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“Our Son is Innocent, Was Killed in Custody,” Says Family of Sopore Youth

“Our Son is Innocent, Was Killed in Custody,” Says Family of Sopore Youth

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The death of a 23-year-old in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla triggered a fresh wave of anger in the district with police claiming that deceased youth was an Over Ground Worker arrested on September 15 along with two grenades and that he died after fleeing during the night raid after which his body was found near a stone quarry. The family, however, out rightly, rejected the police claim and alleged that their son was dubbed as a militant and he was killed in police custody. The authorities also snapped the internet in the area to prevent any law and order incident. A police statement issued to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that on September 15 at about 12:45 pm, one OGW namely Irfan Ahmad Dar (Age about 23/24 years) S/O Mohammad Akbar Dar R/O Sidiq-Colony, S...
Dead Body of ‘OGW’ Found After he ‘Tried to Escape’ in Sopore, Says Police

Dead Body of ‘OGW’ Found After he ‘Tried to Escape’ in Sopore, Says Police

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Shabir Khan The Jammu Kashmir Police on Wednesday said that they have found the dead body of an Over-Ground worker of the Militants in Sopore area of North kashmir. Detailing the incident, an official of Jammu Kashmir Police said that on 15-09-2020 at about 12:45 hours, Irfan Ahmad Dar (Age about 23/24 years) Son of Mohammad Akbar Dar R/O Sidiq-Colony Sopore was apprehended and two Chinese Hand Grenades were recovered from his possession. In this regard, Case FIR No. 257/2020 U/S 18 ULA (P) Act, 7/27 A. Act was registered in Police Station Sopore and investigation taken up. During the course of investigation, a Police Team visited Chairdaji area of Tujjar-Sharief along with OGW for affecting some more recovery on the disclosure of the OGW. In the meanwhile, the OGW while ta...
‘People in Kashmir Enjoying Same Fundamental Rights as Elsewhere’- India responds to UNHRC Chief

‘People in Kashmir Enjoying Same Fundamental Rights as Elsewhere’- India responds to UNHRC Chief

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India took on United Nations Human Rights chief, Michele Bachelet who had stated that civilians face violence in the country, in Geneva on Tuesday. Bachelet, while giving the “Global Human Rights Update”, said, “incidents of military and police violence against civilians continue, including use of pellet guns, as well as incidents related to the military.” ALSO READ: UN Human Rights Chief Raises Kashmir- says ‘Atrocities Continue’ Indra Mani Pandey, while responding to the statement expressed his disappointment at Bachelet’s statement and said that since changes were made in the Jammu Kashmir (referring to the abrogation of the Article 35 A and 370), people there are enjoying the same fundamental rights of freedom as citizens elsewhere in India. "We have been able to revive gra...
Income Tax Sleuths Raid Sadiq Memorial BeD College, Hotel Pine Spring in Srinagar

Income Tax Sleuths Raid Sadiq Memorial BeD College, Hotel Pine Spring in Srinagar

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The sleuths of income tax today morning raided Sadiq Memorial BeD college in Soura area of Srinagar. Another raid was conducted on hotel Royal Spring Dalgate, Srinagar. Officials told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that early morning today, officials from the income tax department conducted a raid on Sadiq Memorial BeD college, Soura and seized documents and accounts related details. The raid remained on for an hour, officials said.buy cialis oral jelly online https://www.lifefoodstorage.store/wp-content/themes/astra/languages/en/cialis-oral-jelly.html no prescription Meanwhile, income tax also raided the hotel pine spring in Dalgate area of Srinagar. " At present raid is going on at the hotel which is owned by Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal," the sources said—(KNO)
UN Human Rights Chief Raises Kashmir- says ‘Atrocities Continue’

UN Human Rights Chief Raises Kashmir- says ‘Atrocities Continue’

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The United Nations high commissioner for human rights Michele Bachelet has expressed deep concern for prisoners in Kashmir and the ongoing communication blockade in Jammu Kashmir. She also welcomed the release of some political leadership and limited internet restoration in two Kashmir districts. Bachelet at the start of the 45th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva on Monday, gave a “Global Human Rights Update” on the situation across the globe during which she made a mention of Jammu Kashmir saying that “incidents of military and police violence against civilians continue, including use of pellet guns, as well as incidents related to militancy”. She said that the changes in the constitutional status and domicile rules of J&K have generated “deep anxiety,"...
‘Search, Arrest Without Warrant’-Yogi Govt Sets Up New Special Task Force

