Baramulla,February 22:Police on Monday claimed to have busted a fake job racket by arresting five people including two Constables of Railway Protection Porce Budgam. In a statement, Baramulla police said that on a specific information Police station Baramulla arrested Five persons namely, Hafizulla Lone son of Gh. Hassan lone resident of Diver Lolab, Ashiq Hussain Naik son of Ghulam Nabi Naik resident of Kralgund Qazigund Kulgam and Ather-ul-islam son of Ab Samad Lone resident of Devar Lo lab Kupwara, Ajaz ahmad lone son of Abdul Gani Lone resident of Tujer Sharif Sopore and Abdul Rashid Wani son of Abdul Aziz Wani resident of Nagbal Khag Budgam with fake and forged appointment orders in Agriculture Department and registered a criminal case under FIR NO 17/2021 u/s 420,467,468,471/IPC. The statement further states that during the course of investigation it came to fore that a gang is operating from Srinagar, Budgam, Baramulla in which two constables of Railway Protection Force Budgam, running a fake Job racket and duped so many persons and collected hefty amounts. During the course of investigation of the case five persons have been arrested and three fake orders have been seized so for from the possession of accused persons. Investigation of the case is going on, further arrests and recoveries are expected, reads the statement.
LG made suggestions for giving further push to the developmental process in J&K
After 5th August 2019, J&K got new opportunities of socio-economic development that were not there for many decades: LG
From job creation to entrepreneurship, we are going to make J&K a model of Industry 4.0, says the Lt Governor
· Lt Governor requests GoI for setting up of Dry Port in J&K with customs clearance facility to increase trade within & outside the Country
· To boost tourism and trade in J&K, LG requests for regular commercial International flights for Srinagar & Jammu
· Air Cargo capacity for J&K needs to be enhanced to enable easy transportation of perishable items
Government aims to take J&K export worth from Rs 1400 cr to Rs 5000 cr in next two years, says the LG
SNS KASHMIR
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 20:
Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today participated in the 6th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog, through virtual mode.
During the meeting, the Lt Governor highlighted major reformative measures taken by the UT Governor, besides apprising the meeting about the new trajectory that the UT has undertaken in the past 17 months.
At the outset, the Lt Governor, on behalf of the people of Jammu & Kashmir, expressed gratitude to the Hon’ble Prime Minister for his unstinting support in accelerating the pace of development in the UT.
“After 5th August 2019, Jammu & Kashmir got new opportunities of socio-economic development that were not there for many decades. J&K is passing through a period of transition for development, peace and prosperity. Today, among the people of Jammu & Kashmir, there is an outlook of hopeful optimism”, remarked the Lt Governor.
While making suggestions for giving further push to the developmental process in Jammu and Kashmir, the Lt Governor requested the Government of India for considering the demand for setting up of Dry Port in J&K with a customs clearance facility to increase the trade within and outside the Country.
To give a boost to tourism and trade in J&K, the Lt Governor requested that Srinagar and Jammu be opened to regular commercial International flights.
The Lt Governor observed that the UT Government is aiming to take J&K export worth from Rs 1400 cr to Rs 5000 cr in the next two years. Air Cargo capacity for J&K needs to be enhanced to enable easy transportation of perishable items, he added.
He requested for simplification of certain permissions under Water Act and Air Act, 1981 along with clearances and reduction of time period from 4 months to 30 days so that clearances can be obtained easily and in a short time for setting up industrial units.
The Lt Governor suggested for setting up Regional Office of MoEF in J&K for speedy disposal of Environment Clearances cases for larger projects.
He also suggested that the Government of India may consider specific product based funding programs. National Saffron Mission has succeeded because of it focus on one product, he added.
Infrastructural projects need to be devised considering the needs of 20-25 years from now. New road construction technology like cold mix plant and use of pre-fabricated bridges could be promoted to reduce the construction time-period, suggested the Lt Governor.
Speaking on the Economic reforms, the Lt Governor observed that the existing industrial landscape is being transformed into futuristic, profitable and sustainable ecosystem, leading to livelihood generation, better education, skill development and better quality of life.
“From job creation to entrepreneurship, we are going to make J&K a model of Industry 4.0, the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Government is working on promoting institutional readiness, increasing entrepreneurship and attracting investments. The multiplier effect of industrial transformation will be felt across the entire length and breadth of the UT”, said the Lt Governor.
