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PRECIOUS KASHMIR Teachers training prog culminates at Budgam Budgam, Jan 20: A Twelve Day Induction Training Programme for newly recruited teachers of district Budgam culminated today at conference hall, Budgam. The programme was organized by J&K IMPA and sponsored by DoPT, Govt. of India. 33 teachers attended the training programme. The programme was conducted by Dr Samia Jabeen from IMPA. She appreciated the district administration for its support for the smooth conduct of the programme. Div Com for effective functioning of winter helpline Srinagar, Jan 20: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Dr Asghar Hassan Samoon today directed the concerned departments to follow up all the complaints received through winter helpline and ensure their prompt redressal. He was speaking during a meeting convened to review the functioning of Winter Helpline Cell established at PCR. The Divisional Commissioner was informed that the cell has received 391 complaints out of which 211 were related to PDD, 56 to PHE, 55 against CA&PD, 27 against SMC, 25 against R&B and rest of complaints were registered against other departments and these were immediately sent to concerned departments for immediate action. Precious Kashmir News Samoon directed the concerned departments to coordinate with PCR so that cent percent grievances redressal is ensured. He also asked the State Disaster Relief Force to initiate community outreach and training programmes for better response in case of any eventuality. The meeting was attended by officers of police, PDD, PHE and other departments. News Thursday 2 21.01.2016 Rasheed accuses KPs of playing into hands of New Delhi Precious Kashmir News Precious Kashmir News Kupwara, Jan 20: The District Development Commissioner Kupwara convened a meeting today to review various literacy awareness schemes in the district. The meeting was attended by Chief Education Officer Kupwara, Director State Education Research Centre (Kashmir University), District Youth Services & Sports, Chief Planning Officer and concerned Zonal Education Officers. The CEO informed the meeting that 89850 students up to middle standard and other 28930 students have been covered under free distribution of text books and mid-day meals till December 2015 in the district. Out of 1725 ongoing works 1425 works have been completed during the period, while 90.61 percent funds have been utilized under the various schemes of Education department. Director CRC (KU), who Srinagar, Jan 20: Independent legislator and MLA Langate Er Rasheed on Wednesday accused Kashmiri Pandits of defaming majority community and playing in the hands of New Delhi to work against interests of their own state. Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters in Rajbagh today, he said that time has come to tell Kashmiri Pandits louder and clear that their anti-Kashmir activities are unacceptable and they will be seen as enemies of Kashmir if they don’t give up their shameful campaign against Muslims. “By observing 19th January as ‘holocaust day’ and calling their self-styled migration as genocide and ethnic cleansing these deserters have proved that their one point agenda is to defame the resistance movement and prove Kashmiri Muslims communal,” said Rasheed. The protests they held yesterday, were arranged and patronaged by strong lobbies within state and central govts and unfortunately a section of biased national media left no stone unturned to prove them right, claimed Rasheed. “Kashmiri Pandits enjoying in Bollywood, universities and other prestigious places besides political renegades were all united yesterday to abuse Kashmiri Muslims. Let world community know that Kashmiri Pandits were not the only ones who left the Valley,” said the legislator. A section of Kashmiris belonging to religious and political organisations also migrated from their ancestral places and security agencies bulldozed their houses, orchards and other properties in broad day light, charged Rasheed. Similarly, he said, thousands of families in border districts of Pounch, Baramulla and Kupwara were also forced by security agencies to migrate to PaK. “But nobody speaks for them. If Kashmiri Pandits are entitled DDC Kupwara reviews literacy awareness schemes Jammu, Jan 20: The Speaker, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Kavinder Gupta distributed cheques worth Rs 6 lakh among 50 BPL families of block Satwari for construction of Individual House Hold Latrines (IHHL) under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Speaking on the occasion, the Speaker said several welfare schemes have been launched by the Central Government for uplift of the people especially for weaker sections of the society. He said Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has been launched by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi with the aim to make the country clean. He said need of the hour is to aware the general public about the programme so that maximum lot be benefited. Gupta asked the concerned officers to involve prominent citizens and Gram Sevaks in this regard. He also was on the tour to Laderwan village in connection with implementation of Saakshar Bharat Mission said the village is