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Month: August 2021

After Ban on JKLF & Jamaat, Both Factions of Hurriyat likely to be Banned

After Ban on JKLF & Jamaat, Both Factions of Hurriyat likely to be Banned

REGIONAL
A ban under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act may be imposed on both factions of the Hurriyat Conference which has been spearheading the separatist movement in Jammu Kashmir for over two decades, officials said. They said a recent probe into the granting of MBBS seats to Kashmiri students by institutions in Pakistan indicates that the money collected from aspirants by some organizations which were part of the Hurriyat Conference conglomerate was being used for funding terror organizations in the union territory. The officials said both the factions of the Hurriyat are likely to be banned under Section 3(1) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, or the UAPA, under which "if the Central Government is of opinion that any association is, or has become, an unlawful ...

Three Flights Carrying Indian Nationals from Afghanistan Land in New Delhi

INDIA
Three private flights -Air India, Vistara and IndiGo carrying Indian nationals from Kabul landed at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport Terminal 3 on Sunday Morning. Sukhwinder Singh who works in the US embassy in Kabul says chaos like situation prevails in Kabul’s streets and all are in a hurry to leave Afghanistan. He said he was evacuated on the night of August 14 with the intervention of an Indian Embassy official when the situation started worsening. He added, he had been living in Doha since then. “Most of the people trapped there were evacuated.” He said, he himself was in the helicopter whose video went viral in which people can be seen cheering as they are being evacuated to return home. Sukhwinder Singh, who hails from Punjab, told IANS that after the Taliba...

Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra Moves High Court for Quashing FIR

REGIONAL
Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, senior PDP leader and close aide of former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, has approached the Jammu Kashmir High Court for quashing of an FIR against him by the Jammu Kashmir Police, citing violation of fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution and “sameness” of the charges also being probed by the NIA. In the petition, Parra’s counsel Shariq Reyaz submitted that his client was investigated for the same offences by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) as well as the Counter Intelligence (Kashmir) wing of Jammu Kashmir Police separately, which is in violation of laid down norms under the Code of Criminal Procedure. Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul, after hearing arguments on the petition challenging the framing of charges in the police case by a design...

Strictly Follow CAB, Get Vaccinated Against Covid-19: Div Com Kashmir Appeals Public

REGIONAL
The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K. Pole yesterday chaired a meeting regarding the Covid 19 vaccination drive in Kashmir division at Divisional Commissioner’s office. The meeting was attended by Incharge Divisional Covid-19 Control Room Kashmir (DCCRK), Tahir Ahmad Magray and various senior level Public Health Specialists of DCCRK. The Div Com on the occasion took a serious note of the recent increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in some districts of Kashmir division and labelled this increase to non-compliance of Covid SOPs especially during gatherings. He appealed to the general public to follow Covid Appropriate Behavior (CAB) in letter and spirit to prevent the transmission of covid infection in their communities and families and help the administrat...

Devising Mechanism to Find Additional 8000 Hectare Land in SMR to Accommodate 3 Million Population by 2035: Government

REGIONAL
The government has said that it is devising a mechanism to find the additional 8,000 hectares of land in Srinagar Metropolitan Region (SMR) to accommodate an expected three million population by 2035. The Master Plan-2035 public policy document accessed by the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) states that the SMR is expected to have a population of around 3.0 million by 2035 which will require 8000 hectares of additional land. Besides, the government has also said that there will be a need of nearly one million jobs for the SMR population for the projected duration. “Around two lakh dwelling units will be added in the local area and more than one million jobs will be required,” reads the Master Plan-2035 public policy document. The officials of Srinagar Development Author...

150 Indians Picked Up by Taliban Released, Evacuation soon : Sources

INDIA, INTERNATIONAL
As per a report by NDTV, around 150 Indian citizens picked up by the Taliban for questioning this morning have been released and are now inside Kabul airport, they will be airlifted out of war-torn Afghanistan soon. According to the report, Indian citizens waiting outside Kabul airport for evacuation flights were taken to a nearby police station for questioning and checking of travel documents, a top government source said, amid worrying reports from local media that they had abducted. Earlier, several news outlets in Kabul alleged the Taliban had abducted over 150 people, including Indians. The Taliban rejected that claim; a tweet by Sharif Hassan, a Kabul-based reporter for The New York Times, quoted a spokesperson for the group. The Taliban's 'picking up' of Indian citizens occ...

Two seniors officials of Military Engineering Services Arrested for Accepting Bribe

INDIA
Two senior employees of Military Engineering Services (MES) were arrested after they were allegedly caught accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000 here, an official said on Sunday. Assistant Garrison Engineer Abhay Kumar and Junior Engineer Atma Singh were trapped by sleuths in a swift operation on Saturday following a complaint about their involvement in corrupt practices, the spokesperson of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said.www.parkviewortho.com/wp-content/languages/new/strattera.html He said searches were conducted at the official and residential premises of the accused

Taliban to Probe Reports of Afghanistan Reprisals, Vows to be Accountable

INTERNATIONAL
The Taliban will be accountable for its actions and will investigate reports of reprisals and atrocities carried out by members, an official of the group told Reuters on Saturday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, added that the group planned to ready a new model for governing Afghanistan within the next few weeks. It has been only a week ever since the Taliban completed a lighting fast takeover of the country, eventually walking into Kabul last Sunday without firing a shot. Since then, individual Afghans and international aid and advocacy groups have reported harsh retaliation against protests, and roundups of those who formerly held government positions, criticised the Taliban or worked with Americans. "We have heard of some cases of atrocities and crimes against...

25 Kanal Land Granted to Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) for 40 Years at Rs. 10/- per Kanal per Annum

REGIONAL
As per an order issued by the Revenue Department, government of Jammu Kashmir, 25 Kanal land has been granted "in favour of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB)." This 25 Kanal of land is "situated at village Panthachowk, Tehsil Panthachowk, District Srinagar." The said land is being granted to the SASB "for construction of Office and Yatri Niwas on lease basis for a period of 40 years from the date of taking over the possession" of the land. The order dated August 20, 2021 said that an amount of "Rs. 10/- per kanal per annum without charge of any premium subject to the condition that the land shall be used only for the purpose for which it is granted," has to be paid. "The allotment/lease shall be governed under the J&K Land Grants Act 1960 and the rules made thereunder," t...

Readymade Garments’ Showroom Gutted in Fire in Kulgam

REGIONAL
Danishwar Hameed A readymade garments’ showroom namely Dream Garments gutted in fire in main town Kulgam near 18 Bn CRPF Headquarter on Saturday night. Fire tenders from Fire Station Kulgam were immediately rushed to the spot which took about 30 minutes to douse the flames. However, till then whole stock of the garments had been turned into ashes. Tenant namely Irshad Ahmad Sheikh S/O Mohd Afzal Sheikh R/O Zaban Yaripora.