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  • Woman tries to chop man’s private parts in Pune, held

    Woman from Katraj area of Pune, was arrested on Saturday, for trying to cut-off a man’s private parts, said police officials on Monday.

    The incident took place near the old Katraj tunnel, and the man was injured.

    The accused, identified as Poonam Nilesh Wadkar, 35, and her three accomplices were booked under attempt to murder and kidnapping charges. Wadkar is the wife of of criminal Nilesh Wadkar who was killed in old gang rivalry, according to police officials.

    According to the complaint filed by the victim, identified as Vinayak Tanaji Londhe, 30, resident of Ramtekdi,on Saturday at 6.30 pm, one of Wadkar’s accomplice messaged Londhe on a messaging app using Wadkar’s number to meet her near Swami Narayna temple. He reached the spot, wherein he was kidnapped and taken towards the old Katraj tunnel. The accused beat him and allegedly tried to cut-off his penis.

    Shrihari Bhairat, senior police inspector said, “Prima facie, one of the accused suspected that the victim was in a relationship with Wadkar and he used Wadkar’s number to message the victim Londhe and tried to cut-off his private parts. However, the exact reason is unknown and further investigation is underway. The victim was severely injured and was rushed to the hospital for treatment.”

    According to police officials, Wadkar’s three accomplices were on record criminals and were involved in various criminal activities along with her husband Nilesh in the Katraj area.

    A case under sections 307,364, 324, 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered at Bharti Vidyapeeth police station. Police sub-inspector AR Karche is investigating the case further.

  • BIG Announcement: ‘Haj 2023 to be cheaper, more pilgrim friendly’

    Hajis to have choice of choosing embankment point, more such points to be added, pilgrimage to be women friendly, pilgrimage likely to be Rs 1 lakh cheaper: HCoI member Er Aijaz Hussain; says Decision taken in recently held Haj conference held in Delhi on Nov 12

    Srinagar, Nov 14: In a major decision taken by the Haj Committee of India after hectic deliberations in Haj Conference held in Delhi on November 12, the Haj Committee of India (HCoI) is gearing up to make Haj 2023 cheaper and pilgrim friendly with special focus on women pilgrims.

    Talking exclusively to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), HCoI member Er Aijaz Hussain said that the meeting held in New Delhi was attended by Minority Affairs Minister Simriti Irani, Chairman HCoI A P J Abdul Kuttay, chairmen of all States/UTs including Chief Executive Officer Haj Committee of J&K Safeena Baig. “A brainstorming session was held and after thorough deliberations, it was decided that Haj 2023 will be made cheaper so that poor can also undertake the sacred journey. It was also decided that more embankment points will be added and the pilgrim will be given a choice to choose the embankment point of his/her choice. Besides, a special focus will be given to women pilgrims so that they too can fulfill the dream of performing Hajj,” Er Aijaz said, who was present in the meeting.

    To a query how cheaper the Haj was going to be , Er Aijaz said that there was a possibility that pilgrims will have to pay Rs one lakh less compared to the previous year’s Haj rate. “Apart from this, all facilities will be provided to Hajis including currency exchange, free hatch bags, umbrellas and guide books etc,” he said, adding that every Haji will have a facility to get adequate Zam water at the airport. He said that Haj forms will also be made available on the official websites months ahead of pilgrimage.

    Er Aijaz said that the meeting also discussed reaching out to aspiring women pilgrims and it was decided to give maximum opportunity to women who want to undertake the sacred journey next year.

    Er Aijaz said that the HCoI officials were in touch with the officials in Saudi Arabia and all means are being explored to fill the gaps and loopholes noticed and observed in last year’s pilgrimage. “All steps are afoot to ensure quality Haj to people who would leave for the holy cities of Makah and Madina in year 2023,” he said—(KNO)

  • Amid divorce rumours, Shoaib Malik’s pictures with Pakistani actress Ayesha Omar go viral

    NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing rumours of divorce with Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik’s pictures with model and actress Ayesha Omar have gone viral on social media.

    As per multiple media reports, all is not well between Sania and Shoaib for quite some time now and they are heading toward divorce.

    The reports also claim Ayesha Oman is the reason for the breakdown of Shoaib and Sania’s marriage.

    However, to date, both Sania and Shoaib, who have been married for 12 years and have a son, have maintained a stoic silence about their personal lives.

    As per a Bollywood Life report, the 35-year-old Sania, winner of six Grand Slam doubles titles, has been reportedly living separately and is co-parenting her son Izhaan.

    Notably, model Ayesha and Shoaib worked with each other for a photo shoot almost a year back and they developed proximity during that. Later, the Pakistan cricketer also praised Ayesha during an interview, saying that she helped him a lot during their shoot. And now those pictures have gone viral on social media.