being covered under literacy campaign carried out by the CRC Srinagar in collaboration with Education department, ICDS, JSS and Rural Development Department. She said the village is being adopted to generate 100 percent literacy rate till March 2016, for which a monitoring committee has been formed which includes religious preachers of the area as well. It was also given out that funds and logistical is being provided for successful conduct of the mission. The District Development Commissioner impressed upon the participants to identify five villages in each Panchayats, where the SBM implementation is being adopted. The CEO Kupwara was directed to pay visit to review functioning of the centres being setup by CRC in the district. for huge packages, jobs and all other facilities why should not internally displaced Muslims and those forced to migrate PaK be treated at par with Pandits. GoI wants to bury the Kashmir issue and the rights of Muslims in J&K by diverting the focus from real issues to Kashmiri Pandits, Pakistani refugees and other non-issues,” he said. “Why do Kashmiri Pandits Rajendra enquires welfare of SDPO Irshad Srinagar, Jan 20: Director General of Police (DGP), K. Rajendra Kumar, today visited Army Hospital Badamibagh and enquired about the welfare of Deputy Superintendent of Police, Irshad Ahmed Rather. Irshad was injured while performing his professional duties at Bijbehara Anantnag on 24thDecember 2015. He enquired about his health status and discussed with the doctors about his improvement. The Sub-Divisional Police Officer received bullet injuries when he was supervising the police bandbust for Eid-e- Milad procession at Bijbehara and was fired upon by some militants. Rajendra, while visiting the injured officer, talked to the team of doctors and asked to provide every specialized medical treatment for his early recovery. Doctors informed the DGP that Irshad was recovering and responding to the treatment well. Speaker distributes cheques under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan appealed the people to come forward and take benefit of the scheme. Block Development Officer, Satwari also spoke on the occasion and highlighted the achievements of the department. feel shy in confessing that they were told to leave Kashmir in 90s so that Kashmiris are butchered once for all and then Kashmiri Pandits will return as the lone owners of Kashmir?” asked Rasheed. Without counting deaths let Kashmiri Pandits understand, if death of 209 Pandits is genocide, what name should be given to the brutal murder of one lakh Muslims in 25 years, as if they have gone to a picnic and will return soon, he said. “Let Kashmiri Pandits not forget that it were Muslims who suffered worst from being subjected to third degree torture, to custodial killings. Let somebody return me the pain and loss that I along with people of my whole constituency suffered at the hands of army by subjecting us to unpaid forced labour for thirteen years. “Those who forced police to lodge FIR against Union Minister for writing a letter to VC in Hyderabad University should answer, why are they calm Srinagar, Jan 20: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today urged pregnant women to get vaccinated as this is the best means to protect them and their babies from flu. Despite the benefits of influenza vaccination during pregnancy, majority of pregnant women in Kashmir are unvaccinated. Voicing concern over low vaccination rates among pregnant women, President DAK and flu expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement issued said that though there are clear guidelines, pregnant women are not advised by their health providers to get vaccinated. Unvaccinated women say that they would have been vaccinated had their obstetricians recommended them. Flu is more likely to cause severe illness in pregnant than in healthy women who are not pregnant. Pregnancy changes immune system, heart and lung functions that make pregnant women more prone to severe illness as well as hospitalization and death. Getting flu during pregnancy also raises the risk of pregnancy complications including premature labor and delivery. Preventing influenza during pregnancy is an essential element of prenatal care and the most effective strategy for preventing influenza is vaccination. Vaccination can pass antibodies on to the baby and help protect baby for Kathua, Jan 20: Additional District Development Commissioner, Kathua Manmohan Singh chaired a meeting of District Officers here today to review the arrangements for the three day Public Information Campaign being organized by the Press Information Bureau. Media and Communication Officer (PIB), Sunil Koul informed that Press Information Bureau (PIB) Jammu would organise three day Public Information Campaign (PIC) from 3rd to 5th February 2016 at Sports Stadium Kathua. The main purpose of this campaign is to create mass awareness on the flagship programmes of the government viz. National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Beti Bachao Beti when a lady was forced to give birth to child in compound of Kuthua hospital, as she was denied admission into labour room for the only fault that she was a Muslim.” Er Rasheed Added. “One fails to understand that why