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‘Disturbance Cannot be UAPA Offence’- Gauhati HC upholds Akhil Gogoi’s Bail

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The Gauhati High Court upheld the bail order of activist Akhil Gogoi by a Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court in relation to his alleged role in violent protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Assam in 2019.buy silvitra online https://pavg.net/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/fonts/new/silvitra.html no prescription Dismissing an appeal by NIA, a High Court Bench comprising Justices Suman Shyam and Mir Alfaz Ali said a person may be booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) only if his crime is an act of terrorism and reflects the intent to threaten India’s sovereignty, integrity and unity sufficiently. Unlawful act of any other nature, including acts [of] arson and violence aimed at creating civil disturbance and law and order problems, w...

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CRPF Man Dies after Falling from a Two-Storey Building in Shopian

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Meer Irfan A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper died when he fell down from a two-storey building in South Kashmir's Shopian district. An official told The Kashmiriyat that on Thursday morning a CRPF Assistant Sub Inspector named Shyam Singh of 178 Battalion posted in Reshipora Shopian fell down from a two-storey building and sustained wounds. He was rushed to the Sher e Kashmir institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) in Srinagar for treatment, where the doctors declared him brought dead, the official said.buy sinequan online buy sinequan no prescription He said that the Jammu Kashmir Police has started an an investigation into this matter.

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India, Pakistan Held Secret Talks to Break Kashmir Deadlock

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Top intelligence officials from India and Pakistan met and held secret talks in Dubai in January 2021 to calm the military tension over Kashmir, Reuters quoted sources as saying. In its report, Reuters further claimed that Officials from India's Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) travelled to Dubai for a meeting facilitated by the United Arab Emirates government. The Asian neighbours have had bitter ties after February 2019 when a suicide bomber killed at least 45 Indian military men in Kashmir in 2019 and India later sent warplanes to Pakistan. In August, the same year, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi abrogated the special status of Jammu Kashmir, which provoked outrage in Pakistan and the downgrading of diplomatic ties...

Apr142021 by News DeskNo Comments

14000 Devotees Visit Vaishno Devi on Day One- 48 Test Positive for Covid 19

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Amid a rise in COVID cases in Jammu Kashmir, over 14,000 devotees have arrived in Katra to take part in the yatra to Vaishno Devi Shrine during the Navratri festival out of which 48 devotees have tested positive for Coronavirus. The district administration in Reasi and Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board has ordered strict implementation of the COVID protocols and also fixed the limit at 25,000 pilgrims per day. The Yatra had been suspended last year on March 16 after the outbreak of the pandemic only to resume after a gap of more than five months. The Mata Vaishno Devi shrine board had fixed a cap of 2,000 pilgrims per day. As many as 48 pilgrims from outside JK were found to be positive on day 1 of the festival till 5 pm.

Apr142021 by News DeskNo Comments

India- Pakistan Crisis to Get More Intense: Warns US Intelligence Report

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The United States in its annual Intelligence report has mentioned that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi the crisis between India and Pakistan are to get more intense. The annual threat assessment of the US intelligence community report 2021 is released by the director of the Nation Intelligence. In that report, the US said, "Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is more likely than in the past to respond with military force to perceived or real Pakistani provocations." In its report, the US further added that the heightened tensions between the two countries raise the risk of conflict between the two nuclear-armed neighbors, with violent unrest in Kashmir or a militant attack in India being potential flashpoints. Highlighting tension between nuclear-armed I...

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Yogi Adityanath Tests Positive for Covid 19

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has been tested corona positive on Wednesday. He himself informed about this by taking to the micro-blogging site, Twitter. Yogi Adityanath has isolated himself at home after he was found to be Corona positive. He said that even though the second wave of corona virus infection in Uttar Pradesh is a little faster than before, but we are not going towards a lockdown in Uttar Pradesh.

Apr142021 by News DeskNo Comments

Muslim Man Organizes last Rites of Covid-19 Hindu Victim, After Son Refuses to Take Body

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A Muslim man namely Mohammad Umar along with other persons performed the last rites of an elderly man who succumbed due to the deadly coronavirus at a hospital in Bihar’s Darbhanga town. They took the step after the deceased’s son Abhishek Mishra refused to take his body. Umar said that after his son refused to perform his duty, we came out to perform the last rites of the deceased. With the help of some Hindu persons, we performed his last rites as per Hindu traditions, he added. Umar and others who participated in the last rites have gone into home quarantine until their test reports arrive. Similarly, two Muslim men known as Mukhtar and Babloo performed the last rites of six bodies at a Hindu crematorium in the Malegaon area of Maharashtra.

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Militant Arrested with Three OGWs in Kulgam Kashmir

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Danishwar Hameed Police Wednesday said that it arrested four persons including a militant in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. An official speaking to The Kashmiriyat identified the arrested militant as Zeyan Javaid Dar, a resident of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. He added that on the disclosure of the arrested militant, three of his associates were also nabbed from the district. The trio who all hail from South Kashmir’s Shopian district have been identified as Zahid Nazir, Umer Yousuf and Muzaffar Ahmed.

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Covid 19- 102 Devotees from Kumbh Mela Test Positive

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Several devotees who attended the Kumbh Mela flouting the Covid-19 SOPs and took the holy dip tested positive for covid 19. According to a report by Indian Express, At least 28 lakh devotees turned up for the second holy dip, and of the 18,169 devotees who were tested between Sunday 11.30 pm and Monday 5 pm, as many as 102 people were found positive, The Kumbh Mela is happening at a time when the coronavirus cases in the country are showing a massive upsurge. Thousands of saffron-clad sadhus flouted Covid norms took the Shahi snan (holy dip) in the river Ganga on Monday. The report found that there were also no arrangements in place for the thermal screening of devotees anywhere, and no actions were also being taken against people who were flouting the covid protocols. The dev...

Apr132021 by News DeskNo Comments

Abrogation of Article 370 Unconstitutional and Illegal: Says Congress Leader Saifuddin soz

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The abrogation of provisions of Article 370 was "wrong" and "unconstitutional" and the people of Jammu Kashmir have every right to raise their voice against it, senior Congress leader Saifuddin Soz said on Tuesday. He was reacting to a statement made by Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu last week where he said that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and the country is capable of solving its own problems. On his first Jammu and Kashmir visit since the August 2019 abrogation of Article 370, Naidu had also asked other nations to "confine themselves to their domestic problems" rather than giving unsolicited advice to India. "I think Vice President Venkaiah Naidu will concede our right to say something on Kashmir.Â If that right is granted, then we would like to say that it w...