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Minor boy injured in mine blast on LoC in Poonch

REGIONAL

A minor boy was injured after inadvertently stepping over a landmine while grazing his cattle near the LoC in Poonch district on Monday. “The victim has been identified as Mohammad Shoaib (15), son of Jamal Din, of Qasba village of Poonch district," a police official told The Kashmir Scroll. He was injured when he inadvertently stepped over the strayed landmine while grazing his goat near the LoC and it exploded suddenly. “Shoaib suffered injuries was shifted to District Hospital (DH), Poonch," they added. A senior police official confirmed the incident and said that the injured boy was later shifted to District Hospital, after he was given first aid by Army. (KS)

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Rajouri: Villagers to go on hunger strike if attackers not neutralised

REGIONAL

Residents of Dhangri in Jammu Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Sunday expressed concern over the “failure” of security agencies in tracing the militants behind the twin attacks in the village and demanded justice for the victims. The villagers threatened to go on a hunger strike if the security agencies are unable to eliminate the militants within the next 15 days. Seven people were killed and 14 injured as militants attacked Dhangri on 1 January. While five people, including two brothers, were killed in the firing by militants, two children died when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) left behind by the attackers went off the next day. Hundreds of residents of Dhangri held a meeting at the attack site and paid floral tributes to the victims on Sunday, a villager said. They...

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Article 370: Admin doesn’t have a leg to stand on in Supreme Court, says Omar Abdullah

POLITICS, REGIONAL

Former Chief Minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Monday said that the reluctance on part of the government to press the Supreme Court to go for hearings on petitions challenging the abrogation of the special status of Jammu Kashmir makes it clear that government doesn’t have a leg to stand on and he is even more hopeful now that the case of petitioners challenging government decision is very strong. Omar Abdullah was responding to a question during his press conference about the delay in hearing with regard to the petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370. Omar Abdullah as per the news agency Kashmir News Trust said that the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has assured them that he will make sure that the hearings begin in this matter. “So lon...

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Video: ‘Where do we go now?’ State-land eviction drive triggers anger in Kanelwan, Anantnag

REGIONAL

Suhail Dar Appealing to the higher-ups for immediate intervention, locals from the Kanelwan area of the Bijbehara belt in south Kashmir's Anantnag district staged a protest after their shops were sealed by the officials claiming that the shops were built on state land. The shops were sealed in pursuance of the orders of the Jammu Kashmir administration that has ordered the removal of "encroachments" over state land. "No poor person will be harassed, land will only be taken back from the rich and influential land grabbers," LG Manoj Sinha had said. Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co9k45fQpU0 The Jammu Kashmir admin, on January 9, directed the removal of all encroachments on State Land, including Roshni Land and Kachharie (grazing) land, by January 31, 2023. The o...

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Haj policy-2023 announced: 25 Embankment points to be set up across country; VIP quota abolished

INDIA

Announcing the Haj-2023 policy for this year's holy pilgrimage of Haj, the Haj Committee of India (HCoI) today said that this year there will be 25 Haj Embankment points while as Haj application forms will be made available after three days and there will be no fee for the same. Talking to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), exclusively, Member HCoI, Er Aijaz Hussain said after a crucial meeting of HCoI, it was decided that this year there will be 25 embankment points for the pilgrims across the country and Haj application forms will be made available within three days. Er Aijaz also said that HCoI also announced to abolish the VIP quota under which dignitaries were entitled to accommodate five to ten pilgrims under the quota. "There will be no VIP quota henceforth," Er Aijaz sa...

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Narrow escape for Naib Tehsildar, 2 JEs after snow avalanche in Gurez

REGIONAL

A Naib Tehsildar and two Junior Engineers (JEs) had a narrow escape after their vehicle came under a snow avalanche in Gurez Tehsil of Bandipora district on Monday evening, officials said. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the trio escaped unhurt after a snow avalanche hit the vehicle they were travelling in at the Check Nallah on Dawar-Gurez road. In the incident, the official said the vehicle was damaged and got buried under the snow at the spot following which the traffic movement on the road was suspended. Earlier today, JKDMA had issued a warning, saying that avalanche with medium danger level is likely to occur above 2200 metres over Bandipora, Ganderbal in the next 24 hours. “General public is advised to restrict movement to only carefully...

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‘Palestine is still better, people are allowed to talk’, says Mehbooba Mufti on eviction drives

REGIONAL

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President and former chief minister, Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said that the use of bulldozers have made Kashmir worse than Afghanistan. Addressing a news conference in New Delhi, Mehbooba, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said the anti-encroachment drive launched in Jammu Kashmir is being used as a weapon to suppress the people. She said they are not against the government's move to retrieve the land from land grabbers, but livelihood of people should not get affected. Mehbooba also alleged that the drive is aimed at taking the shelters away from the people and the situation in Kashmir has been turned worse than Afghanistan. While responding to a query, she said that the elections cannot be a solution to the Kashmir issue. She...

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‘State-land’ evictions: Five arrested, Four detained in connection with stone pelting in Jammu

REGIONAL

Five people were arrested and four detained in connection with stone pelting during an anti-encroachment drive here last week, police said on Monday. Three policemen were injured in the stone pelting that took place on Saturday during the drive to demolish a vehicle showroom built on encroached land in Malik Market in the Narwal bypass area, they said. The owner of the showroom, Sajad Ahmed Beigh, is among those arrested, according to police. “We have arrested five people and detained four others in connection with stone pelting that took place during an anti-encroachment drive here,” a senior police officer said. They are being questioned at Trikuta Nagar police station, officials said. (PTI)

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Over 13 Kanal forest land ‘illegally’ occupied by ex minister retrieved in Shopian, say officials

REGIONAL

The authorities on Monday said it retrieved over 13 Kanals of forest land illegally occupied by former minister and now a DAP leader during the ongoing eviction drive in south Kashmir's Shopian district. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a revenue department team along with forest department retrieved 13 Kanal and 16 Marlas forest land from former minister Taj Mohi-Ud-din in Sedow area of Shopian. He said that around 35 Kanals of land there of which 13 Kanals and 16 Marlas were found illegally occupied the former minister—(KNO)

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‘State-land’ evictions: Hurriyat demands the ‘persecutory’ demolition campaign to end

REGIONAL

On Monday, the Mirwaiz-led Hurriyat Conference released a statement concerning the ongoing 'state-land' eviction drive carries on by the J-K administration. The Hurriyat called the ongoing eviction and demolishing campaign a 'persecutory' measure to dispossess people and urged that that the campaign be stopped forthwith. Hurriyat also address the former Pakistani military general Parvez Musharraf's demise and said that he approached Kashmir with an open mind. "The eviction and demolition drive being carried out by the authorities is causing deep anguish and distress among people, seriously impacting their life and livelihood," the Hurriyat said. It added that one after another "persecutory measures is being taken to dispossess people and make them helpless." APHC called on the aut...