JRL appeals for a complete shutdown on Sunday, 3rd February 2019, at the arrival of Indian prime minister in Jammu Kashmir.
Five years of Nerander Modi rule are marred with tyranny and oppression in Kashmir and his arrival only deserves a protest from the oppressed, JRL said in a statement.
BANDIPORA, JANUARY 31: The Department of Industries Thursday held a seminar on ease of doing business at Mini Secretariat Bandipora with an aim to create awareness among the un-employed youth of District Bandipora regarding the incentives of various state and centrally sponsored Schemes for startups.
General Manager DIC Bandipora Feroz Ahmad Mir was the chief guest on the occasion while other senior officials were also present on the occasion. The seminar was attended by a number of unemployed educated youth interested entrepreneurs and startups.
Officials informed the participants about various central and state-sponsored schemes under which incentives are being provided to the startups by the Department for the upliftment of Industrial sector.
Experts also highlighted the success stories of some of the industrial units and startups in Bandipora district to encourage the youth to start their income generating units.
Officials said subsidy is being provided to the beneficiaries on the Purchase of machines, DG set, online monitoring system, pollution devices, 5% interest subsidy on working capital, allotment of land on subsidized rates, re-imbursement of 100% Insurance premium, re-imbursement of CGST and IGST and income tax for first five years and 3.67% employers contribution to the EPF in addition to Governments bearing 8.33% EPS and several other incentives.
Various entrepreneurs from different blocks of the district participated in the camp and interacted with the officials and got information regarding the various schemes under MSME, PMEGP and REGP provided by the Department in order to set up their own business ventures.
General Manager DIC Bandipora Feroz Ahmad Mir deliberated on various Industrial Technologies, policies and procedures and their adaptation practices and intervention in the Industrial sector. He also stressed for the need of registering the Units in the Industrial Sector as the government facilitates the startups by providing numerous incentives.
While urging the youth to become job providers instead of job seekers, Mir said the youth need to change the attitude and prefer to be entrepreneurs so that they not only get employment for themselves but also provide jobs for others. He said JK needs more job providers than job seekers and industrialization is the solution to the growing unemployment in the state. He said the government is providing incentives to attract more people to start industries in the state to curb unemployment.
He urged youth to register themselves with District Industries Centre Bandipora and avail benefits from the ongoing schemes so that Industrial Development will take place in District Bandipora as well.
PDP Chief Spokesperson Rafi Ahmad Mir has demanded the state Government to provide immediate assistance to Kashmir based craftsmen who were participating in annual exhibition at Hyderabad. A massive fire that broke out at Numaish, an annual exhibition held in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
Mir said that around 300 stalls from Kashmir had set up shop there and stock worth crores have been damaged, state government needs to intervene, he demanded. Mir urged the Governor Satya Pal Malik to appoint a special liaison officer to provide them succour.
Expressing grief over the fire incident Mir said that it is unfortunate that most of the Kashmiri shopkeepers have suffered and there is no goods insurance, its moral duty of the Governor to act upon and provide them relief’.
These are young entrepreneurs who pinned hope on this exhibition, now they are distress, we urge the Governor sahib to intervene ”.
Kupwara, Jan 31 : Kupwara police have arrested two youth with 19 Kilograms of brown sugar from Karalpora area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police said.
“The two accused, Zameer Ahmad Raina and Riyaz Ahmad Badan resident of Amrohi village of Karnah Tehsil were arrested from Karalpora area along with 19 kilograms of brown sugar worth 70 crore in international market,” SSP Kupwara Shriraim Ambarkar said while addressing a press conference.
“After receiving a tip-off police laid Naka at Karalpora after stopping a vehicle bearing registration no, JK0IR-4584, police recovered 19 kg of brown sugar from their possession,” SSP said.
He said a case with FIR NO 2/2019 has been registered further investigation is on. KNS
Srinagar, Jan 31 : Suspected militants lobbed a grenade on police party at Sherbagh area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag on Thursday.
Reports said a grenade blast was reported near police station Sherbagh.
In the attack three civilians and a cop received injuries and were rushed to local hospital for treatment.
However the identity of the injured were not known immediately.
Meanwhile whole area has been cordoned off to nab the attackers.
Pertinently six civilians were injured in a grenade blast in Kulgam village on Wednesday.
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Srinagar: There was fresh snowfall in the Kashmir Valley and rains in Jammu region on Thursday as the Met forecast improvement from Friday.
