September 24, 2021 - The Kashmiriyat

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The Champion Juvenile Justice, Advocate Babar Qadri and His Short-Lived Career

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On September 24, last year, Advocate Babar Qadri got a call on his cellphone around 6:20 PM. The caller asked Babar to come out of his house as he had to discuss some accident related case. When Babar came out, he was shot multiple times in his head, resulting in his on-spot death, bringing an end to his short-lived career as a lawyer in the Kashmir valley. Often in controversy for targeting the existential power circles in the Bar council of Srinagar, Babar on September 24, just hours ahead of his assassination had hit out at Mian Qayoom, the president of High Court Bar Council. In his video circulated on Social media, he had accused unnamed lawyers associated with the Bar of planning to kill him. Lawyers associated with the Bar, however, rubbished his claims, saying they had no role i...

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6 Years On, Poor Hadicapped Couple from Anantnag Awaits Housing under Prime Minister’s Scheme

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Sheikh Nadeem Razkang, a remote village in Larnoo area of south Kashmir's Anantnag district, situated some 50 kilometers from the district headquarters lacks basic facilities. Booba Khan, son of Sain Khan, hails from Razkang village in district Anantnag. The crippled duo- Booba Khan and his wife Zaitoon Banoo, while living in a tin shed still await for PMAY Scheme and SBM toilet. Since the couple cannot provide for themselves, the villagers, on humanitarian grounds, provide basic facilities to help them both survive. While a lot of hue and cry is made around how the administration has been reaching out to those in need, this duo is deprived of schemes provided by the government for handicapped persons. Booba Khan has appealed to the LG and the district administration to appr...

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After August 05, Jammu Kashmir on the path of peace; Militancy Declining; Hurriyat base Diminishing: MHA

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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Friday said that with the revocation of Article 370 and 35 A, Dr. Shyama Prassad Mukherji’s resolve of ‘One nation, one law and one head of the country’ stands fulfilled with “J&K on the path of peace while as militancy was on a decline and Hurriyat base diminishing.” In a 38-page booklet released by the MHA titled— “the dream of one nation, one law, one symbol fulfilled”, a copy of which is with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the Ministry states that with freedom from Article 370 and 35-A, Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee’s resolve of ‘One Nation, One Law and One Head of the nation’ became a reality after 70 years of Independence. “As a result, Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, also called the Heaven on Earth, are moving on the path of ...

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Fake Claims over ‘Willfully Sold’ Land by Kashmiri Pandits Irks Officials

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Kashmiri Pandit migrants, mostly the younger generation, are misusing the online grievance portal launched by the J&K administration by filing fake complaints to lay claim on the land ‘willfully sold’, officials have said. Officials said that the online grievance portal launched by the J&K administration is flooded with ‘fake complaints’ by Kashmiri Pandits, “hampering the smooth functioning of the revenue department”. “We have not come across any genuine complaint where an individual has illegally occupied a Kashmiri Pandit land or any other property in Kashmir. In a majority of the complaints, we found the land or house has been sold willfully, with complete legal documentation,” a revenue department official told KDC. A revenue official from Anantnag district told news ...

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Limit the Number of Attendants with Patients- Directorate Health Services tells Medical Officers

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The Directorate of Health Services, Kashmir has asked the medical officers to limit the number of the attendants accompanying patients in the hospitals of the Kashmir valley. In an Order, the Directorate has said that in order to put a check on the inflow of attendants and visitors in all health Institutions (Government /Private Clinical Establishment) which is becoming the source of spread of infection especially COVID-19, in order to prevent spread of infections, it is impressed upon all Chief Medical Officers, Medical Superintendents, Block Medical Officers, incharge of Private hospitals & Clinical Establishments to limit the number of attendants to maximum one accompanying per patient and no visitors should be allowed. The Directorate of health services has advised the inchar...

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Non-Local Black Magicians Loot Local Woman of All her Hard earned Money

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Non-local mendicants who practice sorcery deceived a naïve woman in Central Kashmir’s Budgam village and deprived her of hard-earned money. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that scores of non-local mendicants practicing sorcery visit houses and befool people. They target those houses where only females are present and are expert in convincing people that they double whatever money they have in their house. One of the victims of these mendicants is Hameeda Bano, a resident of Khanpora Khag area of Budgam. “A couple of days back, three mendicants entered my house when I was all alone. They started reciting some mantras and after asking several questions convinced me that they will double my money. They started drawing circles on a piece of paper and continued to recite so...

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‘Iman Diyiw Patih Alag Saal’- The Ostracisation of Watals in Kashmir

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Insha Mushtaq Dar Shabir Ahmed Sheikh is made to wait for the other guests to finish lunch at a Walima (Wedding Lunch) in the Anantnag district. After several hours having passed, it's Shabir's turn to finally relish Wazwan. But by then, Shabir is blue. Someone at the wedding said, "Iman Diyiw Patih saal, praren Taam" (Make them wait, they will have food separately). He despises the fact that he cannot have lunch with other guests. This is not the first time though that he has been made to wait. “We have seen this since our childhood,” Shabir , who is a sweeper in Anantnag district, laments. The conflict in the disputed region of Jammu Kashmir has always been the ‘centre of attention’ but in between this, several other important issues which continue to obstacle the social and econom...

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‘India, Pakistan Should Find a lasting political solution’- UK Parliamentarians Table Motion on Human Rights in Kashmir

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The Members of Parliament from the UK have tabled a motion on "Human rights in Kashmir" for a debate in the House of Commons, drawing a strong reaction from India which said any assertion made in any forum on a subject related to an integral part of the country needs to be duly substantiated with authentic verifiable facts. The Minister for Asia in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Amanda Milling, responded to the debate on Thursday by reiterating the UK government's unchanged stance on Kashmir as a bilateral issue. "The government takes the situation in Kashmir very seriously but it's for India and Pakistan to find a lasting political solution, taking into account the wishes of the Kashmiri people. It's not for the UK to prescribe a solution or to act as a med...

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Revenue Record to be Put in Public Domain by 15th October, 2021

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The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta chaired a meeting to review the digitization of land records in Jammu Kashmir and its subsequent hosting on a user-friendly portal. Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Commissioner/ Secretary GAD, CEO JaKeGA, and scientists from CDAC participated in the meeting.buy viagra capsules online https://blackmenheal.org/wp-content/themes/twentytwentytwo/inc/patterns/new/viagra-capsules.html no prescription It was informed that the IT Department has upgraded its storage capacity to host complete revenue records in the public domain.buy kamagra polo online https://blackmenheal.org/wp-content/themes/twentytwentytwo/inc/patterns/new/kamagra-polo.html no prescription The Chief Secretary asked CDAC to suitably upgrade the capacity of its servers ...

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Know what is allowed and what is Banned- Corona curfew in Srinagar Areas for 10 days

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District administration Srinagar has ordered strict corona curfew in some areas of the city for the period of 10 days starting today. As per an order issued by district magistrate Srinagar Dr. Aijaz Asad, there shall be strict Corona Curfew in the areas of Zadibal (SMC) Ward No’s: 55-Hawal, 56-Alamgari Bazar, & 63-Kathi Darwaz) and Lal Bazar (SMC Ward No’s: 59-Lalbazar, 60-Botshah Mohalla, 61-Umer Colony) for a period of 10 days starting from today. (A) Permissible Activities: i. All essential services including all incidental services and activities needed for smooth functioning of these activities shall be allowed to continue, both in the public and private sector. Standalone grocery/ vegetable/ meat/ milk shops may also remain open and functional to ensure provisioning of e...