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Audit reveals scheme not in line with PMDP guidelines; Out of 19 major beneficiaries, 10 were not affected by 2014 floods; Finance department tells CAG that scheme was rolled out as per budget announcement of Finance Minister The Chief Minister’s Business Interest Relief Scheme(CMBIRS) announced by the previous PDP-BJP government has come under scanner, with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India pointing out that the scheme was not as per the guidelines of the interest subvention scheme of the Prime Minister’s Development Package(PMDP) for J&K. In its report, a copy of which is in possession of news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the CAG has revealed the scheme was not as per the guidelines of the interest subvention scheme of the PMDP. “An amount of Rs 180 crore rece...

Re-registration of Kashmir Press Club was again put in abeyance on Friday by Registrar of Societies, Director Industries and Commerce Kashmir on the basis after non-involvement and verification of character and antecedents of its members was put on hold. According to an order, a copy of which lies with Kashmir News Service (KNS), stated that as per an order received by additional district magistrate Srinagar, the non-involvement and verification of character and antecedents of members of managing body of KPC has been put on hold. As per the order, non-involvement and verification of character and antecedents of member has been put on hold on the basis of report received from SSP CID, J&K. “This office has received an order issued by the Additional District Magistrate Srinagar ...

Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar said that today again the authorities, while demonstrating their dictatorship and arbitrariness, hurt the people's sentiments by preventing them from fulfilling their religious obligation of praying at the J&K's largest spiritual centre and place of worship - the historic Jama Masjid Srinagar. In a statement, the Anjuman said it is the 24th consecutive Friday when the pulpit and mihrabs of the Jama Masjid were kept silent and also the religious obligation like Jummah prayers could not be performed. The Anjuman termed it highly unfortunate that while Friday prayers are allowed in all mosques, Khanqahs and imambarahs Jama Masjid continues to be selectively targeted while barring Juma Pearys’ which is a tragedy. This double standard of the rulers ...

The administration has announced the start of the 3rd wave of Covid-19 in Kashmir Valley and among others ordered the establishment of Triage Centres besides designating all those hospitals as “dedicated Covid Hospitals which were earmarked for such purpose previously. As per minutes of the meeting regarding implementation of mitigation measures for the control of “3rd wave,” the divisional commissioner Kashmir P K Pole stressed upon the application of fundamental Principles of Patient Care Management of asymptomatic Covid Positive patients in Home Isolation and in hospitals. “(Divisional Commissioner) informed that so far the nature of the 3rd Wave of Covid-19 has been very mild and the cases require symptom based treatment which can be given to them at primary Health Centres,” read...

Director School Education Kashmir has ordered termination of services of nine teachers for unauthorized absence. The teachers include Aijaz Ahmad Bhat (GPS Shuloora Kupwara), Saima Gani (teacher BHSS Zadibal Srinagar), Suhail Anees (Teacher BHS Nawagabra Kupwara), Mohammad Rafiq Khan, (RReT MS Fraw GAnderbal),Sheetal Bhat (Teacher PM’s package, posted in BHSS Kupwara), Nazia Mushtaq (BHS Laderwan Kupwara), Arumeall Koul, Ranjeet Kour (Teacher HS Kralweth Baramulla) and Sunil Kumar Raina who was appointed in the department as teacher under PM package and subsequently posted in MS Moti Mohalla Nishat Srinagar but “remained unauthorizedly absent from duties from 1 November 2017.” Apparently speaking orders have been issued against all. One of the orders for example, regarding Kour reads...

Police on Friday arrested Mohammad Ahsan Untoo, chairman International Forum for Justice and Human Rights Jammu and Kashmir (IFJHRJK), for “spreading false propaganda, disinformation campaign and hate speech through these social media spaces.” “It was reliably learnt that Mohd Ahsan Untoo son of Late Ghulam Hassan Untoo resident of Diver Lolab Kupwara A/P Kursoo Rajbagh, a proactive secessionist is an active participant and speaker at Twitter spaces titled “Radio Resistance Kashmir” led by two known secessionists namely Muzammil Ayyub Thakur and Dr. Asif Dar,” a police spokesman said in a statement issued here to GNS. He said these “known secessionists, who are accused in several cases along with Ahsan Untoo are actively spreading hatred against the Union of India on the social media...

Following the surge in Covid-19 cases. Srinagar's S.M.H.S. hospital has suspended its Out Patients Departments (OPDs). Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that the hospital has suspended OPDs due to upsurge in Covid-19 cases. They said that Hospital authorities have decided to perform only emergency surgeries while other surgeries have been stopped for the time being.buy zenegra online https://healthcoachmichelle.com/wp-content/themes/Divi/css/new/zenegra.html no prescription The S.M.H.S. Hospital is the main secondary healthcare facility in Kashmir capital Srinagar. (KNT)

Jammu Kashmir reported a major spike as 2456 persons tested positive for covid-19 in the last 24 hours, while five deaths have been reported across the region, officials said on Friday. 934 out of these cases fresh cases were reported from the Jammu division and 1552 from Kashmir, an official told The Kashmiriyat. 260 Covid special beds have been occupied as of yet, the official said.buy aciphex online buy aciphex no prescription He said that the total active cases in Jammu Kashmir stand at 10,003- 4802 in Jammu and 5201 in the Kashmir division. 380 patients recovered in Jammu Kashmir on Thursday- 211 from Jammu Division and 169 from Kashmir Division. Giving district-wise details of the fresh cases, the officials said that Srinagar reported the highest 464 cases, Baramulla ...

With Omicron driven third Covid wave raging in Kashmir,” Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday said the actual number of Covid positive cases in the valley is higher than what is being reported. “The official count is an underestimate as many Covid cases go unreported,” said DAK President and Influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. Dr Hassan said use of home test kits and rapid antigen test kits has seen a massive jump since the Omicron surge began. “While many people test positive by these kits, they do not report to the authorities,” he said. “Many people also do not get tested worrying that they will be taken to the Covid camps,” he added. The DAK President said even though RT-PCR test is the gold standard for detecting Covid-19 and its variants, a negative test does n...

Suhail Dar A 40-year-old woman died of cardiac arrest in Anantnag's Batengoo area on Friday afternoon. Family members of the woman told The Kashmiriyat that Haneefa Banoo, a resident of the Batengoo area in south Kashmir's Anantnag district fell unconscious at her home on Friday morning. The lady was rushed to the Bijbehara Sub-district hospital, where it was declared that she had suffered a cardiac arrest, they said. "She was shifted to the Government medical college in Anantnag, where she breathed her last," the family members said. Hospital officials at district hospital of Anantnag confirming the death said that the body of the deceased has been handed over to her family members for her last rites.