September 2021 - Page 4 of 52

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Crime Branch Kashmir Chargesheets Man for Cheating Hajj Aspirants in Baramulla

LifeStyle

The crime branch Kashmir on Wednesday said that it has produced a chargesheet against an accused for duping Hajj aspirants by providing them with fake and invalid passports and grabbing their money. In a statement, issued to the news agency- Kashmir News Observer (KNO), a spokesperson said that the CBK produced the chargesheet of case FIR No. 17 of 2018 U/S 420 RPC of police station crime branch Kashmir, in the court of sub-judge Pattan against Hamidullah Mir of pattan Baramulla for duping the Hajj aspirants. “Crime Branch Kashmir received a complaint from one Gh Rasool Khanday R/O Pattan Bala, stating therein that he and his wife intended to undertake Hajj Pilgrimage and for that purpose he contacted Hamidullah Mir Newran Pattan prop of M/S Kaba Tour and Travels and paid him an amo...

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Meet the Kerala Muslim Woman Who Performs Cremation for Hindus

INDIA

While lighting the tiny oil brass lamp with cloth wicks every morning at the crematorium and waiting for the dead to arrive, Subeena Rahman never thinks of her religion. With a shawl draped over her head, the Muslim woman, in her late 20s, knows better than anyone now that death has no religion and everyone is alone and empty-handed during their final journey. Working as a crematorium keeper at a Hindu crematorium in Irinjalakuda in this central Kerala district for the last three years, this young undergraduate has cremated hundreds of corpses, including those of over 250 COVID positive people so far. Even dripping with sweat in a PPE kit for hours while cremating the bodies of COVID victims back-to-back during the second wave of the pandemic, she never forgot to pray for the departe...

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RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat to Start 4-Day Jammu Sojourn from Sept 30

OTHERS

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat will undertake four-day visit to Jammu to channelize the activities of volunteers from September 30. Sources told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Bhagwat will participate in many programmes including attending a function at Jammu University on October 2, Mahatma Gandhi’s Birth Anniversary. The visits of RSS chief become significant as the Union Territory is heading towards assembly elections after abrogation of its special status, which always remained the major issue for RSS and its political wing BJP. The ruling BJP is following the ideology of RSS and during pervious polls, thousands of RSS volunteers silently helped the saffron party candidates in elections. RSS sources said that traditionally every year the...

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Mehbooba Mufti Barred from Visiting Tral Village Allegedly Ransacked by Army; Main Gate of Residence Locked

OTHERS

Former chief minister of JK and the PDP chief was Thursday barred from visiting Tral area of South Kashmir as police locked the main gate of her Gupkar residence this morning. A PDP leader said that Mehbooba was scheduled to visit the Seer area of Tral payeen but district administration did not allow her and policemen from police station Ram Munshibagh locked the main gate of her residence and placed a banker on the main gate. Speaking to the news agency-Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the PDP chief said: " Well wanted to visit Seer, Tral where people allege that forces are creating havoc, ransacking homes, beating villagers mercilessly. But I have not been allowed to go there, so it seems the government has a lot to hide so they have put me under house arrest." However, a police off...

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Four Furniture Shops Gutted in Massive Blaze at Baba Demb Srinagar

OTHERS

At least 04 furniture shops were gutted in a major fire that broke out in Baba Demb area of Srinagar district on Wednesday morning. Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that fire broke out from one of the shops in the wee hours today and soon engulfed other shops in the market. They said that soon after the incident, fire tenders and police reached to the spot to douse off the flames. They said that at least 04 shops belonging to Abdul Rashid Nila, Aadil Hafeez Dar, Haji Mohammad Shafi and Rouf Ahmad were gutted in this massive blaze, while the cause of fire was yet to be known—(KNO)

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Elderly Pakistani National Apprehended In Rajouri

OTHERS

Army on Tuesday arrested a 65-year-old Pakistani national in Keri area of Rajouri district. Official sources told GNS that at around 1640 hours, one Pak national namely Mohammad Rafiq (65) of Sohana kotali was apprehended by the army’s 8 Sikh regiment in Keri area of Rajouri district. He is presently in custody of army, they added. (GNS)

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International Federation for Human Rights Expresses Concern Over Human Rights Situations in Afghanistan and Kashmir at 48th UNHRC Session

INTERNATIONAL

On Monday, i.e., September 27, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), in their oral statement, at the 48th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council raised the issue of "human rights situations in Afghanistan and Kashmir." In the statement, a copy of which lies with The Kashmiriyat, FIDH began with expressing their concern over the "human rights crisis in Afghanistan and the lack of a robust response by the international community." The organization condemned how the Taliban had "enforced gender segregation in schools, prohibited many women from going to work, attacked journalists, and banned protests." Moving to the "equally disturbing" recent developments in Kashmir, the FIDH said that the death of the Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani had triggered "...

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82 Year Old Bangladeshi Man Reunited With Estranged Mother After 70 Years Thanks to Facebook Video

INTERNATIONAL

A Bangladeshi over 80 years of age has been reunited with his nearly 100-year-old mother after about 70 years due to social media, AFP reported. At the age of 10, Abdul Kuddus Munsi was sent to live with his uncle but lost touch with his family when he ran away and was adopted by two sisters. "This is the happiest day of my life," the 82-year-old from Brahmanbaria, the eastern border district where he was born in 1939, said. In April, a businessman had posted a video of Kuddus on Facebook, appealing for help in finding his parents. All Kuddus remembered of the first decade of his age was the name of his parents and his village. Reportedly, a distant relative in the village spotted the social media post and informed Kuddus that his mother, Mongola Nessa, who is in her late 90s, ...

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Army Ransacked Homes, Thrashed Family in Tral: Mehbooba Mufti on Twitter

Politics

The former chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu Kashmir and the president of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday morning, tweeted that the Army had ransacked homes at Tral, the previous night. In her tweet, Mehbooba also said that the daughter of the family that was thrashed had to be admitted to hospital. "Army from Yagwani camp in Tral ransacked homes & ruthlessly thrashed a family last night. The daughter owing to her serious injuries was admitted to hospital. Not the first time that civilians from this village have been beaten up by army in this area @ChinarcorpsIA @adgpi," Mehbooba tweeted. It is pertinent to mention that Mehbooba had also written a letter to the Press Council of India on Monday, urging them "to send a fact-finding team to J&K, t...

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Eidgah Srinagar residents face shortage of drinking water for past two years

REGIONAL

Will resolve issue next month for sure: AEE The residents of Shalimar lane in Eidgah Srinagar are facing acute water scarcity from the last two years. The residents living in lane 3, said that over the years they have tried their best to reach out to the officials to resolve the matter, “but all in vain.” “We are now using rubber pipes to get water from other colonies for drinking and other household purposes,” they said. Concerned AEE Isfaq told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that there was an issue with the contractors and assured better supply of drinking water in coming month for sure—(KNO)