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Protest Outside the House of Sachin Tendulkar for ‘Anti Farmers Tweet’- Maharashtra Government Orders Probe into Similar Celebrity Tweets

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After Youth Congress workers poured black oil and ink over Sachin Tendulkar's cut-out in Kerala's Kochi on Saturday, workers of the Swabhimani Shetkari Saghtana protested outside the cricketing legend's house in Mumbai on Monday. A poster in Marathi read: Sachin amchya shetkari bapasathi kadhi tweet karshil (Sachin when will you tweet for our farmer father?) This comes in after the cricketer put out a tweet favouring the MEA’s statement on the farmers’ protest and the involvement of international celebrities and media. International celebrities like Rihanna, Greta Thunberg among many others expressed their solidarity with the farmers’ protest following which the MEA released a detailed statement saying, “The temptation of sensationalist social media hashtags and comments, especial...

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‘You Turned Kashmir into a Guinea Pig’ – Azad Tells BJP in a Speech at the Parliament, that can Possibly be his Last

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Opposition Leader in Rajya Sabha and former Jammu Kashmir Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, on Monday raised apprehensions about the federal government’s decision to merge JK Civil Services Cadre with Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Goa. During his speech as a member of the Upper House, Azad said both Home Minister and Prime Minister have promised that statehood will be restored and the status of Union Territory is temporary. He said that merging of Civil Services Cadre is irrelevant. Such moves are raising doubts in the minds of people, he added. He urged the government to restore statehood and conduct elections in Jammu Kashmir as soon as possible. The reasons cited by BJP government to abrogate Article 370, Azad compared the present situation of industries in Jammu Kashmir to pre-A...

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12 Years Gone, A Bridge in Central Kashmir Still Incomplete- Locals Stage Protest

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Rayees Shah / Shah Basit Akhal bridge which connects Dozens of villages with Sub - Divsion of Kangan area of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal District awaits completion from last 12-years. The bridge was sanctioned in year 2008, The delay in completion of this Akhal bridge has left people with no words. They are now tired with representations given to almost every concerned government office. “The construction work was taken up by JKPCC at an estimated cost of Rs. 8.96 crore, but is yet to be completed, the total length of the bridge is 84mtr (long trussed bridge). The work on this bridge was started in the year 2008 and the anticipated time of completion was September 2014, Due to the inadequate funding the bridge awaits completion. The old bridge was declared unsafe many times,...

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Two Friends Earn Recognition for their Performances – ‘Sufi Sisters’ from Kashmir

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Teenagers Aabiroo and Azrah, both 19, and also the childhood friends have been enthralling audiences and winning accolades lately by singing duet Kashmiri and Urdu songs in events across Kashmir. Talking to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the duo currently graduating from North Kashmir's Baramulla College, said that they have been friends since the 9th grade and have been singing ever since, though individually. Now the partnership with a stage name "Sufi Sisters", the Hijab donning girls seem to catch the attention all across Kashmir. One of the performers, Abiroo, said that she has many times participated in competitions and won awards even for Naats at various platforms before. Abiroo, always wanted to be a vocalist and has extensive support on her family's end to purs...

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NGO Affiliated with RSS Files Complaint Against Rihanna

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On Friday, an NGO filed a complaint with the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) against ‘Fenty Beauty’, the skincare and wellness brand owned by pop star Rihanna.buy priligy online https://healthcoachmichelle.com/wp-content/themes/Divi/css/new/priligy.html no prescription Along with Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg, Rihanna was on the receiving end of criticism from various sections earlier this week for extending support to the ongoing farmers’ agitation. In its complaint to the NCPCR, NGO Legal Rights Observatory (LRO) alleged that Rihanna’s brand ‘Fenty Beauty’ uses mica from mines in Jharkhand where “child laborers work in dire conditions”. While demanding an investigation into the matter, Vinay Joshi of the Legal Rights Observatory claimed...