people talk about return of Kashmiri Pandits, as majority of them have been enjoying summers and springs at their native places every year, but want still to be called as migrants, just to make luxuries out of it.” He appealed young generation of Kashmiri Pandits to read every page of Kashmir History and not get misled and influenced by their self-styled community leaders and asked political and other organisations to get united and defeat these communal proxies. Rasheed condemned the “brutal killing of Pulwama youth namely Parvaiz Guru and added that police is leaving no opportunity to harm Kashmiris added that he will have a peaceful sit in at Pulwama tomorrow.” DAK urges pregnant women to get flu vaccine up to 6 months which is important because infants younger than 6 months are too young to get flu vaccine. It is critically important that all obstetricians should advocate for influenza immunization and provide flu vaccine to their pregnant patients. There is a large body of scientific studies that supports the safety of flu vaccine in pregnant women and their babies. It is injectable flu vaccine that should be given to pregnant women and not nasal flu vaccine as it is made from live virus that makes it less appropriate during pregnancy. Antiviral drug, Tamiflu (oseltamivir) is not teratogenic and is safe in pregnancy. Pregnant women with suspected or confirmed influenza should receive antivirals as early as possible because treatment initiated early is more likely to provide benefit. Padao , Swachch Bharat Abhiyaan , Atal Pension Yojana, PM Jan Dhan Yojna etc. The ADDC while reviewing the arrangements said that PICs provide good opportunity for implementing agencies to reach out to the grassroots level through information, education and communication mode. He directed all the officers present in the meeting that adequate arrangements efforts should be put in place to make this campaign a grand success. He further said that Media centre will be established for proper dissemination of the news on daily basis. PDD will ensure un-interrupted power supply for three day event at the venue. PHE department may ensure clean drinking water supply for www.preciouskashmir.com DC reviews RD arrangements Srinagar, Jan 20: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr. Farooq Ahmad Lone accompanied by senior officers of district administration today visited Bakshi Stadium to take stock of arrangements being put in place for the smooth conduct of Republic Day celebrations. While reviewing the arrangements, Dr. Lone directed the concerned officers to ensure uninterrupted water and power supply, medicare facilities, sanitation, parking and security arrangements in an around the venue where main function is to be held. The Deputy Commissioner was informed that necessary arrangements have been put in place for the successful conduct of Republic Day. He was told that contingents of J&K Police, CRPF, Fire and Emergency Services, NCC and students of various institutions are participating in march past. The National Flag will be unfurled by the chief guest who will take salute at the march past. Besides, a cultural programme will be presented by the students of various educational institutions and the artists of the cultural wing of Department of Information and Public Relations. Dr. Lone urged for close coordination between the concerned departments for the smooth conduct of the Republic Day celebrations. DC Pulwama meets Tabish Manzoor Pulwama, Jan 20: Deputy Commissioner Pulwama today met Tabish Manzoor Khan of Dogripora Pulwama who has secured first position in the matriculation examination this year by scoring 498 marks out of 500. Congratulating Tabish and his parents on his success the Deputy Commissioner said that he has brought laurels not only to his family and village but to the whole district. DC also announced a special prize of Rs 51000 for Tabish as mark of encouragement and promised all possible help and guidance to him near future. Arrangements for national Voters Day finalized Baramulla, Jan 20: Arrangements regarding celebrations of National voters Day on 25 January 2016 were today finalized at Baramulla in a meeting under the chairmanship of Additional Deputy Commissioner, Baramulla Bashir Ahmad Khan. Assistant Commissioner Revenue, ERO’s Coordinator NYK, AERO’s, BLO’s and other officers also attended the meeting. The meeting was informed that 12236 new voters were registered including 4964 Male and 7272 female during special summary revision in 2016 in the district. It was informed that the total number of voters has gone upto 598193 including 312611 male and 285582 female voters. It was decided in the meeting that national voters Day will be celebrated throughout the district. The main function will be organized at the Dak-Bunglow Baramulla. At Sub-divisions and Tehsils the concerned Magistrates and Tehsildars will chair the function. During the function Photo Election cards will be provided to the newly registered voters. DC convenes collectors meet Doda, Jan 20: District Development Commissioner Doda, Bhupinder today convened the meeting of all collectors of the District and fixed the rates for various land acquired for the projects in the District. He also reviewed the functioning of the