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After Spending 4 Years in Jail, Delhi Court Acquits Three Muslims Arrested in Terror-Funding Case

After Spending 4 Years in Jail, Delhi Court Acquits Three Muslims Arrested in Terror-Funding Case

INDIA
A Delhi court on Thursday discharged three Muslims in an alleged terror funding case related to Pakistan-based Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF). It said the materials placed before the court were not sufficient. Mohammed Salman, Mohammed Saleem, Arif Gulam Bashir Dharampuria, and Mohammed Hussain Molani were arrested by the NIA after the Khulafala-e-Rashideen mosque in Uttawar village of Haryana’s Palwal district came under the scanner of the investigative agency three years ago over alleged links with a terror group in funding its construction. The probe agency claimed that Mohammad Salman was in regular touch with a Dubai-based Pakistani national Mohammad Kamran who in turn was connected with Shahid Mahmood, another Pakistani national and Dy. Chief of Falah-I-Insaniat Foundation ...
U.P. Govt. To Rename Faizabad Railway Station As Ayodhya Cantt

U.P. Govt. To Rename Faizabad Railway Station As Ayodhya Cantt

INDIA
On Saturday, a tweet by the office of the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath said that their government has decided to rename the Faizabad railway station. The tweet said that chief minister Yogi took the decision that the railway station will be called the Ayodhya Cantt railway station. It is pertinent to mention that earlier in 2018, the Yogi Adityanath government had renamed Faizabad as Ayodhya. The Yogi-led BJP government in Uttar Pradesh had also changed the name of Allahabad to Prayagraj and Mughalsarai railway junction as Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay junction.buy zovirax online https://www.conci.com/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/inc/new/zovirax.html no prescription
‘Nobody Can Stop The Change In Jammu Kashmir’- Amit Shah Holds Security Review Meeting In Srinagar

‘Nobody Can Stop The Change In Jammu Kashmir’- Amit Shah Holds Security Review Meeting In Srinagar

INDIA, REGIONAL
The union Home Minister Amit Shah reached Srinagar on his three-day visit to Jammu Kashmir as a part of BJP Government’s programme of public outreach. In his address at the Youth Club of Jammu Kashmir, he said that no one can stop the change in Kashmir. Amit Shah met the families of martyr Inspector Parvez Ahmed, after this, Amit Shah held a review meeting of the security situation and participated in the Unified Command Meet. Chiefs of CRPF, BSF, IB and CISF and DGP of Jammu Kashmir also participated in this. At the same time, Amit Shah will also inaugurate the direct flight from Srinagar to Sharjah today. Tight security arrangements have been made in the Kashmir Valley in view of the visit of the Union Home Minister. He said that Kashmir gets a lot of help from the Government...
Was Offered ₹300 Crore Bribe To Clear ‘Ambani’ And ‘RSS Affiliated Man’ Files During My Tenure in JK: Satyapal Malik

Was Offered ₹300 Crore Bribe To Clear ‘Ambani’ And ‘RSS Affiliated Man’ Files During My Tenure in JK: Satyapal Malik

INDIA, REGIONAL
Satya Pal Malik, the former governor of the erstwhile state of Jammu Kashmir has claimed that he was told he would get Rs 300-crore bribe if he cleared two files belonging to “Ambani” and an “RSS-affiliated man” during his tenure, a recent report by PTI suggests. Malik says that he cancelled the deals, and said that PM Modi stood by him on his decision by saying that there was no reason of compromising on corruption. Malik, who currently holds the gubernatorial post in Meghalaya, also supported the ongoing farmer agitation against the Centre’s farm laws and said he is ready to leave his post and stand with them if their protest continues. “After going to Kashmir, two files came to me (for clearance), one belonging to Ambani and another to an RSS-affiliated man who was a minister i...
DC Comics Portray Kashmir as Disputed in Latest Animation ‘Injustice’; Indian Fans Call for Ban

DC Comics Portray Kashmir as Disputed in Latest Animation ‘Injustice’; Indian Fans Call for Ban

INDIA, INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL
The Indian fans of DC Comics are furious at the comic book publisher for portraying Kashmir as a disputed territory in its latest animated film 'Injustice' 2021, which was released on Tuesday (October 19) in India. In a snippet from the film that is being circulated on the social media, Superman and Wonder Woman can be seen destroying Indian military infrastructure. And towards the end, Superman declares the region as an arms-free zone. "In disputed Kashmir, Superman and Wonder Woman destroy every piece of military equipment, declaring it an arms free zone," the voiceover in the video says. The Jammu Kashmir region is claimed by both India and Pakistan. India has maintained that the region is an integral part. Meanwhile, of late, China has been troubling Ladakh's boundaries. Ma...
Madhya Pradesh: Police Lathi Charge At Eid Milad-un-Nabi Procession