The minimum temperature in Srinagar was minus 0.3 degrees Celsius while in Pahalgam and Gulmarg it was minus 2.7 and minus 6, respectively.
Leh in Ladakh region recorded minus 9.1, Kargil minus 18.4 and Drass minus 14.9 degrees Celsius, respectively.
Jammu was at 10.1, Katra 8.2, Batote and Banihal 0.3 and Bhaderwah recorded 1.2 degrees Celsius.
Srinagar: Amid an outrage against profiteering by some private schools, the government has barred charging admission fee from students taken into the privately-run educational institutions.
The school fee fixation committee (SFFC) of the state government’s education department has ordered the privately-run schools to stop asking students to pay any fee for enrollment and make public their existing tuition fee structure on respective websites and on school notice boards.
“The private schools shall not charge any admission fee from the students, parents/guardians, except tuition fee, annual fee and transport fee and other volunteer fee for picnic, tour and excursion,” reads the SFFC order issued Monday.
“The schools should send a copy to the concerned CEO (Chief Education Officer) and director school education besides the administrative officer of the SFFC,” reads the order issued by the committee.
In the same order, the SFFC has however allowed the private schools to hike the tuition fee by six percent based on August 2018 fee structures.
Private schools have been directed to get their accounts audited by a qualified charted accountant giving full details of fees received throughout the year.
Complaints had been pouring in against private schools for arbitrarily raising the monthly tuition fee after commencement of new academic session in November last year.
“The private school which intends to revise fee structure more than the prescribed ceiling of 6 percent will have to apply for approval from the SFFC,” the order says.
“However, the 6 percent restriction will not apply to the schools charging tuition fee less than Rs 1000 per month and annual fee less than Rs 6000 every year.”
The private schools have also been asked to furnish details of the fee structure as it existed on August, 2014.
The government has also decided to bar new school with a proposed fee structure of more than Rs 1000 as tuition fee per month and RS 6000 per annum.
“The school will be started only after its fee structure is approved by the SFFC,” the order reads.
The schools have been asked fix the fee structure on the basis of expenditure incurred by them on academic, curricular and extra-curricular activities.
“The fee should be charged commensurate to the facility provided to the students and should not include the charges on the facility not availed by the students,” the SFFC order reads.
The private schools have been directed to return all the fees to the students on pro-rata basis in case any child leaves the school due to transfer of parent to any distant area of on health ground.
“The fee should be returned within 60 days of the application submitted by the students,” the order reads.
No traffic will be allowed on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Thursday due to fresh snowfall and landslides, officials said.
Roads in Bannihal sector turned slippery following fresh snowfall, while there were some landslides in the Ramban stretch, a Traffic Department official said.
“Priority will be to ensure that no vehicle gets stranded and all vehicles parked or abandoned at various places on the highway are cleared,” he added.
The decision to suspend traffic on the strategic highway was taken after the Met on Wednesday issued advisory of rain and snowfall in the state.
Assessing the weather and road condition, vehicular traffic was suspended early on Thursday.
The highway which is the lifeline of essential supplies for the landlocked Kashmir Valley, has remained closed for over a dozen days in January due to landslides and snowfall along the nearly 300-kilometre long road.
Weather was expected to improve from Friday onwards, the Met said.(IANS)
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Srinagar, Jan 30 : A guard room outside residential quarter of a senior police officer at Tulsibagh here, caught fire on Wednesday night.
Official sources told news agency that fire erupted from the guard room, housing SSB men, and flames could be seen from a distance. It created panic in the VIP area.
A police official confirming that incident said that fire tenders have reached the spot and presently flames are being extinguished.Regarding the cause of fire, he said that it will be ascertained once the flames are brought to control.Regarding safety of weapons, he said that nothing can be said at present. (GNS)
Srinagar, Jan 30 : The Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Ranbir Singh arrived in the Kashmir Valley on 30th January 2019 to review the prevailing security situation in the region.
During the visit, the Army Commander was briefed by the Chinar Corps Commander, Lt Gen AK Bhatt, at Badami Bagh Cantonment on the major operational, informational, logistical and administrative aspects pertaining to the Corps and about the current situation including recent counter terrorist operations.
The Army Commander lauded the exemplary synergy amongst all security forces and complimented the troops for their relentless efforts and selfless service in bringing peace and tranquility in the Valley.