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2 M-16 rifles recovered near LoC at Uri

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11/09/2020

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Baramulla, Sept 10: The forces on Thursday claimed to have recovered a cache of arms and ammunition during a cordon and search operation in Duljana area along Line of Control (LoC) Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.

An official said a joint team of army’s 8RR unit and Jammu and Kashmir police launched a cordon and search operation in Dulanja forest after receiving credible inputs about the presence of arms and ammunition in the area.

“During search operation huge quantity of arms and ammunition including two MI 16 Rifles and pistols were recovered,” the officials said.

An army official while details said on September 9, a credible input was received from Jammu Kashmir Police regarding presence of a cache of small arms in general Area Dulanja.

He said consequently post deliberate planning, a specific search was launched in general area Dulanja Infantry Safe Line (ISL) by a team which continued throughout the day.

“The searches culminated in the recovery of War-like stores in general area cutting on September 10,” he said.

The arms and ammunition recovered during the searches include two M-16 Rifles , two Pistols four Magazines (M-16 Rifle), and four Magazines (Pistols), the officer said. (KNO)

IED defused in Baramulla

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11/09/2020

Baramulla, Sept 10: The forces averted yet another major tragedy when they detected and defused a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by militants in this north Kashmir on Thursday, official sources said.

They said a joint Road Opening Party (ROP) of 32 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir police during a routine checking noticed a suspicious object near passenger shed at Chatloora of Rafiabad in Baramulla this morning.

The area was immediately sealed and traffic on Baramulla-Handwara road was suspended as a precautionary measure.

Later, Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) was summoned and the IED was defused without causing any damage.

Had it not been detected and defused it would have caused much damage to life and property, they said adding large number of people remained in the area during the day.

This is the second IED recovered by the forces in this district during this week. On Monday a major tragedy was averted when forces detected and defused an IED at Arampora on Sopore-Baramulla road.

Govt nominates Admin Secys as In-charge Secretaries to monitor dev works in districts

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Srinagar, Sept 10: The Government Thursday nominated Administrative Secretaries as In-charge Secretaries for Districts for monitoring development works and other related matters.

According to the order issued by General Administration Department, Administrative Secretaries who have been nominated as In-charge Secretaries are Financial Commissioner, Finance, Arun Kumar Mehta for Jammu; Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education Department, Atal Dullo for Anantnag; Principal Secretary, Home Department, Shaleen Kabra for Shopian; Principal Secretary, Information Technology Department, Bipul Pathak for Udhampur; Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department, Dheeraj Gupta for Srinagar.

Similarly, Principal Secretary, School Education Department, Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon has been nominated as In-charge Secretary for Bandipora; Principal Secretary, Animal and Sheep Husbandry Department, Navin Kumar Choudhary for Baramulla; Principal Secretary, Revenue, Dr. Pawan Kotwal for Poonch; Principal Secretary, Power Development Department, Rohit Kansal for Pulwama; Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Shailendra Kumar for Doda; Commissioner Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi for Budgam and Commissioner Secretary, Transport Department Hirdesh Kumar for Rajouri.

Whereas, Commissioner Secretary, Forest, Environment and Ecology Department, Sarita Chauhan has been nominated In-charge Secretary for Kupwara; Commissioner Secretary, Labour and Employment Department, Surabh Bhagat for Kishtwar; Secretary Planning Development and Monitoring Department, M Raju for Reasi; Secretary, Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Sheetal Nanda for Ganderbal; Secretary, Department of Disaster Management, Relief Rehabilitation and Reconstructions, Simrandeep Singh for Kulgam; Secretary, Youth Services and Sports Department, Sarmad Hafeez for Samba; Commissioner Secretary, Higher Education Department, Talat Parvez Rohella for Kathua and Commissioner Secretary, Culture Department, Zubair Ahmad for Ramban.

Kansal reviews welfare schemes meant for PDD employees

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11/09/2020

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Srinagar, Sept 10: Principal Secretary, Power Development Department, Rohit Kansal Thursday chaired a meeting with seniors officers to review the status of implementation of welfare schemes tailored for the employees of PDD.

The meeting was attended by Managing Director KPDCL, Mohammed Aijaz, Secretary Technical PDD, Basir Ahmed Dar, Director Planning PDD, Mohammad Sultan Malik, Chief Engineer KPDCL, Aijaz Ahmad Dar, Chief Engineer JKPDCL, M.Y Baba besides, Managing Director JPDCL, Yasha Madugal, Special Secretary PDD, R K Sadhu, Director Planning PDD, R K Jamwal, Additional Secretary PDD, A K Kotwal and others seniors officers participated through Video Conferencing.

