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Jan252021 by News DeskNo Comments

Cold Wave Continues Across Kashmir- Pahalgam Records Lowest Temperature at Minus 11.9 Degrees

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Cold-wave conditions intensified in Kashmir on Monday as the minimum temperature dipped at most places following snowfall over the weekend, officials said. Srinagar recorded a low of minus 5.2 degrees Celsius, down from minus 1.9 degrees Celsius the previous night. Qazigund, the gateway town to the Valley, recorded a minimum of minus 5.5 degrees Celsius, down from minus 3.0 degrees the previous night, the officials said. The minimum temperature at the Gulmarg in north Kashmir's Baramulla district settled at minus 11.5 degrees Celsius, down from minus 11.0 degrees Celsius. Pahalgam recorded a low of minus 11.9 degrees Celsius, slightly up from the previous night's minus 12.0 degrees Celsius. Kupwara recorded a low of minus 3.1 degrees Celsius, while it was minus 8.4 degrees Celsius...

Jan242021 by News DeskNo Comments

Brother – Sister Duo Die of Cardiac Arrest in Shallabugh in Ganderbal

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Basit Shah / Rayees Shah Two more persons have died of a heart attack in the Kashmir valley taking the death toll to 27 in the past fifteen days. A brother - sister duo died of a cardiac arrest in Ganderbal, moments after each other. An official The Kashmiriyat, the deceased was rushed to the SKIMS, Soura where the doctors on call declared him brought dead. The deceased was identified as Abdul Samad Khanday. After the body of the deceased reached his residence, his sister suffered a massive heart attack. According to reports that reached The Kashmiriyat that the female complained of chest pain at her home and was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital by her family members. The doctors declared the sister of the deceased, dead on arrival. The deceased was identified as Raja Be...

Jan242021 by News DeskNo Comments

DDC Ganderbal Distributes over 67 Lighting Units among Weavers of District

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District Development Commissioner Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today distributed 67 Solar Lighting Units among the beneficiaries of Block Level Cluster, Alastang Ganderbal under the National Handloom Development scheme (NHDP) during a function organized by Weavers Service Centre Srinagar at Town Hall Ganderbal. Joint Director of Handloom Development Department Kashmir, Dr. Nargis Suraya, Assistant Director Handloom Development Department Ganderbal, Imtisaal Rasool, Assistant Director Handicrafts Department Ganderbal, Tsering Dolma, Assistant Director Weavers Service Centre Srinagar, Tahir Ahmad Hakim and other officials of the department were present on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion the DDC appreciated the department for their dedicated work towards the upliftment of the weaver ...

Jan242021 by News DeskNo Comments

History through the Tolstoyan Prism

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Danish Zahoor In the year 1869, Leo Tolstoy published War and Peace which was to become one of the most celebrated works of world literature. It was a colossal work of over a thousand pages, part history and part fiction. Featuring more than 500 characters around its plot of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1805, it masterfully brought the Battle of Borodino to life. Tolstoy hesitated to call it a ‘novel’ and argued that it was a work that could not be categorized under the rubric of the western literary thought. Very typically Russian, it was in fact a literary category in itself. War and Peace would become not just an epitome of literary genius but also the beacon light of a distinguished school of historical thought, one that sought to understand history through an enormous number...

Jan242021 by News DeskNo Comments

Shopian Fake Encounter – Army Acquired Weapons from SOG man Posted at Cargo Srinagar, tried to Destroy Evidence

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The Amshipura, Shopian fake encounter that happened last July, where an Army captain and the other two locals who were involved in falsely carrying out the encounter and planting weapons on the dead bodies of the three slained youth have failed to provide any information about the source of the weapons. According to the official sources, they had also attempted to destroy the evidence. The charge sheet filed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police before the chief judicial magistrate here said that Captain Bhoopendra Singh had also provided wrong information to his superiors and the police about the recovery made during the staged encounter. The Army, in its FIR registered at Heerpora police station, had claimed that based on "their own input about ...

