Four Laborers rescued; 08 injured in road mishaps

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Police and Fire services team rescued four laborers from a well who were doing cleaning job of it in Handwara, a police statement said.

Four laborers went down into a well to clean it at village Batpore in the jurisdiction of police station Handwara, but none of them came out. However, some locals raised alarm and a team of Police and Fire service was called in. The joint team rescued all the 04 laborers who were taken out in unconscious state from the well. All of them have been shifted to SDH Handwara.

Meanwhile Police said eight persons were injured in different road accidents across the valley.

A Bolero vehicle bearing registration number JK01F/8003 hit and injured a 10 years old boy Hafiz Fayaz resident of Rather Mohalla Quloosa Bandipora at Rather Mohalla, Quloosa Bandipora. The injured boy was shifted to SKIMS Hospital for treatment.

Meanwhile, a Santro car hit a parked Truck at Pahroo Chowk Bypass, Nowgam, resulting in injuries to 06 persons who were travelling in the car. All the injured were shifted to Hospital for treatment.

In another accident, a Tata Sumo bearing registration number JK09/A 2225 hit and injured a pedestrian Irshad Ahmad Wani resident of Awoora at Regipora, Kupwara Sumo Stand. The injured was shifted to Bone and Joint Hospital Srinagar for treatment. The statement added.

It further informed that two residential houses were damaged in separate fire incidents in south Kashmir last evening.

Fire broke out in residential house of Mohammad Abdullah Kumar son of WahabKumar resident of Soafshali, Kokernag, resulting complete damage to the house. Fire was brought under control.

Meanwhile, fire broke out in combined residential house of Buboo Miro son of Alif Din and Gulzar Ahmad Miro son-in-law of Lal Din at village Gujar Basti Koril, D.H Pora Kulgam, resulting in complete damage to the house. Fire was brought under control with the help of fire tenders and police.

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On Charges of extortion from village heads, Man arrested

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“A toy pistol and a tear smoke grenade were recovered from an extortionist in Pulwama who was apprehended in a joint operation with Army and CRPF last evening. The arrested extortionist was allegedly extorting money from Panchs, Sarpanchs and other civilians in Pulwama District,” a police statement said on Sunday.

Last week, Pulwama police received information that a person posing as terrorist is threatening local Panchs, Sarpanchs and other civilians and is extorting money from them. Police started investigation in this regard and activated its sources in the area, the statement informed.

“Last evening on a tip off, Police Pulwama along with 55-RR and 182 Bn /183 Bn CRPF arrested Aijaz Ahmad Shah @ Bilal @ Suhail @ Molvi resident of Fakeer Mohalla Tral at village Chakora. During his questioning, police recovered a toy pistol and a tear smoke grenade and cash worth Rs.50, 000/- along with a mobile phone used during the commission of offence from his possession. He confessed of extorting money from some locals besides Panchs, Sarpanchs posing as terrorists visiting their houses during night,” the statement added.

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JKLF holds Jinaza-in-absentia for veteran Journalist Majeed Nizami

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Chairman Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Mohammad Yasin Malik Sunday paid rich tributes to veteran journalist, writer, publisher and editor of Nawa-I-Waqt Pakistan, The Nation, Waqt TV, (Nawa-I-Waqt media group), Majeed Nizami.

Terming Late Nizami as an ideologue, human rights advocate and a selfless supporter of Kashmir cause, Malik said his demise is a great loss for the media world.

Later, JKLF organized a Jinaza in absentia (Gayebana Nimaz-I-Jinaza) for the departed soul at Madeena Chowk (Lal Chowk) in which thousands participated and prayed for the heavenly abode of Jenab Majeed Nizami sahib.

Talking to media person after Nimaz-I-Jinaza, JKLF chairman said that the sad demise of veteran journalist and humanist Majeed Nizami is a personal loss for him as from last many years he used to meet him whenever he visited Pakistan and found his stance viz-a-viz Kashmir unshakeable.

“His writings, books and speeches are a glaring example of his eternal love with Kashmir and Kashmiris. Majeed sahib always represented voice less Kashmiris through his writings and highlighted the sufferings of Kashmiris before the international community,” Malik said while terming Majeed Nizami as a great human, loving personality, and humble soul and a true Pakistani.

Malik added that Majeed was a prolific writer and whenever he wrote about Kashmir, “he wrote with heart”.

Recalling his association with Late Nizami, Malik termed him as a humble soul. While praying for his heavenly abode, Malik expressed his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family of Nizami and also expressed solidarity with Nawa-I-Waqt group.

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CAPD to go digital by next month

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The process of issuance of ration cards will be completed within a period of one month with the date being digitized at the earliest, said the director CAPD Kashmir, Bilal Ahmad Bhat.

Talking to KNS after assuming office, Bhat stated that the process of finalizing the ration card issuance shall be completed within one month period and that the staff has been directed to gear up for the challenge.

He stated that his priorities as the director would be to utilize the available resource so that the department could provide better services to the valley masses. Bhat maintained that the classification of BPL and APL ration cards is in the process and that the efforts shall be prioritized to provide help to the needy.

He stated that the distribution of ration will be started at the 26 of this month and shall end by the 10th of next month. He further added that the digitalization of the date in the department shall be given the top priority and each and every development taking place within the CAPD shall be available on the official portal.

Bhat remarked that there will be no scarcity of ration in valley if the same is distributed in the proper way. “I believe that distribution of ration is not a tough deal; as it is being believed at large. It has to be done with the proper time frame then only masses could have a sigh of relief.”

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NC politicians in league with police officers minting money: PDP

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Strongly condemning the latest crackdown on the youth of the Srinagar city, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Saturday said it is the height of arrogance and insensitivity that the people are not even being allowed to live in peace in this holy month of Ramzan, by the National Conference regime, a party statement said.

