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Recently, incidents of public smoking and drinking triggered anguish and anger across the Kashmir valley. In photos and videos that went viral on Social media, a traveler from India dance-drunk openly on the streets of Srinagar, another photo, clicked by a Kashmiri photographer, Basit Zargar showed a woman puffing Hookah on a snow-covered street in Srinagar, both the incident angered people, as they were seen as an insult to the local culture and the social fabric. https://twitter.com/jazmehraj07/status/1345746806357909505 Though smoking publicly has been banned in many places, such photos is an open 'glorification' of smoking, and must not at all be appreciated. Regardless of where you live on this great, big Earth, chances are you will eventually interact in some way with a culture...

To promote Kashmiri language, a youth from Central Kashmir's Ganderbal district has so far written dozens of folk tales and poems. Asif Tariq Bhat, a resident of Duderhama Ganderbal who is pursuing Honours in Kashmir literature from Amar Singh College, has so far received dozens of appreciation awards for his writing skills. Bhat while talking with news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said he was studying in class 6th, when he heard a poem of Professor Rehman Rahi on Radio which influenced him towards the Kashmiri language. "My 15 books consisting of 60 per cent prose and rest poetry are ready to get published, I want to reach a stage where my writing will have a value so that it can inspire budding youth," Bhat said. Bhat said his interest in Kashmir language forced him to ch...

Social media giant Twitter has locked the official handle of The Kashmir Walla, after the news organization on Friday tweeted a news story from August 2020 about police excesses on Muharram procession in Srinagar. Even after 24 hours of appealing to Twitter Support, the weekly newspaper has received no response so far from the Jack Patrick Dorsey owned company. Right after locking of the handle, Kashmir Walla Editor, Fahad Shah had called on the concerned to check the matter, “The official handle of @tkwmag has been locked because of this news feature we tweeted. @TwitterIndia @TwitterSupport Will this be checked?” Shah had tweeted. He had further said, “The media was an urgent news story of police brutality against unarmed civilians during a religious procession that @tkwmag repo...

The Government Forces have detained around 625 alleged Over Ground Workers of militants during the year 2020. Since 2016, the government forces launched a massive crackdown against OGWs also called as Militant associates to limit the capabilities of Militants to attack and regroup. The OGWs facilitate the movement of public in a particular area, manage logistical support and sometimes are part of the reconnaissance missions as well. Most of the alleged OGWs arrested this year were booked under Arms Act, or the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, ET Reported. Around 12 militants were captured or convinced to surrender at the encounter sites this year. Since 2016, the massive crackdown against OGWs has led to the elimination of top Militant commanders and the forces have bee...

A fresh Western Disturbance will cause moderate rain/snow over Jammu region, Kashmir weather has said. They said that moderate rain showers are expected in Jammu, Katra, Udhampur and other parts while moderate snowfall is expected at Banihal, Bhaderwah, Kishtwar, Patnitop, Jawahar Tunnel and other higher reaches. The impact of this WD(6th of the month) over Kashmir will be less although light to moderate snowfall is likely at few/many places in south Kashmir on 27th night. Few places in Central and North Kashmir may also see light snowfall(chance 35 – 50%). 28th Dec Day: Cloudy and dry weather will prevail. However, Scattered activities of rain and snow will continue till the 29th afternoon with 30 – 50% chances of light snowfall on 28th night at few places. After the passage o...

As many as one hundred political activists, workers and Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of militants will face detained under preventive measures or under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in the coming days, as per a report published by Daily Excelsior. The Excelsior reported that the never arrest spree is being conducted by the local administration to prevent the “breach of peace". Pertinently, various leaders of the People's Democratic Party including Nayeem Akhtar, Peer Mansoor and Sartaj Madani have been detained earlier this week. National Conference leaders including Hilal Ahmad Lone son of Member Parliament and NC leader Mohammad Akbar Lone has also been arrested from Naidkhai area of Bandipora district. The report quoted a senior official as having said that these leaders are un...

Sajad Hameed Amidst the shivering cold, as winter approached the Kashmir valley, thousands of tourists are reaching the Kashmir valley to take a view of the breathtaking picturesque view of snowy mountains and hill stations including Gulmarg, Sonmarg and Pahalgam. The mood is quite festive and the hotels are booked as many more tourists are arriving to the Kashmir valley in the coming days and the local administration is taking all preventive measures to ensure no covid positive enters the Kashmir valley.buy cytotec online https://www.facebeautyscience.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/inc/new/cytotec.html no prescription "Kashmir is a wonderful place, we have been here many times on new year, we love to come here on new years, this place has so much of fun to offer, trust ...

The army Thursday said that the process of summary of evidence has been completed with regard to the July 18 Amshipora, Shopian fake encounter in which three labourers were killed and that the concerned authorities along with legal advisors are examining the same for further proceedings. In a statement the Defence Spokesman in Srinagar Colonel Rajesh Kalia said: “The process of recording the summary of evidence has been completed. The same is being examined by the concerned authorities in consultation with legal advisors for proceeding further.” Colonel Kalia said that the army is committed to the ethical conduct of operations. “Further details will be shared in a manner so as not to prejudice the proceedings under army law,” he said. On July 18, this year, three labourers were k...

Two Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militants including a 22-year-old ace footballer from Sopore area were killed in an fierce gun battle at Wanigam Payeen village of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday A police official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), acting on a tip off, joint teams of police, army’s 29 RR and the 176Bn CRPF cordoned Wanigam Payeen village in the morning hours and launched an extensive search operations. “During the searches, a spot was zeroed on where militants were hiding. When forces reached close to the spot, the hiding militants opened fire triggering an encounter,” he said. However, the hiding militants tried to change location and there was a lull for a few hours after which a contact was again established. “In the ensuing gunfight, two mili...

The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration has won or is leading in 110-plus seats out of the total 280 in the first-ever District Development Councils (DDC) elections held in Jammu Kashmir. On the other hand, the Bhartiya Janta party has won or is leading on 75 DDC seats. It is sweeping the Hindu-dominated districts — Jammu, Udhampur, Kathua and Samba — in the Jammu Division, leading in 49 out 56 DDC seats. As there is no clear-cut majority in the five councils, the result of 276 District Development Council (DDC) seats, out of 280 seats, has been declared so far. Both the BJP and the People’s Alliance have termed the poll results as their success. “The overwhelming participation of the people is a clear sign that they believe in democratic procedure rather than bullet and ...