Month: September 2021

On first day of school reopening 32 students test positive for Covid in Rajouri

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On first day of school reopening 32 students test positive for Covid in Rajouri

At least 32 students of a private educational institution in the Thanamandi area of Rajouri tested positive for Covid on Monday, said, officials. The school was reopened on Monday and a team of health departments had visited there for sampling. Rajouri CMO Dr. Shamim Bhati said none of the students had severe symptoms. “They are being isolated, but the parents are reluctant to send them to Covid care center. The administration is trying to convince them. The students belong to small villages and hamlets in the nearby areas,” she added.…

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In an historic meet Narender Modi gently got a presses on human rights by Kamala Harris

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In an historic meet Narender Modi gently got a presses on human rights by Kamala Harris

Vice President Kamala Harris invoked her familial ties to India as she gently pressed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on human rights during a history-making meeting Thursday between America’s first vice president of Indian descent and the leader of a country that has become an increasingly close ally. Harris, during public remarks at her ceremonial office before the closed-door session, told Modi that as democracies around the world are under threat “it is imperative that we defend democratic principles and institutions within our respective countries.” “I know from personal experience…

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In Kashmir, each one a Kabul Expert

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In Kashmir, each one a Kabul Expert

Long before the fall of Kabul on August 15 and before the news channels became keen on its unfolding, Kashmiris have been keeping eye on the Afghanistan situation for the past Naseer Ganai Outside the baker’s shop, there was the usual rush. I was waiting for my turn when a person asked whether Mullah Baradar and Anas Haqqani have patched up. All of a sudden everyone seemed to be interested in the discussion. One youngster volunteered to participate in the discussion and revealed that Mullah Baradar has given an interview…

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Unemployment causing a swell of discontent across J&K

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Unemployment causing a swell of discontent across J&K

The official joblessness rate of J&K and Ladakh hit 17.8% in October-December of 2020. The J&K’s unemployment bulge is witnessing a major swell in the face of disengagements of employees, mergers of government departments, and snail pace recruitments, which has resulted in the Union Territory (UT) figuring among the States facing the highest unemployment rates. Working as a helper for around 20 years, Mehjabeen Akhtar, in her 50s, is among the 918 supervisors and helpers disengaged by the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) — which looks after pregnant ladies, lactating…

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Could a 1977 like polling wave upend GoI’s J&K Plans?

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Could a 1977 like polling wave upend GoI's J&K Plans?

Delimitation, Gujjar reservation, and the Shia factor could cause an electoral wave against Delhi. David Devadas Some of the most experienced politicians in Kashmir have begun to speculate on whether a ‘wave’ might develop whenever elections are finally held to elect an assembly for the union territory. Former minister Nizamuddin Bhat, for instance, has spent half a century in politics and journalism since he was a student at Delhi University. He recalls that the only non-NC candidates to scrape through from the Valley in 1977 were Syed Ali Shah Geelani,…

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Filing ‘Fake Complaints’ to lay ownership claim on land by Young Kashmiri Pandits irks revenue officials

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Filing ‘Fake Complaints’ to lay ownership claim on land by Young Kashmiri Pandits irks revenue officials

Kashmiri Pandit migrants, mostly the younger generation, are misusing the online grievance portal launched by the J&K administration by filing fake complaints to lay claim on the land ‘willfully sold’, officials have said. Officials said that the online grievance portal launched by the J&K administration is flooded with ‘fake complaints’ by Kashmiri Pandits, “hampering the smooth functioning of the revenue department”. “We have not come across any genuine complaint where an individual has illegally occupied a Kashmiri Pandit land or any other property in Kashmir. In a majority of the…

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

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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…

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

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

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…

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

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

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…

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

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

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…

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