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Shift Vendors From Parimpora Bus Stand: Div Com To Officers

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Shift Vendors From Parimpora Bus Stand: Div Com To Officers

In order to decongest Parimpora Bus Stand, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir directed SDA, SMC, Traffic Police and RTO to start intense drive immediately and shift all registered road side vendors to the new vending zones.

The Divisional Commissioner passed this direction while reviewing various issues of transporters and commuters at Parimpora Bus Stand.

Div Com directed Traffic and Police officers to ensure that unregistered vendors do not enter the new vending zones and violators be dealt strictly as per the law.

Other issues of Parimpora bus stand were also discussed threadbare in the meeting.

The Divisional Commissioner asked Deputy Commissioner Srinagar to personally visit the Parimpora Bus stand next week and submit the report to the Divisional Commissioner’s office.

The Divisional Commissioner stressed all concerned officers to work with close coordination and dedication so that all bottlenecks of Parimpora Bus stand will be removed immediately so that commuters and transporters do not have inconvenience.

Additional Commissioner Kashmir Tasaduq Hussain Mir, VC SDA, Chief Engineer R&B, RTO Kashmir, Police, Traffic, SMC and other concerned officers were present in the meeting

Any Decision To Crush Militancy Won’t Be Opposed By Congress: JKPCC Chief

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Any Decision To Crush Militancy Won’t Be Opposed By Congress: JKPCC Chief

Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) chief, Ghulam Ahmad Mir on Tuesday said that any decision to crush the militancy in Jammu and Kashmir will not be opposed by the Congress party. Mir on the sidelines of the presser in Jammu said that the party’s candidates from two constituencies in Jammu will emerge victorious.

“The votes on the two Lok Sabha seats will convert this time and the party is hopeful of emerging victorious on the two seats in Jammu,” he added.

Referring to a query, Mir said, “we will never oppose any decision that will be taken to crush the militancy in Jammu and Kashmir but the NDA government has failed to take any step in last five years and the decisions in this regard are being taken when the elections are nearer.”
Reacting to NC’s LS candidate from Bla constituency, Muhammad Akbar Lone’s statement, Mir said, “Lone has made such kind of statement from the constituency where NC-Congress has not entered into bonhomie, therefore it is upto NC leadership to decide anything regarding Lone’s statement,” he added.

About alliance in assembly elections, JKPCC chief said, “We have entered into bonhomie for LS polls. Any decision regarding assembly polls will be taken after the culmination of parliamentary polls.”
Earlier in a presser, Mir said that Congress president Rahul Gandhi has taken a bold step by announcing Rs 72,000 per year to the downtrodden families of the country. “Rs 6000 per month will be given to almost 5 crore downtrodden families of the country,” he said.

He also said that NDA government pursued the schemes of UPA government, saying that they only changed the names of schemes.
Mir further said that Congress if voted to power will waive off the debts of farmers. (KNS)

Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif granted bail for 6 weeks for medical treatment within country

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Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif granted bail for 6 weeks for medical treatment within country

Srinagar: Pakistan Supreme Court on Tuesday granted former premier Nawaz Sharif bail for six weeks to obtain medical treatment within the country.

Sharif’s plea for bail was accepted by the three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa today on medical grounds, Dawn reported.

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) yesterday had also submitted an appeal opposing Sharif’s bail petition and asked that it be rejected.

Sharif is serving a seven-year prison sentence awarded to him by an accountability court in the Al Azizia corruption case. The former premier had filed a bail plea in the IHC on medical grounds but it was turned down last month, as the high court noted that “none of the reports [about Sharif’s condition] suggest that continued incarceration of the petitioner, in any way, would be detrimental to his life”.

Sharif’s lawyer Khawaja Haris briefed the court regarding former premier’s medical reports. The chief justice pointed out that Haris had submitted an additional document in court, to which the lawyer responded that it was a letter from one Dr Lawrence to Dr Adnan. When the court inquired who Dr Adnan was, Haris replied that he was Sharif’s personal physician.

