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Officers favoring early elections being ‘harassed’: Omar Abdullah

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Officers favoring early elections being ‘harassed’: Omar Abdullah

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SRINAGAR, Mar 18: The National conference vice president and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah on Monday alleged that officers of Jammu and Kashmir favouring early Assembly elections were being browbeaten and threatened by a lobby of senior officers who oppose such a move.

In a series of tweets, Omar wrote: “One day we will talk about the cabal of officers in J&K who for their own selfish reasons have taken it upon themselves to scuttle democracy in the state.”

“Some have no stakes in the state & some are looking at post retirement postings in cushy appointments. Whatever their reasons they have chosen to put their personal interest ahead of the greater good,” Omar said.

“I’m shocked to hear how officers who have supported early assembly elections are being browbeaten & threatened using their performance appraisals against them to get them to toe the line”

“No honest officer should fear these threats. We must put the greater good ahead of our personal preferences & benefits.

Those people making the threats will not remain in the state for very long,” Omar Tweeted. Pertinently, all mainstream parties in the state except the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) favour simultaneous Assembly and Lok Sabha polls in the state.

General Elections 2019 ECI Issues Election Notification For Baramulla, Jammu Lok Sabha Seats

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General Elections 2019 ECI Issues Election Notification For Baramulla, Jammu Lok Sabha Seats

JAMMU, MARCH 18 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) today issued notification for General Elections to Baramulla and Jammu Parliamentary Constituencies.

As per the notification, last date of filing nominations has been fixed on March 25, while the scrutiny of papers will be held on March 26 and the last date of withdrawal of candidature is March 28 up to 3 PM.

Similarly, as per the notification polling for the two seats will be held on April 11, 2019. The voting hours has been fixed from 7:00AM to 6:00PM.

Engineer Rashid to support NC candidate in a bid to clip BJP’s wings

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Engineer Rashid to support NC candidate in a bid to clip BJP’s wings



SRINAGAR, MAR 18 Independent legislator from North Kashmir’s Langate are Er Rasheed is all set to support Omar Abdullah’s party National conference in coming Parliamentary elections in the state slated for next month.

Sources confirmed News agency that Omar Abdullah and Er Rasheed met yesterday in Srinagar and discussed the modus operandi needed for fighting the polls jointly.
Sources divulged that Er Rasheed has decided to support National Conference from Kupwara district.
Akbar Lone is NC’s Lok Sabha candidate for Baramulla constituency and sources said Er Rasheed is willing to extend support to the NC for coming election, “in a bid to stop not BJP’s growth in Kashmir.”

Pertinent to mention here that in 2014 Lok Sabha election Er Rasheed got 22090 votes from Kupwara.

PTK

Fire breaks in Rafiabad village, fire team on job

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Fire breaks in Rafiabad village, fire team on job

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Sopore, March 18 : A fire broke out in north Kashmir’s Rafiabad village this evening.

Reports reaching Kashmir Despatch said a massive fire broke out at Lorihama village in north Kashmir’s Rafiabad.

Reports said a team of fire tenders reached the spot and are trying to douse the flames.

In the initial report two cowsheds and a residential house are reportedly damaged in the mishap.

More Details will be updated later.

Forces lay seige to Pulwama village

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Forces lay seige to Pulwama village

Pulwama, March 18  : Forces on Monday evening laid a seige to Pulwama village in south Kashmir.

Reports reaching Kashmir Despatch said a joint team of forces including Army, Police and CRPF jointly launched search operation in Sheikh Mohalla area of Naira village in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

Local reports said forces conducted house to house search operation in the area.

A senior police official also confirmed this cordon and search operation to Kashmir Despatch and said following inputs of militants presence in the area search operation has been launched.

Ban on mobiles, imposition of fine, counselling to curb the menace

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Ban on mobiles, imposition of fine, counselling to curb the menace


Srinagar, March 18: Private Schools’ Association of Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK) today expressed its concern over the growing misuse of mobile phones by children in homes and schools alike, as the trend is not only killing the creativity among children and teens but also pushing them towards moral degradation and other ills.

The Association after deliberations with several schools and experts have decided to take several steps including imposition of fines, confiscation of mobile phones and counselling, to confront the menace. “With very passing day the growing use of mobile phones, e-games and other such applications by our students are having disastrous impact on them. Be it mobile games or video creating applications, uncontrolled use has become a huge problem. It not only distracts students from academics, but affects his health and leads to many social ills,” said G N Var chairman PSAJK. “We are taking remedial measures and for its to be successful we need cooperation from parents too.”

The Association has decided to ban the mobile phones and other such electronic gadgets in school premises. “Anybody found using these mobile phones will be subjected to fine besides confiscation of mobile phones, by the respective school authorities. The fine will increase proportionately for repeat offenders. For repeat offenders the parents will be summoned to schools too,” said Var. “At homes too, the screen time of students has to be restricted and here parents need to do their effort. There is need of strict parental watch on use of mobiles by their wards.”

The Association said that modern technology has brought lot of benefits but at the same time it has its disadvantages if used without care. “The excess screen time is killing creativity among students and this will become worse with every passing day. Such are the bad effects of these gadgets that tech giants like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs used to keep their children away from these phones,” said Var. “

The Associations said that besides having negative effect on health, the mobile phones are also leading to moral degradation and loss of social values among students particularly teenagers. “Teenagers are attracted to such devices but without parental watch they particularly girls can land themselves in severe troubles,” said Var. “There have already been some incidents involving mobile phones and steps need to be taken before it goes out of hand.”

