Jammu & Kashmir

Police have arrested four persons after Rs 40000 were withdrawn with deception from the account of an elderly through ATM in the south Kashmir last month, officials said on Tuesday.

“ On 14 February last month, Police station Kulgam received a written complaint from one person stating therein that his old aged father had visited ATM of main branch J&K Bank Kulgam on February 6 and as his father is unable to utilise his ATM card he handed over it to an unknown person present in the ATM with the request to withdraw cash from his account and shared his PIN,” police said in a statement to GNS. “The person withdrawal cash on his request but with malafide intentions interchanged the ATM cards and thereof used the ATM of the victim and made withdrawal of a sum of Rs 40000 and carried out few more withdrawals from the account of complainant’s father.”

Taking cognizance of the matter, police said, a case (FIR No. 19/2022) U/S 420,380 IPC was registered and investigation was taken up. “During the course of investigation, a list of suspects was prepared and during questioning of these suspects investigation was zeroed down to four persons.”

He identified them as Sohail Ahmad Wani of Rangrezpora, Kulgam, (ATM Exchanger), Wasim Ahmad Ganai of Rangrezpora Kulgam, Adnan Ahmad Ahangar of Ziyarat Gali Kulgam and Umar Yaqoob Naik of Khuloora Malwan.” They confessed their involvement in different burglaries/offences and from their possession 06 ATM Cards, 06 mobile phones and a cash of Rs 15000 have been recovered,” police said, adding, “Further investigation of the case is in progress as more arrests and recoveries are expected.” (GNS)

A seven-year-old boy, who had gone missing from his home at Awoora village of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district on February 15, was found dead on Tuesday at Awoora forests, leaving the family shell-shocked.

“Yes, the body of Talib Hussain Khan, 7, a resident of Awoora village was recovered today and has been sent for post—mortem while an investigation has also been launched in the case,” Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO)

“Whether the missing child was murdered will be revealed only after the autopsy report,” they said.

Another official said, “It’s a tragedy. The police officers who had been searching for the Talib had hoped he would be found alive but unfortunately it did not happen.”

As already reported by KNO that on February 15, Talib, who was playing outside his residence, did not return home as usual. After having searched for him all over the area, his family lodged a complaint at the local police station.

An FIR was immediately filed and searches were carried out by multiple police teams but nothing was found till date, the official said—(KNO)

The death toll in grenade blast at Amira Kadal here reached to two as a young woman lost battle for life at hospital here on Monday, officials said.

Medical Superintendent SMHS hospital here Dr Kawaljeet Singh told the 19-year-old Rafiya daughter of Nazir Ahmad Tinda of Dargah near NIT succumbed to her injuries. She had suffered multiple injuries in the blast which took place at 4:20 hours at the busy street on Sunday. The woman had scored 467 out of 500 (distinction) in the recent 12th class examination the result of which was declared last month by the J&KBOSE, her relatives and neighbours said. A pall of gloom descended in the locality when her body arrived at home for last rites. Hundreds of people participated in her funeral, reports said.

An elderly person Muhammad Aslam Makhdoomi (70) from Makhdoom Sahib area of Nowhatta Srinagar had died near the spot while 28 persons including a policeman were injured in the blast near the busy Amira Kadal bridge. The explosion took place while the area was abuzz with a huge rush shoppers who had thronged the week flea Sunday market. Police on Sunday evening detained several persons for questioning in connection the blast, a senior police officer said. (GNS)

An unidentified truck driver was charred to death after his truck caught fire when it it came in contact with a high—voltage electric wire at Shampora area of Qazigund in south Kashmir’s Anantnag on Tuesday night, an official said.

“A truck (PB29X-4153) on reaching Shampora area of Qazigund came in contact with a high—voltage wire near the electric transformer” a police officer told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO)

He said the driver was electrocuted eventually before the truck caught fire.

Later, the Fire and emergency services personnel rushed to the scene on information and extinguished the fire. However, the vehicle was gutted and the driver was charred to death. “We have not yet identified the truck driver. We will inform his family once we will identify him,” said the police officer.