Madhya Pradesh: Police Lathi Charge At Eid Milad-un-Nabi Procession

INDIA
On Tuesday, in Dhar city of Madhya Pradesh, the police used batons to disperse people for allegedly violating guidelines and deviating from the permitted route during a procession on the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi, the birthday of Prophet Muhammad. As per a report by PTI, the eyewitnesses claimed that mild force was used to disperse people after a dispute over the route, the police, however, have denied using lathi charge at the gathering. "There was no incident of lathi charge. A route was fixed for the Milad-un-Nabi procession, but some disruptive people got involved and insisted on taking the traditional route for the procession. Such people were forced out and the procession was later taken out peacefully," Aditya Pratap Singh, the Superintendent of Police at Dhar said. An offi...
22 PSA Detainees from Kashmir Shifted to High-Security Prison in Agra

22 PSA Detainees from Kashmir Shifted to High-Security Prison in Agra

INDIA
Twenty two Public safety Act (PSA) detainees from Kashmir Valley were shifted to high-security Agra jail, in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, official sources said. Official sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) that Twenty two detainees have been shifted outside Jammu and Kashmir on Monday by the government of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory by order no PB-V/776 of 2021 dated 16/10/2021. They said all the twenty two detainees were lodged in Central Jail Jammu Kot Bhalwal, District jail Udhampur and district jail Kathua from 2020 to 2021. An order of Home department from civil Secretariat Srinagar reads that “In exercise of the powers conferred under section 10-B of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act 1978, the government hereby directs to remove/shift the 22 detainees who ...
Union MoS for Agriculture, Farmers’ Welfare visits Kathua

Union MoS for Agriculture, Farmers’ Welfare visits Kathua

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The Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Shobha Karandlaje visited Kathua District under Public Outreach Programme of Government of India on Monday. The Minister e-inaugurated various projects of Public Works Departments( R&B) costing Rs 519.50 lacs, laid e-foundation stones of different projects under JJM worth Rs 198.2 lacs. She also inaugurated Pasteurized Compost Unit under Trikuta Mushroom Corridor Project, Burmal coming up at the cost of Rs 46.94 lacs to boost Mushroom Production in the district. The Union minister gave away farming equipment, tractors, thrashers, combined harvesters, laser levelers to farmers besides Ladli Beti passbooks, and adolescent kits to ICDS beneficiaries. The minister said the Union Government under the leadership of Pr...
Home Ministry Should Speak on Civilian Killings in Kashmir: Shiv Sena Leader

Home Ministry Should Speak on Civilian Killings in Kashmir: Shiv Sena Leader

INDIA, Politics, REGIONAL
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday expressed concern over the situation in Jammu Kashmir, where a number of civilians have been killed by terrorists in the past few days. Calling the situation "worrisome", Raut said that migrants are being targeted and demanded a statement from home minister Amit Shah or defence minister Rajnath Singh. "The situation in Jammu Kashmir is worrisome. Bihari migrants, Kashmiri Pandits and Sikhs are being targeted. When it's about Pakistan, you talk of surgical strikes. Then, it should be done for China too. Defence Minister or HM need to tell the nation what's the situation Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh," Raut was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. His statement came a day after two more non-locals were shot dead by militants  in Jammu Kashmir. The inci...
Sagir Ahmed, Killed in Pulwama had Migrated to Kashmir to help his Poor Family

Sagir Ahmed, Killed in Pulwama had Migrated to Kashmir to help his Poor Family

INDIA, REGIONAL
Sagir Ahmed, One of the two civilians shot dead by unknown gunmen in Litter area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday, had shifted to the Kashmir valley about one and a half years ago from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh. He had come to Kashmir to help his family get out of poverty, reported NDTV. Sagir Ahmed was working as a carpenter in Jammu Kashmir. According to the NDTV report, since Sagir moved to Kashmir, he was able to manage a steady income and used to send money back to his family. “He was a carpenter by profession. He was working in Kashmir for one-and-a-halfyears. We spoke to him 3-4 days back. We had asked him about the situation he had assured us that everything was fine. He was planning to visit us,” NDTV quoted Sagir Ahmed’s younger brother, Naseem as havin...