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Rasool Mir Festival Organized in Dooru Anantnag

ISLAMABAD

Sheikh Nadeem Amy's 19 Rashtriya Rifles in collaboration with district administration organized Rasool Mir Festival at Rasool Mir Auditorium Hall Arabal area of South Kashmirs Anantnag district on wednesday. Goc VF Resham Bhali, SSP Anantnag Sandeep Chaudhary, Commander Sector 2 RRVS Thakur, SDM Doro Ghulam Rasool Wani, DYSP Dooru Dr.buy lexapro generic buy lexapro generic Ishant Gupta, Municipal Committee President Muhammad Iqbal Ahangar besides BDO Shahabad as well as DDC and BDC members, Punch Sarpanch were present on occasion. Hundreds in number of school childrens and local residents also attend the function. Students from different schools performed their art while many famous singers of South Kashmir Shazia Bashir, Rehana Akhtar and blind singer Ishtiaq Ahmed Butt performe...

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Mutton Crisis Over as Shops to Function After Four Months

REGIONAL

After almost a gap of four months, stalemate over mutton finally ended on Wednesday after a threadbare discussion between mutton dealers, members of Kashmir Economic Officers and the District Administration Kashmir. Talking to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), after meeting the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir P K Pole, Kashmir, Khazir Muhammad Regoo, President Retail Mutton Dealer’s Association and Co-Chairman Kashmir Economic Alliance Farooq Ahmed Dar announced that all mutton shops will open from tomorrow “We had a threadbare discussion with the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir. Government is not ready to fix Rs 550 as rate for per kg mutton and after discussions, new rate has been fixed at Rs 535 per kg,” said President Retail Mutton Dealer’s Association Khazir Muhammad Rego...

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UK in Process of Lifting Nuclear Stockpile Cap – Balances Relations with Asia Post Brexit

INTERNATIONAL

Britain's government on Tuesday said that the U.K. will prioritize diplomatic engagement with Asian countries in the coming decade and lift its own cap on the size of its nuclear stockpile, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled a major shift in the country's foreign policy and defense priorities after Brexit. Setting out a vision of a “Global Britain,” the government's new strategy document envisions the U.K. “tilting” toward the Indo-Pacific region and becoming a bigger player there as the world’s “geopolitical and economic center of gravity” moves east to countries such as China, India and Japan. The document also outlined plans to overhaul the U.K.’s defense policies, most notably paving the way for increasing the amount of nuclear warheads Britain has at its disposal...

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Police in Anantnag Recover 2800 Codeine Bottles – Accused Arrested

ISLAMABAD

Continuing it's effort in order to eradicate the drug menace and its illicit trade in the district, Anantnag police today on receipt of a credible information that Subzar Ahmad of Tulkhan, Bijbehara has indulged in illicit trade of drugs and has dumped a huge quality of Narcotic and Psychotropic substances in his residential house, according to a press release issued to The Kashmiriyat. Case No.50/2021 U/S 21/22 NDPS Act got Registered in police station Bijbehara and investigation taken up. A raid was conducted by police Bijbehara in presences of former Magistrate Bijbehara, huge quality of illegally procured drugs was recorded from a plastic tank hidden inside the court yard of said house. Welcyrex Cough syrup containing Codeine phosphate 2800 Bottles was seized by Anantnag police. ...

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“Clear Stand on CAA” – Assam Student’s Body Asks Parties Ahead of Assam Assembly Elections

INDIA

The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) has asked all political parties in the poll-bound State to clear their latest position on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). The students’ body has also decided to take out a two-wheeler rally across the State on March 20 to press for the scrapping of the controversial law and drum up support for its anti-CAA campaign. “The BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) ignored the Assam Accord and prepared a blueprint to destroy Assam by dumping illegal immigrants on the State. Assam’s indigenous people and AASU had and will continue to resist it,” AASU president Dipanka Kumar Nath said. “Five people died in the anti-CAA [protests] but that did not dissuade people from protesting. AASU and the people of Assam have rejected this law and will never accept it,...