The truck driver’s body been sent to emergency hospital Qazigund for postmortem by police —(KNO)

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*Family background*
His father Mohammad Roshan khan is a Govt employee and his mother Saleema Begum is house wife ,as said by author , family supports and also encourages him to write more for the betterment of society.

*Aim of Author*
Although While talking with Nasir ,he said as people say me I am multi-talented so I have multi aims, different desires ,in the field of Academics I want to join civil services but in the field of passion/profession I want to be a good author in the World and further I want to write different kinds of scripts for Bollywood and Hollywood industries.

For exploring talent of valley, Author has also his own platform titled Jannat de Jugnu where he promotes talent of Kashmir valley through online sessions competitions etc and he is regularly focused on his art.
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Currently he is working on his second project. He tries to write about the topics of peace, humanity, unity etc.He has been fecilitated by various NGO’s of valley for his book “Heal The Humanity” and recently at Dak Bangalow he was praised with an award by jk students movement and he has also collaborated with Writers Desk and has setup his own unit of publication under Writers Desk titled “Nasir’s Book Club” for the budding authors of Kashmir valley to help them in publishing . And he was also awarded with “Pen Player of 2021” title given by JKSC .He want to save his society from present day social evils which are existing and spoiling the youth of our Valley ,he also participates in sports activities whether it may be at school level or other than school level ,he likes to play chess game and cricket game mostly as he considers playing games a good activity which keeps you fit and healthy.

Under the leadership of Hon’ble PM, India is matching the global standards of excellence in frontier areas of healthcare, scripting new milestones in health, science, technology & innovations: LG

Nephrologists, dialysis experts, transplant physicians must seek innovative ways, research and development to provide affordable & inclusive solutions, says the LG

Emphasizes the need to improve care coordination & patient education for those living with kidney disease in rural areas through enhanced coordination with the government

To develop future technologies such as artificial kidneys & ensuring flexible care model, we have to nurture nephrology segment, attract and retain brightest experts in the field and promote organ donation & safe transplantation campaign within the country: LG

Lieutenant Governor J&K, Shri Manoj Sinha today addressed the 27th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Nephrology.

The Lt Governor commended the Indian Society of Nephrology for offering a common platform to the experts to enable more people-centric, safe and effective treatment, and strengthening the future exploration on recent advances.

Under the leadership of Hon’ble PM Shri Narendra Modi, India is matching the global standards of excellence in frontier areas of healthcare, scripting new milestones in health, science, technology & innovations, the Lt Governor said.

AatmaNirbhar Bharat is making impressive strides in harnessing intellectual property, reforms in Pharma industry to compete with the best in the world and expanding cooperation with other developing countries. The whole world is looking at India as a self-reliant nation on the move, as a nation poised to become the superpower, added the Lt Governor.

Hon’ble Prime Minister has toughened the competitive muscle of the health sector in J&K and also improved the delivery to poor patients with chronic kidney disease, observed the Lt Governor.

Today, all our 20 district hospitals are equipped with state-of-the-art dialysis facilities to ensure patients don’t face any hurdle in receiving quality treatment, he added.

Healthcare landscape of Jammu & Kashmir has been transformed. The benefits of health reforms have become accessible and inclusive. We are strengthening rural public health infrastructure and introducing innovative medical practices to provide quality health care to the doorsteps of the common man, the Lt Governor said.

Jammu & Kashmir has now moved forward to the category of “Front-runners” in NITI Aayog’s SDG index; neonatal mortality rate in the UT reached single digit, Universal Health Coverage has been extended across the UT. We have not only checked the alarming decline in health infrastructure and funding in up-gradation, but also steadily increased it in the last couple of years.

The Lt Governor advised the Nephrologists, dialysis experts and transplant physicians to seek innovative ways, research and development to provide affordable and inclusive solutions.

We also need to improve care coordination and patient education for those living with kidney disease in rural areas through enhanced coordination with the government, added the Lt Governor.

In order to develop future technologies such as artificial kidneys and ensure a flexible care model, we have to nurture nephrology segment, attract and retain brightest experts in the field and promote organ donation and safe transplantation campaign within the country, the Lt Governor further added.

