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Happiness To Be At Picnic Spot, Turns out to be Mourning

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Two Teenager Cousin Sisters drown in FerozePur Nallah In Drang Tangmarg In a tragic incident, two teenage cousin sisters from Srinagar drowned to death in Ferozepur Nallah in the Drang Tangmarg area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district, while two others accompanying them are being treated at SMHS hospital in Srinagar. Police officials told Asian News Hub that as soon as the message of the drowning of four people in FerozePur Nallah was received, immediately a police team from Tangmarg Police Station went to the spot and launched the rescue operation and all four were rescued in critical condition and immediately shifted to Srinagar hospital for the treatment. While the authorities in SMHS hospital told Asian News Hub that on Arrival two among the four were brought dead, while the...

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Missing since 3 days, body of govt employee found in Anantnag

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A 52-year-old employee of the Jal Shakti department, who was missing, was found in the Harnag area of South Kashmir's Anantnag district on Wednesday evening, officials said. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that some locals spotted the body of the missing employee, identified as Farooq Ahmad Shah son of Ghulam Rasool Shah of Parigam Kulgam, lying at Harnag area of Anantnag and accordingly informed the concerned police station. “Immediately, after receiving the information, a police team of Khanbal Police Post reached the spot and took the body to a nearby hospital for medico-legal formalities,” he said. The official said that the deceased was an employee in the Jal Shakti department and was missing since three days—(KNO)

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Forces Launch Search Operation in Quimoh Area

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The Government Forces on Thursday afternoon launched a massive cordon and search operation (CASO) in the Gofbal area of Quimoh in Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Sources informed The Kashmiriyat a joint team of Army, CRPF, and Search operation group (SOG) of Jammu Kashmir Police conducted searches in the Gofbal area of Quimoh and sealed all entry and exit points of the area. Following inputs about the militant movement, a joint team of Army, SOG of J&K Police and CRPF launched search operations in the area. Meanwhile searches in the area were going on when this report was being filed. Pertinently, days before militants attacked forces party in this town, killing four people including two cops and two civilians.

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ED sends demand notice of Rs 14,40,000 to SAS Geelani

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The Enforcement Directorate has sent a demand notice of over 14 lakh to Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani asking him to deposit the penalty amount, imposed upon him under Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, within 10 days. As per the notice, a copy of which lies with Asian News Hub, the ED said that a penalty of Rs 14,40,000 was imposed upon SAS Geelani on 2019, which he till date has failed to deposit. “Adjudication Order No.ADJ/02/SRZO/2019/AD-NG dated 20.03.2019 passed by Assistant Director, a penalty of Rs. 14,40,000 was imposed upon you under section 13(1) of Foreign Exchnage Management Act, 1999. And whereas, the penalty of Rs. 14,40,000/- has not been deposited by you, till date, as per records of this office,” it reads. It reads that: “Now therefore, you are hereby ...

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Cabinet approves increase in Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief

INDIA

The Cabinet Committee chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today has approved increase the Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to pensioners with effect from 01.07.2021 to 28% representing an increase of 11% over the existing rate of 17% of the Basic Pay/Pension. In view of the unprecedented situation which arose due to the COVID-19 pandemic, three additional instalments of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners, which were due from 01.01.2020, 01.07.2020 and 01.01.2021, had been frozen. Now, the Government has decided to increase the Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to pensioners with effect from 01.07.2021 to 28% representing an increase of 11% over th...

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Bandipora Man Keeps Decades Old Art of Making ‘Grass Sandals’ Alive

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A-110-year old Abdul Samad Ganaie from Kehousa village of North Kashmir's Bandipora district is busy making ‘Grass Sandals’ (Pulharoo) on the front porch of his house, smoking hooka in between. Ganaie, is known in his village for making wonderful wearing Kashmiri traditional Grass Sandals also typically known as “Pulhoor”. The elderly man is committed to revive the age-old art of Kashmir, making sandals out of grass. “I started doing this job at the age 40,” Ganaie told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), at his home. “I make slippers out of soft grass which is kept in water for several days.” Ganaie said that when people of Kashmir were not able to wear foot wear. Before 1960 due to poverty, grass-made slippers were only choice for them. “Now that times have changed and peop...

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Former Israeli Soldiers Call for an End to Settler Colonialism in Palestine: Report

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Around 100 former Israeli soldiers who were stationed in the occupied West Bank have demanded Israel’s defence and internal security ministers to put a stop to the violence by Jewish settlers against Palestinians. According to a report on Israeli Army Radio, the former soldiers, who have just completed their military service, sent a letter to Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Internal Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev about their experiences in the occupied West Bank. Calling for action “against the phenomenon of settler violence,” the former soldiers said the responsibility for countering the violence of Jewish settlers rests with Gantz and Bar-Lev. The violence perpetrated by the Jewish settlers against Palestinians has increased with the implicit support of the Israeli state for ye...

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Hockey Player from Kashmir Dies During Practice in Srinagar

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A young player, who played for the Jammu Kashmir Police hockey team, died on Tuesday during practice in Srinagar's Rajbagh area. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that the players had reached the ground for practice when the team goalkeeper Rupinder Singh (24) complained of pain during the warm-up. After that Rupinder fell on the ground and the fellow players immediately rushed him to the Police Hospital in Srinagar, where doctors declared him brought dead. Rupinder's father, a resident of Singhpora village in North Kashmir's Baramulla district, was also in the Jammu Kashmir Police, he died on-duty two years ago. Rupinder was appointed as a follower under the SRO and used to play for the hockey team of the police and recently became a constable.

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Sub Health Centre in Shopian Functions From a Single Room

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The sub health centre in Manloo village of South Kashmir's Shopian district which caters dozens of villages with over 5000 population runs from a single room. The centre has been functioning from a single room for the last three decades now as authorities have failed to complete the new building for the last 11 years. “How can the centre function normally when for the whole ward, store, dressing and immunization purposes there is just a single room,” locals said. Locals said the room in which the centre is functioning is the second storey of the shop which is very small and they are unable to work properly. Locals said that their pleas to the authorities to complete the under construction building have gone unheard till date. “Even as we have provided the land for the const...

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Re-registration of Non JK Registered Vehicles: High Court Seeks Response From Government Within One Month

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The Jammu Kashmir High Court on Monday issued notice to the Transport Department and other respondent authorities in a petition challenging imposition of 9 percent token tax from the owners of vehicles registered outside the UT of Jammu Kashmir who have now applied for assignment of new registration mark in Jammu Kashmir. Division bench court of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Sanjay Dhar issued the notice, observing that the statement of facts, filed by the Transport Department, do not reveal the provision under which the department can realize tax again on a motor vehicle on which a life time tax has already been paid in a different state. The Court in its orders had also referred to the previous Judgement of a High Court Division bench passed on 29 April which said that wh...