Dancer Gang-raped by 6 men after being kidnapped from birthday party

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February 17, 2023

In a shameful incident, a dancer was gang-raped by six men in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district.

The dancer was sexually assaulted by the accused after she performed at a property dealer’s birthday party in the area.

The police registered an FIR basis on the complaint filed by the dancer.

The gang-rape survivor told the police that her team of three dancers was hired to perform at the property dealer’s birthday party for Rs 6,000.

However, as one of the dancers was leaving the event after finishing her performance, six men abducted her in a car and gang-raped her in a nearby jungle.

he gangrape survivor in her complaint alleged that the men were drunk when they committed the crime.

The accused fled after gang-raping the dancer. All the accused are absconding. Unnao Police have launched a manhunt to nab the gang-rape accused.

The complainant further alleged that she had first gone to Jajmau police, but the cops did not take any action. Later, she approached the Kotwali police in Unnao Sadar.

Acting on her complaint, the police booked the accused under Section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code.

Superintendent of Police (Unnao), Siddharth Meena, conformed that the complainant was sent for medical examination and police have started a manhunt to nab the accused.

Centre Sets In Motion Rs 250 Crore Ropeway Project To Holy Shrine

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February 17, 2023

Centre Sets In Motion Rs 250 Crore Ropeway Project To Holy Shrine

The Government of India has commenced the construction of a ropeway project worth Rs 250 crore for Mata Vaishno Devi in Jammu and Kashmir.

In 2022, over 91 lakh devotees visited the temple, with most of them trekking 12 kilometres to reach the temple located in the Trikuta Hills, which sit at an altitude of 5,200 feet near Jammu.

On Wednesday, Rail India Technical and Economic Service Limited (RITES) opened bids for the nearly 2.4-km ropeway project, which will employ a gondola cable car system and could decrease the arduous journey for pilgrims from 5–6 hours to just six minutes.

The project will begin at Tarakote, near the base camp of Katra, and finish at Sanjichat, close to the temple. The project is anticipated to be completed within 3 years. Notably, two years ago, a ropeway was launched from the Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Trikuta Hills to the Bhairon Temple located on another hilltop.

As of now, the only options for getting to the Vaishno Devi shrine are a 12-kilometre, strenuous hike or a helicopter flight from Katra to Sanjichat. For pilgrims travelling to the temple, the ropeway may provide a far more affordable and manageable option.

In 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened a different access route halfway to the temple from Tarakote that has less incline and a lower inclination. The Center also announced the launch of a Vande Bharat train from Delhi to Katra in 2020.

Work on Sewage system on halt, waste goes directly into Dal Lake

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February 17, 2023

Most of the sewage coming out of the houseboats gets dumped into Dal Lake, polluting the famous water body in Srinagar while the government said that the work on laying sewerage system is already going on and the project to be completed by the need March this year.

The sewage coming out of the houseboats is presently getting dumped in the water body, which is further deteriorating the quality of water at Dal lake. “Most of the sewage from the houseboats presently gets dumped into Dal Lake only, but after the completion of the sewage system, the sewage will be shifted to the treatment plant, which will ensure quality water in the lake,” General Secretary of Kashmir Houseboat Owners Association (KHOA), Abdul Rashid Kolu said.

He said that the government started work last year in September to lay the sewage pipelines and other related things, adding that the work was started soon after the Chief Secretary gave directions to come up with the sewage system, which is coming up at the cost of Rs 13.5 crore.

“The pipelines have been laid at several places, but the process has been completed yet,” he said, adding that the work was started in September last year, but is presently at halt for the last two months.

Chairman of the association, G R Siea said the sewage system at Dal Lake for houseboats is much-needed and welcome steps, but the work at present has been stopped probably due to winters.

However, he said that the poles have been erected at many places and it is expected that the work in this regard will be started soon. “The work in Nigeen has been completed, the weather has forced the suspension of the work and we are expecting that the work will be started from March again,” he said.

He added that the sewage system is the best thing to prevent the sewage coming from the houseboats.

Check J&K Weather Forecast for today and next 24 hours

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February 17, 2023

The MeT office said on Friday forecast dry weather with partly cloudy sky in Jammu and Kashmir during next 24 hours.

“Mainly dry weather with partly cloudy sky is expected in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said.

Meanwhile, Srinagar recorded 2.8 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam minus 0.9 and Gulmarg 0.2 degree as the minimum temperature.

In Ladakh region, Drass registered a low of minus 6.4 degree, Kargil minus 6.6 and Leh minus 2.8.

Jammu clocked 12.9 degrees, Katra 12.2, Batote 8.7, Banihal 5.2 and Bhaderwah 6.4 as the minimum temperature.

BCCI Chief Selector Chetan Sharma Resigns

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February 17, 2023

Chairman of the senior selection committee of men’s cricket Chetan Sharma has reportedly resigned from the post on Friday after a TV news channel sting operation surfaced where he shared internal information about the team and selection process. Sharma sent his resignation to BCCI Secretary Jay Shah who accepted it.

The resignation came after a sting operation surfaced during which he said that former India captain Virat Kohli tried to defame the then BCCI president Sourav Ganguly because he felt the latter was responsible for him losing his ODI captaincy.

In September 2021, Virat Kohli announced his decision to step down as T20 captain after the T20 World Cup in Dubai following which the BCCI stripped him of ODI captaincy in December. The BCCI named Rohit Sharma as the white-ball captain.

Ganguly said that he had asked Kohli not to step down as T20 captain because two-white ball leaders were not ideal.

