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Woman dies under mysterious circumstances at her in-laws house in Dooru

SOUTH KASHMIR

A woman died under mysterious conditions at her in-laws house in Koot Kapren area of Dooru in South Kashmiris Anantnag district. Official sources told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a woman identified as Mahjabeena, wife of Rouf Ahmad Shah died under mysterious circumstances at her in laws house. Meanwhile, Station House Officer (SHO) concerned said that investigation has been started in this regard and section 174 has been initiated—(KNO)

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Kathua Rape Case- Convicted Police Officer Gets Bail

REGIONAL

Anand Dutta one of the six convicted in the Kathua rape case of 2018 has been granted bail by Punjab & Haryana High Court, Bar and Bench reported. A Bench of Justices Tejinder Singh Dhindsa and Vinod S Bhardwaj suspended the remaining sentence of Dutta, and ordered that he be released on bail on furnishing personal/ surety bonds. "Prayer made in the instant application is accepted and the remaining sentence of the applicant/appellant-Anand Dutta is suspended during the pendency of the appeal. The applicant/appellant-Anand Dutta is ordered to be released on bail on his furnishing personal/surety bonds to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate concerned," the order said. The case dates back to January 2018 when an 8-year-old girl from the nomadic Bakarwal ...

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‘Could be entering the worst Part of the Pandemic’- Bill Gates says Omicron spreading faster than any Virus

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Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has warned that humanity "could be entering the worst part of the pandemic" as the Omicron variant spreads fast across the globe, stressing that Omicron will "hit home for all of us". In a series of tweets, Gates said that he has cancelled most of his holiday plans as his close friends are increasingly being infected with the Covid-19 virus. "Just when it seemed like life would return to normal, we could be entering the worst part of the pandemic. Omicron will hit home for all of us. Close friends of mine now have it, and I've cancelled most of my holiday plans," Gates tweeted late on Tuesday. The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has already said that "an event cancelled is be...

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Most Places In J&K, Ladakh Record Further Rise In Night Temp; Pahalgam Coldest In Valley At Minus 5.2°C

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Barring Pahalgam and Qazigund, the minimum temperature recorded further rise across J&K and Ladakh amid cloud cover on Wednesday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K recorded a low of minus 1.8°C against last night’s minus 2.8°C. It was after several days that the mercury rose above normal of minus 2.0°C for this time of the year. Kashmir is presently under the 40-day long harshest period of winter, known locally as ‘Chillai Kalan, which started from December 21. It is followed by a 20-day long ‘Chillai Khurd’ and a 10-day-long ‘Chilla Bachha’. The mercury in the world famous resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir's Baramulla district settled at minus 4.0°C against minus 5.0°C on the previous night, the official said. It ...

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Amid Opposition from BJP, Jharkhand Passes Bill Against Mob-Lynching

INDIA

Jharkhand became the third state after West Bengal and Rajasthan to have passed a law against mob lynching.buy cialis soft online https://www.mydentalplace.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwenty/inc/new/cialis-soft.html no prescription The Prevention of Mob Violence and Mob Lynching Bill, 2021 was passed by a voice vote in Jharkhand’s legislative assembly. The legislation was passed amid opposition from BJP MLAs. The bill was tabled in the House by the state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Alamgir Alam. He said its main objective is to provide “effective security” to the people, protect their constitutional rights and prevent mob violence. BJP leader C P Singh, as quoted by PTI, accused the state government of bringing the bill “in a hurry for the appeasement of minorities”. The bi...

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Minimum Wages Act: Hopes of Daily wagers, CEs, NB workers and CLs dying slowly in JK

WRITE-UPS

Bhat Yasir After abrogation of Jammu Kashmir's semi-autonomy and special status granted by Article 370 & 35A, the claims made by government for the welfare of people seem nothing but mere mirage. Hopes of thousands of daily wagers, casual labours and need base contractual workers are slowly dying. Thousands of contractual, daily rated workers and casual labourers working in various departments are demanding implementation of Minimum Wages Act in Jammu Kashmir since years. In August 2019, when Narendra Modi led BJP government abrogated the special status and bifurcated the state into two UTs, high claims were made for the welfare of the employees. Jammu based daily Early Times' December 12 edition's page-one lead said, 'In Delhi daily wagers get Rs 807 per day, in J&K they ...

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Delimitation Report- The 7 districts where delimitation commission proposes to increase seats

FEATURED

The delimitation commission constituted by the Government of India to redraw J&K’s electoral map has proposed to increase one seat each in Kathua, Samba, Udhampur, Doda, Kishtwar and Rajouri districts in the Jammu region and Kupwara in the Kashmir Valley. Sources told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the draft proposal shared by the panel with J&K’s Lok Sabha members’ reveals that the panel has proposed to increase one seat each in Kathua, Samba, Udhampur, Doda, Kishtwar and Rajouri districts in the Jammu region. “The panel has also proposed to increase one seat in Kupwara district,” they said. According to sources, the commission has only shared proposals regarding the district—wise allocation of seats with members of the parliament (MPs) from Jammu & Kash...

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COVID-19: One dies, 104 test positive in J&K

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Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday reported one death and 104 fresh positive cases of COVID-19, thus taking the number of total active cases in the Union Territory to 1,327. With one more death, the death toll in J&K has reached 4,514 and 104 fresh positive cases reported on Tuesday have pushed the tally of positive cases to 340,036. Of the exact number of 334,195 cases, 214,143 are from Kashmir division and 125,893 from Jammu division. Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that among 104 new cases, 78 belong to Kashmir division while as 26 are from Jammu division, adding that the total number of positive cases in Kashmir division have reached to 214,143 including 210,829 recoveries and 2,319 deaths while as total number of positive cases in Jammu division have rea...

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LeT Militant associate arrested in Baramulla, ammunition recovered

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Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested a militant associate of Lashkar-i-Toiba in North Kashmir's Baramulla district. A senior police officer told GNS that a militant associate of LeT was arrested during Naka checking at Kralhar railway station. The officer identified militant associate as Faisal Ahmed Dar son of Mushtaq Ahmed Dar resident of Maldara Shopian. From his possession, 10 rounds of pistol were also recovered and an FIR No 271/2021, U/S 7/25 Arms Act has been registered in Police Station Baramulla in this regard, the officer added.(GNS)

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3 Omicron Cases Confirmed in Jammu

REGIONAL

Three persons have tested positive for the omicron variant of Covid 19 on Tuesday in the Jammu division of Jammu Kashmir, officials said. The National Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), Delhi confirmed that three cases were reported from a cluster in Jammu. Their samples had been taken on 30th November by the NCDC. The Health and Medical Education Department has ordered mass RTPCR testing of entire locality, Details rushing in.