‘Search, Arrest Without Warrant’-Yogi Govt Sets Up New Special Task Force

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The Yogi Adityanath government on Sunday said a special force will be set up in Uttar Pradesh that “can search and arrest without a warrant” on the basis of orders of the Allahabad High Court, which had expressed its displeasure over the security at civil courts last year in 2019. When a Chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council, Darvesh Kumari Yadav, 36, was shot dead by a colleague in her chamber on the civil court premises in Agra. While briefing reporters, the Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi said, “The state government has given orders for the constitution of a special security force. A roadmap in this regard has been sought from the UP DGP”. “This is a dream project of the UP chief minister. The basis of this force is an order of the High Court, which had...
Covid 19 and the Complicated Idea of Home for Women and the Queer

Covid 19 and the Complicated Idea of Home for Women and the Queer

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Vallala Sravya The idea of home has got complicated time and again during this lockdown. It has been longed for by the migrant population who have walked thousands of kilo meters in hopes of getting a home. On the other hand a huge spike in domestic violence has exposed those who desperately needed escape from home. For many who lost jobs and hostel spaces the only option has been to return to familial homes. The situation has been extremely trying on women and queer youth who have been removed from their spaces and have been forced to move in with non-supportive families. Although physical violence within marital homes receives insufficient but existent recognition, other forms of violence such as excessive control, restriction of movement, absolute domestic burden, and constrain...
Yogi Govt to Rename Agra’s Mughal Museum After Shivaji Maharaj

Yogi Govt to Rename Agra’s Mughal Museum After Shivaji Maharaj

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On Monday, the Uttar PradeshChief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced to rename the under- construction Mughal museum in Agra after Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Yogi Adityanath, who has changed the names of several places in his 3 years of ruling, including Allahabad now Prayagraj.buy augmentin online https://calibudsman.com/wp-content/themes/shoptimizer/inc/core/functions/new/augmentin.html no prescription He tweeted that in Uttar Pradesh, there was no place for the symbols of “the mentality of slavery.” The Chief Minister made it clear that his government "always nurtured the nationalist ideology and anything which smacks of a subservient mentality will be done away with". "How can our heroes be Mughals ? The very name of Shivaji will invoke a feeling of nationalism and self-este...
223 Persons under Detention in Jammu Kashmir- Nobody Under House Arrest

223 Persons under Detention in Jammu Kashmir- Nobody Under House Arrest

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The government on Tuesday said 223 people are currently under detention in Jammu Kashmir and no one is under house arrest. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said the government of Jammu Kashmir has reported that after the abrogation of Article 370 in August last year various measures were taken to maintain public order which included preventive detention of certain persons. "As on September 11, 2020, 223 persons are under detention. No person is under house arrest in the UT of Jammu Kashmir," he said in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha. Reddy also said after the bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019, the number of Militant incidents have reduced significantly. From June 29, 2018 to August 4, 2019 (402 days), there wer...
‘The Police Dragged Me Out of My House at Midnight,’ 21-Year-Old Activist Arrested on Suspicion of Cow Slaughter in Meerut

‘The Police Dragged Me Out of My House at Midnight,’ 21-Year-Old Activist Arrested on Suspicion of Cow Slaughter in Meerut

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Khan Rukhma A 21 year old, social activist and journalism student Zakir Ali Tyagi, was arrested in the middle of the night on 25th August, on a false allegation of cow slaughtering. Like a normal routine, Tyagi was watching prime-time news on his laptop when he suddenly heard some banging on his door. Tyagi got up to open the door where he was shocked to see around 17 policemen at his doorstep. He asked them the reason for their arrival, but they didn’t release any information. “And all of sudden they started beating me up and said, ‘Tu hi hai wo Modi - Yogi karne wala na’ (you're the one who talks about Modi and Yogi). Then the police dragged me out of my house in the middle of the night and pushed me into their police jeep. I kept asking them what I did, why were they taking...