January 2023 - Page 25 of 43

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NC condemns ‘draconian’ order calling for removal of ‘encroachments’ on state land

REGIONAL

Rattan Lal Gupta, Provincial President Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) while strongly condemning the J-K administration for issuing an order directing 100 per cent removal of encroachments from State land including Roshni and Kahcharai by 31st January has termed it as a ‘Draconian Order’ aimed at harassing the common people of this Union Territory. He appealed the Administration to immediately rollback the said order at the earliest in the larger interest of the people. In a statement issued to media here today, the senior National Conference leader accused the Govt of pursuing anti-people policies and arbitrarily issuing orders one after the other to further its anti people agenda especially in Jammu and Kashmir. He said it is really atrocious initiative on part of t...

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2022 was fifth warmest year on record: NASA

OTHERS

Earth's average surface temperature in 2022 tied with 2015 as the fifth warmest year on record, according to an analysis by US space agency NASA, which termed the situation as "alarming". The global temperatures in 2022 were 1.6-degree Fahrenheit (0.89-degree Celsius) above the average for NASA's baseline period (1951-1980), scientists from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York reported. "This warming trend is alarming. Our warming climate is already making a mark: Forest fires are intensifying; hurricanes are getting stronger; droughts are wreaking havoc and sea levels are rising," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. The past nine years have been the warmest since modern record-keeping began in 1880. This means that Earth in 2022 was about 2-degree Fah...

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12th class girl dies of cardiac arrest in Shopian

REGIONAL

Meer Irfan A 12th class girl died of a cardiac arrest in south Kashmir's Shopian district. An official told The Kashmiriyat that a girl aged 18 identified as Mehak Jan, daughter of Abdul Majeed Dar, a resident of Sugan area in Shopian fell unconscious at her house on Saturday evening. Mehak was rushed to the hospital, where the doctors declared her brought dead upon arrival. Her death is being mourned by the people of the entire locality and people have thronged in huge numbers to offer the funeral of the deceased teenage girl, a local told The Kashmiriyat.

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Cop from Budgam dies of cardiac arrest in Baramulla

REGIONAL

A policeman has died of a cardiac arrest at a training centre in North Kashmir's Baramulla district, officials said here on Saturday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Fayaz Ahmed of Khan Sahib area of Budgam died of cardiac arrest at Sheeri training centre. He said he was posted as a constable in Jammu and Kashmir police. The official said he was taken to a nearby hospital, however, he was declared dead on arrival—(KNO)

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Avalanche hits Gurez, officials issue warning for 12 districts in Jammu Kashmir

OTHERS

An avalanche hit a village in the Gurez sector in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, and officials issued an avalanche warning for 12 more districts in the region. There was no loss of life or damage to property, however, following the avalanche in Jhurniya village in Gurez in Bandipora district, officials said. The State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) issued a “high danger” avalanche warning for the Kupwara district and a “medium danger” warning for Bandipora, Baramulla, Doda, Ganderbal, Kishtwar, Poonch, Ramban, and Reasi districts. “Avalanche with high danger level is likely to occur above 2,000 meters of Kupwara district in the next 24 hours,” an SDMA official said. Avalanche with medium danger level was likely to occur above 2,000 metres over Bandipora, Baramulla, Doda, ...

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Two Kashmiri Pandits donate blood to 2-year-old Kashmiri Muslim girl admitted at Delhi hospital

CULTURE

Two Kashmiri Pandit men on Thursday donated blood for a Kashmiri Muslim girl admitted at a hospital in New Delhi. Confirming the development to The Kashmiriyat, a Kashmiri Pandit settled in New Delhi said that the daughter of Showkat Ahmed Teeli of Sopore area in north Kashmir was in requirement of two pints of blood on Wednesday. He said that the two year old admitted at Narayna hospital in Delhi is undergoing a liver transplantation surgery. Two Kashmiri Pandits named Sanjay Sapru and Sunil Kaul received the blood requirement notification online and within moments they rushed to the Narayana hospital in Gurgaon to donate blood for the two year old sopore girl, the Kashmiri pandit said. Mohit Bhan, a Kashmiri Pandit leader took to social media and said that incidents like suc...

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In Shopian area, damaged water supply forces residents to melt snow for drinking water

REGIONAL

Meer Irfan The residents of Sanimarg in Gatipora area of Keller block in south Kashmir's Shopian district have been suffering due to the non-availability of drinking water in the area. Locals said that they have to melt snow and use the same water for drinking and for other purposes. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat the residents said that the water pipeline to the area has been damaged which has deprived the local residents of potable water. Mushtaq Ahmed Chouhan, a local resident said that the residents were forced to come out of their houses and help the lineman repair the water line amid snow in the area. He said, "The department (PHE) has deputed only one lineman for more several upper reaches of the Keller area, so the lineman is unable to cater to the large area." Musht...

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Assam government evicts 300 families in Lakhimpur, most of them Muslims

INDIA

The Government of Assam has continued its unabated campaign of bulldozers in the eastern state against what it calls "encroachers." According to an official press release the administration in Lakhimpur Assam on Tuesday began a massive eviction drive to clear around 500 hectares of "forest land". The Lakhimpur Superintendent of Police P B.M. Rajkhowa said that around 450 hectares of land would be freed from the encroachers. B.M. Rajkhowa also claimed that the eviction drive is underway and going on peacefully.a Videos from the spot, now viral on social media, show deployment of heavy security personnel in the area amid the usage of excavators and tractors for the eviction operation. As many as three hundred families have been evicted from the area, most of whom are muslims. ...

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Srinagar- Jammu highway reopens for traffic

REGIONAL

The Jammu-Srinagar highway has been reopened for traffic after remaining shut for over 24 hours due to mudslides at Panthal and other areas. An official said that hundreds of vehicles, mostly trucks, were stranded on the highway after it was closed on Friday morning due to fresh snowfall in the Kashmir valley. "Due to the constant efforts of the officials and the teams that were deputed to clear off the debris of the mudslides, the highway was restored around 1110 AM," an official told The Kashmiriyat. He said that as of now only light motor vehicles will be allowed to ply from both the sides on the highway. Pertinently, Kashmir-bound trucks carrying essential supplies and other vehicles pass through the Jammu- Srinagar highway.

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Hindutva leader from Karnataka asks Hindus to display swords at homes

INDIA

A fresh controversy has erupted in Karnataka after Sri Ram Sena leader Pramod Muthalik called upon Hindus to display swords at homes, saying it was not a crime to do so. He made these remarks while addressing a convention of religious leaders at Yadrami in Kalaburagi on Thursday and the comments have gone viral on social media, raising concerns. “Talwars (sword) should not be kept to attack others, it has to be kept for the protection of the religion and the country,” he maintained. Muthalik added that if the police come and question for the display, the people should ask them to file cases on Hindu deities Kali, Durga, Hanuman and Ram. “Hindus used to worship weapons before. Now we are worshipping pens, books and vehicles. Police also worship their guns, they don’t worship doc...