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Month: May 2021

‘Oppressor Has Many Forms in Kashmir’- Sajad Lone Pays Tributes to Gani Lone

‘Oppressor Has Many Forms in Kashmir’- Sajad Lone Pays Tributes to Gani Lone

REGIONAL
Peoples Conference chairman Sajad Gani Lone on Friday said that his father Abdul Gani Lone was killed for speaking the truth and expressing his ideas”. In a series of tweets, Lone, according to news agency—Kashmir News Observer(KNO), said those who opposed his father and created false narrative that ended up in his killing saw what his father was mercifully spared from seeing. “But what gives me some solace is that those who opposed him and created that false narrative that culminated in my father being killed- that crowd some of them still alive were better dead than alive.they saw what my father was mercifully spared from seeing,” Lone tweeted. He said the worse form of oppressors are those who oppress under the fig leaf of fighting oppression. “As long as we do not stop coll...
First Case Of Black Fungus Detected In Jammu

First Case Of Black Fungus Detected In Jammu

REGIONAL
Mubashir Naik Making entry in state of Jammu & Kashmir few days back, first case of Black Fungus has also been reported in Jammu. The Covid -19 patient admitted in GMC Jammu , had high Sugar Levels and Steroids had to be given , which could be possible reason for Black fungus. The patient has turned negative for Covid-19 , though critical. Officials told The Kashmiriyat that Black Fungus does not spread from person to person like Covid-19.
Two More Teachers Dismissed from Service in Interest of ‘Security of State’

Two More Teachers Dismissed from Service in Interest of ‘Security of State’

REGIONAL
The Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday terminated from services "in the ‘interest of the security of the state" suspended Deputy Superintendent of Jammu  Kashmir Police Davinder Singh, who has been chargesheeted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for allegedly providing support to Hizbul Mujahideen’. Also, two more teachers from Kupwara district have terminated under sub-clause (c) of the proviso to clause (2) of Article 311 of the Constitution of India by the Lieutenant Governor .buy xenical online https://www.mabvi.org/wp-content/themes/mabvi/images/new/xenical.html no prescription “The Lieutenant Governor is satisfied after considering the facts and circumstances of the case and on the basis of information available that the activities of Davinder Singh, Deputy S...
‘Unidentified Gunmen is Still Lurking in the Shadows’- The Immortal Leadership of Kashmir

‘Unidentified Gunmen is Still Lurking in the Shadows’- The Immortal Leadership of Kashmir

WRITE-UPS
Salman Shah On 21st May 1990 three gunmen entered the bedroom of the Mirwaiz e Kashmir, Moulvi Mohammed Farooq who had refused security and shot him dead. Mirwaiz had reportedly sustained 15 bullet injuries all over his body. People say there were immediate provocations to the murder, including Mirwaiz meeting an Indian Minister or condemning the kidnapping of Rubiya Sayed as ‘unIslamic.’ But the immediate truth is, you call them excuses, not reasons, the only reason behind his killing was his popularity and the fact that he identified himself with an ideology, his killers wanted to shut forever. Mirwaiz was the head preacher to 5 lakh Srinagar people, Soon after, the blame was put on the ‘unidentified gun.’ As Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, a senior Journalist told a news agency, “Kashmir is ...
Work on Bijbehara Mini Secretariat Incomplete; Five Years After initiation of Construction

Work on Bijbehara Mini Secretariat Incomplete; Five Years After initiation of Construction

REGIONAL
The work on the Mini Secretariat Complex was undertaken by the Roads & Buildings (R&B) Department in 2017 in the Bijbehara area of South Kashmir's Anantnag district is far from completion. Rs 3.85 crore project is in limbo from five years as officials cite a lack of funds to complete it. In 2017, the then Minister for Revenue, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, Abdul Rehman Veeri, while laying the foundation stone of a building for the mini secretariat, announced that the building would be completed on time and all tehsil level offices would work under one roof to save people from moving pillar to post. Official sources said that the mini secretariat was sanctioned for Bijbehara tehsil in 2017, after which the Roads and Buildings Department (R&B) was given this pr...
Despite Showing his Press ID Card, Journalist Manhandled by Government Forces in Sopore

