Locals in Jammu wants Rohingyas to be deported alleging they’re impacting their business

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March 8, 2023

Locals in Jammu wants Rohingyas to be deported alleging they’re impacting their business

Jammu: Several locals of Karyani Talab area of Bhatindi in Jammu yesterday alleged that Rohingya’s living in the area is impacting their small-scale business posing a direct challenge to their sustenance of livelihood.

Talking to the media, a local woman, said: “I was going with my brother in the night then some Rohingya children passed comments at me and said [hey! Hindu woman, where are you going)”.

“I told them I will slap you there were many people there. Someday these kids will not even allow us to cross this way”, she said.

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“We are locals and they are acting like they own Jammu”, she alleged.

“We are living on rent here and they have this audacity to pass bad remarks at us”.

“I told my brother about the incident, he asked I should have inform him that time. But fearing a ruckus I didn’t”, she added.

“Yes, our business is effected because of the rohingyas”.

“We had a meat shop earlier in Narwal but now we shifted it to Doda under compulsion as our earnings were less”, said another local woman.

“The Rohingyas should be deported from here”, she said.

“They have closed our business here because they’re operating a whole Burma market here”.

“They sell everything from fish to meat, clothes, slippers”, she added.

“What we will eat and how we will teach our kids”, she asked.

“Our business is suffering because of them, they have shops here. We’re not even employed. Our shops is our only source of income. We can’t do anything”.

“I was feeding my kids and when I came back to attend my shop my two blankets were missing, they stole it”, another local woman said.

“They’re trafficking minor girls here and take them to Srinagar and someday they will also attack local girls here”, said a local man.

“They are also carrying out thefts here. The govt deported them but they came back, they should be sent back”, he added.

No Holi celebration in Dhangri village this year

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March 8, 2023

Residents of Dhangri village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district did not celebrate Holi on Tuesday following the killing of seven people by terrorists early this year.

“We are still in mourning and have decided to stay away from the Holi celebrations this year,” local Sarpanch Dheeraj Sharma said.

Terrorists struck the village on January 1 and targeted several houses of a particular community before fleeing the scene, leaving behind an Improvised Explosive Device (IED).
While five people were killed in the firing by terrorists, two others died in the IED explosion the next morning. A total of 14 villagers were injured in the twin attacks.

Holi was celebrated in most parts of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. Sharma said staying away from Holi celebrations was a moral responsibility for every one in the area.

“The entire village stands with the victims’ families. The whole village is paying their respect to the killed innocents who included a father-son duo, two minor cousins, two brothers and an ex-serviceman,” he said.

Saroj Bala, who is the only survivor in her house after losing both her sons — Deepak Sharma and Prince Sharma — thanked the villagers for standing with her.

“I have lost my sons but the entire village is with me and everyone has extended the best possible help,” Bala said.

She said the attackers are still at large but “I am sure our forces will eliminate them.” Meanwhile, many temples located near the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector of Rajouri witnessed a special plantation drive with the forest department encouraging people to plant saplings to safeguard the environment.

Divisional Forest Officer, Nowshera Nilima Shah said the main drive was conducted at Shiv Mandir Thandapani in which a number of devotees and locals planted Rudraksh saplings in the temple premises.

Number of plants were planted by locals and students to celebrate Holi while plants were also distributed among the locals and students, she said.

The temple management lauded the efforts of the forest department for conducting such a drive.

Similar drives were conducted at various other places including Shiv temple Makol and Lamman temple in which members of trust and devotees participated, officials said.
“The objective of J-K Green drive is to reach the maximum number of people to encourage them to plant trees,” Shah said.

Traffic Resumes On Jammu-Srinagar National Highway

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March 8, 2023

The two-way traffic was on Wednesday allowed on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway which was hit by a massive landslide in Ramban district the previous day resulting in the death of one person and injuries to six commuters, officials said.

The strategic 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was cleared of the debris by road clearance agencies late Tuesday night after nearly eight hours of hectic efforts.

“After clearing hundreds of stranded vehicles on Tuesday night, fresh light motor vehicles (LMVs) were allowed from both Jammu and Srinagar, while heavy motor vehicles were only allowed from Jammu to Srinagar this morning,” a traffic department official said on Wednesday.

He said the traffic was moving smoothly on the highway when last reports were received.
A crane driver was killed and six members of a family were injured when two vehicles came under the landslide at Seri village near Ramban town around 2.30 pm on Tuesday.

The stranded vehicles were allowed to move towards their respective destinations around 10 pm on Tuesday after the clearance of the debris, the officials said.

21 Inspectors promoted as DySPs

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March 8, 2023

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J&K Home Department has promoted twenty-one Inspectors as Deputy Superintendents of Police (DySPs) and placed one Inspector as DySP (Telecom) on purely stop-gap basis for a period of six months.

Promotions and placements have been made by three separate orders.

