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People need to learn to live with Covid-19: DAK

OTHERS

Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday said people need to learn to live with Covid-19 and get back to normal life. “Covid-19 will become yet another infection joining many other diseases that humanity has learned to live,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. Dr Hassan said we have entered into endemic stage of Covid-19 pandemic. An infection becomes endemic when the rates become low and stable in a geographical area, meaning that the pathogen causing the disease - Covid in this case - is likely to remain in the circulation without causing large outbreaks as witnessed over the last 2 years. “The virus is going to stay with us forever and we will be living with the virus for the rest of our lives, but the impact of the virus in terms of illness wil...

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Dean allegedly assaulted in broad daylight in Kashmir University campus ‘at HOD’s behest’, J&K Police registers complaints

EDUCATION, REGIONAL

Amid worsening administrative anarchy, the University of Kashmir turned into a full spectacle of academic shame on Friday when two senior professors resorted to fist fighting in front of students, leading to police complaints in the matter. Sources told Kashmir News Trust that two professors, both heading two departments in the social sciences faculty at present, resorted to hurling abuses at each other while the viva of a research scholar was about to be conducted under their supervision. One of the HODs is also the Dean of the Faculty. The exchange of nasty abuses soon turned into a fistfight when an outsider, allegedly nephew of one HOD allegedly started assaulting the Dean, tearing his clothes to pieces. “The outsider youth, who is reportedly a doctor by profession, started be...

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Pakistan sights moon, Ramadan to begin tomorrow

OTHERS

The Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Saturday announced that the Ramadan moon has been sighted and the first of fast of the holy month will fall on Sunday (tomorrow). The announcement was made by Chairman Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee Maulana Abdul Khabeer Azad from Peshawar where he was chairing the meeting to sight the moon. The zonal committees of the central body met in Lahore, Quetta, Karachi and Islamabad Maulana Khabeer said the moon was sighted in Lahore, Narowal, Islamabad, Sialkot, Kasur, Pakpattan, Kharian, Karak, and other places, while a substantial number of people also reported that they had seen the moon. "May Allah make this month a blessing for us," the chairman of the committee said, noting that the entire country will observe the holy month together from tomorrow (April...

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Crime Branch produces charge sheet against Srinagar couple for defrauding Srinagar man

REGIONAL

The Crime Branch Kashmir on Saturday filed a charge-sheet against a Srinagar couple for allegedly defrauding a man from Gogji bagh area of the city. As per a statement from CBK spokesman, the charge sheet in the case FIR No: 23/2018 U/S 420, 120-B RPC of P/S Crime Branch Kashmir was presented before the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Srinagar against the accused Tahir Amin Bahadur son of Mohamamd Amin Bahadur a resident of Lakshmanpora Batamaloo and his wife Masrat Bilal Khan, also infamous as ‘Bunty-Babli’ for “cheating and grabbing the hard earned money of Mohammad Yousuf Khan of Gogjibagh Srinagar in a fraudulent and deceitful manner”. As per the CBK, Yousuf, son of Ab. Samad Khan of Khan Manzil-II, Cherry Garden Gogjibagh Srinagar had lodged a complain...

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Moon sighted in Jammu Kashmir, Ramadan to begin from tomorrow (April 03): Nasir-ul-Islam

REGIONAL

The holy month of Ramadan will begin tomorrow on April 03 in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir as the moon has been sighted, announced J&K Grand Mufti on saturday evening. Grand Mufti of Jammu and Kashmir, Nasir-ul-Islam said that moon sightings have been reported from various places of Jammu and Kashmir, We have received ample testimonies of moon sightings” he said, adding the first Taraweh will be offered today on April 02. The moon marking the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan has been sighted. The holy month will begin from April 03, Sunday'', He said

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Statement: Regarding the news about alleged sexual harassment of a minor in Srinagar

REGIONAL

Early morning a local news agency carried a report of "alleged rape" from the outskirts of Srinagar city on Saturday morning. Several news organizations including The Kashmiriyat carried the news item. In cases where the news is carried through news wires, we carry the news, considering the fact that the news agencies carry only authentic news. However, as the day progressed, conflicting reports came in and the news we had put across our social media had to be brought down, for, we do not believe in propaganda of any sort. The family hit the streets in Soura and demanded justice for the girl who was merely six years old. The family of the girl said that the six-year-old was harassed. "She had bruises and marks over her body," they said. They thanked the Police for arresting the culpr...

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As Ramadhan begins, Two month ceasefire announced in Yemen

INTERNATIONAL

The Saudi-led coalition has agreed to a ceasefire after the seven-year conflict in Yemen. The first truce would allow fuel imports into Yemen and some flights operating from Sanaa airport, the U.N. envoy said on Friday. The U.N.-brokered deal between a Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi group is the most significant step yet towards ending a conflict that has killed tens of thousands and pushed millions into hunger. The last coordinated cessation of hostilities nationwide was during peace talks in 2016, Reuters reported. The truce has been called for a two-month truce that would come into effect on Saturday at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT) and could be renewed with the consent of the parties. The UN estimated that by the end of 2021, the conflict in Yemen would have caused over ...

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Day 1 of Ramadhan- Three Palestinians shot dead in Arraba

INTERNATIONAL

A special unit of the Israeli army shot and killed three Palestinian men on Saturday, the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, in the outskirts of the town of Arraba, near Jenin, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Security sources told WAFA that after the shooting, a large unit raided and sealed off the area, preventing Palestinian ambulances from reaching the three men.buy viagra online https://www.ecladent.co.uk/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/inc/new/viagra.html no prescription The Israeli army then took away the bodies after refusing to turn them over to the Palestinian Red Crescent. Israeli soldiers also took away the car where the tree Palestinians were traveling, which reports said was riddled with bullet holes.buy clomid online https://www.ecladent.co.uk/...

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Tourists, locals suffer in absence of banking facility in Sonamarg

REGIONAL

People in Sonamarg are facing immense inconvenience and losses because Jammu and Kashmir Bank has not started its operation at the tourist destination.buy amitriptyline online https://nouvita.co.uk/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/inc/new/amitriptyline.html no prescription The branch and its ATM remain closed in winters when Sonarmag is closed for visitors due to closure of the road by heavy snow. A group of shopkeepers told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a month has passed since Sonamarg was thrown open for tourists, authorities in the bank are yet to restart its banking facility due to which tourists, locals and shopkeepers are facing inconvenience. Sonamarg is witnessing huge footfall of tourists but lack of banking facilities is causing losses to tourism stakeho...

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Administration asks KPDCL to ensure uninterrupted power supply at Sehri, Iftari time in Kashmir

REGIONAL

Will check usage in first 2-3 days, curtailment only if there are constraints: Chief Engineer Ahead of the holy month of Ramadhan, the administration has directed the Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) to ensure uninterrupted power supply to the people at Sehri and Iftari hours in the Valley. Sources within the department told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) the directions were given by the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir P K Pole, asking KPDCL to ensure uninterrupted power supply to the people during the holy month of Ramadan. Talking to KNO, Chief Engineer, Javaid Yousef Dar, said that there is no fresh power schedule for the holy month of Ramadhan. However, he said that tha department will try to ensure that the uninterrupted power is supplie...