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DEO Reviews Election Preparedness at Baramulla

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Baramulla, 24 March: District Election Officer Baramulla, Dr G N Itoo today chaired a meeting of designated Nodal Officers, EROs and AEROs to review the arrangements made for the smooth conduct of upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2019.

ADC Baramulla, CEO, Dy DEO, Dy CEO, EROs, AEROs besides various concerned officers were present in the meeting.

On the occasion, a threadbare discussion with regard to the necessary arrangements put in place was held wherein the DEO stressed for working with added zeal and dedication so that elections are conducted in free and smooth manner. He deliberated to ensure basic minimum facilities at each designated polling station and emphasised upon concerned officers to work in coordination so that bottlenecks, if any are sorted in a time bound manner.

Moreover, the meeting also discussed details of polling stations, locations with regard to accessibility, telecom connectivity,  infrastructure, vulnerability and other related issues during which the DEO was briefed about details of the same by the concerned quarters.

Vote me to represent suppressed Kashmiris in Parliament Er. Rasheed

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Handwara 24 March: In an emotional appeal Er. Rasheed today asked people of Kupwara to vote for AIP in the upcoming parliamentary election for restoration of dignity, honor and rights of people of J&K.

While addressing a mammoth gathering at Chinar Park Handwrara today Er. Rasheed lashed out at NC, PDP and PC and asked people to rise to the occasion and discharge their duties by taking a decision of their conscience and reject all those who are equal stake holders in destroying Kashmir.

Amid forceful slogans Er. Rasheed said “My ten years in the state assembly are like an open book and masses must make a difference between friends and the foes.

While NC is trying to create fear psychosis among Kashmiris by discussing BJP’s hyper nationalism, PC is dividing Kashmiris on ethnic and sectarian lines to gain votes.

Both PDP and PC need not to forget that they are partners in crime and have been coalition partners of BJP till the last second and now crying victim and exploiting sentiments of Kashmiris is the old traditional dirty politics, Kashmiris have been subjected to since 1947”.

Er. Rasheed added it looks strange that all the three parties are now trying to show sympathy with the Kashmiris and are leaving no chance to abuse Delhi, whom they have been encouraging and facilitating behind the curtains to destroy self-respect of Kashmiris.

He said “Weather it is banning of Jamat-I-Islami or JKLF, or harassing Mirwaiz and others NC and PDP are the real architects of all these conspiracies. People need not to forget that at the time of much talked grand alliance to form government NC and PDP were never sincere as they had an understanding with New Delhi to continue with the Governor’s rule so that the special status of state is eroded and pro-resistance voices are suppressed without involving NC, PDP or PC in the entire dirty show.

This parliamentary election will be a cross check to the sincerity, commitment, conviction and political will of Kashmiris who have been crying in every nook and corner and blaming NC, PDP and PC as mother of all evils and are holding them responsible for the sufferings of Kashmiris.

Let people decide whether they want to support proxies of New Delhi and agents of extremist forces or want Er. Rasheed to represent them in the parliament without getting succumbed to the compulsions and self-interests.”

Er. Rasheed accused successive governments of ignoring Kupwara district and using people of Kupwara as just a vote bank. He said “Those claiming to be savers of Kupwara should answer if BJP could create a separate division for Ladakh region why couldn’t Handwara get a district.

While Late Mufti Sahab’s regime ignored Kupwara on every front, Omer Abdullah’s six years were no way different.

The promises of getting a medical college, university campus, four lane road, railway link, tunnel for Karnah and maternity hospital proved nothing except false promises and a tool of exploiting sentiments of people of Kupwara.

Principal of Jamaat-run school in Shopian booked under PSA, shifted to Jammu jail

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The principal of a Jamaat-e-Islami run private school was booked under Public Saftety Act in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday.

Reports said Mubashir Hussain, principal Shah-e-Hamdan institute was booked under PSA and sent to a jail in Kathua district of Jammu.

Hussain, a resident of Awneera village of the district, according to reports, was detained a few week ago during a crackdown launched on the party.

In Pak, two Hindu girls abducted, forcibly converted to Islam; Swaraj seeks report

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After reports of two Hindu girls being abducted and forcibly converted to Islam on the eve of Holi, a Hindu-majority festival, in Sindh province, External Affair Minister, Sushma Swaraj has sought details from the Indian envoy in Pakistan.

Taking to Twitter, Ms. Swaraj said she has asked the Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan to send a report on the matter.

According to the media report, the incident took place in Dharki town of Ghotki district in Sindh province on the eve of Holi.

It said the Hindu community in the area staged protests, demanding action against perpetrators of the alleged crime. India has been raising the issue of plight of minorities, particularly the Hindu community in Pakistan.

PTI

20-yr-old dies after playing PUBG for 45 days straight

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According to local media reports, a 20-year-old resident of Jagtial, Hyderabad, had developed serious neck pain after playing PUBG, an online game, for 45 days.

The doctors who treated him in a Hyderabad hospital reportedly found the nerves surrounding his neck were completely damaged after he played the game for long hours at a stretch.

