Srinagar, Jul 28 : Three drug peddlers were arrested by police in Chadoora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district.

On a tip off, the Police Station Chadoora has raided residences of some drug peddlers at Nagam and arrested three drug peddlers identified as Bilal Reshi s/o Mohd Reshi R/o Dalipora Nagam, Imtiyaz Gola s/o Yousuf Gola R/o Babawani Nagam and Irshad Ahmad S/o Gulla Yatoo. The anti drug initiative of the Chadoora police has been widely appreciated by the general public of the area.

People of the area while lauding action of the police against drug abuse, have urged to intensify the drive further so that the menace of drug peddling is curbed effectively in the area.

People of the area have offered wholehearted cooperation to the police in its crusade against drug peddlers adding that the drug addiction menace among youth has spread on an alarming proportion, which was ruining the career of budding youth besides causing a slow death to them.

Parents of the area are of the view that if they failed to eradicate drug menace instantly, the future generation was bound to get ruined, for which lapse, posterity would never forgive them.

Meanwhile, local Masjid Imams of Nagam have appealed to the parents to keep a close watch on the activities of their wards so that they do not get influenced and entangled in vicious circle of drug peddlers.

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Srinagar, July 28 : Police claimed to have arrested an on the run drug peddler after three months in north Kashmir Sopore town.

In a statement here, a police official identified the arrestee as Muzaffar Ahmad Shah son of Mohammad Sultan Shah residence of Adipora Sopore.

The accused is wanted in case with FIR Number 112/2019 U/S 8/22 NDPS act, the statement said.

The accused, as per the statement, was produced before the Additional Sessions Judge Sopore from where he had been sent to district jail Kupwara.

According to the statement, on 3rd of May Sopore Police seized a huge consignment of drugs (spasmoproxivan capsules) and on spot arrested one person Mohammad Shafi Lone son of Abdul Rashid Lone a resident of Nadihal Rafiabad. However two persons managed to escape from the spot one among the two Arshid Farooq Lone (juvenile) son of Farooq Ahmad Lone a resident of Saidpora Rafiabad, who as per the statement, was arrested later on by Jammu police along with his father as the duo were allegedly carrying drugs in their truck.

Muzaffer Ahmad Shah alais Nundshah the kingpin, who has already spoiled the lives of many youth of the town was evading arrest since 3 May 2019. He was put under surveillance, technical assistance was taken too, which showed that he travelled to lot of places (Delhi, Jammu) and did not stay in the Sopore town for almost 3 months. The moment he stepped in the town, he was arrested by Sopore police however the challan against him was already produced before honourable court Sopore, the statement added.

The Governor administration has ordered ban on transfer of teachers in government schools in Jammu and Kashmir for two months.

An official on Sunday said that Advisor to Governor, Farooq Khan ordered ban on transfer of teachers, including masters and lecturers, in the entire state for at least two months. “The decision was taken in this regard during a review meeting of the School Education department chaired by Advisor Farooq Khan, here at Civil Secretariat on Saturday,” he said.

Advisor Khan also ordered the officials present in the meeting that any application for transfer or posting of teaching faculty should be routed through proper channel. “No application for transfer should be accepted at all, except for rare cases which need special consideration after thorough scrutiny,” the Advisor said.

The Advisor also sought details of the number of teachers, masters and lecturers deployed/attached on non-teaching positions-school wise, indicating the period of deployment and the reasons thereof.
He said that the teaching staff that has been attached with the Chief Education Offices (CEO) and Zonal Education Offices (ZEO) for two- three years should be transferred with immediate effect. He said that they should not be transferred to soft areas but to places where there is an immediate need.

He also directed the provincial directors to conduct meetings on monthly basis with the concerned CEOs and ZEOs to supervise the functioning of the schools.

The Advisor further asked the officials to identify loopholes if any in the education sector and redress the same for the smooth functioning of the department.

The Advisor was informed about the various initiatives that have been undertaken by the Education Department to minimize the gender gap in terms of school enrolment and to address the drop-out ratio. He also asked the officials to check the assured minimum facilities in the schools. Various centrally sponsored schemes also came up for discussion during the meeting.

The Advisor also called for constituting of Human Resource Management Cell in the Education sector where the teaching faculty will register their grievances for the effective management of their issues in a time bound manner.

He also discussed modalities for starting of model schools in the state where the students will be provided with the best facilities.(UNI)

Says if people had trusted her to defend state’s identity, she wouldn’t have come third in the Parliament elections

Srinagar, Jul 28 : Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Sunday express amusement over the recent statement of Mehbooba Mufti on protecting State’s identity as travesty of History, saying that it was her who sowed what the people are reaping now. 