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8 People Shot Dead at Atlanta Massage Parlors, Shooter Arrested

INTERNATIONAL

At least eight people were killed and several others injured in a series of shootings at three spas in the Atlanta metro region Tuesday. The suspect, a man from Woodstock, Ga., has been taken into custody in connection with all three incidents, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office announced Robert Aaron Long, a 21-year-old white man, was arrested at about 8:30 p.m. local time following a chase that led officers into Crisp County — about three hours away from where the first shootings at a massage parlor occurred, according to police who spoke during a brief press conference. Long was transported to the Crisp County Detention Center, police said. Records searches into Long's background do not show any prior criminal history. ...

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Baramulla Police Arrested Local and Seized 1.5 Kilograms of Charas Like Substance

REGIONAL

Baramulla police on Wednesday arrested a person upon whose possession it claimed to have recovered over a kilogram of Charas - like substance at Hardshuroo area of the district. An official told GNS, a suspected person tried to escape a routine patrolling at Hardshuroo, however the team on duty tactfully nabbed him. During his search Charas-like substance, weighing one kilo fifty grams was recovered from his possession, the official said. Identifying the person as one Mushtaq Ahmad (34) a resident of Wagoora, Kreeri, the official further said that a case under FIR number 23/2021 under section 8/20 NDPS Act has been taken up at police station Kunzer and further investigations taken up.

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“We are Proud of our Police Personnel” – Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha at Closing Ceremony of Sports Meet – 2021

REGIONAL

"Jammu Kashmir Police is the most efficient and trained police in the country. JKP has always remained at the forefront of maintaining law and order and in times of crisis. The courage of our JKP personnel is an inspiration for all". Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha made these remarks during the closing ceremony of Inter-Zone Sports Meet-2021 of JKP held at Gulshan Ground, Jammu. Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to the Lt Governor, DGP Dilbag Singh, ADGPs Arun Kumar Choudhary, Abdul Ghani Mir, Dr S. D. Singh Jamwal and S.D Singh Jamwal; IGPs Mukesh Singh, M K Sinha and Danesh Rana, retired and serving police officials, besides sports enthusiasts in large numbers attended the closing ceremony. “We are proud of our police personnel who are doing a commendable job in ensuring a saf...

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NIA Attachs Property of Two Pulwama Locals Accused in Car Bombing

PULWAMA

The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday attached the house of Shakir Bashir Magrey and Insha Jan in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. The duo were arrested by the premier investigation agency in two separate operations in February and March last year and were named in the NIA charge sheet in the Pulwama Fidayeen attack case. “Teams of NIA led by SSP NIA Rakesh Balwal, IPS reached Pulwama this morning and along with local Police, they attached the house of Shakir Bashir Magrey and Insha Jan in Kakapora and areas respectively,” the official said. The attaching of the property has been made in exercise of powers granted under Section 25 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967. Shakir Bashir Magrey was arrested from Hajibal, Kakapora, Pulwama, Jammu Kashm...

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Lieutenant General BS Raju Hands Over the Command of Kashmir Based Corps

REGIONAL

Lieutenant General BS Raju today handed over the command of the strategic Kashmir - based 15 Corps to Lt Gen DP Pandey on Wednesday. In a statement, the General commanded the Corps in critical phase in 2020 where Kashmir was confronted with the twin challenges of militancy and COVID-19. “Lt Gen Raju’s tenure over the last one year is defined by an improved security environment prevailing both on the Line of Control and in Kashmir. With the civil administration and security forces synergising their efforts to bring normalcy back to Kashmir, militancy is on decline with assessed residual militant numbers being the lowest in a decade,” the statement said. On the Line of Control, his approach combined a forward heavy deployment enabled by a dense electronic and surveillance grid. Paki...