September 2021 - The Kashmiriyat

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NC MPs caution JK Admin against opting for AIQ in PG/Grad Medical courses

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Say opening up for outside students will put JK students at greater disadvantage The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Thursday cautioned the JK Government against participating in All India Quota for admission to PG courses and proposed 50 percent (MD/MS/Diploma/PG DNB) in AIQ under NEET, saying the measure will expose JK students to a greater disadvantage as compared to their counterparts from other States because of being socially and educationally backward. In a joint statement Party Members of Parliament Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Muhammad Akbar Lone, and Hassnain Masoodi taking note of the perceived hardship to the JK students due to the pooling of 15% of its MBBS seats in AIQ (All India Quota) and 50% seat-sharing for PG Medical courses after NEET. The MPs noted with great c...

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Under BJP Govt, restoration of statehood an uphill task: Congress Prez Mir

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‘Will give something bigger than Article 370 once voted to power’ Stating that the restoration of Article 370 and 35A is an uphill task under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) chief Thursday said that they will give the region something bigger and mega than the special status. This was stated by Ghulam Ahmad Mir, the J&K Congress party chief during his two-day visit to the remote Machil sector. Mir arrived in Kupwara on Thursday afternoon and addressed a workers convention at Duddi village in the border Machil sector. Addressing the workers at the Duddi, Mir as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that the central government led by the BJP party is working on the ideology of RSS which is splitt...

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‘She was killed by her husband’: Police solve Srinagar blind murder case

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The Jammu and Kashmir police claimed to have solved a blind murder case by arresting the accused person involved in commission of crime. In a statement, a police spokesperson said, “On 27/09/2021, Police Station Zakura received information that Saleema, 50 years, wife of Abdul Rehman Dar resident of Khudwani Kulgam at present Gulistan Colony Gulab Bagh Zakura was strangulated by some unknown persons and was shifted by locals to hospital where doctors declared her brought dead.” On this information, a case FIR No.104/2021 under relevant sections of law was registered in Police Station Zakura, and investigation was set into motion, the statement read. Adding that during the course of investigation, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by SDPO Zakura and SHO Zakura under the sup...

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Spices company’s assets attached by ED over J-K bank loan fraud

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Assets worth over Rs 145 crore of a Bengaluru-based spices company in a money-laundering probe linked to an alleged loan fraud in the J&K Bank have been attached by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached The agency said in a statement issued on Wednesday that a factory building, shops, flats, and lands of the company, S A Rawther Spices Pvt Ltd, and others were provisionally attached under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The total value of the attached properties is Rs 145.26 crore, it said. The ED case stems from an FIR filed by the anti-corruption bureau of the J-K Police against the company and its promoter director Syed Anish Rawther, the then manager of J&K Bank branch located at BU Infantry Road in Bengaluru and other officials of the same bank,...

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School Van Hits Electric Pole in Krusan Lolab; 3 Students Injured

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At least three students from Army Goodwill School Krusan received injuries after a private-owned vehicle ferrying them met with an accident on Thursday afternoon in Saiwan Lolab in north Kashmir's Kupwara district. Reports reaching GNS said that the incident occurred after the driver Showkat Ahmad Ganaie son of Ghulam Hassan lost control over the vehicle bearing registration number JK09A-1209 and hit an electric pole. The vehicle was on its way from Krusan to Khurhama. In the incident, three injured students identified as Syed Umair Pir (10), Syed Zia Pir (10), and Uzma Jan all residents of Khurhama were immediately brought to SDH Sogam wherefrom two boys injured in the accident were referred to SKIMS Soura Srinagar for specialized treatment. More details awaited. (GNS)

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Young Driver Turns His Minibus Into a Mobile Restuarant in Anantnag

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Sheikh Nadeem Given the rise in unemployment in the Valley, the youths try to establish their own business outlets in order to earn livelihood. A 25 year old youth, Aasif Hussain Ahanger, who hails from south Kashmir’s Kamad area of Anantnag district has turned his Matador (minibus) into a small restaurant at famous tourist destination Kokernag. Asif Hussain had bought a minibus vehicle, however the vehicle was stuck without any movement after the administration in Jammu Kashmir imposed restrictions over the public transport in wake of covid 19. Marred by back to back lockdowns, The driver community of Kashmir, pertinently has been facing massive economic crisis after the abrogation of special status on August 05, 2019. Now, by turning his minibus into a small restaurant, As...

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CASO launched in Chadoora town: Officials

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The security forces on Thursday launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Chadoora town of Central Kashmir's Budgam district, officials said. Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a joint team of Army’s 53RR and SOG cordoned off Chadoora town from Hospital side. They said that all the entry and exit points towards the area have been sealed, while the searches were going on—(KNO)

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Doctor suspended after 32 students, who were reported Covid positive, test negative on RTPCR in Rajouri

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The authorities on Thursday suspended a doctor of CHC Thanamandi after 32 students at a private school were reported Covid-19 positive under the doctor's supervision and later they turned out to be negative for Covid-19 during RTPCR testing in Thanamandi area of Rajouri district. An order, a copy of which lies with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) stated that during the Testing on 27.09.2021, at one of the Private schools in Thanamandi Zone, under the supervision of Dr Shabab Ahmed (Dental Surgeon) Nodal Officer COVID-19, 32 students were detected COVID-19 Positive and as per SOPs, they were shifted to Covid Care Centre Plangarh for Isolation. "The RTPCR Test of all the Students was conducted on 28.09.2021, wherein all have reported "Negative", Now, therefore, in view of t...

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21 more absconders evading arrest since years arrested in Reasi: Police

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Say 100 absconders including murder accused, surrendered militants, OGWs arrested since May this year under F'rari Giraftari drive The Jammu Kashmir police on Thursday said that they have arrested 21 more absconders, who were evading arrests since years in the Reasi district in the last four weeks, while around 100 absconders have been arrested since May this year under the F'rari Giraftari drive in the district. As per a statement, issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), a spokesperson said that 21 more absconders, evading arrests since years have been arrested, while 35 warrants have been executed in the last four weeks under F'rari Giraftari drive against underground criminals and absconders in Reasi. "Around 100 absconding criminals which include 04 OGWs, 10 sur...

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Baramulla Man Arrested by Gujarat ATS for Alleged Involvement in 2006 Blast Case

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Gujarat ATS assisted by Jammu Kashmir police has arrested a man form North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) that a man identified as Bilal Aslam was arrested from Baramulla with assistance of Jammu and Kashmir Police. As per ATS Bilal is accused in 2006 blasts in Kulapur Railway station in Ahmedabad and has been absconding since fifteen years. A police official confirmed the arrest of Bilal Aslam to Kashmir Dot Com but didn’t share further details. (KDC)