March 2023 - Page 11 of 32 - The Kashmiriyat

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Crescent not sighted, Ramadhan to begin on Friday

REGIONAL

Ramadan moon was not sighted in Pakistan or India on Wednesday evening which means that the commencement of Ramadan will start on Thursday. Reports said that the Ruw'at e Hilal committee Pakistan declared that the Ramadhan crescent was not sighted anywhere in the country. The Tarawih prayers will be offered on Thursday and the first Sehri eaten on Friday.

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122 Twitter accounts withheld in India amid crackdown in Punjab: Report

INDIA

A total of 122 Twitter accounts were 'withheld' at the request of the Indian government amid a crackdown on pro-Khalistan outfit Waris Punjab De and its chief Amritpal Singh in Punjab, The Quint reported. The report says that the government requested Twitter to take action against these accounts on Sunday, 19 March, according to the tech company's disclosure to the Lumen Database. Several tweets were also flagged by the government on the same day. Many of these accounts belong to journalists reporting the situation from the ground in Punjab, while others belong to Sikhs in the diaspora. Pertinently, the Punjab Police are on the lookout for Amritpal Singh, after cases of alleged hate speech were filed against him and his supporters last week. Amritpal had led a massive protest a...

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6G initiative shows India’s confidence, nation growing as telecom tech exporter: PM Modi

INDIA

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday unveiled the 6G vision document of the country and said initiatives around 6G within six months of the 5G rollout show India’s confidence. He said from being a mere consumer of telecom technology, India is now moving fast to become a big exporter of that technology. “Within six months of the 5G rollout, today we are talking about 6G. This shows the confidence of India. Today we have brought the vision document to the fore. This will become a big base for the rollout of 6G,” Modi said. The vision document released by Department of Telecom states that while 5G technology promises a speed of 40-1,100 Mbps with the potential to hit maximum speed of 10,000 Mbps, 6G will offer ultra-low latency with speeds up to 1 terabit per second –which is 1,00...

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NIA gets Journalist Irfan Mehraj’s custody till April 11

REGIONAL

Kashmiri journalist who was arrested from his home in Srinagar has been remanded to NIA custody till April 11 by a court in New Delhi. On Wednesday, Irfan Mehraj was produced before a special NIA judge of Patiala House Court where the National Investigation Agency had sought twelve days of remand to question Mehraj. Irfan was working as an editor with Twocircles.net was arrested by the sleuths of the National Investigation Agency in Srinagar on Monday evening. His family said that he was brought to New Delhi on Tuesday evening and was produced before the court on Wednesday afternoon. The agency alleged that he was a close associate of a human rights activist, Khurram Parvez and was arrested in connection with its ongoing investigation into an "NGO terror funding case". "Mehraj ...

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Residential house collapses during earthquake in Poonch

REGIONAL

A woman suffered ‘minor injuries’ after a house she was dwelling in collapsed allegedly after last night’s earthquake in this district, reports and officials said on Wednesday. The locals claimed that the house at Balnoi village of Mankote Mendhar area in the district collapsed after last night’s 6.6 magnitude tremor shook it, leading to minor injuries to a woman identified as Asiya Parveen, wife of Mohammad Bhasharat . A police official said that while the woman suffered minor injuries, claims about the house getting damaged due to the earthquake were being verified. (GNS)

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Backlisting of contractors discriminatory, biased: Sajad Lone

REGIONAL

People’s Conference President Sajad Gani Lone today termed the practice of blacklisting contractors on the basis of reports from agencies as being discriminatory and inherently biased. He asserted that such a practice can have significant consequences for individuals who are already marginalized, particularly those who are trying to reintegrate into society following a conflict. “The blacklisting of contractors on the basis of reports from covert agencies is discriminatory and inherently biased. In a conflict what would the golden concept of reintegration mean if a person is barred from almost all forms of economic activity”, Lone tweeted on the matter. Lone further stated that this practice can create significant challenges for individuals who are trying to earn a livelihood and ...

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100 FIRs registered, six arrested after ‘Modi Hatao’ posters surface in Delhi

INDIA

At least six people have been arrested and 100 FIRs registered after Modi Hatao Desh Bachao posters surfaced in parts of India's capital city, New Delhi. The Delhi Police has registered 44 FIRs and arrested four persons, including two printing press owners, after posters including some seeking the ouster of Prime Minister Narendra Modi (‘Modi hatao, desh bachao’), were found pasted on walls and poles in several areas of the Capital, reported The Indian Express reported earlier on Wednesday. At least 2,000 posters were removed and 2,000 more were seized after a van was intercepted. Special Commissioner of Police (Law and Order of Northern Zone) Dependra Pathak told The Indian Express that police intercepted a van in I P Estate when it was coming from the AAP headquarters on DDU Mar...

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As strong tremors shake hospital, doctors perform surgery in Anantnag

REGIONAL

At a time when most of the people were seen running for safety during an earthquake that shook Jammu and Kashmir and parts of north India yesterday evening, doctors at sub district hospital Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district were seen performing surgery on a patient. A video of the hospital theatre, where doctors were seen performing surgery during strong tremors, also went viral on social media with netizens praising the team of doctors and paramedical staff. In the video, theatre monitor could be seen shaking and lights were also disrupted, however, doctors continue to perform surgery despite strong tremors. Dr Shabeena Shah, a gynaecologist at SDH Bijbehara, who was performing the surgery told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the woman was the third ...

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12 dead, hundreds injured as earthquake jolts Afghanistan, tremors felt in Kashmir

INTERNATIONAL

At least twelve people were killed and hundreds others injured in a massive earthquake that was felt across Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kashmir and several parts of north India. As per news reports, the 6.5-magnitude quake damaged buildings, triggered landslides and sent people running into the streets. It hit Tuesday evening local time and was centred in Afghanistan's Jurm valley which is prone to quakes. The tremors were felt across Kashmir valley as people were seen rushing out of their homes towards open spaces. Jolts were felt for a long time around 10 17 PM on Tuesday, local residents said."It was a terrifying tremor. I have not felt such a tremor in my life," a resident said. As per AFP, nine of the confirmed fatalities were reported in the valley region of K...

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Amnesty Intl, UN Rapporteur demand Kashmiri journalist Irfan Meraj’s release

REGIONAL

Responding to the arrest of Kashmiri journalist, Irfan Mehraj, in Srinagar by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with a “terror funding case”, Aakar Patel, chair of board at Amnesty International India, said: “The arrest of Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj under terror charges is a travesty. The arrest is yet another instance of the long-drawn repression of human rights and the crackdown on media freedoms and civil society in the region of Jammu and Kashmir. The stifling of the rights to freedom of expression and association continue unabated in Kashmir. “Human rights defenders such as Irfan Mehraj should be encouraged and protected, not persecuted. He must be immediately released. The repression must stop. Criminalization of legitimate human rights work is extreme...