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Shouting Hateful Slogans, Hindtuva Group Storms Mosque in Uttarakhand, Disrupts Prayers

INDIA

A crowd of Hindutva supporters, allegedly members of Bajrang Dal, stormed a mosque-madrassa while disrupting congregational prayers by shouting hateful slogans in Uttarakhand. The, incident shot on camera is said to have taken place in the Roshnabad area of Haridwar district in Uttarakhand on Friday, Clarion India reported. “Basically, It took place at a Madrasa on Friday when people were offering Namaz,” said Manish Negi, Sub-inspector at Sidcul police station. “Muslims in large numbers, including non-locals, would gather there in large numbers for Friday Namaz and some people protested against it” He said that the local police and administration officials including Sub-Divisional Magistrate arrived on the scene and pacified the situation. “It was a minor incident. We have not re...

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MBBS Student Misses Exam as Authorities Snap Internet for More than 33 Hours in Sopore

REGIONAL

Irshad Hussain The authorities snapped internet services in North Kashmir's Sopore area as a precautionary measure during an encounter that broke out between government forces and militants for more than 33 hours. Local Medicine students of the area who are enrolled in Bangladesh and outside countries alleged that they miss term thirds exams which were held online mode. Umer Farooq, an MBBS student who is studying in Bangladesh told The Kashmiriyat that he got frustrated since the internet was suspended in the area. " I miss the important exam today, due to the internet suspension, " he said. While as authorities always put their version that the internet is being suspended keeping in view to stop any untoward incident during gunfights. Meanwhile, the internet service was...

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Restoration of Statehood is a Small Issue to People of Jammu Kashmir: Saifuddin Soz

INDIA, REGIONAL

Former union minister and senior congress leader Saifuddin Soz said on Monday that restoration of statehood for Jammu Kashmir won’t yield any advantage to Centre. In a statement Soz said that if Jammu Kashmir’s constitutional relationship with the union has become sour, it was because of the central government. “Central government did not learn from its mistakes. So, it has continued to repeat its mistakes. Now, it’s (Central Govt’s) intention to restore the ‘Statehood’ will not yield any advantage to it because that is a small issue before the people of Jammu Kashmir,” he said. He said the real issue is the Jammu Kashmir special status enshrined in the now-abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution of India, which the Union Government has to be restored. “India has earned a gre...

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Mehbooba Mufti, Farooq Abdullah, Yusuf Taragmi to Attend All Party Meeting: PAGD

REGIONAL

The people's Alliance for Gupkar declaration has said that Mehbooba Mufti, Farooq Abdullah, Yusuf Taragmi will attend All party meeting called by PM Modi on 24 June. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the meeting, Dr. Abdullah said, "We will go to Delhi." Earlier the constituents of Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) arrived at Dr. Farooq Abdullah's Gupkar residence, where a meeting was called to discuss the invitation for All Party Meeting on June 24. PAGD vice president Mehbooba Mufti, spokesperson Muhammad Yousuf Tarigami, Javaid Mustafa Mir, and Muzaffar Ahmad Shah arrived at the residence of the conglomerate's president, Farooq Abdullah to attend the meeting. The meeting was started today at 11:00 AM to discuss the invitation for an All Party Meeting to ...

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Kulgam Youth Returning Home Goes Missing Along with his Vehicle in Budgam

REGIONAL

Basit Shah A 26-year-old youth from Kulgam has gone missing along with his vehicle from the Budgam district of Central Kashmir since Monday night. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat the family of the young man identified as Tawseef Ahmed Mantoo said he left the desired location in Beerwah Budgam at around 1030 PM and since then he has been missing. "At around 10:45 PM, he received a call, but after that, his phone was switched off and since then we have been unable to establish any contact with him," the family member said. Survived by two brothers and old-aged parents, Tawseef a resident of the Buchroo area in Kulgam delivered bovines at Budgam's Beerwah area and according to the family did not cross the toll post at Awantipora on the way back home. "We have been trying to find hi...

