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Drinking Water Scarcity irks Residents of Kokernag Village

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Sheikh Nadeem/ Waris Shah The Residents of Soaf Shali village in the Kokernag belt of South Kashmir's Anantnag district have been reeling under an acute shortage of water for the past two weeks causing hardships to the locals. Residents of Ahanger Mohalla and Ganie Mohalla in Soaf Shali have been facing an acute shortage of piped water for the past two weeks. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat the residents said that they are forced to fetch water from ponds on a daily basis, alleging that the area had been ignored by authorities of the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department. Another resident said that the water taps in their village run dry most of the time and they had to cover long distances to fetch water. "We have been facing a shortage of water for past two weeks and the con...

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‘Not a Militant, Nor an OGW, He was a Cricketer’, Family says kin killed in cold blood, not in encounter

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Danishwar Hameed/ Qazi Shibli Batting two down, 18 runs off 26 Balls, Zakir Bashir hit one to the Point and was caught by a fielder of Laibal Sports. It was the 28th of June and Zakir started preparing for the next match, but not before he would finish spraying chemicals in his apple orchard. On Wednesday, Zakir got fresh early up, and walked his way with his brother to his orchard in the Czimmer, Kulgam District. By 12 noon, he was home for lunch. "He spoke to the family about the day's work and said he had to go for cricket practice. By lunchtime, word had spread that the Forces had cordoned off the locality." Before the family could get a sense of the unexpected and spontaneous turn of events, Zakir had been shot dead. An official statement on the incident read, "Acting on s...

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Covid 19- Jammu Kashmir reports 298 Fresh Cases- Four Deaths in Last 24 Hours

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Jammu Kashmir reported 298 fresh covid-19 cases while four more people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. They said 102 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 196 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total count to 315960. Regarding the fatalities, they said, two deaths each were reported from Kashmir Valley and Jammu Division, taking the fatality count to 4327. Providing the district-wide details, the officials told GNS that Srinagar reported 60 cases, Baramulla 19, Budgam 20, Pulwama 9, Kupwara 17, Anantnag 30, Bandipora 4, Ganderbal 13, Kulgam 24, Shopian 0, Jammu 7, Udhampur 7, Rajouri 7, Doda 9, Kathua 2, Samba 23, Kishtwar 16, Poonch 14, Ramban 8 and Reasi 9. Moreover, they said, 573 more COVID-19 patients have recovered ...

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Locals of Anantnag Village Complain About Construction Work Being Handed Over to Non-Locals

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Suhail Dar The inhabitants of the Tachloo area in Shamsipora of South Kashmir's Anantnag district have alleged that the ongoing construction work in the village is in the hands of non-locals. Although, MGNAREGA is meant to strengthen the rural areas and to provide employment opportunities to the local community. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that time and again they've Registered their queries to the concerned BDO office but unfortunately, any concrete step hasn't been taken yet. They alleged that construction of a riverbank under the MGNARGA scheme of the Government which is going on for the past nearly fifteen days is being carried out by non-Locals. When The Kashmiriyat contacted the concerned BDO, he assured that the work will be stopped with immediate effects and the issue w...

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Village in Shopian reeling Under Darkness for Last two Years

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Meer Irfan Notwithstanding its tall claims over providing basic facilities to the people, the residents of Darazpora Turkawangam village in Shopian district in South Kashmir are reeling under darkness for the last two years. The local residents while talking to The Kashmiriyat said the transmission lines and transformer was installed by the Power Development Department (PDD) two years ago but still our village is deprived of basic facilities like electricity." The locals have demanded the government to provide them electricity which is a basic need. "The education of our children is getting badly affected as they are not able to charge their mobile phones and attend online classes due to non-availability of electricity in our village," said a local. Another local said that t...

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Body Of Non-Local Laborer Retrieved From Jhelum In Pulwama

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Body of a 25-year-old non-local laborer, drowned in river Jhelum on Wednesday evening, was retrieved this afternoon. A police official told GNS that the youth had fallen into the water body at around eight in the evening yesterday. Rescue efforts were launched by SDRF alongside locals, however the body could only be retrieved this afternoon, he said. Identifying the deceased as one Zeeshan Ahmad (25) son of Ayoub Shah a resident of Uttar Pardesh, a brick kiln worker, the official further said that body has been taken into custody for medico-legal formalities. (GNS)

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Two dead, seven injured in Kathua road accident

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Two persons hailing from Uttar Pradesh died while seven others were injured in a road accident that took place at Logate Morh in Kathua district on Thursday afternoon. Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a vehicle hit highway divider at Logate Morh, resulting in injuries to nine passengers. The official said that among the nine passengers, one was declared dead on arrival at the hospital, while another one succumbed to injuries during treatment. Deceased have been identified as Idresh (61) son of Mohammad Sharif resident and Shaad son of Mohamad Sarfaraz—both residents of Uttar Pardesh. He said that seven other passengers were administered first aid at Kathua GMC, while four among them were later referred to GMC Jammu. Meanwhile, Police have taken...

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Sweeper found dead in Budgam’s Beerwah

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A 56-year-old man who was working as a sweeper at Tehsil office Beerwah was found dead in Nallah Sukhnag at Beerwah in Central Kashmir's Budgam district on Thursday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that today morning a group of people found the body and accordingly informed the police. He said that the body was later shifted to sub-district hospital Beerwah. He identified the deceased as Abdul Rahman Bhat son of Ghulam Qadir, resident of Beerwah, adding that investigation into the matter has been started—(KNO)

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J&K leaders made their people proud in all party meeting: Sajad Lone

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Peoples Conference (PC) Chairman, Sajad Gani Lone on Thursday said all the leaders who participated in the recently held All Party Meeting in New Delhi on June 24, made the people of JK feel proud. Addressing a news conference, Lone, who was accompanied by Imran Raza Ansari and Basharat Bukhari, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) Correspondent said, the participants from Jammu and Kashmir in All Party Meeting made their proud as they reflected the pain in befitting manner. He said that it is obvious that those who will reach New Delhi to represent people can never disrespect the sentiments of people. “I would give equal marks to all who participated in and spoke in the meeting,” he said. “As on date, there were no winners or losers. It’s a long process. We have to ...

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Delhi Court Grants Bail to 7 Murder Accused in Delhi Communal Violence Case, says Can’t Jail Them Until the Trial is Concluded

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On Wednesday, a Delhi court granted bail to 7 accused in a murder case related to the Northeast Delhi violence in February 2020. The court has said that the accused cannot be incarcerated until the trial is concluded. And the trial will be delayed most likely, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. 12 people were accused in the alleged murder case of Vinod Kumar, in the communal violence that took place on February 24, last year.buy cozaar generic buy cozaar generic Amitabh Rawat, the Additional sessions judge has granted relief to 7 accused. He says that the accused can only be incarcerated when the trial is concluded, which will be elongated due to the pandemic. He noted that most of them remained in judicial custody for more than an year. He said that after considering facts and circumsta...