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Nov102021 by News DeskNo Comments

Harassment of Kashmiri students: JKSA prepares list of 20 colleges to be blacklisted

Bhat Yasir Jammu and Kashmir Students Association said that they have prepared a list of 20 colleges where "Kashmiri students are unnecessarily harassed." "We have prepared a list of 20 colleges in the country, where Kashmiri students are unnecessarily harassed, intimidated, and subjected to mental & physical torture whenever there is a political or sports event nationally or internationally," the student body wrote on its official Twitter handle. They added that "All these colleges are from UP, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal, Rajasthan. The students who go to other states of the country do so for serious studies. They have nothing to do with politics." National spokesperson of JKSA Nasir Khuehami, while talking to The Kashmiriyat said, "It's the duty of ...

Nov102021 by News DeskNo Comments

Will boycott trade incase Indian govt. continues restrictions and violence on muslims: Bahraini lawmaker

INDIA, INTERNATIONAL

In a video that's doing rounds on Twitter, Bahraini lawmaker Abdul Razzaq Hattab can be seen criticizing atrocities against muslims in India. Going by the date mentioned in the video itself, it appears that the speech was made on November 2, 2021. Hattab says in his speech that the international trade operations between Bahrain and India exceeded $105 Billion, annually. And in the contrary, "Muslims in India, particularly in Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, suffer from violence abuse and systematic killings" as well as "usage of persecutory practices and restricting of their rights, freedom and religious practices." https://twitter.com/MuslimMirror/status/1458096715752411149?t=Lduoc5DDpe0pZnTC1rsb6w&s=19 Evacuation of muslims from Assam had started since the Bharatiya Janata Party ru...

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Hundreds Throw Cow Dung At Each Other as Diwali Wraps Up In Karnataka Village

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On Saturday, joyful crowds pelted each other with fistfuls of cow manure this weekend as part of one village's local ritual to mark the end of Diwali festival, AFP reported. Similar to Spain's "La Tomatina" -- the eccentric tomato-hurling celebration of the local fruit -- residents of Gumatapura instead fling snowball-sized wads of cow dung. The Gorehabba festival begins with the afternoon collection of "ammunition" from cow-owning homes in the village, which lies on the border of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.buy isotretinoin generic noprescriptionrxbuyonline.com/isotretinoin.html over the counter The manure is brought to the local temple on tractor trolleys, before a priest performs a blessing ritual. After which, the dung is dumped in an open area -- with men and boys wading in ...

Nov72021 by News DeskNo Comments

Mob Lynches Man to Death in Tripura

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On Saturday, a man was beaten to death in Tripura's Kamal Nagar village under the Sonamura sub-division of Sepahijala district, today, on "suspicion of stealing cows," NDTV reported. The report suggests that three suspected cattle smugglers had allegedly entered the state from Bangladesh late on Friday night. And when the trio allegedly entered the house of one Litan Paul to steal cows, the owner caught them in the act with the help of a neighbour. Two young men of the three suspects managed to escape but one couldn't. He was then beaten to death by an angry group of locals, police sources said, as per the NDTV report. Later, the police also found a mobile phone and Bangladesh's currency in his possession. The victim is yet to be identified.

Nov72021 by News DeskNo Comments

Bajrang Dal Goon Threatens Muslim Biryani Shop Owner in Delhi into Shutting Down on Diwali Evening

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A muslim biryani shop owner in Delhi's Sant Nagar area was forced to shut down the shop on Diwali evening after a person claiming to be Naresh Kumar Suryavanshi, a member of Right wing hindu organization Rashtriya Bajrang Dal threatened him by saying that it was a "Hindu area." In a video that has gone viral over Twitter, a man can be heard hurling vile abuses at the staff of this biryani shop. The man can be seen harassing them into shutting down the shop. And while they shut the shop, they are also threatened with fire; "It will catch fire..." the man warns. In the almost three-minute long video, the man first refers to the shop hy saying "is this a Muslim area? Look at them sitting there." https://twitter.com/ShyamMeeraSingh/status/1456656320002621445?t=Ux_cm7msQwn2in5DEXu4Aw&a...

Nov62021 by News DeskNo Comments

Tripura Police Book 102 Twitter Accounts Under UAPA for Posts Against Violence

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Tripura police have invoked the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) against 102 Twitter accounts for allegedly spreading misinformation about the recent violence that took place at Panisagar in North Tripura last month. “Tripura Police have taken up a case against a total of 102 Twitter accounts under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for spreading fake and distorted information related to the recent violence that took place at Panisagar North Tripura,” said Jyotishman Das Choudhary, Public Relation Officer of Tripura Police. He added, “The case which was earlier investigated by police is now transferred to the Crime Branch division of Tripura police. The police have been trying to trace the handlers of the accounts.“ Earlier this month, six persons were arrested by ...

Nov62021 by News DeskNo Comments

No relief in petrol, diesel prices: CPI (M)

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The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Friday said that the cut in central excise duty of Rs 5 per litre of petrol and Rs 10 per litre of diesel announced by the central government is only a token reduction and will provide no relief to the people. “Since central excise alone amounts to Rs. 33 per litre of petrol and Rs. 32 per litre of diesel, this is only a marginal cut and this will not lessen the burden of exorbitant fuel price on the economy and the people. It is only a knee-jerk reaction to the adverse results of the by-elections in some states for the BJP,” CPI (M) said in a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). The statement said that the only way that fuel prices can be maintained at reasonable levels is to effect a substantial ...

Nov52021 by News DeskNo Comments

China taking incremental, tactical actions to press claims at LAC: US

INDIA, INTERNATIONAL

The United States Department of Defence's annual report submitted to the US Congress on military developments involving China mentions the Indo-China tensions along the LAC. The department, in the report submitted on November 3, also refers to the creation of a 100-home Chinese village in Arunachal Pradesh. The report titled 'Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China' highlights that China's military has likely gained real-world operational and tactical experience during the standoff. It notes that negotiations between Beijing and New Delhi are progressing “slowly” to resolve the 18-month military standoff along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh. It says that despite the ongoing diplomatic and military dialogues to reduce border tensions, ...

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India Requests Pakistan to Let Srinagar-Sharjah Flight Use Its Airspace

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India has requested Pakistan to grant overflight clearance to GoFirst airline’s Srinagar-Sharjah flight keeping in mind the larger interest of common people who have booked tickets for the route, government officials said on Thursday. Pakistan on Tuesday did not allow the Srinagar-Sharjah flight to use its airspace, forcing it to take a longer route and fly over Gujarat to reach its destination in the UAE, they mentioned. Go First, previously known as GoAir, had started direct flights between Srinagar and Sharjah from October 23 and the service was inaugurated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his visit to the Valley last month. “Pakistani authorities had granted overflight clearance to GoFirst flights to operate the Srinagar-Sharjah sector on October 23rd, 24th, 26th and 28th,” a...

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Indian military power needs to be expanded: Modi

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Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on Thursday said that Indian military power needs to be expanded and transformed according to the changing needs. Addressing soldiers here at Nowshera Rajouri, he said that “fast changing technology landscape has demanded new changes, that is why it is critical to ensure coordination in the integrated Military leadership.” Modi celebrated Diwali with armed forces in Nowshera district in J&K. He said that spending Diwali with the Armed Forces, for him, is in the same spirit as to celebrate Diwali with his family. He said that is why he has spent all his Diwali with the armed forces at the border after assuming constitutional post. He said he has not come alone but has brought with him with the wishes of the 130 crore Indians. He said to...