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Mass marriage brings 31 couples together forever in Srinagar

Mass marriage brings 31 couples together forever in Srinagar

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At least 31 couples tied a knot on Wednesday in a simple mass marriage function held at Babademb area of Srinagar City. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the couples from different districts tied the knot in a mass marriage function, organised by ‘The Helping Hand’s foundation, a local NGO. President of NGO, ‘Helping Hands foundation’, Umer Ahmad told KNO that “as per the latest survey held in J&K, almost 35000 females and 45000 males are overage now but as per our survey, almost 75000 males are now overage, who can’t afford marriage because of unemployment and financial issues.” He further said that this year they have a set target of 150 mass marriages after two months. He added that they get donations through social media by putting a list of goods n...
OIC group on JK says lasting peace in South Asia cannot be achieved without settlement of Kashmir issue

OIC group on JK says lasting peace in South Asia cannot be achieved without settlement of Kashmir issue

OTHERS
The OIC Contact Group on Jammu Kashmir said on Wednesday that lasting peace in South Asia cannot be achieved without a settlement of the Kashmir issue. The group met on the sidelines of the 48th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Islamabad and was chaired by the OIC Secretary General Hissien Brahim Taha. India has previously hit out at the 57-member grouping of Muslim majority nations, saying bodies like OIC should not make irresponsible statements. In its joint communiqué, the OIC Contact Group stressed that lasting peace in South Asia cannot be achieved without a just settlement of the core Kashmir dispute in accordance with UN resolutions. The group members reiterated their demand that India must reverse unilateral...
Behind the success of Tulip garden lies hard work of 62 gardeners, 44 casual labourers

Behind the success of Tulip garden lies hard work of 62 gardeners, 44 casual labourers

OTHERS
These men, however, remain the unsung heroes of garden, as all praise the garden very few hail good work of these men who put their blood and sweat to keep the garden ready. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), 15 lakh tulips with 68 varities are mesmerizing the tulips at the famous destination. Ikhlas Shayiq, In charge Tulip garden told KNO that it doesn't take a few days to plant the tulips, but a round-the-year process. A total of 62 gardeners and 42 casual labourers have worked hard this year to come up with 15 lakh tulips with 68 varities to mesmerize the tourists, he said. Shayiq further stated that this year the flowers are new and the multi colour scheme has not been followed. He added that it was always hectic procedure to ensure the tulips in b...
2 Persons Injured In Firing Incident in Poonch

2 Persons Injured In Firing Incident in Poonch

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At least two persons were injured in a firing incident in Surankote of Poonch district on Wednesday evening, officials said. They told GNS that the incident took place at Hari Mohalla Iqbal Nagar Surankote during a meeting regarding a husband-wife dispute in the house of an advocate. “During the course of meeting an advocate namely Matloob Qureshi son of Mohammad Ali resident of Daraba, Surankote (at present Jammu) fired two rounds with a pistol resulting in injuries to two persons”, they said. Identifying the injured persons as Mushtaq Ahmed son of Alam Deen resident of Nakamanjhari, Mendhar and Wahied Anjum son of Araf Hussain resident of Daraba, Surankote, they said that one among the duo has sustained serious injuries in his right ankle.Both of them were rushed to SDH Surankot...
Kashmir Files- Isolated incidents cannot paint an entire era of Kashmir

Kashmir Files- Isolated incidents cannot paint an entire era of Kashmir

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Insha Mushtaq Dar The conflict in Kashmir was initiated back when in 1947, British India was partitioned into the Hindu-majority secular republic of India and the Muslim-majority Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and it still continues till this day. In spite of the political and religious differences between Kashmiri Muslims and Kashmiri Pandits, both communities lived in harmony even after the 1947 partition. Post partition, when the whole of India was burning in communal riots, the Kashmiri Muslims and Pandits didn't let the tension muddle their communal harmony.buy zenegra online https://nouvita.co.uk/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/inc/new/zenegra.html no prescription India's founding father, Mahatma Gandhi, observing the communal harmony among the Kashmiri Muslims, and Pandits...
Srinagar grenade attack: Two cops injured, Massive search operation launched

Srinagar grenade attack: Two cops injured, Massive search operation launched

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Suspected militants lobbed grenade on security forces in Rainawari area of the summer capital Srinagar on Wednesday evening. A police official told news agency KDC that militants lobbed grenade on Naka Party. However, as per initial reports, two traffic cops were injured in this incident. Meanwhile, the whole area has been cordoned off to nab the fleeing militants. More details awaited. (KDC)
Family of missing 19-year-old Shopian youth appeals him to return home

Family of missing 19-year-old Shopian youth appeals him to return home

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Meer Irfan The family of a 19-year-old youth from the Shopian district has appealed to him to return home, a week after he went missing from his home. A family member speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that Tufail Nazir Ganie (19), son of Nazir Ahmad Ganie, a resident of Jamnagari Shopian left home last week and did not return home afterward. They said that since the day, the family has been constantly trying to reach him, but to no avail. "He had recently passed his class 12th exam and was driving a truck since then to take care of the family expenses," the family member said.buy sinequan online medstaff.englewoodhealth.org/wp-content/languages/new/sinequan.html no prescription On Wednesday, the family issued an emotional appeal asking him to return. "The family needs him. T...
Grenade attack in Srinagar, no casualty

Grenade attack in Srinagar, no casualty

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Suspected militants lobbed grenade on security forces in the Rainawari area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Wednesday evening. A top police officer told GNS that militants lobbed grenade on Naka Party. However, In this incident, no loss of life or injury was reported.buy hard on oral jelly online https://pridedentaloffice.com/wp-content/themes/Divi/includes/new/hard-on-oral-jelly.html no prescription Meanwhile whole area has been cordoned off to nab the fleeing militants. More details awaited. (GNS)
Non-Hindus cannot do business around temples: Karnataka Government

Non-Hindus cannot do business around temples: Karnataka Government

INDIA
The Karnataka government on Wednesday informed the legislative assembly that as per the Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act 2002, non-Hindus cannot do business in and around the premises of the Hindu religious institutions, Times of India reported. At the assembly, responding to a question raised during zero hours by Congress MLAs on banners, flyers, and posters being distributed in religious places asking the non-Hindus to vacate the shops and stop doing business outside the temples, law minister J C Madhuswamy justified that there is a law which prevents them from doing so. “As per rule number 12 under the act, non-Hindus are barred from the premises to do business in and around the premises. However, if it is beyond the Hindu religious area, we will initiate...
First time in JK, laser intervention in Pulmonology started at CD hospital

First time in JK, laser intervention in Pulmonology started at CD hospital

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It is helpful in management of various respiratory diseases like central airway obstruction (malignant or benign) and haemoptysis (coughing of blood) of varying aetiologies (causes,” a senior doctor at GMC here told GNS. The facility is set up at the CD hospital here. Prior to this, a large number of patients had to be referred to higher centres outside J&K for management of such respiratory diseases. Officials said that the procedure was performed by experienced interventional pulmonologists headed by Professor Naveed Nazir Shah using ND-YAG Lumax 1320 nn laser with the support of an anaesthesia team headed by Professor Rukhsana Najeeb. “Two cases were performed today. First one was performed under general anaesthesia using rigid bronchoscopy and second one under conscious se...