Month: June 2022

Day 06: Curfew continues in Bhaderwah, scores detained

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Day 06: Curfew continues in Bhaderwah, scores detained

Curfew which was imposed on Thursday evening continued for the sixth day on Tuesday in Bhadarwah without any relaxation, while nine people were detained in the curfew-bound town. Meanwhile, restrictions were relaxed in nearby Kishtwar district headquarters for five hours, officials said. The curfew was imposed in the two towns last Thursday following communal tension over the controversial remarks against Prophet Muhammad ( SAW) by now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and certain social media posts by local right wing activists in her support. The officials said all the nine people…

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Executive Magistrates to enforce School Bag Policy 2020

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Executive Magistrates to enforce School Bag Policy 2020

The executive magistrates in their respective jurisdictions will enforce School Bag Policy-2020 to ensure that no student carries a heavy burden on their tender shoulders. The move comes 10 days after the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) issued circular instructions to the schools putting a cap on the weight of school bags. In this regard, an official communication has been issued to all the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) by DSEK with a “request” to direct the Executive Magistrates at different levels to enforce the guidelines issued regarding implementation of the…

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Falah-e-Aam affiliate schools told to stop academic activities in J&K

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Falah-e-Aam affiliate schools told to stop academic activities in J&K

The Jammu and Kashmir school education department on Tuesday ordered cessation of academic activities in schools run by Falah-e-Aam (FAT), an affiliate of banned Jamaat-e-Islami. The order was issued by additional secretary, school education department, on the directions of the J&K government. It directed all the students studying in these banned institutions to admit themselves to government schools for the current session. No new admissions will be taken in these banned FAT institutions, and no further registration of these institutions will be done, the order said. Chief education officers were…

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Nupur Sharma’s Prophet remarks well-planned to divert attention from Kashmir Issues: Mehbooba Mufti

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Nupur Sharma’s Prophet remarks well-planned to divert attention from Kashmir Issues: Mehbooba Mufti

Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti has alleged that Nupur Sharma’s remarks on Prophet Muhammad were well-planned and was to take away the attention from the killings of civilians and Kashmiri Pandits in the valley. She also said that the statement was made to provoke the Muslims in the country. Mehbooba Mufti was at her Srinagar office and while speaking to the media she said that Nupur Sharma’s statement was not a coincidence. “It was well planned to take the attention away from the Kashmiri Pandit issue,…

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HSRP: Vehicles without High Security Registration Plates to be seized after June 15

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HSRP: Vehicles without High Security Registration Plates to be seized after June 15

Police on Saturday issued ‘final reminder’ regarding affixation of mandatory High Security Registration Plates (HSRP) on the vehicles by June 15. “This is Final Reminder by Transport/Police/Traffic departments. Mandatory Affixation of HSRP to be done by 15th June 2022 on all vehicles,” police said in a statement, adding, “Failing this all such vehicles without HSRP shall be seized & RC may also be recommended for suspension.” Earlier this week, the motor vehicle Department also issued a similar public notice.

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Why are women in J&K putting on unhealthy kilos?

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Why are women in J&K putting on unhealthy kilos?

Changing life styles, unchanged cultural practices are to be blamed By: Zehru Nissa Negate, deny, justify, change, dismay: the kilos on the belly of men and women are met with many reactions. Often we believe that the issue of weight gain is a miniscule problem that only we are faced with. However, globally, the plumping bodies and unhealthy fat especially around the middle of the belly is a major health issue. Recently, the Government of India published the National Family Health Survey – 5. The survey, while depicting the improving…

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Day 4: Curfew continues in Doda, Kishtwar Districts

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Day 4: Curfew continues in Doda, Kishtwar Districts

Indefinite curfew which was imposed on Thursday evening continued on 4th day in Doda and Kishtwar Districts on Sunday while restrictions under Section 144 of CrPC also remained in effect in Ramban, after a social media post and hate speech video of an individual created communal tension and widespread protests in the area. Authorities have also snapped broadband and mobile internet services in all the three districts of Chenab Region including Doda, Ramban and Kishtwar as a precautionary measure. Sources said the district administrations were making efforts to defuse the…

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Monk march stirs communal tension in Ladakh

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Monk march stirs communal tension in Ladakh

A march by a monk has triggered communal tension in Ladakh, the northernmost UT of the country. The march, started from Buddhist-dominated Leh on May 31, will end in Muslim-dominated Kargil on June 14. Choskyong Palga Rinpoche started the journey along with his followers. He aims at laying the stone of a monastery at a controversial site in Kargil. Some members of the Muslim community have already raised objections. The issue holds importance as members of both communities had, for the first time, forged an alliance last year to raise…

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Resolution to rename Sheikh Nagar to Shiv Nagar, Amphalla Chowk to Hanuman Chowk passed in JMC

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Resolution to rename Sheikh Nagar to Shiv Nagar, Amphalla Chowk to Hanuman Chowk passed in JMC

Sheikh Nagar in Jammu could soon be called Shiv Nagar, and Amphalla Chowk could be renamed as Hanuman Chowk, if a resolution passed at the Jammu Municipal Corporation is accepted by the Jammu and Kashmir administration. The opposition strongly criticised the move. Sharda Kumari, a Bharatiya Janata Party councillor from ward 47 where Sheikh Nagar is located, moved the resolution seeking the change in names at the 16th general house meeting of the municipality held at the Jammu town hall on Saturday. Shiekh Nagar is named Shiekh Mohammad Abdullah, founder…

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Mateen A Teli, Sopore boy selected as net bowler for England’s test team

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Mateen A Teli, Sopore boy selected as net bowler for England’s test team

A boy from Sopore was selected as net bowler for the test team of England. Mateen Ahmad Teli, who hails from Sopore was continuously rejected by Jammu and Kashmir cricket association has now been selected as net bowler for England’s test team ahead of the second test against New Zealand played at Trent bridge stadium in England. Mateen has got a couple of wickets one among a wicket of dangerous batsman Johny Bairstow and he took the wicket of Zak Crawley a top-order batsman. After taking these wickets during net…

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