have tested positive for avian influenza - H5N8 strain- as per a report received from the ICAR-NISHAD Bhopal,” Srinagar Administration revealed. The Srinagar Administration as per News Agency KNTsaid that in accordance with the stipulated guidelines a 10-kilomet...

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BJP faces farmers’ ire in west U.P, Farmers to Block Roads on 6 February

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The anger of farmers at the Ghazipur border swells, the impact of the protest against the three farm laws across western Uttar Pradesh is becoming evident, with banners coming up in villages of Bijnor, Shamli, and Ghaziabad voicing villagers’ anger against the BJP leaders and its supporters. In Banthla village of Loni, a banner says the village boycotts Loni MLA Nand Kishore Gurjar. The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) has alleged that Mr. Gurjar was present at the Ghazipur protest site on the evening of January 28 with his supporters and would have assaulted farmers. In Bijnor’s Rashidpur Garhi, the banner takes a more aggressive tone. The banners follow an oblique appeal at the panchayats (farmers’ gatherings) in Muzaffarnagar and Baghpat urging people to boycott those who were again...

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Woman Gives Birth Inside Army Vehicle in Kupwara

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Amid heavy snowfall, the Indian Army said that amid heavy Snowfall in the Narikoot area if Kupwara, the army helped during the process of delivery of a baby girl. Detailing the incident, the Indian Army said that, around 4:15 am on February they received a call for help from an ASHA worker saying that a woman was suffering from childbirth and due to snowfall, no other vehicle is available with the ambulance. Upon getting this complaint, a team of Indian Indian Army along with the medical team was immediately rushed to Narikut to evacuate the pregnant woman from that area. As the condition of the pregnant became critical, the ASHA worker requested the team to park the vehicle on the roadside and decided to have delivery inside the gypsy with the army medical team. The woman and ...

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Two Arrested for Trying to Throw Mobile Phones Inside Kot Bhalwal Jail

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Mubashir Naik Two teenagers have been arrested for trying to throw mobile phone inside central jail at Kot Bhalwal in Jammu. As per police sources, two teenagers identified as Raja Kabir, son of Raved and Raja Sohail, son of Khurshid Akbar, both cousin brothers and residents of District Kupwara, at present Billa Colony Malik Market District Jammu were arrested by a team from Police Station Gharota led by SHO Inspector Mahesh Sharma for trying to throw a mobile phone inside Central Jail at Kot Bhalwal late Sunday night. However, the mobile phone hit the boundary wall and fell outside the jail premises. The duo was trying to facilitate Khurshid Akbar, who was jailed after found involved in the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act case. The mobile phone has als...

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Jammu Kashmir to Get Gas Pipeline Project

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Announcing the Union Budget for 2021-22 on Monday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the gas pipeline project would be started in Jammu Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha praised the central government for the announcement of the project. “I thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for announcing a new gas pipeline project for the development of Jammu Kashmir in Budget 2021. I congratulate Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharamanji for an inclusive and development-oriented historical budget for a self-respecting India,"Manoj Sinha said on Twitter.buy valtrex online https://healthcoachmichelle.com/wp-content/themes/Divi/css/new/valtrex.html no prescription Major announcements in the Union Budget for the power infrastructur...

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High Court Jammu Kashmir Quashes PSA of Jamaat e Islami Chief

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The J&K High Court on Monday quashed the Public Safety Act (PSA) slapped on Jamaat-e-Islami chief Abdul Hameed Ganaie after observing that the detaining authority had failed to apply its mind while passing the detention order. A Division Bench of Justice Rajnesh Oswal and Justice Sanjay Dhar set aside the single-bench judgement dated 22 June, 2019, and noted that Ganaie at the time of his detention was implicated in two FIRs, one of them more than a decade old, and the other recently registered at Police Station Budgam. “Interestingly, neither in the dossier supplied by the Senior Superintendent of Police nor in the grounds of detention there is any whisper as to whether the appellant was ever arrested in the aforesaid FIR/FIRs. There is no awareness shown by the Detaining Author...

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Kangana’s Failed Attempt at Rewriting The History of Kashmir

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Manan Shah Over a recent trend of bio-pics and rewriting historical narratives, Bollywood seems to be living in a dilemma. The new self-proclaimed historian, Kangana Ranaut, happens to patronize and present history only in the manner in which she wants, not to mention without any basics. Of course, the trend is old and quite vaguely followed by her rightist associates. Only in the aforesaid manner, she has announced her upcoming project. The project is based on Queen Didda, the 12th-century queen of Kashmir. She mentions that queen Didda had defeated Mahmud of Ghazni, not once, but twice. However, History states something else. “Our India has been witness to the story of many Bravehearts like Rani of Jhansi. Another such untold heroic story is that of a queen of Kashmir, who defe...