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  • Insolent act of disrespecting glory of great Holy Prophet(S) intolerable: Waseem Reza Kashmiri

    Kashmiri Seminary scholar called Wasim Rizvi and Narsinghand Yati `two faces of same coin`, Urged GOI to take stern action and demanded a complete ban on the blasphemous book

    Srinagar: J&K`s young Iran based Islamic scholar Waseem Reza Kashmiri while fulminating yet another extravagant blasphemous statement of the most infamous man against the last Prophet the proclaimer of Islam whom Allah the great has sent as the mercy for the universes.
    In a statement issued here,  prominent Islamic Seminary Scholar of Al-Mustafa(Pbuh) International University Iran said that Rizvi has left Islam and has made it clear by his actions and words that he is not a Muslim. Therefore, it is illogical and against Fitrat (nature) to associate the statements and thoughts of this apostate with the Muslims and there is nothing wrong with calling him an enemy of humanity, peace, betterment and democracy. There is a need for the Government of India to take stern action against such mischievous elements without any delay, keeping in view the situation in the country and the sentiments of the Muslims, so that they may be punished severely.
    He was the last Prophet (Pbuh) sent to the earth in a chain of Prophets sent at different spans of time. Unlike the earlier Prophets who were sent for particular people and for that particular time, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was sent for the whole humanity. Quran describes him as the “Mercy for the mankind”.
    After demanding and seeking the off to intervene in abrogating some revealed chapters from the divine book , this time the blasphemous Wasim Rizvi is  disreputable against the our last Prophet “ PBuH” . The book which has been penned down by the most filthy person is written in Hindi Wasim Rizvi has been making repeated statements for the last few years about how the peace in the country will deteriorate. He is working to hurt the feelings of the people somewhere. No action is being taken against him.
    He demanded a complete ban on the blasphemous book written by Wasim Maloon in honour of the Prophet of Islam (SAWW) and reiterated that Muslims and senseful human beings cannot compromise on the honor of mercy of the worlds (SAWW) and like him in history, the filthy people have gone through a lot which ended in humiliation and disgrace but the sad fact is that in a country like India which is known as the cradle of different religions and sects, the perpetrators of blasphemy and blasphemy are being given free rein which is contrary to human, moral and democratic values.
    Such statements are the absolute errands to defame Islam and to drench the sentiments of millions of Muslims.
    The seminary demands the early punishment for Wasim Rizvi who is the chief unscrupulous element of dichotomy as he is the masqueraded Shia .
    The statement further states that Wasim Rizvi is a sheer apostate he has unlucky been the former chairman of Shia Waqf Board of Lucknow in Indian Uttar Pradesh  and the head of Dana Devi Temple Yeti Narsinghand as the flip sides aiming to hamper the sentiments for this these two are instrumental in breaching the religion tolerance and posing the constant rift in the coherence mutuality of notions .
    “If Rizvi and Narsanghand are openly disturbing the peace and trying to create sectarian strife, then why is the government silent?”
    Waseem Reza Kashmiri deplored the silence of the Muslim Ummah and called upon the scholars and leaders of other religions to take concrete steps to prevent such incidents and maintain peace under the laws in thwarting the conspiracies in order to tackle the challenges.

  • Tourist From Mumbai Dies In Pahalgam

    Anantag, Nov 14: A 67-year-old tourist from Mumbai died in Pahalgam, soon after checking out from a hotel in the south Kashmir resort on Sunday.

    Official sources told GNS that the Tourist Uttam Laxman Shinde (67) of Amrul Nager Kherwadi Road Bundra( East) Mumbai Maharashtra suddenly fell ill soon after checking out from the hotel and was rushed to PHC Pahalgam.

    He was referred to GMC Anantnag where doctors declared him dead, they said. A police officer confirmed the death of the tourist.

  • Cop injured as militants attack police party in Nawa Kadal Srinagar

    Srinagar, Nov 14: A policeman was injured in a militant attack in Jamalata Nawa kadal area of central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Sunday.

    Official sources told GNS that the militants attacked a police party in the area, leaving a policeman injured.

    The injured was shifted to hospital but there were no immediate reports about his condition.

    Emerging story. More details awaited. (GNS)

  • World Cup: Hasan Ali apologises for his costly drop catch

    Pakistan fast bowler Hasan Ali has apologised for his forgettable outing against Australia in the T20 World Cup semifinal, saying he is more disappointed than anyone else and pledged to come back stronger from this bad phase of career, PTI reported.