Despite Showing his Press ID Card, Journalist Manhandled by Government Forces in Sopore

OTHERS
Mir Junaid A journalist was allegedly manhandled by Government Forces in the Sopore area of Baramulla district in North Kashmir. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, Peerzada Tahir, a journalist from North Kashmir said, that a Policeman hit him on his head when he was on the way to cover an event in the Sopore area. "I was stopped by Police personnel when I was on the way to cover an event and he soon started abusing me without any provocation. In the middle of the conversation, the Policeman hit me on my head," Tahir alleged. He said that the SSP of Sopore has promised action against the cop if found guilty. Meanwhile, the Sopore Media Association has denounced the thrashing of the journalist and said, "Peerzada Tahir stopped by police near Bus stand Sopore and manhandled despite s...
19-Year-old Youth from Srinagar Goes Missing

19-Year-old Youth from Srinagar Goes Missing

REGIONAL
Mir Junaid A 19-year-old youth has gone missing from his home in the Srinagar district of Central Kashmir, his family said, while seeking public help to trace him. Appealing him to return home, the family of the youth identified as Mehran Yasin Shalla has asked the Police to help them in tracing Mehran, who is a resident of the Jamallata area in Srinagar. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat,  a family member of Mehran said that he left home around 7:15 PM on May 18 and after that, the family has no other means to contact him as he has left his phone at his home. The family said that they have filed a missing report in the Police station in SR Gunj area of Srinagar, where the Police, according to the family have promised help. "We request the public of Kashmir to help us tracing Mehr...
At least 50 Schools Destroyed by Israeli Forces in Palestine

At least 50 Schools Destroyed by Israeli Forces in Palestine

INTERNATIONAL
At least 50 schools have been destroyed in Gaza by Israeli forces in the past week, London-based organisation, Save the Children revealed. "Attacking schools or hospitals is a grave violation against children and Save the Children is urging all parties to adhere to international humanitarian law and to protect them," the organisation added. Sixty-three children in Gaza have been killed since the escalation of the conflict began on 10 May. In Gaza, 450 children have been injured, according to Save the Children. "Sites of learning, opportunity, play and fun for children have swiftly transformed into refuges from the bombing as homes have been destroyed and families ripped apart – and sadly the numbers of schools being destroyed show that even here, there is nowhere to hide. One in 1...
‘Police Locked me up, Not allowing me to Meet people’- BDC Chairman Stages protest in Srinagar

‘Police Locked me up, Not allowing me to Meet people’- BDC Chairman Stages protest in Srinagar

REGIONAL
Block development council (BDC) chairperson from D H Pora block of Kulgam district on Thursday held a protest demonstration at Press colony Srinagar against authorities for not allowing him to visit his area and meet people there. BDC chairperson Sharif-ud-din Bhat said that he is not being allowed to visit his respective area for the last one and a half month as he has been “locked up” in Srinagar while funds recently allocated for the development of his respective constituencies were going lapse. He said that the funds are about to get lapse as the administration is not allowing him to visit his respective constituency. He further said in this pandemic that people face many problems, and if he will not help them during this time, then when will he. He said that the same issue is bein...
Covid Second wave to End in July, Third Wave after 6 months: Government Panel

Covid Second wave to End in July, Third Wave after 6 months: Government Panel

INDIA
India’s second wave of Covid-19 is expected to decline by July this year. A third wave of the pandemic is expected in about six to eight months. These are the fairly optimistic projections made by the three-member panel of scientists set up by the Department of Science and Technology under the Science Ministry of the Government of India. Using the SUTRA (Susceptible, Undetected, Tested (positive) and Removed Approach) model, the scientists predicted that the end of May would see about 1.5 lakh cases per day, and the end of June will witness 20,000 cases on a daily basis. “States like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Kerala, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Haryana besides Delhi and Goa have already seen their peak,” said Professor Manindra Aga...