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Month: March 2021

22-year-old Girl from Anantnag Weaves Dreams for Dozens of Girls with her Sewing Centre

22-year-old Girl from Anantnag Weaves Dreams for Dozens of Girls with her Sewing Centre

ISLAMABAD
Sheikh Nadeem A 22-year-old girl from the Chartrenzi area of Vailoo in Anantnag district in South Kashmir has established her own business outlet to earn for her family, she is also training young girls from the locality. Two years ago, Muzammil individually launched a stitching machine and started running the business alone, which of course was a tough job to do, but slowly she converted this small business unit into a large-scale outlet, and today more than a dozen unemployed girls earn their livelihoods from the business unit. "The Girls are earning for their families as she motivated young girls towards the stitching business and are independent," a young girl working with Muzammil said. In this sewing center, Muzammil is providing employment to dozens of girls who are also pr...

Weather to Remain Dry and Pleasant in Jammu Kashmir

REGIONAL
On Monday, officials reported that weather is likely to remain dry in Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh during the next seven days as there is no likelihood of any major rainfall during this period, the meteorological (MeT). Soothing spring sun filtered out of clouds in Kashmir on Monday as daffodils, pansies, narcissus and other flowers bloomed to trumpet Valley’s tourist season which is expected to boom this year. Srinagar had 6.3, Pahalgam minus 1.3 and Gulmarg minus 2.6 as the minimum temperature. Leh town of Ladakh had minus 4.3, Kargil had minus 5.6 and Drass had minus 16.9 as the night’s lowest temperature. Jammu city had 13.1, Katra 13.7, Batote 7.6, Banihal 7.5 and Bhaderwah had 4.5 as the minimum temperature.

Iran to Appoint Special Rapporteur on Sanctions

INTERNATIONAL
Iran will appoint a special rapporteur pertaining to the impact of western sanctions on the Iranian people, a senior official said “We have decided to appoint a special rapporteur to assess the impact of unjust sanctions imposed by the US and Europe on the Iranian nation,” Ali Baqeri Kani, the head of the Iranian Judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights, was quoted as saying on Sunday by Xinhua news agency. The results of rapporteur’s work will be submitted to judicial and human rights authorities at international, regional and national levels, said Baqeri Kani.buy stendra online https://blackmenheal.org/wp-content/themes/twentytwentytwo/inc/patterns/new/stendra.html no prescription “The rapporteur will also take steps to form a global front against violation of human righ...

Martial Law Imposed in Parts of Myanmar City as Death Toll Rises to 38

INTERNATIONAL
Myanmar’s ruling junta has declared martial law in parts of the country’s largest city as security forces killed more protesters in an increasingly lethal crackdown on resistance to last month’s military coup. At least 38 people were killed Sunday and dozens were injured in one of the deadliest days of the crackdown, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, an independent group tracking the toll of the violence. Most of those killed 34 were in Yangon, where two townships, Hlaing Thar Yar and neighboring Shwepyitha were being placed under martial law. Video from Hlaing Thar Yar township showed people running away after gunfire was heard. Those fleeing carried one injured person and tried to revive two others, one who seemed to be dead or dying, the footage f...

Duo Injured in Leopard Attack in South Kashmir’s Kulgam

SOUTH KASHMIR
  In Damhal Hanjipora area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Monday afternoon, two residents were injured in a leopard attack. Quoting an official, news agency KNO reported that the leopard attacked and injured the injured residents identified as Ghulam Mohammad Dar, 55 and Javid Ahmad Dar, 35 of Damhal Hanjipora village. The duo was on way to their home from the forest area of Balnard when the feline attacked them separately, the official said. Block Medical Officer, Shugufta Salam said that after initial treatment at SDH, Damhal Hanjipora both the injured were shifted to District Hospital Kulgam for specialized treatment.

Traffic to Commence from Jammu on Srinagar-Jammu Highway Tomorrow

REGIONAL
  On Monday, authorities informed that one way Light Motor Vehicle (LMV) traffic from Jammu towards Srinagar shall be allowed on the Srinagar-Jammu highway tomorrow subject to fair weather and better road condition. It announced that no vehicle shall be allowed before and after cut off timing. JK Traffic Police in a communiqué asked Traffic Control Unit Jammu to liaise with its counterpart in Ramban for releasing the LMV traffic from Nagrota, Jammu in the time slot of 0900 to 1300 hours and from Jakheni, Udhampur from 1000 to 1400 hours. As per the communiqué, only stranded Heavy Motor Vehicles (HMVs) and load carriers shall be allowed from Jakheni (Udhampur) towards Srinagar after the last LMV has crossed. It further asked security forces not to ply against advisory on...

Firing at Shopian Encounter Site Resumes After Several Hours

SHOPIAN
Armed forces on Monday afternoon established contact with a third militant at a gunfight site in Rawalpora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district where a top Jaish militant commander and a local LeT militant were killed, police said. A police spokesperson confirmed on Twitter about the development saying the operation was going on. https://twitter.com/KashmirPolice/status/1371422295323860996?s=20 Earlier in the day, police said to have killed top JeM Commander Wilayat Lone alias Sajjad Afghani while another LeT militant, Jehangeer Ahmad Wani, a resident of Narapora Shopian was killed in the gunfight on Sunday. Two of the protestors, who had thronged the area yesterday to disrupt the encounter received pellet injuries, one of them in eye, in clashes with forces while a cop was...

NIA Raids House in Bandipora of Kashmir Over Narco-Militancy Case

REGIONAL
  On Monday, National Investigation Agency (NIA) raided a residential house in Wangipora village of Sumbal in North Kashmir's Bandipora district. The raid reportedly is in connection with the Handwara narco-militancy case. The NIA team was accompanied by CRPF and local police officials, who raided the residential house of Showkat Ahmad Parray, son of Abdul Salaam Parray, a resident of Wangipora village in Sumbal. Showkat is currently facing detention over the Handwara narco-militancy case.

Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha Commences Annual Amarnath Pilgrim Dates

REGIONAL
  The annual Amarnath yatra to the 3,880-metre high cave shrine in the South Kashmir Himalayas will commence on June 28 and culminate, as per the tradition, on the day of Raskha Bandhan festival on August 22, officials said on Saturday. A decision to this effect was taken at the 40th board meeting of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) chaired by Lt Governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhavan here, the officials said. They said the registration process for the yatra would begin on April 1 through 446 designated branches of Punjab National Bank, Jammu Kashmir Bank and YES bank. The yatra was restricted to a group of Sadhus last year due to coronavirus pandemic, while a year earlier it was called off mid-way due to a ”terror threat” on August 2, three days before the Centre revoked provisio...

Day 3- Firing Resumes at Encounter Site in Shopian

SHOPIAN
The exchange of gunfire resumed in the Rawalpora area of Shopian on Monday morning while a militant was killed yesterday. A top official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the exchange of fire resumed today morning after a lull of more than 24 hours after a militant was killed yesterday during the gunfight.buy zoloft online blackmenheal.org/wp-content/languages/new/noprescription/zoloft-no-prescription.html no prescription Earlier, on Saturday evening, an official said that a joint team of Police, Army’s 34 RR, and CRPF had launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) on specific information about the presence of militants in the area. He said that as the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them, which wa...