    As far as Ayesha is concerned, she is a Pakistani actress and popular Youtuber. She has long been a well-known face in the entertainment industry and is also one of the most fashionable actresses in her country. Reportedly, she is one of the highest-paid actresses in Pakistan.

    The 41-year-old is known for her leading roles in several television serials including ‘Kollege Jeans’, ‘Kuch Lamhe Zindagi Kay’, ‘Meri Zaat Zara e Beneshan’, ‘Dil Ko Manana Aya Nahi’, ‘Zindagi Gulzar Hai’, ‘Bulbullay’,

  • Woman in Uttar Pradesh raped by husband, brother-in-law after triple talaq

    A woman in Uttar Pradesh was allegedly raped several times by her husband and his younger brother after `triple talaq,` with involvement of several other people, including a cleric, PTI reported.

    Police are on the lookout to arrest six people in all.

    According to PTI report, the complaint filed by the woman, she had married one Salman five years ago. Salman divorced her a few months ago under triple talaq system, which has been outlawed.

    “Salman on the suggestion of a cleric, one Guddu Haji, later told the woman that he would accept her as his wife again if she married and divorced his younger brother,” her complaint read.

    Even after she did as she was asked, the younger brother refused to divorce her and both brothers took to raping her, said a senior police officer.

    “On the assurance of Salman the woman married his brother Islam but the latter refused to divorce her. Since then, the woman has alleged that both Salman and Islam gang raped her on several occasions,” Additional Superintendent of Police Sanjay Kumar told PTI.

    The woman went to a local court with her complaint and the FIR was lodged after the court`s order on Monday.”Based on the complaint we have booked Guddu Haji, Salman, Islam and three of their family members under sections of Gangrape (376 IPC), unnatural sex (377D IPC) along with sections of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019,” said the officer.

    The woman was taken for a medical examination and presented before a magistrate to record her statement.”The accused in the case are absconding and efforts are being made to arrest them,” Kumar said.

  • J-K and Ladakh were and will always be India’s integral and inalienable part, India tells Pak

    Geneva: India on Thursday firmly told Pakistan that the entire Union Territory of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh were and will always be its integral and inalienable part and said that after the constitutional changes in 2019, the people of the region are now able to realise their full potential as in other parts of the country.

    Speaking at the 41st Session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group which is being held from November 7-18 at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) here, Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta also slammed Pakistan for raking up the Kashmir issue at the forum.

    “The entire Union Territory of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh were and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India,” Mehta said at the UNHRC, where the Universal Periodic Review of India’s human rights record is currently underway.

    Mehta said that after the constitutional changes and reorganisation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, the people of the region are now able to realize their full potential as in other parts of the country.

    His response came after the Pakistan delegate raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir during his remarks at the review process.

    The Pakistani delegate made six recommendations, including reversal of steps taken since August 2019 and access to independent observers to the region.

    “Despite the continued threat of cross border terrorism, the security situation has improved significantly in Jammu and Kashmir since August 2019,” said Mehta, who is leading the Indian delegation for the UPR.

    India abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution, revoking the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcating the state into two Union Territories on August 5, 2019.

    Mehta said that the government of India has taken several steps for all round development of Jammu and Kashmir including restoration of democracy at the grassroot levels, good governance, unprecedented development of infrastructure, tourism and trade. He noted that this year, Jammu and Kashmir has already received over 16 million tourists, “the highest ever so far.”

    He added that extension of over 800 people-friendly and progressive Central laws to the region has ensured better opportunities for all the people of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

    “These Central laws include affirmative action for the vulnerable sections, the right to free and compulsory education, non-discriminatory inheritance laws, protection against domestic violence and empowerment of women, decriminalisation of same sex relations and conferment of rights to transgender persons,” he said.

  • Jos Buttler trolls R Ashwin during IND vs ENG T20 World Cup semi-final

    Ravichandran Ashwin came to bowl in the 7th over of the game and the England captain was seen mocking him. Each time that Buttler was at the bowling end during Ravi’s spell, he was seen standing much behind the popping crease until the former had released the ball.

    Here is Mr. Jos Buttler promoting STAY INSIDE STAY SAFE even after the COVID-19 outbreak has been subdued:

    Team India was outshone by England in all three (bowling, batting and fielding) departments. None of the bowlers could take a wicket, Rohit Sharma never set attacking fields and no batter except Kohli and Hardik (after getting dropped on 3) could go past the 30-run mark.

    Though England made a couple of blunders in the field, they were overall more dedicated than the Men in Blue. Four of their bowlers impressed, and Jos Buttler (80* off 49) and Hales (86* off 47) got the chase dusted on their own.

