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MMU Demands the Release of Mirwaiz Umar

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Members of Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) Jammu Kashmir Wednesday held a meeting at the historic Mirwaiz Manzil Rajouri Kadal, which also included representatives of leading social and educational institutions, as well as members from the trading fraternity regarding the continued house arrest of its chairman and Mirwaiz e Kashmir Molvi Umar Farooq since August 2019. According to a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), all participants expressed concern that due to the continued detention of the Mirwaiz, the pulpits of the largest religious and spiritual center of Jammu Kashmir – Jama Masjid Srinagar – has fallen silent for the last 82 Fridays, which otherwise reverberates with the Dawat-o-Tableegh of Qaal Allah Wa Qaala Rasool (SAW). The participants said...

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‘Greater Coordination required Between the Public and Administration’- Block Diwas Mela Held in Anantnag

ISLAMABAD

An Outreach cum redressal Programme, Subdivision/Block Diwas was held at district headquarters and all subdivisions in Anantnag district of South Kashmir on Tuesday. According to a press release issued to The Kashmiriyat, the District Development Commissioner Anantnag Anshul Garg visited Tehsil Shangus and held a Mega Public Darbar where a large number of local people and their Delegations, Auqaf Committee Members, PRI members and officers of the Line Departments were present. He was accompanied by ACD, ACR, and other concerned district officers. While stressing the importance of transparency in Governance, Garg impressed upon the officers to adequately publicise their schemes, project details, curtailment schedules, etc. He added that this would ensure that the people are informed prop...

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India’s Status has Reduced from Free Country to ‘Partly Free’: Report

INTERNATIONAL

Freedom House in its report Democracy under Siege has said that India's status as a free country has changed to "partly free", according to an annual report on global political rights and liberties. The report said that since the arrival of Narendra Modi into the Government in Centre, Civil liberties in India have declined.buy tadacip online https://www.ecladent.co.uk/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/inc/new/tadacip.html no prescription In its report, the US-based Freedom House, a non-profit organization that conducts research on political freedom and human rights said that the number of countries categorized as "not free" last year was the highest since 2006. The report further added that India's "fall from the upper ranks of free nations" could have a more damaging effect on the...

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This Government School in Vailoo has 3 Teachers for More than 100 Students

EDUCATION

Ishfaq Wagay The Residents of the Hallan area in Larnoo in South Kashmir's Islamabad (Anantnag) district on Tuesday staged a protest demonstration against the Education Department for failing to provide full teaching staff at Govt Middle School Hallan. Raising slogans against the education department, the locals accused the education department of playing with the future of the children studying in the said school. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, the residents said that they have raised this issue with concerned authorities but there was no positive change on the ground. They said that only two to three teachers are teaching in the middle school which has a student strength of around one hundred plus students. "The staff always falls short to take care of the class and the students m...

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Rampant Use of UAPA and PSA in Kashmir Violates Liberties of People- Says Tarigami

KULGAM

The rampant and arbitrary use of draconian laws like UAPA and PSA in Jammu and Kashmir is atrocious, undemocratic and violates civil liberties of the people. In a press release issued to The Kashmiriyat, the CPI(M) said, People, especially youth, are being indiscriminately booked under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and Public Safety Act (PSA) which has sent shock waves among the people across the region. There are also reports that people booked under UAPA are being shifted to outside valley jails which is a huge worry. In bone chilling cold, they were kept in jails in Kashmir and now as harsh summer is about to begin outside the Valley, they are being shifted to jails in other states. Also hundreds of people, who are already languishing in jails outside the valley are ...

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Welcome Day and Parents Teachers Meet Organized in Army Goodwill School Sopore

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Shabir Khan The Welcome Day and Parents Teachers Meet were organized in Army Goodwill School, Sopore by the School administration with the assistance of Sopore Rashtriya Rifles on Tuesday. The event was aimed to welcome the students post-lockdown and also to initiate parent-teacher interaction at the beginning of the academic year. The Army Goodwill School, Sopore was opened after a prolonged period of COVID-19 lockdown.buy clomid generic rxxbuynoprescriptiononline.net/clomid.html over the counter The Army said, However,during the period, the tireless efforts of the school administration and assistance extended by the Sopore Rashtriya Rifles successfully avoided any possibility of absolute blackout of education in the region by making extensive use of technology and thereby ex...

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Patwari Caught Red – Handed while Accepting Bribe in Srinagar by CBI

REGIONAL

A Patwari was caught red handed while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 13, 000 from a complainant by the Central Bureau of Investigation in Bemina area of Srinagar. In a statement issued by CBI, a spokesperson said that a case was registered against a Patwari on the allegations of demanding bribe of Rs.35,000/- from the complainant for mutation of the land. “It was further alleged that the bribe was negotiated to Rs.23,000, out of which an amount of Rs.10,000 was already paid,” he said.

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Local Languages Vital for a ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’

INDIA

Addressing a webinar on training initiatives within the Union Funds on Wednesday, PM Narendra Modi stated that the concentration on studying in native languages was one of the essential enhancements being introduced by the brand new Nationwide Training Coverage. There is no such thing as a lack of expertise within the nation, and those that know solely their very own languages shouldn’t be excluded from India’s growth journey. For constructing an Atmanirbhar Bharat, it is crucial that the youth have self-confidence. Self-confidence comes when youth place confidence in their training, expertise and data,” he said. Mr. Modi said that the Union Funds had broadened the federal government’s efforts to hyperlink training with employability and entrepreneurial functionality. There...

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28-Year-Old Man Arrested for Confronting Ajay Devgan’s Biased Tweets against the Farmers

INDIA

Rajdeep Singh 28-year-old man has been was charged under IPC sections 341 (wrongful restraint) 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 506 (criminal intimidation) and was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly blocking actor Ajay Devgan’s car outside Film City in Goregaon. The man demanded to know why the latter had not spoken out in support of farmers protesting against the Centre’s new agricultural laws. Singh a resident of Santosh Nagar locality in the northern suburb, is a driver from Punjab, a state which has had a huge role in the farmers protest. https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1366728165171752961?s=20

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After the Killing of Jamal Khashoggi, US Coerces Saudi Arabia for Additional Measures and Plane of Action

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President Joe Biden on Friday released an intelligence report that found that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the 2018 killing of Khashoggi, a US based contributor to The Washington Post who was lured into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul where he was strangled to death and dismembered. The report classified under former president Donald Trump, a close ally of the Saudis found that seven of the 15 members of the hit squad that flew to Istanbul came from the Rapid Intervention Force, which it said 'answers only to him' (the crown prince). 'We have urged Saudi Arabia to disband this group and then adopt institutional, systemic reforms and controls to ensure that anti-dissident activities and operations cease and cease completely,' State Department spokesman Ned Price to...