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Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences celebrates Yoga day

REGIONAL

The Department of community, medicine SKIMS celebrated the international day of Yoga on 21st June 2022, at CHC Sumbal. On this occasion, a training program was held at the health center, in which ASHAS from the Block received training on the basics of Yoga, officials said As per a statement, the resource persons on this occasion were Dr. Rauf ur Rashid Koul, Dr. Shimyla, Dr. Muzaffer and Yoga trainer Mrs. Shahista. Dr. Rauf emphasized the importance of yoga in health and disease. Moreover, “this was followed by a practical demonstration of various asanas by the yoga trainer Mrs. Shahista,” he said.

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Three CRPF personnel killed in Naxal attack in Odisha

REGIONAL

Three CRPF personnel were killed in a Maoist ambush at a security post in Odisha's Nuapada district on Tuesday, officials said. The deceased include a jawan and two assistant sub-inspector rank personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). The Naxals attacked the troops, who were involved in a road opening task, using improvised and crude barrel grenade launchers, they said quoting preliminary inputs

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Jammu Kashmir awarded ‘Star Governance- SKOCH Award in Horticulture’

REGIONAL

Jammu Kashmir has been awarded ‘Star of Governance-SKOCH Award in Horticulture’ in the SKOCH State of Governance Report 2021. The region was awarded at an event held at New Delhi as a part of ‘India Governance Forum’. J&K has topped in the Horticulture category nationally in the ‘SKOCH State of Governance Report 2021’. Secretary in Agriculture Production Department, Mohammad Akbar Wani received the award on behalf of Atal Dulloo, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture Production Department, J&K Government. The award was presented by Sameer Kochhar, Chairman, SKOCH Group. SKOCH Award, independently instituted in 2003, is India’s honest civilian honour conferred by an independent organisation as a third-party assessment. It is the only award in the country that is bas...

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Bail granted to three accused in Bulli Bai case

INDIA

The Mumbai Sessions Court on Tuesday granted bail to three accused in the Bulli Bai case, namely Aumkareshwar Thakur, Neeraj Bishnoi, and Neeraj Singh, Bar and Bench reported. After Tuesday's order, all the accused in the Mumbai Police case have been granted bail. Neeraj, 21, and a second-year BTech student from an institute in Bhopal was arrested by Delhi Police from Assam’s Jorhat district in January. The officials had recovered the device that Neeraj used to create the application that was hosted on GitHub, officials told NDTV. The application was used to auction several Muslim women who are vocal against the atrocities on Muslims that have "increased" after 2014.

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Police attaches five houses used for the ‘purpose of militancy’

OTHERS

The Jammu Kashmir Police on Tuesday said they have attached Five (5) houses in central Kashmir's district Srinagar for using them in the purpose of militancy, officials said. Police spokesperson in a statement said that today on 21st June 21, five (05) residential Houses of wilful harbourers of militants were attached as per section 2(g) and section 25 of UAP Act. “These are the houses where it has been proved beyond doubt that these houses were used for purpose of militancy and the shelter/harbour was voluntarily/knowingly given by the member (s) of the house. Many attack on civilians, security forced were conspired and planned by militants while using these houses as hideouts,” he said. Moreover, as per police, “the five (Houses) have been attached in the Jurisdiction of Police ...

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Foreign tourist footfall reducing in Kashmir, Only 312 visits to Mughal gardens in last 2 months

REGIONAL

While the number of foreigners visiting Kashmir has gone down considerably but the footfall of domestic tourists is surging. Official data accessed by news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), suggests that 657808 people visited 31 Mughal gardens of Kashmir. “Of them, 312 were international tourists, 421631 were nationals and 235861 were locals,” the official figures reveal Mughal Garden Nishat has seen a total of 121049 visits with 96466 domestic tourists and 24500 locals and 83 foreigners in April and May. The total number of visits to the Shalimar garden stood at 77796, with the number of foreign tourists at 83. The number of Indian visitors to Shalimar garden was 66931. The number of locals who visited the Mughal Garden in Srinagar was 10842. 5478 locals, 51996 Indian tou...

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Two more Srinagar teenagers go missing, Families appeal for return

REGIONAL

After the family of Suhail Ahmed Mir from Srinagar, two more Srinagar families have appealed Police and the general public to help them trace their kin who have gone missing from Srinagar. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, the mother of Milad Bashir, who is the son of Late Bashir Ahmed, a resident of Kadwara area in Srinagar said that Milad left home around 2:45 PM on Monday, but did not return home. "He said that he was going to his maternal house. I called him around 4 and he said he was in Ganderbal. When I called him the next time, his phone was switched off. We tried to call him several times, but his phone has been shut since," she said. Worried about his safety, the family asked their relatives, and friends, however, there has been no trace of Milad since then. The family also f...

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Yoga event attacked at Indian Embassy in Maldives

INTERNATIONAL

Protests hit the Male city of Maldives on Tuesday morning as a yoga event organized by the Indian High Commission was also disrupted and members attacked. As per media reports, hundreds of protesters attacked the Indian embassy injuring those who were performing yoga. Some property was also damaged. Police in the Maldives used tear gas and pepper spray to control a crowd of people who disrupted the event, "The crowd stormed a stadium where more than 150 people, including diplomats and government officers, were taking part in an event celebrating International Day of Yoga, attacking participants and vandalizing the property," Reuters reported. Earlier, the protesters brandished placards proclaiming that yoga was against the tenets of Islam, the report said. Islam is the state...

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LG Manoj Sinha leads mass yoga programme in Srinagar

OTHERS

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday performed yoga asanas at an event on the banks of the Dal Lake here as he led the International Yoga Day celebrations in the union territory and urged all to embrace the ancient practice. Union Minister of State for Panchayati Raj Kapil Patil, Chief Secretary A K Mehta and Srinagar Municipal Corporation Mayor Junaid Mattu, among others, participated in the event. ”Greetings on #InternationalDayofYoga. Participated in #YogaDay2022 along with Hon’ble Union MoS Shri @KapilPatil_ and hundreds of people at Dal Lake in Srinagar. I urged all to embrace Yoga as an integral part of life for holistic approach to health & well-being,” Sinha tweeted. ”This invaluable gift to humanity is being used as a therapeutic intervention for various disorde...

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Controversy erupts after Madhya Pradesh exams ask ‘If India should give Kashmir to Pakistan’

INDIA

A fresh controversy has erupted in India over a question asked in the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission (MPPSC) state service and forest service preliminary examination held on Sunday. The Board, set in multiple-choice type questions for the preliminary examination, asked the students about Kashmir. The question asked, "Should India decide to give Kashmir to Pakistan?" The options given to students against the questions were: Argument 1: Yes, this will save India's wealth. Argument 2: No, such a decision will increase even more similar demands. Answer: A- Argument 1 is strong. B- Argument 2 is strong. C- Argument 1 and Argument 2 are both strong. D- Both arguments 1 and 2 are not strong. Following the exam, there was an uproar over the internet. Seeing the cont...