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th 24 Friday 16 April | 03 Ramazan | 1442 Hijri | Vol:24 | Issue: 89 | Pages:12 | Price: `3 www.kashmirobserver.net twitter.com / kashmirobserver facebook.com/kashmirobserver Postal Regn: L/159/KO/SK/2014-2016 3 CITY 7 FASTING AND HEALTH 5 STATE IN RAMADAN FREQUENT POWER OUTAGES IN PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENTS Ramadan is a month of self-regulation and SHOULD FOCUS ON EFFICIENT SRINAGAR, IRK RESIDENTS self-training. Muslims fast in accordance The Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) with our religious requirements, but there are SERVICES: ADV BHATNAGAR has failed to adhere to the power schedule even in the holy THINK medical benefits as well. Generally, fasting Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar month of Ramadan, leaving the residents across Srinagar... has been used by patients for weight... Thursday chaired a meeting to review the Summer... Widom Govt Defers Durbar Move Over Humour is mankind’s Active Corona greatest blessing Covid-19 Surge —Mark Twain Press Trust Of India Cases In J&K Cross JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir government on 10,000 Mark Thursday deferred the bian- 3RD RAMAZAN nual darbar move to Srinagar 1141 More Test Positive, Four More Die Iftar Sehri saying that the civil secre- TODAY TOMMOROW tariat, which is the seat of Press Trust Of India fatalities, they said. FIQAH 07:05 04:31 the Union Territory admin- Of the fresh cases, 707 HANAFIYA istration, shall function both SRINAGAR: Jammu and were reported from the FIQAH in Srinagar and Jammu cities. Kashmir on Thursday re- Kashmir division and 434 JAFARIYA 07:13 04:30 As part of the biannual corded 1,141 new coronavi- from the Jammu division. darbar move and the civil rus infections that pushed The officials said Srinagar secretariat's shift, other the number of active cases district recorded the highest move offices and the Raj in the union territory past number of fresh cases at 418, Bhavan were scheduled to the 10,000-mark for the first including 71 travellers, fol- close in Jammu on April 30 time this year, officials said. lowed by 215 in Jammu and to May 1 and set to begin With the fresh cases, 136 in Baramulla. functioning in the summer Jammu and Kashmir's cu- The number of active cas- capital from May 10. mulative tally has risen es in Jammu and Kashmir The practice of darbar to 1,42,877. The death stands at 10,040, move - under which the ad- toll climbed to 2,046 while 13,0971 pa- ministration functions in with four new tients More On P10 Jammu during six months of A man recites holy Quran inside the shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jeelani (RA) in Khanyar locality winter and in Srinagar dur- of the Old City on Thursday. KO Photo, Abid Bhat ing summer - More On P10 SCHOOLS, COACHING CENTRES CLOSED TILL APRIL 30 CRPF Officer Falls s coronavirus cases show no sign of decline, the Jammu and Kash- mir government on Thursday ordered closure of all coaching centres From Building, Dies India, Pak Held Secret Ain the Union Territory besides extending closure of all schools till SRINAGAR: An Assistant sub- April 30. “All schools in J&K shall continue to remain More On P10 inspector of paramilitary CRPF died after he fell from a two-storied building in Reshipora area of south Talks On Kashmir: Report IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT ALL Kashmir’s Shopian district on COACHING and tuition centers imparting Thursday. 48-year-old ASI, Shyam Observer Monitoring Desk people in New Delhi told Reuters. in-person teaching to Students shall Singh son of late Dayal Singh, who “That is why nobody is talking it was posted at 178 battalion CRPF SRINAGAR: Before a surprise up in public, we don’t even have remain closed in the entire J&K till 30.04.2021.” Reshipora Shopain fell down from a ceasefire announcement by a name for this, it’s not a peace two-storied building in the wee hours India and Pakistan on February process. You can call it a re-en- on Thursday, a police official said. 25, the top intelligence officers gagement,” one of them said. The injured ASI, he said, was shifted from the two nuclear countries Both countries have reasons Police Files Case Over Hartal Call to SKIMS Soura where More On P10 held secret talks in Dubai in to seek a rapprochement. January in a new effort to calm The report also said that the posted a press release allegedly Army Repatriates tensions over Kashmir, the Indian foreign ministry did Fake Tweet Claimed issued by the separatist leader Reuters news agency reported. not respond to a request for Geelani Had Called For wherein he purportedly called for a Pak Resident Quoting two unnamed peo- comment. Pakistan’s military, general shutdown against what he JAMMU: A man, who had inadver- ple with close knowledge of which controls the ISI, also did A Shutdown: Police alleged as "killing of children and tently crossed the Line of Control the matter, the report said that not respond. desecration of religious