Revenue department during which various issues including eviction cases, land acquisition cases, encroachments, relief cases, mutations and other related matters were discussed. Meanwhile ACR Doda Vaibhav Kohli reviewed progress made under National Population Register (NPR), ADHAAR in a separate meeting in conference Hall. Arrangements for 3-day Public Information Campaign finalized Srinagar, Jan 20: District Police Leh in collaboration with Municipal Committee (NAC) Leh and Traffic Police kick started the “Traffic Awareness week” today. The main aim and objectives of the programme is to aware all the stake holders, drivers, commercial taxi operators, drivers of various types of vehicles and general public/commuters about the various types of traffic related issues, problems, abeyance of traffic rules and regulations and also statutory provisions. The programme has been designed to be more inclusive and holistic to accommodate different sections of society and get them acquainted with the endemic traffic problems in Leh and their redressal. As a prelude to the programme, SSP Leh Dr. Sunil Gupta, flagged off the “Traffic Awareness three days by permanently deploying water tanker at the PIC venue. Municipal authorities would provide mobile toilet facility at the venue for the convenience of visitors. CEO Kathua will arrange a rally of students on the valedictory day of the PIC. Different departments will install their respective stalls during the PIC highlighting their flag ship programmes and depicting their developmental and success stories. Departments should also identify resource persons especially from Rural Development, Health, Education/SSA, BSNL, Employment, ICDS, PMGSY and PM Jan Dhan Yojna for creating mass awareness regarding various schemes during the PIC. To avert any Vehicle” from SSP office complex Leh in presence of police officers and various heads of Motor Transport Unions, media persons and students. The traffic awareness vehicle adorned with traffic awareness related slogans, punitive section under MV Act was the main attraction of the event. During the inaugural session traffic related educational materials such as leaflets, pamphlets, placards containing the various sections of motor vehicle act, other traffic related provisions and rules, guidelines were distributed. mishap a fire Tender be ensured at the PIC venue by Fire & Emergency Services Department. Later, in the meeting arrangements for National Voters Day were reviewed in which ADDC Kathua said that National Voters Day will be celebrated at District as well as Tehsil level. At district level symposium, rallies, cultural and nukkad nataks will be organized to mark National Voters Day. On 25thJanuary, 2016 (National Voters Day) a rally will be taken out from Girls Higher Secondary school Kathua which will culminate at Shaheed Bhagat Singh Park , Kathua where Nukkad Nataks will be performed to sensitize the masses about their right to vote. Traffic awareness programme held in Leh Later on, a traffic awareness road show was carried out throughout the Leh city and adjoining areas including Choglamser, Skalzangling. The programme was highly appreciated by the general public and hailed the initiatives of District Police Leh. Different types of traffic related awareness activities/ programme such as painting competition, sticker distribution, education by students etc. General public are requested to co-operate to operate to make the week long traffic awareness programme successful.
Precious Kashmir NEWS Srinagar,Thursday 21.01.2016 3 DSEK order against unionism pits teachers against director ‘Shah Faesal playing with fire, he can’t stop us’ Precious Kashmir News Srinagar, Jan 20: The state government teachers are furious with the directorate of school education, Kashmir, for “trying to curb” them their unionism through which they “seek and fight for rights and demands”. Coming out in open against the director school education Shah Faesal, the teachers, led by Jammu and Kashmir Teachers Forum president, Abdul Qayoom Wani, said that the director was “playing with fire”. “Shah Faesal cannot act as a dictator. He cannot stop our unionism as we are fighting for our rights and trying to correct the education system in the schools. He is playing with fire,” Wani said in a press conference here. The angry Wani was reacting to the order of the DSEK order which had asked for strict action against Kupwara- Tanghdar route info Precious Kashmir News Srinagar, Jan 20: Additional District Magistrate Kupwara Wednesday issued an order regarding traffic movement on the Kupwara-Tanghdar route where vehicular movement will be allowed to ply only between 8 am to 6 pm. The order informs the general public particularly residents of Tehsil Karnah that in case of emergency the vehicles will be permitted to ply after getting prior permission from Station House Officer Kralpora and Karnah. In case of bad weather people have been advised to confirm the situation from the mentioned SHO’s before embarking on their journey. teachers and their associations for using offices and schools for their union activities during duty hours. The director has in its order asked that the sacred profession of teaching can’t be hijacked by elements which take salary for