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‘Newspaper with his article sold for ₹59’: The legacy of Dr. Ghulam Qadir Wani- MUFs first General Secretary

WRITE-UPS

Many of our readers will be taken aback at the fact that copies of a Kashmiri newspaper were sold for 59 rupees back in 1986. The copies sold in black in massive numbers was due to the massive demand for an article written by Dr. Ghulam Qadir Wani, the first general secretary of Muslim United Front. The article was published by Daily Uqab on 23rd March, 1986 (Pakistan Day). In the decade of 90's back to back political killings hit the soul of Kashmir. Most of the assassinated community leaders enjoyed a mass support in the valley. Reasons political or any other, the killings created void which has remained unfilled after. On November 4 1998, Kashmir was taken aback over the news of the killing of Dr. Ghulam Qadir Wani. Dr. Ghulam Qadir Wani was born in Bandipora's Arin area on March ...

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Video showing Police beating Dalit women goes viral, Police says ‘Minor force used’

INDIA

A video showing UP policemen beating women with lathis and hurling abuses at them has sparked allegations of police excesses. The police have denied the allegations and said that they had to use “minor force” after the women pelted stones at them and their vehicles. Now viral on the social media, the video is from Jalalpur in Ambedkar Nagar district. The police action was against women protesting over the vandalism of a statue of B.R. Ambedkar in the area recently. The protests set off a dispute over the land on which the statue stands. A group of women was protesting at the spot on Sunday when the police arrived to disperse them. According to the police, some of the protesters started pelting stones at the cops. In another video, some women were seen attacking and pullin...

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Two arrested in Punjab for assaulting Kashmiri truck driver

INDIA

Two persons have been arrested for assaulting a truck driver in the Indian state of Punjab. A couple of goons assaulted a Kashmiri truck driver Sahil Iqbal from Kulgam district at toll plaza Mukerian in Hoshiarpur Punjab. Taking strong notice of the incident, J&K Truck Operators Welfare Union appealed to LG Manoj Sinha to intervene and get the accused arrested. The victim who was hit with a rod on his head has received multiple stitches. An FIR vide number 173/2022 IPC has been registered in this regard. The matter is being dealt with as per the law, Jammu Kashmir Students Union National Convener Nasir Khuehami said while quoting DSP Mukerian Kulwinder Virk. (KNT)

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Power scenario worsens from south to north as winter arrives in Kashmir

REGIONAL

Before the onset of winter, the power scenario got from bad to worse in Kashmir Valley. Like every winter, this season too the extended power cuts have aggravated the woes of the common masses. The government this summer claimed that it will ensure uninterrupted power supply during winters in Kashmir Valley but complaints of erratic power supply are being received from across the alley, including the summer capital Srinagar. "We had thought that after the installation of smart meters, we would get over the power cuts' woes, but nothing changed. , There are extended power cuts during the morning, afternoon, and evening hours,” a local from Jawahar Nagar told news agency Kashmir News Trust. The pesky power cuts have not annoyed common people, but those running small businesses ar...

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Male Body found in Parihaspora Pattan

REGIONAL

An unidentified body of a man has been recovered from Badi Nambal Parihaspora Pattan area of north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Tuesday afternoon . Official sources told GNS that locals of Parihaspora Diver, spotted a body lying in Badi Nambal area of Parihaspora pattan on Tuesday afternoon and accordingly informed the concerned police post about it. Soon after receiving the information, a police party rushed towards the spot and taken the body to nearby hospital for medico legal formalities . An official told GNS that a body has been recovered from badinambal parihaspora , adding that the identification of deceased person is being ascertained _(GNS)

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As mercury falls in Kashmir, many Govt, Pvt schools san heating arrangements

REGIONAL

As the mercury continues to take a dip in winter zones of Kashmir valley, educators in majority of the schools here say that the heating challenges are urgent concerns to look-after to safeguard health of the students. The news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), spoke to some of the teachers at government-run-schools and recognized private schools of Kashmir who says that most of the middle and primary government schools san the basic facilities. One of the teachers said, “There is no heating facilities or arrangement in almost most of the middle and primary schools. They even san benches and matting facilities.” Lamenting on the issues, the teacher further said, “In a number of government schools, there are damaged window pans and doors.” Adding, “The ironical part of the educat...

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Admin reserves medical seats for kin who lost family members in militant attacks

REGIONAL

Jammu Kashmir admin have announced that the kins of those killed in militancy-related incidents will get a reservation in MBBS and BDS quota. The policy will be applied to the central pool MBBS/BDS Seats. A notice released by the Jammu Kashmir Board of Professional Entrance Examinations (BOPEE) stated that those students who have lost both their parents or the sole breadwinner of their household in a militant attack will be considered eligible for this quota. Likewise, if the parents or students themselves have been injured or handicapped in a militant attack, the reservation will apply to them too, the notification read. To avail the reservation the student should have passed Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology, and English individually, in addition to a minimum of 50% (...

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‘Hit with rods at his head’: Kashmiri truck driver assaulted in Punjab

REGIONAL

A Kashmiri truck driver was allegedly assaulted in Punjab's Makerian area by the operators of a toll post without any provocation, Jammu Kashmir Truck Operators Welfare Union said on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, they said, Yesterday an incident took place at Makerian Toll plaza Punjab in which a truck driver named Sahil Maqbool a resident of Kulgam was ruthlessly beaten by the employees of Mekerain Toll plaza and one employee even hit him with a rod on his head by which he received very serious injuries. In this connection, JK Truck Operators Welfare Union held a meeting in their Anantnag office to discuss these types of incidents which take place time and again, the union said. The President JK Truck Operators Welfare Union has appealed to the LG Manoj ...

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Police officer dies of cardiac arrest in north Kashmir

REGIONAL

A police officer died of ‘cardiac arrest’ in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust a police sub-inspector posted in Karnah after not feeling well was shifted to sub-district hospital Tangdhar where doctors declared him brought dead. The cause of the death of the police officer was attributed to cardiac arrest by the medicos. The deceased police officer has been identified as Tasaduk Hussain Shah, a resident of Dragged Karnah_(KNT)

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Fresh spell of rain/snow likely from 9-11 November: MeT

REGIONAL

The meteorological department on Tuesday predicted for fresh spell of rain/snow in J&K from 9-11 November. An MeT official told Kashmir News Apex-(KNA) that weather is likely to remain cloudy today and from 9-10 November there will be light to moderate Rain/Snowfall over higher reaches at many places during 9th Evening to 11th Forenoon. He said that there is no forecast of any Major Rain/Snowfall during this spell. He said that on 11th November weather will be generally cloudy and from 12-16 November weather os likely to remain fair to partly cloudy. He said that Snowfall & low temp. may led to temporary disruption of surface transportation, mainly over Zojila, Jmu-Srinagar HW, Leh-Manali road during 10-11th. Prior to embark on journey, Know status of road from Traf...