May 2022 - Page 7 of 51 - The Kashmiriyat

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Abu Dhabi Hindu temple to open doors by Feb 2024

INTERNATIONAL

BAPS Hindu Mandir, Abu Dhabi, marked a significant milestone in the construction journey with the ‘MahaPeeth’ ceremony — laying the first stone of the first floor of the Mandir. Thus far, the foundation and the ground floor consisting of 14 layers of stone have been completed and this ceremony marked the start of the next stage in the construction of the Mandir which is set to open its doors in 2024. Swami Brahmaviharidas, head of the upcoming mandir, and Swami Akshaymunidas Swami who oversees international mandir construction, graced this event, along with over 500 distinguished guests of the UAE including the Ambassador of India to the UAE His Excellency Sunjay Sudhir, community leaders and members of the congregation. The excitement of the architects, technical consultants, community...

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OIC calls Yasin Malik’s conviction illegal

INTERNATIONAL, OTHERS

The Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed its concerns over the charges and the amount of punishment granted to the Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik. "OIC-IPHRC condemned illegal conviction of prominent Kashmiri politician Mr. Yassen Malik on concocted charges following sham trial in India. He is imprisoned under inhumane conditions which are reflective of systemic Indian bias and persecution of Kashmiri Muslims in IOJK," a tweet by OIC-IPHRC read. Reacting to the OIC-IPHRC's comments, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that through the comments the OIC-IPHRC has implicitly expressed support for terrorist activities of Yasin Malik, which were documented and presented ...

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Youth found dead in Ganderbal

REGIONAL

A 28-year-old youth was found dead in central Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Saturday. Reports reaching GNS said that the locals spotted the body in the paddy fields at Gadoora and accordingly informed the concerned police station. A team soon after reached the spot and took the body into its possession. A police official told GNS that the body has been identified to be one Shahid Tantray, resident of Gadoora. “A case has been registered in this regard for further investigations”, the official further said. (GNS)

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7 Kilograms of narcotics, Two IEDs recovered; 3 Including woman arrested: Police

REGIONAL

The Jammu Kashmir Police Saturday claimed to recovered IED and drugs from he possession of three persons in Kuwpwara district of north Kashmir. The Police in a press release said, in a major success against narco-terrorism, a joint team of Kupwara Police and Army 7 RR has recovered huge quantity of narcotics and IED from a vehicle during a routine check up at Sadhna Top. "Late in the evening on May 27,2022, during a routine naka checking by Police & Army at NC Pass (Sadhna Pass) , one LP truck bearing registration JK01AN-8218 driven by Imtiyaz Ahmad son of Habibullah Khan resident of Chitterkote Karnah was put to sustained checking and search. "During search of the this vehicle, 07 packets of heroin like narcotics substance weighing about 07 kgs and two numbers of IEDs were re...

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Night temp falls in twin capitals, Gulmarg after overnight rainfall in JK

OTHERS

Night temperature recorded a fall in the twin capitals of J&K and world famous Gulmarg resort following overnight rainfall, officials said on Saturday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar received 12.2 mm of rain in 24 hours till 8:30 a.m. today and recorded a low of 13.2°C against 13.6°C on the previous night. The temperature, he said, was above normal by 1.2°C during this time of the year for the summer capital. Qazigund had 3.2 mm of rainfall and recorded a low of 13.0°C against 10.6°C on the previous night. The temperature was 2.3°C below normal for the gateway town of Kashmir, he said. Pahalgam received 11.1 mm of rain and recorded a minimum of 10.3°C against 6.7°C on the previous night. The temperature was 4.2°C above normal for the famous re...

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2 persons killed, 27 injured in two accidents in Jammu, Udhampur

REGIONAL

Driver and conductor of a matador were killed when the vehicle they were travelling in fell into Tawi River in Bikram Chowk area of Jammu. Also, 27 persons were injured, six of them seriously, when a bus they were travelling in tilted by its side near Ballian in Udhampur district, officials said on Saturday. A police officer told GNS that the matador (JK02AM-7260) coming from Bikram Chowk side fell into Tawi bridge during intervening night of May 27 and 28, resulting in the on the spot death driver and conductor. One among them has been identified as Ankush Kumar son of late Ved Parkash of Pouni Reasi. The identity of another person was not “properly” known yet and is being fully established. He said proceedings have been launched. Meanwhile, 27 passengers were injured when a bus (JK...

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Parents, Close Relatives of deceased have the right to demand the dead body of their kin: JK High court

WRITE-UPS

The struggle of Abdul Lateef Magray- the father of Amir Magray began on November 15 and has finally bore results after more than six months when the High Court on Thursday ordered the exhumation of his body and asked the administration to ensure that Amir's body reached his home in Gool area of Ramban district in Jammu Kashmir. On November 15, Amir Ahmed Magray was shot dead in Hyderpora by the Government Forces along with three others. The Government Forces claimed Amir was a militant, a claim contested by his family. "We have rested our case in the court of Allah, but all we seek is his dead body," Amir's father had told The Kashmiriyat, a few days after the incident. In June 2005, a gunman barged inside Lateef Magray’s house at Thatharka in Ramban’s Gool area and shot his cousin d...

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10,000 incidents of communal violence have taken place since BJP’s rule in India, Congress releases report

FEATURED

The Indian Congress Thursday said that during the last eight years since Narendra Modi came into power, 10,000 incidents of communal violence have taken different parts of India. At a press conference here today, the Congress released the Modi government’s "report card", titled "8 Saal, 8 Chhal; Bhajpa(BJP) Sarkar Vifal". Ajay Makan, a senior Congress leader and former union minister, told the journalists at the party’s headquarters that the country had seen over 10,000 religious riots in the last eight years. The Prime Minister, on the other hand, said nothing about the incident, he said. He said that the government comes to power on the promise of 'vikas’ (development) but it has been spreading ‘nafrat’ (hatred) in order to divert attention from its failures. “Everyone knows ...

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ED Summon To Farooq: NC Says It’s ‘Common’ For Opposition Parties

REGIONAL

National Conference on Friday said that the Enforcement Directorate’s summon to its president and Lok Sabha MP Farooq Abdullah was ‘common for all opposition parties in India.’ Farooq has been asked to appear by ED on May 31 at its Srinagar office in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged financial irregularities in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association, officials said. “The latest ED summon to JKNC President Dr Farooq Abdullah is common for all opposition parties in India. Every time elections are expected to be announced in any state, the investigative agencies move in first to clear a path for the BJP,” National Conference said in a statement to GNS. “This appears to be the case this time as well and this is the price opposition parties pay for opposing this...

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After Gyanvapi, Hindu right wing to move petition for survey of Bada Imambara in Lucknow

INDIA

After the Gyanvapi mosque, the far right-wing is planning to move to the court laying claims over the historical Bada Imambara/ Imam Bargah in Lucknow district of India's most populated state, Uttar Pradesh. The Hindu-right wing is planning to lay its claims on Lucknow's Imam Bargah, Asifi mosque and the Rumi gate which were built in the 18th century. A priest who is accused in Jantar Mantar hate speech case, where genocidal slogans were raised against Muslims, has called for a survey of the mosque and said that like Gyanvapi they will file a petition to get back the property of Hindus which has been "occupied" by Muslims. "We will move a petition seeking the survey of the Bara Imambara, Rumi Darwaza and thousands of acres occupied by Muslims around these two places. we will get t...