Thursday, 23 February 2023

Groom Flies Bride To His Village Home In A Chopper

SRINAGAR: A groom from Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district Thursday hired a helicopter to bring his bride from Punjab’s Dinanagar district.

Groom Flies Bride To His Village Home In A Chopper

According to news agency KNO, Paras Mehta, resident of Village Flote, Block Barnoti, district Kathua got married to Khushboo of Punjab;s Dinanagar. The groom’s family booked a chopper for Rs 6 Lakh to bring the newlywed couple from Dinanagar, Punjab to Kathua.

Civil and police administration also made elaborate arrangements for smooth landing of the helicopter in the village. Hundreds of people from the area had reached to witness the moment.

“It was my family’s to see the first arrival of the bride in a gala event,” Paras said, adding, “My wife brings fortune and this dream comes true”.

Deewakar Mehta, father of the groom said that it’s an emotional moment for us as we have realised our dream.

“I wanted to see my son boarding a helicopter to bring his bride and this has come true. The administration and security personnel have helped us in realising our dream,” said the groom.

“I am happy that my son will bring his bride in a helicopter, which has been happening for a long time in the district Kathua,” he said, adding that earlier a few years ago a groom of Jammu’s Bishnah brought her bride in a chopper.



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Two IPS Officers Of AGMUT Cadre Transferred To JK

SRINAGAR: The Union Government ordered the transfer of two IPS officers from the 2018 batch of AGMUT cadre to Jammu and Kashmir.

Divya D, who was previously posted in Delhi, and Deepika, who was posted in Puducherry UT, will be moving to their new postings in Jammu & Kashmir, reads the order came from the Union Home Ministry.



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Teacher Bites Teacher’s Ear In An Inhouse Quarrel

SRINAGAR: In a tragic incident at Buchoo area of Pattan, Baramulla, a scuffle between two teachers resulted in one of them allegedly chopping off the ear of his colleague.

The injured teacher was immediately taken to the local hospital for treatment.

This is a developing story and it will be updated as more information becomes available.



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Melbourne University Announces Admissions: Check Details Here

SRINAGAR: The University of Melbourne, Australia is inviting applications for Masters’s and Doctorate programmes. Students with excellent academic records will be selected for a fully funded scholarship without any separate application.  The last date to apply for admission is October 31, 2023.

All national and international students are eligible to apply. The duration is two years for a Master’s degree and four years for a doctoral programme. Students selected for the scholarship will get a full tuition fee waiver, living allowance, relocation grant, and overseas student health cover (OSHC). Approximately 600 scholarships will be awarded to students.

The students who apply for Graduate Research Course at the university will be considered for the scholarship and the selected students will be notified within ten business days after submitting the application.

The study fields available include Accounting, Actuarial studies, Agricultural sciences, Architectural engineering, Architecture, Arts and culture, arts, Language and STEM education, Asia (Asia and the Middle East studies will immerse you in the rich intellectual, legal, political, cultural and religious traditions of these vital regions), Audiology and speech pathology, Bioinformatics, Biological sciences, Biomedical sciences, Business administration, Chemical engineering, Chemistry, Civil, structural and architectural engineering, Clinical teaching, Composition, Computer science, Conservation, Construction, Creative arts and music therapy, Culture and communication, Dance, Data and analytics, Data science, Dentistry and oral health, Design, Earth and environmental sciences, economics, econometrics and analytics, Electrical and electronical engineering, Energy, Engineering business and management, Entrepreneurship, Environmental engineering, Environmental law, policy and sustainability, Film and television, Finance, Food science, General studies in education, Geography, Global and international education, Health sciences, Higher education, History and philosophy, Horticulture and landscape management, Indigenous arts and culture, Information systems, Information technology, Instructional leadership and management, International business, Jazz and improvisation, Landscape architecture, Language and linguistics, Learning intervention, Management, HR, and business administration, Marketing, Mathematics and Statistics, Mechanical, aerospace and mechatronic engineering, Medicine, Music performance, Music theatre, Musicology and ethnomusicology, Nursing, Optometry and vision sciences, Performing arts, Physics, physiotherapy, Population and global health, Production, Property, Psychological sciences, Psychology and wellbeing, Public administration, Research in law, Social and political science, Social and political science, Social work, Software engineering, Spatial information, Specialist legal study, Teaching, Theatre, Urban and cultural heritage, Urban design, Urban planning, Veterinary science, Visual art and Writing.



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Tourism Department Registers 251 Complaints Of Cheating, Other TT Act Violations During 2022

SRINAGAR: The Department of Tourism has registered 251 complaints of various nature from tourists and visitors in respect of violations of J&K Tourist Trade Act-1978/2012 by respective service providers even as 247 of these were settled and fine to the tune of Rs. 21.95 lakh was recovered from the erring service providers.

The Department, during this one year, also ensured refund of Rs. 11.82 lakh from respective service providers in favour of prospective tourists for having charged them arbitrarily or not providing them the services for which they were charged.

The Department has taken a series of recent initiatives to bring transparency and promptness in addressing any complaints from the tourists. Separate monitoring teams have already been set up at all destinations comprising respective Resort Officers, representatives from Development Authorities and Tourist Police.

This is in addition to a central monitoring team comprising senior officers to check the compliance of J&K Tourist Trade Act and ensure that tourists are treated in a manner befitting to the hospitality traditions of the place, they feel safe and in no way have any complaints of cheating, touting, overcharging.

The Department of Tourism has advised all tourism service providers to desist from any sort of cheating or overcharging from the tourists. The Department has made it amply clear that relevant provisions of J&K Registration of Tourist Trade Act-1978/2012 and other penal laws would be invoked in case of deviant stakeholders.

Secretary Tourism, Sarmad Hafeez along with Director, Tourism Kashmir, Fazlul Haseeb during a recent review meeting of the Department had given clear instructions for close monitoring by Resort Officers in this regard and not to allow any single service provider to damage the reputation of the whole tourism sector or genuine service providers.

A spokesman of the Department said though it was good that we are witnessing a bumper season of tourist arrivals, it was incumbent upon the stakeholders and the Department to ensure that tourists are attended decently, properly and charged fairly for the services they utilize so that they return back with memories as beautiful as Kashmir is known for.



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Wednesday, 22 February 2023

Man Arrested For Sexually Assaulting Minor Girl

SRINAGAR: Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a man for sexually assaulting a minor girl in Soura area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district.

“One person namely Mohd Ashraf Lone S/o Ali Mohd Lone R/o Tanghar pulwama arrested for sexually assaulting a minor girl at SKIMS soura.FIR No 07/2023 under section 354-A of IPC and sections 7, 8 POSCO act registered at Soura PS,” Srinagar Police said in a tweet.



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Landslide Damages House, Shops In South Kashmir

SRINAGAR: A residential house and some shops were damaged on Thursday after a landslide occurred in Noorabad area of Damhal Hanjipora in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district.

Quoting an official the news agency KNO reported that landslide took place at Shalmachi Yarikhah in Noorabad in which almost 3-5 shops belonging to Fayaz Ahmad Hajam and Abdul Majeed Hajam got damaged.

“A house also suffered damage to some extent,” he said, adding that district administration Kulgam rushed to the spot to ascertain the facts.

He said district administration Kulgam is monitoring the situation.

Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Noorabad, Bashir-ul-Hassan said that Tehsildar concerned has reached the spot and affected people have been shifted to safer places.

The men and machinery have also been pressed into service to restore the road from debris, he said.



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