Party general secretary Haji Ali Muhammad Sagar said the remarks of Mehbooba Mufti on the protection of state’s identity mock the miseries of people which she unleashed on them during her reign in power. “The undertakings of Mehbooba Mufti on the protection of state’s identity are scornful. We didn’t see her protect the identity of the state when she rolled back the order of hoisting state flag on government vehicles. Why didn’t she protect the unique identity of our state when the state’s unique constitutional identity was questioned by her former coalition partner in Supreme Court? What good was left in the name of our fiscal autonomy was obliterated during her reign. She was the one who crawled before BJP, when she was just told to bend. It was she who sacrificed the very fiscal autonomy of the state before BJP to ascend the altar of power. When in power she opened the flood gates of the state for BJP and RSS, and now she has the audacity to say that she will protect the states identity. People remember how she extended SARFAESI, GST, and NFSC to the state. She snatched the food from the plate of poor by implementing National Food Security Act in the state; she audaciously got GST implemented in the state pushing thousands of people associated with Handicrafts to duress. She took no time to implement SARFAESI act in the state. How can she protect the state’s identity now when she couldn’t do it when she was enjoying power with BJP?”

Sagar said Mehbooba stand no chance to absolve her from the torments she unleashed on the people of Kashmir. “Her assertions look like post dated cheques of a crumbling bank. Had PDP president and the Ex-Chief minister shed tears when our youth were devoured upon in 2016, it would have had any impact. One may inquire from her as to where was her concern for people when the people of Kashmir were subjected to worst of human rights violations. It was during her tenure that people were used as human shield; where her sympathy and empathy was for those who were blinded, bruised during her tenure. People are a good judge of her character and her stint in power,” he said.

Sagar said when enjoying power with BJP she had no concern for state’s identity, “The detailed response of the state government to be filled in the Supreme Court on the issue of Art 35-A never got her approval. She had shelved it to save her government. Moreover no gimmickry can help her gain the confidence of people. She has lost it for all times. If people had trusted her to defend state’s identity she wouldn’t have come third in the parliament elections. She stands no chance,” he said.

“When enjoying the benefits of power, she had bolted her mouth. People who had voted for her, and reposed their faith in her were dejected by her changed outlook. People still remember how sordidly she mocked the death and misery of hundreds of families who had to shoulder the coffins of their beloved, with her ‘Milk Toffee’ remarks. People remember how appallingly she had asserted that the guns of security forces aren’t for display but action. She shamelessly stuck to her chair when the youth who had voted for her were being fired at. She didn’t have the gumption to bid good bye to BJP when scores of our youth, and elderly were being blinded and maimed. On the contrary she barefacedly presided over the relentless miseries of people. How can people forget her treachery and political duplicity? People across the state particularly in Kashmir are bidding goodbye to PDP’s brand of politics, which is based on duplicity, crude lies and political Shenanigans. Mehbooba is herself admitting the fact that people of the state, in particular her workers are disgruntled with her. PDP is a spent force, it never was any; the edifice of PDP has stumbled down under the weight of its own deceit and falsehood,” he said adding, “had BJP not pulled her chair she would have been sitting with them until now. Today we see Mehbooba Ji taking pledges for the protection of state’s special status. How can she assume that she can fool people all the time? If she thinks on these lines then she is surely living in a fool’s paradise.”

Srinagar, Jul 28 : The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President G.A. Mir has expressed anguish over the difficulties confronting Hajj pilgrims from Kashmir due to the lack of facilities required by them.

In a statement issued, G.A. Mir has expressed anguish and dismay over the complaints of Hajis from Kashmir over the lack of transport facilities, electricity in rooms, besides other required facilities and sough immediate redressal of their grievances.

The complaints by Hajis were distressing deserves immediate action by the Hajj Committee of India, Mir said.

Mir censured the State and Hajj Committee of India for failing to ensure facilities to Hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia.

Mir also urged upon the State Govt to take up the matter with Hajj Committee of India to reform the facilities required by the Hajis during Hajj period. 

Srinagar, Jul 28 : Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPC) Vice President and former MLC G N Monga today termed the RTI Act amendment by Nadrendra Modi government as a blow to freedom of speech and expression.

In a statement issued, he said, Modi government diluted the RTI to make information commission a toothless body. “It is a very unfortunate for all citizens of the country, who felt very empowered by this legislation. By bringing the amendments, the central government has effectively asserted its control over the Information Commission,” he rued.

“It is a very dark day for those who value transparency, accountability and a democratic way of working in our country. This particular step has been really a blow to peoples fundamental right to speech and freedom of expression,” Monga said.

By the amendment, the Center government not just has tamed the CIC and RTI Act, but completely finished it. “The amendment has ended commissioners’ independence and turned them into glorified clerks. Their tenure will be at the government’s pleasure. Citizens should strongly oppose these amendments,” the Congress leader said.

Under Modi government decimation of Constitutional institutions like the Supreme Court, CBI, RBI, and Election Commission among others happened and now the Information Commission has been made target.