    With inputs from Sports Time

    (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by Kashmir Today staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

  • Sania Mirza, Shoaib Malik get divorced

    Sania and Shoaib tied the knot in 2010 and welcomed son, Izhaan, in 2018

    Hyderabad: Tennis star Sania Mirza has been making headlines for her separation rumours with husband-Pakistani cricketer Shoaib
    Malik for quite some time now. There has been a never-ending spree of speculative news, some highlighting Sania’s

    cryptic social media posts, some outright fake, and a few backed with unnamed & inside sources regarding the trouble in their marriage.

    Old video of Shoaib Malik announcing his Nikah with Hyderabad’s Ayesha goes viral
    And now, a source close to the couple confirmed to the sports portal ‘Inside Sport

    that they are officially divorced. “Yes, they are officially divorced now. I can’t disclose more than that but can confirm that they have separated,” the source said.

    Umair Sandhu, a self-proclaimed film critic and member of the overseas censor board too tweeted about trouble brewing between the high-profile couple. He wrote, “Officially Confirmed,

    SaniaMirza & ShoaibMalik officially DIVORCED now! Sad for the Couple.

    Speculation about Sania Mirza going through a turbulent phase in her marriage with Shoaib Malik started floating on the internet after the tennis star shared a cryptic post on her Instagram leaving her fans worried.

    She wrote, “Where do broken hearts go. To find Allah”. The caption for her other post featuring their son Izhaan read, “The moments that get me through the hardest days.

  • Indoor saffron cultivation a reality, showing positive results in Kashmir

    Temperature, humidity, light play vital role in yield of indoor saffron: Scientist

    Srinagar: At a time when outdoor saffron in Kashmir is facing three major challenges—lack of irrigation facilities, conversion of saffron land and shortage of saffron corns, farmers in Kashmir’s Saffron bowl, Pampore are growing saffron indoors, which according to them has of late, shown positive results.

    Majid Farooq, a grower from Shaar Shali area of Pampore while talking to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that his family is the first who have started indoor cultivation in the area and results have been phenomenal and most important thing has been that indoor saffron has pure quality.

    Ab Majeed Wani, President of Saffron Growers Association of Kashmir told KNO that indoor saffron cultivation is a reality and it has been showing very positive results as of now and there remains zero impact of climate change, extensive rain or heat on indoor saffron.

    He said that it will increase the saffron production, the demand can be easily met and even people who don’t have land can grow saffron in their homes.

    Dr Bashir Ahmad Allaie, head of Advance Research Station for Saffron and Seed Spices, while talking to KNO said that as climate change has been affecting our every crop and like that it has started to put its impact on outdoor saffron and now we need irrigation for saffron which wasn’t earlier and indoor saffron under these circumstances can play vital role in meeting demand and supply.

    Since 2018 we have been working on this experiment and after two years we distributed it for demonstration among farmers, he said, adding that around 12 indoor saffron units have been started in homes of farmers and they are happy with the result.

    Through the new multi-tier method, the corms are put in trays and they require around 100 days of darkness before the yield is harvested. “The process is started in August, the flowering begins between October 10 and 15, followed by harvesting in the month of November,” he said.

    “Our aim is to accommodate more and more corn in room and get more yield,” he said, adding that corns are being uprooted in June and temperature, humidity and light play pivotal role in the yield and if farmer will take care these things very well, yield will more—(KNO)

  • Kuka Parray’s son Joins Apni Party

    Srinagar, Nov 10: Imtiyaz Parray, the former Congress leader and the son of slain counter-insurgent commander, Kuka Parray on Thursday joined the Jammu Kashmir Apni Party.

    As per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Imtiyaz’s father Kuka Parrey was founder of Ikhwan, a counter-insurgency militia formed in 1994-95 to fight militancy. In September this year, Imtiyaz resigned from basic membership of Congress. However after more than a month, Imtiyaz parray today formally joined the Apni party.

    “I welcome Imtiyaz Parray and Noor Mohammad Bhat to the Jammu Kashmir Apni Party. I am confident they will play a big role in strengthening the party in Bandipora district,” Vice President of the Apni Party and former legislator Bandipora Usman Majid said in a tweet.

    Kuka Parrey also formed the Jammu & Kashmir Awami League before 1996 assembly polls. It won one seat each in 1996 and 2022 state polls. Imtiyaz fought the 2008 assembly election on the ticket of Awami League but later joined Congress. This party became dysfunctional after he joined Congress and was deregistered by the Election Commission of India in June 2022—(KNO)

  • Al-Qaeda Operative apprehended in Ramban

    Al-Qaeda Operative apprehended in Ramban district of #JammuKashmir.  @RambanPolice has identified him as Amiruddin Khan S/o Mostafa Khan R/o Mashita Haora, West Bengal.  01 Chinese Grenade recovered from him