Category: Community

Rambagh flyover Ist phase to be inaugurated in May

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Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan, today reviewed the traffic management and status of related mega projects underway in the summer capital. In a series of meetings, the Div Com stressed on the need to put in sustained efforts to improve the traffic scenario in Srinagar. The meetings were attended by CEO ERA, chief engineer ERA, JC SMC, DIG JKP, SP traffic, traffic adviser and others. The Div Com said that there has been satisfactory progress in the pace of works of Rambagh flyover and new Mahjoor nagar Bridge. He…

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No end to parking woes in city centre as authorities fail to streamline traffic system

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The much-hyped mechanized car parking lot and roadside slots marked by the authorities have failed to streamline traffic in the city centre here. The woes are set to worsen after the shifting of offices to Srinagar from Jammu in May as part of biannual Durbar Move. The “state-of-the art” automated car parking at erstwhile KMD yard, which can accommodate 288 vehicles has been a failure due to “exorbitant charges” by the Srinagar Development Authority. “They charge Rs 20 for the first hour and Rs 10 for each next hour. At…

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45 Posts referred to SSB by health department, 90 Selected

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In 2012 the state health department referred 45 posts of physiotherapists to J&K Service Selection Board (SSB) to be filled up on “priority” basis. No action followed in the next five years. And in January, the board finally issued a list, selecting 90 candidates in place of 45. Now, the administrative department of health and the recruiting agency are clueless on how to resolve the issue of surplus recruitments. A source in health department said that the issue has been taken up with the administrative department. “We are discussing what…

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Enforcement Directorate attaches Rs 3 lakh terror funds of LeT cadre in Kashmir

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The ED on Thursday said it has attached Rs 3 lakh cash of alleged terror funds in connection with its money laundering probe against terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba(LeT) which operates in the Kashmir Valley. The central probe agency said that it attached the cash, in Indian currency, after it was found that the money was the “proceeds of crime” of terrorism and that it was to be delivered to hardcore militant Mohd Hussain Dar alias Raju by his associate Abdul Hamid Lone. “The attached amount was meant for militant activities,” the…

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YAIKS, Pandit body to initiate talks with Valley groups

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Accusing the state and Central governments of exploiting the plight of displaced Kashmiri Hindus, a Pandit group, Youth All India Kashmiri Samaj, on Wednesday announced initiating a people-to-people contact programme in the Valley to pave way for the return of the minority community. They alleged the government had failed to bring any concrete plan for the rehabilitation of 3.5 lakh displaced Hindus of the Valley who were living as refugees in their own country. Addressing a press conference, samaj president RK Bhat said for the past 28 years, the community…

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UN Chief following Kashmir situation closely

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UN chief Antonio Guterres is following the situation in Kashmir closely and encourages a dialogue between India and Pakistan to settle any outstanding differences, his spokesperson said. Spokesman for Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric made the comment while responding to a question on the tensions between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir issue. “Obviously, we are following the situation there as closely, as we always do, and we would encourage dialogue between the parties to settle any outstanding differences,” Dujarric told reporters here yesterday at his daily briefing. On whether the Secretary…

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Two army soldiers kill themselves with their service weapons

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The suicide toll of security personnel posted in the strife-torn Jammu and Kashmir mounted to five in a fortnight. The army lost two men on Tuesday when they killed themselves with their service weapons in Jammu and Kashmir, police said, as the suicide toll of personnel posted in the strife-torn state mounted to five in a fortnight. According to police, sepoy Kulvinder Singh of 10 Sikh Regiment committed suicide in south Kashmir’s Qazigund area. He was from Punjab. In Samba district, soldier Naresh Yadav shot himself with his service pistol.…

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To work in gulf two professors from Pulwama College ‘Fraudulently’ avail medical leave

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Two Assistant Professors working in the Chemistry department of Government Degree College Boys, Pulwama are being reported “absconding” from their duties and are believed to be working in Gulf countries as per the college sources. The professor duo, whose names have been withheld, had joined the services in this college in June and August last year. the duo stayed in the college for no more than a month and have both gone on a medical leave. Insiders say these professors have been sharing cuts with the college administration to stay…

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Badami Bagh cantonment residents scared by wall messages

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A message in Urdu and English—“military area, you are being watched, armed response to trespassing”– on boundary walls of the Badami Bagh Cantonment has left the residents living in the vicinity fear-stricken. The residents of nearby areas– Indira Nagar, Batwara, Shivpora, Iqbal Colony, Pandhrethan and even Sonwar–said the message is unprecedented in the 70-year history of the garrison, which houses the headquarters of the 15 Corps. Such a message was not painted on the walls even after the deadly attack on 3 November 1999 in which 10 soldiers were killed…

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Govt forms panel led by Principal Secy Home to probe KVIB recruitments

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Inquiry Committee to submit report within a month The government Monday constituted a High Level Inquiry Committee led by Principal Secretary Home to probe the recent recruitments in J&K Khadi Village and Industries Board (KVIB). An order issued by Commissioner Secretary to government,Khurshid Ahmad Shah disclosed that sanction has been accorded to the constitution of a high level Inquiry committee chaired by R K Goyal Principal Secretary, Home department to inquire into the selection recruitments in J&KKhadi Village and Industries Board (KVIB). The other members of the Inquiry Committee are…

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