Sixteen Inspectors (ministerial) have been promoted as DySPs (ministerial) Administrative Officer Level 8 (47600-151100) in the pay matrix with immediate effect. They included Nassrullah Khan, Neeru Bakshi, Iqbal Singh, Ajay Kumar Sharma, Rakesh Sharma, Manzoor Ahmed, Fayaz Ahmad, Mubark Tamkeen, Ghulam Jeelani, Ashwani Kumar, Firdousa Mufti, Shakeel Ahmad, Mohammad Shafi, Smima Aijaz, Nazir Ahmed Yatoo and Nazir Ahmad Wani.

Through a separate order, five Inspectors (Steno) were promoted as DySPs (Steno) Private Secretary level 8 (47600-151100) in the pay matrix. They included Mohammad Latief, Bilal Ahmad Ganaie, Mushtaq Ahmad, Trilok Singh and Girdhari Lal.

As per a separate order, Inspector (Telecom) Farooq Ahmad Lone has been placed as DySP (Telecom) in his own pay and grade with immediate effect. This arrangement would be purely on a stop gap basis for a period of six months or till the post was filled up on a regular basis, the order mentioned.

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Amid forecast for mainly dry weather, the minimum temperature recorded a rise in Jammu and Kashmir barring Pahalgam, Gulmarg and Kupwara on Wednesday, officials said.

Quoting an official of the meteorological department said that Srinagar recorded a low of 3.5°C against 3.3°C on the previous night and it was 0.2°C above normal for the summer capital.

Qazigund, he said, recorded a low of 2.4°C against 2.0°C on the previous night and it was 0.2°C above normal for the gateway town of Kashmir.

Pahalgam, he said, recorded a low of minus 1.7°C against minus 1.4°C on the previous night and it was 0.3°C below normal for the famous tourist resort in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.

Kokernag recorded a low of 4.1°C against 3.9°C on the previous night and it was 2.2°C above normal for the place, the officials said.

Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 1.6°C against minus 0.8°C on the previous night and it was 1.9°C above normal for the world famous skiing resort in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, he said.

In Kupwara town, he said, the mercury settled at 0.2°C against 0.4°C on the previous night and it was 1.2°C above normal for the north Kashmir area.

Jammu recorded a low of 14.6°C against 12.9°C on the previous night. It was 0.6°C above normal for J&K’s winter capital, he said.

Banihal, he said, recorded a low of 4.7°C (above normal by 0.6°C), Batote 7.6°C (above normal by 1.7°C), Katra 11.8°C (0.3°C above normal) and Bhadarwah 4.1°C (1.0°C above normal). The MeT department has forecast dry weather to continue till March 12.

Proud Moment: Meet Jammu’s daughter who got job in AIIMS Jammu

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March 7, 2023

Ms Sapna who qualfied Norcet exam and appointed as Nursing officer in AIIMS Jammu

Proud Moment: Meet Jammu’s daughter who got job in AIIMS Jammu

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Jammu: Coming as a proud moment for the locals in Jammu, a daughter of the soil namely Sapna who is from Billawar in Jammu has brought delights after qualifying the prestigious Nursing Officers Recruitment

Talking to the media, Sapna, said: “I have studied till 10th in a local school in Kishenpur and then I went to Billawar Public School for my 11-12th”.

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“Then I dropped a year to study for NEET exam, but I couldn’t qualified it, later I again thought to appear for the same but I had my fears, what if I couldn’t crack it again”, said Sapna.

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“Lastly, I thought that if I really aspire for health sector, I can go for nursing. I was aware of Bsc. nursing and that time this profession had a bad reputation, but today this sector is in high demand”, added Sapna.

“Under the PMSSS scheme through AICTE I got a seat in Lady Hardinge Medical College in Delhi on the basis of 12th class marks, I got admitted there after two days of counselling”, she further said.

“It is one of the top-10 MBBS college in ranking. From 2017-21 I studied in the college and then in 2021 I graduated”, she remarked.

“I also appeared in 2021 for the Norcet exam, but I was not prepared for it, I was already a registered nurse, but what about the job”, she asserted.

“I decided that I really wanted a job in AIIMS somehow to make my carrier a surefire cause during covid nursing witnessed a boom and I’m proud of myself that I got selected in AIIMS”, Sapna said.

“In 2022, I sat for norcet exam and when I saw that my rank is 10,300 among lakh student for which I only dedicated few months, it jolted me and I started taking it seriously”, she further said.

“I was studying for the Norcet then one day as I was surfing the net I came across Jammu Nursing Coaching Institute online class videos as I was tired of going outside Jammu and travelling and on-line coaching, I thought of giving Jammu Nursing Coaching Institute a chance”, said Sapna.

“The JNCI management team told me to take their demo classes for 2 days, which impressed me, the teachers cooperated with me”, she added.

“On 11th sept I sat for norcet and I qualified it with flying colors. My family is my mitochondria when I told them I want to drop a year for NEET exam, they nodded yes”, she asserted.

“My father supported and also dropped me in Delhi and when I came to Jammu my family asked me what I want to do, I told them I wanted to prepare for Norcet. They encouraged me to join a coaching center as its milieu will bind my concentration”, she said.

“I joined Jammu Nursing Coaching Institute (JNCI) so that the class milieu keeps me motivated for my objective and it worked for me and I qualified the exam”, Sapna added.

