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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...

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PDD engineer dies of cardiac arrest in Kulgam

SOUTH KASHMIR

An assistant executive engineer of the Power Development Department (PDD) died of a cardiac arrest on Wednesday, officials said here. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that AEE Mohammad Ayoub of Bon Dailgam area of Anantnag died when he was on his way to attend to his duty in Yaripora. He said Ayoub was posted as AEE at sub-division Yaripora in Kulgam district. “He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead on arrival,” the official said—(KNO)

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DDC Ramban passes resolution asking admin to stop ‘state land’ eviction drives

REGIONAL

The District Development Council Ramban has unanimously adopted a resolution to oppose the Manoj Sinha-led Administration's order to vacate "occupants" from the state land. A copy of the resolution, accessed by The Kashmiriyat, stated that the DDC Ramban unanimously passed a resolution with an appeal to the Lt. Governor to issue directions to the concerned authorities for preventing any adverse action which is detrimental to the farmers/landless people residing in villages and are wholly and solely dependent on the state land which they were occupying since decades. The DDC members, in their resolution, said, "Simply branding the occupants as land grabbers is not only unjustified but misleading as well. The historical aspect needs to be taken into consideration while deciding about s...

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Officials in Kashmir issue notices asking ‘occupants’ to vacate state land

REGIONAL

Officials in Kreeri Baramulla in north Kashmir have called for the vacation of state land within three days. A notice issued in Urdu by the concerned Tehsildar warned the "occupants" of the state land to vacate the land within three days. "Otherwise we will be forced to initiate action against the occupants," the notice accessed by The Kashmiriyat read. Meanwhile, a circular notified by the revenue officials in Anantnag has asked the people of Dooru to vacate from the state land including the Roshni land within a gap of seven days. "You are asked to vacate the state land within seven days or else legal action will be initiated against those who have occupied the state land including the land granted under Roshni Act," the Tehsildar warned the Dooru residents. Earlier, on Wednes...

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Authorities seal 117 mutton shops within 2 weeks in Kashmir capital Srinagar

REGIONAL

To control the price of mutton, authorities have sealed over 117 mutton shops for the past two weeks in Kashmir capital Srinagar. People associated with the mutton trade are up in arms against the Directorate of Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution. Authorities have fixed the price of meat at Rs 535 per kg in 2021, however, Assistant Director Enforcement, Mushtaq Ahmed Wani told the news agency Kashmir News Trust that complaints were being received that the butchers were selling meat at Rs 600 to Rs 650. He said the action to seal the shops has become inevitable given the fact that butchers continue to rob the consumers. He appealed to people to inform the Department and identify the butchers who sell meat at exorbitant rates. The senior leader of the Wholesale Mutton Dea...

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‘Officials should provide answers’, says Omar Abdullah on missing Kupwara youth

REGIONAL

The former Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir and National Conference Vice President Wednesday lashed out at the admin's recent order calling for the removal of occupants of the state land. Speaking to the media he said that before the removal of any property at any spot, the admin should prove that the land should not belong to any particular occupant. "All these orders are aimed at harassing Kashmiris, they want to deviate the attention from their constant failures on security," Omar Abdullah said. The former CM further said the Roshni scheme was never rejected by anyone and "taking away" the land provided to people under the Government scheme will be tantamount to betraying people. Seeking an immediate answer on the youth (Abdul Rashid Dar), who allegedly went missing from Army's ...

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State land ‘retrieval’ drives intensified across Kashmir: Here is the area wise list of state land in Anantnag

FEATURED

Officials on Wednesday launched an anti-encroachment drive in several places of Anantnag district, in pursuance of the orders of the Jammu Kashmir administration that ordered the removal of encroachers on the state land by January 31. The official said that the drives have been launched in all the districts of Jammu Kashmir to remove encroachments on the entire State and Kahcharai land and in this regard, the concerned Tehsildars have asked the encroachers to vacate the state land within a week, failure to do so will result in strict action. "200 Kanal, 11 marlas of state land have been recovered in Larnoo's Dessu area in Anantnag. More state is to be retrieved in the area. The land had been illegally occupied by encroachers," the Tehsildar of Larnoo confirmed. Details available w...

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Admin orders magisterial probe in Sidhra encounter

REGIONAL

A magisterial probe has been ordered by Jammu and Kashmir government into the encounter in Sidhra area of Jammu in December last year in which four militants were killed. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that assistant commissioner Jammu, Piyush Dhotra has been appointed as an enquiry officer. The encounter took place near police check-point in Sidhra on December 28, in which four militants were killed and huge cache of arms and ammunition was also recovered. AC Jammu Piyush Dhotra told KNO that he has been directed to conduct a magisterial enquiry and submit the report to district magistrate, Jammu The probe has been ordered in accordance with the guidelines issued by the National Human Rights Commission. “In order to gather facts of the matter a...

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Newborn found abandoned in washroom of Sopore hospital

OTHERS

On Wednesday a new-born baby was found abandoned in sub-district hospital Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district even as police have registered a case in this regard. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that an unidentified woman delivered a female baby and left it abandoned in the washroom of the hospital during the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday. "The parents of the baby couldn’t be located till now, while the baby has been laid to rest and an inquiry into matter has been initiated,” he said. He said a case in this regard has also been registered and efforts are on to search trace the parents of the baby—(KNO)

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Waqf Board forms committees to take control of Khanqahs, Jamia masjids across J-K

REGIONAL

In a bid to take over administrative control of all the notified shrines and Masjids, the Jammu Kashmir Waqf Board on Tuesday constituted district-level committees asking them to prepare a list of all shrines, Jamia Masjids, Khanqahs, and associated properties which are Waqf notified properties in the respective district. An order issued by Executive Magistrate Tehsildar (J&K Waqf Board), Ishtiyaq Mohi-ud-din, reads that the J&K Waqf Board has a large number of Notified Waqf properties that have not been administratively controlled to date, and were being managed privately by local committees. “However, in view of receipt of a large number of complaints /representations by the Hon’ble Chairperson, J&K Wag Board, from the general public regarding mismanagement & irregu...