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Fire breaks out in LCMA office at Miskeen Bagh, Srinagar

REGIONAL

A fire broke out in the office complex of Lakes Conservation and Management Authority (LCMA) at Miskeen Bagh area of Srinagar in the wee hours of Thursday here, resulting in partial damage to equipment and official records. Soon after the incident, the teams from the Fire & Emergency Department reached the spot promptly and doused the fire without causing further damage to the office building. As per an official handout issued here, in the fire incident the Correspondence Section/ Establishment Section of Head Office suffered considerable damage and in addition to that Secretary’s Office too suffered damages. Besides, two washrooms and a Photostat room got partially damaged and most of the records inside the room gutted in the fire incident. Meanwhile, an FIR related to the in...

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Seven BSF troopers test positive for Covid-19 in north Kashmir

OTHERS

At least seven troopers of Border Security Force have been found positive for Covid-19 in Handwara town of north Kashmir Kupwara district, official sources said here on Thursday. Official sources told Kashmir News Service (KNS) that 7 BSF Jawans of 57 Battalion located near degree college Handwara have been detected positive for the virus. They said that all the positive patients have been isolated and were being treated as per the Covid-19 protocol. The official also said that all the primary and secondary contacts of these positive patients are being isolated and have been asked to follow Covid-19 protocol to avoid further spread of the virus. (KNS)

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Jammu-Srinagar Highway Reopens, Both Way LMV Traffic Tomorrow If Weather Permits

REGIONAL

Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only surface link connecting Kashmir valley with the outside world, reopened and the traffic would be allowed on either sides provided weather was fair and road conditions were better tomorrow, officials said on Thursday. “Subject to fair weather and better road condition, LMVs (passenger) shall be allowed from both sides on Jammu-Srinagar highway viz Jammu towards Srinagar and vice-versa,” a traffic department official said in a statement to GNS. However he said, commuters are advised not to travel on the highway without confirming the status of road from TCU Jammu/ Ramban and Srinagar in view of inclement weather prediction issued by MeT department. The highway was closed yesterday due to landslides, mudslides and shooting stones at several places alo...

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Jammu Kashmir Police personnel to be equipped with ‘GPS-enabled Bodycams’

REGIONAL

Days after Jammu Kashmir Police was sanctioned American Sig Sauer assault rifles and pistols to carry out anti-militancy operations, the Police personnel will now be seen equipped with bodycams. The GPS-enabled 10-megapixel bodycams are going to be an integral part of their uniform, Dainik Jagran reported. The bodycams will be fully capable of taking photos, video, and voice recording with the camera in all weather, day or night. Apart from personnel posted in police stations, traffic policemen will also be equipped with them to maintain law and order. A state police official was quoted by Dainik Jagran as saying that the process of modernization of Jammu Kashmir Police has been going on continuously for the last few years. The challenges of Jammu Kashmir Police are complete...

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‘Snatched of livelihood by relocation,’ Street vendors stage protest in Kulgam

REGIONAL

Dansihwar Hameed Dozens of street vendors on Thursday staged a protest, raising slogans against the administration and Municipal Council kulgam, for failing to rehabilitate them properly. The vendors were demanding that they be allowed to set up their stalls along roadsides or be provided with a suitable place to carry out their businesses. "They want us to shift to places where nobody comes. it makes no sense at all," a protesting vendor told The Kashmiriyat. He said that they should be allowed to function in the main towns and busy places where they can find customers, else their families would be face starvation. "We earn in the day, feed our families at the evening," he said. The street vendors said that an alternate place was provided a few months ago by the administration...

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Suspicious bag found along Baramulla- Handwara road in Rafiabad

REGIONAL

A suspicious bag was found lying near Sadipura area of Ladoora in Rafiabad along Baramulla-Handwara highway on Thursday afternoon, officials said here. Official sources told Kashmir News Service (KNS) that a bag under suspicious circumstances was found lying near Sadipura area today afternoon, following which traffic movement on the road was stopped. He said that the security forces were checking the contents inside the bag. Meanwhile, a senior police official while confirming the incident said that they were ascertaining about the same. (KNS)

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Srinagar-Leh Highway Closed Till Further Orders Due To Snowfall, Extreme Whether At Zoji-La

REGIONAL

Rayees Shah Srinagar-Leh highway, passing through the Zojila pass, has been closed till further orders. “Due to continuous spell of snowfall and extreme whether at Zoji-la axis resulting in heavy accumulation of snow on the axis, the Srinagar-Leh highway passing through the pass has become unworthy of vehicular movement,” reads an order issued by deputy secretary with divisional commissioner Ladakh. “Therefore, in the interest of general public the Srinagar- Leh highway will close for all kind of civilian vehicular movement till further order with regard to re-opening of Zoji-la (Pass),” the order, a coy of which lies with reads. “The general public & tourists are advised to suspend any travel on Srinagar Leh highway through Zoji-la (Pass) axis with immediate effect.” This ...

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Review decision to declare land in Gulmarg, Sonamarg as “strategic areas”: Tarigami to Govt

Politics, REGIONAL

The Jammu and Kashmir government must review its decision to 'declare' 1034 kanals of land at the famous ski-resort of Gulmarg and 354 kanals in another popular tourist destination Sonmarg as “strategic areas” for the use of armed forces, CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousaf Tarigami said on Thursday. "These are two most popular tourist destinations in the valley, the senior political leader said remarking further there were already a lot of areas with the army for such purposes." Gulmarg and Sonamarg along with Pahalgam are three most popular tourist destinations in the Valley which need to be promoted for tourism purposes, Tarigami said underlining need of the hour is to develop tourism infrastructure in Kashmir which can generate employment for burgeoning numbers of unemployed youths. ...

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Amid Massive Protests, Kazakhstan government resigns over rising fuel prices

INTERNATIONAL

Kazakhstan’s government resigned on Wednesday after continued demonstrators to protest the rising fuel prices and the political hold of former President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Videos throughout the country showed protesters yelling "Old man, go away!,” and gunshots were heard while public buildings were burned in the city of Almaty, Reuters reported. All Cabinet members resigned in response to the outburst. Police were seen using water cannons and stun grenades against demonstrators. The protests were triggered by a spike in fuel prices and the three-decade rule of Nazarbayev, who still has control over his party and is in charge of the Security Council. Current President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was picked by Nazarbayev, Reuters noted. “Calls to attack premises of civilian and mil...

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Targeted on ‘Bulli bai’ for being Muslims: Jamia female students

INDIA

Anti-CAA student activists Aysha Renna, Ladeeda Farzana, and Nidha Parveen, who were targeted by the ‘Bulli Bai’ app, on Tuesday, urged the Supreme Court to take suo motu action against the SulliDeals and BulliBai Apps’ which developed to demonize and belittle Muslim women. The girl activists, who shot to fame during the anti-CAA movement in Jamia Millia Islamia Delhi, said they were targeted “because they were Muslims”. Addressing a press conference in Kerala’s Kozhikode, they said “We strongly demand that the Supreme Court of India must register a Suo motu plea in reference to the continued targeting of Muslim women.” On 1 January 2022, nearly six months after the ‘Sulli Deals,’ in which right-wing Hindus put photographs of more than 80 Muslim women up for sale, asserting anti-Musl...