Is Al-Qaeda refocusing from Afghanistan to Kashmir? UN Report

Is Al-Qaeda refocusing from Afghanistan to Kashmir? UN Report

United Nations: A change in the name of the Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) magazine “suggests a refocusing” of the terror group from Afghanistan to Kashmir, a UN report has said. The 13th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team submitted pursuant to resolution 2611 (2021) concerning the Taliban and other associated individuals and entities constituting a threat to the peace stability and security of Afghanistan was released on Saturday. The report said that being subordinate to the Al-Qaeda core, the AQIS is maintaining a low profile…

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Founder of J&K Panthers Party, Prof Bhim Singh passes away at 80

Founder of J&K Panthers Party, Prof Bhim Singh passes away at 80

Professor Bhim Singh was expelled from the party he had founded for taking part in a meeting of People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) at the Bhatindi residence of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah. Professor Bhim Singh, founder of the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party, passed away at his residence in Jammu on Tuesday. Singh was 80. Condoling the demise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Singh would be remembered as a grassroots leader who devoted his life for the welfare of Jammu and Kashmir. “He was…

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Woman teacher shot dead by unknown gunmen in Kulgam

Woman teacher shot dead by unknown gunmen in Kulgam

A migrant lady was shot at and injured by unknown gunmen, suspected to be militants, in Gopalpora area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Tuesday. Soon after, the lady was declared dead in a local hospital. A top police officer told GNS that a migrant woman was fired upon by militants in Gopalpora. As per Kashmir Police Zone, militants fired upon the woman, who is a teacher at High School Gopalpora in Kulgam district. “In this terror incident, she has received critical gunshot injuries. She is being shifted to the…

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Youngsters across Kashmir grappling with Hypertension: Survey

Youngsters across Kashmir grappling with Hypertension: Survey

Decades of braving conflict, curfews, lockdowns, deaths and physical injuries have definitely cost Kashmir its health as the latest round of National Family Health Survey(NFHS) has revealed that J&K has 18.9 percent men and 20 percent women in the above 15 age group who are battling hypertension. While 21.3% of women and 24% of men aged above 15 have hypertension in India, J&K has 20% women and 18.9% men in the same age group (above 15) who have hypertension. In the pre-hypertensive category, while the prevalence is 39 percent women…

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Umran Malik; The latest sensation which took Indian cricket by storm

Umran Malik; The latest sensation which took Indian cricket by storm

Bowling at speeds over150 kph, Malik’s rise through the ranks of Indian cricket has been rewarded with a selection for the national team – a dream come true for the 22-year-old. It was the 50th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH). As Umran Malik, India’s ascendant pace bowler came out to bowl the fourth ball of the last over, history was created. At 157 kilometres per hour (kph), Malik not only bowled the fastest ball of the season (until Lockie…

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7 Soldiers dead, 19 Injured in bus accident near LoC in Turtuk sector of Ladakh

7 Soldiers dead, 19 Injured in bus accident near LoC in Turtuk sector of Ladakh

Seven soldiers were killed and 19 others sustained injuries on Friday after the vehicle carrying them skidded off the road and tumbled into the Shyok river, in Ladakh’s Turtuk sector, army officials said. The accident took place at 9am around 25km from Thoise. The 26 soldiers were moving in a privately hired vehicle from the transit camp at Partapur, where an Indian Army brigade is headquartered, to a forward location in an area the army calls Sub Sector Hanif. “The vehicle skidded off the road and fell in Shyok river…

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Nine dead after cab falls into gorge on Srinagar-Kargil highway

Nine dead after cab falls into gorge on Srinagar-Kargil highway

Nine people were killed and another injured after the cab they were traveling in skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge along the Srinagar-Kargil highway on Wednesday evening, officials said. As per an official, the cab bearing registration number JK12 7466 on way from Kargil to Srinagar skidded off the road and fell around 400-500 feet down into the deep gorge near Zojila pass Mandir Morh. Soon after a rescue operation was launched by Sonamarg police, Beacon, Traffic Police besides ambulances from Primary Health Centre Sonamarg were…

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Amreen Bhat, Social Media actress shot dead by un-known gunmen in Budgam

Amreen Bhat, Social Media actress shot dead by un-known gunmen in Budgam

A 35-year-old social media influencer was shot dead by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district Wednesday. A 10-year-old, the woman’s nephew, was also injured in the attack. The attack was carried out by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, police said. “At around 7.55 pm, terrorists fired one lady Amreen Bhat at her home. She was shifted to hospital in injured condition where doctors declared her dead,” Kashmir Zone Police said. Amreen Bhat was a TikTok artist and a TV star. The nephew of the woman, Farhan Zubair, also got injured in the…

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Chalo Kashmir: Shiv Sainiks ready to strengthen security grid for the Amarnath Pilgrims in Kashmir

Chalo Kashmir: Shiv Sainiks would reach the Valley to strengthen security of the pilgrims in Kashmir

Reacting to the threat by terrorist outfit, The Resistance Front (TRF) targeting annual Amarnath Yatra starting from June 30, Shiv Sena J&K has given a ‘Chalo Kashmir’ call to all the nationalist people of the country. Addressing media persons here today Manish Sahni, J&K Shiv Sena president said that nefarious design of TRF to create panic by threatening Shri Amarnath pilgrims will not be allowed to succeed at all. He said that a large number of Shiv Sainiks would reach the Valley to strengthen security of the pilgrims in Kashmir…

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Sheikh Abdullah, Who led Kashmir towards India, Dropped from police medal

Sheikh Abdullah, Who led Kashmir towards India, Dropped from police medal

Sheikh Abdullah has been the symbol of Kashmir’s accession to the Union of India and is credited with driving tribal raiders out with the help of his volunteers who fought Pakistani raiders and foiled their attempt to capture Kashmir in 1947. Jammu and Kashmir’s police medal for gallantry and meritorious services will no longer have an embossed image of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, instrumental to Kashmir’s accession to India following the partition. The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to replace the picture with the national emblem. Named after the Sheikh’s…

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