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Oct142021 by News DeskNo Comments

Kashmiri Pandits Peacefully Perform Ramnavmi Puja in Srinagar

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After a delay amid tension, Kashmiri Pandits on Wednesday peacefully performed Ramnavmi puja at Durga Nath temple in Sonwar area of Srinagar. The Manager of the temple, Makhan Lal Koul said that due to the untoward situation in the city for the past two weeks the administration didn't allow the puja earlier. "The puja was supposed to be conducted on 12 October as per the calendar but due to the circumstances, the administration didn't allow it earlier," Koul said. He said that though the puja took place today, presence of devotees are less as compared to the previous year. "Despite all odds, we are happy that the puja has finally taken place," he said. A devotee Ram Pal Kapoor from Orissa said that he and his family come every year from last nine years to perform Ramn...

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Journalists Salman Shah and Suhail Dar Detained in Anantnag for Questioning

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Salman Shah, the editor of The Kashmiriyat's newspaper Kashmir First has been detained in Anantnag, South Kashmir on Tuesday night. Imran Shah, his brother spoke to The Kashmiriyat and said that Salman has been held at a police station in Anantnag, where the Police has said that the journalist has been detained for questioning. "We do not know what sort of a questioning is this that takes the officials three night to initiate questioning," he said, adding, "Salman has said that he has been told nothing as of yet." The Police officials have said that Salman is being questioned. Meanwhile Suhail Dar, another Journalist has been detained for the second time after the Article 370 abrogation. He was arrested in March last year after he ran a video on his Facebook page. He ...

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HC quashes criminal proceedings against Arnab Goswami

INDIA, REGIONAL

High Court of JK and Ladakh Wednesday quashed a criminal complaint filed by PDP senior leader and former minister Naeem Akhtar against the Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV, Arnab Goswami. Scrapping the criminal proceeding against Goswami, a bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar said issuing a process in a criminal complaint against an accused is a serious business and it cannot be done in a casual and mechanical manner, particularly in cases relating to defamation. In 2018, Akhtar had filed a complaint against Goswami and anchors of the programme before Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar, alleging that on 4 July 2018, the news channel broadcast a “defamatory and malicious” news segment against him following a letter written by a member of BhartiyaJanta Party to the Governor. In the letter, ...

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BSF Can Now Seize, Arrest Deep inside Assam, West Bengal, Panjab: MHA; Political Debate Regarding State’s Autonomy Triggered in Panjab

INDIA

The home ministry has extended the area of 50 km-belt in West Bengal, Panjab and Assam, running along the country’s borders, from 15 km earlier, under jurisdiction of Border Security Force (BSF) where its officers have powers of arrest, search and seizure, on par with their counterparts in police. The border area under BSF in Gujarat has reduced to 50km which was earlier 80km, while the area in Rajasthan remains the same at 50km. Same was the case with the five northeastern states of Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, Tripura and Manipur or the Union Territories of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh as no such limit had been prescribed earlier. Section 139 of the Border Security Force Act, 1968, empowers the Centre to notify the area and extent of the border force’s operational mandate, from time t...

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Elderly woman’s body found in Nawakadal Srinagar

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Body of an elderly woman was recovered from Jhelum river near Nawakadal here on Thursday. Officials told GNS that some passersby spotted the body and subsequently informed police. Later, they said, a police team recovered the body. A police official told GNS that identity of the woman is being ascertained.-(GNS)

Oct132021 by News DeskNo Comments

Senior Journalist Majid Hyderi Accuses Forces of Harassment, Says, “I was Detained”

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Prominent Kashmiri Journalist, Majid Hyderi, who has written for various national and international publications said that he was detained and harassed by Forces in Srinagar on Wednesday. Taking to his facebook, the senior Journalist wrote, “I was summoned, questioned, detained and harassed by Jammu and Kashmir Police for no fault of mine on Oct 13, 2021 at CARGO, the detention center in Srinagar used to interrogate militants!" He further wrote, “During questioning by 3 men in civvies the only thing I proudly owned was my very own social media post criticizing step motherly treatment and use of force by Police on mourners of Hazrat Imam Hussain AS and other Martyrs of Karbala during Muharram processions earlier this year.” “You book me for this. You arrest me for this. You hang me...

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First-ever Limb Fitment Camp Organised in Uri.

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Lone Imran In a major attempt to provide relief to the disabled people of bordering town Uri District Administration by Sub Division Administration Uri and 12 Brigade of Indian Army jointly through 2 NGOs, BMVSS-Jaipur foots and Pritam Spiritual Foundation organised a mega limb fitment camp in North Kashmir's Uri. Sub division magistrate Uri Mr Harvindar Singh told The Kashmiriyat that "80 beneficiaries from the different areas of sub Division Uri get benefited. Necessary measurements & shapes obtained have been benefited. Through night, artificial limbs shall be manufactured and tomorrow beneficiaries would be able to walk on their artificial limbs" They are providing artificial limbs for those without lower limbs, calipers & supporting shoes for polio patients, hearing a...

Oct132021 by EditorialNo Comments

We, Journalists in Kashmir, are at our most Vulnerable

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"No story is worth a journalist's life." This is a sentence which is increasingly being used to direct newsrooms all over the world. The editors forbid reporters from reporting certain news and events where there is a substantial risk of reprisal or intimidation. Fearing severe reprisal, various subjects of public importance are blanketed. Journalism is not an easy profession. We all bear witness to the tough road we have walked together as the world witnesses one of its darkest ages. Media organisations have swelled in the last few years. Journalists in many countries face violence and other forms of intimidation, especially when reporting about authoritarian regimes or organized crime. ALSO READ: In Conversation with Suhail Ahmed Dar and Fahad Shah Regarding the Incessant Attack o...

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Former Indian PM Manmohan Singh admitted to AIIMS

INDIA

On Wednesday evening, Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (89) was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi. Reports suggest that Singh had complained of weakness following a fever. "The former PM had a fever on Monday and had recovered from it, but turned weak and is currently on fluids," Times of India quoted a source.

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Sally Rooney won’t allow her book to be Translated into Hebrew in Support of Cultural Boycott of Israel

INTERNATIONAL

On Tuesday, the Irish Bestseller author Sally Rooney (30) released a statement where she said that she will not allow her current book to be translated into Hebrew due to Israel's "system of racial domination and segregation against Palestinians." The statement was issued through her literary representatives, the Wylie Agency. Rooney said that she hoped to eventually find a Hebrew-language translator for "Beautiful World, Where Are You," which came out last month, but will not do so through an Israeli publisher. Rooney's earlier novels, the bestsellers "Normal People" and "Conversations With Friends," were released in Hebrew through Modan Publishing House. "I understand that not everyone will agree with my decision, but I simply do not feel it would be right for me under...