New Industrial Development Scheme, with an outlay of Rs.28,400 Crore, has been approved by the Government of India for encouraging investment in manufacturing and service sectors in J&K, which will help in stepping up economic development in Jammu & Kashmir, the Lt Governor affirmed.
Underscoring the important interventions made by the UT Government for execution for the languishing projects, the Lt Governor said that JKIDFC, a model which NITI Aayog has commended as a best practice, has approved 2367 projects worth Rs. 7125.49 crore so far.
On health sector, the Lt Governor observed that J&K Government is spending 2.86 % of its budget in the Health sector which is more than the national average. Upgradation of health infrastructure and improving healthcare services has led to an overall improvement in the key health indicators in J&K, he added.
Speaking on priority sectors, the Lt Governor observed that J&K is heavily relied on agriculture sector and tourism sector. We plan to introduce automation IOTs, cloud computing to create smart factories to supplement existing trades, imaging sensors in orchards, smart logistics for improved margins and smart manufacturing for increased revenue making opportunities, the Lt Governor maintained.
On Education sector, the Lt Governor said that from this session, education will be imparted in all 5 official languages, besides Bridge course is being initiated to meet the study loss due to COVID pandemic.
Translation of local folklores and those of other states for cultural exchange and understanding is being done, he added.
The Lt Governor also spoke on AB-PMJAY SEHAT Scheme, J&K’s performance in Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY), G.I. tagging of Kashmiri Saffron, promotion of Basmati Rice, High Density Plantation and Aspirational Blocks in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Lt Governor also thanked the Hon’ble Prime Minister for announcing a new Gas Pipeline Project in Budget 2021 for the development of J&K.
With the efforts of Central Government under the guidance and leadership of Prime Minister, the country has been transformed into hub of Start-ups and innovation. I strive to bring the same development
Hundreds of tourists, locals participate in various colourful activities
SNS KASHMIR
PAHALGAM, FEBRUARY 21:
The two-day Pahalgam Winter Carnival concluded with much fanfare witnessing the participation of hundreds of locals and tourists in various colourful activities and cultural programmes.
The Pahalgam market wore a festive look where tourists enjoyed Tonga rides, horse rides while the locals street artists also enthralled the onlookers with various traditional folk and cultural shows.
Various snow sports activities including snowshoeing, mountain biking were also held in which athletes from various districts participated enthusiastically. The main functions were organised at Pahalgam Club where the artists drawn from various parts of the Valley throughout the two days demonstrated their skills live in Calligraphy, Painting, Pottery, needle art, singing etc.
Some of the notable artists like Saima Shafi known as Kral Koor did a live demonstration of pottery, Shafiya Shafi painted Shikara Boat besides soulful performances from Rabab Players and singers kept the audience glued to these events.
In the evening, the cultural and musical concert and scintillating performances by famous singers like Waqar Khan, Noor Muhammad, Shazia Bashir, Abid Ali, Adil Manzoor, Shugufta and their groups, Fusion music by Irfan Bilal, besides comedians like Anil Chingari and other artists captivated the jam-packed audience with some popular numbers and acting skills.
A quiz competition about Pahalgam during the evening event was also held which also generated a lot of response from the audience. Anchors and comperes also kept the audience glued through their skilful conduct of the programme.
About 40 stalls displaying traditional art, craft, ethnic cuisine, street food, etc had been set up at the Club by various departments including Tourism, JKTDC, Handicrafts, Forest, Fisheries, Horticulture, Floriculture, Industries, Agriculture Departments, J&K Women’s Development Corporation, Handicraft Department’s School of Design, Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering, Adventure Tour Operators of Pahalgam and other Private Entrepreneurs to showcase their unique products. While expressing satisfaction over the successful conduct of the event, Director Tourism Kashmir Dr. GN Itoo said the Carnival received a huge response and created a lot of buzz about the tourism activities in Kashmir. He said the main aim of the event was to promote Pahalgam as a winter destination and invite tourists from across the country to the Valley for holidays. “This event has been a part of our series of promotional programmes to revive the tourism sector which had been adversely affected due to the COVID-19 pandemic and to promote the popular resort for the winter season also. With the successful conduct of the event, a positive message has got across the country that Kashmir is abuzz with activities and travellers can come and enjoy their holidays,” he said. Deputy Commissioner Anantnag Anshul Garg also attended the function in the evening and highlighted the tourism potential of the Pahalgam. Later, cash prizes, mementos and certificates were also distributed among innovative artists jointly Sponsored by Tourism and Delhi Public School, Athwajan Srinagar.
