Blood Brother: Shabir Hussain Khan, the Kashmiri man who is India’s biggest donor

Blood Brother - Shabir Hussain Khan, the Kashmiri man who is India’s biggest donor

Shabir Hussain Khan was taking an afternoon nap when he heard a commotion outside his house. A friend had been injured in a football match and had lost a lot of blood. Khan, who did not have any transport, rushed to the hospital by foot to donate some. It was 4 July 1980. Yesterday the man known locally as the “blood man of Kashmir” donated his 174th pint of his blood to strangers at the public hospital close to his Srinagar home. “Blood is not something you can buy in…

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Sajad Rashid Sofi a social activist arrested for offending official

Man arrested for offending official - Locals

Sajad Rashid Sofi made the comments while addressing Baseer Khan, who is an advisor to Lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha, in presence of the IAS officer, Ganderbal deputy commissioner Krittika Jyotsna A man from Jammu & Kashmir’s Safapora was arrested last week and has been kept behind bars despite getting bail with locals alleging he was booked for offending an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer by saying he has more expectations from a Kashmiri than a non-Kashmiri officer at a meeting on June 10. Sajad Rashid Sofi made the comments while…

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Light to moderate rain for the next few days in J&K: MET

Light to moderate rain for the next few days in J&K - MeT

Weatherman on Tuesday forecast “light to moderate thunderstorm with rain” for next few days at scattered places in Jammu and Kashmir. “Brief spell of light to a moderate thunderstorm with rain will occur at scattered places of Kashmir like Gulmarg, Kupwara, Sopore, Baramulla, Srinagar and scattered places of Jammu and South Kashmir today,” Director Meteorological Department Sonam Lotus said. “Same weather is most likely to continue for next few days,” he said, adding, “There’s no forecast for any major rainfall. We expect slight relief from the scorching heatwave in both…

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Technical, Grievance Committee constituted for conservation, management of wetlands in J&K

Technical, Grievance Committee constituted for conservation, management of wetlands in J&K

General Administration Department (GAD) today constituted Technical and Grievance Committees for conservation and management of wetlands in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. “Sanction in terms of Rule 5 (6) of the Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017 is hereby accorded to the constitution of Technical Committee and Grievance for conservation and management of wetlands in Jammu and Kashmir,” reads the Government order issued by the GAD. The Technical Committee comprising of Director, Department of Environment, Ecology and Remote Sensing as its chairperson, Chief Conservator of Forests (Working Plan,…

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In a unique way of protest, villagers in Chadoora plant paddy saplings on the road

In a unique way of protest, villagers in Chadoora plant paddy saplings on the road

Residents of Check Mohalla in Qazipora village of Chadoora in central Kashmir’s Budgam district Monday chose a unique way to protest against the government’s failure of repairing the important road link by planting paddy saplings on a muddy road stretch to attract the attention of authorities. Quoting locals, news agency KNO reported that villagers planted the paddy saplings as a mark of protest on the Chadoora-Check Mohalla Qazipora road to highlight its poor condition. Residents alleged that authorities had consistently failed to repair the road barely six km away from…

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Ready to restart talks with India if given Kashmir roadmap: Imran Khan

Ready to restart talks with India if given Kashmir roadmap - Imran Khan

The two nuclear-armed neighbors both control parts of Kashmir but claim it in full Previously, Khan and his government have held that India would have to first reverse its 2019 steps for any normalization process to begin Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday that Pakistan is ready to restart talks with arch-rival India if Delhi provides a roadmap toward restoring the previous status of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.The two nuclear-armed neighbors both control parts of Kashmir but claim it in full. In 2019, India withdrew India-ruled Kashmir’s…

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