In the last two years, there have been many lessons from global pandemic for policymakers, doctors and researchers. With a large reservoir of medical potential that is second to none in competence, India is recuperating and every segment of healthcare has shown remarkable resilience. We are proud of our scientists, experts and doctors who are transforming India into a healthcare giant, the Lt Governor said.

The Lt Governor also called for reversing the trend of migration of our youth to other countries for medical education by encouraging private players and other stakeholders to provide affordable education, while state governments should play the role of a facilitator.

The Lt Governor further advised the Indian Society of Nephrology to annually review the progress made in critical health care segments like nephrology and suggest correctives for the government to prevent, detect, and slow the progression of kidney disease and meet the growing needs for experts, trained workforce. With our collaborative efforts, the pursuit of excellence can be achieved, added the Lt Governor.

Prof. Alok Kumar Rai, Vice Chancellor, University of Lucknow; Dr. Pradeep Kumar Rai, Organizing Secretary, Indian Society of Nephrology (North Zone); Dr. Jai Prakash, Organizing Chairman, members of senior Advisory Committee and Executive Committee, besides Varanasi Nephrology Society members, experts, Doctors were present on the occasion.

In order to formulate ‘Action Plan for Road Safety measures in Anantnag to reduce the incidence of road mishaps, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Anantnag, Dr. Piyush Singla today chaired a meeting of District Road Safety Committee(DRSC) here under the theme “Sadak Durakhsha Jeevan Raksha”.

The participants in the meeting held threadbare deliberations on various issues with regard to management of Traffic including identification of black spots, improvement of lighting on vital roads, Traffic Management System, availability of Crash Rescue Vehicles and Critical Care Ambulances.

The DC stressed upon all the officers to be proactive in formulating a comprehensive Road Safety Action Plan on priority basis.

While briefing the chair the ARTO said that India lost 1.3 Million people in the last decade with 5.3 million persons left disabled due to road accidents. India Having only 1% of the world’s vehicles accounts for 10% of global road crashes and to minimise the accidental death rate IRTE has devised the 4-E policy of education, enforcement, engineering and emergency. 21 persons were killed and 340 injured in Anantnag in 2021 added the ARTO.

Speaking on the occasion the DC stressed on the concerned officers to take all required measures like driving behavioural changes among drivers , awareness camps in colleges, schools , appreciation incentives for good drivers and social discouragement for bad drivers.

He directed the PWD to improve road markings and signage to eliminate high risk stretches, black spots, improvement of junctions on all cross-roads, and improve road lighting near habitations.

Further, the DC instructed to remove road side objects that hinder smooth traffic movement. He also directed to keep the provision of parking areas in crowded places and relocation of the roadside vendors to improve traffic movements and facilitate movement of pedestrians.

The DC directed the Traffic authorities to expedite the process of purchasing Crash rescue vehicles, besides submit a detailed requirement regarding barricades and signages.

Pointing to a few critical points prone to accidents like Sether, Donipowa, Thujwara etc. DC directed the concerned officers to conduct the audit of the accidents to find out the cause of accidents.

It is pertinent to mention here that SSP Anantnag put forth several suggessions and remedies for solving the issue of traffic jams, accidents etc.

The meeting was attended by SSP Anantnag, CEO,CMO ARTO, traffic police and other concerned officers.

Bandipora, March 05 : Principal Secretary, Skill Development Department, Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon, on Saturday visited several Education and Skill Development Institutions in the district and reviewed the academic activities besides assessing development works being executed there.

Deputy Commissioner, Dr Owais Ahmad, Senior Superintendent of Police, Mohammad Zahid, Additional District Development Commissioner, Ali Afsar Khan, Joint Director Planning, Imtiyaz Ahmad, district officers and PRI members accompanied the Principal Secretary.

Dr Samoon visited Krishi Vigyan Kendra Patushai, Bandipora and interacted with the scientists and the staff there and enquired about the research activities being carried in the centre in different fields of agriculture.

He was informed that KVK trains the farmers of the district in modern agriculture techniques along with practical training so that the farmers adopt these innovations in their farms to ensure enhanced produce. He was informed that KVK Bandipora is producing Shalimar Rice 4 seed for the farmers which produce 5 quintal per kanal.