Pulwama Attack Triggers Dangers Of Virtual SIMs

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Pulwama Attack Triggers Dangers Of Virtual SIMs

As reports emerged of the suicide bomber behind the Pulwama attack in Jammu and Kashmir using virtual SIMs for communication with his handlers, the country woke up to the dangers of allowing these kinds of app-based communication services.

What are these virtual SIMs and how do they work?

Virtual SIM is an application-enabled service that requires you to install an app to use a number. With this technology, it is possible for one to have numbers of different countries.

There are a number of apps that offer virtual SIMs for Android and iOS users. InstaVoice ReachMe, for example, offers virtual numbers from the US, UK, France and Canada. Incoming calls to the virtual number can be answered for free in the ReachMe app, over data or Wi-Fi.

These apps which often offer calling as well as messaging services generally work using the VoIP (voice over IP) technology.

There are several benefits of a virtual SIM. If you have to travel to a foreign country, you can give your virtual SIM number to a friend and make use of free incoming call services that many of these apps offer.

If you run a business, virtual SIMs can help you have a different number for business purposes while keeping your physical SIM number completely private.

However, there are also dangers of using virtual SIM as the verification process can easily be faked by bad actors.

Adil Dar, the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) bomber behind the Pulwama attack, reportedly used virtual SIM generated by a service provider in the US, prompting security agencies in India to seek more details about the terrorist and his associates from the US service providers.

“Now this is an issue, because first of all you will have to depend on how closely the other country would cooperate and the second issue is that the address and other details might be faked,” Faisal Kawoosa, Chief Analyst at market research firm techARC, told IANS.

The February 14 Pulwama attack killed 40 CRPF personnel and brought India and Pakistan on the brink of a conflict.

“The government must simply ensure that such virtual coordinates are blocked in India,” Kawoosa said, while adding that virtual SIMs should not be confused with eSIM or embedded SIM that users of the latest iPhone models can use.

In India, telecom operators Airtel and Reliance Jio offer eSIM, or digital SIM support.

“eSims first of all let you change the operator without any swap of SIMs and you would digitally go to a new operator. Upon registration your eSim would get reconfigured on a new operator network,” Kawoosa said.

“eSIMs are the inevitable future as regards the evolution of SIMs. It’s going to happen and more smartphones are going to be launched with eSIM,” he added.(IANS)

Congress will launch ‘surgical strike’ on poverty: Rahul Gandhi

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Jaipur: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday promised a “surgical strike” on poverty and said his party had been working on how to eradicate it for the last six months.

Addressing a rally in Suratgarh a day after declaring his party would roll out a minimum income guarantee scheme for the poorest 20 per cent households if voted to power, Gandhi said only the rich could dream under the Narendra Modi rule. 

“We will eradicate poverty in the country. This is a ‘dhamaka’. No country has done this in history. There should not be a single poor person in the country,” Gandhi said.

He said his party would work to reduce unemployment if it comes to power.

“If Modi gives money to the rich, the Congress will give money to the poor,” Gandhi said. 

Alleging that Modi had helped those who had black money, the Congress president said those lifted from poverty by the UPA government had again been made poor in the last five years. 

According to him, 14 crore people were lifted from poverty by the UPA government.

“It is a shame that there are still 25 crore poor people in the country,” Gandhi said.

“You will get the right price for your labour and product,” he told the gathering. (PTI)

Shadows of war hover as Modi govt could go for ‘another misadventure’ before general elections: Imran Khan

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Shadows of war hover as Modi govt could go for ‘another misadventure’ before general elections: Imran Khan

Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said Indo-Pak relations would remain tense till the general elections in India are over, adding he feared “another misadventure” by Pakistan’s eastern neighbour.

Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated after the February 14 attack in Pulwama that left 40 CRPF personnel dead.

