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No Ceasefire Violation, Zero Infiltration After Ceasefire Agreement, Says DGP Dilbagh Singh

No Ceasefire Violation, Zero Infiltration After Ceasefire Agreement, Says DGP Dilbagh Singh

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Jammu and Kashmir police chief Dilbagh Singh Saturday said that so far there has been “zero infiltration” on the LoC across the UT while there is no fresh ceasefire violation after the recent peace agreement between Indo-Pak officials. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the inauguration of Under -19 T20 Zonal level cricket tournament at SK Cricket Stadium Srinagar, the DGP Singh said that so far there is zero infiltration on the “LoC in both Kashmir and Jammu region.” “I would love to see zero infiltration throughout the year 2021. Year 2020 was best and I hope to see 2021 more better than the previous year,” the J&K police chief said as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), while replying to queries of media men. He said that drugs is “a fresh gift” being sent from ...
‘Kidnapped in October, Raped her Repeatedly Since’- 4 Ganderbal Men Booked for Raping Rajouri Woman

‘Kidnapped in October, Raped her Repeatedly Since’- 4 Ganderbal Men Booked for Raping Rajouri Woman

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Mubashir Naik The Jammu Kashmir Police have arrested four persons for allegedly kidnapping and raping a woman from her home in the Rajouri district of Jammu Kashmir. Officials told The Kashmiriyat said that a woman (name withheld) was kidnapped from her native in the Barnara area in Tehsil Sunderbani of District Rajouri in missing in October last year after which a missing report was lodged by her family members. The Police launched an Investigation and started a massive manhunt to trace the girl. The official told The Kashmiriyat that the woman was traced a few days ago and she in her statement said that four men from the Kangan area of Ganderbal kidnapped and repeatedly raped her for several months. A case under FIR number 27/2021 under sections 366, 376-D, 342, 34 IPC has...
‘Wait for Others to Come’- Muslim Man Thrashed After Entering Temple Premises in UP

‘Wait for Others to Come’- Muslim Man Thrashed After Entering Temple Premises in UP

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Days after a Muslim teenaged boy was thrashed in a Ghaziabad temple for trying to drink water from a temple, another such incident has been reported from the Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh. In this fresh incident, an 18-year-old boy Muslim man has said that he was thrashed at a temple in Etawah after the accused asked about his faith. The Uttar Pradesh police have arrested two persons in connection with the incident that allegedly took place at Pitambara Mata Mandir, according to a report in Indian Express. The two accused have been identified as Shailendra Singh Verma (44) and Akhil Verma (40). Identified as Danish, his video has gone viral on social media. In the video, the man claimed he was first asked about his community by the accused and then beaten up. Danish works as...
Shiv Sena Accuses BJP for Misleading Investigation of Explosive Laden Car Outside Mukesh Ambani’s Residence

Shiv Sena Accuses BJP for Misleading Investigation of Explosive Laden Car Outside Mukesh Ambani’s Residence

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  On Friday, Shiv Sena criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party for transferring the investigation of explosive-laden car found outside Mukesh Ambani’s residence to the National Investigation Agency. In an editorial, Saamana, Shiv Sena said that a vehicle containing 20 gelatin sticks was found on Mumbai's Carmichael Road, which has triggered blasts in the state politics and administration in the last few days. Param Bir Singh was removed as Mumbai police commissioner and senior officer Hemant Nagrale was appointed at his place. These are not routine transfers. The explosive-laden car found near Ambani's house and the suspicious death of Mansukh Hiran, who was in possession of the vehicle, are worrisome. The opposition BJP has raised some questions over it, but while the state An...
Waseem Rezvi Refuses to Back Down from his Disrespectful Comments

Waseem Rezvi Refuses to Back Down from his Disrespectful Comments

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Waseem Rizvi has refused to back down from his comments in which he petitioned the Supreme court to remove 26 verses from the holy Quran. He, in an interview with Aaj Tak, said, "I will not back down from the comments in which I sought the removal of 26 verses from the holy Quran, it is my constitutional right to petition the supreme court and nobody can snatch it from me." Rezvi in the interview said that the 26 verses he is seeking removal of have allegedly produced 'terrorists' like Mullah Umar and Osama Bin Laden. "I reiterate my demand for the removal of the earlier mentioned 26 verses from the Quran" Rezvi has said.buy udenafil online https://www.lifefoodstorage.store/wp-content/themes/astra/languages/en/udenafil.html no prescription Prominent Muslim clerics in Kashmir and ...
Supreme Court to Hear the Plea of Rohingya Refugees Detained in Jammu