Citing global studies, the Association said that early introduction to electronic devices, such as smartphones and tablets, is linked to speech delays in toddlers, reduced sleep and delayed sleep onset. Older children, including teenagers, are also feeling the negative effects of screen time, with poor sleep quality and higher incidences depression (related to social media use in teens).

The Association is also in talks with subject specialists and course is being prepared for counselling the students against ill-effects of mobile phones. “We have also appealed the schools to prepare best material available on internet to tackle the growing use of mobiles even by toddlers and make students understand about its impact,” said Var. “For our efforts to succeed we also need cooperation from parents. They too need to control their screen time and keep a watch on their wards when it comes to use of internet.”

Congress send names of shortlisted candidates for Lok Sabha polls to High command

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Congress send names of shortlisted candidates for Lok Sabha polls to High command 


Ahead of the announcement of notification for the Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the state unit of Congress Saturday said that it has forwarded the complete list of shortlist candidates for all the seats from the state to high command for final selection.

Sources told that as the Election commission of India is announcing the Lok sabha poll dates for the Lok Sabha elections in all the states including Jammu and Kashmir state in the coming week, the Congress took a lead in announcing its probable candidates for the Parliamentary seats.

Reliable sources told news agency that Congress has suggested four names for Srinagar Parliamentary constituency including Tariq Hameed Karra, Kadfeen Choudhary, Farooq Andrabi and Abdul Gani Khan, two names have been suggested from South Kashmir–Peerzada Muhammad Sayeed and Ghulam Ahmed Mir while Taj Mohiudin and Ghulam Nabi Monga and Saifudin Soz are the names suggested for north Kashmir Lok Sabha seat.

For Jammu, Madan Lal Sharma and for Udhampur Vikramaditya Singh has been shortlisted. Sources said that polls will be held in April in phases.

Though sources said that though there has been no official announcement in this regard, sources said that some of the leaders in the shortlist have been asked by the party high command to tighten the belt and go ahead with their election campaign for the respective Parliamentary seats.

Sources said that for Congress, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad will be the chief campaigner for the Lok Sabha polls in J&K.

Via KNS

Sopore missing boy traced in Jammu : Efforts on to take him back: SHO Sopore

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Sopore missing boy traced in Jammu : Efforts on to take him back: SHO Sopore

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Srinagar, March 18: Police on Monday said that missing Sopore youth has been located in Jammu city this afternoon, and efforts are on to take him back home.

Station House officer Sopore Azim Khan said that missing Sopore youth has been located. He said that the boy had reached Jammu first through Train and then four wheeler Tempo on Sunday evening. The Officer said that boy is not carrying Cell phone due to which we are not able to get connected with him easily, he however said that our efforts are on to take him back home at earliest.

Earlier this morning a Hatlangoo Sopore family registered missing report at Police station Sopore with regard that their son
Danish Bashir Khan (13) had left home on Sunday morning after he told them he had to go for Tution in Sopore but did not returned.

In this regard family had already issued number for general public to trace their missing son, he said.

‘I love him as a person’: Christchurch mosque attack victim’s husband forgives terrorist

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‘I love him as a person’: Christchurch mosque attack victim’s husband forgives terrorist

A man whose wife was killed in the Christchurch attack has said he harbours no hatred toward the terrorist, insisting that forgiveness is the best path forward.

“I would say to him ‘I love him as a person’,” Farid Ahmad was quoted as saying by AFP. “I could not accept what he did. What he did was a wrong thing.”

Asked if he forgave the 28-year-old white supremacist suspect, he said: “Of course. The best thing is forgiveness, generosity, loving and caring, positivity.”

Husna Ahmad, 44, was killed at the Al Noor mosque — the first of two targeted by the gunman.

Mr. Ahmad and his wife emigrated from Bangladesh to New Zealand in 1990 and have one daughter.

When the shooting started, Husna helped several people escape from the women’s and children’s hall. “She was screaming ‘come this way, hurry up’, and she took many children and ladies towards a safe garden,” Mr. Ahmad said.

“Then she was coming back for checking about me, because I was in a wheelchair, and as she was approaching the gate she was shot. She was busy saving lives, forgetting about herself.” Mr. Ahmad, 59, who has been confined to a wheelchair since being hit by a drunk driver in 1998, believes he escaped the hail of bullets because the gunman was focussed on other targets.

Mr. Ahmad did not see his wife when he left the mosque and only learned of her death after someone photographed her body. “Her picture was out in the social media, so somebody showed me the picture and I identified quite easily.”

If he were able to sit down with the suspected mass murderer, he said he would encourage him to rethink his outlook on life.

“I will tell him that inside him he has great potential to be a generous person, to be a kind person, to be a person who would save people, save humanity rather than destroy them,” he said.

“I want him to look for that positive attitude in him, and I hope and I pray for him he would be a great civilian one day. I don’t have any grudge.”

Courtesy AFP

Power crisis : B’pora residents protest against PDD

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Power crisis : B’pora residents protest against PDD

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Bandipora, March 18 : Residents of Bonakoot and its adjoining areas in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district up in arms against PDD authorities for failed to restore electricity in these areas.

Reports reaching Kashmir Despatch said scores of people including women blocked Bandipora- Gurez road to register their protest against PDD authorities.

Protesting residents while alleged concern PDD officials who as per them hardly bother to redress the electricity problem in these areas.

Residents while raising anti PDD slogans said that if their grievance were not resolved at earliest they ll go for bigger protest.

Meanwhile officials at PDD when contacted assured that their demand ll be redressed at earliest.

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