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Ladakh admin proposes to notify 5.69 lakh kanals for field firing range in Kargil

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The administration of Union Territory Ladakh has proposed to notify 5.69 lakh Kanals of land in Drass area of Kargil district as a field firing range. In a notification, a copy of which is in possession of news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the UT administration has invited objections, if any, from general public over the proposal of firing range. “Objections in this regard, if any, may be communicated to Deputy Commissioner, Kargil within a period of two months from the date of issuance of this notice,” reads the notification issued by Umang Narula, who is advisor to LG Ladakh and administrative secretary, Home of the Union Territory. As per the proposal, the administration of UT Ladakh intends to authorize carrying out of the field firing and artillery practice throughout ...

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Historic T5 Panthyal tunnel opens for traffic

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In a very much relief step to the commuters, the historical T5 tunnel of the four-lane road project at Panthyal between Ramban and Banihal has been thrown open for traffic on Thursday. An official of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the approach road to the tunnel along other allied works were completed successfully on Wednesday and the tunnel has been thrown open for traffic on Thursday. He said that the tunnel is going to help commuters to bypass the most vulnerable spots on the National Highway in Panthayal. He said that the work on the twin-tube 880-metre tunnel, part of the highway realignment project, started in 2020. Our focus will be on Jaiswal Bridge and the double-lane of Ramban Flyover and the Banihal By...

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Sorry State of Education: 60 students crammed in 2 rooms in Sopore

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Despite the education department's initiative of a special enrollment drive at government schools, the upgraded government boys primary school is witnessing a grim situation as the school is functioning in two rooms only. Established in 1985, the school functioning in the jurisdiction of Zone Dangerpora in Bomai Tehsil has only two rooms for six classes and has about 60 students, while the school building has already been declared unsafe in the year 2014. A teacher pleading anonymity at the school told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) the school has three rooms, one for teachers and two for students. Also, the school has only two teachers. "We are facing an accommodation crunch and can't give proper accommodation facilities to the students enrolled here, " he said. "The...

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Cow vigilantes beat Muslim driver in Haryana

INDIA

In Haryana’s Palwal city, cow vigilantes followed and beat up a Muslim truck driver on suspicion of carrying animals. The violent cow vigilantes are the self-declared guardians of cows. The episode serves as a crystal-clear illustration of the harmful effects of such vigilantism, reported Muslim Mirror. https://twitter.com/HateDetectors/status/1635511083090817026/video/1 The clumsily produced video that went popular on social media makes the situation even more nasty and unsettling. The cow vigilantes can be seen in the video pursuing and “rescuing” animals from the young Muslim truck driver. According to media sources, the video also has text that includes the incident’s date and the cow vigilante squads engaged. Recently, several incidents of cow vigilante attacks on innocent...

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‘BPL Category’ RTI applicant allegedly asked to ‘pay charges’ by R&B PIO in Bandipora

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An RTI applicant from Bandipora on Thursday alleged that he has been asked to deposit charges by a Public Information Officer in the Office of Executive Engineer R&B Division Bandipora in lieu of obtaining desired information vis-à-vis construction of non-motorable walkway around Wular Lake in the north Kashmir district. Exercising his right to know, anti-corruption & RTI activist, Parvaiz Bhat had sought details of tendering process of construction work of non-motorable walkway around Wular lake from Banyari Bridge to Naaz Nallah including approach road leading towards Delta Park. The work, according to him, is being executed by WUCMA and is being supervised by R&B (PWD) Division Bandipora. “I had filed the RTI as I was having strong apprehensions that proper procedure a...

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Generic Drugs: Prescriptions go for a toss as Doctor-Pharma industry nexus at peak

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Nexus between doctors and pharma companies is not encouraging use of generic drugs in Kashmir, Doctors Association of Kashmir said on Wednesday. President Doctors Association of Kashmir and influenza expert Dr Nissar ul Hasan told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that doctors and drug mafia nexus are sabotaging the generic drug use in JK and keeping it away from poor people who can't afford to buy branded medicine. Ranging from cars to family trips to household items, pharma companies provide doctors with freebies to prescribe their branded drugs, he added. “Even the chemists get huge margins for selling branded drugs,” Dr Nisar said. He explained that a generic drug is a medication created to be the same as an already marketed brand-name drug in dosage form, safety, stren...

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Stone pelted on mosque in Karnataka’s Haveri

INDIA

Tension prevailed in Karnataka’s Haveri district on Tuesday as an incident of stone pelting by Hindutva supporters on a mosque led to people of the two communities coming into a confrontational position. Police have made elaborate security arrangements and are making an all-out effort to rein in the situation. Hindutva men, who pelted stones on the mosque, alleged that when they had taken the procession of Sangolli Rayanna (an Indian freedom fighter), a section of Muslims had pelted stones on them and disrupted the procession. Stones were pelted at a similar programme last week. On Tuesday when their rally was disrupted, the Hindutva supporters pelted stones on the mosque, houses of Muslims and also damaged their vehicles, police sources said. Locals said that Hindu activists had ...

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After meeting with Farooq Abdullah, National opposition parties demand statehood in J-K

INDIA

Leaders of various national parties supported the demand for the restoration of Jammu Kashmir's statehood, and elections in the erstwhile state, without any further delay, reported NDTV. They have also decided to visit Srinagar in May to express their support to the people of Jammu Kashmir. An all-party delegation from Jammu and Kashmir led by Farooq Abdullah held a meeting with the opposition leaders in Delhi before they visited the Election Commission of India to submit a memorandum demanding assembly elections. Shard Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party said that leaders from all opposition parties will be visiting Srinagar to share the pain of the people of Jammu Kashmir, and also give them assurances of support, as per the NDTV report. After meeting with the ECI, Farooq...

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Woman allegedly attacked by knife wielding man inside her house in Srinagar

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A woman was attacked by an unknown person in the Shalimar area in central Kashmir’s Srinagar district. In a video clip, now viral on social media, the woman a resident of Pazalpora Shalimar, as per the news agency GNS, said, “I was in shed when someone came and took me by my neck. The person had left the gate open and without saying anything (he aimed at my neck) with a knife in his hand.” “When I called for help, the person kept his knife down and instead tried to strangulate me.” When contacted, a police official said that a police team has reached the spot to ascertain the facts. (GNS)

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Airfares to Kashmir skyrocket as peak tourist season arrives

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As the tourist season peaks in Kashmir valley, ticket to the valley has skyrocketed, causing anguish among the people associated with the tourism industry. Delhi to Katmandu (Nepal) is nearly half of the price if you want to fly to Srinagar from India's capital city. The same has caused anguish in the tourism sector of the valley. On 22 March, 2023, the prices for tickets from New Delhi, India to Kathmandu Nepal on Goibibo.com start from 5,109 INR and on the same day, the tickets to Srinagar cost 11, 221 INR. In fact, the tickets to Abu Dhabi cost around the same amount. The issue has existed for quite a long time. In 2019, Omar Abdullah taking a dig at the Government over the heightened prices said, "These are the fares people traveling out of Srinagar are being forced to pay. Ya...