Supreme Court to Hear the Plea of Rohingya Refugees Detained in Jammu

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  On Thursday, Supreme Court agreed to hear a plea to release and protect over 150 Rohingya refugees who were detained in Jammu. Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde agreed to hear the application filed by a member of the Rohingya community, Mohammad Salimullah, represented by advocates Prashant Bhushan and Cheryl D’Souza, on April 25. Salimullah, who is a petitioner in the Supreme Court against the deportment of Rohingyas, said that his application was based on reports in media outlets that Rohingya members had been detained in a sub-jail in Jammu. The application said, this follows the Union Minister Jitendra Singh’s statements two months ago that the Rohingya refugees would not be able to secure citizenship. The refugees have been illegally detained and jailed in the Jammu s...
Minor Girl Gangraped by 16 People in Jhalwar, Rajasthan – 4 Minors and 12 Others Arrested

Minor Girl Gangraped by 16 People in Jhalwar, Rajasthan – 4 Minors and 12 Others Arrested

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  On Tuesday, sixteen people and four minors were detained in Rajasthan for allegedly gangraping a 15-year-old girl for over nine days earlier this month. The BJP slammed the Congress government in Rajasthan over the issue, saying that the law and order situation in the state has completely failed. The police said that two people including a woman took the minor girl from Kota to Jhalawar district on February 25 on saying she will buy her a bag, where 3-4 more people joined them and the girl was gangraped. The Kota rural police said that according to the girl’s complaint, till March 5, she was raped by several people on different days at various places of Jhalawar district of Rajasthan. The police statement said that an FIR under various sections of the IPC including gangr...
Satya Pal Malik, Governor of Meghalya Stands With Farmers Amid Strife with BJP

Satya Pal Malik, Governor of Meghalya Stands With Farmers Amid Strife with BJP

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  On Wednesday, Meghalaya Governor, Satya Pal Malik backed the farmer’s protests against three agricultural laws and criticized the BJP government in a series of provocative comments. He also predicted loss of support for BJP in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana because of the four month long agitation of farmers on the Delhi’s borders. In an interview with NDTV he said, If a dog dies, it is condoled, but when 250 farmers died, no one expressed condolences”. He claimed that he has spoken to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah on the ongoing farmer's protest. He remarked that the farmers should not be sent back empty-handed, the government should response to their demands and open talks with them. He said that he will speak for the farmers even...
“Azaan Disturbs My Sleep” – Allahabad University VC Seeks Ban on Loud Speakers

“Azaan Disturbs My Sleep” – Allahabad University VC Seeks Ban on Loud Speakers

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  On March 3, The Vice Chancellor of Allahabad University, Professor Sangita Srivastava wrote a letter to district authorities to ban the use of loudspeakers in Lal Masjid in the civil line area of Prayagraj. The letter came into light this week when it was widely circulated on various social media platforms. Sangita Srivastava wrote and alleged that her sleep is disturbed by the loud Azaan performed at a nearby masjid. “Everyday at about 5.30 am, my sleep is disturbed due to loud Azaan done on the loudspeaker in the masjid. The sleep disturbed does not resume even after trying very hard. This also results in a headache throughout the day, causing losses in work hours," the letter read. She further cited a last year’s Allahabad High Court order where the court said no reli...
“Clear Stand on CAA” – Assam Student’s Body Asks Parties Ahead of Assam Assembly Elections

“Clear Stand on CAA” – Assam Student’s Body Asks Parties Ahead of Assam Assembly Elections

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The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) has asked all political parties in the poll-bound State to clear their latest position on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). The students’ body has also decided to take out a two-wheeler rally across the State on March 20 to press for the scrapping of the controversial law and drum up support for its anti-CAA campaign. “The BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) ignored the Assam Accord and prepared a blueprint to destroy Assam by dumping illegal immigrants on the State. Assam’s indigenous people and AASU had and will continue to resist it,” AASU president Dipanka Kumar Nath said. “Five people died in the anti-CAA [protests] but that did not dissuade people from protesting. AASU and the people of Assam have rejected this law and will never accept it,...