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Found involved in supplying drugs; Police direct vendors not to install carts in Sopore market

REGIONAL

Citing reasons found involved in supplying drugs in the town, Police in North Kashmir's apple town directed the street vendors not to install their carts/stalls in the market. According to the sources, street vendors in the town were removed on Tuesday by the Police and have been further directed not to install their carts at Iqbal market area of the town. Station House Officer (SHO) Sopore, Khalid Fayaz when contacted, told KNS that they have directed the cart vendors to not install their carts, as they are involved in supplying drugs within the town. Despite warning them many times, the SHO said, that street vendors were not adhering to the warnings/directions, following which strict action was taken against them. "In order to make town a drug free, everyone has to ...

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Weeks after eviction notice, Centaur hotel employees stage demand Job, salaries

REGIONAL

Scores of the employees from Centaur Hotel on Monday staged a protest against what they termed as the ‘polarization of the employees’, saying that the eviction order issued by the government on June 14 was aimed at eliminating the staff. The employees assembled at Srinagar’s press enclave here and chanted slogans in favor of their demands. Carrying placards, the employees demanded early redressal of their issues. Farooq Ahmad Bhat, Centaur Hotel Employees representative, said that it is unfortunate that the employees were polarized through the eviction order issued by the government on June 14, 2022. He said that the government’s only motive was to eliminate staff, following which they knocked the doors of Supreme Court (SC) where a direction was passed that the employees should n...

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BJP leader Nirmal Singh’s alleged illegal house: Case adjourned till September

REGIONAL

The much-publicized appeal preferred by Mamata Singh wife of Dr. Nirmal Singh, former Deputy Chief Minister of JK against the JDA’s demolition notice regarding the alleged illegal construction of a palatial house at village Ban, Nagrota was adjourned today for September 27th, 2022 due to non-availability of the Bench-II at J&K Special Tribunal, Jammu as the Presiding Judicial Member of the Bench has been elevated as the Additional Judge of the High Court of JK and Ladakh (Justice Rajesh Sekhri) and today the case was simply adjourned for want of the Presiding Officer. Dr. Nirmal Singh and his wife Mamta Singh were issued a Notice under section 7(3) of the Control of Building Operations Act,1988 for raising the construction of a Palatial House at village Ban, Nagrota without seekin...

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Admin to provide 93,000 flags in Ladakh for ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign

REGIONAL

At least 93,000 flags will be availed by the administration in the Ladakh division, which was separated from Jammu Kashmir after the unilateral abrogation of Article 370 on August 05, 2019. Deputy Commissioner and CEO, LAHDC, Kargil Santosh Sukhadeve, in this regard, chaired a meeting to review and discuss preparations for the same. The flags are being availed as a part of the "celebrations" of the 'Har Ghar Tiranga' event. The CEO said that as many as 50,000 flags would be provided by the Centre while an additional 18,000 flags will be made available by the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department with the help of Self Help Groups and local artisans and 25,000 by the Culture Department. The DC instructed AD Tourism to ensure the hoisting of the National Flag at all comme...

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In Kashmir, 24 human lives lost, 956 structures damaged due to fire incidents in first half of 2022

REGIONAL

In the first half of the current year, 24 persons have been killed in different fire incidents across Kashmir Valley. Five persons also sustained injuries in these incidents. Divulging information about the conflagration incidents across Kashmir Valley, an official from Fire and Emergency Services Department informed news agency Kashmir News Trust that 956 structures were damaged in different fire incidents from January to June this year. These include 160 shops and 14 shopping complexes as well. The official added that 20 vehicles and 73 electric transformers were damaged in the fire incidents also. Among the 24 casualties reported in the first half of this year, 3 victims were from South Kashmir’s Anantnag, 6 from Pulwama, 4 from Shopian, one from Ganderbal, 4 from Baramulla, an...

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200 undertrials to be released in Jammu Kashmir on ‘Humanitarian grounds’: Report

OTHERS

Nearly 200 under-trial prisoners have been identified in Jammu Kashmir for release on bail as part of the campaign launched on the 75th year of independence of the country and in order to unclog the prisons, Daily Excelsior reported. The orders in this regard will be passed by the respective Principal District and Sessions Judges before August 13. The report further added that the issue of under-trial prisoners was one of the moot points addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the joint conference of the Chief Ministers and High Court Chief Justices in the month of April this year. He had appealed to all the Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of the High Courts to give priority to the matters on basis of humanitarian sensibility and law. Quoting sources, the Daily Exce...

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10 Cops killed in Kashmir Valley in 2022 so far

REGIONAL

Ten policemen have been killed so far this year in different militancy-related incidents in Kashmir Valley. Three cops have been killed in different encounters between militants and joint forces while a cop has lost his life in a grenade attack. The data available with the news agency Kashmir News Trust reveals that six policemen this year have been killed in militant attacks as well. Two cops died in January, one in February, two in March, three in May, and one each in June and July. No casualty was reported in April this year. Besides the killing of ten cops, several policemen sustained injuries in militant attacks. On 12 January this year, a Pakistani militant Babar Bhai, and a policeman Rohit Chib were killed in Pariwan encounter in South Kashmir’s Kulgam. On 29 Janua...

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Toilet facilities remain closed at Kashmir’s premier hospital; Patients, Attendants suffer

REGIONAL

The Patients and attendants at OPD of Kashmir premier healthcare institute of state, Sher-e-Kashmir Institution of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), are suffering as toilet facilities have been closed for the last two weeks. Patients and attendants he while talking to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that washrooms inside OPD have been closed from last two weeks and not a single washroom is open there to use due to which patients and attendants are suffering. “We don’t have any other option other than to urinate in the open as we have to be with patients and even patients suffer as washrooms are closed,” said an attendant at the SKIMS. “Male attendants are somehow managing it but where would a female attendant or female patient go in such circumstances,” he said. A female a...

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Aligarh Muslim University to remove Pakistani authors’ books from syllabus: Report

EDUCATION

On Monday, India Today reported that Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) managing committee has decided "to remove the books of Pakistani authors Maulana Abul Ala Maududi and Syed Qutub from the syllabus." The report suggests that these books were included in the syllabus of the Department of Islamic Studies, and were taught in AMU’s BA and MA classes. The report quoted a senior AMU staff who said that "This decision has been taken in response to a recent letter that was written by social activist and academician Madhu Kishwar, along with some other academicians, to PM Modi, in which the books of these authors were demanded not to be taught to the students. The academicians had not just named the AMU, but also the Jamia Milia Islamia and Hamdard Universities, claiming that all these univ...

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Non-local watchman found dead in Srinagar’s Rawalpora

REGIONAL

A non-local watchman was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Wanibal area of Rawalpora in Srinagar district, officials said here on Tuesday. Official sources told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Sarvan Mogal resident of West Bengal was found dead in the residential house of Mohd Maqbool Pinjra, where he was working as a watchman. They said that body has been shifted to hospital for medico-legal formalities and proceedings under section 174 have been initiated—(KNO)