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Dec262021 by News DeskNo Comments

J&K Reports 124 Covid-19 Cases, 2 Deaths

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Jammu and Kashmir reported 124 fresh covid-19 cases while two persons died due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Sunday. 31 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 93 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 340722. One death each was reported from Jammu division and Kashmir Valley due to the virus during the last 24 hours, they said. So far 4523 persons—2197 in Jammu and 2326 in Kashmir—have died due to the virus, they said. Giving district wise details of the fresh cases, the officials told GNS that Srinagar reported 42 cases, Baramulla 11, Budgam 12, Pulwama 1, Kupwara 10, Anantnag 1, Bandipora 3, Ganderbal 11, Kulgam 2, Shopian 0, Jammu 17, Udhampur 2, Rajouri 3, Doda 3, Kathua 0, Samba 0, Kishtwar 0, Poonch 2, Ramban 4 and Reasi 0. A nu...

Dec262021 by News DeskNo Comments

Acute water scarcity hits Aloosa village, residents suffer

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The residents of Manzpora village of Aloosa Tehsil in north Kashmir's Bandipora district are facing acute shortage of drinking water for three months. While complaining about the issue the residents told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that the authorities in the Jal-Shakti department are pushing them to face hardships in these bone chilling days as they are not receiving regular supply of drinking water. Accusing the concerned officials for ignoring their plights, the residents have demanded immediate redressal of their grievances. The residents said that they are facing immense hardships due to the acute shortage of water supply from the last three months, which is making their life difficult. Ali Mohammad, an elderly local, said that the water which they have been d...

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Second Death Anniversary of Journalist Maqbool Veeray observed in Kashmir

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Sheikh Nadeem Paying rich tributes to the senior journalist on his second death anniversary, various poets, journalists, scholars and socio-political leaders gathered at the event called to commemorate the memory of Maqbool Veeray. Describing the late Maqbool Veeray, the speakers said that the deceased was a thorough gentleman who set the path for new journalists to flourish with enthusiasm and expertise. Remembering his contributions as a writer, poet and fearless journalist, they said Veeray remained at the forefront to highlight public issues through Sharbeen on radio and print media as well. The deceased was also the founder of Sachnews Jammu Kashmir as well. Praying for eternal peace to his soul, the participants said that his departure caused a severe void in the field...

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Haryana: Miscreants vandalise Jesus Christ idol on Christmas night

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A statue of Jesus Christ at the entrance gate of a church in Ambala was allegedly vandalised by some unidentified people, police said on Sunday. The incident occurred on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday at the Holy Redeemer Church in Ambala Cantonment, they said. SHO of Ambala Cantonment police station, Anil Kumar, said police received the information about the vandalism in the morning. Footage from CCTV cameras in the area has been collected and two suspects have been spotted. A case for hurting religious sentiments has been registered and further investigations were underway, he said. Additional Superintendent of Police, Ambala, Pooja Dabla said a team has been constituted to conduct a thorough probe. PTI

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Plea in SC seeks uniform judicial code across India

INDIA

A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the high courts to take appropriate steps to adopt a uniform procedure for case registration and to use common judicial terms, phrases and abbreviations. The plea, filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, has also sought directions to the Law Commission to prepare a report in consultation with the high courts to ensure uniformity in judicial terms, phrases, abbreviations, case registration process and court fee. "The terminology used by different High Courts for different types of cases is not uniform. This non-uniformity causes inconvenience not just to the general public but, in many cases, to the advocates and the authorities as well. "Not just the terms used by them to refer to the same types of cases are differe...

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Kralpora Incident: Bodies of Both Teenagers Retrieved

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Bodies of both the teenage boys fallen into a storage tank in Dardpora Kralpora in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district have been retrieved a few hours into a joint rescue operation launched by locals, police and army at the site. As reported two boys namely Amir Mohuiddin Khawaja son of Ghulam Mohuiddin Khawaja and Faheem Iqbal Khawaja son of Mohammad Iqbal Khawaja – residents of Maidan Pati Dardpora Kralpora (B), had fallen into a storage tank after they apparently went to fetch a cricket ball from the water source. A rescue operation was subsequently launched by locals, later assisted by police and army to retrieve the bodies. After a few hours of hectic efforts amid prevailing inclement weather conditions, the bodies were retrieved in succession. A police official confirming the r...

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Covid vaccination of teenagers to start from January 03 in Jammu Kashmir

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The vaccination campaign will start in Jammu Kashmir on January 3 between the ages of fifteen and eighteen years. In this, close to one million adolescents will be vaccinated. The Health and Family Welfare Department has started the process to collect the data, officials said. Dr. Salim-ur-Rehman, Director General, Family Welfare Department, asked the Chief Health Officers and Deputy Chief Health Officers of all the districts to collect accurate data of adolescents between the ages of fifteen and eighteen so that the vaccination can be done accordingly. According to one estimate, seven percent of the total population of Jammu Kashmir is believed to be between the age of fifteen and eighteen. Mobile teams have been activated while launching a campaign to strictly implement the i...

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Grenade Attack in Pulwama- One Policeman Injured

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A cop was injured in a grenade attack in the main town Pulwama on Sunday afternoon. An official told that suspected militants hurled towards a police party in the main town Pulwama near the post office. He said that in the incident one cop received splinter injuries who was shifted to the hospital for treatment. He added that area has been cordoned off to nab the attackers—(KNO)

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In Kashmir, 21 percent of the militant kin joined militancy; families face isolation: Study

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A recent study by a Kashmiri scholar has made several revelations about the ongoing armed conflict in Jammu Kashmir. A research done by Dr. Asima Hassan from the University of Kashmir's Sociology department reveals that in 21 per cent cases, the second member of the family/extended family joined militancy after the killing of their militant relative. Titled, “Effects of armed conflict on the families of slain members of armed groups in Kashmir: A sociological study” the paper has been published by the Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR), a research journal. The researcher, who claims to have surveyed 100 families of slain militants across Kashmir for the paper, reveals that of these 21 percent, in four cases father and son or two brothers were militant...

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Farooq hints at fighting elections in Jammu Kashmir together with PAGD allies to defeat communal forces

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National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, who is the chairperson of the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), has hinted his party will fight the next assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir together with the constituents of the new coalition to defeat "communal forces". Talking about the situation in Kashmir, Abdullah claimed it is worse than the 90s -- when militancy erupted in Jammu and Kashmir -- because the youth feel they have no place in modern India and have lost faith in the government in Delhi. "...and I am sure when the elections come, we'll sit down together again to defeat the divisive and communal forces," Abdullah, who has been a Union minister and three-time chief minister of the erstwhile state, told PTI here recently. The PAGD is a five-party alli...