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Covid 19- In Anantnag, Five Employees of Jammu Kashmir Bank’s TP Branch Test Positive

Covid 19- In Anantnag, Five Employees of Jammu Kashmir Bank’s TP Branch Test Positive

ISLAMABAD
Suhail Dar Five employees of the TP Branch of Jammu Kashmir Bank in Anantnag have tested positive for Covid 19 on Thursday. An official confirming this to The Kashmiriyat said that on Thursday five employees of TP were tested positive on Thursday after which the bank has been shut till further orders. The screening of other employees will also be conducted and their contact history will also be traced, the official added.
Arms and Ammunition Including 191 Bullets Recovered in Samba

Arms and Ammunition Including 191 Bullets Recovered in Samba

REGIONAL
Mubashir Naik A rusted grenade and 191 bullets were claimed to have been recovered by Jammu Kashmir police and CRPF from a Nallah in the Samba district of the Jammu division. An official told The Kashmiriyat that during a search operation, the joint forces, the 38 BN of CRPF and Jammu Kashmir Police in the Kheediyan area of Bari Brahmana area in Jammu recovered arms. The recoveries included 191 rounds of 303-rifle, 20 charger clips and a hand grenade.buy propecia online https://www.ecladent.co.uk/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/inc/new/propecia.html no prescription The Jammu Kashmir Police have lodged an FIR and taken up the case for further investigations.
Fresh Snowfall in Higher Reaches of Kashmir- Rains Expected in Plains for Next 24 Hours

Fresh Snowfall in Higher Reaches of Kashmir- Rains Expected in Plains for Next 24 Hours

REGIONAL
The higher reaches of Kashmir including tourist resort Gulmarg and remote Gurez valley on Thursday received fresh snowfall while rains lashed the plains, resulting in a considerable dip in the maximum temperature. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that snowfall started in Gurez started at around 06 AM today, following which the traffic movement on Bandipora-Gurez road was restricted. Reports said that higher reaches of Kashmir including the world-famous ski-resort, Gulmarg, Ganderbal and Machil in Kupwara also received fresh snowfall while rains lashed other parts of Kashmir valley. The Meteorological (Met) Department has said that light to heavy rain showers is expected over most places of Jammu Kashmir during the next 24 hours. "Significant drop-in...
Five Journalists Including Sitaram Yechury’s Son Die of Covid 19

Five Journalists Including Sitaram Yechury’s Son Die of Covid 19

INDIA
CPI(M)'s general secretary Sitaram Yechury's eldest son Ashish Yechury (34) has passed away due to Covid-19, this Thursday. Ashish had been battling with the virus since the past two weeks at Gurgaon's Medanta Hospital. It is said that he was recovering well, hence his sudden death early morning came as a shock. "It is with great sadness that I have to inform that I lost my elder son, Ashish Yechury to COVID-19 this morning. I want to thank all those who gave us hope and who treated him - doctors, nurses, frontline health workers, sanitation workers and innumerable others who stood by us," Yechury tweeted. Ashish was a journalist by profession and would have turned 35 this June. His colleagues at News Laundry extended their condolences by remembering him as a warm, gentle, talented f...
Covid 19- India records Highest Spike as Nearly 3.15 Lakh People Test Positive in a Single Day

Covid 19- India records Highest Spike as Nearly 3.15 Lakh People Test Positive in a Single Day

INDIA
India reported 3,14,835 Covid-19 new cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day spike since the onset of the pandemic early last year, taking the overall infection tally to 1,59,30,965 on Thursday, according to data from the Union Health Ministry. Since April 15, India has continued to report over 2 lakh new Covid-19 cases on a daily basis. There were 2,95,041 new cases on Wednesday, 2,59,170 cases on April 20, 2,73,510 on April 19, 2,61,500 on April 18, 2,34,692 on April 17, 2,17,353 on April 16 and 2,00,739 on April 15. Meanwhile, 2,104 additional people died due to the virus, which took the total death toll to 1,84,657.buy flomax online medstaff.englewoodhealth.org/wp-content/languages/new/flomax.html no prescription This is the second consecutive day that the count...
‘The 1987 chapter’- Prelude to elections that bred militancy in Kashmir

