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Jun162021 by News DeskNo Comments

Petrol Prices Touch Hundred Rupee Mark in Kashmir

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Fuel prices have been hiked again across India on Wednesday adding to the miseries of the common people already suffering from rising food prices amidst shrinking income. In Srinagar petrol is being sold at 99.79 rupees at most of the places, while diesel prices have touched almost 91 rupees in the capital city. With this rise, petrol prices have reached near hitting the century-mark all across the country. At several places petrol prices have surpassed the 100-rupee mark, In Bhopal petrol prices on June 16 stood at 104.85 ₹/L. On Wednesday, the oil marketing companies (OMCs) raised the price of petrol and diesel between 12-25 per litre across the four metros. Accordingly, the price of petrol increased by 25 paise per litre to Rs 96.66 per litre and diesel by 13 paise per litre...

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Delhi Police Moves to Supreme Against Bail to Anti- CAA Activists

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Delhi police has moved toward the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court request allowing bail to Asif Iqbal Tanha, Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal in a Delhi Riots case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.buy grifulvin online www.mabvi.org/wp-content/languages/new/grifulvin.html no prescription According to Delhi Police, following the Citizenship Amendement Act, Tanha, Kalita and Narwal, alongside other denounced people, schemed to cause interruption of such a degree and such greatness at the public capital that would prompt sloppiness and aggravation of peace and lawfulness at an extraordinary scale. The High Court, while conceding bail to Kalita and Narwal, seen that the State, in its tension to stifle contradict, obscured the line between the intrinsically...

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Former Minister’s son accused of Rape arrested after 6 Years

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The main accused of gang rape arrested after six years. The case is from Jammu where in 2015, a man named Abid Ghani, along with his friends, raped a girl who was studying in class 7th. Abid Ghani's father's name is Abdul Ghani Vakil, who was a well-known Congress minister who later joined the Peoples Conference. In an FIR lodged at Dumana Police Station on 26 April 2015, it was said by the family members of the girl that Abid Ghani and some of his friends first kidnapped the girl and later raped her at government quarters of Poonch House Talab Tillo, Jammu and After that they dropped her at Patta Bowri Chowk. For six years this man was eluded because of his father's name and high reach. Out finally he was caught on June 4 in Sopore district of Kashmir. A case has been regis...

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“New Quran” of Waseem Rizvi Printed- Copy Sent to PM Modi

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UP Shia Central Waqf Board member and its former chairman, Waseem Rizvi, has printed and self-published the first compilation of what he has calls ‘The Real Quran’. Rizvi said he will send the book to the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) chief. Rizvi’s book has omitted 26 Quranic verses that he claims, were promoting terror. He claimed that these verses were added after the death of Prophet Muhammad. Earlier, the Supreme Court had levied a fine of Rs 50,000 on Rizvi and dismissed his plea, seeking the apex court’s intervention into removing these 26 verses. He has re-filed the petition in the Supreme Court. In a video, Rizvi said, “I have printed the first Real Quran, how it should have been after Prophet Muhammad. I will send this copy to AIMPLB chief to study so h...

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UP Police Files FIR Against Journalists, Twitter for “Spreading Fake News”

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The Uttar Pradesh Police registered an FIR against Twitter, Twitter India, journalists over the video of an elderly man from Uttar Pradesh which has gone viral. The video that surfaced a couple of days earlier initially shared by Alt News founder Mohammed Zubair showed an elderly Muslim Man, Abdul Samad Saifi being assaulted, his beard forcibly cut by men suspected to be from the right-wing men groups, who are close allies to the BJP-Government in Uttar Pradesh. The Police in a continuation of suppressing free and independent voices has accused Alt News co-founder Muhammad Zubair, Congress leaders Maskoor Usmani, Salman Nizami and Shama Mohamed, journalists Saba Naqvi and Rana Ayyub and news publication The Wire of trying to give a "communal spin" to the incident. In its FIR, the ...

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One Day After Election of New Prime Minister, Bombings Restart in Palestine

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The news has come fore from Gaza that Israel has once again started bombing the Palestinian territory. This is the first instance of bombing under the newly elected Israeli PM Bennet, who has been in the office for just 36 hours so far. This also happens to be the first incident of bombing after the ceasefire agreed upon by both. According to the news, the Israeli war planes bombed the western and the southern Gaza territories late this Wednesday. The Israeli warplanes conducted about five raids on Khan Yunis city in Southern Gaza, and five more on Gaza city. Earlier, in the day, the Israeli Settlers had organized a Flag March, also called the 'Jerusalem Flag March'. This annual celebration is a parade organized by the ultra-nationalist settlers, who march through Palestinian a...

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Militant Killed in Srinagar Encounter Identified as Shopian Resident

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Meer Irfan The Militant killed during an encounter at Srinagar's Nowgam area has been identified as a resident of Shopian. An official speaking to The Kashmiriyat confirmed that Uzair Ahmed Dar son of Mohammed Ashraf Dar who is a resident of Melhora area in Shopian has been killed in the encounter. Back in January, when Uzair went missing his family had filed a mising report at Zainapora Police station in Shopian under the DD number 05 dated 2 January, 2021. Missing since January, 2021, Uzair had joined Militancy and had was categorised as a C grade Militant, the official said. Early morning on Wednesday, the forces jointly conducted an operation in the Nowgam area of Srinagar in which Uzair was shot dead.

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1 Militant Killed in Srinagar Encounter

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One militant has been killed in an ongoing gunfight that broke out between the militants and security forces late Tuesday night at Naugam area in Srinagar outskirts, police said here. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that an encounter broke out between militants and security forces in Wagoora locality of Naugam. He said that a joint team of Police, Army and CRPF launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) on specific information about the presence of militants in the area. He said as the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them, which was retaliated, thus triggering an encounter. The official said that one militant has been killed in the ongoing gunfight while the operation is on in the area. ...

Jun152021 by News DeskNo Comments

Another youth from South Kashmir Goes Missing- Family Appeals to Return Home

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Meer Irfan A Youth from south Kashmir’s Shopain has gone missing from his home in the Shopain district of South Kashmir. Family members of 19-year-old missing youth speaking to The Kashmiriyat urged their son to return home. Youth, identified as Irfan Ahmed Lone, son of Mushtaq Ahmed Lone, resident of Chak-awnera Shopain Zainapora area village in Shopain district is missing for the past three days. His father is a farmer by profession, and his mother is a housewife. He has two brothers, namely Aqib Lone and Faizan Lone. Aqib Lone is a B.a final year student, while Irfan himself was a matriculate. His family members told The Kashmiriyat, “He usually would wake up at 10 a.m and after having his breakfast he would go out and come back after some time. He usually would have his ...

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Presence of wild animals triggers panic in South Kashmir parts: Wildlife Department issues advisory

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The presence of wild animals have triggered panic in different areas of South Kashmir forcing wildlife department to issue an advisory asking people to cooperate with the department. Locals from Heff Shirmal area of Shopian district told that a leopard was spotted in the area which triggered panic in many villages. Similarly, locals from Safanagri, Shopian also said that footprints of a leopard were found in the area which has triggered panic in the area with people not able to go to their respective fields. Complaints also poured in from people of Jangalnad in Awantipora area of Pulwama that a leopard was found roaming in the area. Wildlife officials also received a call that a leopard is roaming in the Zahidbagh Litter area and rumors triggered panic in the area after which the ...