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Month: June 2021

Amin, Brother of Former AGH Spokesman; Trapped in Tral, was Arrested in Last Month

Amin, Brother of Former AGH Spokesman; Trapped in Tral, was Arrested in Last Month

UPDATES
Mohammed Amin Malik, the brother of a slain Militant killed during an encounter in 2019 in the Tral, has been trapped after he tried to snatch the rifle of a Government Force personnel inside a SOG camp in the Tral belt of South Kashmir's Pulwama district on Wednesday afternoon. A resident of the Nagbal area of Tral, Amin's brother Shabir Ahmed Malik who was an associate of Zakir Musa's Ansar Ghazwat ul Hind (AGH), was killed during an encounter with government forces on 26 June 2019. As per officials, Shabir was the spokesman of AGH. The Jammu Kashmir Police said that Mohammed Amin Malik, after snatching weapons during questions from police has fired several rounds from a room inside the camp. “Efforts are underway to persuade him to surrender. His mother and other family members ha...
Tral Update- Brother of Former Militant Trapped, Family Brought to Persuade him to Surrender

Tral Update- Brother of Former Militant Trapped, Family Brought to Persuade him to Surrender

PULWAMA
Police has brought family of the suspect person to SOG camp of police in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district to persuade him to surrender, police said. A senior police officer told the suspected person, Muhammad Amin, after snatching weapons during questions from police has fired several rounds from a room inside the camp. “Efforts are underway to persuade him to surrender. His mother and other family members have been brought to convince him,” the officer said, adding, “He has fired few rounds from inside the room.” Earlier, a policeman was injured after the suspected person fired at him during questioning in the SOG camp, Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar told GNS. “One suspect during questioning snatched weapon of one policeman and fired upon in which one consta...
Amid Intense Campaign, Kulgam Teacher Gets His Salary Five Days After Son’s Suicide

Amid Intense Campaign, Kulgam Teacher Gets His Salary Five Days After Son’s Suicide

REGIONAL
The Jammu Kashmir administration on Wednesday released the salary of a Government teacher whose son committed suicide on May 28, after his father was unable to pay his fees. Official sources said that Director School Education Kashmir Tassaduq Hussain Mir today released Rs 33 crores to chief education officers of Kashmir for payment of withheld salary of 630 teachers, including the father of a boy from Kulgam who committed suicide on May 28. “The salary of these teachers was pending due to deficiency of documents and verification,” the official said. In the video shot by the boy before committing suicide, he was heard as saying that he was forced to take this extreme step due to financial crises of his family following non-payment of the salary of his father for last over two-and-...
Long Reads- Why Israel wants Palestine?

Long Reads- Why Israel wants Palestine?

WRITE-UPS
Manan Shah “When we burnt Al Aqsa Mosque, I did not sleep the whole night for fear of Arab armies! But when the sun rose the next morning, I came to know now we can do anything we want, for we are facing a nation which is asleep”- Golda Meir, PM of Israel, 1969-1974. Ever since, for Israel, the continuous acts of terror and illegal occupation of Palestine have no looking back. One may ask Why? After all, Jewish refugees arrived in Palestine in 1943 with banners saying, “The Germans destroyed our families and homes, don't you destroy our hopes". It was Palestine that offered refuge and therefore, it is high time for us to realize what went wrong! The sister-religions To look into the matter first we should attempt to know the history of Palestine itself. It is one of the oldest c...
Tral Update- ‘He is Hiding in a Shed, Persuading him to Surrender’, Says Police

Tral Update- ‘He is Hiding in a Shed, Persuading him to Surrender’, Says Police

PULWAMA
A man who was under custody in SOG camp Tral on Wednesday snatched a gun from a cop and shot him and later hid in the generator room of the camp. A top official said that the man was picked up by police for questioning, however, today he snatched a rifle from the cop and shot him. He said that the man is hiding in the generator room of SOG camp while the police were persuading him to surrender. The top official said that SSP Awantipora was trying to make him surrender and there was no hostage situation as there were no other policemen inside the room—(KNO)
US will Lose a precious friend, If it Tries to Corner Tukrey: Tayyip Erdogan