“The year 2022 proved very fortunate for us as my brother cleared MBBS, he fulfilled my dream, I have less remorse now”, Sapna told media.

Responding to a query on how to prepare for exams, Sapna, said: “If the students in Jammu want to become nursing officer then they really should join JNCI and even for JKSSB I recommend the same institute. A self motivated person can attain any goal”.

“For four years I worked as a nurse and everyday I used to practice for the same in my college in Delhi. On my first day of the college I saw a casualty and then I saw a patient coming out stable from the ICU, which raised my hope that yes in this profession we can make people better and healthy with care”, she said

“I love to dance, act and I have won several competitions”, Sapna added.

Jammu: Several vehicles come under landslide, deaths feared

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Jammu: Several vehicles come under landslide, deaths feared

Officials fear of casualuties as several vehicles came under a massive landlside on Srinagar-Jammu national highway in Ramban on Tuesday.

They said that a massive landslide near Seri Ramban closed the highway. “Several vehicles trapped under slide. There may be casualties, ” they said.

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” An alto car and a excavator is buried debris due to Landslide at Seri Ramban, six people have been injured among them two are children and they’re being rescued. There might be some casualties also”, as per a local NGO.

A rescue operation is underway and traffic movement stopped on both sides of the highway.

Further details are awaited.

J&K Govt identifies 10 tourism properties to be outsourced

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March 7, 2023

After setting up a panel for outsourcing tourism properties, the Jammu & Kashmir government has so far identified 10 assets for which they have floated tenders.

A top official said that the administration has identified 10 properties of the tourism department for which they have floated out the tenders for their outsourcing.

“As of now, the Request for Proposal (RFP) of only 10 tourism properties has been rolled out for outsourcing, and bids have been invited through a tendering process,” the official said.

He informed that the tourism properties to be outsourced are almost equal from both Kashmir and Jammu provinces.

Asked if more tourism properties are to be outsourced, the official said they are examining it. “More properties are likely to be outsourced in the future,” he said.

Meanwhile, according to a letter by Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation (JKTDC) to the Secretary of Royal Springs Golf course Srinagar, the J&K administration has also proposed to ‘outsource’ the famed Royal Spring Golf Course (RSGC) through public-private-partnership (PPP) mode.

In a letter to the Secretary RSGC, the Managing Director of JKTDC said some properties of the corporation and Directorate of Tourism Jammu and Kashmir are proposed to be outsourced on a PPP mode.

“Royal Springs Golf Course (RSGC) has also been included in the list of outsourcing,” the letter reveals.

However, the officials confirmed to KNO that the Request for Proposal for RSGC has not been issued as of now and that tendering/bidding process of only 10 tourism properties has been initiated.

MD JKTDC, while speaking about the letter to Secretary RSGC, said the communication was sent to seek information on assets.

Notably, Jammu & Kashmir’s government set up a panel to decide the mechanism of outsourcing the identified assets of the Tourism Department in a phased manner.

Locals celebrated Holi with pomp in Jammu

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March 7, 2023

Locals celebrated Holi with pomp in Jammu

Jammu: Considered as one of the most amazing festivals, Holi is here to rock the Jammuites and the locals are celebrating it with much excitement.

The locals are being seen celebrating Holi by throwing coloured powder on each other’s faces, singing sacred songs, playing cards and eating delicious sweets and drinking thandai.

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The festival of colors is being celebrated here in Jammu by the natives with much zeal and gusto.

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Scores of locals went to the streets to play holi and drenched themselves in colours.

While wishing happy holi the Children as well as adults seen throwing colors and water ballons and spraying water on each other in Jammu.

“We wish everyone happy holi”, said three teenagers whose face were colored and were going on a bike.

“The festival of holi use to be celebrated with pomp every year in Bhairav temple and today it is also being celebrated here” said, a local man.

“We’re celebrating with organic colors and thandai is being served to the devotees here also”, he added.

Five J&K govt employees suspended

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March 7, 2023

Five employees have been suspended and an inquiry has been initiated for releasing excess payment under ‘MGNREGA’ in block SK Pora in central Kashmir’s Budgam district.

An official told a local news agency, Kashmir Dot Com, that two employees identified as Musadiq Nazir (VLW) and Ilyas Ahmad Wani (In-charge Junior Assistant), Owais Mohammad Dar (Technical Assistant), Afarmeen Ali (Technical Assistant) and Sareer Ahmad Ganie (GRS) of block Snoor Kali-Pora in Budgam have been suspended by Project Officer Wages Employment (ACD) Budgam, and an inquiry has been initiated if the excess payment has been released under ‘MGNREGA’ (Labour and material component) in Block SK Pora in Budgam.

All five officials have been placed under suspension and attached to ACD Office Budgam, he said.

The inquiry committee comprising AD Planning Budgam Mohammad Abrahim, BDO SK-Pora Shahbaz Chowdhary, SO Planning of Block Narbal Irshad Ahmad, and JSA Planning of ACD Office Budgam Tanveer Ahmad Lone have been asked to submit the detailed report within weeks’ time positively.