April 2023 - Page 3 of 30 - The Kashmiriyat

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Prominent historian Ranajit Guha passes away

INDIA

Ranajit Guha, one of the pioneers of the history of the History of the subalterns passed away on Friday evening. Ranajit Guha (born 23 May 1923, in Siddhakati, Backergunje, was vastly influential in the Subaltern Studies group, and was the editor of several of the group's early anthologies. The main historiographical issues, addressed in Guha's work is the colonial appropriation of the Indian past and its representation as a “highly interesting portion of British history,” which together with the force of colonial conquest added up in Guha’s terminology to a colonial expropriation of Indian history. The theoretical influences on Guha’s work are not limited to Marxism and its many offshoots. Guha used the concept of “subaltern” to signify anyone in India who did not belong to the “...

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70-year-old man dies after falling from slab of his house in Shopian

REGIONAL

Meer Irfan A man died after falling from a slab in the Wachi area of South Kashmir’s Zainapora in Shopian district. An official told The Kashmiriyat that Mohammad Abdullah, 70, son of Abdul Jabbar, fell from the slab of his house on Saturday morning after which he was rushed to the nearby hospital. Mohammed Abdullah was rushed to the nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead, he said. Meanwhile, police have taken cognizance of the matter.

Apr282023 by News DeskNo Comments

From streets to screens, Harassment against women is rampant in Kashmir

WRITE-UPS

Mehar Zarger As soon as my day began, I came across a notification on WhatsApp. A news from Baramulla was doing rounds in the news groups. As per the said news, a person had been arrested for placing a camera inside a changing room of a cloth store. I was taken aback and thought to myself how unfortunate it was that such incidents have started happening in Kashmir. Little did I know that something of this nature would happen to me too. After breakfast, I left my home in Shalimar for getting some essentials and groceries. Since it's been raining cats and dogs in the valley for some days now, streets are almost deserted. On my way back, I realised I was being followed by a car, in an unusually slow speed. I hurried towards home and upon this, the guy in the car started honking the hor...

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In UP, Police register FIRs against Muslims for offering Namaz on roads on Eid day

INDIA

The police have registered five FIRs at different police stations in Kanpur and Aligarh against more than hundreds of unidentified people for offering namaz on the roads on Friday (Alvida Namaz, April 21) and Eid-ul-Fitr (April 22), officials said. In Kanpur, the police have registered three FIRs against 1,700 people for offering prayers on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr on the road at Badi Eidgah, Benajhabar, Jajmau and Babupurwa. In Benajhabar, an FIR was lodged against 1,500 people. Similarly, FIR was lodged against 200 to 300 in Jajmau and 30 to 40 people in Babupurwa. Members of Eidgah managing committees are among the accused. Sub-Inspector Brijesh Kumar, who lodged an FIR in Kanpur’s Babupurwa, said it had been decided during a peace committee meeting that prayers would only b...

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Kashmiri political parties condole Prakash Singh Badal’s demise

INDIA, REGIONAL

Parkash Singh Badal was a leader who worked for the country and fought for the truth, and his passing away is a huge jolt, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah said here on Wednesday. The Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch, who straddled the politics of Punjab over seven decades and was chief minister five times, died on Tuesday. He was 95. “The news about Badal’s demise is very unfortunate. He was a tall leader in India. In fact, I will say that there was no leader like him. No one can forget the sacrifices he made for the country,” Farooq Abdullah told PTI. He said there is no leader in the country who is not paying tributes to Badal as “he worked (for the people) and treated everyone equally, irrespective of religion, language”. “He (Badal) worked for the country. T...

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Don’t make sale, purchase or register any vehicle to minors: RTO

REGIONAL

Authorities in the Regional Transport office here on Friday asked all the registered dealers, officers, officials of the Motor Vehicle Department and insurance agencies not to make any sale, purchase or register any vehicle involving a minor. A circular, issued by the Office of the Regional Transport Officer (RTO), Kashmir, a copy of which lies with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), reads that it has observed that motor vehicle dealers have sold and registered motor vehicles in the name of minors, which amounts to a violation of Section 10 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872. In the circular, it is underlined that under the Indian Contract Act, 1872, any sale agreement executed with a minor is deemed void abinitio, adding that a registered motor vehicle along with its registe...

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Presentation convent school Rajbagh violates transportation fee orders

EDUCATION

The Government Fee Fixation Committee for Private Schools (FFRC) Friday said that Presentation Convent Higher Secondary School Rajbagh was violating its orders by charging excessive transportation fee from the the students. In this regard, the Chairperson of the committee, Justice (Retd) Sunil Hali has given one last opportunity to the school to appear before FFRC to explain their position by or before May-02. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Hali in an communique to the school has said that in pursuance to the complaint filed by the parent, notices were issued to the School Management. “The main grievance of the complainant was that School was charging Rs 1480 per month from the students as bus fee,” Hali said. It also said that the committee in Octobe...

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15-yr-old girl falls into drain, dies in Shopian

REGIONAL

A 15-year-old girl lost her life after she fell into a drain at Hirpora area of South Kashmir's Shopian district. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a girl from Hirpora was on way to her uncle's house in Bhorihallen when she fell into a drain at Bhorihallen. He said that she was taken to hospital in an unconscious condition and was shifted to District Hospital Shopian where she died. She has been identified as Simran Jan, daughter of Sheraz Ahmad of Hirpora. She was a Class 10th student—(KNO)

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Sopore police busted gang of burglars, stolen property worth lacs recovered

REGIONAL

Police Post Warpora received an application from one Wajhatul Islam Botingoo Sopore alleging therein that during the intervening night of 10/11 April 2023, some unknown burglars have entered his sports shop situated at Kadlabal Botingoo, and have stolen Sports items worth lacs. Upon this, case FIR No. 61/2023 U/S 457, 380 IPC was registered in PS Sopore and an investigation was taken up. During the investigation manhunt was launched to nab the culprits, various places were raided and suspects were taken to custody. During sustainable interrogation three persons namely: 01.Shoib Bhat. 02. Rameez Ahmad Rather. 03. Nayeem Ahmad Najar all the residents of Usmanabad Warpora Sopore confessed the commission of crime and on their disclosure stolen property (Sports items including Cr...

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‘Tip of iceberg’: Human trafficking increased by nearly 16 per cent in J-K

REGIONAL

The National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma on Thursday said human trafficking increased by 15.56 percent in Jammu Kashmir last year as compared to the 2021-22 financial year but it is “just the tip of an iceberg”. “In the last few years, we have seen in Kashmir also that women are getting targeted. The NCRB data shows that it has increased 15.56 per cent last year compared to 2021-22. And this is just the tip of the iceberg because the data does not give the true picture,” Sharma told PTI, ahead of the anti-human trafficking workshop organised by the NCW. Sharma said the purpose of holding the workshop in Kashmir was to make people aware of the menace of human trafficking. “We must now work to save our daughters and our children. This is the main purpose of ...