J&K reports rise in cataract cases, 6000 surgeries in 10 months

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February 17, 2023

Cataract is witnessing a steep rise in Jammu and Kashmir as figures suggest that thousands of surgeries have been performed in various hospitals in just a few months.

Ophthalmologists said that COVID-19 pandemic delayed treatment for cataract in J-K.

“As a result, there was a backlog in the number of persons who need to be treated for the condition due to which the number of such patients have increased this year,” they said. “Sedentary lifestyles during the pandemic, uncontrolled diabetes, blood pressure and other chronic health conditions resulted in a rise in cases.”

The doctors said that there is no need to panic if one is diagnosed, as most of the patients feel worried a lot. “With increase in age, the possibilities of developing cataract also gets stronger, they said.

Notably, cataract is a cloudy area in the lens of the eye that leads to a decrease in vision. “Cataracts often develop slowly and can affect one or both eyes. Symptoms may include faded colors, blurry or double vision, halos around light, trouble with bright lights, and trouble seeing at night. This may result in trouble while driving, reading, or recognizing faces. Poor vision caused by cataracts may also result in an increased risk of falling and depression. Cataracts cause 51% of all cases of blindness and 33 per cent of visual impairment worldwide,” the doctors said.

Meanwhile, details available reveals that over 6,000 cataract surgeries were conducted in Jammu hospitals in the last 10 months alone.

Details reveal that 374 cataract surgeries were conducted in Doda from April 2022 to January 2023, 428 in Akhnoor, 2307 in GMC Jammu, 34 in Aacharya hospital Sidra Jammu, 702 at Gandhi Nagar hospital, 49 at Sarwal hospital Jammu, 203 in Kuthua, 443 in Kishtwar, 1040 in Rajouri, 39 in Ramban, 572 in Samba and 121 in Udhampur.

Notably GMC Jammu and GMC Rajouri are on top in performing cataract surgeries under National Control and Prevention of Blindness in Province Jammu.

Moreover, as per details available 2207 spectacles were distributed among children and 2,475 among near work to old elderly in Jammu division in the last 10 month.

Pertinently National Programme for Control of Blindness was launched in the year 1976 as a 100% Centrally Sponsored scheme with the goal to reduce the prevalence of blindness from 1.4% to 0.3%.

3.6 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Jammu And Kashmir

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February 17, 2023

An earthquake of 3.6 magnitude hit the Katra belt of Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Friday, officials said.

There was no casualty or damage to property reported from anywhere, they said.

The quake struck at 5.01 am at a depth of 10 km, the National Centre for Seismology said.

The epicentre was 97 kilometers east of Katra. The latitude and longitude of the earthquake were found to be 33.10 degrees and 75.97 degrees respectively.

The location of quake was 97 kilometers east of Katra.

2 Cars returning from Wedding Crash into Each other, 5 killed

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February 16, 2023

2 Cars returning from Wedding Crash into Each other, 5 killed

In a tragic incident, five people were killed while seven others were injured when two vehicles collided in Uttar Pradesh’ Banda district early on Thursday morning, police said.

SHO Tindwari Narendra Singh said four people died on the spot and one person passed away in the hospital.

Also Read: Jammu: 1 dies, another injured in twin accidents

The injured are undergoing treatment at the Banda medical college.

The two vehicles, Scorpio and a Bolero collided head on in Paprenda road around 5am. The people on the Bolero had gone to attend a marriage ceremony in Rajapur and were coming back to Nivaich, police said.

Revival of cinema in J-K: More than hundred films shot in last two years

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February 16, 2023

Revival of cinema in J-K: More than hundred films shot in last two years

Jammu and Kashmir has been the centre of attraction for filmmakers over the last couple of years. The erstwhile state has been emerging as a preferred shooting location for the film industry and more than 150 films and web series have been shot in the UT in less than 2 years.

After recording a sharp upturn in the number of tourists and air traffic in 2022, the UT is being promoted at all global fora to further explore the tourism potential of Jammu and Kashmir.

Also Read: Roads become traffic free in Jammu for VIP movement, but not for locals

Owing to the efforts of the Department of Tourism and other stakeholders over the past two years, Jammu and Kashmir is now opening up for meetings, incentives, conferences, exhibitions and tourism.

According to the official figures, a record 1.88 million tourists visited Kashmir last year. The Jammu and Kashmir administration is also focused on exploring the full potential of pilgrim tourism by developing various religious tourism circuits in the Centrally-Administered Territories.

The facilities and infrastructure are being strengthened to keep in view the increasing number of devotees.

Roads become traffic free in Jammu for VIP movement, but not for locals

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February 16, 2023

Roads become traffic free in Jammu for VIP movement, but not for locals

It is common knowledge that roads in Jammu become traffic free, whenever there is VIP movement. Whenever the VIPs travel on a particular route in Jammu, the traffic is blocked till the VIP passes by.

This results in a traffic menace- the school buses, the ambulances, the sick, the old, the office goers and the common man are all stuck in traffic jams & blockades caused by these VIP movements.

Also Read: Jammu: 1 dies, another injured in twin accidents

Recently, in Gujarat PM Modi’s convoy was passing from some route and that time an ambulance came and he halted his convoy so that the ambulance can pass and people should learn something from this, the report said.

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“Everyday in the morning we witness lot of traffic jam before our eyes here, and this has become a routine during school time”, a local shopkeeper said.

“We reach late regularly to our shops due to traffic jam and even our customers suffer because of this, today the traffic police is working because they have to show that they work”, he alleged.