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Unemployment Rate in Jammu Kashmir Touches 21.6 Per cent, Highest in India

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Jammu Kashmir has registered the highest unemployment rate in India with the unemployment rate climbing to 21.6 percent. According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) figures, with 21. 6 per cent unemployment, Jammu Kashmir has the highest unemployment in India. The unemployment rates are produced by CMIE using its Consumer Pyramids Household Survey machinery. CMIE data reveals that India’s unemployment rate is 6.9 percent which means Jammu Kashmir has much higher unemployment rate than the national average. According to the CMIE data, the unemployment rate in Jammu Kashmir has jumped from over 13 percent in August 2021 to 21.6 percent in September. As per the data, Jammu Kashmir is the only region in India where unemployment percentage has crossed over 20 pe...

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‘Were Planning for First Winter in the House’- Newly Constructed Houses Reduced to Ashes During Encounter

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Umar Farooq/ Meer Irfan Gulzar Ahmed Teeli was evacuated from of his house by Government Forces as bullets began raining from all around in the Tulran area of Shopian. When the firing was over, there was no house to go back to. On Monday, at around 7:30 p.m. in the evening, an encounter broke out between the Government forces and the militants at Tulran, Shopian. The encounter was the fourth encounter of the day in the Jammu Kashmir region. In four different military operations that were conducted on Monday, 5 militants one each in Anantnag and Bandipora and 3 militants were killed in Shopian. Meanwhile, in the forests of Poonch, five armed forces personnel including an army official were killed, as per the police. Mohammed Yousuf Teeli said that he was talking about the on...

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Teacher shoots Himself Dead With 12 Bore Rifle In Kishtwar

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A teacher committed suicide by shooting himself dead with 12 bore weapon in Kishtwar district on Tuesday, officials said. They said that the teacher Majid Muzafar Najar fired from the weapon at his home in Shakti Nagar area of Kishtwar, leading to his on the spot death. A police official told GNS rifle has been seized while an FIR has been registered. “Investigation is going on,” he said. SSP Kishtwar Shafqat Hussein Bhat confirmed it to GNS and said that a case has been registered. (GNS)

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Reshipora Awantipora Inhabitants Protest Over Unavailability of Water Supply

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Scores of inhabitants from Reshipora Awantipora Tuesday lodged a protest and blocked Naina-Padgampora road over persistent water shortage in the area. The protesters, as per GNS, staged a sit-in in the middle of the road bringing the vehicular traffic to a complete halt. Raising slogans against Jal Shakti Department, the protestors alleged that they are being met with indifference towards the genuine despite bringing it in the notice of officials on several occasions. “We have been facing an acute shortage of water supply for past several months now, however the department is not taking the issue into consideration”, a local part of the protest said. “We are making a fervent appeal to the department higher-ups to look into the matter for an early redressal”, he added. The prote...

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Residential House Gutted in Fire Mishap in Raj Bhat Mohalla Sunbrari

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Sheikh Nadeem A residential house was completely gutted in a fire mishap in Rajbhat locality of Sunbrari in south Kashmir's Anantnag district during the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. A local told The Kashmiriyat that fire broke out in the residential house of Farooq Ahmad Bhat and Bilal Ahmad Bhat, living in a joint house. The late night fire turned the belongings of the family into ashes. There are 13 family members who lived under the same roof. Locals said that they approached the fire tenders but due to the short breadth of road, the fire tenders could not reach on the spot. The locals, however, doused the flames and controlled fire from causing more damage. They said that the cause of fire was being ascertained. The local residents appealed to the Lieutenan...

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Marred by Unemployment Due to Suspension of Trade, 150 Jobless Workers at Trade Center Uri Hope for Better Indo-Pak Relations

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Lone Imran The former Indian Prime Minister and one of the shrewdest politicians, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, had once said, "We can change our friends but not our neighbours." India and Pakistan's relationship might not be going through the best of times now, but it has not always been the case. The trade between the two countries with rich religious, cultural, social and linguistic similarities, was afloat from different routes, be it the Attari border, Poonch or Uri. A study reveals that after the Pulwama militant attack, trade between the two nuclear neighbors was suspended, which caused severe loss to thousands of businessmen and labourers. Between India and Pakistan, one of the busiest routes of trade was the Salamabad-Chakoti Trade Union and it all started from the Trade Facil...

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“Shift Minority Teachers to Safer Places” – DSEK Proposes Government

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In view of the recent killings of two government teachers, the School Education Department submitted a proposition to the government to 'move the staff from minority community, to more secure spots'. The Director of School Educational Kashmir (DSEK), Tassaduq Hussain Mir told Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that he has submitted a proposal to the government, to move the teachers to schools situated in more secure spots. Mir said, "DSEK has presented a proposition to the government and it is up to them, to make a further move". On October 9th, following the killing of two government teachers, authorities asked the School Education Department (SED) to gather the subtleties of all educators that belong to the minority community. Principal Secretary to the government for Scho...

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‘Contact’ Established With Militants in Bhangai Rajouri, Day After Killing Of 5 Troopers, Say Officials

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A day after a Junior Commissioned Officer and four soldiers of army were killed, a “contact” has been established with militants in Bhangai Village Of Rajouri. The area is adjacent to Shahdara near the boundary of Poonch-Rajouri districts were the gunfight started on Monday, officials said. “Contact has been established with the militants,” Defense ministry spokesman based in Jammu, Colonel Devender Anand told GNS. “On the night of 10 and 11, a counter (militancy) operation was launched by Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police in the area of Shahdara, near the boundary of Poonch-Rajouri districts in J&K. During conduct of the operation, militants brought down heavy volume of fire on to Army troops, leading to fatal injuries to one JCO and four soldiers,” th...

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OGW in Jammu Arrested by JK Police in a Drone-Dropping Case

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Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested an Over Ground Worker (OGW) in Jammu district. Police officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that an OGW from Anantnag, who was reportedly in touch with handlers from across border was held, saying that he was tasked to collect the drone dropped consignment of arms and ammunition that was found lying in fields in Phalian Mandal area of Satwari in Jammu on October 2. Police said that during investigation, some vital clues were received by investigation team and an OGW from Anantnag was put under scanner who was found in constant touch with some militant outfits from across border. "He was tasked to collect this drone dropped consignment of arms and ammunition and to carry it to Vall...

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Recent Counter Insurgency Ops in Kashmir Based on Human Intelligence: Lt Gen Pandey

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General officer Commanding (GoC) of Srinagar based army’s 15 Corps Lieutenant General D P Pandey said that anti-militancy operations launched by the army in the past few days are based on human intelligence and he would not like to connect any operation with the events that took place in Srinagar or elsewhere. He, however, said that security forces and the people of Kashmir need to be very careful to keep the communal harmony intact. Talking to reporters on the side-lines of a function at SKICC here, the GoC Pandey said that all the anti-militancy operations launched in the past few days were based on human intelligence. “I would not like to connect these operations with any of the events that took place in Srinagar or elsewhere,” he said in an obvious reference to ...