teaching and instead avoid duties on the pretext of trade unionism. “It is hereby reiterated that all members and office-bearers including the Chairmen of Teacher associations /forums are subjected to same disciplinary control, CSR and Conduct Rules as any other Government Employee,” the DSEK order says, adding that special exemptions from teaching duties have been given to them except if they chose to remain absent under leave duly sanctioned. Wani said that the about 1, 50000 teachers have been rendering their service for Precious Kashmir News the thousands of students in the state. “We are educating and students and treat all students as our own sons. But from the past many months, Director Shah Faesal and former minister Naeem Akhtar are maligning our fraternity and defaming us publicly,” he said. The teachers said that the director should name a single member of the forum who has been absent from his duties, and has not been attending to the school. “We ask the director to name a single teacher who has not attended to his duties,” Wani said. Wani also talked about other issues that the teachers are confronting in the department “because of the more loyal than king” attitude of the DSEK. The teachers said that they will protest on January 30 infront of the DSEK office in Srinagar against all the “anti-teacher policies” of the government. “All the orders should be rescinded by the directorate that were issued in the last Srinagar, Jan 20: J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages and Radio Kashmir, Srinagar Tuesday jointly organized a talk-cum-interactive session with noted academic and psychologist, Prof. A.G. Madhosh. Among others Prof. Mehmood Ahmad Khan, Dean and Head, Faculty of Education, University of Kashmir, former Director Programmes, Doordarshan Kendra, Srinagar, Salamudin Bajad and former Head MERC, Kashmir University, Prof. Nasir Mirza were present at the Seminar Hall of JKAACL during the interactive session. Held under the title “Naamwar’ the interactive session was first of its kind where people mostly students and members of civil society were afforded opportunities of interaction with the invited guest. Speaking on the occasion, programme head, Radio Kashmir, Srinagar, Syed Humayun Qaisar said that the main objective of the event was to bring eminent personalities of Kashmir on one platform and afford opportunities to people to interact with them. “Our main motive is to lessen the gap between the intellectuals and the people of Kashmir. That is why Naamwar has been launched by JKAACL and Radio Kashmir as a joint venture,” Qaisar said. many months as these orders are against the working of the teachers.” The teachers said that they are ready to cooperate with the court directions of verifying academic qualification of those ReTs who have obtained degrees from “dubious” institutions. From the last many months, the education department has issued several orders for the teachers and for the department’s functioning, which has pitted teachers against their own department heads. (KNS) The event started with a welcome speech by Deputy Secretary, JKAACL, Syed Shakeel-ur-Rehman who gave a brief overview of Academy’s activities and stated that the Academy would continue to host such events. The welcome address was followed by renderings of Kashmiri ghazals of Prof. Madhosh by singer Kifayat Faheem. As part of the event a comprehensive paper on life and works of Prof. Madhosh was also read by G. N. Shakir. Mirwaiz condemns terror attack on Bacha Khan University Expresses solidarity with Pak Govt Precious Kashmir News Srinagar, Jan 20: Strongly condemning the terror attack on the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, in the Northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, Hurriyat (M) Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday expressed grief and shock over the incident in which 21 innocent persons got killed and more than 51 injured. In a statement, expressing solidarity with the Government of Pakistan and the people of Pakistan on the mindless terror attack of Charsadda, the Mirwaiz said terrorism in any form and at any place was condemnable. Stressing that there was no place for such inhuman practice of terror in Islam, the Hurriyat (M) Chairman said at a time when common masses in most parts of the world were getting killed in Focus on capacity building of teachers: Madhosh NC condemns killing of Pulwama youth Srinagar, Jan 20: National Conference on Wednesday condemned the killing of a youth, Parvaiz Ahmed Guroo, in Pulwama and also expressed grief at two more youth sustaining gunshot injuries. “The PDP-BJP Government, over the course of the last two months, ignored growing unrest and disquiet in Pulwama and today’s tragic incident appears to be a manifestation of the PDP-BJP Government turning a blind eye towards the prolonged situation that has existed in Pulwama for a while now. Our hearts go out to the bereaved family and we pray for peace to the departed soul,” NC Provincial President Nasir Aslam Wani said in a statement issued from Party Headquarters in Srinagar. Meanwhile, NC General Secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar Wednesday announced to conduct “intra-party elections” for Kashmir province. “Our