April 2023 - Page 27 of 30 - The Kashmiriyat

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Pulwama locals protest against installation of smart meters

REGIONAL

Local residents staged a protest against the installation of smart meters in Pulwama town. Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that on Tuesday, women in large numbers gathered on the Pulwama-Kakapora road in Malikpora area to protest the installation of smart electricity meters. Protests have been staged across Kashmir against the installation of smart meters, however, Kashmir's electricity department has said that it will not revoke the order for the installation of smart meters. In fact, the department has snapped electricity in several areas that staged protests against the installation of smart meters. "We do not understand who are these meters being brought for when the local population has been opposing it right from day one. We cannot afford to pay the bills. We demand that t...

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Avoid spraying orchards, Drain out excess water in fields, MeT tells farmers

REGIONAL

A spell of light to moderate rain drenched Jammu Kashmir since last evening even as the weather department predicted intermittent precipitation and thunderstorm to continue at most places of Kashmir and at isolated places of Jammu on Tuesday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that in last 24 hours till 0830 hours today, Srinagar received 5.2mm of rain, Qazigund 4.8mm, Pahalgam 6.5mm, Kupwara 19.5mm, Kokernag 5.0mm, Gulmarg 10.8mm, Jammu 29.0mm, Baniha 24.8mm, Batote 18.8mm, Katra 15.0mm, Bhaderwah 11.8mm and Kathua 9.2 mm. Regarding the forecast, he said, intermittent rain and thunderstorm may continue at most places of Kashmir and at isolated places of Jammu. On April 5-6, he said, there was possibility of a brief spell of rain at scattered places of J&K towa...

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On way to celebrate Eid with family, Kulgam man dies in road accident

REGIONAL

Danishwar Hameed A man from Kulgam died in a road accident in Ramban area on the Srinagar Jammu highway. Official sources told The Kashmiriyat that on Tuesday, a car bearing registration number JK18B 3678 rolled down into a deep gorge at Maroog Ramban. Immediately after, a rescue operation was launched by police, SDRF and civil QRT who have recovered one dead body as of now. The deceased was been identified as Sarfaraz Ahmed Bhat son of Abdul Jabbar Bhat and a resident of Pooniwah area in Kulgam. Sarfaraz, working with the Indian Air Force, was on the way home from from Delhi in order to celebrate Eid with his family.

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Residences of two Hurriyat leaders raised by SIA in Srinagar

REGIONAL

The State Investigation Agency on Tuesday morning conducted raids at the residences of two Hurriyat leaders in Srinagar. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the raids were conducted in a case related to militancy funding. He said the raids were conducted in Rajbagh and Alochibagh localities of Srinagar. “Residences of Hurriyat leaders Bilal Sidique and Bashir Molvi were raided early morning,” he said—(KNO)

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China renames 11 places in Arunachal Pradesh, mentions them as part of China

INTERNATIONAL

Chinese government has announced it would “standardise” the names of 11 places in Arunachal Pradesh. On Sunday, the Chinese Government released a list of the 11 places along with a map that shows parts of Arunachal Pradesh inside the southern Tibetan region, that China refers to as Zangnan, the Hindu reported. The Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs even included a town close to the Arunachal Pradesh capital of Itanagar. This is Beijing’s third such list on Arunachal Pradesh, attempting to “rename” places by giving them what it calls “standardised geographical names”. In 2017, the Chinese Ministry of Civilian Affairs put out a similar list of six places, and in December 2021, released a list of 15 places that it sought to rename. The third batch of supplementary place names fo...

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Prostitution racket busted in Srinagar area, says Police

REGIONAL

The Jammu Kashmir police on Monday claimed to have busted a prostitution racket in Srinagar. In a tweet, police said that a prostitution racket in a rented accommodation at Bagh-e-Mehtab area of the capital city of Kashmir. They said that two persons running this racket have been arrested. The Police identified them as Irshad Ahmad Bhat of Pampore and Mohd Shafi Hajam of Karimabad Pulwama. The Police said that four female sex workers (all locals of Srinagar) and two customers were also detained during the raid conducted by Police. The Police have registered an FIR at Chanapora PS of Srinagar under the relevant sections of law.

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Muslim man killed in Police firing on Ramnavmi in Maharashtra named among rioters in Police FIR

INDIA

Shaikh Muniroddin, a 45-year-old Muslim man was killed during the Police firing during Ram Navami violence. The family of the decease has urged for a thorough investigation into his death and also objected to the police including him in the list of rioters in the First Information Report (FIR) connected to the violence on the day of Ramnavmi. “There was total chaos outside our apartment. My father went downstairs and was standing inside the locked gate of our apartment when he was hit by the bullet,” Times of India quoted the son of the deceased as saying. In Kiradpura, violence broke out after Hindutva organisations began shouting derogatory epithets about Muslims. Following the altercation, a sizable crowd gathered and threw rocks at the police. The police initially used a lathi...

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Amid fresh spike in Covid-19 cases, DHSK asks for increase in testing rate

REGIONAL

Amid fresh spike in Covid-19 cases in Kashmir, Directorate of Health Services Kashmir has directed all Chief Medical Officers of the Valley to increase rate of Covid-19 testing and establish Flu clinics at all health institutions. According to an order, a copy of which lies with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), DHSK stated that there is no increase in the Covid-19 testing rate. "Furthermore, there hasn't been any increase in the proportion testing of RT- PCR which should be the benchmark of minimum 80% of total Covid19 testing," it reads. DHSK directed CMOs to increase the rate of Covid19 testing, proportion of RT-PCR testing and ensure the establishment of Flu Clinics at all the health institutions as per the guidelines issued by MOHFW—(KNO)

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Jailed for several years, Delhi court discharges three muslim men in NIA’s UAPA case

INDIA

A Delhi court acquitted three Muslim men arrested on the charges by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for bein affiliated to the Indian Mujahideen (IM), the Hindu reported. The trio was languishing in jails for several years. The discharged are Abdul Wahid (arrested since 2016), Manzar Imam (since 2013) and Ariz Khan, who had been sentencted to death in the Batla House encounter case of 2008 and was also discharged. The trial court took almost a decade to discharge three Muslim men. Additional Sessions Judge Shailender Malik of the Patiala House Court framed charges against 11 accused in the case, mostly under various sections of stringent UAPA. In September 2012, the National Investigation Agency filed a case against a number of Muslim men in India, alleging that they...

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Over one hundred cycling points coming up in Srinagar

REGIONAL

Different cycle tracks that are coming in various parts of Srinagar city will ease the traffic congestion. An official said that Srinagar city will present a different look after the completion of Smart City works. He said that over 100 cycling points will be created in different parts where people can take cycles on rent. The official told that work is being fast-tracked on cycle tracks, smart vending zones, VMDs, and parking lots among other new projects started under the Smart City project in Srinagar. Since 2020, work on 5-km -long cycle track is underway on the North-South corridor from Elahibagh junction to Soura junction. ‘The new cycle tracks would give cyclists a feel of the heritage and culture of Srinagar,” said the official. Pertinently, last year, District Admin...