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41 Kanals of Pandit Land Freed in Massive ‘Anti-Encroachment’ Drive in Anantnag

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The Jammu Kashmir administration has launched a massive anti-encroachment drive to free migrant land from encroachers, news 18 reported Thursday. The report mentioned that 41 ‘kanals’ (20 ‘kanals’ form one hectare) have been “freed” in just three weeks. Nearly 400 of the 1,000 complaints in this south Kashmir district have been processed in less than a month, even as 95% of complaints have been found fake. “During our field inspections, we found that land of migrants has been encroached upon at many places. Based on the online complaints, we have initiated a drive to reclaim this land from encroachers. Our teams have found 22 cases of encroachments, land grab, and trespassing. The entire verification process is transparent,” Dr. Piyush Singla, deputy commissioner, Anantnag told. Q...

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Sheikh Prince elected President, Shiraza Akhter as Vice President of Municipal Committee Kokernag

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Sheikh Nadeem On Thursday, the president elections were held after an year at Town Hall, Kokernag. The president post was vacant since the past one year. Sheikh Prince, a Congress councilor, was elected as the president of municipal council Kokernag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district while Shiraza Akhter was elected as the vice-president.buy vilitra generic newonlineandblo.com/vilitra.html over the counter Prince defeated his opponent Fayaz Ahmad Ietoo by a margin of 9 votes. An official said that out of 13 councillors, 9 voted in favour of Sheikh Prince while his opponent Fayaz Ahmad Ietoo got 4 votes. As for the VC post, Shiraza got 7 votes while his opponent Gh Hassan Shaksaz got 5 votes and Peer Shakeel got 1 vote. Unconditional support was provided from National Conf...

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Crime Branch Produces Chagesheet Against Man For Impersonating As Minister To Extract Money From Officials

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Crime Branch Kashmir has produced charge sheet against a “notorious fraudster” for impersonating as minister(s) and bureaucrat(s) by using spoof call applications to extract money from various government servants, officials said on Thursday. The Chargesheet in Case (FIR No: 46 of 2018) under section 419, 420, RPC and 66-D IT Act of police station CBK was produced before Court of 13th Finance Srinagar against the “notorious fraudster Firdous Ahmad son of Abdul Rehman Ahangar of Nund Resh Colony Bemina Srinagar, the Crime Branch Kashmir said in statement to GNS. Giving details of the case, it said the CBK received communication that Cell No: 7880919630 was being used by some cheat/fraudster, impersonating as Minister (s) /Bureaucrat (s), demanding money from engineers of PWD, PMGSY, an...

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Anti-Muslim crackdown in India’s Assam triggers ‘Boycott Indian products’ calls on Twitter

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Calls to boycott Indian products in Qatar have racked up as the first trend on Twitter after Indian authorities violently attacked and evicted thousands of Muslims in the South Asian state. A hashtag that roughly translates to #BoycottIndianProducts trended region-wide in response to the violent crackdown in the Darrang District of Assam, where at least two people have been killed. The “forced evictions” of Muslims started on 20 September. So far, more than 800 families have allegedly been forced out of their homes on the grounds that they were “illegally constructed.” India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party has made headlines in recent months for its fierce Islamophobic campaign against Muslims in Assam, who make up one-third of the population in the northeastern state. In 2018...

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Fire Damages Residential House in Shalimar

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Bhat Yasir A residential house was partially gutted in a fire incident at Arbal Shalimar area of Srinagar on Wednesday night. Locals speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that the house of Mohammed Lateef Bhat was partially damaged in a fire blaze on Wednesday night in which rooftop and food items, some cash, clothes and other items were fully damaged. They said that the family is poor and the head of family, the lone bread earner is running shop in the area. The COVID-19 lockdown has already broke the backbone of people and same was with this family. During lockdown shop was totally closed, which added more difficulties to this family. Meanwhile, Station House Officer (SHO) Harwan told The Kashmiriyat over phone that the cause of fire is said to be short circuit adding that ther...

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National Institute of Fashion and Technology Srinagar Campus to be Completed by May 2022

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CS asks the Institute to establish ‘Centre of Excellence’ for promoting JK’s traditional products The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, today chaired the meeting of the UT Level Advisory Committee of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Srinagar. Administrative Secretaries of departments of Finance, Industries & Commerce, and Higher Education, besides, Director-General NIFT, MD SIDCO, and concerned officers participated in the meeting. At the outset, a detailed presentation on the NIFT Srinagar campus and course curriculum was made by the Director NIFT Srinagar. It was informed that the campus of NIFT Srinagar with state-of-art facilities including labs, resource center, design studio, incubator, amphitheatre, and hostels at Ompora Budgam will be comple...

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Anti Corruption Bureau Arrests Patwari While Demanding, Accepting Bribe in Duroo Sopore

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Anti-Corruption Bureau on arrested a Patwari in Duroo Sopore area of north Kashmir Baramulla while demanding and accepting bribe for issuance of documents pertaining to inheritance. In a statement issued here to GNS, Anti Corruption Bureau said that a complaint through ACB helpline, alleging that the Patwari Halqa Dooru was demanding illegal gratification for issuance of documents pertaining to transfer of ancestral land. “The complainant alleged that the Patwari Gh. Mustafa Lone was approached by the complainant and his brothers & sisters umpteen times for documents pertaining to inheritance, but the patwari demanded Rs. 15000 for issuance of these documents,” the ACB said. After negotiating, the Patwari settled for Rs.5000 as illegal gratification, it said. “On the receipt o...

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Shaheed Gunj Traders Protest Against Diversion of Road

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The Traders of Shaheed Gunj on Thursday held a protest against closing of Shaheed Gunj road by using barricades for diversion by the Traffic Police. Talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) Shaheed Gunj Traders federation president, Raja Fida Hussian Khan said they are suffering for the last two years due to closure of this road. “We are already in the loss from 2014, if customers cannot walk through our market how can we proceed our daily business,” he said. He said that this is not diversion this is simply closure of the road. “We have families to feed and our business depend on this road. How can we survive, if this road will not be opened normally. If being a shop keeper of Srinagar is crime then we must be punished at once,” he said. He also said that Basant Rat...

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Driver Critically Injured in Road Accident in Anantnag Town

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Suhail Dar One person has been critically wounded in a road accident at Mehandi Kadal area of Anantnag town in South Kashmir on Tuesday night. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that a driver identified as Adil Ahmed, a resident of Doda was critically injured in road accident near the Mehandi Kadal area, when his vehicle fell down into a Nallah in the area. He was rushed to the nearby hospital for treatment, however, his condition was critical so he was shifted to the Srinagar Hospital for advanced treatment.buy cialis super active online https://blackmenheal.org/wp-content/themes/twentytwentytwo/inc/patterns/new/cialis-super-active.html no prescription Details awaited.

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Cottages, Bathrooms Defunct at Famous Tourist Destination Margan Top; Used as Sheds for Livestock Instead

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Sheikh Nadeem After completion of construction work, in the last two years, the huts and bathrooms at Margan Top, a famous destination, around 75 km from Anantnag t have turned into livestock sheds. Kokernag Development Authority had spent crores of amount on the Margan Top project by constructing huts and bathrooms, last year for tourists and travelers but all of them have turned defunct now and are used as sheds for the livestock. As per officials, the project had cost an amount of almost 3 crores. The project included creating staying arrangements for tourists and travelers, but these huts are in shambles now, even before they were used. In this regard, The Kashmiriyat talked to some tourists and locals, who told us that they face immense problems during the rainy season...