Rs 10,000 as first prize was given each to five artists for their best artworks.
CEO Pahalgam, Mushtaq Ahmad Simnani, Joint Director Tourism, Tabassum Kamili, SDM Pahalgam, Naseer Ahmad, Deputy Director Tourism Publicity Ideel Saleem, Deputy Director, Registration, Ahsan-ul-haq Chishti, Assistant Director Pahalgam Bilal Ahmad, were also present during the 2-day Carnival.
The 2-day Pahalgam Winter Carnival was organised by the Directorate of Tourism Kashmir in collaboration with Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation, Pahalgam Development Authority, District Administration Anantnag, Pahalgam Hotel & Restaurant Owners Association and Pahalgam Hotel & Guest House Owners Society.
Sr National Conference leader Ali Mohmad Sagar to visited Rsidence of slain policeman Suhail Ahmed at Logripura in Ashmuqam area of Pahalgam in south Kashmir”s Anantnag district
SNS KASHMIR
SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 21:
The National Conference on Sunday said the spike in the violence against security forces in Jammu and Kashmir debunks the claims of the government that peace has returned to the union territory. It also expressed hope that the Centre will take tangible steps to usher in peace in the Kashmir Valley in the “real sense”.
“One is at its wits’ end to comprehend what qualifies as peace to government. The deteriorating security situation in the valley is the telling indictment of the reckless policies of the government of India (GOI),” NC general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar said.
Sagar was speaking after visiting the residence of slain policeman Suhail Ahmed at Logripura in Ashmuqam area of Pahalgam in south Kashmir”s Anantnag district to express unison with the bereaved family. Ahmad was one of the two policemen killed in a militant attack in the Baghat area of the city here on Friday.
The NC general secretary said incidents like these should act as an eye-opener for the Centre.
“The jinxed fate of ours has devoured thousands of our people, including security forces. One can only hope that the GOI will rise to the occasion and take tangible steps to usher in peace in Kashmir in real sense.
“This, the party believes, cannot be done without respecting the wishes and aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir,” he said.
While interacting with the bereaved family, Sagar expressed solidarity with them and prayed for peace to the departed soul.
He said the NC has always been against the violence of all hues.
“No emancipated society will approve of such dastardly and heinous acts. Violence begets violence; the vicious circle has no end. The motive of my visit to the bereaved family is to express unison with them in their grief on the behalf of the party leadership. Sanctity of every human life should be respected,” he said.
The NC leader said the Jammu and Kashmir Police represents a saga of sacrifices and the public service and sacrifice rendered by them is a proud legacy that needs to be respected and lauded by one and all.
“I am hopeful that the administration will support the families of slain cops who lost their lives the other day at Baghat. The government is duty-bound to ensure that they do not suffer on any account,” he added. (PTI)
Two days after a militant attack in Srinagar’s Baghat area of Barzulla in which two policemen were killed, Inspector General of Kashmir Police has directed the relocation of permanent bunkers and deployment of snipers on high-rise buildings in the area.
“IG Kashmir has directed increased security deployment at all vital locations, snipers to be placed on high-rise buildings, relocating permanent bunkers and anti-militants operations to be enhanced,” said sources.
Jammu and Kashmir Police had said the preliminary investigation on the basis of CCTV footage and other evidence indicates the involvement of two militants in the attack in Srinagar’s Baghat area of Barzulla on February 19 in which two policemen were killed. One of them has been identified as Saqib, a local militant, and another as a foreign militant, affiliated with proscribed militant outfit LeT. Police have launched a manhunt to nab the militants.
In another encounter on February 19, three militant associates affiliated were also killed in the Badigam area of the Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir.
On the same day, one police personnel of Jammu and Kashmir lost his life and one another was injured in an encounter that broke out between the security forces and militants in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. (ANI)
In a major success Bishnah Police station in Jammu solved the case pertaining to Assualt on SHO Bishnah Tahir Yousaf and his team on the night of 14th Feb by Bovine smugglers.