Threadbare discussion was held in the meeting regarding regularization of TDLs/PDLs, Employees Welfare Funds, Insurance Scheme for accidental deaths and other staff welfare issues.

The Principal Secretary directed the concerned authorities to ensure that the benefits of welfare schemes reach to all the employees of the department. He stressed upon the officers to constitute a Committee as per revised guidelines of Cooperation Welfare Schemes with Managing Director as Chairman and others senior officers as members. He asked the Committee for screening of all the approved cases at the earliest so that the eligible beneficiaries are benefitted.

Police register FIR for bursting crackers during marriage in Srinagar

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11/09/2020

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Srinagar, Sept 10: Police has registered an FIR for bursting crackers during a marriage ceremony which created panic in the uptown Srinagar, a police spokesman said this evening.

He said on September 9, 2020 at about 2230hrs, sounds of some huge bangs were heard from the Solina Payeen area in the uptown which created panic in the vicinity. People of the area called Police Station Shergarhi for curbing the nuisance in the area.

The spokesman said preliminary inquiry revealed that the blast like sound in the Solina area that created panic was due to the bursting of firecrackers in a marriage ceremony in the house of Ghulam Nabi Bhat resident of Solina Payeen.

The owner of the house has violated the orders of District Magistrate Srinagar and also gathered a large number of invitees at his house which is a clear violation of COVID-19 SOP and thereby endangering the lives of others.

Accordingly, a case FIR No. 45/2020 under relevant sections of law has been registered in Police Station Shergarhi and investigation into the matter has been initiated.

Phase III of B2V program will be a game changer: Advisor Khan

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11/09/2020

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Srinagar, Sept 10: “The government led by Lieutenant Governor is laying special focus on third phase of Back to Village programme beginning on 2nd of October 2020 for a period of 10 days”, asserted Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, in a statement to media regarding B2V3 here Thursday.

“This phase will be a ‘game-changer’ towards growth and development of Jammu and Kashmir and will set an example how the pace of development can be percolated successfully to every nook and corner of the UT”, Advisor maintained.

He said during B2V phase 1 senior officers visited each Panchayat, stayed there and interacted with the people to identify and assess the issues and concerns of villages for redressal. They had also detailed evaluation about the reach of various welfare and development related schemes to rural parts of the UT so that the government working could further be accelerated and streamlined.

He further stated that B2V phase 2 was launched as a follow up to evaluate the works done by various departments after phase I of the programme besides data collection and identification of priority areas. He said that in Phase 3 of the same programme, a 3 week Pre-B2V (Phase 3) Jan Abhiyan programme is being organised for awareness of people in each and every village wherein through direct interaction with people their demands shall be ascertained by the designated officers who shall be staying in the village for 3 days and 2 nights.

Referring to success of previous phases of B2V programme, Advisor made a mention of the appreciation showered by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, in his speeches twice, once in ‘Man-ki-Baat’ Programme and another on the occasion of 15th August.

BSNL broadband remains disrupted in Srinagar

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11/09/2020

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Srinagar, Sept 10: The broadband internet and services of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) have been out of order in Srinagar for several days now, causing inconvenience to local subscribers.
Students who are facing difficulties in accessing online classes are the worst hit.
A parent told KNS that they had opted of BSNL broadband services for online classes of the children due to 2g speed but form some days, BSNL broadband is down.
“Our children have online sessions and their online tests are ongoing but without broadband services, they are facing a lot of difficulties on mobile internet,” he said.
Several businessmen said that mobile internet is not enough for conducting business at ease so they had availed BSNL broadband facility, ” but I think it is wastage of time and money. The internet of private companies runs fine. Only BSNL has issue. I guess some officials are doing it delibrately in league with other private companies,” a prominent businessman of Srinagar said.
He added that they complained to BSNL authorities several times but to no avail,” said another businesman.
Meanwhile various delegations expressed strong resentment over defunct role of BSNL from couple of years.

They alleged that BSNL has lost its credibility in public domain and appealed authorities to make the staff accountable. (KNS)

Traffic police launches drive against violators in civil lines

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11/09/2020

Srinagar, Sept 10: Traffic police on Thursday launched a massive drive against violators and challaned dozens of vehicles in the civil lines and adjoining areas.

A senior traffic police officer, checking vehicles at Exchange road, said the drive will continue everyday from 12 pm to 3 pm in the city.

“Our main thrust will be on safety measure,” he said adding many two wheeler riders are not wearing helmets which is very dangerous for them. “Wearing helmet is for their own safety”.

He said drive against two wheeler riders not found wearing helmets will be challaned and in cases where minors are involved the vehicle will be seized.

He said during the drive people were seen driving vehicles without seat belt which is also an offence besides dangerous.

Dozens of people were fined for not wearing helmets and driving without seat belt, he said.