US will Lose a precious friend, If it Tries to Corner Tukrey: Tayyip Erdogan

INTERNATIONAL, OTHERS
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday warned that the US risked "losing a precious friend" if it tries to corner his country, speaking two weeks ahead of the first meeting between the two leaders. The already tense relations between the two countries have further worsened since Biden replaced Erdogan's ally Donald Trump in January, with the new president emphasizing on highlighting Turkey's grim human rights record. When asked about Ankara-Washington relations, Erdogan said in an interview with Turkish state broadcaster TRT on Tuesday that "those who corner the Republic of Turkey will lose a precious friend". As per a report published on NDTV Erdogan's combative stance comes ahead of the first meeting between the two leaders on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Brusse...
Police Achabal continues drive against SOP violators

Police Achabal continues drive against SOP violators

REGIONAL
Sheikh Nadeem In order to enforce use of face masks and adherence to COVID19 protocols, Jammu Kashmir police headed by DSP Achabal Mohammad Rafi fined several violators on Wednesday. On directions of SSP Anantnag, Imtiyaz Hussain, special teams have been constituted at all police stations and police posts  for awareness generation and enforcement. During the drive, several violators were intercepted for not wearing face masks and violators were fined on the spot, in Achabal area and police team released fine from violators. DY SP Achabal, Mohammad Rafi have appealed to General Public to not come out of their houses unnecessary, in wake of the lockdown and follow SOP's. DY SP Achabal, Mohammad Rafi said people are being asked to follow SOP's and the violators will be fined. ...
People allergic to any ingredient of the Covid-19 vaccine should not take it: DAK

People allergic to any ingredient of the Covid-19 vaccine should not take it: DAK

REGIONAL
The Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Wednesday said people who are allergic to any ingredient of the Covid-19 vaccine should not receive the jab. “If you are allergic to any component of the vaccine, you are advised not to take it,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr.buy lexapro online https://www.adentalcare.com/wp-content/themes/medicare/languages/en/lexapro.html no prescription Nisar ul Hassan in a statement. “However, if you have history of allergic reactions that aren’t related to Covid-19 vaccine such as food, medicine, latex, insects and environmental triggers, you can have the vaccine,” he said. Dr. Hassan said two Covid-19 vaccines are being used in Kashmir right now – Covaxin and Covishield, which have a two-dose schedule given as an injection in the deltoid...
COVID-19: Srinagar tops death list, Several families Lose sole Bread Earners

COVID-19: Srinagar tops death list, Several families Lose sole Bread Earners

REGIONAL
Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory, has topped the list of Covid related deaths the district alone witnessed 780 out of 4000 total deaths in Union Territory. The total 780 deaths means that Srinagar has contributed 39 per cent deaths in Kashmir division. The deaths reported include mostly elderly people and patients having under lying problems, however, among the dead were some young people with no underlying problems as well. The pandemic devastated many families in Jammu and Kashmir as several have lost their lone bread earners. Figures available with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), suggest that 4,000 people died in J&K due to the Covid-19 that includes 2000 from Kashmir region. “The fatality rate in Srinagar district is 1.18 pe...
Eight More Booked Under Anti-Terror Law For Raising Slogans in Kashmir

Eight More Booked Under Anti-Terror Law For Raising Slogans in Kashmir

REGIONAL
Police have booked at least eight persons under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for sloganeering at the funeral of a youth who was killed in an accident recently in the Kupwara district of north Kashmir. Officials on Wednesday said that four of them have been already arrested under Section 13 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, which prescribes up to seven years imprisonment for “advocating, abetting, advising or inciting the commission of any unlawful activity”. Sources said a youth identified as Mohammad Amin Dar son of Abdul Ahad Dar of Bumhama died in a road accident during intervening night of 28 May near his native place. Subsequently, there was funeral and as per police anti-India slogans were made following which a case (FIR No. 181/21) under IPC Se...