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Several Villages in Gurez without electricity as main generator develops technical snag

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Four villages in Kanzalwan area of Gurez Valley in north Kashmir's Bandipora district are reeling under darkness for the past one month after a generator supplying electricity to the villages developed a snag, locals complained here on Thursday. Talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the locals said that the local administration has failed to repair the generator for the past one month, thereby adding to the sufferings in harsh winters to the people. "Without electricity people are facing a lot of inconvenience. Even though we are not able to charge our mobiles," the locals said, adding that people spending sleepless nights in absence of power supply. They said that the students have to face the maximum brunt as they are the worst sufferers due to lack of electric...

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Temperature drops as MeT forecasts more rain, snow in JK

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Weather department on Friday forecast isolated to scattered light to rain and snow in next 24 hours even as the minimum temperature recorded a drop across Jammu and Kashmir except Qazigund. A meteorological department official here told GNS that in last 24 hours till 0830 hours, Srinagar received 5.7mm of rain, Qazigund 12.3mm, Pahalgam 18.1mm, Kupwara 8.7mm, Kokernag 8.8, Gulmarg 14.4mm, Jammu traces, Banihal 17.6mm, Batote 26.2mm and Bhaderwah 25.4mm. Regarding temperature, he said, Srinagar recorded a low of 6.6°C against 7.0°C on the previous night and it was above normal by 4.3°C for the summer capital. Qazigund, he said, recorded a low of 5.6°C against 5.5°C on the previous night and it was 4.7°C above normal for the gateway town of Kashmir. Pahalgam, he said, recorded a ...

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After Mushtaq Zargar, another militant commander’s property attached in Sopore

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A day after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) attached militant commander Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar's property in Srinagar, the agency on Friday morning attached the property of one more militant commander in the Sopore area of north Kashmir. On Friday morning, the NIA officials accompanied by Police, CRPF reached Sopore's Dangerpora area and attached the house of Basit Ahmed Reshi, who as per the agency, is currently based in Pakistan. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had declared Basit Reshi, "presently in Pakistan", as a designated "Terrorist" under the UAPA, a stringent act legislated to control militant activities. Born on 4 March 1996, Reshi is resident of Yemberzalwari Shiva Dangerpora Sopore area of Baramulla district and as per NIA he is presently in Pakistan, As pe...

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Police cop arrested while demanding bribe of Rs 8000 from man for kin’s release

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The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) Jammu on Thursday claimed to have trapped a police man of Chinore Police Post Jammu while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 8,000. A spokesman in a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that on 02-03-2023 P/S ACB, Jammu received a written complaint wherein the complainant stated that on 01.03.2023, the Police of P.P. Chinore has arrested his son namely Sahil Mehra in a false and frivolous case on the complaint of local resident of Chinore. Mohd Sultan, an official of P.P Chinore has demanded Rs 8,000 as bribe for release of his son from Police custody, it said. “He further stated that he had already paid Rs 4,000 out of the demanded bribe of Rs 8,000, but the Munshi again demanding balance bribe amount of Rs 4,000 f...

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Police says ‘proper investigation’ started in Kupwara man’s death case

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A day after the body of Kupwara man was found, nearly three months after going missing after being allegedly detained by the Army, the Police on Thursday said that it has started “proper investigation” in the case. “On 1-03-2023, Police Station Trehgam received information that one dead body is lying in the forest area of Zurhama-PK Gali,” a police spokesperson said in a statement to GNS. Accordingly, he said, the Police party rushed to the spot and recovered the body which was later on identified to be of Abdul Rashid Dar son of Mohammad Sadeeq Dar of Kunan Poshpora against whom a missing report was lodged in Police station Trehgam. “Pertinently, the family members of the deceased had alleged that on 15-12-2022 the said person was taken by some army personnel from his house at Ku...

