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Agra Lawyers Refuse to Represent Kashmiri Trio Held Under Sedition Charges

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Lawyers in Agra court of Uttar Pradesh after assaulting Kashmiri Engineering students held under sedition charges have refused to represent the Kashmiri trio held for sedition. “We will not provide any legal help to those who are involved in anti-national activity or anti-social activity,” Nitin Verma, President of the Young Lawyers’ Association, Agra, told PTI. Arshid Yousuf, Inayat Altaf Sheikh, and Showkat Ahmed Ganie, students of the Raja Balwant Singh Engineering College (RBSEC) in Agra, were arrested after an FIR was lodged against them at the Jagdishpura police station. The trio has been accused of raising pro-Pakistan slogans and putting up social media posts in support of Pakistan after Pakistan beat India in their first encounter in the T20 World cup of 2021. The stud...

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European Union Will not Recognise Settlements in Palestine

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The EU reiterated its call for Israel to halt its plans to expand settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories on Friday, warning that any new changes to the pre-1967 borders that are not agreed upon by the parties will be rejected by the bloc. “Settlements are illegal under international law and constitute a major obstacle to the achievement of the two-state solution and a just, lasting and comprehensive peace between the parties,” according to a statement from the office of EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell. Underlining that the EU strongly rejects the expansion of settlements, the statement said the union will not recognize any changes to the pre-1967 borders, including those pertaining to Jerusalem, that are not agreed upon by the parties.buy viagra professional online...

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PDP Stages Protest Against Detention Of Kashmiri Students In UP

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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Saturday held a protest in Srinagar, demanding the release of Kashmiri students who were detained in Uttar Pradesh (UP) for celebrating Pakistan’s cricket team victory over India in T20 World Cup 2021. Talking to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) PDP youth coordinator Najumus Saqib said that Jammu and Kashmir is under a threatening environment and instead of making relations with Kashmiri youth cordial, “youth who are going out of state for studying are being detained for a celebration.” “As per the statement of Prime Minister Dil ki Doori and Delhi ki Doori, is this way to go for it by detaining Kashmiri youth,” Saqib said. “As per administration, Jammu and Kashmir is under a peaceful environment, so why can’t we feel that peace anywhere. Civi...

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Muslim Bangle Seller Beaten in MP in Jail for Over Two Months- Denied Bail Yet Again

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The Muslim bangle seller in Indore, Taslim Ali, has been in jail for over two months now. After being brutally beaten up by a mob publicly for his religious identity in Indore, he was implicated in an alleged molestation case and charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Since Ali has applied for bail in the Madhya Pradesh High Court, his hearing has been adjourned twice on the request of the government, and once on his own lawyer's request. His bail hearing is now posted for hearing on November 9, increasing his incarceration by ten more days. On August 22, he was thrashed by a mob, with his wares looted. In the video that did the rounds online, one could see that someone was tugging at his shirt and other men were emptying his bag full of bangles he...

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Shabir Shah’s Wife Granted Bail by Delhi Court

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Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah's wife Dr. Bilquis Shah has been granted bail by a Delhi Court, in a money laundering case related to terror financing. Bilquis, who was named in the supplementary charge sheet of Enforcement Directorate (ED), on Friday appeared before the bench of Additional Sessions, Judge Dharmender Rana. While granting the bail, the Court directed her to furnish a bail bond with two surety of 50,000 Rs each. Shabir Shah is presently in Tihar Jail under judicial custody in connection with the case. Earlier, the Court had issued summons against her while taking cognisance on a charge sheet in the case.buy amoxicillin online https://www.conci.com/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/inc/new/amoxicillin.html no prescription Advocates M.S. Khan along with Qausar K...

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JNU Cancels Academic Webinar on Kashmir, Calls it ‘Objectionable’

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The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has cancelled a webinar on Kashmir since the subject was found to be "objectionable and provocative", and the organisers had not sought permission for the event, vice-chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar said on Friday. The Centre For Women's Studies at the university was to host a talk titled "Gendered Resistance and Fresh Challenges in Post-2019 Kashmir". Ather Zia, a political anthropologist, author, poet, and activist was the speaker at the webinar. "The notice of the webinar says 'this talk will draw and build upon the ethnography of gendered resistance to Indian occupation in Kashmir'. This is a highly objectionable and a provocative subject, which questions the sovereignty and territorial integrity of out country," "JNU cannot be a platform to t...

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‘Kashmiris Subjected to Unwarranted Exceptionalism’- NC Aghast over Slashing of Sedition Charges on Kashmiri Students

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The Jammu Kashmir National Conference on Friday expressed dismay over slashing of sedition charges on Kashmiri students in J&K and other parts of the country following the Indo-Pak cricket match during the ongoing T-20 World cup. Calling the slashing of sedition charges on Kashmiri students studying in Jammu Kashmir and Agra on their reported cheering for the neighboring country on its victory in a cricket match ridiculous, Party Spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said the measures reek of utter misuse of the law. “There wasn’t any call of violence or public disorder in the purported videos of the students celebrating the victory. One may agree with them or not. But dragging the entire thing into the political arena is outlandish. Why only Kashmiri students are subjected to such unwarra...

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76 Infrastructures Including Schools, Roads Renamed After Slain Government Force Personnel, ‘Eminent Personalities’

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The Jammu Kashmir administration on Friday named at least 76 infrastructures of government schools, colleges, roads after the ‘martyrs and eminent personalities’. In this regard, an order was issued by the General Administration Department (GAD), a copy of which lies with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). The government said that it has accorde naming of infrastructure or the assets after the "martyrs" or the eminent personalities. According to the order, Boys Higher Secondary School (HSS) Khanabal Anantnag was named as Shri Ravi Jee HSS followed by Tragpora Rohama Panzulla Road, Baramulla was named after HC Shri Mohammad Shafi, Salamabad Dachina Road Baramulla as Shri Manzoor Ahmad Naik, Sultandaki Kamalkote Road Baramulla as Sgct Shri Dost Mohammad, Chankhan Baramull...

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Drug menace leads to protest in Naina, Pulwama

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Residents say, drug peddlers, addicts have made their lives hell The residents of Naina village in Litter hamlet of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday staged a protest against the administration for failing to curb rising drug menace in the area. Locals blocked Sangam-Pulwama road at Naina and raised slogans against drug menace. They said that cases of burglary and theft have increased in the area in which only drug addicts are involved as when they don't have money to purchase drugs, they resort to burglary in order to purchase drugs. They added that every day they are witnessing hundreds of youth and even minors in the area purchase drugs and they have caught dozens and counseled them but the situation is turning from bad to worse with each passing day. Mohammad As...

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Poonch encounter enters day 15, search operation continues to trace militants

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Even after a gap of fifteen days, the manhunt of militants in the dense woods of Nar Khas in Bhata Dhurian village is proving futile with no trace of militants so far. The encounter has been going on in the dense woods of Nar Khas forest area of Bhati Dhar in Mendhar for the last fifteen days. The gunfight started on 14 October in which four army personnel have lost their lives so far. The encounter continued for 15 consecutive days on Thursday with army and police teams jointly conducting the manhunt of militants. However, there seems no headway in the operation as no fresh footprint of militants was found inside forests at the encounter site. "On Friday, there was a complete lull in the area with no fresh gunfire heard from the area," locals told news agency—Kashmir News Observe...