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CRPF Man Wounded in Grenade Explosion in Tral

CRPF Man Wounded in Grenade Explosion in Tral

PULWAMA
Mohammed Mufeez A CRPF man was injured in a grenade explosion in Pulwama district district of Jammu Kashmir on Sunday, police said. Militants threw a grenade on CRPF personnel near Tral bus stand in Pulwama district of South Kashmir. The explosion caused minor injuries to the CRPF Jawan assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Asim Ali.
Evict Former Ministers, MLAs From Government Accommodations within Two Weeks, HC tells JK Admin

Evict Former Ministers, MLAs From Government Accommodations within Two Weeks, HC tells JK Admin

REGIONAL
Jammu Kashmir High Court has granted the erstwhile state’s administration two weeks more time to comply with its orders as regards eviction of former ministers, MLAs, retired, IAS Officers, MLCs and political persons who are still “unauthorisedly” residing in accommodation of the Estates Department, both at Jammu and Srinagar. A bench of Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey granted the time after senior Additional Advocate General B.buy kamagra oral jelly online https://www.mabvi.org/wp-content/themes/mabvi/images/new/kamagra-oral-jelly.html no prescription A. Dar sought the same for filing the compliance report in terms of court’s order on September 28. “Learner Sr AAG sought and is granted permission to place on record the communication received by him from the Directorate of Estate Depart...
Be Ready To Get JK As State, Won’t Take Long To Restore Statehood: Amit Shah

Be Ready To Get JK As State, Won’t Take Long To Restore Statehood: Amit Shah

REGIONAL
The Union Home Minister Amit Shah in an interview to News channel CNN made it clear that, the Government will not take long to restore Statehood to Jammu Kashmir, but Article 370 will not be revocated. Shah said in an interview to CNN News that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has committed Statehood to Jammu Kashmir. I have also stated this on floor of Parliament and we won’t go back from our promise & won’t take too long. Shah pointed out that there will be a wave of development in next 5-6 months as Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha is taking development to grass-root level. This comes amid a time when the politics in Kashmir is taking a new shape, as the regional groups under the banner of people's alliance gear up for a fight demanding the restoration of Articles 370 and 35(a)....
Manthori- The Ignored Village of Chenab Valley’s Doda

Manthori- The Ignored Village of Chenab Valley’s Doda

REGIONAL
Mubashir Naik As autumn arrives, the hopes of hopes of the poor people in village of Manthori, District Doda of Chenab Valley start turning into despair. A downtrodden village, Manthori, is just twenty kilometres away from District Headquarters, Doda but it seems that the village has never come in the limelight of the government. The arrival of summer brings a lot of hope to the poor villagers because every politician in power had promised to provide them with roads, good health care and quality education. Though summer is considered as the best time for construction of road and building in this area, with the end of summer and arrival of autumn, their hopes are shattered like leaves of trees in this season. Like most of the villages, the lack of basic amenities like road, d...
Seema Mustafa Becomes the First President of Editor’s Guild of India

Seema Mustafa Becomes the First President of Editor’s Guild of India

INDIA
The Editors Guild of India held its first-ever election for the posts of President, General Secretary, and Treasurer on October 16. While the post of General Secretary was bagged by Sanjay Kapoor, Editor of Delhi-based Hardnews Magazine, Senior journalist and Editor Citizen.in, Seema Mustafa became the first elected President of the Guild. The results were declared on October 17. The election for its new office-bearers signals a marked departure from its earlier practice of being guided by consensus. In total 140 members of the guild voted in the election.buy amoxicillin UK www.calmandgentledentalcare.co.uk/wp-content/languages/new/uk/amoxicillin.html no prescription MD Nalapat, who contested for the post of President opposite Seema Mustafa, received 51 votes while Mustafa bag...
BJP MLA Asks Maharashtra CM to Shut Down Govt-Funded Madrasas