“Apparently on the instructions of the ruling party politicians, hundreds of youth across the city have been rounded up and locked up on false pretexts, over the last many weeks, in Srinagar, which has created an atmosphere of fear and terror amongst the people pushing the situation to pre-2002 dark era,” the party General Secretary, Mohammad Dilawar Mir.

“It is atrocious and barbaric on part of the Omar Abdullah’s regime to continuously and unnecessarily harass the youth of the state especially of Srinagar, who have, otherwise, been victimized and faced the maximum brunt of its persecution and humiliation, over the last five and half years,” the statement quoted Mir as saying.

Mir said PDP is against any kind of violence, stone-pelting or disruption of peace, but this government through its wrong policies is adding to the confrontation with the young generation.

“On one hand NC resorting to repression and on the other jobs are being sold in open market, backdoor has been now made regular mode of employment and credibility of the institutions has been grossly compromised. This government has adopted an anti-youth policy since it took over the reins of the state in 2009 and, unfortunately, it is still continuing with that,” he said.

Mir said by using the police and other security agencies as a ‘tool to unleash reign of terror’ in the city, the ruling dispensation is further deteriorating the situation.

“It looks on the directions of the National Conference agents, the youth are being picked up and put up in lock ups and implicated in false cases, which is highly unjustifiable, undemocratic and inhuman,” he said.

“It is ironical that on one hand the NC agents are calling for amnesty for the youth and on the other they are collaborating in putting them behind the bars,” he added.

Mir said the police stations have become money minting centres for the ruling party politicians, where ‘in league with’ some police officers they are extracting money from the victims in lieu of their release. “NC agents have turned police stations into remunerative business centres. They first take money for identification from agencies and later broker their (victims) release for money,” he added.

Mir said after facing the drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls, the chief minister, Omar Abdullah, had claimed to have his learnt his ‘lessons’, but even now when his tenure is coming to an end, his government is becoming crueller.

He said the people behind bars are normally being released during such auspicious days, but the NC-led government is following a different approach and is again using force, its ‘favourite’ tool, to make its presence felt on the ground.

The statement further quoted Mir saying that instead of providing a genuine democratic space to the young people, political opponents and relating with them, the government is resorting to crackdown to suppress the voice of dissent. “By lodging FIRs against more than 10 thousand young people, over the last five years, the chief minister has played a pivotal role in damaging and destroying their careers,” said Mir adding the 2010 summer killings, hanging of Mohammad Afzal Guroo, last year’s Gool, Shopian and Markundal atrocities are the painful sagas, which have brutally effected the conscience of everyone and the present government can’t absolve itself of the crimes and the war it let loose on the people.

Moreover, citing example of the blatant transfers in the police force, Mir said in order to further their nefarious designs, the ruling party politicians ensure posting of ‘blue eyed’ officers in their own areas.

Demanding immediate transfer of newly appointed SDPO Kangan, who is reportedly responsible for ‘hatching conspiracy’ to target Bashir Ahmad Mir, the party candidate for Kangan assembly segment in 2008, the PDP General Secretary said the NC is again on mission to create uncertainty on the ground and fear among the people.

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Stop Kousar Nag Yatra or face mass agitation: Save Kousar Nag Front

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Accusing India of trying to convert Kashmir into another Palestine, Save Kounsar Nag Front Saturday said that if proposed Kounsar Nag Yatra is not banned then the people of Kashmir would be left with only alternative to come on roads and resist the government move to commence different types of Yatra in Kashmir round the year.

Scores of people including civil society members and lawyers staged a protest in Press Enclave Srinagar on Saturday alleging that move to start Kounsar Nag Yatra from 29th of this month is an attempt to disrupt ecological balance in Kashmir.

“We don’t have animosity with the people belonging to other religions but we are fighting for the safeguard of our resources and rights. First it was Amarnath Yatra, then Machail Yatra and now Kounsar Nag Yatra and in coming days we will see other Yatra in offing,” Advocate Qazi Irfan told CNS.

They said that stream flowing since centuries is not a religious place and that no historical account proves that Yatra must be executed at the stream. “It is crystal clear that the government of India by organizing fake religious Yatra is trying to change the Muslim character of the Kashmir. The duration of Amarnath Yatra was extended just to give communal colour to that Yatra in which only few odd outsiders used to participate,” another civil society member said.

Terming it a ‘conspiracy’ against the tourism of Kashmir valley, the locals stated that there are thousands of river streams in valley and when people will be given free hand to disturb the environs, the situation ahead would be dreadful. They stated further that they will, in the near future, start a massive mass agitation if government did not stop the proposed Kousar Nag Yatra.

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Infrastructure development, faculty strengthening focused areas: Omar

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Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday said that the Government is keen to upgrade infrastructure and strengthen the faculties in higher educational institutions in the State.

Omar said while various faculty blocks have been completed and commissioned in degree colleges and universities in the State during the last over five years, many more are under various stages of the execution, an official statement said.

Laying foundation stone of a modern Auditorium at Amar Singh College, Srinagar today, the Chief Minister said that up to the mark infrastructure and well qualified faculties are imperative in imparting quality education to the students in a palatable and conducive atmosphere. He said attention is also being paid to construct lecture halls and auditoria in these institutions.

The statement said that the auditorium is likely to cost Rs.12.28 crore and its completion is scheduled for August, 2015. The Auditorium will have the capacity of 500 seats besides an Academic section in the ground floor and backstage facilities at level 2nd and control room at level 3rd. The ground floor area will be on 2608 Sft, 1st floor on an area of 10709 Sft and 2nd floor on an area of 6655 Sft.

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