Suhail Khan

Sopore, July 22 : A 18-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself inside her home in north Kashmir’s Sopore town on Sunday night.

Reports reaching said a 18 year old girl name withheld of Kraltang Sopore allegedly hanged herself inside her home during the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. However,family members of the girl, after spotting her hanging inside the room, immediately rushed her to the Sub-District hospital Sopore where doctors declared her brought dead.

A police officer while confirming the incident to news agency said a case under 174 CrPc has been registered and further investigations in this regard has taken up. The official added that after postmortem body will be handed over to family for last rites.(GNS)

Srinagar, Jul 21 : AIP president and PUF leader Er. Rasheed has reiterated that strengthening People’s United Front (PUF) is need of the hour and masses have realized that.

Concluding his two day tour of Kokernag constituency, Er. Rasheed interacted with around two dozen deputations hailing from different areas and belonging to different sections of society.

Addressing workers meet at Daksum Er. Rasheed said that PUF will replace the traditional dead wood from J&K politics.

He said “PUF will not only work hard to represent political aspirations but will certainly try to give a far better model of Governance, where everyone from top to bottom must always feel himself accountable and answerable for his every act. The traditional parties including NC & PDP have stabbed people of J&K and their misleading and contradicting politics has raised need of an alternate credible political platform and PUF fulfils all those requirements.”

Er. Rasheed reiterated that PUF will not leave people of south Kashmir at the mercy of political renegades and agents of enemies of Kashmiris.

PUF leader Mohd Jameel speaking on the occasion assured full support to PUF not only in Kokernag Constituency but entire South Kashmir and said that PUF is the ray of hope for people of J&K.

Er. Rasheed thanked people for expressing their faith in the PUF manifesto and promised that PUF will not let down the people of state in the hours of crises.

Jammu, Jul 21 : Principal Secretary Industries & Commerce and Tourism Department, Naveen K Choudhary reviewed the progress of ongoing works of “Integrated Tourist Facilities” taken up at Mantalai at a meeting held here under his chairmanship.

The project is being constructed under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme of the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. The approximate cost of the project is Rs. 86.27 crore.

Speaking at the meeting, Choudhary said that with the completion of the project, not only the tourism of the area will boost, but it will also provide solace to nature and spiritual lovers, besides boosting the economy of the area tremendously.

Underlining the need for creating additional faculties for the tourists like eatery, shopping and residential conveniences there, he directed the Chief Executive Officer, Patnitop Development Authority (PDA) to work out a proposal in this regard and submit the same to the Government at the earliest for funding.

He also directed the CEO, PDA to come up with a proposal to make Yoga Centre functional, besides outsourcing the existing hotel/structures at  Shri Dharinder Brahamchari Ashram. He also directed for mapping all the trekking routes of the area to promote it as trekkers’ heaven.

The Yoga Centre being established under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme includes, Meditation Enclave in the lap of nature which will provide spiritual feast to the numinous people. Wellness Spa, Ayurveda Complex with separate area for traditional Indian Spa Therapies, Library and Archiving Centre will also be made available there.

The Project Manager of Executing Agency (NPCC), Mr. K. R. Rana made detailed presentation of the project and assured its completion before the deadline of December, 2020.

Earlier, the Principal Secretary visited the site proposed for Food Park to be built by the Industry and Commerce Department on 25 kanal of land at Sangote (Cheneni). The said Food Park will provide facility to the vegetable and fruit growers to sell their produce at their doorsteps. He directed the General Manager Industries Udhampur to expedite the formulation of its DPR.

Among others present in the meeting were Director Tourism Jammu, Deepika K. Sharma, Chief Executive Officer, Patnitop Development Authority, Pran Singh, General Manager Industries Udhampur, Suram Chand Sharma, AD Tourism, Ambika Bali and other functionaries of the Tourism and Industries Department. 

Srinagar, Jul 21 : Hurriyat Conference (G) said that people from various quarters were enquiring about the health of Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Geelani.

Hurriyat (G) said that Geelani Sahab was not well for last few days, but now by the grace of Almighty and people’s good wishes he is recovering fast. 

Former Member of Parliament G N Ratanpuri has said that he was always an outsider in the National Conference.

“I was on the fence, never allowed to set second foot in the party, but all through these ten years I forcefully voiced my opinion and the concerns of common Kashmiri despite the attempts to throttle me,” he said in a statement.

He lamented that his “audacity” to confront the “high command” may have encouraged a few young leaders to occasionally speak out, but the seniors whom he once idolised chose to remain deaf, dumb and blind.

He said that Omar Abdullah feels proud and delighted in expressing his grandfather as a leader who made people to follow him and who valued his own opinion more than the sentiments and aspirations of his people.

“Omer Abdullah on December 05, 2013 while addressing a gathering on his grandfather’s mazar narrated that how Sheikh Sahib took his people to India through accession in 1947 and through the accord in 1975 against their will, but successfully got their post facto approval because he believed that India was better an option than Pakistan or Azadi. I used to stress upon the leadership to reassure the youth who see no future in India and sacrifice their lives for a dream, tell them that you have taken them to India, India continues to be the best choice and you will protect their honor, their life and their interests,” said Ratanpuri.

According to him, the Party would generally discuss nothing beyond tricks and schemes to win the elections. He said that till the counting day of 17th Lok Sabha elections Dr. Farooq Abdullah called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a dictator, even Hitler. While in Modi’s BJP we hear some voices of dissent, the National Conference lacks the spirit to tolerate even one single voice of dissent.

About his future plans, he quipped, “wait and watch.”