BJP MLA Asks Maharashtra CM to Shut Down Govt-Funded Madrasas

INDIA
Atul Bhatkhalkar, a BJP legislator from Mumbai, has written to the Maharashtra Chief Minister, Uddhav Thackeray to show courage to shut down all government-funded Madrasas in the state and prove his Hindutva. Bhatkhalkar in his letter, said, “The Chief Minister of Maharashtra who says he does not need anyone’s certificate to prove his Hindutva credentials should take a courageous step to shut down the state-funded madrasas that propagate radical religious teachings." "These institutions do not offer any modern education, and offer teachings of only one religion. It is wrong to run such institutions on taxpayers' money," Bhatkhalkar added.  He further said that students from the Muslim community should be offered a direct scholarship so that they can attend mainstream schools....
Teacher Beheaded in France After Showing Mohammed Cartoons

Teacher Beheaded in France After Showing Mohammed Cartoons

INTERNATIONAL
France is again in news for gruesome beheading of a history teacher in a street in a Paris suburb, The suspected attacker was shot and killed by police. French President Emmanuel Macron denounced what he called an "Islamist terrorist attack" and urged the nation to stand united against extremism. The teacher had discussed caricatures of Islam's Prophet Muhammad with his class, authorities said. The French anti-terrorism prosecutor opened an investigation for murder with a suspected terrorist motive. Four people, one a minor, were detained hours later, the office of anti-terror prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard said without elaborating. Police typically fan out to find family and friends of potential suspects in terror cases. Macron visited the school where the teacher worke...
India Ranks 94 Among 107 Nations in Global Hunger Index

India Ranks 94 Among 107 Nations in Global Hunger Index

INDIA
India ranked 94 among 107 nations in the Global Hunger Index 2020 and is in the serious hunger category with experts blaming poor implementation processes, lack of effective monitoring, siloed approach in tackling malnutrition and poor performance by large states behind the low ranking. Last year, India’s rank was 102 out of 117 countries. The neighbouring Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Pakistan too are in the serious category but ranked higher than India in this year’s hunger index. While Bangladesh ranked 75, Myanmar and Pakistan are in the 78th and 88th position. Nepal in 73rd and Sri Lanka in 64th position are in moderate hunger category, the report showed. Seventeen nations, including China, Belarus, Ukraine, Turkey, Cuba and Kuwait, shared the top rank with GHI scores of less than...
Court Orders FIR against Kangana Ranaut, Her Sister for Trying to Create Communal Tensions

Court Orders FIR against Kangana Ranaut, Her Sister for Trying to Create Communal Tensions

INDIA
The Bandra Metropolitan Court on Friday ordered an FIR against actor Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel on allegations of a complainant that they allegedly tried to create a divide between communities with their social media posts. The order was passed by Bandra metropolitan magistrate Jaydeo Y Ghule. Seeking its direction for registration of an FIR under IPC sections 153A (promoting enmity), 295A (malicious acts intended to outrage the religious feelings), 124A (sedition) against the actor, and her sister, Casting director Sahil Ashrafali Sayyed had lodged the complaint in the court. The complainant has alleged that the actor has been defaming Bollywood for the last two months by calling it a “hub of nepotism”, “favouritism”, etc, through her tweets and television intervi...
After Thrashing chicken-seller troopers killed his chickens in Srinagar

After Thrashing chicken-seller troopers killed his chickens in Srinagar

REGIONAL
The Para-military troopers thrashed a chicken seller, crushed his chickens to death and broke his cell phone in Saidakadal-Rainawari stretch of Srinagar city. The Chicken Seller accused CRPF men of thrashing him without any reason. “Some youth pelted stones on them (CRPF) and in return they pounced upon me, hit my head with gun butts, broke my cell phone and put some of my chickens to death,” the chicken seller told KNT. “I have been running this chicken shop from past 15 years and never indulged in an act that could go against law. This time, I was targeted for the fault of my none,” he said. The chicken seller whose video is also viral on social media said it is irony that in a fit of rage these troopers put some of his chickens to death. “I talked to police and they assured...