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‘Forces Snatched my Phone, took my Camera’- Kashmiri Journalist Alleges Harassment

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Mir Junaid A Kashmiri photojournalist on Saturday alleged that the Government Forces snatched his camera and his phone while covering the encounter in Shopian's Ganopora on Friday. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, Reshi Irshad while accusing the Forces of harassing him said, "I was covering an encounter in Shopian on Friday when the Forces called me and snatched my camera and my phone." Irshad said that he was called by the Local Police at least five hours later and handed over his camera and the phone. Meanwhile, the Pulwama Journalists Federation (PJF) has condemned the harassment of photojournalist and PJF member Reshi Irshad, during the Shopian encounter. The PJF President along with other members has expressed strong protest against this behavior said that the attack comes ...

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Home Ministry Invites Applications from Non- Muslims of Neighboring Countries for Indian Citizenship

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The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a notification inviting applications for citizenship from 'non-Muslim' refugees from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The notification, issued on Friday, also called for applications from the 'non-Muslim' refugees residing in 13 districts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Chattisgarh. The Union home ministry, in the notification, demands immediate implementation of the order under the Citizenship Act 1955 and the rules framed under the law in the year 2009, even though the rules unde the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) enacted in 2019 are yet to be framed by the government. It should be noted that this is the same CAA which led to large number of protests erupting all around the country opposing the act. The Shaheen Bagh protest i...

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Kenya Donates 12 Tonnes of Food Items to India as Covid Relief

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As India grapples with the deadly pandemic, the global community has united to support India and has been sending help in every possible way to the country that has been severely affected by the second wave of COVID-19. On Friday, Kenya donated 12 tonnes of food products to India, as part of its Covid-19 relief efforts. The east African country has sent 12 tonnes of tea, coffee and groundnut, produced locally, to the Indian Red Cross Society. Willy Bett, the High Commissioner of Kenya to India, said, “The Government of Kenya wishes to stand in solidarity with the people and Government of India during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic by donating consumable food stuffs." Mr. Bett, who came to Mumbai from New Delhi to hand over the food articles, dedicated the donation to the front...

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Handwara Blast- Mother Succumbs to Injuries ,Two Days After her Daughter

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Two days after her 19-year-old daughter was killed, a 49-year-old woman succumbed to serious injuries at Srinagar hospital in wee hours of Saturday, official sources said. The mother and the daughter had suffered grievous wounds when a Dead shell went off while they were picking collard greens, popularly known as 'Haakh’, and some forest vegetables ‘longdi’ into their bag, at their residence in Sharkoot Villgam in Taratpora Amargargh area of Handwara. Police said that the duo had apparently brought the “dead shell” along with the vegetables from nearby forest area on Tuesday (May 25). On next day (Wednesday), as they were cleaning the vegetables from inside the bag, there was big blast suddenly, leading to the serious injuries to them, police said. Identified as Sara Begum (49)...

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HC Quashes 3 PSA Detention Orders

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Jammu Kashmir High Court has quashed three detention orders under Public Safety Act and asked the authorities to release them “if not required in any other case.” A bench of Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul quashed orders against Sajad Ahmad Bhat son of Ghulam Hassan Bhat of Nagam Chadoora, Budgam, Aijaz Ahmad Dar son of Habibullah Dar of Nasrullahpora, Budgam and Manzoor Ahmad Ganaie son of Ghulam Qadir Ganie of Koil, Pulwama, “Preventive detention cannot be resorted to when sufficient remedies are available under general laws of the land for any omission or commission under such laws,” the court observed while disposing of the petition filed by Ganie. Referring to Apex Court’s judgment V. Shantha vs State of Telangana and others (2017), the court said that the preventive detention c...

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All Parties Should Refrain from Changing the Status of Jammu Kashmir: Says UNGA President

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In a statement on Kashmir, the visiting President of the United Nations General Assembly Volkan Bozkir encouraged Pakistan to take up the issue of Jammu Kashmir more robustly at the United Nations. Speaking at a joint press conference with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi at the Foreign Office on Thursday, the visiting dignitary said, “I think it is the duty, especially Pakistan’s to bring this (Kashmir issue) to the United Nation platform more strongly.” Volkan Bozkir also emphasized that all parties should refrain from changing the status of Jammu Kashmir, and said a solution was to be found through peaceful means in accordance with the UN Charter and UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions as agreed in the Simla Agreement between Pakistan and India. He clearly pointed to th...

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Double whammy of job loss, rising food prices cripples J&K’s poor: Tarigami

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‘Payment of Rs 1000 Covid-19 relief inadequate’ CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami on Friday said that the payment of Rs 1000 per month as COVID-19 relief to registered construction workers, Shikarawalas, Ponywalas, Dandiwalas, Palkiwalas, and Tourist guides is inadequate as a double whammy of unemployment and rising food prices have crippled the poor section of the society in Jammu and Kashmir. “A huge number of construction workers who are not yet registered with the Board and migrant labourers have been left out,” Tarigami said in a statement issued to the news agency. “Ever since August 2019, the incomes of people associated with the informal sector, consisting of low-wage workers, have dwindled sharply due to a major job loss wave. Some severely affected people include c...

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Sopore Encounter- Militants Escape After brief Exchange of Gunfire

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Militants have managed to flee after a brief gunfight at Warpora area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district last evening, officials sources said on Saturday.buy sildalis online https://blackmenheal.org/wp-content/themes/twentytwentytwo/inc/patterns/new/sildalis.html no prescription Police had said that they along with security forces were fired upon by militants as soon as they were laying a cordon at Usmanabad, Warpora area of Sopore. “Reinforcements came and nearby orchard were cordoned and search started.” However, there was no contact established with the militants and apparently they have managed to escape from the spot, the sources said. (GNS)

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APHC Concerned over Health of Late Sehrai’s Sons, demands their release along with all political prisoners

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All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has expressed serious concern over media reports about former Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chairman late Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai’s sons having tested positive for Covid-19 in jail and demanded their immediate release so that they would receive proper medical treatment. Both sons of late Sehrai , Mujahid Sehrai and Rashid Sehrai were arrested and booked by police just days after their father lost his life due to non-availability of medical treatment at Udhampur jail in Jammu. Hundreds of Kashmiri political leaders, activists and youth continue to be behind bars for years altogether and are not being released despite the second wave of Coronavirus pandemic wreaking havoc. Now as the reports appeared in media about the deteriorating health of Sehrai sons...

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Lockdown To Open “Slowly, Slowly” From Monday, Says Arvind Kejriwal

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Delhi will start unlocking slowly from Monday, thanks to the efforts of the two crore individuals of the city which helped bring under control this deadliest wave of Covid-19, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today. “In the past 24 hours, the positivity rate has been around 1.5 per cent with only 1,100 new cases being reported. This is the time to unlock lest people escape corona only to die of hunger," Kejriwal said. He had announced a lockdown on April 19 after the city recorded over a lakh cases five days on a trot till then. He said," today was a meeting with the disaster management authority, to avoid losing the advantage gained in the past month, everyone is of the opinion that the opening up must be slow. There has to be some balance." The government has to take care...