It is preteniant to mention that SHO Bishnah Tahir Yousaf got an information of smuggling of bovine in Lalyana area of Bishnah last week.
After getting information Tahir Yousaf along with his team went to the spot and tried to stop the smuggling bid.
Suddenly taking the benefit of darkness bovine smugglers attacked SHO and his team with lathis and sharp edged weapons.
SHO Tahir Tousaf got injured and was shifted to GMC Jammu.
Subsequently an FIR no 24/2021 U/S 307/353/336/332/427/147/148/149 IPC 4/25 A. ACT was lodged at Police station Bishnah on the written docket produced by second Incharge patrolling SI Pawan Kumar.
Subsequently a special team led SDPO RS Pura Shabir Khan and I/C SHO Anil Kumar flanked into action under the supervision of SP Hqrs Jammu Aadil Hamid and under the overall supervision of SSP Jammu Shridhar Patil.
Police raided many hideouts of the smugglers in Lalyana and Waziruchak and collaborating the technical & human rounded up around three associates of smugglers.
After through questioning of the trio led to unearthing of while incident and evidence collected suggests involvement of other main accused in the commission of crime.
On this accused persons namely 1. WALI MOHD S/O LAL HUSSAIN R/O VILL. CHAK MURAR, TEHSIL BISHNAH, DISTT. JAMMU was arrested on 15-02-2021
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Literary and cultural societies observe International Mother Tongue Day in north Kashmir
Reyaz Rashid
Baramulla: On International Mother Language Day which was observed across north Kashmir by various literary and cultural organizations, speakers urged for collective and sustained effort by all stakeholders for promotion of mother tongue- Kashmiri language as medium of instruction besides pledged to work for preservation and promotion of Kashmiri language and cultural ethos.
A large number of writers, poets, intellectuals, journalists, public administrators and civil society representatives attended various functions organized across north Kashmir.
In Baramulla, Mehboob Cultural Society Baramulla organized a day long function at Government Girls Higher Secondary School in which speakers pledged to work collectively for preservation and promotion of Kashmiri language as mother tongue.
Speakers urged for collective efforts from cross section of society to for preservation and promotion of Kashmiri language cultural ethos besides development of course content in Kashmiri language.
Renowned writer Khaliq Parvaiz was the chief guest and former Director General Doordarshan Kendra Srinagar Dr Rafiq Masoodi as the guest of honour.
“We have forgotten our mother tongue and speak other languages that too in broken way which hurts. We must encourage our children to speak Kashmir language which is our identity for rest of the languages is secondary,” said poet and writer Taseer Afzal in his critical style.
On the occasion, an array of cultural programmes were organized during which the importance of promoting and preserving the mother language was highlighted. Also a special musharia was organised during which various noted Kashmiri poets read their literary works which evoked quite applause from the audience.
Speaking on the occasion, the chief guestDr. Rafiq Masoodi highlighted the importance of mother tongue, especially Kashmiri, Gojri, Dogri, Pahadi, Balti, Dard Sheena and other languages spoken in various parts of Jammu and Kashmir.
He said that preservation of mother language is imperative for preservation of culture and ethnicity of a particular area. He said parents should ensure that they converse with their children in their mother tongue more than any other language from an early age.
Senior Journalist and poet, Anzhar Mahjoo said that International Mother Language Day recognizes that languages and multilingualism can advance inclusion, and the Sustainable Development Goals focus on leaving no one behind.
“ There is growing awareness that languages play a vital role in development, in ensuring cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue, but also in strengthening co-operation and attaining quality education for all,” he said.
He celebrated upon the theme of International Mother Language Day 2021 which is “Fostering multilingualism for inclusion in education and society,”.
This year’s observance is a call on policymakers, educators and teachers, parents, and families to scale up their commitment to multilingual education, and inclusion in education to advance education recovery in the context of COVID-19, he added.
In Bandipora, speakers said that growing capitalism and consumers is a threat to the indigenous languages besides affecting the existential identity of humanity in the global world.
They said that the Kashmiri Language has a potential to fight linguistic imperialism spreading in different shapes within the present global world.
Mir Tariq Rasool a Scholar and Linguistic Activist said that the linguistic history of different languages is witness to the fact that a language evolves and declines due to various social, political, cultural and economic reasons prevalent in a particular nation.
