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High Level meeting on J&K Situation

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to hold two back-to-back high-level meetings on Leh-Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday evening, top government sources said.

The meeting on Leh-Ladakh will take place at 3 pm and that of Jammu and Kashmir at around 4 pm, the sources, privy to the development, said.

The meetings, to be held in the North Block office of the Ministry of Home Affairs, will be attended by the Lieutenant Governors of both the Union Territories of Ladakh and J-K.
Besides the L-Gs, Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla and senior officers from the Ministry of Home Affairs and the two UTs will also be present in the meeting.

As per sources, developmental projects in both the UTs as well as security-related matters and other issues will be discussed in the meetings.

It is also expected that both the UTs will be advised to take essential steps in the wake of the Covid threat. The UTs will also be suggested to boost their medical items and procure them as per needs and circulate messages in all the village surveillance committees for being active.

 

 

 

KL Rahul removed! BCCI appoints new vice-captain

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New Delhi: In its first assignment of 2023, India will be up against Sri Lanka. The Men in Blue will face the islanders in three T20Is first and then will play the same number of ODI matches. Hardik Pandya will lead the team in T20Is that will take place on January 3, 5 and 7 in Mumbai, Pune and Rajkot, whereas Rohit Sharma will resume the leadership duties from ODIs that will be played in Guwahati, Kolkata and Thiruvananthapuram on January 10, 12 and 15.

KL Rahul has served as Rohit’s deputy when available but the 30-year-old is removed as ODI vice-captain for India vs Sri Lanka series and in his place, Hardik Pandya has been promoted as the new vice captain of the Indian men’s ODI team.

Even though Rahul had captained India in the absence of Rohit Sharma in the ODI matches against South Africa and Zimbabwe but now has been removed from all the duties.

According to reports, BCCI is considering Hardik Pandya for full-time captaincy in both T20 and ODI formats.

India’s squad for the ODI series against Sri Lanka: Rohit Sharma (C), Hardik Pandya (VC), Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh.

 

J-K achieves milestone of providing more than 440 services online

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Continuing its march on the path of providing E-governance to its citizens J&K has been successful in providing nearly 444 services online including all the major services commonly availed by the people.

The information was revealed today in a meeting held by Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta with the Administrative Secretaries of all the departments.

On the occasion, Dr Mehta commended the IT Department for working tirelessly towards ‘Digital J&K’. He impressed upon them to continue the momentum and make each and every service provided to the citizens in digital mode for ease of living and eradication of corruption. He told them to usher the UT into an environment where its citizens would carry offices in their pockets and avail any services without having to physically visit any of the office.

He maintained that the contactless administration not only ensures transparency and accountability but swiftness also. He observed that the technology happens to be panacea for all the evils and J&K envisages to utilize the IT/ITes for optimum  empowerment of its population as per the vision of LG administration.

It was given out that the number of online services provided by Planning Department shot to 411 in addition to 33 services integrated on Rapid Assessment System (RAS). Moreover 195 services had already been integrated with the feedback system out of these 411 online services. It was said that some 103 more services are going to be made RAS complaint shortly.

It is pertinent to mention here that the synchronization with auto-appeal for the services of few departments has generated encouraging results with 99% applications disposal  within the stipulated time frame as per the Public Services Guarantee Act (PSGA). The system not only ensures timely delivery of services but penalizes those officers/officials found failing in doing so.

The UT administration is soon going to integrate all its online services with the auto-appeal so that all the services are provided to its citizens as per the timelines specified in PSGA for these services for the benefit of one and all.

Jammu: Mother, three minor children found dead

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Srinagar- Four members of a family died due to asphyxiation after inhaling smoke from a coal heater in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Wednesday, officials said.

The incident took place in a remote village of Chak Narwah in Banihal tehsil.

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The deceased were identified as 35-year-old Noor Jahaan wife of Abdul Rashid, her son Zaffar Ahmed (12) and daughters Shahiza Bano (8) and Asiya Bano (5).

 

 

Jammu: One more terrorist killed in Sidhra encounter, toll reaches 4

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At least four terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Sidhra area of Jammu on Wednesday morning.
Confirming the incident, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Jammu Zone, Mukesh Singh said, Four terrorists have been killed in an encounter in Sidhra area in Jammu. 7 AK-47 rifles, 3 pistols along with other ammunition were recovered. Truck owner is yet to be identified, truck was going from Jammu to Srinagar. Search still on.

