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‘Kept her on High oxygen flow four hours’- Young woman dies allegedly of medical negligence in Kulgam

REGIONAL

Danishwar Hameed A woman from the Soppar area of Kulgam died of medical negligence on Tuesday. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, one of her family members said that on Sunday (06 Feb) Sholi Jan went for a routine check-up. "The doctor at the clinic advised her to go to the nearby hospital as her oxygen level was slightly low," the family member said. "At the hospital, Sholi was continuously kept on the high flow of oxygen which damaged her lungs and later caused her death on Monday," he told The Kashmiriyat. The Medical Superintendent of District Hospital Kulgam Dr. Muzaffar Ahmed said that a probe has been launched to investigate the incident. "she (Sholi Jan) was suffering from Myotonia. The statement of the concerned doctor will be recorded too during the probe," he said.

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Annual regular results of 12th standard likely in few hours

EDUCATION

Top officials of Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education on Tuesday said that it will likely announce annual regular results of 12th standard in few hours. The official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the results are mostly likely to be announced in 2-3 hours. “We are planning to announce the result in 2–3 hours and in case it would be delayed, the results would be announced by tomorrow morning,” the official said. The official also requested the students to check their results from the official website of JKBOSE—(KNO)

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10,000 pilgrims register for 2022 Hajj from JK, Ladakh: Officials

REGIONAL

At least 10,000 pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh have registered for the Hajj in the ensuing year scheduled to begin from May month while the registration process last date is on 15th of February this month. Given the 1st and 2nd wave of the deadly COVID-19 infection across the globe, India and the kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the last two consecutive years barred overseas Hajj pilgrims. Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi had welcomed the decision of the Saudi government saying that all arrangements for the Hajj were made while they waited for their decision and the central government welcomed the call amid a rise in COVID cases. After the nod from Saudi Arabia regarding the Hajj 2022 in the ensuing year with a decline in infection cas...

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Yati Narsinghanand granted bail by court in Haridwar hate speech case

INDIA

Yati Narsinghanand was granted bail by a local court on Monday in a case registered in connection with a ‘dharm sansand’ event held in Uttar Pradesh’s Haridwar district. Judge Bharat Bhushan Pandey took into account the fact that as far as the criminal history of the accused is concerned, he has not been convicted in any of them so far. The court noted that the FIR was registered on the complaint made by the informant (Gulbahar Khan) who was himself not present at the event, and the FIR didn’t contain the name of the accused person. The court also said that the complaint was made on the basis of the video of the event, which was available on Facebook. “Bail is a rule and jail is an exception,” the court observed. Earlier, his bail application was rejected by the Court of Chief ...

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Girl attempts suicide in Ganderbal

REGIONAL

A 17-year-old girl attempted to commit suicide by consuming poisonous substance at her home in Ganiwan Kangan area of Central Kashmir's Ganderbal district. Sources told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the girl (name withheld) consumed some poisonous substance at her home and was immediately rushed to nearby hospital where from she was referred to SKIMS Soura in a critical condition where she succumbed. The official said that it was not immediately known as to why she took this extreme step—(KNO)

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Tehsildar Chanapora laments fake propaganda, demands action against man responsible for it

REGIONAL

The office of the Tehsildar Chanapora has refuted the allegations of absenteeism and corruption in the Tehsil Office Chanapora in Summer Capital Srinagar. Tehsildar Chanapora has written to Deputy Commissioner Srinagar refuting the allegations levelled against the Office in viral videos and a news report published in a newspaper. While throwing light on the allegations, the Office of the Tehsildar Chanapora in a communique to Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, a copy of which lies with news agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) has stated that the allegations made by a ‘self-styled’ Journalist (name withheld) are false, frivolous and without an iota of truth. “The allegations in print and fake propaganda on social media have been propagated in the furtherance of a nefarious design of a person (...

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Journalists acting in a manner ‘prejudicial’ to security, public order will lose Govt accreditation, says new policy

OTHERS

Journalists acting in a manner prejudicial to the country’s “security, sovereignty and integrity” as well as “public order, decency or morality” will lose their Government accreditation, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has said in its new guidelines. The Central Media Accreditation Guidelines-2022, announced on Monday, also lays down guidelines for the accreditation of journalists working for online news platforms. News aggregators are not being considered for accreditation, the Government said. According to the new policy, accreditation is liable to be withdrawn or suspended if a journalist “acts in a manner prejudicial to the country’s security, sovereignty and integrity, friendly relations with foreign States, public order, decency or morality, or in any relation to c...

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Kidnapped minor girl recovered from Udhampur, accused held: Srinagar Police

REGIONAL

Jammu Kashmir police on Monday claimed to have recovered a kidnapped girl (minor) from Udhampur and said that the accused involved in kidnapping has also been arrested. A police spokesman in a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that on 5th of February, Police station Sadder recieved an information that a minor girl (name withheld) has been kidnapped from Rambagh area. “A case was registered under FIR number 21/2022 under section 363 of IPC and investigation was started.” The statement said that today a police team from Police Station Sadder was sent to rescue the minor girl, which safely recovered the minor girl from Udhampur. “The accused person namely Arif Ahmad, son of Rehman Ahmad of Adarsh Colony Udhampur has also been arrested by the poli...

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Amid light snowfall in upper reaches, mercury drops in Kashmir

REGIONAL

While upper reaches including Gulmarg and Pahalgam received fresh light snowfall while rains lashed plains, night temperature recorded a drop at most places in Kashmir Valley on Tuesday, officials said. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar, the summer capital of the J&K, had 0.7mm of rainfall during the last 24 hours till 0830 hours today and recorded a low of 1.4°C against last night’s 2.2°C, he said. Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, had 0.8mm rain while it recorded a low of 0.3°C against 0.6°C on the previous night, he said. Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, had a low of minus 0.5°C against minus 1.3°C on the previous night, the official said. Pahalgam, the famous resort in south Kashmir, received 0.3 cms of fresh snowfall and recorded a l...

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Seven injured in Rajouri accident

OTHERS

At least seven passengers travelling in a bus were injured after an ill-fated vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in Ramban district on Tuesday. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the accident of bus bearing registration number JK02A-3187 took place at Thangrote in Teryath tehsil of Rajouri district. Seven passengers were injured in the accident who include Jameet Singh, Sushma Devi, Supria Devi, Jameer Singh, Sukhdev Singh, Shashi kumari and Kamal Singh. Police said that all the injured have been shifted to Teryath hospital where they are undergoing treatment—(KNO)