membership drive in Kashmir province has taken almost three months to complete which is now complete with 8,67,450 membership tickets issued to party members across Kashmir valley and I feel proud to share with you that all the drive has been absolutely fair and transparent,” NC Kashmir president said. Hizb pays tributes to slain militants, civilian Srinagar, Jan 20: Hizbul Mujahideen has paid rich tributes to the militants and the civilian killed in Niana village in Pulwama district during an encounter on Wednesday. In an emailed statement, HM spokesman Saleem Hashmi said that while chairing a meeting of HM Command Council, deputy Chief Khalid Saifullah paid tributes to the slain militants and the civilian. “Lateef Ahmad alias Haroon of Beighpora and Shakir Ahmad alias Abdul Aziz of Banduna got martyred in along gunbattle with Indian army. A civilian, Parvaiz Ahmad was also martyred. We pay our rich tributes to these martyred youth who laid their lives for freedom of Kashmir,” he quoted the deputy chief as saying in the meeting. "Lateef and Shakir were assets of Hizb, who sacrificed their blood for Islam. Both of them had sentiments of Jihad, and an urge for martyrdom," he said, adding that Saifullah prayed for peace of the souls of the slain. (KNS) Later a question-answer session was also held in which members of the audience actively participated and posed myriad questions to the noted academic mostly on the prevailing educational scenario in the State. Sharing his life experiences as an academic, Prof. Madhosh said that for fruitful results in the field of education, it was imperative that capacity buildings of teachers was given importance. “The moment you invest in capacity building of teachers, you begin the process of reformation in the field of education,” he said, adding, the approach of capacity building was need of the hour. In his presidential remarks, noted writer, Farooq Nazki complimented JKAACL and Radio Kashmir, Srinagar for starting a programme like “Naamwar”. the similar mindless acts of terrorism, and the way terrorism was fast becoming the biggest challenge for the humanity, the international community needs to take united stand against terrorism and make combined efforts to curb this menace. Playing glowing tributes to the martyred youth Shariq Ahmad Bhat of Pulwama in a gunfight with government forces in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, the Mirwaiz said the sacrifices of the martyrs for the just cause of Kashmir was the biggest asset of the ongoing resistance movement. Elucidating that keeping Kashmir issue unresolved was the main reason of political uncertainty in entire South Asia, the Hurriyat (M) Chairman said, respecting the sacrifices of the martyrs, the Hurriyat (M) was making serious efforts at all levels to take the resistance movement to its goal by resolving the Kashmir issue as per the wishes and aspirations of the people of Jammu Kashmir. Condemning the killing of an innocent civilian Parvaiz Ahmad Guroo of Batapora, Puwlama at the hands of government forces, the Mirwaiz said the forces under the garb of gunfight with militants killed an innocent civilian and unleashed a reign of terror by using excessive force on the peaceful protestors. The international community needs to take united stand against terrorism and make combined efforts to curb this menace. Special prayers held for late Mufti Sayeed Jammu, Jan 20: A large number of people participated in a special prayer meeting at Jagti Township today in which glowing tributes were paid to the former Chief Minister of J&K, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, who breathed his last at AIIMS, New Delhi, earlier this month. Various speakers deeply mourned the passing on of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and described him as a leader and statesman of remarkable political stature, who provided a healing touch to the people during his six-decade-long political career. They also highlighted his vast contribution towards progress and welfare of the people of the state, including the Kashmiri Pandit community. “Late Mufti Saab favoured honourable and dignified return of Kashmiri Pandit community to the valley. He was of the firm belief that Kashmiri Muslims were incomplete without their Pandit brethren,” they observed, while vividly remembering his visits to various transit accommodations during his tenure as Chief Minister to enquire about the availability of basic amenities and other facilities. The meeting highlighted the efforts of late Mufti Sayeed put in for socio-political transformation and betterment of Jammu & Kashmir. “He wanted to bring permanent peace to the state. In his passing away, we have lost a leader of outstanding value who was always connected to the grassroots level,” they added. The speakers vowed to carry forward the mission of late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed which was aimed at strengthening the democratic and secular values in the state. “He worked in different capacities during his chequered political career and always worked for equitable development of all the three regions of the state,” the speakers remarked. Remembering Gaw Kadal Massacre 52 innocent Kashmiri civilians killed, over 250 injured Precious Kashmir