    In the 19th over of the match, Ali dropped Matthew Wade off Shaheen Shah Afridi at deep midwicket and the error proved to be costly for Pakistan as the Australian stumper then hit three consecutive sixes to take his side into the final by registering a five-wicket win in Dubai on Thursday (November 11).

    This ended Pakistan’s fabulous campaign in the tournament. The Babar Azam-led side had entered the semifinal clash with five consecutive wins under its belt.

    “I know you all are upset because my performance didn’t meet your expectations but not more disappointed than me. Don’t change your expectations from me. I want to serve Pakistan cricket at the highest level possible, so back to hard work.

    “This patch will make me stronger. Thank you for all the messages, tweets, posts, calls and duas (prayers) – needed them,” Ali tweeted.

    Ali, a star of Pakistan’s 2017 Champions Trophy campaign, became a national villain following his dropped catch, with the pacer being subjected to a lot of trolling and negativity on social media.
    Australia will take on New Zealand in the final of the T20 World Cup in Dubai on Sunday night.

  • Communal parties like RSS-BJP can be compared with ISIS as both kill people in the name of religion: Mehbooba Mufti

    Srinagar, Nov 13: A row erupted after senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid compared Hindutva with groups like ISIS in his new book ‘Sunrise over Ayodhya”.

    Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said that, Communal parties like RSS and BJP can be compared with groups like ISIS as both these kill people in the name of religion.

    While talking to reporters about the Salman Khurshid’s comparison of Hindutva with ISIS, the PDP President said that, “It’s not about Hindutva and Hinduism. Hindusim and Hindutva doesn’t teach communalism. It’s about RSS and BJP who are creating a rift in whole country based on religion. They want to divide people based on communalism.

    These parties have hijacked Hindutva and Hindusim in the name of their parties. In the guise of Hindusim they want to divide the people of country into two parts, she added.

    Mufti said that, they assert that Hinduism and Hindutva is followed only by RSS and BJP. They say that “Vasudeva Kutumbakam” that is ‘whole world is one family’ which is completely taught by Hinduism but both RSS and BJP divide nation and give false claims of following the Hindusim.

    “What RSS and BJP are teaching and doing to people is neither Hindusim nor Hindutva,” she added.

    Replying to a question, she said that absolutely communal political parties can be compared with organizations like ISIS as they divide Hindus and Muslims of country and lynch people on the basis of religious grounds. “Such political parties are beyond ISIS because both these kill innocent people in the name of religion,” she said. (KNS)

  • DAK urges people to take precautions to prevent heart attacks, strokes in winter

    LSrinagar, Nov 13: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday said winter chill increases your risk of having a heart attack or stroke.

    “You are more likely to have a heart attack or stroke during winter months,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan.

    Dr Hassan said the number of heart attack and stroke patients at Kashmir hospitals doubles in winter. There is increase in number of deaths from heart attacks and strokes during winter months

    “Not only elderly people, but young and healthy individuals come to hospitals with massive heart attacks and strokes and some of them are brought dead,” he said.

    Dr Hassan said frigid temperatures constrict blood vessels that increase blood pressure which makes heart attack or stroke more likely.

    “The blood tends to be thicker and stickier during extreme cold which makes it easier to clot,” he said.

    The DAK President said this winter Covid-19 is a big factor. If you catch the virus, you are at an increased risk of having a heart attack or stroke. Covid-19 causes acute and severe inflammation that builds up fat deposits in the inner walls of the blood vessels. These fat deposits dislodge and get stuck in heart or brain where they block the blood flow.

    “Flu of winter also heightens the risk of these cases,” he said adding lack of sunlight during winter leaves people vitamin D deficient which is associated with increased risk of dying from heart attack or stroke.

    “While we can’t change the weather, we can take precautions to protect ourselves from heath risks of cold weather. Keep yourself warm to prevent from cold temperature. If you move out, dress in layers, wear a hat, gloves and scarf. Avoid going out in chill for walk and move your workout inside. Manage heart attack and stroke risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, abnormal cholesterol, and tobacco use. Take healthy diet rich in vegetables and fruits and reduce your stress. If you already have cardiovascular disease, avoid strenuous activities, such as shoveling heavy snow. Get your annual flu shot, Covid-19 vaccine and don’t forget to take your vitamin D,” said Dr Nisar.

