Month: January 2023

The University of Kashmir clarified on Wednesday that due process has been followed in evaluation of answer-scripts and assured that claims of students regarding the evaluation carried out in some subjects are being addressed on merit. Reacting to claims by some UG 6th semester students alleging unfair evaluation in papers like Chemistry and English, the Controller of Examinations Dr Majid Zaman said these claims will be examined under rules and addressed on merits. “In order to fully satisfy the aggrieved examinees, we have ordered a review of the evaluation in the case of Chemistry and English subjects. Further course of action will be taken after the expert report is received,” Dr Majid said. The evaluation is undertaken following due process in all respects, including selection ...

The Jammu Kashmir Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested six drug peddlers in Shopian district of south Kashmir. A Police spokesman said that six drug peddlers identified as Javaid Ahmed Ganie, Suhail Ahmed Allie, Yawar Ahmed Mir, all residents of Melhora in Shopian and Azad Ahmed Ganaie of Dablipora, Shabir Ahmed Teeli and Imtiyaz Ahmed of Wondina Zainapora were arrested with contraband substance. He said that the six have been booked under PIT NDPS and have been lodged at Kotbal Balwal Jammu.

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will send additional 18 companies to Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of recent killings of civilians in two fresh terror attacks in Rajouri district, sources familiar with the development said. The 18 CRPF companies - approximately 1,800 personnel - will be rushed to the Jammu region for deployment mainly in Poonch and Rajouri districts. As per inputs, eight CRPF companies will be deployed very soon from nearby locations of deployment in Jammu and Kashmir while 10 CRPF companies are being rushed from Delhi. The move followed a recent order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs amidst intelligence input about the terror attack in the Jammu region, said the source. Six persons, including two children, were killed and many more injured in two...

A mother-son duo was killed while two other members of the family were injured in a road accident on the Jammu Poonch National Highway. An official told The Kashmir News Apax that an Alto car in which four members of a family were going on collided with a bus on the highway in Bagnoti area of Rajouri district, resulting in the death of Saima Kausar(26) and her 04 months old son Danish . Kausar's husband Mohammad Anees(30) and their son Moheez Ahmad (04) were injured. They all are residents of Mughal Manjakot District Rajouri. He said that the injured were shifted to District Hospital Nowshera for treatment. An official told The Kashmir News Apax that the police have registered a case and started the investigation.(KNA)

A Division Bench of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed the detention of a South Kashmir youth lodged in Agra Jail of Uttar Pradesh under the Public Safety Act (PSA). After being arrested by police in 2022 the accused Rayees Ahmed Sofi son of Ghulam Qadir Sofi, a resident of Gagren Shopian was shifted to Central Jail Agra. He is an Auto-Driver by profession. The Counsel for the accused, Advocate Bashir Ahmed Tak argued that the detaining authority has not attributed any specific allegation against the detenue. Furthermore, it was also stated that the detenue has been incapacitated in filing a representation as the grounds of detention were not in a language that could be understood by the detenue. The Counsel for the detenue as per a local news agency, Kas...

Residents of several villages in the Bandipora district complained that they were facing an acute shortage of potable water for the last few months. Locals from Ganie-Mohalla Ajas, Chaangali and Check-Guroora told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that in absence of an adequate quantity of tap water, they were being forced to use contaminated water. The locals said their women folk face a lot of hardships in fetching water from different spots. “Amid this winter season, we are without drinking water while the concerned authorities don’t pay attention to our sufferings,” Mushtaq Ahmad local from Ajas Ganie-Mohalla said. The villagers said they held protests in the past to highlight their plight to no avail. The residents of affected areas appealed to the chief engineer, t...

The probe, ordered into the appointment of a teacher, has found that the teacher in question has managed his entry in the department after producing fake appointment order. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) the probe has revealed that the teacher has managed entry in the education department through the fake appointment KNO on December 6, last year reported that the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) ordered an inquiry to probe the appointment of a teacher posted in Boys High School Barthana, Srinagar. The probe was ordered after Chief Education Officer (CEO) Srinagar reported that the teacher in question was shown appointed as a teacher vide DSEK Order No. 491 DSEK of 2009 dated June 12 of 2009. It was reported that on verification of the...