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Tale of Deception: A Woman, 27 Grooms, and a Trail of Broken Hearts

July 15, 2023 Editor

A woman in Jammu and Kashmir managed to marry and cheat 27 grooms, robbing them off their jewellery and cash. The astonishing saga finally came to a dramatic end when unsuspecting grooms, bound together by their shared misfortune, converged on a local police station, only to discover that they had fallen victim to the same woman. “A local middleman approached me, saying I will have to pay Rs 2 lakh to a woman in order to marry her,” said Altaf Mir from Budgam. After paying Rs 2 lakh as ‘meher’,…

Tragic Accidents in Kishtwar and Mughal Road: 3 Workers Lose Their Lives, 1 Dead and 6 Injured in Separate Incidents

July 15, 2023 Editor

Three labourers working in the under construction 624 MW Kerru Hydel power project in Kishtwar district died when the camper van they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a gorge, Police said on Friday. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kishtwar Devansh Yadav told the workers travelling in the camper vehicle (JK17 6327) were heading towards the construction site in Nagseni, 45 km from Kishtwar town, when the vehicle skidded off the road and fell on the banks of River Chenab. “All the three workers were immediately shifted to…

J&K Govt ends flat electricity rates for Employees in Official Quarters

July 15, 2023 Editor

J&K government Friday withdrew an order issued in 2013 allowing its non gazetted employees, residing in government quarters at Srinagar and Jammu, to pay electricity charges at flat rates. The directive, issued in furtherance of Administrative Council decision No 56/5/2023 dated June 21, 2023, has come into force with immediate effect. “The Government Order No 301-GAD of 2013, dated February 20, 2013, pertaining to the payment of electricity charges by government employees residing in government quarters at Srinagar and Jammu at flat rates, is hereby withdrawn with immediate effect,” read an…

Exploring the Multifaceted Dimensions of Drug Abuse

July 14, 2023July 21, 2023 Editor

By : Prof. Geer Mohammad Ishaq Drug abuse, that is more appropriately termed as ‘Substance-Use-Disorder’ owing its derivation to the rising trend of abuse of multiple substances and volatile solvents apart from opioids and prescription drugs, is more of a bio-psycho-social disease or disorder than a self-inflicted affliction, with definite socio-politico-economic and medico-legal dimensions. Etiological or causative factors of this disease, that has of late assumed shape of a dreadful monster ready to swallow and engulf our budding youth and developing nation, too are a lot more complex and diverse…

Loneliness: The Modern-Day Pandemic Taking a Toll on Society

July 14, 2023 Editor

By : Bhushan Lal Razdan Some years age I chanced to read a short story titled “So Close, Yet So Far” in which a guy and a girl lived in the same apartment building for many years; they would start their day every morning riding the elevator together – however, they had never actually seen each other, nor had they met before, because they were always on their phones. Something similar is happening to us and our neighbours. Worse, the pandemic has hit our families where each member is seen…

Martyrs’ Day: Mehbooba alleges House Arrest, Omar Abdullah defies security measures to visit party office

July 14, 2023 Editor

Will not allow BJP to ‘distort our history or forget our heroes’, says the former CM Mehbooba Mufti National Conference leader claims J-K Police denied him the necessary protection PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday alleged she was put under house arrest to prevent from paying homage to 22 Kashmiri people who were killed by the army of a Dogra ruler on this day in 1931. The former chief minister said she will not allow the BJP to “distort our history or forget our heroes”. “I’m under house arrest for wanting…

After Police, Army, now CRPF seek details of house owners, family in Kashmir

July 14, 2023July 14, 2023 Editor

After police and army now the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel have started collecting family details of house owners in different parts of Kashmir Valley. The officials are tight-lipped over the new survey, however, the CRPF personnel who are collecting details from house owners claim that these details are being collected on the instructions of the Home ministry. “We have been doing this survey from the past one month on the instructions of the Home ministry,” said an officer, who was a part of this survey in north Kashmir’s Baramulla…

Three migrant workers shot at, injured in Shopian

July 13, 2023 Editor

Three Non-locals Labourers were injured after suspected militants fired upon them in Gagran area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday evening. A top police officer told that militants this evening fired upon three non-locals in Gagran area. All three were immediately shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment. However, the status of their condition was not available. As per intial reports they have been identified as Anmol, Hirlal and Pinto. More details emerging.

Former J&K CMs Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah challenge govt on normalcy claims

July 12, 2023July 12, 2023 Editor

Former J&K CMs Mufti, Omar Abdullah challenge govt on normalcy claims

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti and National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah on July 12 questioned the normalcy narrative of the government. “The latest affidavit submitted by the government to the Supreme Court only vindicated our [PDP] stand that the BJP had no legal grounds to abrogate Article 370. The act was carried out by trampling the Constitution,” Ms. Mufti told the media in Srinagar. She also questioned the normalcy narrative portrayed in the latest affidavit and accused the Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor’s administration of hosting Chief…