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The killing of the woman, belonging to the minority community, has again stoked protests by Kashmiri Pandits while local politicians have condemned the civilian killing in unequivocal terms Unknown gunmen, suspected of being militants, shot and killed a female teacher in Gopalpora village of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Tuesday. According to reports, gunmen opened fire on the lady, identified as Rajni Bala from Badri region of Jammu’s  Samba district . While being shifted for treatment to District Hospital Kulgam, she died on the way and was declared dead at the hospital. Later, security forces sealed off the entire village in an attempt to apprehend the perpetrators. However, no arrests have been made so far. Pertinently, the slain woman, a teacher by profession, was posted at High School Gopalpora. She had been working in Kashmir under the SC category under Order No. 559 since June 18, 2009, and was meant to be deputed in the Chawalgam Education Zone under the Annual Tr...

Due to the comparatively warmer weather in the Valley, harvesting of the crop began a month early as the fruit got ready for plucking The harvesting of the cherry crop in Kashmir is well underway, and despite the early hot weather, the farmers are pleased with the produce. However, the prevalent low prices have become a cause of concern for the farmer community. According to Jahangeer Bhat, who owns a cherry orchard in Marheng village of Shopian, the production of cherry is satisfactory this year but the prices have hit a new low. ‘Little price variations make huge difference in profit margins’ “The price of 1 kg box of cherry is around Rs 90 on average. Some get Rs 93 per box while there are other farmers who got Rs 85 for the same,” Bhat said. Previously, Bhat added, they sold the same quantity at Rs 100 on average. “The little price variation of even 10 rupees per box makes a huge difference in our profit margins given the bumper produce,” he adds. Cherry was ripe for plucking a mon...

The creation of a separate Bhil Pradesh is one of the main objectives of the Bharatiya Tribal Party, which was formed in 2017 in Gujarat Modern India is one of the world's most diverse countries, with over 100 languages, 700 distinct tribes, every major religion, some of the world's greatest cities, and remote regions with little to no population. People in the nation have occasionally proposed separate states due to the country's diversity. The drive for a separate state for tribal people in western India, termed 'Bhil Pradesh,' has lately resurrected in this connection. Bhils were the largest tribal group in India The Bhils, also known as Bheels, are a pre-Aryan race. The term 'Bhil' is derived from the Dravidian word villu or billu, which means 'bow.' Bhil is also mentioned in the Mahabharata and Ramayana, two ancient Indian epics. The Bhil languages, a subset of the Western Zone of the Indo-Aryan languages, are spoken by around 10.4 million Bhils...

On social media, the post sparked an uproar with users asking for his arrest. Before his arrest, the panellist took down the tweet Waqar H Bhatti, a human rights activist and television panellist from Jammu and Kashmir’s border area of Rajouri, was detained by police in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday over allegations of offending religious sentiments of the Hindu community. The allegations against the Jammu-based social activist came to the fore after his tweet about ‘Shivling’ on his Twitter handle. The post sparked uproar soon after as the social media users started to demand his immediate arrest. Activist tried to clarify but failed to evade detention Before his arrest, however, the activist took down the controversial tweet and came up with a few tweets of clarification. As per Bhatti, he did not target any faith and there was no reason for the same as the matter was in court. He made the comment in reference to the Gyanvapi mosque, which is claimed to be a mosque as ...

Ambreen Bhat, a popular television actress in the Valley, was shot outside her home in Budgam district Ambreen Bhat, a television actress, was killed and her 10-year-old nephew was shot by suspected militants in Chadoora town in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday evening, police said. According to the police, Bhat, who is known for her roles in television shows, and her nephew, Farhan Zubair, were shot outside their home in Chadoora’s Hushroo neighbourhood. Zubair is recovering from a bullet wound in his arm and is in stable condition. Ambreen Bhat had worked in various serials featured on the  DD Kashir  channel while she had also switched to YouTube a few months back to publish her videos on her channel. After the attack on Ambreen, the area was blocked off in order to apprehend the gunmen, suspected of being associated with the militant organization Lashkar-e-Taiba, according to authorities. However, no arrests have been made by the security forces so far. htt...

The water body has recently turned pink, which the Pandits interpret as a bad omen and an indication of impending trouble Pandits from Kashmir are crossing their fingers at a temple in central Kashmir after the spring on the premises changed its colour from red to pink. Following the killing of Kashmiri Pandit Rahul Bhat on May 12 by gunmen, who were militants according to the local police, the spring at  Kheer Bhawani temple  in Ganderbal district turned red, indicating a bad omen. However, the water body has just turned pink, which the Pandits believe is a terrible omen and a sign of impending hardship. The spring keeps changing colours According to Hindu mythology, the spring’s water colour varies from time to time, which is attributed to different avatars of the goddess. The spring is recognized for changing its colour to a variety of colours like red, pink, orange, green, blue, and white. The traditional Kashmiri belief regarding the colour of the spring water, particular...

The reservoir can hold 42 billion tons of water when the dam is fully operational The Three Gorges Dam in China, called for the three gorges it spans, is the world’s largest hydroelectric dam and the reservoir of the dam is capable of holding so much water that it is said to change the Earth’s rotation, making days marginally longer This huge dam is located among three adjacent gorges – Outang, Wu and Xiling. The steel and concrete dam is 7,661 feet long and about 600 feet high. The huge dam required 510,000 tons of steel for construction. In comparison, the same resources might be used to construct 60 distinct Eiffel Towers. There have been even claims that the dam is viewable from the space, but this is not true as it has not been proven so far. Sun Yat-Sen proposed the idea of Three Gorges Dam Sun Yat-Sen, also called the father of modern China, originally proposed the idea of Three Gorges Dam way back in early 1919. He advocated the dam in an article as a way to develop China’s man...