Mir was speaking during a literary event organized by Literary Forum Bandipora in collaboration with the Department of Education in GHS auditorium.
Explaining linguistic imperialism, Mir said that capitalism and consumerism are the greatest threats to indigenous languages across the global world.
“Every language has particular, cultural, civilization and set of values concealed within the linguistic expression of that language, so to keep the linguistic health of a language the hidden culture and values needs to be maintained in a proper way” Mir said.
“Indigenous languages are under a conscious target to imposes a capitalist languages across the world, this imposition is carried out under the garb of consumerism and capitalism, Mir said
Mir brief about the socio-cultural aspects of Kashmiri language said that being a culturally rich language, Kashmiri have a potential of withstanding any linguistic threat.
Earlier Sufi Showkat President Literary Forum Bandipora discussed the economic aspect of language. Sufi said that Language is a commodity now and every language is being used as means of commoditization.
“To revive and fit the Kashmiri language in contemporary worldview, we need to explore the economic aspects and prospects of this langue” Sufi Said.
Poet and Scholar Shahbaz Hakbari while presenting the presidential address said that the Kashmiri language has its own history and culture.
“The development of Kashmir language is properly possible, if the younger generation gets acquainted with the basic values and social aspects of Kashmiri language” Hakbari said.
GM Zahid and Ishfaq Samoon presented two on the occasion .Mir Dachigami and Zonal Education Officer Muhammad Sayed Shah also spoke on the occasion, while Mansoor Muntazir Secretary LFB carried the proceedings.Later a two poetic session were held during the event . First session was presided by Syed Rampuri and second session n was head by Muhammad Akbar Miskeen. Children from different schools also performed during the occasion.
A live mortar shell was found by labourers during landfilling work in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, officials said.
Police were informed about the abandoned shell in the TCP area and a bomb disposal squad was requisitioned to defuse the explosive device, the officials said.
They said a group of labourers was busy in landfilling work when they noticed a rusted mortar shell, believed to have come along with the waste concrete material dumped in the locality a few days ago.
The bomb disposal squad has reached the spot and efforts are on to neutralise the shell, the officials said.(PTI)
Any hasty decision about the future and the tutor could prove fatal: Qayoom Wani
SNS KASHMIR
JAMMU FEBRUARY 21 :
Assessing the govt move to open the schools in Jammu and Kashmir from March 1st amid the prevailing pandemic of COVID 19, Jammu and Kashmir Civil Society Forum has cautioned the govt with regard to the health-safety of the students and the teachers who could be badly hit if the utmost precautions are not exercised in reopening of schools. In a statement issued here Chairman, JKCSF, Abdul Qayoom Wani said that children were the future and the teachers the builders of that future and any hasty decision about the future and the tutor (teacher) could prove fatal . Referring to the news reports about the mutated strains of the novel Coronavirus that claim that the new variants of Corona virus could lead to resurgence of Covid-19 cases and bring back the pandemic with severe consequences. Wani quoted Doctors body’s, DAK observations that
“After the UK variant, South African and Brazilian variants have found their way into India. “While we struggle to come to grips with the foreign strains, a “new Indian mutant strain” has been found in Maharashtra which is seeing a spike in cases after a two month lull.”…“The new variants are on the move and they can sneak into the valley anytime,”
“When experts are saying that new variants are on move and they can sneak into the valley anytime and on the other hand when there has been no vaccination against the virus made to the students and to the teachers, how come it is wise step to push the future of the nation and the builder of the nation to the wall and to make them the laboratory tools!” Wani questioned.
JKCSF suggests the stakeholders and the policymakers in the government to reconsider the decision of reopening of schools in this fiery and weary environment of pandemic where it has no ‘space and time’ of stop yet. The better options are to continue the online classes now with 4g speed available and as now the students have been adopted to the trend.
Pakistani Rangers opened fire at forward posts and villages along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said on Sunday.
The firing from across the border targeting Border Outpost Bobiya area of Hiranagar sector started around 10:25 pm on Saturday ,drawing strong retaliation from the Border Security Force (BSF), the officials said.
They said the cross-border firing between the two sides continued till 4:30 am but there was no report of any damage on the Indian side.
The latest ceasefire violation by Pakistan broke several days of lull in the cross-border firing in the sector and forced the border residents to spend the night in underground bunkers, the officials said. (PTI)
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