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Two More Youth From South Kashmir Pose With Guns

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Two youth from the Pulwama district of South Kashmir posing with assault rifles have announced their recruitment into Militant outfit, Al Badr Mujahideen. The Photographs that have gone viral over social media claim that Suhail Ahmed Lone son of Nisar Ahmed Lone, who is a resident of Pulwama's Khrew area in South Kashmir and Shahid Ahmed Dar son of Bashir Ahmed Dar who is a resident of Samboora area in Pulwama have joined Al Badr militant outfit. As per the photographs that are being widely circulated on Social media networking sites, Suhail has joined Militancy on 05 February, while Shahid Ahmed Dar has joined Al Badr on 30th January. Meanwhile, another youth, Adil Hussain Wani of the Shirmal area in Shopian went missing on 05 July 2020 is also believed to have joined MIlitancy. ...

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‘India is Mother of Democracy’- Says PM Modi, Urges Farmers to Go Back

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Replying to the Motion of Thanks on President Kovind’s address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday said the newly-passed farm laws should be given a chance and that the MSP system is here to stay. Requesting the protesting farmers to go back, he reiterated that the government is open to talks. The Prime Minister said that there is a need to protect the nation from a new FDI which he referred to as ‘Foreign Destructive Ideology’. “The nation is making progress and we are talking about FDI but I see that a new FDI has come to the fore. We have to protect the nation from this new FDI. We need Foreign Direct Investment but the new FDI is ‘Foreign Destructive Ideology’, we have to protect ourselves from it,” he said. Modi said opposition to the Centre’s newly passed farm laws lacks in...

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Shopian Woman Arrested from Jammu for Alleged Links with Militancy

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The Jammu Kashmir Police has arrested two House owners from the Sunjwan area of Jammu, a day after the arrest of Militant commander Hidayat ullah Malik in Jammu. A lady from Shopian has also been detained for allegedly concealing the identity of their tenants. Militant commander, who is said to be the chief of new Militant outfit, Lashkar e Mustafa was arrested on Friday by a police team and subsequently booked under FIR Number 16 of 2021 under section 18/20 Unlawful Activities at Gangyal Police Station. Immediately after the arrest, the Jammu Kashmir Police said Hidayatullah was staying at the house of one Nazir Ahmed son of Lassa Bhat. Another person detained was staying at the house of one Siraj u Din, a resident of the Moomin Abad Sunjwan area in Jammu. Both the house owne...

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Mercury Rises But Stay Below Sub-Zero Across Kashmir

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The minimum temperatures remained below sub-zero level across Kashmir Valley even as the mercury rose across the Valley, the weatherman said on Monday. A meteorological department official told GNS that the mercury increased by a degree Celsius in Srinagar, settling at minus 2.0°C against the previous night’s 3.6°C. The summer capital of J&K has minus 0.4°C normal for this time of the year and for the last three days barring earlier night, the minimum temperature stayed above sub-zero level. Otherwise, the mercury has consistently remained far below normal this winter. On January 31, the mercury plunged to minus 8.8°C, the coldest January night recorded in Srinagar after 30 years. The minimum temperature also rose in other parts of the Valley, the MeT official said. Qazigund,...

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‘Of Love, Resistance and Revolution’: In Frames- Farmers Protest in Maharashtra

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Gautam Doshi The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), which led the historic struggle of farmers at Singhu and Tikri borders at Delhi, gave a nationwide call to intensify and broaden the struggle from January 23rd to 26th. While the Supreme Court has temporarily stayed the implementation of the three Farm Laws, it has formed a committee which comprises four members, all of whom have publicly supported the Farm Laws. One of them has already opted out of the committee. The SKM has rightly refused to go before this committee. On January 24, thousands of farmers and workers from Maharashtra converged with tractors at Azad Maidan in Mumbai for a sit - in protest for two days, until the eve of 26th January. A woman holds up the flag of All Ind...