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Month: February 2022

12,000 PDD employees likely to be regularized in Jammu Kashmir

12,000 PDD employees likely to be regularized in Jammu Kashmir

REGIONAL
The Jammu Kashmir administration has accorded approval to the Recruitment Rules by the Corporations of Power Development Department for regularization. The services of work charged PDL/TDL used to be regularized against the posts of Class-IV in the Power Development Department as per the provisions provided in the Jammu Kashmir Power Development Department (Subordinate) Service Recruitment Rules, 1981. Officials confirmed that the Department of Law, Justice and parliamentary affairs has vetted the Jammu Kashmir Power Development Department (Subordinate) Service recruitment rules 1981 read with S.O 109 dated 20-03-2020. With the approval of these rules, it will affect positively regularization/ future progression of around 12000 employees. There will also be a complete ban on th...
Barring Srinagar, Mercury drops to below freezing point in Kashmir

Barring Srinagar, Mercury drops to below freezing point in Kashmir

OTHERS
Barring Srinagar, night temperature fell below freezing point in Kashmir Valley on Sunday. A meteorological department official told GNS that Srinagar received 0.4mm of rain in the last 24 hours till 0830 hours. The summer capital of J&K recorded a drop of 0.4°C in night temperature with mercury settling at 1.4°C against last night’s 1.8°C, he said. Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 0.4°C against minus 0.2°C on the previous night, he said. Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, had a low of minus 1.8°C against minus 0.8°C on the previous night, the official said. Pahalgam, the famous resort in south Kashmir, had 0.8 cms of fresh snowfall in the last 24 hours till 0830 hours today and recorded a low of minus 5.4°C against minus 0.8°C last night, he sai...
After getting bail, Journalist Fahad Shah re-arrested by Police in another case

After getting bail, Journalist Fahad Shah re-arrested by Police in another case

REGIONAL
Kashmiri Journalist Fahad Shah who was granted bail by an NIA court in Pulwama on Saturday has been re-arrested by Jammu Kashmir Police. The majesty of law has been upheld, the Special Court designated under the NIA act admitted @pzfahad to interim bail. The administration couldn't dominate maliciously while the judiciary rescued him courageously. Thank you for the support from every corner and everyone, Fahad's lawyer said on Saturday. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, Fahad's cousin said that Fahad was released from Pulwama, but was immediately re-arrested by the Police in Shopian. "We were expecting his release after the court granted him bail. We did not know that he would be re-arrested. His family had been awaiting his release," a cousin of Fahad said. Official Sources quoted ...
GMC Anantnag Campus: Work going on at a snail’s pace

GMC Anantnag Campus: Work going on at a snail’s pace

REGIONAL
The much-awaited Government Medical College (GMC) Anantnag campus located at Dayalgam is likely to miss another deadline. Administrative Officer Showkat Ahmed Ganai said that two batches of students will still have to operate from makeshift accommodation in GMC Hospital at Janglat Mandi, an erstwhile district hospital building. “We were always being assured that today or tomorrow they will be shifted to the main campus at Dayalgam, but to our dismay, 20% of construction work is still incomplete. There are no facilities in boys’ and girls’ hostels. Even, no benches are there in the lecture hall,” a group of students said adding that the work on the main campus is going on since 2019. A couple of months ago, authorities said that the college authorities will take over five blocks of...
HR Group calls on international community to pressure Israel to end 15-year-long siege of Gaza

HR Group calls on international community to pressure Israel to end 15-year-long siege of Gaza

INTERNATIONAL
A Palestinian human rights group called on the international community to pressure Israel to end its 15-year long blockade on the Gaza Strip. In a statement, Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights appealed to the international community to help provide the needed financial aid for the reconstruction of the Gaza infrastructure. It said around 1,439 economic facilities were completely or partially damaged by the Israeli offensive on Gaza in May 2021, causing around 7,000 Palestinians to lose their jobs. In a report on the economic and social conditions in Gaza, the NGO said the territory’s poverty rate rose by 59% as a result of the Israeli offensive and the coronavirus pandemic. “Around 64% of Gaza’s households suffer food insecurity,” it added. The report showed that the demand for m...
Devotees, locals suffer as Charar-e-Sharif town reels under darkness

