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Nov82020 by News DeskNo Comments

‘Our History Being Distorted’-The Genesis of Information War in Jammu Kashmir

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Syed Mustafa Ahmed After the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu Kashmir, many changes are visibly felt on the ground. These changes are seen even in the educational sector, particularly in the textbooks of History and Political Science. In Class 9th History book, the chapter “ The integration of Princely States: A Case Study of Jammu Kashmir” has been added this year. It deals with the integration of Jammu Kashmir with India. However, some information is incomplete, misrepresented and projects propaganda that contradicts history, which I am going to try to counter in this article. Firstly, the Standstill Agreement of Jammu and Kashmir was with both India and Pakistan. Pakistan signed the Standstill on August 12, 1947 but India didn’t sign it. India wanted to send an official from ...

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Four Army men Including Captain, Three Militants Killed in Ongoing Kupwara Operation

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Shabir Khan Four Army men and three Militants were killed during an infiltration bid along the Machil sector on Line of control that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan According to information received from army sources, a captain and three soldiers of the Indian Army killed during this operation. Defense sources said that the army patrol stopped the Militants who were trying to infiltrate, after which the encounter started. Earlier, the defense spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said, "Around one o'clock in the middle of November 7-8 in Kupwara district of North Kashmir on the Line of Control, some unknown people were doing suspicious activities." The suspects were trying to infiltrate. On seeing this, the Army started firing towards them, and one Militant was killed...

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Marriage Assistance to Needy Girl Witnesses Massive Dip in Srinagar

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The marriage assistance to the needy unmarried girls has witnessed constant dip in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar from the last three financial years, official documents reveal. According to the official figures under the State Marriage Assistance Scheme (SMAS), a total of 555 unmarried girls have got the benefits in district Srinagar. However, from the past three financial years, there has been a dip of at least 90.46 per cent in providing assistance to the needy unmarried girls. The official figures of the Directorate of Social Welfare Kashmir (DSWK) state that in district Srinagar, 309 beneficiaries were given assistance in the financial year 2017-18 followed by 193 beneficiaries in 2018-19 and 53 in 2019-20. Official figures of DSWK further reveal that in...

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Massive Fire Engulfs Forests in Ganderbal Area

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Rayees Shah/ Shah Basit A massive fire has engulfed the forests of the Gulab-Pathri area in Waniyarm Wangath of Kashmir’s Ganderbal District. Eyewitnesses who are the residents of the area told The Kashmiriyat that fire broke out in the forests and later spread to a vast area, despite the officials trying to douse off the flames. The locals said that the area under fire is very dense in range. An official upon being contacted by The Kashmiriyat said that the officials and workers of the department have reached the spot and are working hard to control the fire.

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Infiltration Bid Foiled in Machil on LOC- One ‘Militant’ Killed

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The army today claimed to have foiled an infiltration bid on the intervening night of November 7 and November 8 in which one militant was killed in Machil sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Defence spokesman in Srinagar Rajesh Kalia said militants while trying to infiltrate were intercepted by troops. “Contact was established and one militant has been eliminated. One AK-47 riffle recovered and two bags were recovered,” he told adding that joint operation is in progress. KNO

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Jammu Kashmir Admin Evacuated 8,15,865 Stranded Residents

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The Jammu Kashmir administration has evacuated about 8,15,865 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, the Jammu Kashmir administration has received 155 special trains at Jammu and Udhampur railway stations from different states and UTs, so far, with about 1,40,292 passengers while about 6,75,573 persons from other states and UTs including 944 from abroad have been evacuated by the government through Lakhanpur till date. As per the detailed breakup of the figures, about 13226 stranded passengers including 7 from Nepal have entered through Lakhanpur from No...

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Days After ‘Strategic Areas Act’, Jammu Kashmir Admin Starts Identifying Land for Camps

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Days after the Government of India passed the Strategic areas act, The revenue officials in Kashmir valley are identifying land for the CRPF as they have asked for land in many districts of Kashmir, including Srinagar, Guardian reported. "The Revenue officials from Chitterhama and Khimber highlands of Srinagar have identified over 500 kanals of land for CRPF. They want to hand it over to them without any further delay," Ganai said that it was their land, now the government wants to take it back.buy clomiphene online https://nouvita.co.uk/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/inc/new/clomiphene.html no prescription The Land had been used by locals for grazing of their Animals since many decades.buy neurontin online https://nouvita.co.uk/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/inc/new/neurontin.h...

Nov72020 by News DeskNo Comments

Sale Of Jammu Kashmir Will Begin Will Sale of Gupkar Bungalows, Says Jitendra Singh

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Jitendra Singh of BJP on Saturday said that people’s right to sell properties and houses haven’t been usurped by anyone. “Whoever says J&K is on sale, you should tell him that the sale of J&K will start with Gupkar bungalows. The law doesn’t allow occupying a bungalow forcibly. The owners still enjoy the right to decide whether to sell it or not. The day the order to occupy houses comes, beautiful houses along Dal Lake will be occupied,” Union minister Jitendra Singh was quoted by outlook as saying. Singh was addressing a press conference in Jammu along with the BJP general secretary Tarun Chug and BJP president for Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh, Ravinder Raina. About the ban on the 4G internet services in Jammu Kashmir, Singh said the case is with the Supreme Court and he cann...

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Grenade Attack in Bus Stand of Anantnag Town

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Suspected militants Saturday hurled a grenade at a police party at Bus Stand in South Kashmir’s Anatanag district, however no injury was reported during the incident. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that suspected militants hurled a grenade at a police party at Bus Stand Anantnag, but no one was hurt during the incident. He said the area has been cordoned off to nab the attackers. More Details Awaited

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Bombay HC Reserves Order on Bail, Arnab Goswami to Remain in Jail

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The Bombay High Court has reserved its judgment in a petition filed to challenge Republic TV Editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami’s arrest. The Republic Media Network Managing Director had filed the plea requesting to declare his arrest as illegal, and also sought interim release from jail. The court said that it could not pass an order today citing the considerations and compilations submitted to them. The court added that it will pronounce the orders someday in the next week. On Friday, after hearing Arnab Goswami’s counsel, the division bench of Bombay High Court, comprising Justices S S Shinde and M S Karnik, had adjourned the plea of Republic TV’s editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami that sought revocation of the 2018 abetment of suicide case in which he has been arrested. The Bombay HC...