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Corrupt employees in Srinagar Municipal Corporation being shown door: Commissioner Athar Aamir Khan

REGIONAL

Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has started the process of removing employees allegedly involved in malpractices and corruption. While talking to news agency Kashmir News Trust, Commissioner Srinagar Municipal Corporation, Athar Aamir Khan said that they have started the process of removing ‘corrupt’ employees and action has already been taken against 35 employees. “We recently started the process of removing 4 permanent employees among which one has been forcefully retired,” the Commissioner said adding that they have completed regular departmental enquires and initiated action against 52 employees for their involvement in ‘corruption. “There was a clear-cut policy from day one that any kind of corruption and dereliction of duties won’t be tolerated. Action is not being take...

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22-year-old Muslim youth lynched to death in Jharkhand on suspicion of theft

INDIA

A mob lynched a 22-year-old youth named Ejaz Khan near the Jharkhand-Chhattisgarh border on suspicion of stealing a goat. Khan, a resident of Gumla, Jharkhand, was accused of stealing a goat in Chhattisgarh and was attacked several times with sticks and sharp-edged weapons till he succumbed to death. The incident took place near the Dumratoli Basti in Gumla district, while his bike was recovered from Patratoli under Jashpur police station area in a burnt condition. Officials said that Khan, a resident of Tigra village in Gumla district, had many criminal cases registered against him at Jari, Palkot and Dumri police stations in Gumla. The relatives of the deceased have lodged an FIR against some people who are said to be residents of Chhattisgarh. “The persons named in the FI...

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NC condemns civilian killing in Pulwama

REGIONAL

The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Wednesday condemned the killing of a civilian in a firing incident in Pulwama. Expressing condolences with the bereaved family, Omar Abdullah said, “The killing of an unarmed civilian in an “accidental fire” incident in Pulwama district is highly condemnable. There must be a swift, credible & transparent probe into this death. Those responsible must be punished to the fullest extent possible.” Party General Secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar, Provincial President Nasir Aslam Wani, Chief Spokesperson Tanvir Sadiq, MP Anantnag Hasnain Masoodi, South Zone President Dr. Bashir Ahmed Veeri, State Spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar, District President Pulwama Ghulam Mohi Ud Mir have also condemned the civilian killi...

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Classes 1-9 exams most likely in March, official orders expected in weeks time: DSEK

REGIONAL

Amid confusion regarding the exams of lower class students, the School Education Department on Thursday said that it will most likely conduct it in March and official orders in this regard are expected this week. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) said, “Most likely, all the exams from Classes 1-9 are going to be held in the month of March.” “We have submitted our proposal to the government and we expect that within one or two days we expect the official orders,” he said—(KNO)

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Mainly dry weather forecast in JK

REGIONAL

Weatherman on Thursday forecast mainly dry weather in Jammu Kashmir in next 24 hours. A meteorological office spokesperson here told GNS that no large change was expected in the weather for the subsequent two days also. As regards the mercury, he said that Srinagar recorded a low of 9.6°C against 9.2°C on the previous night. The temperature was 1.1°C above normal for the summer capital during this time of the year, he said. Qazigund recorded a low of 7.5°C against 7.8°C on the previous night. The temperature was 0.2°C below normal there, he said. In Pahalgam, the mercury settled at 5.6°C against 5.1°C on the previous night and it was 1.1°C above normal for the south Kashmir resort, he said. Kokernag recorded a low of 9.8°C against 8.3°C on the previous night and it was 1.2°...

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Is ‘Mid-Day meals’ scheme too a scam in Jammu Kashmir?

REGIONAL

In a brazen development, the authorities from Jammu and Kashmir have 'neither constructed over 4,600 units of kitchen-cum-stores for Mid Day Meals (MDM) nor has surrendered the funds released for it'. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the Ministry of Education (MoE) said this during the Programme Approval Board (PAB) meeting to consider the Annual Work Plan and Budget in respect of UT Administration of Jammu Kashmir under PM POSHAN for 2022-23. The officials in the meeting expressed concern over the issues of delay in the release of Adhoc funds by three months from UT authority to schools. “UT has neither constructed 4,697 units of kitchen-cum-stores nor surrendered the funds as directed by previous PAB,” the official said in the meeting. He also said th...

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Four militants killed in Shopian encounter identified

SOUTH KASHMIR

Four militants killed in twin encounters with the Government forces in south Kashmir’s Shopian district have been identified as associates of Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-i- Toiba outfits. A police spokesman in a statement said that Police along with RR of Indian Army and CRPF killed four local militants in twin encounters in Shopian district of South Kashmir. Police along with Army (44RR) and CRPF (14 Bn) launched a joint cordon and search operation in village Drach Keegam area of Shopian following an input regarding presence of militants in the said area, Police said in its press release. “As the joint search party proceeded towards the suspected spot the hiding militants fired indiscriminately upon the search party. The joint party retaliated effectively leading to an encounter...

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Four PFI members released on bail, Re-arrested under UAPA near Tihar Jail

OTHERS

In a dramatic turn of events four persons allegedly linked to the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) were arrested by Delhi Police under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, hours after getting bail from Special Magistrate at Amar Colony Police Station. A senior police officer confirmed that four members of the outlawed outfit have been arrested in a case registered against them under the UAPA at Shaheen Bagh police station of southeast district of Delhi Police. Six persons (Mohammad Jabir , Sameer Khan, Md Shoaib, Habib Asgar Jamali, Abdul Rabb and Abdul Waris ) who were booked under sections 107, 151 CrPC on 27th September were produced before Special Magistrate at Amar Colony Police Station on Monday at 4.pm. All six were granted bail and taken back to Tihar Jail t...

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Delhi HC orders shifting of Kashmiri separatist Altaf Ahmad Shah to AIIMS for cancer treatment

REGIONAL

The Delhi High Court has ordered the shifting of Kashmiri separatist Altaf Ahmad Shah, currently in jail and facing trial for an alleged terror funding case probed by the NIA, to AIIMS for appropriate treatment after he was stated to have been diagnosed with cancer. Shah, the son-in-law of late Hurriyat leader SAS Geelani, told the court he was receiving treatment for certain serious ailments at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (RML) but it was recently revealed he was suffering from the last stage of renal cancer. While claiming RML does not have the adequate facility to treat renal cancer, he prayed he should be allowed to be shifted to AIIMS or Apollo Hospital for urgent treatment. Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain, without going into the merits of the case under Unlawful Activities Preventi...

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‘Ensure zero fear of militants and separatists’, HM Amit Shah in Security meet at Srinagar

REGIONAL

Union Home Minister, Amit Shah held a review meeting in Srinagar today on the security situation in Jammu & Kashmir. The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, and other senior officials of the Government of India, including the Army, CAPF, J&K Police and Jammu & Kashmir Government attended the meeting. The Union Home Minister asked security forces and the police to pro-actively conduct coordinated counter-militancy operations, to fulfill Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s vision of a prosperous and peaceful Jammu & Kashmir. Amit Shah appreciated the efforts of the security agencies and administration of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir for keeping the streets free from violence and significantly restoring the Rule of Law. The ‘HarGharTiranga’...