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2 Militants, One forces’ personnel killed, 4 injured in Jammu encounter

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Two militants and one security forces personnel have been killed and four others injured during an encounter in the Sunjwan area of Jammu. Talking to reporters at the site of the encounter, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Jammu Mukesh Singh said that two militants have been killed and ammunition has been recovered, while the search operation is still going on.buy clomid online https://www.adentalcare.com/wp-content/themes/medicare/languages/en/clomid.html no prescription "During night hours today, (Friday), We cordoned off the area. The searches are still underway," he said.buy premarin online https://www.adentalcare.com/wp-content/themes/medicare/languages/en/premarin.html no prescription Pertinently, the encounter took place just two days ahead of Prime Minister N...

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SDM Zainapora reviews Horticulture Dept.’s action plan to contain ‘leaf miner’ in emergency meeting

REGIONAL

In order to review the strategy/action plan adopted by the Horticulture department to contain the dreaded disease of leaf miner which has spread in the Apple orchards of Zainapora area, on Thursday. Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad Lone, KAS, SDM Zainapora held an emergency meeting in his office which was attended by Farm Manager & HDO AHDC Zainapora, HDO Zainapora, HDO Imamsahib, BDO Zainapora,all Naib-Tehsildars of Sub-Division Zainapora, Enforcement Inspector, AEO Chitragam and AEO Turkawangam. During the meeting the basics of spreading the leaf miner disease were threadbare discussed and a joint strategy was adopted for its containment. SDM passed following directions during the meeting. 1. All concerned departments shall work in close coordination and in a mission mode towards containment...

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Sikhs protest Demolition drives launched against Muslims in parts of India

REGIONAL

Various Sikh activists Thursday staged a protest in Srinagar against the demolition drive launched against Muslims in Delhi's Janagirpuri and several other parts of India. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, Angad Singh Khalsa, flanked by several Sikh and other activists said that the community stands with the Muslims whose houses were demolished as a part of the hate campaign against the Muslim community. "We do not understand the dual standard of the Government. On one side hate preachers raising genocidal calls against Muslims are roaming freely on the streets and on the other, innocent Muslims are being punished for no crime," the Sikh activist said. He said that even if the genocidal preachers are booked, they are booked under soft laws and released in a short period of time. He sai...

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Provident Fund organisation Employees go on indefinite strike; Allege delay in issuance of HR notification

REGIONAL

The employees of J&K Employees Provident Fund Organisation (JKEPFO) Kashmir division are on indefinite strike in support of their pending demands. While raising slogans against the administration, the protesting employees have stated that they have approached every quarter of the administration during the past 2 ½ years for settlement of these genuine demands which include the issuance of HR notification but till date apart from promises & assurances nothing has been done by the administration which has resulted that the employees/ pensioners are in distress with different apprehensions regarding future prospects of their services, a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reads. Pertinently, after the abrogation of Article 370, the Employees Provident...

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Coaching centre in Pulwama guides youth for competitive exams; Offers free tuition to orphans, specially-abled

EDUCATION

Young teachers from south Kashmir have come up with an initiative to start a coaching centre in order to guide educated youth to qualify competitive exams. The teachers have started a novel coaching Institute, Reading Room Classes (RCC) to guide all those students who are reluctant to visit Srinagar and are facing financial issues. Bilal Ahmad, one of the teachers said that initially the idea was to provide free mentorship only. But later it was realised that it is not enough and there is a need to guide, motivate and teach youngsters so that they won't face any difficulties in preparing for the exams. “We started the institute so that youth will get all the material at their doorstep and students belonging to financially poor families can easily afford it,” he told news agency—Ka...

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17-year-old militant missing since March 14 trapped in Baramulla encounter

REGIONAL

Two militants have been killed in the ongoing encounter in the area of Malwah area of Kunzer in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, Police said. An official told The Kashmiriyat that early on Thursday, a joint team of RR of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police had launched a cordon and search operation in the Malwah area, during which militants opened fire upon them. In the initial exchange of gunfire, four troopers were injured and two militants were also killed. One of the slain was identified as Mohammed Yousuf Kantroo, a resident of Kawoosa area in Budgam. Mohammed Yousuf Kantroo was earlier affiliated with Hizb ul Mujahideen Kantroo and was arrested in the year 2005. Later on, he was released in the year 2008. but he again joined militant rank in the year 2016. Yousuf was ...

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With onset of Ramadan, Non-Local beggars swarm Kashmir

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With the onset of Ramadhan, non-local beggars have inundated Srinagar and other parts of the Kashmir valley, where they have been observed requesting alms in public places, including markets and traffic signals. This is happening at a time when the government has already made begging illegal in public areas and in Masjids. Under Section 4 of the Jammu Kashmir Prevention of Beggary Act, 1960, Section 61 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1989, any person found soliciting alms in a public place, or in or around a mosque, temple, or another place of public worship, whether or not under any pretence, and entering on any private premises for the purpose of soliciting alms shall be immediately arrested. Non-local beggars sent by "contractors" have been seen asking for charity in public ...

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Google banning all call recording apps from Play store starting May 11

OTHERS

In a bid to enhance security and privacy on Android, Google is taking stringent measures to prevent applications from offering call recording features to users. Google has updated its developer policies that reflect many changes, including those in Android’s accessibility settings to stop remote call audio recording — a functionality that is quite popular among Android users. A Reddit user pointed out that the upcoming changes in Google’s new Play Store policies will not permit any app to record calls remotely. Google has been pushing to stop call recording on Android for some time. It had blocked real-time call recording on Android 6, while with Android 10, Google removed in-call audio recording over the microphone. However, some apps found a loophole in Android to access the Accessibi...

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3 persons killed, 6 injured as passenger cab falls into gorge in Reasi

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Three persons were killed and six others were injured when a passenger cab they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in Reasi district on Thursday. Official sources told GNS that the vehicle, Tata Sumo (JK20-7607), on the way to Tukson to Mahore along Bagga-Gulabgarh road met with the accident near Angralla, leading to the death of three persons and injuries to six others. They said that as soon as the accident took place, local volunteers joined by police immediately swung into action and removed all the persons onboard the vehicle in injured condition to the local health facility in Mahore. However three persons were declared brought dead on the arrival by the doctors and they have been identified as Gulam Mohi-ud-Din (35) son of Abdul Samad, Shabir Ahmed ...

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Govt constitutes committees to formulate policies for various professional courses, HCI monitoring

EDUCATION

The government on Wednesday constituted two separate panels to formulate policies regarding selection of candidates for various professional courses and monitoring of Human Capital Index (HCI). According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the General Administration Department (GAD)issued two separate orders in this regard. In one of the orders, GAD said that it has accorded sanction to the constitution of the committee, comprising the six members for monitoring HCI in Jammu and Kashmir. The committee will be headed by the principal secretary to the government, School Education Department and comprises chairman of Project Director, Samara Shiksha Abhiyan of JK, additional secretary to the government, Higher Education Department and three others as the members of the co...