September 24, 2021 | Kashmir POST

Corona Curfew: 08 Area’s of Srinagar District put under Corona Curfew

September 24, 2021September 24, 2021 Editor

Corona Curfew - Admin announced corona curfew in 08 areas of Srinagar District

District administration Srinagar has ordered a strict corona curfew in some areas of the city for the period of 10 days starting today. As per an order issued by district magistrate Srinagar Dr. Aijaz Asad, there shall be strict Corona Curfew in the areas of Zadibal (SMC) Ward No’s: 55-Hawal, 56-Alamgari Bazar, & 63-Kathi Darwaz) and Lal Bazar (SMC Ward No’s: 59-Lalbazar, 60-Botshah Mohalla, 61-Umer Colony) for a period of 10 days starting from today. (A) Permissible Activities: i. All essential services including all incidental services and activities needed for…

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation asks India to reverse decision of scrapping special status of J&K

September 24, 2021 Editor

India has asked the OIC to refrain from allowing vested interests to exploit its platform for comments on internal affairs of the country The Contact Group of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in its meeting on the sidelines of the 76th U.N. General Assembly, has asked India to reverse its decision of scrapping the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. India has asked the OIC to refrain from allowing vested interests to exploit its platform for comments on internal affairs of the country. “The OIC has no locus standi…

Admissions Disparities: Schools across Kashmir mocks at New Education Policy 2020

September 24, 2021September 24, 2021 Editor

Will smoothly transition into new admission age norm next admission session: Director Education A year after the New Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020) was framed and administrations of all states and union territories were directed to ensure that admission to schools was in accordance with it, J&K is yet to ensure conformity and uniformity in the age when a child is admitted in schools. This month a number of schools in Kashmir advertised admissions to their lower-most classes: Nursery or Kindergartens. However, there is a huge variation in the age of…

UK Backbench MP’s debate Kashmir Motion; India condemns ‘Abusive’ language

September 24, 2021 Editor

The Minister for Asia in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Amanda Milling, responds to the debate by reiterating the UK government’s unchanged stance on Kashmir as a bilateral issue Members of Parliament from the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Kashmir have tabled a motion on ‘Human rights in Kashmir’ for a debate in the House of Commons, drawing a strong reaction from India which said any assertion made in any forum on a subject related to an integral part of the country needs to be duly substantiated with…

127th Birth anniversary of Maharaja Hari Singh celebrated across Jammu

September 24, 2021 Editor

Several events were on Thursday organised here to mark the 127th birth anniversary of Maharaja Hari Singh amid demands that the day is declared a public holiday. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha paid tributes to the ruler on his birth anniversary. “He made an immense contribution to India’s freedom movement. His distinguishable and unmatchable services in the field of education, agriculture, administrative, social, and economic reforms will always be remembered,” he said. On this occasion, many social and political organisations of the Jammu region, including the Congress, demanded…

CBI seeks nod to prosecute 3 IAS officers in arms licence case

September 24, 2021 Editor

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sought prosecution sanction against Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary and two other Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers in its probe related to alleged irregularities in the issuance and renewal of hundreds of thousands of arms licences to non-residents in Jammu & Kashmir, officials familiar with the development told. Choudhary, a 2009 batch officer who was awarded the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration in 2015, is currently posted as a secretary in the tribal affairs department as well as chief executive officer…

Famous Dal Lake choking with ‘Huge amount of Sewage’ and Weeds

September 24, 2021September 24, 2021 Editor

The lake is a mixture of mossy swamps, thick weeds, trash-strewn patches, and floating gardens made from rafts of reeds. Boatman Noor Muhammad struggles to row as his boat moves deep into the famed Dal Lake in Srinagar, the main city in Indian-administered Kashmir. He presses hard on his oar to untangle the vessel from thick vegetation. “It is very difficult to paddle through most of the lake,” he complains. He says authorities “spend a lot of money but they don’t clean it properly”. Weeds, silt, and untreated sewage are…