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BCCI Threatening Me, Trying To Prevent Me from Playing In Kashmir Premier League: Herschelle Gibbs

SPORTS

The Former South Africa legendary opener Herschelle Gibbs has taken to Twitter and alleged the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has threatened him by denying him all cricketing activities in India in the futre if he participates in the upcoming Kashmir Premier League. The Kashmir Premier league is set to commence on Friday, August 6 in Muzaffarabad Pakistan. Herschelle Gibbs, along with former Sri Lankan cricketer Tillakaratne Dilshan and former England spinner Monty Panesar is among the six participating teams in the tournament. The former Protea batsman took to Twitter and accused the BCCI of “trying to prevent me playing” in the inaugural edition of the league, which will run from August 6th to 16th. “Completely unnecessary of the @BCCI to bring their political agen...

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IED Recovery Case: NIA Conducts Raids at 14 Locations in JK

REGIONAL

National Investigating Agency (NIA) Saturday said that it's men were conducting raids at 14 locations in Jammu Kashmir in connection with the two separate IED recovery cases. An NIA official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that NIA raids are going in Jammu Kashmir in connection with two separate cases. "One is IED recovered in Jammu on 27.06.2021 Rc -04/2021 and the other one is Lashker-e-Mustafa case," he said. The official said that raids are going on at 14 locations in Jammu Kashmir including Shopian, Anantnag, Banihal in Kashmir, besides, Sunjwan and Jammu—(KNO)

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Two Militants Killed During Encounter in Pulwama- Operation On

REGIONAL

Two militants have been killed in an encounter between government forces and militants in forest area of Namibian and Marsar on Sunday morning. A senior police officer said that two militants have been killed while as the search operation is on in the area. "Exact location of #encounter is between Namibian & Marsar, general area #Dachigam forest. 02 unidentified militants killed. Army and Police on job. Search is still going on." Kashmir Zone police tweeted. Earlier, an official said that a joint team of Police, Army and CRPF launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) on specific information about the presence of militants in the area. He said that as the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them, which was retaliate...

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On the way to Rescue Parents injured in accident with Forces’ vehicle, Three Youth Assaulted by Forces in Srinagar

WRITE-UPS

Irshad Hussain/ Yasir Yousuf A Srinagar-based couple was severely injured after their car collided with an armed forces' vehicle, minutes later when their kith and kin were on the way to rescue the couple, they were allegedly assaulted by Forces in Srinagar late on Thursday evening. On Thursday, around 8:30 pm in the Humhama area of Central Kashmir's Budgam district, a vehicle of the forces clashed with the couple's car. The accident took place near the Police Headquarters, Humhama, The vehicle allegedly fled from the spot and left the injured couple on their own. The injured couple's son talked to The Kashmiriyat about the accident and said that the truck hit the car from behind. "The car overturned after the forces' vehicle hit and rolled over on the other side hitting a divi...

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32-Year-Old Man Hangs Self to Death in Sopore

REGIONAL

A 32-year-old man has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself to death in Chankhan Sopore area of North Kashmir's Baramulla district on Friday afternoon. Official sources told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a man was found hanging at his residence in Chankhan Sopore. They said that he was rushed to Sub District Hospital (SDH) where doctors declared him brought dead on arrival. Meanwhile, local police has taken cognizance of the matter and started investigation—(KNO)

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Cloudburst Triggers Flash Floods in Ganderbal, Paddy Fields, Orchards Submerged in Water

REGIONAL

Rayees Shah/ Basit Shah A major cloudburst in the Baba Wayil area of Central Kashmir's Ganderbal district triggered flash floods in several nearby areas causing heavy damage to public property. According to eyewitnesses who spoke to The Kashmiriyat, on Friday afternoon, a cloudburst in the Baba Wayil area flooded the nearby area including the Sehpora, Safargund, Nuner areas of Ganderbal. The flash floods have caused massive damage to the fields and orchards in the areas. Also, several important road links area is submerged in the water. Teams of Local Police have reached the spot along with several officials of the Local administration. According to the locals, several animals including horses and animals are trapped in the floods. Several houses have also received damage.

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India is Proud of Pluralistic Diversity and Ready for Discussions with Blinken: Foreign Ministry, in Response to Claims of Growing Atmosphere of Intolerance

INDIA, INTERNATIONAL

India is proud of its pluralistic traditions and happy to discuss the issue with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his visit beginning on Tuesday, foreign ministry sources said after Washington said Blinken plans to raise New Delhi’s human rights record. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has faced allegations that it has suppressed dissent, pursued divisive policies to appeal to its Hindu nationalist base and alienated Muslims, the country’s biggest minority, the report said. Before Blinken’s first visit as secretary of state to India, the Department of State says he will be discussing India’s human rights record as well as a religion-based citizenship law enacted by the Modi government two years ago that is considered discriminatory by Muslims. Indian foreign mi...

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Karni Sena Activists Stop an Inter-Faith Marriage, Allege ‘Forced Conversion’

INDIA

An interfaith marriage was stopped, allegedly by activists of Karni Sena, at a local court in Ballia district by terming it a case of “forced conversion and love jihad”, the police said on Thursday. The activists of the Hindutva outfit then supposedly compelled the woman to go to Kotwali police station, where police officers interceded and handed the 18-year-old woman to her parents, till she records her statement in court. The following incident occurred on Wednesday. Ballia’s Superintendent of Police, Vipin Tada, said, “We have lodged a case on a complaint from her father that his daughter had been kidnapped. We will present her in a court soon, where she will record her statement and further action will be taken based on her statement, as the woman is an adult.” Tada also said,...

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656 Cases Registered Under the UAPA between 2017 to 2019 in Jammu Kashmir

REGIONAL

The government of India (GoI) on Thursday informed Parliament that 656 cases were registered and a total of 489 tribals arrested under the Unlawful Activities (P) Act between 2017 to 2019 in Jammu Kashmir. The details were shared by the Minister of State (MoS) for Tribal Affairs Renuka Singh Saruta in response to queries raised in the house. In a written response to the house, the MoS said that between 2017 to 2019 a total of 489 were arrested, 656 cases were registered while 1,278 cases have been put under trial. The figures reveal that in the year 2017 156 under UAPA were registered and 35 arrests were made while 297 were put under trial. In 2018, the figures reveal that a total of 245 cases were registered in which 177 persons were arrested and 391 put under trial. Simila...

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Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was Executed by the Taliban After Verifying his Identity: Report

INDIA, INTERNATIONAL

Danish Siddiqui, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist was not just killed in a crossfire in Afghanistan. He was also not a casualty but was "brutally murdered" by the Taliban after verifying his identity, according to a report published in an American magazine on Thursday. Siddiqui, 38, died while he was on an assignment in Afghanistan. The award-winning journalist was killed while covering clashes between Afghan troops and the Taliban in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar city. According to the Washington Examiner report, Mr Siddiqui travelled with an Afghan National Army team to the Spin Boldak region to cover the conflict between Afghan forces and the Taliban to control the lucrative border crossing with Pakistan. When they got to within one-third of a mile of the customs...