‘The 1987 chapter’- Prelude to elections that bred militancy in Kashmir

WRITE-UPS
Qazi Shibli "We could see green flags atop the willows, chinars and the electric polls; women and men rallying with green flags, singing folktales for their brave candidates, 'Islam will win' was the word of every tongue," Reyaz Ahmed, a resident of Shangus, who campaigned for Muslim United Front in the year 1987 remembers. The year 1987 marked a watershed in Kashmiri politics. The Muslim United Front (MUF), a broader coalition of socio-religious groups within the Kashmir valley joined hands to fight the National Conference-Congress alliance. It enjoyed huge public support within Kashmir. However, it was defeated by dubious means. Those who supported the MUF were convinced that the establishment of a MUF government would achieve the wipe-out of corruption, nepotism, and misgoverna...
After Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor Tests Covid-19 positive

After Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor Tests Covid-19 positive

INDIA
Lok Sabha member, MP for Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor announced on Twitter that he has tested positive for Covid-19. Tharoor added that his 85-year old mother and his sister were on the same boat as well. He tweeted that he hopes to deal with Covid in a 'positive frame of mind. Earlier this week, the former Prime Minister and senior member of the Congress, Manmohan Singh was admitted to All India Institute for Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after testing positive for Covid-19. Union Health Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan followed up with the medical team attending Singh at AIIMS and confirmed in a tweet that Singh is stable. "Followed up on Dr Manmohan Singh Ji's health with the medical team attending to him at AIIMS, Delhi. His condition is stable. The best possible care is being provid...
‘What Necessitated the Re-Registration of Vehicles’- High Court Asks Kashmir RTO to File Affidavit by Tomorrow

‘What Necessitated the Re-Registration of Vehicles’- High Court Asks Kashmir RTO to File Affidavit by Tomorrow

REGIONAL
Jammu Kashmir High Court on Wednesday asked Regional Transport Officer Kashmir to file an affidavit before it by tomorrow, indicating therein as to what necessitated the issuance of the March 27 circular, mandating the vehicle owners who have purchased their vehicles bearing outside registration number to apply for a new registration within a fortnight. A division bench of Justices Ali Mohammad Magrey and Vinod Chatterji Koul also made it clear that pendency of the petitions would not be an impediment for traffic for the Transport Authorities to screen the vehicles with non-local registration mark for checking their veracity vis-a-vis the documents and the bonafide entry into the territorial limits Jammu and Kashmir. However, the court said that such exercise shall be undertaken by the ...
Protests Erupt in Kokernag After Body of Missing man Found, One House Torched

Protests Erupt in Kokernag After Body of Missing man Found, One House Torched

ISLAMABAD
Waris Shah Protests Erupted at Frehmoo Area of Kokernag in South Kashmir Anantnag district on Wednesday after the dead body of a missing man was found by locals inside a Water Trunch at Frehmoo Kokernag. Protestors stopped Traffic and blocked the road for hours and later torched the house of one local namely Mohammed Yaqub Bhat, a resident of Frehmoo Gadol Kokernag.buy kamagra online https://pavg.net/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/fonts/new/kamagra.html no prescription Official sources told The Kashmiryat the 36 -year-old Man identified as Gulzar Ah Naik Son of Gh Nabi Naik, a resident of Ahlan Gadol Kokernag, who was missing since 16 April. A police team was deputed to the spot to retrieve the body, the official said adding that a case in this regard has been registered and...
NC Leader and Plebiscite Front Stalwart, Abdul Gani Veeri remembered on his Anniversary

NC Leader and Plebiscite Front Stalwart, Abdul Gani Veeri remembered on his Anniversary

ISLAMABAD
The Sixth Anniversary of late National Conference and Plebiscite Front stalwart, Abdul Gani Shah father of National conference south In-charge, Dr. Bashir Veeri was held in Bijbehara. As per a press release issued to The Kashmiriyat scores of people from nearby areas paid glorious tributes to the late NC Leader during a Fateh Khwani ceremony held at the graveyard where Abdul Gani Shah (Veeri ) is laid to rest, at Veeri area of Bijbehara in South Kashmir’s Islamabad (Anantnag) district. Veeri during his lifetime was jailed several times for his active role in Kashmir’s Plebiscite Movement. The late NC leader was jailed along with Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah in the early 1950s. Later he was released from jail in late 1950 after which he joined the plebiscite front. Veeri could not visi...