places". into India, was on Thursday sent officials from India’s Research Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Emirates government. “There is a recognition there Press Trust Of India The press release, allegedly back to Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and Analysis Wing, the exter- travelled to Dubai for a meeting “There is a lot that can still go will be attacks inside Kashmir, signed by Geelani, was refer- (PcK) on humanitarian grounds, of- nal spy agency and Pakistan’s facilitated by the United Arab wrong, it is fraught,” one of the there has been More On P10 SRINAGAR: Police in Budgam dis- ring to the killing of 12 mili- ficials said. The Indian army handed trict of Jammu and Kashmir have tants in four encounters since over Ghulam Qadir to authorities registered a case under Unlawful last Friday. One of the encoun- in PcK at the Poonch-Rawalakote he United Arab Emirates played a role in bringing down the tension between India and Pakistan and getting their bilateral Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) ters took place inside a mosque crossing point in Jammu and Kash- ties back to a "healthy functional relationship", Emirati ambassador to the US Yousef al-Otaiba has said. against unidentified people for which was extensively dam- mir’s Poonch district, More On P10 UAE HELPED T"They might not sort of become best friends but at least we want to get it to a level where it's functional, where it's posting false information about aged during the operation. DE-ESCALATE operational, where they are speaking to each other," al-Otaiba said during a virtual discussion with Stanford University's Hoover veteran separatist leader Syed Ali "According to family sources ISJK Operative Held TENSIONS: Institution on Wednesday. India and Pakistan in a surprise announcement said on February 25 that they have agreed to strictly Shah Geelani on social media, an of SAS Geelani, the tweet is fake In Jammu: Police observe all agreements on ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir and other sectors. Al-Otaiba himself official said on Thursday. and issued by someone from ENVOY brought up the issue while responding to a question, acknowledging his country's role in "bringing Kashmir More On P10 A twitter account, claiming to Pakistan. Police is taking action JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir be the official handle of Geelani, against More On P10 police have claimed to have arrested an operative of Islamic State Jammu and Kashmir, a J&K-based militant outfit named after the Islamic State. RE-REGISTRATION OF NON-J&K VEHICLES Mercury Plummets As Rain Lashes Kashmir NIA Arrests School The fresh arrest of the militant Teacher Over outfit’s operative followed ten ‘Erratic’ Weather To Continue Till weekend: Sonam Lotus days after the apprehension of its Court Lists Case For Militancy Links top commander Malik Umair alias Press Trust Of India Abdullah from Jhajjar Kotli near here. Next Hearing On April 19 Jammu zone Inspector General of Mughal Road SRINAGAR: The National Police Mukesh Singh More On P10 Agencies The circular was challenged Closed Despite Investigation Agency (NIA) on in the Jammu and Kashmir High Thursday arrested a school SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Court by Petitioner Advocate Snow Clearance teacher for his alleged involve- Govt Cancels Ongoing Kashmir High Court Thursday ad- Zahoor Bhat through his council espite the snow clearance, the ment in recruiting young boys for Class X Exams journed the case of re- regis- questioning the legal sanctity historic Mughal road, connect- Lashikar-e-Taiba (LeT) in north SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir tration of non-JK vehicles of the circular issued by Ding south Kashmir’s Shopian Kashmir’s Bandipora district. administration on Thursday can- and listed it for the next RTO Kashmir. district with Poonch, continues to Altaf Ahmad Rather, a resi- celled ongoing exams of J&K BOSE hearing on April 19. While hearing the remain closed for traffic movement. dent of Jammu and Kashmir's for remaining subjects of Class X and The Jammu and matter earlier on April Officials within the mechanical de- Bandipora district, was want- postponed class XII exams. Kashmir High 7, the single bench partment said that the snow clear- ed in a case registered in West File Photo Abid Bhat “In view of rising cases of COVID19, Court had sought court of Justice Ali ance work which was started in the Bengal last year following Class X ongoing exams for remain- the response of the Mohammed Magray had Agencies parts of Jammu division on month of March has been completed the arrest of a woman, Tania ing subjects has been cancelled and Government by 15 April over asked, if RTO was the authority Thursday bringing down mer- and traffic could be restored on the Parveen, for her association their promotion to class XI will be the matter after the case was to seek the re-registration of SRINAGAR: Intermittent rains cury, even as the local meteo- road.