Srinagar, May 30 : Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani has appealed Muslims of the State to observe the last Friday of Ramadan as “Palestine and Kashmir Day”.

He also made a fervent appeal to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to ponder on the present critical political scenario at the international level and chalk out an effective strategy to address the challenges faced by the Muslim community at internal and external fronts.

In a statement issued, Geelani said both Palestine and Kashmiri people have suffered too much since their long subjugation.

“Both India and Israel are in close relation to suppress the legitimate and popular voice of the people of both regions,” he said.

He urged the world community to shun its silence on the inhuman atrocities, killings in both these regions and help resolve both long pending issues recognized by United Nations Organizations.

Hurriyat (G) chairman appealed Muslims to pray for Kashmir and Palestine during Friday prayers.

Meanwhile, Geelani has condemned the use of brute force at several places of south Kashmir and the killing of a civilian Sajad Ahmad Parray of Buderhama, Shopian by government forces.

He expressed deep grief and condolence with the bereaved family.

Meanwhile, Geelani has lauded the “strong commitment and steadfastness” displayed by the incarcerated chairman of Muslim League Jammu Kashmir Masarat Aalam Bhat.

He condemned slapping of 38th Public Safety Act (PSA) against Masarat Aalam and said “it is a sheer political vengeance and a vile act of trampling the freedom of expression and civil liberty of a renowned political leader”. 

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Srinagar, May 30 : Two militants of Lashkar-e-Taiba outfit were killed in an encounter at Dangerpora area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday. 

A police spokesman in a statement said that the operation was launched following a credible input about the presence of the militants at Dangerpora area of Sopore. 

During the search operation, the hiding militants fired on the search party. The fire was retaliated leading to an encounter, the spokesman said. 

In the ensuing encounter, two militants were killed and their bodies were retrieved from the site of encounter, he said.

Incriminating material including arms & ammunition was recovered from the site of encounter, he said. 

Meanwhile, SSP Sopore Javeed Iqbal identified the slain as Nasser Ahmed Mir alias Tawseef son of Mohammad Yousuf Mir of Brath Kalan and Asif Ahmed War son of Ghulam Mohammad War of Warpora Sopore. He said that 2 AK 47 and 6 Magazines were recovered from their procession. “Both the slain as per police records were affiliated with LeT outfit”.

According to official sources Naseer Ahmed Mir was active since 17/11/2017 while Asif was missing from his home since 2/02/2019. 

“According to the police records, Naseer had a history of crime records since 2017. Naseer was part of groups involved in planning and executing a series of militant attacks in the area and many other civilian atrocities. Several crime cases were registered against him. He was involved in case FIR No 319/2017 pertaining to killing of a civilian namely Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Sheikh son of Mohammad Ramzan Sheikh resident of Bomai,” he said.

Asif, as per police records was also involved in militant-related crimes in the area, he said.

“After conducting all legal medico formalities, the bodies of the slain were handed over to their respective families for last rites”.

Meanwhile, authorities suspended internet services in Sopore town and closed all educational institutions in Sopore in wake of the gunfight. (GNS)

Srinagar: Director General of Police (DGP), Dilbag Singh hosted an Iftar Party at Officers’ Mess Humhama here on Wednesday.

Media persons from different media houses (print &electronic) and news agencies attended the Iftar party, the police spokesman said, adding senior officers from the organisation were also present on the occasion.

DGP and other senior police officers interacted with the media persons on the occasion, who expressed happiness on the goodwill gesture displayed by DGP in inviting the media fraternity.

Among others ADGP Coordination PHQ  A.K Choudhary,ADGP Headquarter PHQSh. A.G Mir, IGP CIV PHQ  S.D Singh Jamwal, IGP Personnel, PHQ,  J.P Singh, IGP Shri Vijay Kumar, IGP Traffic J&K  Alok Kumar, Director SSG J&K Shri Surinder Gupta, IGP Crime J&K S. Ahfadul Mujtaba, Director Vigilance Sh. Anand Jain, IGP Kashmir  S.P Pani, DIG CKR  V.K Birdhi and other officers of PHQ, district Srinagar and Budgam were present on the occasion. Special arrangement was made for the Nimaz at the venue itself.