Jan242021 by News DeskNo Comments

Amid Snow, Police Renders Helping Hands to Needy in Handwara, Evacuates Patients to Hospital in Kulgam

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The Jammu Kashmir Police said it rendered a helping hand to the needy in Handwara and evacuated ailing patients to the hospital in Kulgam during inclement weather. In a statement, the police said, “In Handwara, Police provided helping hand to people who got stranded on roads while traveling due to inclement weather at Watayeen, Chogal, Langate, Vilgam and Qalamabad. Special Police Assistance Teams have also been deployed at various locations especially on Highway for providing assistance to the vehicles stuck on the slippery roads." The Police said, Besides, Handwara Police has already established helpline numbers operative round the clock for any assistance to needy. In Kulgam, Police received a distress call that a patient from village Sangran is suffering from Kidney problem an...

Jan242021 by News DeskNo Comments

Groping without ‘Skin to Skin’ Contact Will No Longer be Considered as Sexual Assault, Rules Bombay High Court

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Justice Pushpa Ganediwala, while modifying the conviction of a man, who was sentenced to jail for sexually assaulting a minor girl ruled out and pronounced the decision as a single - judge on the bench. Physical contact - 'skin-to-skin contact with sexual intent' - and mere groping would not be considered sexual assault, as ruled the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court. The HC opined that touching a minor's chest would not amount to sexual assault unless the accused removed the top worn by the girl or slid his hand within the garments, disregarding the consent and inappropriate nature of the touch. The court also said that the act could be one of criminal force to a woman or a girl with the intention to outrage her modesty, for which minimum and maximum punishment is one and five y...

Jan242021 by News DeskNo Comments

Two Found Dead Inside their Vehicle in Banihal

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Mubashir Naik Two persons were found dead on Sunday morning in Banihal on the Kashmir highway. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that two persons sleeping in their vehicle bearing the registration number JK09B-7358 were found dead inside their vehicle Tata Mobile under mysterious circumstances in the Banihal district. The Jammu Kasmir Police reached the spot and seized the dead bodies of the duo, they have been identified as Shabir Ahmad Mir Son of Ab Rasheed Mir R/o Kralpora Kupwara, And Majid Ahmed.buy viagra-pack online https://myhst.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentytwo/inc/patterns/new/viagra-pack.html no prescription An official Confirming the incident to The Kashmiriyat said that the Police have taken cognizance of the incident and further investigation has been set in motio...

Jan242021 by News DeskNo Comments

Woman Missing from Pampore Since January 18- Family Seeks Whereabouts

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In a shocking incident, a woman from Shar Shali area in Pampore Pulwama has gone missing from her home. As per reports, the family of the girl has sought the immediate help of people and concerned authorities to help the family trace the missing woman. Family sources have said that a girl namely Rukhsana Ali, Daughter of Ali Mohammad Bhat from Shar Shali Pampore went missing on 18th of January. The family has appealed to people to inform them if she is traced anywhere, by calling on the phone number, 9906281562

Jan242021 by News DeskNo Comments

38-Year-old Woman Gives Birth to Triplets in Handwara Kashmir

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A 38- year- old woman has successfully delivered triplets at District hospital Handwara. The woman who gave birth to triplets was identified as Aateeqa Begum, wife of Mohammed Sadeeq resident of Badnambal village in Kupwara. This female patient was referred from PHC Kralpora to Handwara Hospital and admitted to this hospital under MRD No 4092. This was her 6th delivery. The patient was under the supervision of Dr Rais Ahmed consultant Gynecologist, Dr. Arifa, and Labour Room team. It was a normal delivery, hospital sources told KNT adding among the three one is a baby boy. Medical Superintendent District Hospital Handwara Dr. Nissar Ahmed Wani said all the babies are in good health. "The mother along with her all the three babies are doing well, but as a precautionary measur...