About allegations that some Sumo and mini bus drivers were charging extra without maintaining social distance, he said strict instructions have been issued to drivers to follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) issued by the administration when transport service was resumed last month in Srinagar since March when lockdown was imposed due to COVID-19.

“We are going very strict against such drivers,” the officer said adding traffic police officials will intensify drive against such drivers and three wheelers who are not maintaining social distance and charging extra.

However, he sought cooperation from the general public for the success of the drive. Let people come forwards with their complaints so that action would be taken against violators.

Advisor Baseer holds public outreach program at Sumbal

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11/09/2020

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Bandipora, Sept 10: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan on Thursday inaugurated the 21-day Jan Abhiyan in Bandipora district by holding a Public outreach program at Sumbal and distributing Domicile Certificates and Sports Kits among the youth.

Deputy Commissioner Bandipora Dr Owais Ahmad, Senior Superintendent of Police, Rahul Malik, Chief Engineer PWD, Showkat Jeelani Pandit, Chief Engineer (KPDCL) Aijaz Ahmad Dar and Chief Engineer Jal Shakti Iftikhar Ahmad, Director RDD, Director Rural Development Kashmir Qazi Sarwar, Joint Director Tourism, Assistant Commissioner Revenue Reyaz Ahmad Beigh, Joint Director Planning Imtiyaz Ahmad, all the district heads of the departments, HoDs and other senior officers of the district were present on the occasion.

On the occasion, the Advisor interacted with over 28 delegations, who apprised him of their demands pertaining to development of their respective areas.

They raised various issues of public importance and sought better drainage, adequate electricity supply, better healthcare and education, promotion of Sports, augmentation of Irrigation and drinking water supply, macdamization of existing and construction of new roads, etc.

Responding to the demands, Advisor Khan gave on the spot directions to the concerned officers for time bound redress of the same.

He announced the start of works involving Rs 10 lakh each in 151 Panchayats of the district under Jan Abhiyan. He sanctioned two boats under SDRF for Nasbal, Tengpora at Sumbal and directed the concerned to look into the feasibility of development of Children Parks at Baharabad, Sumbal and Hajin and promotion of tourism in the region. He further directed all line departments to ensure inclusion of Panchayati Raj Institutions in formulation of plans for the area so that the urgent needs of public are taken care of.

While carrying on the proceedings of Jan Sunwai, he directed the ACD Bandipora to ensure completion of works taken up during Jan Abhiyan in time bound manner, possibly within 20 days. He further directed to fast track the works of road connectivity for their completion before winter season.

The Chief Engineer PDD was directed to improve the HT/LT network in Sumbal and Hajin areas and making full preparedness for the winter months.

While elaborating about the 21-days Jan Abhiyan programme, the Advisor said the public campaign will broadly focus on three essential components viz delivery of essential services, development needs & grievance redressal. “The B2V3 shall be preceded by a buildup of 21 day Jan Abhyan/ Awami Muhim, which includes implementation of its three essential components viz; Muhim Barai-e-Haqooq, Dehi Taraqiyati Muhim and the Awami Sunwai Muhim”.

During the inaugural session of the Jan Abhiyan, the Advisor also distributed Domicile Certificates among the local residents and was informed that 2000 domicile certificates were distributed in a single day in Bandipora on the launching ceremony of Jan Abhiyan. He also distributed sports kits among different sports clubs of the Sumbal Sub-Division.

Advisor Sharma reviews preparations for holding of NEP-2020 conferences

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11/09/2020

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Srinagar, Sept 10: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, K K Sharma Thursday chaired a meeting to review preparations being done for organizing of two conferences for implementation of National Education Policy (NEP)- 2020 which would be held on 20th and 21st September at Srinagar and Jammu respectively through Video Conferencing in which the President of India would be addressing virtually.

Vice Chancellors of Jammu, Kashmir Universities Dr. Manoj Dhar, Prof. Talat Ahmad, Principal Secretary School Education Dr. Asgar Samoon, Commissioner Secretary Higher Education, Talat Parvez , Chairperson JKBOSE, Prof Veena Pandita, Directors Education Jammu, Kashmir, Anuradha Gupta , Younis Malik, Director Skill Development Parvez Sajad Ganai, Director Samagra Siksha , Arun Manhas Principal Government Women College, Yasmina Shahi attended the meeting which was done through Video Conferencing.

The meeting was held in relation to the initiative that the Government of Jammu and Kashmir would be organizing two conferences at the capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar of Academicians and others involved in education sector to discuss the road map for implementation of NEP -2020.

The meeting discussed the process of organizing the conferences including the finalization of themes, the schedule and other related matters for holding it successfully.

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