The unfortunate incident in Telangana is the latest in an ever-growing number of cases due to PUBG addiction. As per other reports, PubG has also put a barrier of limited hours of gameplay in India after several flags raised.

60-yr-old Muslim man killed in UP over platform used for Muharram

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In Parsoi village in Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra district, a 60-year-old man was killed over a dispute concerning a concrete platform where villagers kept Muharram ‘Tazias’, The Indian Express reported.

As per reports, the incident happened on the night of 20 March, when, according to the FIR lodged at the Obra police station, the victim, Mohammed Anwar, was attacked when he tried to prevent a group of people from demolishing the platform.

The victim’s family, as per reports, told that the platform was never a cause of dispute between the muslims and the dominant scheduled tribes in the region. They allege that since Kharwar, the prime accused in the case, joined the government school six months back, the tensions began. Kharwar, according to Mr. Anwar’s brother, began holding a Sangh shakha near the platform.

Naeem Ghazipuri, Anwar’s elder brother told The Indian Express that the village pradhan had got the platform built in 2007 to keep the tazias during Muharram and that the residents of the village used to take part in the procession.

However, when the teacher joined six months ago, he allegedly instigated the villagers and got the platform demolished. Later, a compromise was arrived at and the platform was rebuilt.

About a month ago, the platform was destroyed again and was, once more, rebuilt after a compromise with the administration.

However, on the eve of Holi, some people came and tried to demolish the platform again, when Mr. Anwar intervened, the FIR stated.

The suspects have been booked under Sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149 (unlawful assembly), 295 (injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class) and 302 (murder) of the IPC, the report says.

Army personnel killed in cross-LoC firing

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An army man succumbed to his injuries he had sustained in cross-Line of Control firing in Poonch district.

According to the reports, the army man was injured in Poonch sector of LoC on Saturday evening and was immediately shifted to Poonch army hospital for treatment where he succumbed in midnight hours.

“India and Pakistan armies exchanged firing in Poonch sector continued till late Saturday evening hours during which heavy mortar shelling took place in which some structures and vehicles also received damage, ‘ sources said.

(Inputs from KNO)

Project Day held at Prestige International School in Baramulla

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Kashmir Despatch News

Baramulla, March 23 : Projects are the perfect way for school students to have fun exploring science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) and are unmitigated style for growing buds to explore their critical thinking, hidden innovative ideas, creativity and collaboration.

Project based learning has copious benefits for students, ranging from project management to self confidence.

The Prestige International School Kanispora Baramulla on Saturday organised a Project Day.

Several models, charts and crafts on various topics were displayed by the students.

The hard work of students were evident in the working model and submitted their project work like solar system, earthquake alarm, respiratory system, model of village, model abacus, clay bird, model of Taj Mahal, model of island, water dispenser.

Almost every project work was praiseworthy and deserve appreciation.

The students with best project work were awarded prizes as an encouragement gesture.

Thousands attend funeral prayers of slain JeM militant in Sopore

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Suhail Khan

Sopore, March 22 : Thousands of people on Saturday late evening attended the funeral prayers of slain Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant in north Kashmir’s Sopore village.


Two militants were killed at Warpora area of Sopore on Saturday in a three day long gunfight with Government forces, one among them was identified as a local resident.


SSP Sopore Javid Iqbal earlier told news agency that the bodies of both the militants were recovered from the encounter site today afternoon and one of them has identified as Tahir Ahmad War alias Tahir Molvi of Warpora.


Reports said thousands of people assembled in the native village of the slain to offer his funeral prayers.

Eye-witnesses said that a large number of mourners including women staged massive pro-freedom, pro-Islam and anti-India protests and were chanting pro-freedom and pro-militant slogans, reports added.


Amid sloganeering slain was laid to rest.

Release pending salary of elected members of urban local bodies: Mehbooba to the state government

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Srinagar,March 23,: Pepole’s Democratic Party (PDP) President and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has urged the governor administration  to immediately release pending salaries of the elected members of various urban local bodies (ULBs) of the valley.

Speaking to a delegation of elected members of various municipal committees who called her on at her Srinagar residence, Mehbooba underlined that by participating in the elections, these elected members had risked their lives so that they could help their people.  

The delegation apprised miss mufti about the problems they are facing including nonpayment of salaries, non-cooperation by local administration, lack of proper security and accommodation arrangements in their respective areas.

“Members of ULBs and panchayats took great risk while contesting elections. And if they want to use their positions to help their people at the grassroot level, they must be given full support”, Mehbooba said.

 “It is sad to hear that they haven’t been given salaries for many months now. ULB members are also awaiting proper and secure accommodation in their respective areas”, she added.

Mehbooba urged the Governor administration to take immediate steps in order to address issues being faced by the ULB members across Kashmir.

“When local administrations do not cooperate and genuine demands of the elected members aren’t met, it defeats the very purpose of ULBs and panchayats as institutions of strengthening democracy grassrootslevel “,Mehbooba added.