News Srinagar, Jan 20: It was this day (January 21, 1990), twenty-six years ago, when at least 52 Kashmiri innocent civilians were butchered by India’s Central Reserve Police Force in the heart of the Srinagar city when thousands of people took out a massive anti-India procession. Number of people who have witnessed the bloodshed said that anti-India sentiments were running deep and the city was reverberating with pro-freedom slogans. “On January 21, 1990, the whole city was under siege, massive search and crackdown operations were carried out to trace down the militants. The news of women being molested and hundreds of people being arrested by the Indian forces on the directions of the then Governor Jagmohan sent shockwaves throughout Srinagar city.” Some of the witnesses said that a procession actually started from Ikhrajpora that swelled up as it passed through lanes and bye lanes of the civil lines areas. Young and old, filled with anger came on the streets. Bubbling with the sentiment of freedom, the slogans sent sound waves which broke the cold air. As the procession reached Maisuma, the Indian Troops were assembled at the Gowkadal Bridge, to thwart the protests. The resonance of the slogans kept the procession going; they were unaware of what was going to happen. As soon as they stepped on the bridge, the sounds of Light Machine Gun (LMG) and AK 47 surrounded them. Bullets were fired. People were falling like the pack of cards. Some people jumped over the bridge to save their lives. Twently-four years old youth Abdul Rouf according to eyewitnesses saved scores of people. He confronted a CRPF trooper who emptied the whole magazine (32 bullets) into his chest. According to eyewitnesses 18 bullets were shot in the stomach of a budding youth Irfan Ahmed after marauds troopers found him breathing among the dead. Entire carbine was emptied in the chest of the neighbor of this youth who was later identified as Farooq Ahmed. They kept shooting, until everyone at the bridge was dead. “Some pretended to be dead and thus survived.” As the sounds of bullets got down, the bridge and the road was full of bodies. It was a scene from a war. The blood was rushing down the road into the river below making the water red. Fifty two people died and 250 sustained bullet injuries. However the official death toll was put to 21. Police registered the FIR vide number 3/1990 at Kralkhud Police Station but it was registered against the ‘atrocious mob’. ‘Soften harsh stand against students’ Precious Kashmir News Srinagar, Jan 20: Hurriyat (G) has appealed the management of the Kashmir Government Polytechnic (KGP) to soften its harsh stand with regarding to the students who have been asked not to sit in the upcoming semester examination for shortage in attendance. Hurriyat (G) said that the decision of the College authorities will not only put the careers of the students at stake but it can also have negative impacts on their state of mind. According to a statement issued, Hurriyat (G) said that the delegation of the said students also came to the Hurriyat office here at Hyderpora and appraised the office about the issue. The students expressed their deep concern that if they are not allowed to sit in the exams, their entire academic year. The officials present at the Hurriyat office advised the students to concentrate on their studies and said that the education is the base of every civilized society and it also guarantees better future of the nations. Hurriyat (G) also appealed the management of the Polytechnic College to rethink over their decision with regarding to the said students and give them a chance to appear in the exams. (KNS) No civilian killed/injured in Marhama Anantnag: Police Precious Kashmir News Srinagar, Jan 20: No civilian has been killed or injured in Marhama, Anantnag as some rumor mongers updating on their Facebook pages. Some rumor mongers are updating on their Facebook pages that a civilian was killed and many other were injured in a firing incident at Marhama village of District Anantnag which is baseless and fabricated. People are requested not pay heeds on these rumors. Police has registered a case against these rumor mongers and investigation has been taken up. (KNS) Police books TeH leader: Hurriyat (G) Precious Kashmir News Srinagar, Jan 20: Police today booked another Tehreek-e-Hurriyat leader Mehraj-ud-din Rubanni under the black law PSA and shifted him to the Baramullah sub Jail. While strongly condemning the government action, Chairman Hurriyat (G) Syed Ali Geelani demanded immediate release of all the political prisoners and the pro-freedom activists. According to a statement issued, a Tehreek-e-Hurriyat leader and the Srinagar district official Mehraj-ud-din Rubanni was today arrested by the Parimpora police station in Srinagar district court complex at the time when he was there to attend his case hearing. Immediately after his arrest, he was booked under the notorious and lawless law PSA and was immediately on the same day shifted to Baramullah District Jail. It is 8th such incident in the last 3 months that a pro-freedom leader has been slapped with PSA. At present there are dozens of Hurriyat leaders detained under the PSA.
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