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Residents of Kulgam’s Srandoo Kulgam protest demanding potable water

Residents of Kulgam’s Srandoo Kulgam protest demanding potable water

KULGAM
Danishwar Hameed The Residents of Srandoo of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Monday staged a protest against the water scarcity in the area. Scores of protestors assembled near the main road connecting Anantnag and Kulgam Kulgam and blocked the road for several hours.buy viagra super dulox force online https://www.facebeautyscience.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/inc/new/viagra-super-dulox-force.html no prescription “We are facing immense hardships due to the shortage of water for the last four months”, said a protestor appealing to the concerned authorities to look into the matter and provide adequate water supply to the local population during the holy month of Ramadan.buy cialis oral jelly online https://www.ecladent.co.uk/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/inc/new/ciali...
Family of cop found hanging in Rajouri stages protest, Demands SIT probe

Family of cop found hanging in Rajouri stages protest, Demands SIT probe

REGIONAL
The family members of a policeman, who was found hanging inside the room of his friend in Rajouri district on March 10 this year, staged a protest here, demanding constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the alleged “murder” of their kin. The protesters including women, men and children assembled at Shaheedi Yadghar Mendhar Poonch and were carrying banners like “we want justice, “Justice for Iftikhar’s kids,” “our demand: justice” etc, according to reports reaching GNS. The protesters shouting slogans demanded constitution of SIT into what they termed murder of their kin— Iftikhar Ahmed son of Manzoor Ahmed of Ari Mendhàr Poonch. The body of the policeman SgCt Iftikhar Ahmed was found under mysterious circumstances inside the rented room of his colleague (SPO) in Ra...
Anti-Muslim violence reported from five states during Ram Navami rallies

Anti-Muslim violence reported from five states during Ram Navami rallies

INDIA
Six Indian states reported communal clashes broke out on Sunday during processions to mark Ram Navami - the festival celebrating the birth of Hindu God Ram. According to media reports, communal clashes were reported in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Goa, and West Bengal. Interestingly, the right-wing mob in all the five states accused Muslims of hurling stones at Ram Navami processions and attacking the processions. In Madhya Pradesh, the officials directly blamed the Muslims for the violence, however, the eyewitness accounts suggest otherwise. https://twitter.com/Naushad74286258/status/1513273488403881989 On Sunday, a Ram Navami rally was taken out from Madhya Pradesh's Khargone. As the procession passed through the Talab Chowk, they played loud music outside a mosque ...
Dr. Sheikh Showkat removed as Kashmir Law College principal

Dr. Sheikh Showkat removed as Kashmir Law College principal

REGIONAL
The management of Kashmir Law College Srinagar has removed Dr Sheikh Showkat from the post of principal and the process to appoint the head has been initiated by the college management. According to a statement to a local news agency, Dr Showkat has been “a hard-line ideologue of Pakistani backed separatist organisations and in 2016, he along with Pakistani-sponsored secessionist Syed Ali Geelani, Arundhati Roy, Prof. SAR Geelani and others had participated at a convention titled – Azadi – The Only Way at Press Club of India, New-Delhi.” The statement further reads that he was one among others who delivered an “anti-India speech” at the convention and “anti-India slogans” were also raised at the convention. Delhi Police had registered an FIR under sections 124 A (sedition), 120 B ...
Two Palestinian women including widow and mother of six children shot dead by Israeli Forces

Two Palestinian women including widow and mother of six children shot dead by Israeli Forces

INTERNATIONAL
At least two women were shot dead by Israeli forces in Palestine on Sunday as troops responded to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s call for them to go on the “offensive.” The first victim was a 45-year-old unarmed Palestinian woman in the town of Husan, west of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank. Eyewitnesses as quoted by Arab news said that Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint at the eastern entrance of Husan shot Ghadeer Sabatin, a widow and mother of six. She reportedly crossed the street after one of the soldiers asked her to stop. But one of the soldiers shot her twice, although she reportedly posed no danger to them.buy zovirax online gaetzpharmacy.com/zovirax.html no prescription The Israeli army said Sabatin had approached the soldiers “in a suspicious manner.” It later conf...
Unemployment mounts to 25 Percent in Jammu Kashmir; Highest in over Five years