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Sopore, May 30 : Slain militants on Thursday evening were laid to rest amid high pitched pro freedom slogans at their native villages of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.

Two Lashker-e-Toiba militants – Naseer Ahmed @Tawseef son of Mohammad Yousuf Mir resident of Shalpora Brath Kalan Sopore and Asif Ahmed War son Ghulam Nabi War resident of Aftab Mohalla Warpora Sopore were killed in a gunfight at Dangerpora village of Apple town on Thursday.

Eyewitnesses said that thousands of people participated in funeral prayers of the two slain militants at their respective villages.

People from adjacent villages participated in the funeral prayers of both slains despite fasting.

In Brath village amid pro freedom, pro Pakistan and anti India slogans the slain militant Naseer Ahmad was laid to rest at local ‘martyrs’ graveyard.

Eyewitnesses said that after the funeral prayers women and men were seen beating their chests and shouting anti-India and pro-freedom slogans in Warpora Sopore.

Reports said that Asif was laid to rest amid massive pro-freedom and anti-India slogans at local Martyrs graveyard in the village.

Meanwhile Police on Thursday evening in a statement said that one AK-47, one AK-78,AK magazine (06) AK Amm (138) rds , Matrix sheet (03) , silling (o2), Belt (01) and Pouches (02) were recovered from the slain militants.

Srinagar, May 30 : Chairman and CEO JK Bank Parvez Ahmed today dedicated AAS (All About Support) a Cancer Patients’ Hostel in Amboli, Andheri West Mumbai, to provide accommodation facilities to cancer patients of J&K state who visit Mumbai for treatment of the life consuming disease in TATA Memorial Cancer Institute and other renowned oncology centres in Mumbai. The facility was dedicated by the Chairman in presence of Bank’s Executive Presidents P K Tickoo and R K Chhiber, President G N Teli besides Vice Presidents Sushil Gupta, Roshan Khayal & Zonal Head Mumbai Shafat Hussain and a number of officials of the Bank.

 
Delineating about the initiative of the Bank under Corporate Social Responsibility the Chairman and CEO Parvez Ahmed after dedicating the facility said,” Our state has seen a spurt in cases of the terminal disease and most of the patients who travel for treatment mainly to Mumbai are not having sufficient guidance and means to bear the expenses required for treatment and also the expensive lodging at Mumbai. This compounds the troubles of patients and their attendants already reeling under distress. A number of requests were being received by the Bank for accommodating them in Bank’s small staff residential facility in Andheri West. As a humanitarian gesture the Bank had earlier dedicated two rooms but these were unable to cope up with the unfortunate inflow of patients.

Empathizing with the sufferings of the patients from the state, our staff has volunteered to move to rented accommodation and we have after developing the facility under the CSR initiative of the Bank dedicated it today in the holy month of Ramadaan as a humble contribution for alleviating the sufferings of patients and their attendants who often are ready to invest everything for treatment of their loved ones.”

“This would lessen the financial burden and provide succor to the patients and save them the trouble of arranging accommodation while reeling under the debilitating ailment. This I think is a significant contribution of the Bank for the welfare of the people of our state to alleviate the miseries for the Cancer Patients & attendants. This is also very special day to the Bank as we have transcended the boundaries of formal banking beyond business out of state on such a scale for the first time and are having a plan to have such facility in Delhi too soon as a number of Patients are also travelling to Delhi for the purpose of treatment,” Added Parvez Ahmed.

The Chairman further elaborated,” I have always believed in the concept of well defined triple bottomline of economic, environmental and social goals simultaneously to make JK Bank as one of the most responsible corporate citizen with a responsibility beyond our basic responsibility to our shareholders; a responsibility to a broader constituency that includes our key stakeholders: customers, employees, government – the people of the communities in which we operates. I firmly believe that sustainable growth depends on the economic, environmental, and social well being of the society in which we operate.”