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‘Dementia most prevelant in J-K,’ suggests India’s largest ever dementia study

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India’s largest-ever dementia study shows that residents of conflict-ridden Jammu Kashmir have the highest prevalence of the condition, in what is the latest body of research to show a possible association between the disease and exposure to trauma, reported The Telegraph. According to a joint study published last week by the University of Southern California and AIIMS-Delhi, a leading Indian public medical research university, some 11 percent of the region’s over-60 population have developed dementia, the highest rate in India, the report said. Dementia is not a single disease but refers to a range of disorders affecting the brain, causing cognitive decline and memory loss. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form, accounting for around 60 percent of dementia cases. Since the ...

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For 5th consecutive year, India records highest number of internet shutdowns

INDIA, REGIONAL

In 2022, authorities shut down the internet across 35 countries the highest number ever recorded in a single year at least 187 times. The biggest offender: India implemented at least 84 shutdowns the highest number for the fifth year, the report said. As per the report, India, which was responsible for 84 shutdowns in 2022, remains the country with the highest number of recorded shutdowns in the world — for the fifth consecutive year. Authorities disrupted internet access at least 49 times in Jammu Kashmir due to political instability and violence, including a string of 16 back-to-back orders for three-day-long curfew style shutdowns in January and February 2022. Though brief, rare spells of uninterrupted internet access in the region delivered clear benefits for women and small-b...

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BJP leader wants Ahmednagar in Maharashtra to be renamed Ahilyanagar

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A BJP MLA in Maharashtra has resurrected his demand to rename Ahmednagar as ‘Ahilyanagar’ – after the warrior queen, ‘Punyashlok’ Ahilyadevi Holkar, here on Monday. BJP MLA Gopichand Padalkar raised the plea on grounds that Ahilyadevi Holkar (1725-1795) was born in Chaundi village in Ahmednagar district to a Marathi family, and later went onto become the queen of the Malwa state (from 1767 till her death). Speaking to mediapersons, Padalkar expressed confidence that under Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ leadership, the decision would be taken soon. Earlier in June 2022, Padalkar had written to then Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray with a similar plea, even as the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena had wanted Ahmednagar to be rechristened as ‘Ambikanagar’. The demand comes close...

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‘Only talking about beef’, Shashi Tharoor on PM Modi’s slogan ‘na khaunga na khane dunga’

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Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday shared a list of leaders against whom graft probes were allegedly stopped after they switched sides to the BJP and took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘na khaunga na khane dunga’ slogan, saying that probably “he was only talking about beef”. Tharoor’s swipe came a day after Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia was sent to five-day custody of the CBI by a special court here in a excise policy scam case after being arrested on Sunday, reports PTI. Taking to Twitter, he shared a list, widely circulated on social media, of eight leaders — Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, former Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa, Suvendu Adhikari, Bhavna Gawli, Yashwant Jadhav, Yamini Jadhav, Pratap Sarnaik and...

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Non-Bailable warrant issued against 13 militants based in Pakistan: Police

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Non-Bailable Warrant (NBWs) have been issued by Kishtwar Police from NIA court Jammu against 13 active militants of Kishtwar district who are presently operating from POK. Police in a statement to The Kashmir Scroll said that upon request of Kishtwar Police,NIA Special Court, Jammu, issued Non Bailable Warrants (NBWs)against 13 militants who hail from District Kishtwar but they are settled and operating from PAK/POK. The name of such militants includes 1. Shahnawaz Kanth @ Munna @Umer S/O Abdul Rasheed R/ Hullar Kishtwar 2. Nayeem Ahmed @ Amir/Gazi S/O Gh. Nabi Gundna R/O Near Jamia Masjid Kishtwar 3. Mohd Iqbal @Bilal S/O Mohd Akber Butt R/O Near Kichloo Market Kishtwar 4. Shahnawaz @ Nayeem S/O Gh. Mohd R/O Chirool Padyarna 5. Javid Hussain Giri@ Muzamil S/O Mohd Amin Giri R/O Kund...