Srinagar Police has appealed public to remain vigilant regarding activities of 03 lady theives active in the city and are currently evading arrest.

Police received few complaints from some time regarding the activities of lady theives in the city.

On 16.07.19,03 lady theives namely 1.Tahira W/o. Altaf Ahmad Shiekh R/o Umarabad, Gul Colony
2. Mumtaza W/o. Lt.Mohd Afzal Sheikh A/P Lawaypora and
3. Naseema W/o. Lt.Zahid Hussain Naqvi A/P Parimpora have stolen golden bangle from an elderly lady near Badyari Chowk,Dalgate.This is the second such incident committed within a weeks time.

Accordingly FIR No. 57/19 U/s 382 RPC and 60/19 U/s 379 RPC were registered in Police Station Ram Minshi Bagh and investigation taken up.Police Investigating team obtained the CCTV footage from the area and from the CCTV footages,it is clear that ladies are involved in the thefts.

The ladies are clearly visible in the video/Photographs,who after stealing are running away.

Reportedly these ladies are seasoned theives and besides pickpocketing, they target old ladies and steal away golden ornaments from them especially at crowded places and private buses.These ladies are residents of Parimpora area but frequently change their residence and are currently on run.

General public especially ladies are advised to be aware/vigilant against them.Hunt to nab them is going on.

Govt. Appoints 39 PPs, APPs

KD NEWS SERVICE

SRINAGAR, July 18: The governor led administration on Thursday appointed 39 Public and Additional Public Prosecutors for different subordinate courts in Jammu and Kashmir.

The 39 advocates appointed, include Basharat Khaliq Bhat who has been appointed as Additional Public Prosecutor in Baramulla lower court.

The notification to this effect was issued today with a direction to all the appointed public prosecutors and additional public prosecutors to lookafter civil litigations of the state in their resepctive courts till alternative arrangements are made by the government.

Srinagar, July 17: The dilapidated condition of Rambagh road in central-Kashmir’s Srinagar has been causing huge inconvenience to the locals and commuters alike.

A representation made by the residents to news agency here said that road at Zum Zum Complex near Noorani Masjid is dotted with potholes at several places while alleging that the concerned authorities are paying no attention towards the issue.

“We had even approached the concerned authorities to seek their attention but nothing significant was done on the ground level,” Abdul Hamid Bhat part of the delegation said.

“Although the road was macadamized in 2017 but soon after a drain was made following which no repairment was done and the road was left as such,” he said.

Another member said that “during rains, the whole stretch turns into a pool causing immense problems to everyone even now the dust generated by passing vehicles is creating respiratory problems for the children and elderly people.”

Urging the Governor-led administration to mitigate their sufferings, the delegation said that “we make a fervent appeal to Governor to look into the matter and direct the concerned authorities to undertake repairs of the road at the earliest to ease our sufferings.” (GNS)

Kashmir Despatch News

Kupwara, July 18 : A 35 year old woman died of cloudburst in north Kashmir’s Kupwara village on Thursday evening.

Reports reaching Kashmir Despatch said a cloudburst in Gagal village of Lolab in Kupwara district this evening claimed life of a 35 year old woman.

A police officer while confirming this incident to Kashmir Despatch said a 35-year-old Shafeeqa Bano daughter of Mohamamd Sadiq Khan resident of Bara Rady Khodi was washed away by gushing waters due a cloudburst in the area this evening. officer said that she was later her body was recovered and body was handed over to family for last rites.

Srinagar, Jul 18 : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Ab Qayoom Wani showed serious concern over the delay in implementation of health insurance policy in favour of government public sector pensioners and temporary employees which was in vogue last year and has been stopped reasons better known to government but the employees are the worst victims due to non availability of the said scheme and many poor employees have lost their breath due to non availability of health insurance scheme and could not afford sky touching cost of health care.

In a statement issued, Wani while interacting with the employees delegations regarding the health insurance and other pending issues of employees urged upon the Governor adminstration to come up with the expectations of employees and not test their patience.

He assured the employee delegation that PDP leadership will take up this issue with Governor administration especially with chief secretary BVR Subramanyam. 

Srinagar, Jul 18 : In an announcement with far reaching consequences, Peoples United Front Spokesman today said that if elected, the PUF Government will scrap the New Pension Scheme and strengthen the social security net for state government employees and members of three All India Services, IAS, IPS and IPS, posted to J&K.

As per the NPS, employee contribution from salary is matched by an equal contribution by the Government and at the end of the service the employee gets pension from this fund which is managed by a central pension fund authority.

However, over the years there has been a serious lack of clarity as to the amount and duration of pension employees will get in future and employee associations have been complaining that NPS has compromised their social security.

Peoples United Front Spokesman asserted that thousands of employees appointed after 2010 have approached the party with the request to take steps for revocation of NPS in its current format.

“It was in this backdrop and after detailed consultations with employee associations that PUF decided to take a stand on this and the step is expected to give hope of safe future to thousands of employees who are giving their best for the welfare of this state,” the statement reads.

“Not only the state government employees but members of All India Services also who are serving in J&K will be benefitting with this initiative. All India Services pay rules are there but it’s the state government which pays their salaries so a mechanism will have to be found to ensure at-par treatment.”

Officers from outside the state have often complained about lack of proper housing and education facilities for their families in the state and this needs to be addressed.

“It will bring back the dignity to government service and raise the morale of government employees,” the spokesman said.

“We have to create more jobs in private sector. But we can’t make the government sector less attractive by denying the social security to employees. Pension has to be there. If we want youth to prefer private sector because of dearth of jobs in government service, we have to first create adequate employment opportunities there,” added the spokesperson.

“J&K has not seen adequate industrial development and private sector investment over the years. Government is therefore the biggest employer. But when SRO 202 was brought in it was a serious injustice with youth who wanted to get government employment. There are better ways of fiscal prudence than denying the educated youth their right to dignified livelihood and cutting their salaries below the minimum wage and taking away the pension. Scrapping SRO 202 will be a part of this dignity initiative,” reads the statement.

PUF will massively focus on ‘livelihoods’ for all to tackle the rising unemployment and give social economic and political justice to people of J&K.