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Huge Quantity of Illegal Beacon Cement Seized in Central Kashmir By Police

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Rayees Shah Police on Tuesday seized a huge quantity of illegal Beacon Cement here in the Fraw area of Gund in central Kashmir's Ganderbal District. Police Officials told The Kashmiriyat that on a specific information Gund police along with SHO police station Gund Abdul Rashid under the supervision of SDPO Kangan, Syed Yasir Qadri raided Fraw Gund and Seized around 250 Bags of Cement Bags of Beacon who was going to be sold in the market. Sources said that the operation was carried out during the intervening night of Monday and Saturday SDPO Kangan, Sayed Yasir Qadri said that the investigation has been started and anyone found involved in the case will be dealt as per law. More details are awaited.

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Reporters Without Borders Identifies PM Modi as ‘Predator of Press Freedom’

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The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi a has been identified as a 'Predator of Press Freedom' since taking the office in 26 May 2014, RSF (Reporters without borders) said in its report. In its report, RSF said, After becoming Gujarat’s chief minister in 2001, he used this western state as a laboratory for the news and information control methods he deployed after being elected as India’s Prime minister in 2014. His leading weapon is to flood the mainstream media with speeches and information tending to legitimise his national-populist ideology. To this end, he has developed close ties with billionaire businessmen who own vast media empires. This insidious strategy works in two ways. On the one hand, by visibly ingratiating himself with the owners of leading media outlets, their j...

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5,13,370 rupees Fined from People for Violating Covid Norms

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In order to ensure strict adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday claimed to have arrested four persons and fined a total of 4011 people across the Valley for violating the Covid guidelines in the last 24 hours. A police spokesman said that over Rs five lakh have been realized from the norm violators. “During the last 24 hours, Police have arrested four persons, lodged one FIR and also realized fine to the tune of Rs 5,13,370 from 4011 people throughout the Kashmir valley for violating the various guidelines, rules, and SOPs regarding Covid-19,” a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reads. Besides, nine vehicles were also seized in Shopian for violating Covid norms, police said. “The special drive against...

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Unending Probes and Enquiries Fail to Deliver in Kashmir

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Imran Boniyari On 12 May 2021, a heinous case was reported in North Kashmir's Baramulla town when video showing the use of force by Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Baramulla during coronavirus lockdown has gone viral. The officer can be seen beating the men and women with a stick. The ADC in the video was seen walking on the streets of Baramulla district along with his staff, mostly sticks in their hands. He was seen beating the people without enquiring anything from them. The video also showed the officer entering a butchers shop and beating him with a stick. Government has claimed that the strict action will be taken if found guilty but in reality nobody knows the actual status of the enquiry initiated against him and what was the result of the same. In November 2020, a ...

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62 Year Old Muslim Man Attacked in Noida By 3 Hindu Youth

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On Sunday morning, a 62-year-old man, Kazim Ahmed was attacked by three Hindu youth in Noida Sector 37 in the National Capital Region leaving him half dead. As per a latest report by Maktoob Media, Kazim Ahmed, resident of Zakir Nagar in Delhi said that he was brutally beaten, harassed and attacked by the group while on his way to Aligarh to attend a relative's wedding. The attackers targeted him for his identity as a visible Muslim and also raised anti-Muslim slurs against him, Kazim said. "When I was waiting at Noida Sector-37 to get a bus for Aligarh, some people in a white car standing at a distance called me towards them, when I went there they dragged me inside the car, rolled up the windows and started beating me before I could ask or say anything," he said. The elderly ...

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Driver Killed As Truck Collides Head-on With Alto car in Bijbehera

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A driver was killed after two vehicles collided head-on at Jablipora area of Bijbehera in South Kashmir's Anantnag district on Monday afternoon. An official told the news agency that a truck collided head-on with an Alto car at new bypass near Jablipora area, resulting in serious injuries to Alto driver identified as Riyaz Ahmad Wani, son of Shaban Wani, resident of Lethpora area of Pulwama. He said that Riyaz was immediately rushed to SDH Bijbehera for treatment, where doctors declared him dead on arrival—(KNO)

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Bank Robbery Attempt Foiled in Dooru, Two Arrested

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Waris Shah Thieves on the intervening nights of 04 and 05 July, made an unsuccessful attempt to rob two banks in Dooru Hamlet of South Kashmir's Anantnag district. Officials told The Kashmiriyat that during the intervening night, burglars had first made an unsuccessful attempt to rob Jammu Kashmir Bank Chenigund Dooru area of Anantnag. They had managed to break the wall of the bank but failed to break the inner locker of the bank in which money was kept. After failing there, they had managed to steal some castles in the area and later they tried to rob State bank Verinag, Sources told The Kashmiriyat. While they were trying to break the wall of the State Bank Verinag, police team headed by SHO Verinag, Tajamul Hussain reached to the spot and arrested one person along with hi...

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Taliban Captures 13 More Districts in Last 24 Hours

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The Taliban now control roughly a third of all 421 districts and district centres in Afghanistan. The Taliban’s march through Northern Afghanistan gained momentum overnight with the capture of several districts from fleeing Afghan forces, several hundred of whom fled across the border into Tajikistan, officials said Sunday. More than 300 Afghan military personnel crossed from Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province as Taliban fighters advanced toward the border, Tajikistan’s State Committee for National Security said in a statement. The Afghan troops crossed over at about 6:30 p.m. local time Saturday “Guided by the principles of humanism and good neighbourliness,” the Tajik authorities allowed the retreating Afghan National Defense and Security Forces to cross into Tajikistan, said the...

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Agitated Srinagar Residents Demand Closure of Liquor Shops

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Firdous Qadri Several people from Dalgate and Sonwara areas of Srinagar city Monday staged a peaceful protest demanding closure of all liquor shops on the tourist hub Boulevard Road and Sonwar. The protesting youth were carrying placards seeking an end to drugs and wine shops in Kashmir. The placards read: ‘We Won’t Allow Outsiders To Disturb Peace’, Close Down Liquor Shops.’ The protesters who assembled at Press Enclave Srinagar said Government wants to make the abode of saints a liquor hub by granting licenses for sale of liquor. One of the protesters told The Kashmiriyat that drunkards have created nuisance in Dalgate and Sonwar areas. “We appeal to the government to think about the future of Kashmir and Kashmiri people. You are claiming to wage a war against drugs but allow...

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What is Happening to Me is Not Something Unique, Happening to Me Alone. It is the Broader Process that is Taking Place all Over the Country : Stan Swamy, Before Arrest Last Year

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Before he was arrested on 8 October, last year, Stan Swamy had said in a video, "What is happening to me is not something unique, happening to me alone. It is the broader process that is taking place all over the country." He expressed that all those who showed dissent against the rule were put in jail. "We are all aware of, how prominent intellectuals, lawyers, writers, poets, activists, students leaders, they are all put into jail because they have expressed their dissent, raised questions about the ruling powers of India," he said. He said that he was happy that he was a part of the process. "So we are part of the process. In a way, I am happy to be part of process because I am not a silent spectator.buy strattera online https://nouvita.co.uk/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/inc/n...