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Drug addicts snatch golden ear rings from unconscious woman in Handwara

REGIONAL

A woman was hospitalized after being attacked by some unknown alleged drug addicts who robbed her of her earrings in an unconscious state. The incident occurred at Yaroo Handwara village of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday evening. Local sources said that a woman in her cowshed was attacked by two unknown persons possibly drug addicts and snatched her golden earrings. The assailants fled away from the spot while the woman in an unconscious state was shifted to hospital. A doctor at Sub District Hospital Langate confirmed that the woman is undergoing treatment. He identified the 40-year-old victim as Aisha Begum wife of Irshad Ahmed Mir, a resident of Yaroo village of Handwara. Meanwhile, locals have approached the police station and demanded the arrest of culprit...

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In Ukraine, Indian students thrown out of trains and bunkers, Demand immediate evacuation

INTERNATIONAL

More disturbing news is coming from war-torn Ukraine. The Karnataka students stranded in the Kharkiv region have said that local Ukrainian authorities and the military are assaulting Indian students and pointing guns at them. Harshitha, from the Chikkaballapur district of Karnataka, who is studying in Ukraine, is one of the students still stuck in Kharkiv. She spoke to the media about the ordeal they are facing. She said that Indian students are not being allowed to board trains arranged to evacuate people from the region. “Indian students are being pushed out of trains, they are not allowed to board, if questioned they are being assaulted and guns are being pointed at them,” she said. “When the trains come to the platforms, the doors are locked. They allow only the Ukraninans to ...

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Freedom House 2022 report calls India ‘partly free’ for second consecutive year

INTERNATIONAL

Freedom House, a US government-funded NGO that studies political freedom around the globe in its annual report, for the second consecutive year, has said that India's status as a democracy and free society remained "partly free." The annual report on global political rights and liberties, which was titled “Freedom in the World 2022 – The Global Expansion of Authoritarian Rule," said that India was among the democracies that continue "to decline under the influence of freely elected leaders who have embraced illiberal politics." "India, which has suffered a series of setbacks to political rights and civil liberties since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reelection in 2019, showed no signs of reversing course, as notable opposition figures faced arrest and surveillance," the report said....

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CRPF personnel dies of cardiac arrest in Qazigund

REGIONAL

A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel dies of cardiac arrest at Vessu Qazigund area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag on Thursday. Concerned officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that an slain personnel Pulchand Ali Sheikh was the Assistant Sub Inspector of CRPFs 46th Battalion who died of cardiac arrest in Vessu camp. The official said that the slain CRPF personnel was from Assam state of Bearing Belt number 913251292. He said that the further investigation into the matter has been started and body of CRPF man will be sent to his hometown after legal formalities—(KNO)

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Kulgam Admin provided Rs 1 Lakh ex-gratia relief to Slain Panch’s family

KULGAM

The Kulgam district administration on Thursday provided ex-gratia relief of Rupees one Lakh to family of slain Panch who was allegedly killed by militant on Wednesday. Sources told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the Kulgam district administration Kulgam had provided ex-gratia relief to the tune of Rs one lakh to the bereaved family. Notably, Unknown gunmen on Wednesday evening shot dead Mohammad Yaqoob Dar, an independent Panch at Kulpora Srandroo of Kulgam district—(KNO)

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Biker hits police officer at check-point in Budgam, both shifted to hospital

REGIONAL

A traffic police officer and a biker were shifted to hospital after the biker hit the officer at a vehicle checking point in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district.buy udenafil online https://pridedentaloffice.com/wp-content/themes/Divi/includes/new/udenafil.html no prescription Police sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a motor-cycle (JK04G-4605) driven by one Ahsan Bashir of Galwanpora Budgam hit a traffic police Sub-Inspector Ghulam Muhammad Dar at a checkpoint in Budgam. Both the rider and the police officer sustained injuries and were shifted to Srinagar hospital for treatment. Police in this regard has registered a case. (KNT)

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No physical files, daks to be entertained in CS from Mar 7: Administration

REGIONAL

Admin on Thursday issued a fresh order regarding the stoppage of physical use of files and daks in the Civil Secretariat of Jammu and Kashmir. According to the government order, a copy of which lies with news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) all heads of the Department were directed to switch over to e-office mode of working with assistance/hand holding from the Information Technology Department. "In pursuance of these directions, all HoDs (move as well as non move) were provided the necessary assistance by the Information Technology Department, by way of provisioning of the VPN connections, creation of domain IDs (@jk.gov.in) and training of local admins/master trainers etc," the order reads. "Notwithstanding the instructions, extension of timelines and the arrangements put i...

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Students, parents protest against shortage of teaching staff at GHS Thaman Koot Verinag

EDUCATION

Students and their parents from Thaman Koot, a remote village of Verinag in south Kashmir's Anantnag on Tuesday staged protest and locked down the school against shortage of teaching staff. Reports reaching to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that scores of students along with their parents assembled in the premises of Government High School Thaman Koot, staged the protest and sought the government to look into the matter and provide them proper teaching facility. "The protesting students and parents locked down the institution," reports said. “We are around 11 classes in the high school and authorities have provided us only six teachers to teach, how will the six teachers manage two hundred students,” one of protesting students said. "On the one hand the gove...

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Traffic resumes on Jammu-Srinagar highway

OTHERS

After closed briefly due to landslides at Chamalwas area of Ramban, the traffic movement on Jammu-Srinagar highway has been resumed, officials said. "Traffic movement has resumed at Rehampadi, Chamalwas, from both sides on the national highway," traffic official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) Landslides were reported to have occurred in the Rehampadi Chamalwas area on the national highway. The highway is the lifeline for the Kashmir valley and the main link road connecting Kashmir with the rest of the country. Kashmir bound trucks laden with essential supplies and other vehicles pass through the highway—(KNO)

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‘Village Defence Groups’ get a nod from Home Ministry, Members to be paid ₹ 4000 a month

OTHERS

The Union Home Ministry has given its nod to the Jammu Kashmir administration to form village defence groups (VDGs) in the region. The VDGs were earlier known as village defence committees (VDCs). In its letter titled ‘Revised Scheme of Village Defence Groups (VDGs) in J&K’, the MHA said that in areas that are more vulnerable, people leading the village defence groups will be paid Rs 4,500 per month each while other volunteers will receive Rs 4,000 per month each. The VDGs, as per the new order, will function under the direction of the SP/SSP of the concerned district. The VDGs were earlier known as village defence committees (VDCs). Meanwhile, the Jammu and Kashmir BJP said the revival of village defence committees (VDCs) as village defence groups (VDGs) will not only ensure ...