September 2022 - Page 10 of 48

Sep242022 by News DeskNo Comments

Decade on, Shopian’s Animal Husbandry centre awaits completion

SHOPIAN

After 10 years, building of a vital animal husbandry centre in upper belt of Shopian is incomplete causing inconvenience to people. Locals from Zawoora village of Shopian told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that authorities after repeated requests started construction of the Veterinary Centre in 2012 but since then they are waiting for its completion. Shakeel Khan, a local, said that the under-construction building was abandoned by the concerned authorities. He said that one storey of the centre was completed in 2013 and then work stopped only to be started again for construction of second storey two years ago. Since then, it remains abandoned again. In the village, people rear livestock but the absence of the facility causes them problems. Even for minor issues, they...

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BJP Mayor and Deputy Mayor resign from Jammu Municipal Corporation

REGIONAL

Chander Mohan Gupta and Advocate Purnima Sharma resigned from Mayor and Deputy Mayor posts of Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) on Saturday, Daily Excelsior reports. While talking to media persons in Jammu, JK BJP President Ravinder Raina informed that both the leaders wanted to provide their services for the well-being of J&K BJP, and they resigned. He further informed that new names for the post of Mayor and Deputy Mayor will be announced in consultation with the party’s senior and core committee members in due course of time.

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Jungle smuggler dies while cutting a tree illegally, Police launch hunt to nab his associates

REGIONAL

A Jungle Smuggler died while cutting a tree illegally in Cental Kashmir’s Budgam forest area while police have launched a hunt to nab the accomplices of the deceased smuggler. Reports said that a group of jungle smugglers were illegally cutting down a pine tree in the Kanidajan forest area. One of the smugglers identified as Rafiq Khokhar (33) son of Habibullah Khokhar of Kokar Bagh area of Khag Budgam came under the tree that he was cutting. The man died on the spot while his associates fled from the spot. Police in this regard have registered a case against the smugglers at police station Khag. A top police official confirmed to news agency Kashmir News Trust that a formal FIR has been registered against the deceased and his associate smugglers. He said a hunt has been launch...

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KU assures ‘Justice’ after B.A. LLB 10th semester students allege out of syllabus paper

EDUCATION

Amid claims by students of B A LLB 10th semester that examination paper of ‘Child Law and Juvenile Justice” was out of syllabus, Kashmir University on Saturday said genuineness of the claims would be ascertained by an expert committee in a time-bound manner. “Some examinees of B A LLB 10th semester have claimed that their examination paper of "Child Law and Juvenile Justice" which was held on September 24, 2022 was allegedly out of syllabus. As per the Standard Operating Procedure to be followed in such cases, the said question paper will be sent for evaluation by an expert committee to ascertain the genuineness of the claims of the examinees, in a time-bound manner,” KU said in a statement issued here to GNS, adding, “Further course of action will be taken only after the expert opinion...

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Father allegedly rapes two minor daughters in Pulwama

REGIONAL

Two minors have been allegedly raped by their father in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district after which the Jammu Kashmir Police have taken the accused into detention. Locals speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that the father of the duo allegedly raped his daughters, aged 8 and 14 in the Chakoora area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district. They said that the mother of the duo registered a complaint at the local Police station accusing her husband, the father of raping their daughters after which Police immediately swung into action. The Police arrested the accused father and registered a case in this regard. Locals thanked the Police and demanded strict action against the accused if he is proven guilty. Official sources said that the Police have registered a case under the relevant...

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Shooting stones disrupt traffic on Jammu-Srinagar highway; DC Ramban bans foot movement of tribal families

REGIONAL

Traffic on Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only surface link connecting Kashmir Valley with the outside world, was disrupted due to shooting stones in Ramban district. A traffic department official here told GNS that traffic movement has been disrupted at Cafeteria, Mehar in Ramban due to shooting stones. Meanwhile Deputy Commissioner Ramban ordered that foot movement of migratory tribal families will not be allowed on the highway. “Livestock will be transported from Nowgam, Banihal Tunnel Top in RTC vehicles. Contact SDM Banihal (9596996193),” DC Ramban said. the SDM Zahir Abbas has been appointed nodal officer to deal with the plan of migration of the Tribal families on migration from highland pastures (Dhoks) in the district. (GNS)

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Israel- UAE to sign advanced defence pact: Report

OTHERS

Israel has agreed to sell an advanced air defence system to the United Arab Emirates, two sources familiar with the matter said, in the first such known deal between them since they forged ties in 2020, Reuters reported. The deal reinforces how, for some Arab states, resolving the decades-long Israel-Palestinian conflict has now been overshadowed by national priorities, such as security and the economy. Israel and the U.S.-allied UAE share an ultimate fear, that Iran obtains a nuclear weapon, an ambition Tehran denies. Israel approved a UAE request in the middle of the summer and would supply the Gulf state with Rafael-made SPYDER mobile interceptors, two sources said, declining to provide further details due to the sensitive nature of the deal. A third source said the UAE had ...

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SIA raids multiple locations in Kashmir

REGIONAL

State Investigation Agency (SIA) is carrying out raids at multiple locations in central and north Kashmir on Saturday morning as part of its investigation into narco financing of terror activities in Jammu Kashmir, sources said Sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that the sleuths of the investigating agency with the assistance of the local police and the CRPF carried out raids in the summer capital Srinagar, Budgam, Kupwara districts. In Srinagar, a raid is being conducted in hotel Almonds Lal Mandi in Room no 219, in which one person namely Gulzar Ahmad Mir, son of Ghulam Nabi, a resident of Kishtwar is staying. Mir is a soil assistant in the agriculture department. Another team of SIA raided in the house of Bashir Ahmad Dar son of Ghulam Ahmad, a resident of Batpora Kachwar...

Sep232022 by News DeskNo Comments

3 sisters among 4 drowned to death in Ramnagar, Udhampur

REGIONAL

At least four persons including three sisters died after drowning in a Nallah at Chetredi village of Tehsil Ramnagar in Udhampur district on Friday, an official said. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that at about 1430 hrs, an information was received that four people including three sisters who had gone for grazing and fetching water to their cattle in a Nallah at Chetredi drowned. He said all the bodies have been recovered and shifted to SDH Ramnagar for legal formalities. He identified the deceased as Nishu Devi, Anju Devi, Meenakshi daughters of Fangu Ram and Yash Pal son of Som Raj—all from village Chetredi—(KNO)

Sep232022 by News DeskNo Comments

J-K: Of the 136 murder cases in 2021, in 10 cases motive behind murder was ‘Love’

REGIONAL

In the year of 2021, One hundred thirty six (136) cases of murder were registered in Jammu Kashmir with 164 victims, among which the motive behind 10 cases was love affairs, NCRB data reveals. According to the National Crime Records Bureau, Union Territory of Jammu Kashmir has registered 119 murder cases in the year 2019 and 149 cases in 2020. While in 2021 year, the 136 murder cases were registered. It says the rate of murder in 2021 was 1.0 and the charge sheeting rate was 79.9. The report, a copy of which lies with The Kashmiriyat, states that among other motives behind the murders, the extremism/insurgency motive tops the list with 30 cases registered. Other motives were, Family dispute 18 cases, property/land dispute 15, personal vendetta or enmity 13, love affairs 10, child/hum...