Jammu & Kashmir

As learnt by GNS, a woman (name withheld), from Keran Kupwara was admitted with labour pains at PHC Keran. Sensing exigency of the case, the doctors referred the woman to SDH Kupwara around midnight.

Given due care and treatment by a team of doctors, the woman delivered four babies – 3 girls and a boy at around 2 AM.

The woman was under assessment and treatment of Dr. Shazia, (Nurse) Raziya and (FMPHW) Zamrooda.

All the babies and their mother, upon receipt of this report, are doing well.

When contacted, Medical Suprident Kupwara Dr Mohammad Shafi told GNS that such cases’ are always difficult to tackle. “It fortunately was a normal delivery given the rarity of such cases”, he said adding “Such cases’ usually require a higher degree of assessment and accuracy and the good thing is that we didn’t had to refer the woman to any other hospital”. (GNS)

Baramulla, October 22: To commemorate October 22 as Black Day, South Asia Center for Peace and Peoples Empowerment (SACPPE) organised one day event “Tribal Invasion: A Black Day in J&K’s History” at Baramulla Dak Bungalow on Sunday.
The programme was organised on the anniversary of the Pakistani Tribal invasion of Jammu and Kashmir which happened on October 22, 1947.
In the jam packed hall, the speakers at the event gave detailed account of October 22, the day tribal raiders looted and pillaged the erstwhile state with a ferocity that shocked the people till the Indian army came to the rescue and decisively threw them back.
Tauseef Raina, former chairman of Municipal Committee Baramulla, spoke in detail about the reality of the event as how marauding tribesmen not only killed non-Muslims, but hundreds of Kashmiri Muslims as well and aim of the tribal raid was to seize the land.
“The St Joseph’s Hospital in Baramulla was burnt crisp to the ground; its sick, elderly, and nurses were raped and killed. Pakistan only wants Kashmir to bleed and burn. Young women were abducted and carried off without distinction of colour, cast or creed. Each raider tried to grab as much wealth or as many girls as he could,” he said.
Raina said after seeing violence, death and destruction for decades, Kashmiri, especially the youth here have given up the gun culture and dissociated themselves from Pakistan.
“Pakistan’s facade – wolves dressed in sheepskin – is peeling. Youngsters have opted for respected professions, joined government services, or taken up the challenge of self-employment through many entrepreneurship schemes of the Government of India,” he said and added peace was imperative for progress, development and prosperity of Kashmir.
Fida Firdose, chairman of Kashmir Writers Association, said truth is usually the first casualty of wars. He spoke in detail about the ill consequences of October 22, 1947 tribal raid on Kashmir and its aftermath.
“Invasion of J&K by Pakistan and its proxy tribal Lashkars in 1947 has left a deep, lasting, and grim mark on the fate of J&K. The invasion also delivered the first big blow to the Sufi-inspired way of life commonly referred to as Kashmiriyat that had prevailed for centuries in J&K, and a hallmark of which was religious inclusiveness and bonding,” he said.
“It is about time that the people of J&K realized that the real tragedy is that Pakistan even today believes in the same policy and adopts the same methods that it did in 1947, no matter how acutely detrimental those may be to the interests and the well-being of the people of J&K,” Firdose added.
Tahir Majeed, a renowned social activist while quoting from history said, Pakistan Army Major General (Retd.) Akbar Khan in his book has described Pakistan’s role in their “jihad” on Kashmir. “In Khan’s words, ‘On October 26 (1947), the Pakistani forces captured Baramulla where only 3,000 survived out of 14,000’.”
“The Afridi and Mahsud Lashkars did not participate in the invasion of J&K out of any religious consideration, but their primary aim was loot and plunder and the kidnapping of women,” he said.
Majeed said the planners and perpetuators of the tribal invasion were, and remain, without doubt the foremost enemies of the Kashmiri people. “The day the invasion began on 22 October 1947, similarly, has to be the darkest day in the history of J&K,” he added.
Zaman Noor, a social activist from Srinagar made the audience aware as how peace in Kashmir would benefit common people in the long turn. He advised the students to make the society a better place by investing in peace.
Muskan Shafi, a student and a social worker, in a forceful speech made the audience aware about the devastation October 22, 1947 brought to Kashmir.

Srinagar, Jun 05 : Among top 100 universities of India, the University of Kashmir (KU) has figured at 33rd rank in National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2023.

In the top 100 overall educational institutes of India, KU has secured 58th rank, a result of which was released by the Union Ministry of Education on Monday.

According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), among the top 100 in engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Jammu has secured 67th rank and National Institute of Technology Srinagar has figured at 82nd rank.

Similarly, among the top 100 in management, Indian Institute of Management Jammu (IIMJ) have secured 41st rank.

Likewise, among the top 30 in Architecture and Planning, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University Katra have secured 26th rank and among the top 40 in Agriculture and Allied Sectors, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology of Kashmir Srinagar have figured at 9th rank.

Ironically, among the top 100 in colleges and medical colleges or institutes from India, no college from Jammu and Kashmir have figured in the list.

The NIRF-2023 results further state that among the top 50 in Research Institutions, no research institution from Jammu and Kashmir was in the list.

Similarly, no pharmaceutical institutions, dental college, law college or department from Jammu and Kashmir have figured in the list.

Pertinently, KU has jumped up by 20 notches in the 2023 NIRFs ranking in comparison to previous year’s ranking. In 2022, KU will be ranked at 53rd rank—(KNO)

Waris Fayaz

Sopore, Jun 05: Director ULB Mathoora Masoom on Monday called for adopting the 3Rs – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – approach to minimize waste in a scientific manner. She said the government is giving focused attention towards waste management for a sustainable urban future in the Union Territory.

“By adopting the 3Rs approach – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, we are minimizing the waste in a scientific manner so that our areas become more sustainable and clean”, she said while addressing a rally on the occasion of World Environment Day.

As per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Municipal Council Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday celebrated World Environment Day with fervor and enthusiasm, with the Director Urban Local Bodies leading the awareness rally.

The rally, in which students from various educational institutions participated, passed through the busiest Iqbal Market in the town and culminated at Government Degree College (GDC) auditorium where a pledge was taken to eradicate plastic from our lives and to say no to plastic for better tomorrow.

She complimented the Municipal Council Sopore for “carrying out developmental works across the town”. She sought the active cooperation of all the stakeholders to play a proactive role in keeping the environment clean and making people aware in this regard.

“If the 3Rs are strictly followed, we can get rid of a huge problem in our urban and rural areas,” the Director added. She, however, asked the municipal council to ensure extra cleanliness measures across Sopore town stating that the Sopore is the only council having 21 hoopers for 21 wards.

Meanwhile, the students from government higher secondary schools presented skits on the occasion, through which awareness was spread among the participants regarding the environmental protection, and the same was quite applauded by the participants.

Moreover, a felicitation program was also held during which students were felicitated with certificates and award money.

The awareness rallies were also held across the sub-division including Najmu Sehr Higher Secondary Duroo, and Amzet Public School Warpura besides a cycle rally by the BDC chairperson from Dal Bungalow to GDC Sopore—(KNO)