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Appeal from 11-Year-Old Daughter of Prominent Kashmiri Rebel Leader: A Rare Plea to Visit Her Father Jailed in India

July 21, 2023 Editor

The eleven-year-old daughter of a prominent Kashmiri rebel leader who was sentenced to life in prison in neighboring India issued an emotional appeal on Thursday, urging New Delhi to allow her to meet her ailing father. Razia Sultan, the daughter of Mohammed Yasin Malik, 57, made this emotional demand after she was allowed to address the regional legislative assembly in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir. “I was only two years old when I met my father. I have now turned 11,” she said in a televised speech. “I miss…

Devastating Landslide Claims 13 Lives in Raigad as Heavy Rains Continue to Batter Maharashtra

July 20, 2023 Editor

Heavy rains continued to pound Mumbai and several other parts of Maharashtra on Thursday leading to waterlogging, delay in train schedules and natural disasters. Landslides were reported from some areas as well. Sixteen people were reported dead in one of these landslides that occured in the Raigad area. The Maharashtra government has asked officials to remain vigilant and take steps to avoid loss of lives in the metropolis and other rain-affected areas of the state. Here are the top updates of the deluge. No relief from the downpour is likely…

Kerala Man Loses Rs 40,000 in Sophisticated AI-Based ‘Deepfake Scam’

July 20, 2023 Editor

Day by day, as the digital world continues to expand, cyberscams and frauds are also keeping pace with technology and thus rising. And with artificial intelligence (AI) being the latest craze in the tech world, fraudsters are funding new ways to use it to their benefit. One such case has recently come to light. PS Radhakrishnan, a resident of Kozhikode in Kerala, lost Rs 40,000 after cybercriminals used deep fake AI technology and posed as a former colleague in a WhatsApp video call and sought money for his sister’s surgery.…

Relentless rains continue to batter Kashmir, flood-like situation in Doda

July 20, 2023 Editor

Heavy rains lashed parts of Kashmir while the Amarnath Cave shrine received moderate rains on Wednesday while the Meteorological Department has forecast more rains in Kashmir and Jammu during the next two to three days. Officials said Srinagar, Budgam, Pulwama received heavy rains. A MeT Department official said that these areas received 50-55 mm of rainfall and more rains were expected in the next two to three days. In addition to that, Katra, Udhampur, Jammu, and Sambha also received heavy rainfall, while Ramban and Doda received moderate rainfall. Deputy Director MET, Mukhtar…

Tragedy Strikes Kathua: Relentless rains trigger landslides in Kathua, eight killed, four children among them

July 20, 2023 Editor

At least eight people, including four minor cousins, were killed and two injured in separate incidents as heavy rains triggered landslides and damaged several houses in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Wednesday, officials said. The incidents took place in Bani Tehsil at around 6 am, the officials said. In ward number 3 of Surjan Morha village, 250km from Kathua headquarters, five members of a family were buried alive after two mud houses were hit by the landslide. “It took three hours for a police team to reach the area…

Pune-Based Company Falls Victim to New Email Scam, Loses Rs 22 Lakh

July 20, 2023 Editor

Emails are an essential part of professional communications and also serve as an identification address. Therefore, to ensure that communication is encrypted and safe, it is always important to verify the email ID. Otherwise, you might end up facing cyber attacks, such as scams. This is exactly what happened to a Pune-based engineering supplies firm, which reportedly lost 24,000 EUROS after failing to notice a single letter change in the email address they were supposedly in contact with for business. According to a recent case reported by The Indian Express,…

Complaint Filed against 26 Opposition Parties for ‘Improper Use’ of Term ‘INDIA’

July 20, 2023 Editor

A police complaint was registered against 26 Opposition parties at Barakhamba Police Station in Delhi for alleged improper use of the name of INDIA and use of the said name for the undue influence and personation at elections,” news agency ANI reported. Expressing objection to the name of the alliance, Dr Avinish Mishra, the complainant urged necessary action against the parties as the term ‘INDIA’ is being used for the undue personation at elections has hurt the sentiments of the people. “26 political parties have misused the name of the…

Traffic Disrupted on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway due to Shooting Stones, 2 Workers Dead and 6 Injured in Udhampur Landslide

July 19, 2023 Editor

The traffic on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was disrupted for 5 hours due to triggering of shooting stones from a hillock on the Mehar-Cafeteria Stretch near Ramban on Tuesday. Traffic authorities said that the highway remained blocked for 5 hours due to shooting stones on the Mehar-Cafeteria stretch of Ramban. They said that the movement of traffic remained slow due to the breakdown of 10 Heavy Motor Vehicles (HMVs) between Nashri and Banihal. Officials said that due to shooting stones on the Mehar-Cafeteria stretch of the highway near Ramban, traffic remained suspended…

Tragedy Strikes Kathua: Two Houses Collapse in Heavy Rains, 5 Feared Dead with 3 Bodies Recovered

July 19, 2023 Editor

Three persons died and two others are feared dead after two houses collapsed following heavy rains in Bani area of Kathua district, officials and reports said on Wednesday. They said two Houses belonging to Mushtaq Ahmed and Abdul Qayum collapsed in Surjan Morha Aruad Block in Bani due to heavy rainfall. Five persons including children got buried under these houses and the bodies of three persons one of them identified as Mohammad Arif son ofAbdul Qayum have been recovered so far by the rescuers including police and local volunteers, they…

Terror Attack in Anantnag: 2 Migrant Labourers Injured in Assault

July 19, 2023July 19, 2023 Editor

Two migrant labourers were injured in a terrorist attack in Anantnag district of south Kashmir late Tuesday evening. Their condition is said to be stable and a massive hunt has been launched to nab the attackers. The incident took place in Lal Chowk area of Anantnag town. They have been identified as Akshay, 20, son of Kanta of Sangli, Maharashtra and Saurav, 20, son of Pradeep of Sangli, Maharashtra. “Terrorists fired at two outside labourers in Anantnag. Both the injured civilians have been shifted to a hospital, where they are stated…