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Month: November 2021

One Killed, Three Injured in Kupwara Road Accident

One Killed, Three Injured in Kupwara Road Accident

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32-year-old man was killed and three persons were injured when a vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident in Kralpora area of north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Monday, officials said. They said the car (JK01V/9561) while on way to Kupwara fell into a deep gorge in Upper Nachaya area.buy Bactroban generic buy Bactroban generic Four persons onboard it were injured and immediately rushed to Sub-District Hospital Tangdhar. However one of them, Nissar Ahmad Khan (32) son of Ghulam Hussan Khan of Karlpora died before he could be admitted there, they said, as per news agency GNS. The injured have been identified as Iqbal Ahmad Awan (24) son of Abdul Rasheed of Karlpora, Altaf Ahmad Awan (33) son of Abdul Rasheed Awan, Ashiq Hussain Bhat (33) son of Abdullah Bhat of Lone Hari ...
Unidentified Male Body Found in Kupwara’s Kralpora

Unidentified Male Body Found in Kupwara’s Kralpora

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An unidentified elderly male body was recovered from a rivulet in Kralpora in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Monday evening, official sources said. They told GNS that the body, presumably in his fifties, was found in Durid Nallah Budnambal falling in jurisdiction of police station Kralpora. A police team reached the spot and took the body into its possession, they further said. A police official confirming the recovery of the body told GNS that the identity of the dead person is being ascertained. (GNS)
New Delhi Creating and Fostering New Fault lines to Divide and disempower People of J&K: PDP

New Delhi Creating and Fostering New Fault lines to Divide and disempower People of J&K: PDP

Politics, REGIONAL
Mehbooba Chairs meeting of the Party PAC The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed serious concerns over New Delhi’s renewed efforts to create and foster new fault lines between the people of Jammu & Kashmir aimed at dividing and further disempowering the people. The Political Affairs Committee (PAC) of the party that met here with the party president Mehbooba Mufti in chair observed that resorting to naked communalism and pitting people against each other on the basis of religion, caste, sect, and ethnicity are the only tools of the BJP to cover-up its failure in governance hence divisive policies are gaining fresh ground and are being promoted unabashedly. This, the meeting observed, is being done to further divide the people so as to accomplish the agenda of “complet...
Over Four Lakh Migratory Birds Arrive to Spend Winter Months in Kashmir

Over Four Lakh Migratory Birds Arrive to Spend Winter Months in Kashmir

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Keeping their tryst with Kashmir, more than four lakh migratory birds of different species have already arrived in the wetlands to spend winter months. Every year, migratory birds come to Kashmir through the central Asian flyway zone including Siberia, North China and north Europe to ward off the extreme cold of their summer homes. These birds live from late October to the end of April in the comparatively lesser cold environs of the Valley as their summer homes remain frozen during the winter months. Bird migration is a science that has taught humankind the basic rules of navigation. It is the eldest bird that leads the flock during the to and fro journey from the summer homes to the winter homes. Normally, the oldest bird, well acquainted with the thousands of miles long rout...
CASO Launched in Shopian Area

CASO Launched in Shopian Area

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Meer Irfan A Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) has been launched by Government forces on Sunday afternoon at Khwaja Bagh of Reban aea in South Kashmir's Shopian district. An official told The Kashmiriyat that 1 Rashtriya Rifles of Indian army and Jammu Kashmir Police launched a cordon in the area and started searches there. Meanwhile local sources said that all entry and exit points towards the area were sealed by the security forces. The operation was launched following specific inputs about Militant movement in the area.buy singulair generic buy singulair generic
BJP Leader Fadnavis Appears to be Mastermind of Drug Mafia in Maharashtra: NCP

BJP Leader Fadnavis Appears to be Mastermind of Drug Mafia in Maharashtra: NCP

INDIA
In a mega-blast, Nationalist Congress Party Minister Nawab Malik on Monday pointed a finger at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis saying that ‘he appears to be the mastermind’ of the illegal drugs trade in Maharashtra. Addressing the media where he released photos of Fadnavis and his banker-artiste wife Amruta Fadnavis with an alleged drug dealer Jaydeep Rana, Malik demanded to know his connections with the couple. “Jaydeep Rana is currently in jail for a drug trafficking case… He has close relations with the ex-chief minister Fadnavis and his wife Amruta Fadnavis. Jaydeep Rana was the finance head of the company producing the ‘Mumbai River Anthem (2018)’ sung by Amruta Fadnavis. The illicit drugs business in the state expanded during Fadnavis’ fi...
Students of SKIMS Did not Celebrate Pakistan Victory- SKIMS Probe Finds

Students of SKIMS Did not Celebrate Pakistan Victory- SKIMS Probe Finds

OTHERS, SPORTS
A fact finding panel at the Sher e Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) has given a clean chit to students at the institute booked for allegedly cheering for Pakistan cricket team in a T20 World Cup match against India. According to a report by News 18, the 5-member panel, which had been tasked by Director SKIMS to probe the allegations has concluded that "neither its premises was used nor students of the institute had participated in the celebrations", the News 18 report said. The students at SKIMS along with those at GMC Srinagar were booked after purported videos showed them 'cheering' for Pakistan cricket team in the India-Pakistan T20 World Cup match in the UAE the preceding day. Pakistan won that match by 10 wickets. "The central hall or the recreation mess in the u...
Government Identifies 524 Kanals of Land for CRPF Camping Sites in South Kashmir Districts

Government Identifies 524 Kanals of Land for CRPF Camping Sites in South Kashmir Districts

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The government has identified the land in three districts of South Kashmir that has to be transferred to the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) for establishing Battalion Camping Sites. These three districts are Anantnag, Shopian, and Pulwama and the land comprise of 524 kanals and 11 marlas. Recently LG Manoj Sinha led State Administrative Council accorded the sanction of transfer of land to CRPF in parts of Kashmir. Reliable sources said that land has been identified in 5 villages of Shopian, 3 villages of Pulwama and 3 villages also from Anantnag district. They said that land transferred to CRPF is ‘state land’ and some portion is ‘shamliat deh’ (Mehfooz Kahcharie). In Shopian, 150 kanals of land has to be transferred to CRPF in Allowpora and Sheikhpora villages, 20 kanals ...
Kashmiri Journalist Awarded the G Santha Teacher Memorial Journalism Award 2021

Kashmiri Journalist Awarded the G Santha Teacher Memorial Journalism Award 2021

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Mudassir Ahmad Kuloo, a Kashmiri journalist has been awarded the G Santha Teacher Memorial Journalism Award 2021. The 33-year-old Journalist has published reports in various international and local publications including Dainik Bhaskar, Huffington Post, The Third Pole, TRT World among others. Mudasir who will be awarded on 6 November in Bangalore was chosen from a list of three shortlisted Indian journalists. The award carries a specially-crafted stone memento made by noted mural artist M S Chandramouli from Karnataka and a cash prize of rupees 25,000. The award commemorates the memory of G Shantha, an English teacher hailing from Thalavadi in Kerala’s Alappuzha district.
Newborn Baby’s ‘Burnt-Body’ Found In Garbage Outside Gate Of GMC Rajouri

Newborn Baby’s ‘Burnt-Body’ Found In Garbage Outside Gate Of GMC Rajouri

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The body of a newborn baby was found outside the gate of GMC Rajouri on Monday. Tragically, the burnt body of the baby, suspected to be a day or two old, was found in garbage, the official sources told GNS. The incident came to light when some passersby noticed the body in garbage and informed the same to police. A police officer confirmed to GNS the recovery of the body and said that a case has been registered and further investigations has been taken up. (GNS)