Unemployment mounts to 25 Percent in Jammu Kashmir; Highest in over Five years

FEATURED
Unemployment in Jammu Kashmir is growing at a rapid pace and it is causing concern among the people of the region. Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) has pegged India’s unemployment rate at 7.9 per cent, while Jammu Kashmir has an unemployment rate of 25.0 per cent for the month of March compared to 13.2 per cent in the month of February. The CMIE data reveals that the unemployment rate is the highest in the region since November 2016. In November 2016 the unemployment rate was 29.9 per cent. The rising rate of unemployment rate in Jammu Kashmir continues to be a major issue for the youth of the region. Directorate of Employment in 2021 witnessed three lakh registrations by postgraduates and PhD degree holders. In the same year, Jammu Kashmir Service Selection Board...
ABVP stops students from eating non-veg, Assaults students in JNU

ABVP stops students from eating non-veg, Assaults students in JNU

REGIONAL
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the Students wing of BJP allegedly assaulted students on the Jawahar Lal Nehru University campus, while stopping them from eating non-vegetarian food on the campus during Ram Navami. Several students on the campus of JNU accused ABVP of stopping students from eating non-vegetarian food on the day of Ram Navami. "ABVP stopping non-veg from being cooked in Kaveri Hostel of JNU! Every Sunday, students have the option to either eat non-veg Or veg. But today, ABVP goons attacked the mess secretary who had gone to receive the supply of meat. ABVP cannot decide what one wants to eat, "Madhurima Kundu a JNU student wrote on her Twitter. https://twitter.com/madhurima_k_/status/1513131279415668743 Several students objected to this which resulted...
700 including two MLAs, BDC and DDC Members from Jammu join AAP

700 including two MLAs, BDC and DDC Members from Jammu join AAP

POLITICS, REGIONAL
In a boost to the Aam Aadmi Party’s plan to strengthen its base in Jammu Kashmir, a former state minister, an ex-MLA and a former Congress leader joined the party in New Delhi on Friday. Along with them, more than 700 local leaders including village heads, block development council (BDC) members and district development council (DDC) members also joined the party. They were officially inducted into the AAP by Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Environment Minister Gopal Rai in the presence of Durgesh Pathak, in-charge of party’s political affairs in Jammu and Kashmir, and other leaders at the party headquarters. Former Jammu and Kashmir minister Yash Paul Kundal, ex-legislator Balwant Singh Mankotia, DDC member Taranjit Singh Tony and former Congress leader Surinder Si...
Bike rider injured in Ganderbal road mishap

Bike rider injured in Ganderbal road mishap

OTHERS
A bike rider was injured in a road accident at Watalbagh Lar area of Ganderbal district. An official told local news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that injured was rushed to PHC Lar and later was shifted to SKIMS Soura for advanced treatment. The injured has been identified as Adil Ahmed Lone S/o Ghulam Nabi Lone R/o Check Akhal. According to eye witnesses the bike collided with fast moving tipper. The driver of the tipper, however, fled from the spot. An FIR has been registered, and investigation is going on, police said—(KNO)
55-year-old Muslim vendor lynched to death in Rajasthan

55-year-old Muslim vendor lynched to death in Rajasthan

INDIA
A day after communal riots broke out in Karauli district, a 55-year-old Muslim man was lynched to death in Beawar, in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district, on April 3. According to a report by Maktoob Media, the deceased, Mohammad Saleem, was a wholesale vegetable vendor and a resident of Jama Masjid area in Bichu Beedi. He owned a vegetable shop at the main vegetable market of Mewari Gate. On the day of the murder, Saleem along with his son had gone to the market and parked his bike in front of their shop, when suddenly, a van, owned by a Suraj Marothia, hit their bike. Shahbaz, a neighbour of Saleem, who was present at the spot said that Suraj started hurling abuses at the vegetable vendor. “Why are Mullahs (a slur used against Muslims) here at the market? You have no work here. Your s...