Jammu, Nov 27: Two Army men were on Friday killed during the cross-border firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Sunderbani sector of Rajouri district.
The Army in a statement said that Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC) in Sunderbani sector of Rajouri district.
Jammu based Defence spokesman said that the troops responded immediately to the enemy fire.
“In the ensuing fire, two army men including Naik Prem Bahadur Khatri and Rifleman Sukhbir Singh got critically injured and later succumbed to their injuries,” he said.
“Naik Prem Bahadur Khatri and Rifleman Sukhbir Singh were brave, highly motivated and sincere soldiers. The nation will always remain indebted to them for their supreme sacrifice and devotion to duty,” the statement said.

Srinagar, Nov 27: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Youth president Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra was on Friday sent to 15 days National Investigation Agency (NIA) remand, officials said.
The NIA officials told KNO that Parra, who was arrested recently in connection with the Dy-SP Devender Singh and Naveed Babu arrest case after two days of questioning in NIA headquarters, was today sent on 15 days NIA remand.
“Parra has been sent to 15-days NIA remand. He will be further questioned for his role and links in connection,” NIA officials said.

Stresses for implementation of devised comprehensive security plan for elections
Jammu, Nov 27: The overall security situation and security arrangements for the upcoming District Development Council (DDC) and by-elections for Panchayat and Urban Local Bodies (ULB) were discussed and reviewed in a high-level meeting presided over by the Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh at Police Control Kashmir on Friday.
In a statement a police spokesman said the meeting was attended by ADGP, CID, R.R Swain, IG BSF, Hqrs, Kashmir, Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra, IGP Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, IG CRPF Ops, Srinagar, Deepak Ratan, IG CRPF Srinagar, Charu Sinha, Brig. 15 Corps, P.K Mishra, DIG, CKR, Amit Kumar, , DIG SSB, Spl ops Kashmir, Ranjeet Singh, SSP APCR, Kashmir, Sheikh Junaid and other officers.
The DGP while speaking on the occasion said that the focus should be to ensure security arrangements and implementation of devised comprehensive security plan for the elections. He stressed on the need to pool the resources so that the task at hand is accomplished successfully.
Security arrangements for a safe environment to conduct polling and ensuring maximum convenience to the voters were also discussed at the meeting.
The DGP said that Pakistan and its sponsored agent are continuously attempting to disturb peace in the region and stressed on the need of heightened vigilance and ensuring safety of protected persons and the security of important establishments and installations.
The DGP emphasized collective measures to tackle any situation and any subversive act by the militants and their masters across the border. He also reviewed the facilities being provided to the security personnel particularly to the newly inducted forces, transportation, and airlifting of force to be deployed in far-flung areas. The DGP also reviewed arrangements for the polling staff.
The DGP assured the meeting that Police Headquarter would provide all facilities as and whenever required.
After obtaining assessments of the prevailing security situation and arising challenges, the DGP emphasized the importance of maintaining a close watch on the ground situation and the elements inimical to peace. He also appreciated the coordination and synergy between the security forces.
The officers apprised the DGP about the overall security situation and security arrangement for District Development Council (DDC) and by-elections for Panchayat and Urban Local Bodies (ULB) in their areas of responsibility.

We are adopting the best global practices of youth empowerment, encouraging sustainable livelihood: Lt Governor

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Jammu, Nov 27: BSE, Asia’s oldest stock exchange, has signed four MoUs with Mission Youth, Government of J&K to spread financial awareness, support economic development, and encourage sustainable livelihood in the Union Territory.
The MoUs were signed by the representatives of BSE and CEO, Mission Youth, Dr Syed Abid Rasheed Shah today in the presence of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha.
Pertinently, under Mission Youth, the J&K government has been continuously working on Policy and Process interventions to bridge the skill gaps, create conducive environment for collaborative efforts to generate employment opportunities in various sectors.
Speaking on the occasion, the Lt Governor observed that the collaboration of J&K Government and the BSE Institute known for its excellence in Banking and Financial training will benefit the people of J&K, especially the youth and women to successfully transit from classroom to workplace environment.
“We are adopting the best global practices of youth empowerment and encouraging sustainable livelihood, besides spreading financial literacy amongst the youth of J&K”, observed the Lt Governor.
The Lt Governor said that the improvement in regulatory environment and business ecosystem is playing a major role in promoting economic growth and financial inclusion in the Jammu Kashmir Union Territory. In this backdrop, our goal under Mission Youth is to tap this opportunity and ease the transition process from classroom to office room.
Financial sector in Jammu and Kashmir has evolved significantly over the years and has been a key driving force behind economic growth. We are also looking to utilize double digit growth in the banking sector at the national level with our rich and available demographic dividends, he added.
Ashish Kumar Chauhan, MD & CEO, BSE, said that the BSE’s association with Mission Youth, Government of J&K will enable youngsters and women particularly to learn more about the financial world, develop requisite skills essential to make a career in the BFSI space.

CEO, Mission Youth, Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed Shah informed that through this association, eligible candidates will be able to attend financial awareness programs, undergo skill courses in Banking & Financial Markets and specialized programs in mutual funds that would enable them to enroll in the BSE Star Mutual Fund platform.

BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Nitishwar Kumar, Principal Secretary to Lt Governor; R K Chhibber, Chairman, J&K Bank; Ambarish Datta, Managing Director and CEO, BSE Institute Limited and other senior officers were present on the occasion.

‘We are on a mission to uplift, mentor and provide sustainable livelihood to J&K youth’

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Jammu, Nov 27: Moving forward to manifest the decisions and plan evolved during the youth engagement and Outreach Conference organized by Mission Youth on 31, October 2020, Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today gave shape to one such ambitious customized Youth Livelihood Programme for Transport sector.

Pertinently, Mission Youth of J&K government is working with its vision and strategy for engaging and channelizing the youth of J&K through systematic Livelihood Generation programmes.

In response to the commitments made by Ashok Leyland, among others, to the government in creating sustainable livelihood avenues for the youths of J&K, the Union Territory administration in partnership with Ashok Leyland has moved towards achieving the vision of our Hon’ble Prime Minister to provide sustainable livelihood to youth under “MUMKIN” scheme for Transport Sector. With this partnership, aim to move towards creation of a better socio-economic ecosystem, self-employment opportunities, and elimination of poverty in the Union Territory.

As part of the “MUMKIN” initiative, the Lieutenant Governor distributed highly subsidized small commercial vehicles among 10 young beneficiaries from across the Union Territory to mark the beginning of the government’s commitment towards livelihood generation for youth.

“We are on a mission to Uplift, Mentor and provide Sustainable Livelihood to Youth of Jammu Kashmir. The idea behind this initiative is to provide Small Commercial Vehicles to youth with reasonable subsidies both from the manufacturer and Government, enabling them to earn a decent livelihood”, observed the Lt Governor.

“I have given four P’s Mantras- Peace, Progress, Prosperity, and People-First- for holistic development and to make Jammu Kashmir Atma Nirbhar. I am happy to share that we are swiftly moving towards this direction”, the Lt Governor maintained.

The UT Government is paving a concrete framework for youth empowerment by creating sustainable livelihood avenues for the youth of J&K under Youth Engagement & Outreach programmes and today’s initiative is a way forward in this direction.

With the faster policy reforms and implementation on the ground we are at a turning point of creating much more dynamic entrepreneurship culture in the Union Territory. These mini- commercial vehicles will enable our youth between the age of 22 to 35 years to contribute in the growth of Union Territory and in coming days a large population will become Atma Nirbhar, he added.

We have strong macro-economic fundamentals, policy environment, and quality of human resources to fast-track livelihood generation programs. I would like to congratulate and urge all the beneficiaries today to continue working for the betterment of society, he continued.

The partnership aims to create entrepreneur opportunities for the youth of Jammu & Kashmir, by offering the Small Commercial Vehicles, besides enabling setting up of a Regional Automotive Centre of Excellence housed in the Government ITIs, Driver Training Institute in Srinagar, and Model Schools. These Model schools will be the Center of Excellence for other Government schools providing a holistic learning experience based on the ‘Road to School’ model which Ashok Leyland has been able to successfully implement in other states.

Interestingly, Tata group has also shown interest in contributing to this mission and have offered to provide mini commercial vehicles to unemployed youths of J&K Union Territory.

All these initiatives will complement the government’s efforts to substantially contribute to J&K’s economic development and employment opportunities gradually, he added.

Commenting on the association, Dheeraj Hinduja, Chairman, Ashok Leyland, said, “We are delighted to partner with and appreciate the faith extended by the Government of Jammu & Kashmir in us to help enhance the welfare of the people and to make their youth Atma Nirbhar, in the truest sense. As India’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturer, Ashok Leyland has always believed in India and the Indian youth to achieve whatever they set their minds on, given their propensity to innovate and accomplish.”

Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to the Lt Governor; BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Nitishwar Kumar, Principal Secretary to Lt Governor; R K Chhibber, Chairman, J&K Bank; CEO, Mission Youth, Dr Syed Abid Rasheed Shah and other senior officers were present on the occasion.

Police says PDP chief not under house detention

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Srinagar, Nov 27: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti was on Friday put under house arrest, her daughter Iltija Mufti said.

Iltija Mufti said her mother has been put under house detention today morning by the authorities.

She said that Mehbooba was going to visit Waheed Parra’s residence, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) a few days ago.

“Is this what you call democracy where you don’t have any right to exercise your freedom of speech and expression? You are being threatened and intimidated for raising your voice about anything,” she said.

Mehbooba in her tweet said she has been illegally detained yet again, saying that BJP ministers are being allowed to move around in every corner but security is a problem only in her case.

“Ive been illegally detained yet again. Since two days, J&K admin has refused to allow me to visit @parawahid’s family in Pulwama. BJP Ministers & their puppets are allowed to move around in every corner of Kashmir but security is a problem only in my case,” Mehbooba tweeted.

The authorities in the afternoon barred Mehbooba from addressing a news conference. Mehbooba was scheduled to address media persons at 03:00 PM today. However, soon after the media persons reached her Gupkar residence, they were stopped outside and were not allowed to enter her residence.

Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir police refuted the reports Mehbooba Mufti was put under house detention. Police in a tweet said that Mehbooba Mufti is not under house detention. “She was requested to postpone her visit to Pulwama purely due to security reasons,” police said.

“PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti is not under house arrest. She was requested to #postpone her visit to #Pulwama purely due to #security reasons,” Kashmir Zone Police tweeted—(KNO)

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Jammu, Nov 27: Army Friday said that the largest Solar Project at a high altitude in the entire Leh –Ladakh UT has been established by Air Force Station Leh.
“On the concept of “Make-in-India” of Prime Minister Narendera Modi, the project was conceptualized and executed to provide sustainable energy alternate to fossil fuel and traditional method,” defence spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Devender Anand said
He said project namely “Provision of solar Photo Voltaic Power Plant 1.5 MW at Air force Station Leh” has been completed within 12 months (Actual 09 Months of working season) well before the completion deadline i.e. 31 Mar 2021.
The defence spokesman said that it is the largest installed solar project till date out of the target of 300MW in three phase for Defence sectors and 14 MW for Leh region as set by GOI, Ministry of New and renewable energy. “This project costs 122.00 Cr. The Project has recently been inaugurated by Air Marshal V R Chaudhari Air officer Commanding in Chief, Western Air Command at Air Force Station Leh,” he said.

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New Delhi, Nov 27: The Supreme Court Friday refused to permit reservation to doctors for admission in Super Specialty Medical Courses for the academic year 2020-2021.
The apex court in its interim order said the government order issued by the State of Tamil Nadu reserving 50 per cent seats for in-service doctors would be detrimental to the interests of the meritorious doctors as 50 per cent of the available seats in Tamil Nadu in Super Specialty Medical Courses will not be available to them.
The top court refused to agree with the submission that nobody will be prejudiced if the Government Order is given effect to.
The apex court passed the interim order on the petitions challenging the directions of the High Courts of Kerala and the Government of Tamil Nadu to give effect to in-service quota for the admissions to Super Specialty Courses.
A bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao directed that the counselling for admission to Super Specialty Medical Courses for the academic year 2020- 2021 shall proceed on a date to be fixed by the competent authority without providing for reservations to in-service doctors.
It reiterated that the direction would be operative only for the current academic year i.e. 2020-2021.
“The process for admissions to Super Specialty Medical Courses started on August 3, 2020, and it was made clear to all the competing candidates that there shall be no reservation to Super Specialty Medical Courses.
“As the admission process is at the final stages, we cannot permit reservation for in-service doctors for this year,” the bench also comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Ajay Rastogi said.
Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain had argued that there can be no reservation in Super Specialty Courses.
Senior advocate Jaideep Gupta, appearing for Kerala, argued that it might not be possible to implement the reservations for in-service candidates at this stage for the academic year 2020-2021 as the admission process has already commenced.
However, Gupta said the legislation made by the State providing for reservation to in-service doctors has been upheld by the apex court and the State has the power to provide reservation to in-service Doctors in super specialities.
On October 7, a division bench of the Kerala High Court had directed that the 40 per cent in-service quota under the Kerala Medical Officers Postgraduate and Service Quota Act, 2008 should be given effect during the counselling for PG-Super Specialty medical seats for the present academic year.

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Srinagar, Nov 27: Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday ordered installation of SSL certificate in all government websites and applications.
In this regard, the government has asked all Administrative Secretaries, HODs to direct the concerned in their departments or organizations to take measures for installation, renewal of SSL certificate in their respective websites and applications.
“Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, has issued advisory for installation of Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificate in all the Government Websites/Applications. The SSL certificate increases the Privacy and Security of a website,” reads a government order, a copy of which lies with GNS.
“Furthermore, a padlock in the address bar in the browser indicates that website is secure and increases trust of citizens on the government websites,” it said, adding, “In compliance to advisory issued by MeitY, GoI all Administrative Secretaries/HOD1s are requested to direct the concerned in their departments/organizations to take measures for installation/renewal of SSL certificate in their respective websites/application.”
The CEO JaKeGA and SIO NIC, the government said, are requested to nominate an officer/official to facilitate all Government Departments/organizations for making the websites/application SSL certificate compliant. (GNS)

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Sumbal, Nov 27: Cracks continue to appear in the seven party ‘Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration’ as former PDP leader, Yasir Reshi who is also the part of Alliance on Friday putting PAGD nominated candidate aside, started campaigning for his own candidate in Sumbal Block of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district.
Sources told KNS that PAGD had nominated Ghulam Ahmad Bahar of National Conference as its contesting candidate for Sumbal Block. However, putting PAGD aside, former legislator started campaigning for his own candidate Abdul Hamid Kaloo.
Sources close to Yasir said he is not happy with the seat sharing agreement of PAGD for the District development Council.
Meanwhile, Yasir Reshi and congress leader Imtiyaz Parry also held a joint convention of party workers in Hajin area of Bandipora and formally gave birth to Yasir-Imtiyaz Alliance.
On the occasion the duo said that the aim of the alliance is to defeat the dynasty politicians and to strengthen the development scenario of Sonawari. (KNS)