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‘Not beggars who need freebies’, say locals as food grain supplies to Kashmir are drastically reduced

WRITE-UPS

“Batih Daedi Marekh Kaeshir Musalman, Hai Toofan Hai Toofan” (Kashmiri Muslims are now being deprived of food grains, what injustice, what tyranny!). This Wanwun was recited by the local women who took part in the protest outside a ration depot in Srinagar’s Mehjoor Nagar area recited in traditional Wanwun’. Wanwun, the traditional Kashmiri songs, also sung during Kashmiri weddings have been used as a form of protest by locals ever since the onslaught of successive oppressive rulers. It was this Tuesday that the residents of Nowhatta, Srinagar locked down a ration depot, outraged at the reduction in the food allocation quota for Kashmir valley residents. According to the residents, the quota per person was initially reduced from 15 kilograms to 10, and has now been reduced further to...

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Delhi LG grants sanction to prosecute Shehla Rashid for 2019 tweets about Indian Army

INDIA

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has granted sanction to prosecute former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union vice president and AISA member Shehla Rashid Shora for her tweets on the Indian Army, officials said on Tuesday. According to officials at the LG office, the sanction is related to a 2019 FIR against her, under Section 153-A of the IPC, registered at Special Cell police station in New Delhi, on the basis of a complaint by one Alakh Alok Srivastava. The student activist and a resident of Kashmir, in 2019, took to Twitter and attacked the Armed Forces for “terrorizing” the locals of Kashmir. “Armed Forces are entering houses at night, picking up boys, ransacking houses, deliberately spilling rations on the floor, mixing oil with rice, etc,” Shehla tweeted on her o...

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Ladakh was better being a part of Jammu Kashmir than a separate UT: Ladakh’s Apex body

REGIONAL

Days after the Apex Body of Ladakh and Kargil Democratic Alliance refused to be part of the high-powered committee constituted by the Government of India, Chering Dorjay, leader of the Apex Body of Leh and senior vice president of Ladakh Buddhist Association has said that ‘being part of Kashmir’ was better for the people of Ladakh. He said they were better off in the erstwhile state of Jammu Kashmir than under the Union Territory administration. The Apex Body of Ladakh and Kargil Democratic Alliance has been demanding statehood, protection of land, jobs and their identity. To resolve the issue, Ministry of Home Affairs has constituted a high-powered committee headed by Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai. Lt Governor of Ladakh, MP Ladakh, a senior home ministry official ...

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Teenage boy allegedly commits suicide in Anantnag, fourth case in less than a week

REGIONAL

Suhail Dar A teenager youth allegedly committed suicide in south Kashmir's Anantnag district. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that on Wednesday morning, a 12-class student (name withheld) was allegedly found hanging at his home in the Utersoo area of Shangus in south Kashmir's Anantnag district. The family of the 18-year-old boy spotted him and rushed him to the nearby hospital, they said. "However, upon his arrival at the hospital, he was declared brought dead by the doctors," they added. An official confirming the death to The Kashmiriyat said that the Police have registered a case in this regard and launched a probe into the incident. Pertinently this is the fourth case of alleged suicide reported in a week in the Kashmir valley. On January 08, A 14-year-old girl allege...

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Three army troopers including JCO die after slipping into deep gorge in Kupwara

REGIONAL

Three troopers of the Indian Army including a junior commissioned officer were killed in Machil area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district when they slipped and fell into a deep gorge. In a tweet, as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), during a required operational task, a party comprising a JCO & two others slipped into a deep gorge. The Army further said that the mortal remains of all three have been retrieved. This is the second such incident in the area in the past two months. In November, three soldiers were killed when a snow avalanche struck them in the area—(KNO)

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Kashmir’s first Kiwi grower no more

REGIONAL

Bashir Ahmed War, the man who introduced Kiwi fruit cultivation in Kashmir died after a brief illness at his home in Warpura village of Sopore late Sunday evening, aged 65. As per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), War was suffering from pneumonia and on Sunday evening struggled with breathing and was shifted to SDH Sopore and passed on the way to the hospital, his family said. War was laid to rest this morning at his ancestral graveyard at Warpura Sopore. Known for his jovial nature, he held a degree in LLB from Aligarh Muslim University. He was a member of Kashmir's horticulture board and would travel to different countries. Several social-political organisations including Fruit growers and dealers association, Traders Federation Sopore, former legislator Abdul Rashid D...

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Pulwama man bags Gold, Bronze in second Curling National championship in Gulmarg

SPORTS

A government employee from Awantipora , district Pulwama has bagged gold and bronze in Senior Mixed Double and Mixed Team Championship in second National Curling Championship held at Ice-Skating Rink in Gulmarg. Showkat Rasool of Bhat Mohalla Larkipora, Awantipora who is currently working in JK Board of Technical Education wants to represent India in the Winter Olympic Games and World Championships. Talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), he said that he was happy to win a Gold and Bronze medal, saying he started playing the game when he was in class 7. Bhat said that it was a great experience to learn from international coaches like PN Raju and Kisan and will work hard to perform well in upcoming Khelo India winter games. “My federation Head is supporting Mohd ...

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Militant associate arrested in Srinagar: Police

REGIONAL

A militant associate has been arrested along bike and letter pads of LeT in Srinagar, Police said. Srinagar Police in a tweet as per the Kashmir Scroll said that one Terror associate of LeT namely Farzan Farooz S/o Farooz Mir R/o Pampore has been arrested on a naka. They said proceeds of terror worth Rs 9,95,000, 450 grams of Heroin, letter pads of LeT, Matrix sheets, Bike etc recovered. FIR 02/23 in sections of UAPA & NDPS act has been registered in kothibagh PS, police said. "One Terror associate of LeT namely Farzan Farooz S/o Farooz Mir R/o Pampore arrested on a naka. Proceeds of terror worth Rs 9,95,000, 450 grams of Heroin, letter pads of LeT, Matrix sheets, Bike etc recovered. FIR 02/23 in sections of UAPA & NDPS act registered in kothibagh PS." Srinagar Police t...

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Kashmiris not beggars, centre has to give us our rights: Omar Abdullah

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Former Jammu Kashmir chief minister and National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said election is the right of Kashmiri people but they will not beg for it before the Centre. “If elections are not held this year, so be it! We are not beggars. I have said it time and again, Kashmiris are not beggars. Election is our right but we will not beg before them for this right. They want to restore the elections to us, good. But if they don’t want to do it, so be it,” Omar told reporters in Anantnag district. On the question of eviction of people from properties and state lands, the former chief minister said it was one of the reasons for elections not being held in the Union Territory. He said the BJP-led central government knows that an elected government will try to heal ...

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‘Forced to pay for transformer repair’, say Anantnag locals, Officials deny

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Suhail Dar The residents of Sursora area of south Kashmir's Anantnag district alleged that they were forced to repair the 250KV electric transformer by themselves. A local while speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that they brought transformer oil at 4800 rupees and thimbles at Rs. 450. The residents did pay the expenses of oil and Thimbles all by themselves. He alleged that the PDD department could not manage its repair. “Now we need bush rods, the department is saying they are also not available,” he alleged. Adding, “If the transformer develops technical snag, we are forced to repair it ourselves.” An official from the PDD department denied the claims of residents that they forced people to give money for transformer repair. However, he confessed that the residents have b...