Devotees, locals suffer as Charar-e-Sharif town reels under darkness

REGIONAL
Devotees, as well as locals of Charar-e-Sharif town here in Central Kashmir’s Budgam, suffer immensely as the town is reeling under darkness for the past 4 days. Locals told news agency Kashmir News Trust that bulbs in the town were last time lit before snowfall. “Devotees who throng at the holy shrine too face problems. Despite taking up the issue with the concerned department, nothing was done to restore the electricity of the town,” they said. A respectable citizen from the town, Advocate Javeed Hubbi said that the town receives thousands of devotees on daily basis.buy stromectol UK www.bodybuildingestore.com/wp-content/languages/new/engl/stromectol.html no prescription “Our streets are reeling in dark on evenings and night ours. It is very unfortunate that Power Development Depa...
Bail granted to Journalist Fahad Shah

Bail granted to Journalist Fahad Shah

REGIONAL
On Saturday, the Special Judge NIA TADA Court granted interim bail to Journalist Fahad Shah, who was arrested on February 04 for coverage of an encounter, where a family had alleged that their son, who the forces alleged was a militant, was an innocent civilian. https://twitter.com/umairronga/status/1497537051490603008?t=jbXbyizx3pBgHw6k9Q9qsA&s=08 Fahad had covered both the police and the family version. Also Read:Pulwama Police register FIR for Uploading 'Anti National' content, Journalist Fahad Shah Arrested Fahad had been booked under section 13 UAPA (punishment for unlawful activities), IPC 124 A (sedition) and IPC 505 (intent to incite).
We are ready for reopening of schools: Director Health Services Kashmir

We are ready for reopening of schools: Director Health Services Kashmir

EDUCATION, REGIONAL
Director Health Services Kashmir Dr Mushtaq Ahmad Rather Saturday said that schools will reopen as announced already and the government was prepared for it at all levels. “We are ready for the opening of the schools following the decision by the LG administration. SOPs are to be followed from moving for home to reaching school,” he said while talking to reporters on the sidelines of an event organised by Zadibal PHC to facilitate the covid warriors. “SOPs are to be followed in the bus or matador to be boarded by the student. At the school entrance, there would be thermal scanning. It will be seen if the student has put up a mask and that too properly,” he said according to the GNS correspondent, adding, “If it is seen that any student is febrile (having or showing the symptoms of a f...
US to provide $350 Million as military aid to Ukraine

US to provide $350 Million as military aid to Ukraine

INTERNATIONAL
The United States has said that it will provide aid of $600 million in aid to Ukraine on Friday, including $350 million in military assistance. In a memorandum to Blinken, Biden told the secretary of state to fulfill the legal requirements to enable “up to $250 million in assistance” to be sent to Ukraine and up to $350 million “in defense articles and services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training.” On Friday, Biden accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of threatening “the very foundations of international peace and security” and reaffirmed the US’ support for Ukraine in the country’s conflict with Russia. Russia, however, accuses the US of supporting Ukraine for the "inhumane" atrocities against civilians in Donbass region.
AC accords administrative approval for construction works related to women battalions

AC accords administrative approval for construction works related to women battalions

REGIONAL
The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, accorded administrative approval to the construction works for women battalions at Sopore, Baramulla and Pargalta, Jammu. Farooq Khan and Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisors to the Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, J&K, and Nitishwar Kumar, Principal Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor attended the meeting. The construction works will be carried out at an estimated cost of Rs. 50 crore each and will include administration blocks, residential accommodations and hostels, and office buildings among others. The works will be completed in three working seasons. Earlier, to check the rise in crime against women, the Government had raised two women batt...