Year: 2022

India’s vow to reclaim PoK sends shivers down Pakistan-China’s spine

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India’s vow to reclaim PoK sends shivers down Pakistan-China’s spine

After talks, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif came out with ‘Kashmir-obsessed’ statements that betrayed their nervousness. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s recent statement reaffirming New Delhi’s resolve to reclaim Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) has pressed a panic button in both Pakistan and China. What has given Islamabad and Beijing more jitters is a Srinagar based senior Indian Army Commander’s remarks that “We will not look back once given orders”. Again another message from Rajnath, “Dhairya rakhiye,” (be patient) as some people in his public…

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Onset of winter Kangri weaving picks up in Kashmir

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Onset of winter Kangri weaving picks up in Kashmir

With winters fast approaching Kashmiri men busy weaving Kangris, portable fire pots, is a common scene across the Valley these days. Within the next few days, Kangris can be seen piled up roadside. Kangri is an earthen pot with wickers woven all over. When fueled with charcoal and dry Chinar leaves, it releases heat for about eight hours. People in Kashmir use it during the winter to keep themselves warm. The Kangri has a significant place in the culture and heritage of Kashmir. It is part of Kashmiri tradition and…

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Advocate Haq Khan general secretary PDP quits party

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Advocate Haq Khan general secretary PDP quits party

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) received another jolt on Saturday after senior leader and former minister Advocate Haq Khan resigned from the party. “I announce in no uncertain terms that in view of the current political situation, I have suspended my political activities definitively and completely. From today onwards, I have no association with my previous political party, i.e PDP, and that my statement should be considered as my resignation,” Khan said, in a statement. Khan, who was the general secretary PDP and a member of the state executive committee, added…

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Dengue cases on the rise in Jammu, 900 cases reported in last seven days, tally reaches 5908

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Dengue cases on the rise in Jammu, 900 cases reported in last seven days, tally reaches 5908

Dengue cases are on the rise in Jammu and Kashmir. The mosquito-borne viral disease has claimed 11 lives and left nearly 6000 people sick in Jammu and Kashmir this season, an official said. Jammu district alone accounted for the highest 4,464 dengue cases, he said. Against this backdrop, the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) on Saturday intensified fogging drive to control the spread of the disease. The fogging drive was launched by JMC Mayor Rajinder Sharma from M A stadium to cover the areas where a high number of dengue cases has been…

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Light to moderate rain, snow predicted in next 24 hours: MeT

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Light to moderate rain, snow predicted in next 24 hours - MeT

Predicting further dip in temperatures across Jammu and Kashmir, Meteorological Department on Friday said that they are expecting rains and snow in Union Territory during next 24 hours. “Fairly to widespread light to moderate rain, snow and thunders are expected in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday,” MeT officials said here adding that there has been further drop in maximum and minimum temperatures across J&K. MeT also issued yellow warning for isolated rain/thunder/lightning on Saturday . Pertinently, green means no action, yellow—situation to be watched, orange–government agencies need to be prepared…

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Sudhir Suri, Shiv Sena leader shot dead during protest in Amritsar

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Sudhir Suri, Shiv Sena leader shot dead during protest in Amritsar

Hindu right-wing leader Sudhir Suri, 58, who headed Punjab-based Shiv Sena (Taksali), was shot dead in broad daylight while he was taking part in a protest outside a temple in the presence of police, including a DSP-rank officer and an SHO, in Amritsar on Friday. Suri was staging a protest outside Gopal Mandir in Amritsar’s Kashmir Avenue locality when he was shot at five times by Sandeep Singh, who ran a garment shop outside the same temple, according to police officials. He was later arrested. The police also recovered a…

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Alert!! Kashmir has 70000 drug abusers, 52000 using heroin: Survey

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Drug abuse among youngsters has increased manifold with medicos blaming easy access to illicit drugs in Kashmir. As per the official figures, the Drug De-addiction Center at SMHS Hospital receives at least 150 drug addiction cases every day. Of 150 cases, 70 cases are follow-up cases and the remaining cases are new. There are also 15 drug addiction cases among teenagers. According to the officials, 95 percent of cases are heroin abusers. According to the doctors, after doing serological tests of these patients, of the 100, 70 cases are found to have Hepatitis…

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Two migrant labourers attacked by terrorists in Anantnag

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Two migrant labourers attacked by terrorists in Anantnag

Terrorists fired upon two migrant labourers in Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday. The two men – one of whom came from Bihar and the other person from Nepal – were working at a private school at Bondialgam in Anantnag district. The Kashmir Zone Police said both of them were shifted to a hospital. “Terrorists fired upon two outside labourers (one from Bihar and second from Nepal), who were working at a private SAPS school at Bondialgam in Anantnag district. Both of them are being shifted to the hospital,” tweeted Kashmir…

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Assassination bid on Imran Khan, foot wounded, several hurt in firing at Khan’s long march

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Assassination bid on Imran Khan, foot wounded, several hurt in firing at Khan’s long march

Former Pakistan prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan was on Thursday injured after a gunman opened fire at his campaign truck during his Long March rally in Wazirabad, Punjab Province. Khan reportedly suffered injuries in his leg but was said to be out of any immediate danger. Local reports said Khan and some leaders of his party, including Faisal Javed Khan, were among those injured. “A man opened fire with an automatic weapon. Several people are wounded. Imran Khan is also injured,” Khan’s aide Asad Umar was…

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Tons of Apples rotting in trucks stranded on Srinagar – Jammu Highway

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Amid a crisis over thousands of tonnes of apple rotting in stranded trucks along the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has decided to allow held-up trucks to move towards Jammu tonight so that they can take the apples to mandis in different parts of country. A statement said 4,000 trucks will be cleared tonight. These trucks are stranded after the traffic police stopped them for over a week. Fruit-growers say more than 8,000 trucks carrying perishable fruit were stopped and left to rot along the highway. At…

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