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Expert Recommendations on Storing Qurbani Meat in Deep Freezers

July 3, 2023 Editor

On the occasion of Eid Al-Adha, everyone worries about keeping the meat in Freezers, however, many do not know the safe time period for storing Qurbani meat. Health experts advise people about consuming and storing meat in the Summer as carelessness can cause health problems. According to the Health advisors the safe period for storing Qurbani meat in deep freezers is a maximum of 2 weeks. In addition, they advise having a balanced diet, especially during Eid Al-Adha events as consuming excessive meat can cause stomach problems. A healthy individual…

Amarnath Yatra: 68 Pilgrims found with fake registrations, Police to initiate legal action

June 30, 2023 Editor

As many as 68 pilgrims for Amarnath Yatra were found carrying fake registration or Yatra permits in Samba district, triggering registration of an FIR on Thursday. The pilgrims said their fake registration was done by one Rahul Bhardwaj, a resident of Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, who reportedly took Rs 7,000 per head for the same. The fraud came to light after the permits of the 68 pilgrims, who came in two buses, were checked at the e-KYC verification centre in Samba for issuance of RFID cards. Deputy Commissioner Abhishek Sharma…

Doctors Report: Heroin usage accounts for nearly 80% of Drug Addiction Cases in Kashmir

June 28, 2023 Editor

As a major concern, more than 3000 fresh drug addicts have visited Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar’s Drug De-Addiction Centre in the last year. This was revealed by Dr Yasir Hassan Rather, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, IMHANS, GMC Srinagar, during a workshop organised by the department on the International Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking, World Drug Day. Around 40 Imams (religious scholars) of the J&K Waqf Board also participated. Dr Yasir, who was in-charge of the workshop, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said…

Education Department directs CEOs to Prohibit Motorbike usage by Students below 18 Years during school hours

June 27, 2023 Editor

Authorities on Monday ordered a blanket ban on use of motorbikes during school hours by students below 18 years of age in Central and North Kashmir. News agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reported that Joint Director, Central and North for School Education Department directed this in a communique to Chief Education Officers of Srinagar, Budgam, Ganderbal, Baramulla, Kupwara and Bandipora. The officer said, “A large number of complaints are making rounds in media and social circles about the rash driving and stunt biking and reckless movement of two wheelers by school…

Marking 200 weeks in Confinement, Hurriyat Conference demands end to Mirwaiz’s House Detention

June 25, 2023 Editor

The Hurriyat Conference led by separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and managing body of Jamia Masjid Srinagar on Friday deplored the continued house detention of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. The separatist leader, who is also chief priest of the Jamia Masjid, has been under house detention since August 5, 2019, when the special status of Jammu and Kashmir was revoked and the region split into two union territories. All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), in a statement, said its chairman who is also the chief priest of Kashmir’s grand mosque, completed a…

Omar Abdullah criticizes yoga event at Sufi saint shrine as a mere ‘Photo-Op’

June 23, 2023 Editor

The yoga event at the premises/lawns of the shrine of Kashmir’s revered sufi saint, Sheikh Noor-ud-din Noorani (RA), also called Alamdar e Kashmir, in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, meanwhile, elicited a harsh reaction, including by former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah. “The burial place of one of our most revered saints is used as a venue for a yoga day photo op!,” Abdullah said in a tweet. The event organised by army and local officials at the shrine called Charar-e-Sharief also saw the participation…

Ten quintals of imported chicken seized in Kashmir for violating food safety norms

June 22, 2023 Editor

A team of Food Safety Officers under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Food Safety Kashmir today inspected the premises of Eve Enterprises at Parimpora. The inspection was carried on basis of specific information received regarding raw dressed chicken imported from outside the UT is being sold in the market in violation of Food Safety Standards Act, which includes non-maintenance of cold chain During the inspection, the team seized 10 quintals of such chicken and the whole quantity was destroyed on spot and samples were lifted for further legal action.…

Hajj 2023: Women from Kashmir speak out about their challenges and triumphs

June 22, 2023 Editor

Absence of Khadims to shabby hotels, women without Mehram raise concern The women without Mahram, who are presently performing the Hajj, accused the government of depriving them from the basic facilities, saying that the shabby condition of hotels, their long distance, no Khadim for training them have affected their journey in the ongoing pilgrimage badly. Talking to KIF, a group of women from Kashmir said that they are being pushed to the wall as despite claiming high and tall about providing special facilities and making special arrangements for them, they…

Muslim Personal Law Board raises concerns over Hajj Mismanagement, Highlights inconvenience to Pilgrims

June 21, 2023 Editor

Muslim Personal Law Board of India national general secretary Moin Ahmed, in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has alleged that mismanagement has affected Haj pilgrims from across the country and that the Union Minority Affairs Ministry was responsible for the mess. He has demanded a high-level inquiry into the matter. Ahmed said right from issuing application forms to the return of pilgrims to the country, the entire responsibility was of the Haj Committee of India. “The only reason for poor arrangement is unnecessary interference of Union minority affairs…

Unveiling Anger: Instances of Stares, Scuffles, and Stabbings in Kashmir

June 21, 2023 Editor

Be it a make-believe racecourse drives among cabbies or breakneck street engagements, Kashmir looks angry, in letter and spirit. The emotion emerges when loud honking, wrong turns and desperate drives derail the street sanity. Maybe, the anger is justified, or an expression of a suppressed emotion, but embittering commuters with a normalized hit-and-run behavior needs some check and balance. To begin with, there’s no study to map this mess. Kashmir’s anger problem is not even a work in progress. In the region where mind problems, so to say, is fetching…