May 2021 - The Kashmiriyat

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Three Minors Booked Under Anti-Terror Law in Shopian Kashmir

WRITE-UPS

Vikram Raj/ Meer Irfan Three juveniles were taken into custody and booked under the Anti-terror Law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act UAPA on the 30th of May by the Jammu and Kashmir administration. The Police has booked them in the FIR number 46/2021 under section 13, 16, 18. Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), 3/4 Explosives Act have been registered against them at Zainpora Police Station. A Police official told The Kashmiriyat that Police has done a thorough investigation and after proper questioning, the role of the three has been established in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast attack that was triggered by Militants on 16 May 2021. The Police identified the three as Shoaib Shafi Bhat, Muntazir Farooq Lone and Tauqeer Ashraf Lone, all residents of the Tur...

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COVID-19: Positivity rate declines, recovery graph improves in north Kashmir

REGIONAL

In a significant development, northern districts of Kashmir have witnessed a dip in positive rage while was recovery graph has improved a lot in the 15 days, official figures revealed on Monday. Figures available with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), suggest that the northern districts of Kashmir reported a total of 7,607 cases while 7,579 patients recovered successfully besides the districts registered the deaths of 74 Covid positive persons. The northern belt of Kashmir comprises three border districts including Bandipora, Baramulla, and Kupwara of which Baramulla has been most affected while Bandipora has registered the lowest number of cases and deaths with a significant recovery rate maintained for long now. In the recent Covid guidelines government placed Bandipo...

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Waseem Rizvi Sparks Major Controversy- Says He Has Created ‘New Quran’ by Removing 26 Verses

INDIA

Waseem Rizvi, the former controversial of Shia Central Waqf Board in Uttar Pradesh, has kicked up a major controversy after claiming that he has created a 'new Quran' by removing 26 verses that allegedly promote violence and arranged the remaining verses in proper sequence. Rizvi in a video viral on Social media also asked the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to authorize the use of his 'new Quran' in all madrasas and Muslim institutes in the country. "I appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to include this new Quran in the education curriculum of various madrasas and Muslim education institutes across the country. This redacted version of the Quran is the right Quran and it will soon be available in the market for people to buy," Rizvi said. Earlier this year,the Supreme cour...

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Huge Consignment Of Ammunition Recovered In Ganderbal Forests

REGIONAL

The Jammu Kashmir Police on Monday said that they recovered a huge consignment of Arms and ammunition in the Ganderbal district of Central Kashmir. In a press release, the Police said, Upon reliable information from their own source about the presence of some suspicious objects in a forest, Ganderbbal Police, along with joint teams of PC Ganderbal, 24 RR and 115 Bn CRPF, launched a CASO in the forest area of Shajinar Gutlibagh. During searches in the thick woods below, ammunition was found lodged in a cavity beneath a rock and was recovered on the spot. AK Magzine 11 Nos. AK Live Ammunition 597 Rounds. Pistol Magzine. 01 No. Pistol Ammunition 06 Rounds, UBGL Rounds 12 Nos. Following this, case FIR no. 91 of 2021 U/S 7/25 / IA Act has been registered in Police Station Ganderbal, an...

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UN Rapporteurs Concerned on Detentions, Ill-Treatment, Extra Judicial Killings in Kashmir

INTERNATIONAL

The United States Rapporteurs have made public their communication concerning allegations of “arbitrary detention, extrajudicial killing, enforced disappearance and torture and ill-treatment committed against the three Kashmiris including Waheed Para, Irfan Ahmad Dar, and Naseer Ahmad Wani.” In a communication, the five UN Rapporteurs said, “We have the honor to address you in our capacities as Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances; Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, pursuant to Human ...

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Forces Recover Explosive Material in Tral, Send Samples for Forensic Examination

PULWAMA

Based on a specific input a joint team of Jammu Kashmir Police, Army 42 RR and CRPF 180 BN cordoned and searched an area near Simoah Nallah of Tral in South Kashmir's Pulwama district. According to a Police press release, after digging the suspected spot; the joint party of Police, Army, CRPF recovered a plastic container of approximately 50-60 Ltrs capacity containing IED material. The press release added that approximately 40 to 50 Kg of Gun Powder Amunium Powder, 02 Electric Detonators, four metres of Cordex Wire and 100 metres of electric Command were recovered from the scene. Samples of the recovered explosive material are taken for forensic examination. Accordingly, Police registered a case FIR No 59/2021 under relevant sections of law stands registered at Police Station ...

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‘No Doctor Attended my Child’- UP Man in Viral Video Holding his 5-month-old Dead Child

INDIA

In a viral video from Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district, a man outside a government hospital holding his dead five-month-old baby can be heard alleging that no doctor attended to the infant for two hours which resulted in the baby's death. The incident took place on Sunday evening at the government-run Community Health Centre in Barabanki's Sirauli Gauspur. The same complex also happens to have a 100-bed Covid hospital for mild cases. The man laments outside the hospital, "All these people keep on talking about only COVID-19. No one wants to touch a patient fearing Covid. There is not one doctor here to attend to my child. She just fell down from a cot. And she died." "What is this system? It has been two hours. Not a single doctor came. Someone said to have patience. My child ha...

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After more than a Month, Srinagar Opens Partially

REGIONAL

After a month-long lockdown imposed due to a surge in COVID-19 cases, markets reopened partially in Jammu Kashmir on Monday as the process of unlocking started in the region. According to new guidelines imposed by authorities, shops have been allowed to open on alternate sides after a one-day gap. The public transport was allowed to ply at 50 percent of the seating capacity in the Orange category districts; it remained shut in the Red category districts. Pertinently Srinagar, which has seen the highest number of cases, has been ordered to open 50 percent transport. The unlock process was launched amid the case positivity rate falling to 6.2 percent from 13 and the daily COVID-19 sliding down to an all-time high of 5,500 to 2,200 in the past two weeks, as per Press Trust of India. ...

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Suspension of Train services in Kashmir Extended Till June 09

REGIONAL

The authorities on Monday extended the suspension of train services between Baramulla and Banihal section till June 09 in view of the Covid-19 situation. In the order, the authorities said that the cancellation of train service between Baramulla and Banihal has been extended till June 09. "The UT of Jammu and Kashmir has extended the cancellation of train service in J&K from Baramulla to Banihal section and vice-versa up to 09-06-2021. All concerned note and act accordingly," reads the order. KNO

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Will convert 1000 Allopathic Doctors to Ayurveda in a year: Baba Ramdev

INDIA

In the light of the recent controversy of disregarding allopathic medicines in the treatment of Covid-19, the Yog guru Ramdev has made yet another claim which has left everyone stunned. In a yoga session at his Yog Gram center in Haridwar, Ramdev remarked that he had set a target to convert 1000 allopathic doctors to Ayurveda in a year. A huge number of participants attended this yoga camp with Ramdev, who said that several allopathies holding MBBS and MD degrees were also present in the camp. “These are the doctors who have faced the side-effects of allopathic drugs and have now turned to yoga and Ayurveda. Some of them have taken voluntary retirement from their practice and decided to follow our path. In fact, I have decided that in the next one year, our target would be to convert...