Month: September 2022

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House, 3 shops gutted in Srinagar fire

REGIONAL

A house and three shops were gutted in a pre-dawn fire incident at Barbarshah area of Srinagar city on Thursday. Police have registered a case to ascertain the cause of the fire. Local sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that smoke was seen coming out from the top floor of a house belonging jointly to Jan Malik and Abdul Rashid. Fire-tenders rushed to spot and doused the flames. In the fire incident, the house and the three shops were damaged in the incident. The three provisional shops belonged to Manzoor Ahmed Bhat, Javaid Ahmed Bhat and Imtiyaz Ahmed Bhat, all residents of Barbarshah. (KNT)

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35-yr-old Kashmiri teacher bags Asian Education Award for best teacher

EDUCATION

A 35-year-old teacher from central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district has bagged Asian Education Award in the category of Best Teacher of the Year 2022. Zakir Hussain, son of Gh Hussain of Kangan was awarded Asian Education Award in the category of Best Teacher of the Year 2022 for “transformed the life chances” of students of his school and as well as the aspirants, who were preparing for the civil service examination at Jammu Kashmir. Initially, Zakir appeared in various Competitive exams which he could not crack, following which he chose to go into the education sector with an aim to serve and provide quality education to children at Government run schools. Currently, Zakir is working as a General Line teacher in Government Higher Secondary School at Batwina in District Ganderbal. ...