The Bank, he further informed, has hired professional dedicated resources from the state to run the facility by creating a homely environment for the patients besides providing them the requisite guidance and liaison with the specialists in the hospitals. Travel assistance in terms of facilitating the patients for arranging Air / Train tickets for travel if required / in distress at the time of emergency or as and when requested or required shall be provided besides providing Doctor on call, ambulance service etc.

Later in the day the Chairman interacted with the staff of the Bank wherein he urged upon the staff to realign the business model in Rest of India operations in such a manner so as to optimize the operations of all the business units for contribution in the business of the bank in a profitable manner with reasonable margins.

The staff interaction was followed by an Iftaar party hosted by the Zonal Head Mumbai for the management and staff of the bank in Mumbai. 

Srinagar, May 30 : A delegation of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry Kashmir headed by its Chairman Mushtaq Ahmad Chaya, Co-Chair Baldev Singh Raina, and Zahoor Ahmed Tramboo met the newly elected Member of Parliament Dr. Farooq Abdullah, on Thursday 30th May 2019. The delegation of PHDCCI Kashmir congratulated the National Conference and felicitated its party president Dr Farooq Abdullah for winning Lok Sabha elections.

In a statement issued, Chaya said “Despite all the notions and problems people came out and Voted for NC which reflects their faith in this party and their yearning for change in the State. We hope that the party works for the development of the J&K State and ensure a strong representation of our issues to the Central Government.

With all the sincere wishes with Abdullah and his party we hope that great things are in store for Jammu and Kashmir with the return of Farooq Abdullah at the helm. We look forward to his leadership and wish him all the success for the upcoming assembly elections.”

Also present in the meeting were PHD Chamber Expert Committee on Sports and Youth Affairs Tariq Ghani, Committee on MSME, Textiles, Agriculture & Allied Agriculture Bilal Ahmad Kawoosa, Committee on Horticulture, Food Processing & Education Showkat Chowdhary, Committee on FMCG (Retail/Whole Sale) Local Trade & Taxation Jan Mohammad Kaul, Committee on Golf, Tourism, Culture & Entertainment Vicky Shaw Task Force on Forest & Environment Mukhtar Ahmad Shah, Task Force on Health, Women Empowerment & Entrepreneurship and Energy Qaiser Mir, PHD Chamber Young Business Leaders & Startup Forum Chairman- Akib Chaya. (

Srinagar, May 30 : Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone Shri S.P Pani today visited Sub Division Kokernag. DIG SKR Shri Atul Kumar and SSP Anantnag Shri Altaf Ahmad Khan besides other officers of the district were accompanying IGP Kashmir.

IGP visited Police Station Kokernag where he held an interaction with the officials and jawans. IGP Kashmir complimented the officers for their dedication and commitment and urged upon them to continue their duties with same passion besides emphasized on the officials to adopt people-friendly practices while discharging their duties.

He urged upon the officers to prioritize the redressal of grievances reported at the Police Station in a professional manner and to ensure frequent interaction with the locals which will help in creating a strong bond between police and public. IGP highlighted that such community outreach programmes help us in better understanding of problems faced by people.

Srinagar, May 30 : The government has failed to create any hygienic condition for the automobile workers at Srinagar Batamaloo area posing a threat to the people.

A mechanic at Srinagar Batamaloo said this area has turned into a hell.

“We suffer from health problems because of the stench all around,” the mechanic said.

He said that Srinagar Development Authority and Srinagar Municipal Corporation were responsible for its present condition.

“We have been told repeatedly that we will be rehabilitated but to no avail. They just come here to collect the rental fee,” he said.

The shopkeepers said that cleaning never take place in the area.

The automobile shops were established near the Batamaloo bus stand in 1976. In 2017, their business was badly hit after the government decided to shift the bus stand. Out of 1300 shops, 1000 have already shut down. (KNS)