Fog envelops Jammu, Intense cold grips Kashmir

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Intense cold gripped Ladakh and Kashmir Valley and dense fog covered Jammu city in the morning on Wednesday.

The intense cold gripped Ladakh and Kashmir Valley while dense fog affected the normal life in Jammu.

Srinagar had minus 5.6, Pahalgam minus 7.4 and Gulmarg minus 6 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature.

In Ladakh region, Kargil had minus 11.8 and Leh minus 13.4 as the minimum temperature.

Jammu had 2.7, Katra 6.2, Batote 1.5, Banihal 3.3 and Bhaderwah minus 0.8 as the minimum temperature.

Covid-19 scare: India reports 188 new infections; active cases rise to 3468

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New Delhi: Amid growing concerns over rising Covid-19 cases in China, India on Wednesday reported a rise in active cases of coronavirus to 3,468, according to the latest Union Health Ministry data. With 188 new cases of coronavirus infections, the Covid tally has been recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,77,647). The death toll stands at 5,30,696, the data updated at 8 am stated. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.14 per cent, while the weekly positivity was pegged at 0.18 per cent, the ministry said. It said 1,34,995 tests for the detection of Covid have been conducted in the last 24 hours.

The active cases comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate increased to 98.80 per cent, the ministry said. An increase of 47 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours, the data said.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,41,43,483, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent. According to the ministry’s website, 220.07 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.

India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5, 50 lakh on September 16, 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and the one-crore mark on December 19, 2020.

The country crossed the grim milestones of two crore cases on May 4, 2021, three crore on June 23, 2021 and four crore on January 25 this year.

Referring to the surge in COVID-19 trajectory in many countries around the world, the Union Health Ministry on Saturday underlined that it was necessary that in all states and UTs requisite public health measures are put in place to meet any exigencies. “Preparedness of COVID-19 health facilities is crucial to ensure that states and districts are in a state of readiness to meet increase in clinical care needs due to any spurt in cases,” Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said in a letter.

“The objective of this exercise is to ensure operational readiness of these health facilities for the management of COVID-19,” he said.

Bhushan further said follow-up on any gap assessment shall be required to be undertaken by the additional chief secretary, principal secretary, secretary (health) and or MD-NHM of states who will also be required to monitor the exercise personally under the overall guidance of the health minister of respective states.

Mock drills were conducted on Tuesday across a number of health facilities in several states and Union territories to ensure their readiness to deal with any eventuality related to COVID-19, following an advisory by the Centre. The objective of the exercise was to focus on parameters such as the availability of health facilities in all districts, the capacity of isolation beds, oxygen-supported beds, ICU beds and ventilator-supported beds, and optimal availability of doctors, nurses, paramedics, AYUSH doctors, and other frontline workers, including ASHA and Anganwadi workers.

It also focussed on human resource capacity in terms of healthcare professionals trained on COVID-19 management, healthcare professionals trained in ventilatory management protocol for severe cases, healthcare workers trained in the operation of PSA plants, etc. And availability of Advanced and Basic Life Support (ALS/BLS) ambulances, testing equipment and reagents and essential drugs among others.

Jammu gunfight: Three terrorists killed, search on

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Three terrorists have been killed in a brief encounter between government forces and terrorists in Sidhra area of Jammu district on Wednesday morning.

An official said that three unidentified terrorists have been killed while as search operation is on in the area.

Earlier, an official said that a joint team of government forces launched a cordon and search operation on specific information about the presence of  terrorists in Sidhra area.

He said that as the joint teams of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them which was retaliated, triggering a gunfight.

3 terrorists killed in encounter with security forces in Jammu

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Three terrorists, who were holed up in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sidhra, were killed during a brief encounter with security forces on Wednesday.

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The J-K ADGP said that terrorists were in a truck when there was an exchange of fire happened.

All three terrorists have now been killed and the body of one of the terrorists has been retrieved from the encounter site.

 

labourers from Jammu die while cleaning well in Srinagar

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Two labourers died while cleaning an unattended well at Lasjan area on city outskirts, yesterday.

Reports said the two labourers were found unconscious while cleaning the well. They were shifted to SMHS Hospital where they were declared dead.

The victims were identified as 45-year-old Zakir Ahmed of Poonch and 38-year-old Talib Ahmed, a resident of Gool Gulabgarh.

The presence of Carbon dioxide at the bottom of the unused well is prima facie attributed to be the cause of death.

Meanwhile, police have taken cognisance of the incident and registered a case under relevant sections.

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