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In Chhattisgarh, BJP leader arrested in Jesus statue vandalization case

INDIA

On January 2, a group of people in the Narayanpur district staged a protest against what they claimed was the “forced conversion” of members of the tribal community to Christianity. The protest descended into violence, and a church was vandalized, Muslim Mirror reported. Broken chairs and papers were seen scattered about in a video of the church, which was erected on the grounds of Vishwa Dipti High School in Narayanpur, just one kilometer from the district administrative center. A man was seen on another video damaging a statue of the Virgin Mary that had been placed on the church’s property. The incident also resulted in damage to another statue of Jesus Christ. In connection with the attack on a church inside a school and an assault on police officers on Monday, Narayanpur p...

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Six drug peddlers arrested in Shopian

REGIONAL

The Jammu Kashmir Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested six drug peddlers in Shopian district of south Kashmir. A Police spokesman said that six drug peddlers identified as Javaid Ahmed Ganie, Suhail Ahmed Allie, Yawar Ahmed Mir, all residents of Melhora in Shopian and Azad Ahmed Ganaie of Dablipora, Shabir Ahmed Teeli and Imtiyaz Ahmed of Wondina Zainapora were arrested with contraband substance. He said that the six have been booked under PIT NDPS and have been lodged at Kotbal Balwal Jammu.

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1800 paramilitary troopers to be rushed to Jammu after Rajouri attack

REGIONAL

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will send additional 18 companies to Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of recent killings of civilians in two fresh terror attacks in Rajouri district, sources familiar with the development said. The 18 CRPF companies - approximately 1,800 personnel - will be rushed to the Jammu region for deployment mainly in Poonch and Rajouri districts. As per inputs, eight CRPF companies will be deployed very soon from nearby locations of deployment in Jammu and Kashmir while 10 CRPF companies are being rushed from Delhi. The move followed a recent order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs amidst intelligence input about the terror attack in the Jammu region, said the source. Six persons, including two children, were killed and many more injured in two...

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Mother-Son Duo Killed, Two Other Family Members Injured In Rajouri Road Accident

REGIONAL

A mother-son duo was killed while two other members of the family were injured in a road accident on the Jammu Poonch National Highway. An official told The Kashmir News Apax that an Alto car in which four members of a family were going on collided with a bus on the highway in Bagnoti area of Rajouri district, resulting in the death of Saima Kausar(26) and her 04 months old son Danish . Kausar's husband Mohammad Anees(30) and their son Moheez Ahmad (04) were injured. They all are residents of Mughal Manjakot District Rajouri. He said that the injured were shifted to District Hospital Nowshera for treatment. An official told The Kashmir News Apax that the police have registered a case and started the investigation.(KNA)

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Court quashes PSA of Shopian resident jailed at UP

REGIONAL

A Division Bench of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed the detention of a South Kashmir youth lodged in Agra Jail of Uttar Pradesh under the Public Safety Act (PSA). After being arrested by police in 2022 the accused Rayees Ahmed Sofi son of Ghulam Qadir Sofi, a resident of Gagren Shopian was shifted to Central Jail Agra. He is an Auto-Driver by profession. The Counsel for the accused, Advocate Bashir Ahmed Tak argued that the detaining authority has not attributed any specific allegation against the detenue. Furthermore, it was also stated that the detenue has been incapacitated in filing a representation as the grounds of detention were not in a language that could be understood by the detenue. The Counsel for the detenue as per a local news agency, Kas...

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Water scarcity hits several villages in Bandipora, locals aghast

REGIONAL

Residents of several villages in the Bandipora district complained that they were facing an acute shortage of potable water for the last few months. Locals from Ganie-Mohalla Ajas, Chaangali and Check-Guroora told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that in absence of an adequate quantity of tap water, they were being forced to use contaminated water. The locals said their women folk face a lot of hardships in fetching water from different spots. “Amid this winter season, we are without drinking water while the concerned authorities don’t pay attention to our sufferings,” Mushtaq Ahmad local from Ajas Ganie-Mohalla said. The villagers said they held protests in the past to highlight their plight to no avail. The residents of affected areas appealed to the chief engineer, t...

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Accusing KU of unfair evaluation of examination papers, GDC Sopore students stage protest

EDUCATION

Shabir Khan Scores of students of Sopore's Government Degree College (GDC) hit the roads to protest against Kashmir University (KU) over what “unfair” evaluation of examination papers. Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that students of 6th semester at GDC Sopore on Wednesday morning hit the streets of Sopore's main town in north Kashmir raising slogans against the KU authorities. One of the protesting students said that Kashmir University was playing with their careers. "This is not the first time that KU has done an unfair evaluation of the examination papers," a student alleged. Raising questions over the quick results, The students alleged that the papers were evaluated within a short span of time. "How it is possible that our papers would be evaluated within 3 days," they a...

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In 2022, Israel killed 220 Palestinians, Jailed 6500, demolished 832 ‘illegal’ buildings owned by Palestinians

INTERNATIONAL

More than 220 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in 2022, making it the worst year in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 2006. These deaths included well-known figures including renowned journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Almost 832 buildings owned by Palestinians have also been destroyed by Israel this year, according to Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, who spoke to the Cabinet on Tuesday in the West Bank city of Ramallah. For Palestinians, he said, the year 2022 was be “full of pain,” with “more than 220 Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers, more than 9,000 wounded, more than 6,500 jailed, 832 buildings razed, and more than 13,000 olive trees uprooted.” The Israel Defense Forces, according to Palestinians, have altered their rules of engagement in recent months, makin...

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Appointed 13 years ago, teacher allegedly managed entry into Education Department through fake order

REGIONAL

The probe, ordered into the appointment of a teacher, has found that the teacher in question has managed his entry in the department after producing fake appointment order. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) the probe has revealed that the teacher has managed entry in the education department through the fake appointment KNO on December 6, last year reported that the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) ordered an inquiry to probe the appointment of a teacher posted in Boys High School Barthana, Srinagar. The probe was ordered after Chief Education Officer (CEO) Srinagar reported that the teacher in question was shown appointed as a teacher vide DSEK Order No. 491 DSEK of 2009 dated June 12 of 2009. It was reported that on verification of the...

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After Haldwani, Muslim residents served eviction notices in MP’s Ujjain in view of ‘Kumbh Mela 2028’

INDIA

The Madhya Pradesh government has asked hundreds of residents to leave Ujjain’s Gulmohar colony as the city in view of the Kumbh Mela that is scheduled to be hosted in the city in 2028. The Ujjain Municipal Corporation (UMC) has issued a public notice in Gulmohar and Gyarsi colonies, asking inhabitants, most of them Muslims, to vacate their homes. As soon as the notice of UMC reached the area on December 11, one local resident Salim Bhai Patangwale died, locals said, Muslim Mirror reported. The Residents of Gulmohar and Gyarsi Colony said, "Our homes were not constructed on government-owned property. Small farmers were the owners. These people attempted to recoup their investment by farming but were unsuccessful, so they sold their land as tiny plots. Poor people bought the land a...