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19-year-old Srinagar Youth Drowns in Ganderbal River ‘While taking a Selfie’

REGIONAL

Rayees Shah A teenager from Srinagar drowned in River Sindh in the Ganderbal district of Central Kashmir, but his body is yet to be retrieved. An official told The Kashmiriyat that on Monday evening Salim Khan (19) of 90-feet road Pandach Srinagar drowned in the Sindh river near the Rayil area of Kangan Ganderbal. As per reports, the youth fell down into the river while taking a selfie. He was on his way to Sonamarg for a picnic along with his friends on Monday. As soon as the Police received information about the incident a massive rescue operation was launched by Gund Police along with locals and his relatives, however, no clue has been found to retrieve the body. Massive searches have been launched to trace his body. "The searches are still underway," the official said.

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PM Modi has Surrendered to Kashmir-based Groups: Ikkjutt Jammu

INDIA

The all-party meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 24, is attracting national and international attention as it will be the first major political outreach to the Kashmir- based politicians. As 14 Jammu Kashmir-based groups were invited to the meet, several political parties from the Jammu region accused the Government of ignoring and neglecting Jammu. Ikkjutt Jammu (United Jammu), a Jammu-based political party has slammed the Modi government for “surrendering to Kashmir-centric parties”. Party president Ankur Sharma has said that the government is committing a big blunder by inviting the Kashmiri parties. On the other hand, organisations of displaced Kashmiri Pandits are also miffed with the Modi government as none of their representatives have been called...

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Pakistan will not Need its Nukes Once Kashmir is Resolved- Imran Khan

INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan's nuclear arsenal is "simply a deterrent" to protect the country and there will no longer be any need for it once the Kashmir issue is resolved, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said as he asserted that if the Americans have the resolve and the will, the issue can be sorted out. Pakistan has 165 nuclear warheads as of January this year and it appears to be expanding its nuclear arsenals, a study by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said last week. Pakistan had 160 nuclear warheads as of January last year, it said. "I don''t know where they''ve come up with this. Pakistan''s nuclear arsenal is simply a deterrent, to protect ourselves," Prime Minister Khan said during an interview with the news programme Axios on HBO, which was reported by Dawn online. K...

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‘Anti-Conversion Law’- in UP, Two Muslim Clerics Arrested for Converting More than 1000 people to Islam

INDIA

A Muslim cleric Mufti Qazi Jahangir Qasmi, and Mohammad Umar Gautam (formerly Shyam Pratap Singh Gautam) have been arrested by the Anti-terrorism squad of the UP Police under the state’s draconian anti-conversion law. The Police in Uttar Pradesh have lodged FIR at the Gomtinagar police station in Lucknow, which accused the clerics of being involved in the conversion of deaf children and women to Islam, and more than 1,000 people have been converted so far. “Both were arrested after interrogation. We have got important evidence, documents of foreign funding,” Uttar Pradesh ADG (Law and order) Prashant Kumar said at a press conference. “The deaf and dumb son of a couple living in Kalyanpur, Kanpur, was converted and sent to South India. Thousands of such cases have come to light. Th...

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Jammu Kashmir records 362 New Covid-19 Cases, Lowest In 82 Days

REGIONAL

10 More Deaths Take Toll To 4262, One More Black Fungus Case Confirmed Jammu and Kashmir reported 362 new covid-19 cases, the lowest single-day spike in 82 days, even as ten more people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Monday. They said 101 cases were from Jammu Division and 261 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total count to 312156. Regarding deaths, the officials told GNS that three were reported from Jammu Division and seven from Kashmir, taking the fatality count 4262. Providing the district-wide details, the officials told GNS that Srinagar reported 79 cases, Baramulla 14, Budgam 37, Pulwama 21, Kupwara 22, Anantnag 44, Bandipora 11, Ganderbal 13, Kulgam 18, Shopian 2, Jammu 9, Udhampur 10, Rajouri 15, Doda 27, Kathua 1, Samba 1, Kishtwar 8, Po...