  • A Producer once told me ‘You’re so hot i can heat chapatis on your Waist’: Mallika

    In a recent episode of The Love Laugh Live Show, Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat opened up about her journey in showbiz. The actress made an appearance on the talk show hosted by Mandira Bedi earlier this week. The 45-year-old actress looked stunning in a red saree as she shared some anecdotes from her journey as an actor.

    During one part of the show, Mandira asked Mallika, “There’s one producer who told you that he wanted to make a chapati on your belly or fry an egg on your waist.” As soon as she heard about the past incident, Mallika started laughing and even confirmed that it was indeed true.

    Mallika then shared how the producer approached her and said, “Madam ek song sequence hai!” She then added, “in his warped thinking he was like it is a very ‘hot’ song.” Producer pitched the song idea to Mallika and said that the song will be a way to show the audience that she is literally “hot.” Quoting what the producer told Mallika, the actress said, “Aap itni hot hain ki aapli kamar pe main chapati sek sakta hun (You are so hot that I can cook chapati on your waist).”

    Sharing her reaction to the song idea, Mallika described it as a “weird notion” and told Mandira, “Have you ever heard of anything like that?” Mandira also heaved a sigh as she reacted to Mallika’s story and said “needless to say it did not happen.” To which, Mallika said that at the time she had immediately refused to be a part of any such song and had told the producer, “I said no, we are not doing any such thing, no.”

    Mallika also mentioned that at the time she also found the idea to be very funny and original nonetheless. Expressing her agreement with Mallika, Mandira said that she found the idea creative and “out of the box.”

  • Salesman killed in Bohri Kadal ‘mistakenly’ as Dr Sandeep Mawa

    Srinagar Nov 11: On last Monday Dr Sandeep Mawa, a Kashmiri Pandit, was at his shop in old city Srinagar at 3 pm when he was told by the police that they had inputs he might be attacked. Fearing for his life, he immediately drove his car home. He left his another car XUV outside his shop.
    At around 8 pm when his salesman Mohammad Ibrahim Khan, 45, a resident of Eidgah Srinagar, boarded the XUV of Dr Mawa, he was attacked. Several bullets hit his body. Khan was taken to the hospital in a critical condition but breathed his last there.
    Dr Sandeep Mawa said he was at the shop till 3 pm on Monday and left his SUV there. “The police told me that there are inputs of my killings. I immediately drove home in another car. In the evening I got to know that my salesman has been killed,” he said, who has been provided security in view of threats to minorities.
    A doctor by education, Dr Mawa returned to Kashmir in 2019. While condoling the demise of his salesman, Dr Mawa said he will provide all possible help to the bereaved family.
    In the last six weeks, at least 14 civilians have been killed. Among them seven were Kashmiri Muslims, four non-local labourers, two Kashmiri Pandits and one Sikh woman which has created a fresh fear in the valley.
    Khan’s family members said he was targeted as attackers may have mistaken Khan as Dr Mawa.
    “When he stepped in the car, Khan was attacked. It clearly seems that they had come to target Dr Mawa but killed Khan by a mistake amid the darkness,” Khan’s relative Fayaz Ahmad told news agency Kashmir Indepth News Service (KINS).
    Khan is survived by wife, a son (19) and a daughter (16) studying in class 12 and 10th respectively.
    Earlier on October 05, a prominent Kashmiri pandit Dr Makhan Lal Bindroo was killed in his medical shop. His son Dr Sidharth Bindroo had said that his father received threats but he did not leave Kashmir because of his love for Kashmir and its people.
    Another prominent Kashmiri Pandit Sanjay Tickoo was also put under security cover following Dr Bindroo’s killings. Last month when we met Tickoo, he told this reporter that he was told by the police that they had inputs that he might be targeted.
    Following the recent civilian killings, many Kashmiri Pandits either prefer to stay in their homes or have left Jammu.
    A police official said that many Kashmiri Pandits have been given security following recent killings. “It seems, the salesman of a Kashmiri pandit was killed by the mistake,” the official added.
    Meanwhile, security has been intensified across Kashmir following the recent killings.
    At least 5000 additional paramilitary forces have been deployed in the valley with 3000 alone in Srinagar where the maximum civilian killings took place.
    In Srinagar, new bunkers are being raised and frisking has been intensified. Few years before, Srinagar was once considered a free militancy district but the maximum recent killings of civilians took place here.
    Forces have built up several permanent bunkers in various parts of Srinagar. (KINS)

  • Govt transfers alleged bank fraud case of former SMC Dy Mayor to CBI, FIR re-registered

    Srinagar, Nov 11: The Lt Governor administration has transferred the case of M/S Kehwa group owned by former Deputy Mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) and president Youth Peoples Conference (PC) to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and FIR was re-registered for further investigation, officials said.

