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‘Will only grow sense of insecurity, frustration among locals’, Hurriyat responds to Admin’s state land eviction order

REGIONAL

All Parties Hurriyat Conference has expressed great anguish at the administration's "another move to further scrap Jammu Kashmir land laws" and revoke the rights of local communities to "cultivate state, community, and evacuee land in order to facilitate the creation of private land banks and hand them over to outsiders to set up industries in Jammu Kashmir." In a statement issued on Thursday, Hurriyat said that the move will further disempower and marginalize locals, of both the Jammu Kashmir regions, especially the economically disadvantaged class. APHC said that the people of Jammu Kashmir are already at the receiving end since the revocation of 35A when the Government of India notified that any Indian citizen can purchase non-agricultural land in the new Union Territory and subse...

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Jacinda Ardern resigns as prime minister of New Zealand

INTERNATIONAL

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, a global figurehead of progressive politics, shocked the country today by announcing she would resign from office in a matter of weeks, reported AFP. The 42-year-old — who steered the country through natural disasters, the Covid pandemic, and its worst-ever terror attack — said she no longer had “enough in the tank”. “I am human. We give as much as we can for as long as we can and then it’s time. And for me, it’s time,” she said at a meeting of members of her Labour Party. Ardern said she would step down no later than 7 February, less than three years after winning a landslide election to secure her second term in office. Since that 2020 peak of “Jacindamania”, Ardern’s government has struggled — its popularity hampered by soaring in...

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Admin revokes 54-month-old ban on issuing arms licenses in J-K

REGIONAL

The Administration on Thursday revoked restrictions imposed on the District Magistrates in J&K more than 54 months ago for issuing fresh individual Arms Licenses in Jammu and Kashmir. “In supersession of Government Order No. 922 - Home of 2018 dated 12.07.2018, it is hereby ordered that the restriction imposed on the District Magistrates in the UT of J&K, for issuing fresh individual Arms Licenses, is revoked with immediate effect,” reads a Financial Commissioner/ Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department Raj Kumar Goyal (IAS). All the concerned including District Magistrates (Licensing Authorities), have been asked to adhere to the additional conditions besides following the provisions of the Arms Act, 1959 and Arms Rules, 2016. Among fresh conditions require the Distri...

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Locals foil woman’s suicide attempt in Sopore

REGIONAL

Shabir Khan Locals on Thursday prevented a woman from committing suicide in the Sopore area of north Kashmir's Baramulla district. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that locals spotted the woman attempting to jump into the river Jhelum at Jamia bridge in Sopore, when they rushed and rescued the woman. “After noticing her doubtful movement, locals rushed towards her and foiled her suicide attempt", an official said. The locals later handed over the woman to Jammu Kashmir Police, he said. He added that the woman will be handed over to her family after proper counseling.

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25-year-old Pulwama youth dies of cardiac arrest, 11th death in less than a week

REGIONAL

A 25-year-old youth from Pulwama died of cardiac arrest on Thursday morning. Official sources told The Kashmiriyat that Adil Qayoom Bhat aged 25 a resident of Namblan Narvaw faced a cardiac arrest today morning after which he was rushed to the nearby hospital. Upon his arrival at the hospital, Adil has declared brought dead by the doctors. The incident comes a day after AEE Mohammad Ayoub of the Bon Dailgam area of Anantnag died of cardiac arrest when he was on his way to attend to his duty in Yaripora. The Kashmir valley has reported at least eleven (11) cases of cardiac arrest in less than a week. On Sunday evening, a woman died (of a cardiac arrest) barely an hour after her son faced a heart attack in the Konan area of Bandipora on Sunday evening. On Sunday two includi...

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Earthquake jolts Jammu Kashmir, epicentre in Doda

REGIONAL

An earthquake jolted Jammu Kashmir on Thursday afternoon with its epicenter in Chenab valley. According to NCS, an earthquake of low intensity with its epicenter in Doda hit Jammu Kashmir at 12: 04 PM, however, there was no immediate report of any damage. The Depth of the recent quakes has been alarming. Today's earthquake's depth was 10 KMs and it magnitude 3.2 on the Richter scale.

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Officials mark over 75,000 Kanal of land ‘state land’ in Shopian district, details here:

REGIONAL

Officials in the Shopian district of south Kashmir have marked over 75,000 Kanals (9374.999 acres) of land under various categories of state land in the south Kashmir district. Documents accessed by The Kashmiriyat show that 5453 patches (units) of land marked by the revenue officials in Shopian have been "encroached" upon by people and are being used for agricultural purposes, and schools, among other purposes. The data shows more than 1799 patches of land are vacant in the Shopian district of south Kashmir. ALSO READ: State land ‘retrieval’ drives intensified across Kashmir: Here is the area wise list of state land in Anantnag The Jammu Kashmir administration led by Manoj Sinha has ordered the removal of all "encroachments" in Jammu Kashmir over the state land by January 31. Various...

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Srinagar, some other places in Kashmir wake up to thin layer of snow

REGIONAL

People in Srinagar and some other parts in Kashmir woke to a thin layer of snow even as the minimum temperature recorded a rise but hovered below sub-zero level in the valley on Thursday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar received 0.5 cm of snowfall, Pahalgam 3.6 cm, Kupwara 1 cm and Gulmarg 3 cm. He said Srinagar recorded a low of minus 1.4°C against last night’s minus 4.3°C. Today’s minimum temperature, he said, was 0.7°C above normal for the summer capital, he said. Qazigund, he said, recorded a low of minus 3.4°C against minus 7.4°C on the previous night and it was 0.1°C below normal for the gateway town of Kashmir. Pahalgam, he said, recorded a low of minus 4.3°C against minus 11.7°C on the previous night and it was 2.9°C above normal for the...

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Bootlegger arrested,27 bottles illicit liquor seized in Anantnag

REGIONAL

Sheikh Nadeem The Jammu Kashmir Police arrested a bootlegger in the Hiller Shahabad of south Kashmir's Anantnag district. An official told The Kashmiriyat that acting on a tip-off, the Station House Officer (SHO) Dooru Syed Nazeer Andrabi laid a patrol in the Hillar area, during which one person travelling in a Santro car was arrested. "During Naka Checking Santro vehicle bearing registration number JK03A 2302 was coming from Ujroo towards Dooru. A Police Party stopped the said Santro for checking and during Vehicle Check 27 bottles of illicit liquor were recovered from the possession of a man identified as Mohammed Yousuf Sheikh, a resident of Hiller Arahama in Anantnag's Kokernag area," the official said. The bootlegger was arrested and a case under relevant sections of law w...

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EGI expresses concern over draft amendment to IT rules 2021

INDIA

On Wednesday the Editors Guild of India in a statement said that they are deeply concerned by the draft amendment made to the Information Technology Rules, 2021, by the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MEITY) that gives authority to the Press Information Bureau (PIB) to determine the veracity of news reports, and anything termed 'fake' will have to be taken down by online intermediaries, including social media platforms. The amendment was uploaded on the Ministry's website on January 17, 2023. At the outset, the determination of fake news cannot be in the sole hands of the government and will result in the censorship of the press. Already multiple laws exist to deal with content that is found to be factually incorrect. This new procedure basically serves to make it easier to muzzle the f...