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Manipur Journalist and Activist Arrested for Saying ‘Cow Urine cannot Cure Covid 19’

Manipur Journalist and Activist Arrested for Saying ‘Cow Urine cannot Cure Covid 19’

INDIA
Manipur police have arrested and booked a journalist and an activist under the National Security Act for their social media posts. In the posts, they commented on deceased Bharatiya Janata Party leader and said cow dung and urine will not cure Covid-19. BJP state president S Tikendra Singh succumbed to COVID-19 last week and local journalist Kishorechandra Wangkhem and activist Erendro Leichombam had posted on Facebook condoling Singh’s death that cow dung nad cow urine can not cure COVID-19. BJP state vice president Usham Deban and general secretary P Premananda Meetei had filed an FIR on both the journalist and activist and Manipur police had arrested the two on Thursday under the NSA. Mumbai Press Club has condemned Wangkhem’s arrest and demanded his immediate release. Wa...
Bodies Being Burnt with Tyres and Petrol in Uttar Pradesh- Video Goes Viral

Bodies Being Burnt with Tyres and Petrol in Uttar Pradesh- Video Goes Viral

INDIA
Five policemen have been sent to the lines after a video went viral in which bodies were being cremated with tyres and petrol in the presence of the police personnel in Uttar pradesh. The incident apparently took place on Madeghat in Phephna in Ballia district on Monday. After the video went viral, SP Ballia Vipin Tada sent five police officers, who had been entrusted with getting the bodies cremated, to the lines. He has also ordered an inquiry into the incident.buy fluoxetine online https://healthcoachmichelle.com/wp-content/themes/Divi/css/new/fluoxetine.html no prescription An additional SP rank officer will conduct the inquiry. Video Shows Bodies Being Burnt with Tyres and Petrol in Uttar Pradesh, Action Ordered In the video clip, the policemen are seen standing while a m...
One dead, Two injured, Six Missing in Ramban Mishap

One dead, Two injured, Six Missing in Ramban Mishap

REGIONAL
A 22-year-old non-local resident was killed, while two others were injured after a vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident at Chanderkot area in Ramban district. Six persons who were also travelling in the vehicle are still missing, officials said. Officials briefed that a vehicle (Innova) bearing registration number HR55J-1678 met with an accident at Duggi Pulli in Chanderkot. They said a rescue operation was launched by Police and QRT at the spot, saying that one person has died while two others were injured in the incident. The deceased has been identified as Rashid Ahmad, 22, while injured Muhammad Asif, 28 and Bilal Ahmad, 25—all residents of Bijnore Uttar Pradesh. They said six travellers are still missing, and rescue operation is on to trace them, adding ...
Minor Girl Raped in Kulgam Kashmir- Accused Arrested by Police

Minor Girl Raped in Kulgam Kashmir- Accused Arrested by Police

KULGAM
The Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday said that they arrested an accused, allegedly involved in raping a minor girl, within an hour after receiving a complaint in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. In a statement, issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), a spokesperson said that a girl (Name withheld) aged about 14 years along with her father approached the Police Station Devsar with a written complaint stating that on May 12, she was on way towards her orchard and in the mean time one person namely, Mudasir Ahmad Lone son of Mushtaq Ahmad Lone, a resident of Dardgund wrongfully restrained her and forcibly raped her. The spokesperson said that thereafter the accused had threatened her not to disclose the incident to anyone. “Acting promptly upon the complaint, a ca...
These Palestinian Women Leading Resistance Against Israeli Occupation

These Palestinian Women Leading Resistance Against Israeli Occupation

INTERNATIONAL
Palestinian women lead the resistance against Israel’s forced migration and threats of displacement in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem. While the tension that started with Israel’s attacks in East Jerusalem is rising, the historic Sheikh Jarrah is at the center of the events. Sheikh Jerrah is an area where diplomatic representations and institutions are located near the region where Palestinians live in East Jerusalem and have also been associated with Jewish settlers’ attacks on Palestinians living in the region. In the neighborhood, 27 Palestinian families face pressure to evacuate their homes in favor of Jewish settlers and the threat of forced eviction due to a ruling by Israeli authorities. Palestinians have long held demonstrations at Sheikh Jarr...
Amid Massive Surge in Covid Cases, Bed Occupancy Goes up to 110 Per cent at GMC Anantnag

Amid Massive Surge in Covid Cases, Bed Occupancy Goes up to 110 Per cent at GMC Anantnag

WRITE-UPS
Salman Shah/ Irshad Hussain Jammu Kashmir's health system buckles under new covid 19, wave as many hospitals are running out of short of hospital beds for patients who have been Infected by Covid-19. Despite lockdown in all districts of Jammu Kashmir, covid positive cases are continuously surging on a large scale. Sher e Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Kashmir’s leading tertiary care facility, like other hospitals in Srinagar is struggling to manage the rush of patients. Even though the hospital’s website did not have any vacant beds for COVID-19 patients at the time of writing; the number of available ICU beds had come down to three. Weeks ago, official figures showed that the Chest Disease Hospital, also at the forefront of treating COVID-19 patients, had only one...
‘Doctors Negligent, Inefficient’- Bar Association Takes Matter of Recent Covid Deaths at GMC Anantnag to Chairman Legal Services

‘Doctors Negligent, Inefficient’- Bar Association Takes Matter of Recent Covid Deaths at GMC Anantnag to Chairman Legal Services

REGIONAL
The District Bar Association of Anantnag (DBAA) taking notice of the recent deaths at Government Degree College in Anantnag due to covid has taken up the matter with Chairman District Legal Services Authority of this South Kashmir district. In a press release issued to The Kashmiriyat, the DBAA has said that most of the deaths due to Covid 19 were caused in Anantnag due to the mismanagement of Staff, carelessness and negligence of Doctors at GMC, Anantnag. The Association has taken a serious note as Covid Positive patients or other patients are worsly treated by the Doctors in GMC, Anantnag which is unbearable to any sane human being.buy sinequan online www.mabvi.org/wp-content/languages/new/sinequan.html no prescription The General Secretary of the association alleged that the D...
Police Detains 124 in Baramulla for Violating Covid 19 protocols  – Fine of 5,95,130 Recovered

Police Detains 124 in Baramulla for Violating Covid 19 protocols – Fine of 5,95,130 Recovered

REGIONAL
The Jammu Kashmir police in north Kashmir's Baramulla district have arrested 124 individuals in 64 cases and recovered rupees 5,94,130 as a fine from the COVID-19 violators between 30 March to May 17  while all of the arrested persons have been released on bail. According to a document in possession of news agency, Baramulla police has arrested a total of 124 individuals in 64 cases registered against them at different police stations while 3766 individuals have been fined for not wearing masks between 30 March to 17 May. "All the 124 arrested individuals have been released on bail and 3766 individuals were fined by police for not wearing masks between match 30 to date." "A total of 5,94,130 rupees have been recovered as a fine from the COVID-19 violators," reveals the document. ...
District admin Sgr launches online App for permission of scheduled marriage functions

District admin Sgr launches online App for permission of scheduled marriage functions

REGIONAL
Amid the Covid-19 curfew in all the twenty districts of Jammu Kashmir till 24 May, Srinagar administration has launched an online application for the permission of scheduled marriage functions in the district. A top official from the district administration told the news agency, that in view of the ongoing Corona Curfew, there are many scheduled marriage functions in Srinagar and to make it convenient for the people, district administration Srinagar has launched an online application for the permission of the same. He said that people don’t have to come outside of their homes as they have launched a user friendly application where people can apply for the permission. “This all can be helpful in reducing the movement of people coming for the permission of marriage functions during ...