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Schools closed in Leh as Ladakh reports 71 new COVID-19 cases

Schools closed in Leh as Ladakh reports 71 new COVID-19 cases

EDUCATION
All schools in Leh district were closed for 15 days from Saturday after Ladakh reported 71 fresh cases of COVID-19, the highest single-day rise in the past over two months, taking the overall infection tally to 20,702, officials said. A majority of the new cases were detected from Druk Padma Karpo School Shey, prompting the District Development Commissioner (Leh) Shrikant Balasaheb Suse to notify the school campus as a containment zone to stop further spread of the infection, they said. Suse, who is also the chairman of Leh district disaster management authority, ordered the closure of all government and private schools in the district for 15 days from September 18 to October 2. In an order issued late Friday, the district magistrate said the decision was taken in view of reporting ...
College in Srinagar to Open from Monday, While Admin Declaring Containment Zones on the Other Hand, What is the Way Forward?

College in Srinagar to Open from Monday, While Admin Declaring Containment Zones on the Other Hand, What is the Way Forward?

EDUCATION, REGIONAL
Bhat Yasir On one hand, the Srinagar administration is declaring micro containment zones and on the other, it has allowed colleges to open in the district. After an order issued by the Srinagar administration, Government College for Women MA Road Srinagar has ordered its students to attend classes (in-person) from Monday on a rotation basis. In an order, whose copy lies with The Kashmiriyat, the college administration has said "It is hereby ordered that all the students of this college shall attend the classes (in-person) as per the following roaster." "The students shall ensure that COVID-19 SOPs and guidelines issued by the district administration are followed in letter and spirit," the order further reads. It is pertinent to mention here that on Friday, the District admi...
FIR against unknown persons for removing Tiranga from J&K building

FIR against unknown persons for removing Tiranga from J&K building

REGIONAL
A case was registered against unidentified persons for allegedly removing the national flag atop a building in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday. “An application was forwarded to Police Station Kandi by the Naib Tehsildar Kotranka wherein it was stated that it was reported in some sections of social media that unknown persons had removed the national flag from atop the building of Dak Bungalow, Kotranka on the intervening night of September 17 and 18 (early on Saturday),” police said in a statement. The police said an FIR under section 2(a) of the prevention of insults to National Honour Act has been registered at Kandi and investigation initiated.—(PTI)
Former JK CMs, Other Political Leaders Condemn Policeman’s Killing in Kulgam

Former JK CMs, Other Political Leaders Condemn Policeman’s Killing in Kulgam

Politics
he leaders of political parties in Jammu Kashmir including the former chief ministers of erstwhile JK State Friday condemned the killing of a policeman in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. National Conference President Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Vice President Omar Abdullah condemned the killing of Railway Protection Force Constable Bantoo Sharma near Wanpoh, Kulgam. “I condemn the brutal killing of a railway police constable and express heartfelt sympathies with his family and friends. I pray for eternal peace to the departed,” Dr Farooq said in a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). In a tweet while condemning the killing, Omar Abdullah said, “I Unequivocally condemn the militant attack in Kulgam. My heartfelt condolences to the family and colleagues of C...
Jammu Commerce and Industries Calls for Shutdown Against Opening of Reliance Stores in Jammu

Jammu Commerce and Industries Calls for Shutdown Against Opening of Reliance Stores in Jammu

REGIONAL
The Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industries (JCCI) called for a peaceful Jammu Bandh on September 22. The call for shutdown has been issued to protest against the opening of Reliance Stores in Jammu and other issues faced by the business community of Jammu. Besides the JCCI president and his office bearers, presidents of various trade bodies were present on the occasion.
Number of Militants, Recruitment Into Their Ranks Have Come Down in Kashmir: DGP

Number of Militants, Recruitment Into Their Ranks Have Come Down in Kashmir: DGP

REGIONAL
Says Active Militants, OGWs Less Than Half Of What Is Was Previously In North Kashmir Director-General of Police Dilbag Singh on Saturday said that recruitments into militant ranks have reduced while active militants are “less than half of what it used to be in the past.” The top police officer of the J&K made the remarks while talking to media men following a visit to Kupwara where he visited the family of the police officer killed in Khaniyar Srinagar and reviewed security situation with top police, army, BSF, and CRPF. “There has been a reduction in militant recruitments and youth are leading mindfully. Youth need to focus on life, studies, and career. They should avoid doing any irresponsible act,” the DGP said while responding to a question on militant recruitments. To...
Kashmir’s First Synthetic hockey turf Stadium will Complete Soon in Pulwama

Kashmir’s First Synthetic hockey turf Stadium will Complete Soon in Pulwama

REGIONAL, SPORTS
Mudasir Maqbool In order to engage the youth Of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district in sports activities and keep them away from drugs, the first Synthetic hockey turf stadium is being built in Pulwama. This synthetic hockey stadium is being constructed at BHSS (Boys Higher Secondary School) Pulwama at the cost of 5 crores under the augmentation of the sports infrastructure scheme at Jammu and Kashmir. District Sports Officer said, in Pulwama, there are a lot of youngsters who are interested in Hockey, but lack of stadium wastes their talent, but this stadium will boost their carrier and they can prove their abilities in hockey. He further added, this will be an international standard stadium with dimensions 102 meters ×62 meters and we hope it will be completed next month in October. ...
Mendhar Teenager’s Body Exhumed After Police Suspect Murder

Mendhar Teenager’s Body Exhumed After Police Suspect Murder

OTHERS
Over a hundred days after retrieving him dead from a pond, the authorities Saturday exhumed body of the 14-year-old boy suspected to have been murdered in his native village in Gohlad Kalara in Poonch district. The deceased namely Shariq Ahmad son Mohammad Sadeeq was exhumed by a team of doctors in presence of Tehsildar Mendhar Dr Vikram Kumar, SDPO ZA Jaffri, SHO Mendhar Manzoor Kohli on the orders of District Magistrate Poonch from the local graveyard, after authorities drew apprehensions of murder of the teenager, sources privy to the development told GNS. The body was taken to Sub-district Hospital Mendhar for conduct of post-mortem, they said. BMO Mendhar Dr Parvaiz Ahmed Khan, heading the team of doctors at SDH Mendhar told GNS that necessary medico-legal formalities have be...
Some Schools Have Submitted False, Concocted Details About Fee Structure: Fee Fixation Panel

Some Schools Have Submitted False, Concocted Details About Fee Structure: Fee Fixation Panel

EDUCATION
The Government Fee Fixation Committee (GFFC) has said that some schools have submitted false and concocted details pertaining to their fee structure. The news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) has learnt that the Chairperson of the Committee Muzaffar Hussain Attar has said that some private schools were charging more fee but in the details submitted to the GFFC, they have submitted fabricated details to evade the actions.buy elavil online buy elavil no prescription The communiqué of the GFFC states that “A few schools had submitted false and fabricated records with regard to the fee charged by them. However, the figures are much higher than the school managements have actually been charging from the students.” The GFFC has also said that it appears that a few school managements ...
Noorbagh Srinagar Gunfight; Militants Seem To Have Fled After Dropping Weapons: Police

Noorbagh Srinagar Gunfight; Militants Seem To Have Fled After Dropping Weapons: Police

OTHERS
Police on Saturday said that militants seem to have fled after dropping their weapons following a brief firing in Noor Bagh area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Saturday. “A small team of police while laying cordon were fired upon by militants. Seem they escaped after dropping their weapons,” a senior police officer to GNS. He said one pistol and one AK 47 has been recovered. However, the officer said Police and reinforcement of CRPF have laid a cordon and searches are going on. (GNS)