Month: November 2021

Mass-Seizure of Bikes: Court directs police to submit report on seizure of bikes in Kashmir

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Mass-Seizure of Bikes - Court directs police to submit report on seizure of bikes in Kashmir

Additional Special Mobile Magistrate (Traffic) Srinagar on Saturday directed the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Srinagar “to call the report from all the police stations within the district” regarding the seizure of bikes. The special court has directed the SSP to submit the compliance report before the court within a period of ten days. Last month Police in Kashmir seized hundreds of two-wheelers for the past several weeks. Directions from the court came after social activist Naveed Bukhtiyar moved to the special court against the seizure of two-wheelers. “For last…

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Eight areas in Srinagar declared micro-containment zones as 02 died & 109 fresh cases of COVID reported in J&K

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Eight areas in Srinagar declared micro-containment zones as 02 died & 109 fresh cases of COVID reported in J&K

Two persons died of Covid-19 while 109 new cases of Covid-19, 11 from the Jammu division and 98 from the Kashmir division, were reported on Friday, an official bulletin said. The dead hailed one each from Jammu and Kashmir. Moreover, 79 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 08 from Jammu Division and 71 from Kashmir Division. Providing district-wise breakup, it said that Srinagar reported 64 cases, Baramulla reported 12 cases, Budgam reported 08 cases, Pulwama reported no cases, Kupwara reported 07 cases, Anantnag reported no…

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Increased Security Force presence creates tensions in Srinagar, as if a War is about to Break Out

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Increased Security Force presence creates tensions in Srinagar, as if a War is about to Break Out

Marriage halls as well few schools in several parts of the city have been converted into barracks By: Jehangir Ali Marriage halls in parts of Srinagar are turning into barracks for security forces as the Jammu and Kashmir administration steps up military deployment across Kashmir due to a surge in militant violence. The decision to deploy additional security forces in Kashmir came after Union home minister Amit Shah chaired a security review meeting in Srinagar last month. After Shah returned to the national capital, sources said the J&K administration was…

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Kashmiri students have a future too. Their actions deserve sympathy, not UAPA charges

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Kashmiri students have a future too. Their actions deserve sympathy, not UAPA charges

Incidents against Kashmiri students have increased the sense of insecurity and anxiety among them as well as their parents and relatives in Kashmir. By : Nasir Khuehami & Younus Rashid In Agra, despite college authorities making it clear that no anti-India slogans were raised inside the campus, three Kashmiri students were arrested by police after a local Bharatiya Janata Party member filed a complaint after the India-Pakistan cricket match on 24 October. When they were brought to the Agra court, local lawyers roughed them up and declared that nobody from…

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84 Percent population in Kashmir have antibodies against COVID-19: Dr Salim

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84 Percent population in Kashmir have antibodies against COVID-19: Dr Salim

Says 78 percent of school children have also developed antibodies as per Sero-Surveillance conducted in July this year. Professor and HoD, Community Medicine, SPM, Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar, Dr. S. Muhammad Salim Khan Friday said that as per the Sero-Surveillance conducted in the month of July this year 84 percent population of Kashmir has developed antibodies against the Covid-19, and 78 percent school children have also developed the antibodies. Dr. Salim said that the transmission of the virus is very rapid which is worrying, however, the vaccination has a…

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Hindutva mobs disrupt Christian prayer meet, Assault Pastors, Burn Bible in Chhattisgarh

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Hindutva mobs disrupt Christian prayer meet, Assault Pastors, Burn Bible in Chhattisgarh

Two Christian pastors were physically assaulted by a Hindutva mob in Chhattisgarh’s Dhamteri district who also burnt the Bible and asked them to convert or they would be killed, Maktoob Media reported. According to the report, the assailants disrupted a prayer meeting, beat the two pastors, burnt Bibles, and demanded the Christians stop holding worship services in Biler village. The attack started around 4 p.m. when a Hindu mob led by Rajnikanth Devaghan and Nilambari Sahu disrupted the prayer meeting. The Hindutva mob had dragged Pastor Sasharath Maanikpuri and Pastor…

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Darbar Move: J&K Govt restores accommodation for staff moving from Kashmir to Jammu

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Darbar Move: J&K Govt restores accommodation for staff moving from Kashmir to Jammu

The administration had earlier canceled Srinagar and Jammu accommodation for employees moving every six months citing logistical costs. The November 3 order said, “Sanction is hereby accorded to the partial modification of government order dated 29.06.2021 and restoration of government accommodation at Jammu in favour of all these government employees which were earlier allotted to them. The J&K administration has restored government accommodation for employees moving from Kashmir to Jammu, on a temporary basis, weeks after cancelling it. The November 3 order said, “Sanction is hereby accorded to the partial…

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1990’s Memories: Return of bunkers starts haunting Kashmir’s again

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1990's Memories: Return of bunkers starts haunting Kashmir's again

By: Shefali Rafiq On the busy Baghat Barzulla road opposite the Bone and Joint Hospital – men and women are waiting at the bus stop to reach their respective destinations for work. However, this time the wait for a bus is making passengers uncomfortable as just adjacent to the bus stop have come up two newly constructed bunkers from which a group of military men is consistently gazing through a small window with a gun pointing towards them. Twenty-seven-year-old Saima Khurshid is one of the passengers. Saima, an employee at…

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J&K slashes VAT on fuel, Petrol cheaper by 12 & and Diesel by 17

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J&K slashes VAT on petrol by ₹5 and diesel by ₹10

A day after the central government slashed excise duty on fuel prices, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday announced a further reduction in petrol and diesel prices by Rs 7 per litre. “Hon’ble PM @narendramodi Ji has given a great Deepawali gift by announcing a reduction in excise duty on Petrol & Diesel. In addition, the J & K admin has decided to reduce additional Rs 7 on Petrol & Diesel, thereby reducing the Petrol price by Rs 12/litre & Diesel by Rs 17/litre in UT from today,” office of…

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Efforts to check spread of dengue scaled up across Jammu Region

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Efforts to check spread of dengue scaled up across Jammu Region

With dengue cases in J&K nearing the 1,000 mark, the authorities in the Jammu region have scaled up efforts to check its spread, officials said on Wednesday. A total of 993 cases of dengue have been reported in the Union Territory with Jammu (639 cases), Kathua (172) and Samba (87) districts in the Jammu division accounting for the majority of the cases till Tuesday. “The office of the state malariologist in Jammu has scaled up preventive activities such as vector-control activities (bio-larvicide fish, spraying and fogging) and information education and…

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