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Aug152021 by News DeskNo Comments
Rains Lash Kashmir Valley- Wet Weather to Continue for Next 3-8 Hours

Rains Lash Kashmir Valley- Wet Weather to Continue for Next 3-8 Hours

REGIONAL, UPDATES
Rains in most parts of the Kashmir valley have brought respite from a hot summer, where temperatures surpassed 35 degrees in July. On Sunday morning, heavy showers across the valley are being welcomed by people especially the farmers. The temperatures in the valley dropped down to below 20 degrees. "the weather is likely to improve by Tuesday," officials said on Sunday. Independent Weather monitoring site, Kashmir weather, reported, "Western Disturbance is slowly moving eastwards. Under its influence, rain/thundershowers are expected at most places of Jammu Kashmir during the next 3 - 8hrs. Significant improvement in weather is expected from the evening."
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Kashmir Wears a Deserted Look from North to South on August 15

Kashmir Wears a Deserted Look from North to South on August 15

REGIONAL
The Kashmir valley on Sunday is wearing a deserted look on August 15 on the eve of the 75th independence day celeberations. Shops and other business establishments remained shut in most parts of the valley while as check points and barricades have been erected at the main squares and points from North to South Kashmir. In Srinagar too, Massive security arrangements have been made as people mostly have chose to remain indoors. A massive LED Screen was installed in Srinagar to telecase the live speech of PM Modi from the New Delhi's Red Fort, however there hardly were any spectators from the same, Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat. https://twitter.com/knewstrust/status/1426764922554253313 Meanwhile the administration had directed the Government officials including the teachers...
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Jalalabad Captured Without a Fight- Taliban Wait Outside the Doors of Kabul

Jalalabad Captured Without a Fight- Taliban Wait Outside the Doors of Kabul

INTERNATIONAL
Taliban captured the key eastern Afghanistan city of Jalalabad without a fight on Sunday, leaving the territory controlled by the crumbling government to little more than the capital Kabul. The United States started evacuating its diplomats and was sending more troops to help secure Kabul airport and the embassy after the Taliban's lightning advances brought the Islamist group to the door of the capital in a matter of days. Just last week, a U.S. intelligence estimate said Kabul could hold out for at least three months. "We have a small batch of people leaving now as we speak, a majority of the staff are ready to leave," a U.S. official told Reuters on Sunday. "The embassy continues to function." The fall of Jalalabad gives the insurgents control of a road leading to the Pakistan city ...
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Renowned Gujjar Leader Mian Bashir Ahmed Passes Away at 98

Renowned Gujjar Leader Mian Bashir Ahmed Passes Away at 98

REGIONAL
On Saturday, the 98-year-old renowned Gujjar leader and religious figure, Mian Bashir Ahmed Larvi passed away. Larvi had a wide following across Jammu Kashmir and was born in November 1923, in Baba Nagri Wangath, Kangan in Ganderbal district. His father Hazrat Mian Nizam Din Larvi and his grandfather Baba Jee Sahib Larvi were also renowned religious personalities. He was the son of top Gujjar leader and saint Mian Nizam Din Larvi and father of former Minister and National Conference (NC) leader Mian Altaf Ahmad. Several renowned names from Jammu Kashmir have paid their condolences on his passing away. His family has said that his Nimaz-e-Jinazah (funeral prayers) will be performed, today at Mazar Shrief Baba ji Sahib Larvi located at Baba Nagari Wangat. "Deeply saddened to hear...
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Muzaffar Wani Hoists Tricolour in Tral Higher Secondary School

Muzaffar Wani Hoists Tricolour in Tral Higher Secondary School

REGIONAL
Muzaffar Wani, the father of slain Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani, hoisted the national flag at a school in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district as part of Independence Day celebrations Sunday, officials said. Muzaffar Wani, who is a teacher by profession, unfurled the national flag on the premises of the Government Girls Higher Secondary School in Tral, they said. https://twitter.com/NikhilCh_/status/1426759806593822722 Burhan Wani”s killing in an encounter with security forces in July 2016 in South Kashmir had triggered a massive five-month summer agitation in Kashmir that left over 100 people dead and thousands injured. The administration has directed all departments including the education department to ensure that flag hoisting is held in all offices on 15 August.(...
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Internet, Mobile Services Remain Unaffacted in Kashmir

Internet, Mobile Services Remain Unaffacted in Kashmir

REGIONAL
Internet and mobile services remained unaffected in Jammu Kashmir on Independence Day which is being celebrated in the Valley, officials said Sunday. "There is neither internet shutdown nor #restrictions on the eve of the #IndependenceDay," Inspector General of Police (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar said in a tweet. Mobile and internet services used to be snapped on Independence Day and Republic Day as part of the security measures across the Kashmir valley. Meanwhile the DG of Jammu Kashmir Police Dilbag Singh has greeted the people of Jammu Kashmir on the independence day. In a tweet by Jammu Kashmir Police, the DGp was quoted as saying, " DGP J&K Sh Dilbag Singh has greeted the people of J&K,families of martyrs, Police and other Security forces personnel,their families on the ...
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Grenade lobbed on Government forces at Sanantnagar, 01 CRPF man suffer minor injury

REGIONAL
A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was injured on Saturday after suspected militants hurled a grenade towards Government forces in the Sanantnagar area of  Srinagar district. Confirming the incident a police officer told that militants lobbed a grenade on CRPF in Sanantnagar. In this incident, one trooper of CRPF received minor injuries, who was shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment. Meanwhile, the area has been cordoned off to nab the attackers. (GNS)
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Tricolour Visible from Entire Downtown Srinagar Hosited on Koh e Maaran

Tricolour Visible from Entire Downtown Srinagar Hosited on Koh e Maaran

REGIONAL
The proposed 100-feet-tall massive tricolour has been hoisted on Saturday on the Hari Parbat fort near the shrine of the famous Sufi Saint Makhdoom Sahab in Srinagar. According to reports, the flag is 24 feet x 36 feet, and the construction was undertaken the last month. The flag will be unfurled on Sunday- the 75th Independence Day of India. Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that the flag is visible from the entire downtown area of Srinagar and has been hoisted atop the Afghan fort built in 1808 under the reign of Afghan governor Atta Mohammed Khan. Earlier this month, the historical Ghanta Ghar in the Lal Chowk area of Srinagar was decorated with tri-colour lights. The Indian Army also hoisted a 100-feet tall flag. The administration in Jammu Kashmir has also directed schools...
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India, Pak Armies Exchange Sweets Along LoC On I-Day

India, Pak Armies Exchange Sweets Along LoC On I-Day

INDIA
India and Pakistan armies on Saturday exchanged sweets along the Line of Control in Kupwara and Baramulla district on latter’s Independence Day. “Indian Army as a warm gesture, presented sweets to Pakistan Army at Chilehana Tithwal Crossing Point to extend best wishes to Pakistan on their Independence Day, displaying the will to maintain peace along the Line of Control,” an army officer told GNS. “Over years, India has continuously endeavored to sweeten and strengthen the bilateral relations with Pakistan through goodwill gestures like this one across the spectrum to ensure peace and tranquility in the region.” Post the ceasefire agreement in February this year, he said, there has been a prolonged peace along the Line of Control. “The people have appreciated the efforts of the Indian...
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