    An official told Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) that “The request of the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) for referred case FIR no 03/2019 Police station ACB Anantnag (Kehwa case) to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was considered by the government of Jammu and Kashmir and it has been decided by the competent Authority (Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha that the case be investigated by the CBI hence forth”.

    He said accordingly CBI has re-registered an FIR no RC12320211A0009 dated 08-10-2021 against under J&K PC Act, Samvat 2006 under section 5(1) (d), 5 (2), and J&K Penal Code (RPC) act under section 120-B and 420 against Sheikh Imran former Deputy Mayor (SMC) at CBI office in Srinagar.

    Pertinently, Imran has been accused of misappropriating the funds provided as subsidy given for setting up a controlled atmosphere store. It is alleged that the group got various credit facilities of ₹138 crore, which was allegedly restructured in connivance with the bank officials for ₹78 crore.

    The case was earlier being probed by the ACB south Kashmir which had arrested Sheikh Imran in December 2019. The probing agency had then said a significant portion of the loans meant for the construction of the storage by the Kehwa Square Private Limited in Pulwama was allegedly diverted.

    During the inquiry, it was found that the group had six other business units and they had raised loan facilities of ₹138 crore. As one of the loan accounts had turned into a non-performing asset, the accused had applied for a one-time settlement with the bank. Accordingly, in conspiracy with some bank officials, the restructuring led to deduction of the final amount from ₹138 crore to ₹78 crore.

    Several other financial irregularities were also detected by the authorities concerned, as alleged. (KDC)

  • Patients shiver with cold as hospitals lack heating arrangement in Kashmir

    Srinagar Nov 10 : Patients admitted in various hospitals are shivering with cold as authorities have failed to keep heating arrangements in place amid dip in temperature in the valley.Bashir Ahmad, an attendant with a patient at Super Speciality Hospital Srinagar said neither the heating system has been started nor personnel blankets are allowed to patients. “Patients are shivering with cold but nobody is concerned. We are even not allowed to bring our own blankets to make ourselves warm. The non-availability of heating arrangements is causing cold-related ailments among the patients. Our patient has caught a cold in the hospital,” he told news agency Kashmir Indepth News Service (KINS).An official at LD Hospital said new born babies in the hospital are also facing the threat of catching cold-related diseases.“This issue has been brought into the notice of concerned authorities many times but to no avail,” the official added.Similarly, attendants also complain about the lack of heating arrangements at SMHS Hospital Srinagar.“My mother is admitted here but there is no heating arrangement in place. Patients are shivering with cold. Nobody is concerned about patients and attendants. This is the scene of the premier hospital of Kashmir then you can imagine the condition in other hospitals,” said Mehraj ud Din, whose mother is admitted to SKIMS Soura.An official of SKIMS Soura said that heating system has been started in a few departments like pediatric department. “But majority of SKIMS is without a heating system thus bringing huge inconveniences to the patients and attendants,” the official said.When asked Medical Superintendent SKIMS Soura Dr Farooq Jan about lack of heating arrangements he refused to comment. “You should talk to PRO for the comments,” he said.PRO SKIMS could not be contacted for the comments.Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) has urged administration to start the heating system in Kashmir hospitals as the patients are suffering due to the chill.With temperatures dipping, DAK President Dr Nisar ul Hassan said patients are shivering with cold as the heating system of hospitals has not been started yet.“The bone-chilling cold in hospitals is making life difficult for ailing patients,” he has said.The DAK President said tertiary care and peripheral hospitals are without heating putting lives of patients at risk.“Cardiac and Stroke patients in hospitals are at increased risk of death as cold thickens blood and constricts the arteries,” he said.“Even the condition of Asthmatics and patients with Chronic Obstructive Lung Diseases worsens in hospitals because of cold conditions,” he added. (KINS)