Principal Secretary asked the concerned officers to diversify the programmes for successful youth engagement in different trades saying that KVK is an asset which can be used for youth engagement programmes besides providing scientific hand holding to farmers. He took stock of infrastructural issues in the Centre including fencing and macadamization of approach road.

Dr Samoon also visited Government Degree College Bandipora and inaugurated a Browsing centre for students. He inspected ongoing fencing work and visited different departments of the college besides interacting with the students.

He visited Government Polytechnic College Bandipora and reviewed the academic activities of the institution besides taking stock of repair and renovation works. He inspected the ongoing construction works in the newly established complex and interacted with staff and students to get feedback about teaching learning process and infrastructural issues including hostel, workshop and transport facilities.

Later, Principal Secretary visited Mini Secretariat Bandipora and handed over keys of 13 vehicles to beneficiaries of Mumkin scheme. He also kick started plantation drive organized by Social Forestry Department besides distributing agricultural tools among the farmers under various schemes including Floor Grinding Machine for halqa Panchayat Chittaybandi.

Dr Samoon also handed over 7 scooties to specially abled persons provided by Department of Social Welfare under various welfare schemes. He distributed kits of artificial insemination and dosing among tribal youth who participated in 14 day capacity building programme organized by the Department of Sheep Husbandry.

During his visit to Girls Higher Secondary School Bandipora, Dr Samoon felicitated Padma Shree awardee Faisal Ali and meritorious students of recently declared board exams. He distributed cash prizes and mementos among meritorious children. A cultural programme was also held at GHSS.

Principal Secretary, during his visit to District Hospital Bandipora, took stock of healthcare facilities being provided to the people there and interacted with the patients to take feedback about the facilities being provided to them.

Later, Principal Secretary chaired a meeting of officers to review the developmental activities being executed in the district.

Dr Samoon reviewed proposals under the District Capex Plan, 2021-22 including physical status of projects targeted for completion in the current fiscal.

Deputy Commissioner informed about the status of various ongoing development projects.

He revealed that 1704 works including 1244 under CSS, 412 under Area Development, 46 under Regular and 2 under NABARD have, so far, been completed in the district under various schemes including MGNREGA works, PMAY (G) works, DDC Grants, BDC works and PMGSY works. Besides, Rs 529 crore have been earmarked for the financial year 2021-22 with major thrust on Jal Jeevan Mission (51%), PMGSY (21%), Rural development Department (8%), Education & Health (8%) etc.

Dr Samoon sought details from the heads of departments including Rural Development Department, Education, Health, JKPDCL, R&B, Jal Shakti, Animal and Sheep Husbandry and Skill Development about the progress on ongoing projects of their respective departments.

Later, Dr Samoon interacted with public delegations including PRI members who apprised him of various issues seeking his intervention towards speedy resolution of their grievances.

Jammu and Kashmir reported 47 fresh Covid-19 cases even as there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday.

They said 30 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 17 Kashmir Division, taking the overall tally to 453214.

Giving district wise details, the officials told GNS, Srinagar reported 6 cases, Baramulla 3, Budgam 3, Pulwama 0, Kupwara 3, Anantnag 0, Bandipora 2, Ganderbal 0, Kulgam 0, Shopian 0, Jammu 18, Udhampur 2, Rajouri 1, Doda 2, Kathua 1, Samba 0, Kishtwar 4, Poonch 0, Ramban 2 and Reasi 0.

There was no death reported in the last 24 hours, they said. So far 4749 persons have succumbed to the virus—2326 in Jammu and 2423 in Kashmir.

Besides, they said, 79 Covid-19 patients—55 from Jammu and 24 from Valley— recovered during the time. So far 448085 people have recovered, leaving the active case tally at 380— 193 in Jammu and 187 in Kashmir.

They said there was no new confirmed case of mucormycosis (black fungus) reported today. So far 51 black fungus cases have been confirmed in J&K, the officials said. They also informed that 15629 doses of covid-19 vaccine were administered during the time in J&K. (GNS)