Khan said shadows of war were still hovering over Pakistan and India as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration could go for “another misadventure” before the general elections.

“The danger is not over. The situation will remain tense till forthcoming general elections in India. We are already prepared to avert any aggression from India,” Dawn quoted Khan as saying. (PTI)

General Election 2019: ECI Provides Postal Ballot Facility To Kashmiri Migrants

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General Election 2019: ECI Provides Postal Ballot Facility To Kashmiri Migrants

UDHAMPUR, MARCH 26: In order to facilitate Kashmiri migrants in the General Election 2019, the Election Commission of India has accorded the facility of postal ballot to them in their respective constituencies.

In this regard, Assistant Returning Officer (Migrant) Dr. Anirudh Rai informed that migrant voters who wish to cast their vote in person or through postal ballot are requested to fill form-M/form -12C.

The forms are available at the office of the Zonal Officer (Migrant) Udhampur near Head Post Office Udhampur and Assistant Returning Officer (Migrant) Collector Land Acquisition Northern Railway near Excise and Taxation Office Railway Station Udhampur.

Congress only binding force between three regions in J&K: Dr Karan Singh

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Congress only binding force between three regions in J&K: Dr Karan Singh

Former Member of Parliament and Senior Congress Leader, Dr Karan Singh on Tuesday claimed that Congress was the ‘only’ force in the country that binds all the three regions of Jammu and Kashmir.

Speaking to a delegation from district Kishtwar and Doda districts here this afternoon, Dr Singh said that Congress always play its part in the developmental sector not only in state of Jammu and Kashmir, but in the entire country and added that the developmental works started under an able leadership of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh presently proved as backbone of India’s economy.

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NIA was brought to JK by Omar led NC-Congress regime in 2009: Mehbooba

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NIA was brought to JK by Omar led NC-Congress regime in 2009: Mehbooba

Srinagar, Mar 26 : Former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president, Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday blamed National Conference (NC) for the current proceedings of National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Jammu and Kashmir.

Mehbooba while talking to reporters at Baramulla on the sidelines of the party rally said that it was National Conference-Congress regime led by Omar Abdullah in 2009 who brought NIA to JK.

“Like POTA, NC during its tenure has brought the NIA to the State and we were against the move at that time as well,” she said.

She also said that oppressive measures through NIA won’t yield any result to Kashmir issue, but a political solution is the only way out to resolve the issues. “You cannot resolve the issues by imposing bans and seizing the properties but a political issue needs a political resolution only,” Mehbooba said.

Mehbooba also welcomed the reports of opening of Sharda Peeth by Pakistan, saying that the step will benefit Kashmiri pandits as it was the long pending demand of the particular community.

She in a tweet has also said that such an initiative at a time when Indo-Pak tensions are at an all time high could help navigate the current impasse.

Mehbooba also said that she had written top Prime Minister in this regard.

“Not too long ago I had written to PM imploring GoI to reopen Sharda Peeth, a temple across LoC for Kash Pandits. An initiative like this at a time when Indo – Pak tensions are at an all time high could help navigate the current impasse,” Mehbooba tweeted. (KNS)

Sikhs, not Modi, saved Kashmiri students outside : Omar Abdullah

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Sikhs, not Modi, saved Kashmiri students outside : Omar Abdullah


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Baramulla, March 26 : National Conference vice president and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that it was Sikh community which saved Kashmiri students from mob violence in Jammu and outside recently.

Omar Abdullah while targeting Modi Govt said that Sikhs across India came forward when everywhere Kashmiri students were assualted post Pulwama attack. Omar Abdullah said that it was responsibility of Modi govt to provide protection to the students who were attacked by rightwing extremists in Jammu and other states of India, but unfortunately Modi govt didnt exist anywhere

Omar Abdullah also lashed out at Mehbooba Mufti and said that she was trying to fool people who had had to face bullets and pellets during her tenure .
Omar was addressing large gathering of people at Flood Colony Baramulla. (GNS)

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