Month: April 2021

Despite huge surge in COVID19 cases GoI to allow Amarnath Pilgrimage in Kashmir

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Critics have said the annual Amarnath pilgrimage could lead to a devastating wave of the coronavirus in Kashmir, which has underequipped health care facilities. The local government in India-administered Kashmir is contemplating setting up makeshift shelters and facilities for 600,000 Hindu pilgrims for the annual Amarnath pilgrimage, which it intends to host this summer despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.The pilgrims will visit the Amarnath cave shrine, perched 3,880-meters (12,730 feet) above sea level in the Himalayas.The government will set up two base camps — one called Baltal and another called…

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Former Deputy PM of Italy Matteo Salvini expressed solidarity with Kashmiri’s

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Former Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and leader of the coalition ruling party, Matteo Salvini, have expressed his support for the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) facing human rights violations in the region. He also promised to raise the issue at the European Union (EU) forums, received a press release here issued by Embassy of Pakistan in Italy. Leader of the second largest party in the Italian Parliament Salvini has been a very active member of the EU for many years. In a meeting with Pakistan…

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While projecting normalcy, Kashmir Turns into Hotbed of COVID19

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The COVID-19 situation in Jammu and Kashmir is on the cusp of explosion. Mukhtar Ahmad Lone, 32, (name changed) was walking home after the congregational, late evening Ramzan prayers at a mosque in central Kashmir earlier this week when his phone started to beep. In a heavy voice, the caller, a policeman, without offering much details, asked Mukhtar, an Islamic preacher (Imam) who leads five-time prayers at the mosque in Chadoora town, to come to the police station the next day. Mukhtar was perturbed. “The uncertainty and fear of landing…

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Corona Curfew; Govt announces complete lockdown across J&K from tonight till Apr 26 morning

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In wake of the spike in the COVID-9 cases, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday ordered imposition of Corona curfew across the Union Territory from 08 PM tonight till April 26 morning. The announcement was made by the office of the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha through its official twitter handle. It said that only essential and emergency services to be allowed while all the market and commercial institutions shall remain closed during the period. “Complete corona curfew to be observed in the Union Territory from 8PM, 24th April (Saturday)…

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Pakistan seeks specific actions in disputed Kashmir form India to move head in talks

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Pakistan is willing to move forward in its engagement with India, potentially including formal bilateral dialogue on resolving the Kashmir dispute, if its eastern neighbour takes certain specified steps “to ease lives” in Kashmir, senior Pakistani sources have told. The Pakistani sources, who have knowledge of the situation and spoke to KP, shared for the first time a list of “examples” of actions that the Indian government could take in Indian-administered Kashmir to move the talks closer to a formal bilateral dialogue. Ties between the two nuclear-armed countries have been…

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As Narender Modi extends olive branch all focus shifted to Kashmir Issue

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Pro-freedom Hurriyat group welcomes Modi’s appeal to Pakistan leader Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday sent a letter to his Pakistani counterpart on the occasion of Pakistan’s Republic Day, calling for “cordial relations” between the two neighbors in a move that marks a major thaw between New Delhi and Islamabad. The letter addressed to Prime Minister Imran Khan comes a month after both countries announced a ceasefire along the disputed border in Kashmir. “As a neighboring country, India desires cordial relations with the people of Pakistan,” Modi wrote in…

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Days after returning from Kumbh Mela, BJP leader Thakur Puran Singh succumbs to COVID-19

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BJP leader and former legislator Thakur Puran Singh died due to the Coronavirus infection in Jammu division’s Rajouri district on Thursday. Party sources said Mr. Singh, a resident of Kewal, Koteranka, Rajouri, had attended the Kumbh Mela in Uttarakhand recently. The Rajouri administration has passed strict orders on abiding by the COVID protocols while cremating the body. “The body shall directly be taken to the Cremation Ground, Kewal Tehsil, Koteranka. Only four persons (relatives) with the PPE kits and other required gadgets as per standard operating procedure shall be allowed…

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Vehical Re-Registration Row: HC asks RTO Kashmir what necessitated issuance of circular for re-registration

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The High Court Wednesday asked the Regional Transport Officer (RTO) Kashmir to inform it by Thursday as to what necessitated the issuance of a circular for re-registration of vehicles brought to J&K from outside. The court said there was no bar for transport authorities to screen the vehicles with non-local registration mark for checking their “document veracity and the bona fide entry” into the territorial limits of J&K. A division bench of justices Ali Muhammad Magrey and Vinod Chatterji Koul while hearing two writ petitions challenging the circular asked the…

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Tea culture in Kashmir, Turkey; Types, Brewing, Health benefits

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Here is a guide for learning all the details about Turkish and Kashmiri tea cultures, from traditional brewing and service methods to varieties Tea is a very popular beverage that has gradually become a vital part of the culture in Turkey and Kashmir. Turks are known for their love of tea, especially the common black type. This beverage is consumed at all hours of the day, including during breakfasts in the morning and family gatherings at night. The same goes for Kashmir. Tea is so popular that it is an…

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Neck and Net

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During the last one year of lockdown and introduction of online classes there has been an epidemic of neck pain among the students. God has given us a neck which connects the head with the body. It supports the head and acts as a conduit for transmission of many vital structures from head to body and vice versa. Neck has a column of seven bones supported by discs, ligaments and muscles. Neck also contains food-pipe(esophagus), wind-pipe(trachea) and many vital blood vessels. The cervical spine has a normal C shaped curve…

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