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MIRACULOUS ESCAPE FOR FAMILY OF The measures taken by the governments CUK’S CONTRACTUAL STAFF across the world, to tackle the spread of ‘TERMINATED’ WITHOUT ANY REASON FIVE AS HOUSEBOAT SINKS Covid infection, has once again renewed the A family of five had a miraculous escape during the old debate- whether the public should be The contractual staffers of the Central University intervening night of Thursday and Friday after their THINK allowed to choose for themselves or should of Kashmir (CuK) Friday alleged that the varsity houseboat sank into river Jhelum in . the expert opinion prevail? In a democracy, has terminated their services without any specific

Widom SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS J&K’s Forest Cover Higher Than National Average: LG If we take care of the moments, the years will ‘1 Million Species May Vanish If We Fail To Restore Ecology In Next 10 Years’ take care of themselves. Rescue Ops —Maria Edgeworth Directs Speeding Up Work On Major Road Projects Resume In ieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha took a comprehensive review of Lthe status of various projects being executed by the National Highways and Train Crushes Infrastructure Development Corporation Elderly Man To Death Limited (NHIDCL), in the Union Territory SRINAGAR: An elderly man died and directs for time bound removal of on Friday after being mowed down bottlenecks, expediting pace of works and synergizing inter agency coordina- by a train in area of south Observer News Service two-third geographical Thursday. He also planted tion to achieve  More On P2 Kashmir’s district. area of J&K under the for- a ‘cupressus’ sapling in the 63-year-old Ghulam Nabi Chopan, JAMMU: Asserting that est and tree cover. The for- IIT Campus to mark the son of Abdul Aziz a retired govern- Jammu and Kashmir gov- est and tree cover in Jammu launch of this mega planta- ‘Govt Creating State Of ment employee of Irrigation and ernment is striving hard and Kashmir is about 55%, tion drive. Art Sports Facilities’ Flood Control (I&FC) Department to maintain balance be- which is substantially high- During this year, as many died after run over by a train in Nessu tween development and er than the national average as 1.30 crore saplings are he Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Badragund village of Qazigund on environment conservation, of 24.56%,” Sinha said, as proposed to be planted Governor, Manoj Sinha said on Fri- Friday morning, reports said. the Lieutenant Governor, per an official spokesperson across the Union Territory Tday that his government is creating His body was later  More On P2 Manoj Sinha said on Friday on Thursday. of Jammu & Kashmir. state-of-the-art sports facilities, taking that his aim is to bring two- He made these remarks The Green J&K Drive sports to Panchayat level for budding Search Operation third geographical area of during the launched of initiative is in consonance sportspersons of the Union Territory. Launched In Press Trust Of momentum on Thursday the Union Territory under “Green J&K Drive-2021” with the National Forest Sinha made these remarks after e- after the Indian Air Force forest and tree cover from Indian Institute of Policy, 1988 & the JK Forest inaugurating and laying e-foundation of SRINAGAR: The government forces JAMMU: The rescue op- (IAF) pressed three helicop- “Our aim is to bring Technology (IIT) Jammu on Policy, 2011  More On P2 sports infrastructure  More On P2 on Friday launched a cordon and eration to locate 20 people ters from Jammu, Srinagar search operation (CASO) in Beerwah missing after a cloudburst and and made village in central Kashmir’s Budgam in a village in Jammu and eight sorties, transferring district. According to reports, police, Kashmir's Kishtwar re- relief load of 2250 kgs, 44 Pak Rejects J&K Sees army’s 53 RR and the personnel sumed Friday after remain- NDRF and SRDF personnel from CRPF 78 battalion laid a siege ing suspended for hours to- and four medical assistants India’s Comments 4 CRPF Men Injured 137 Cases, One around new Colony Kanigund village gether owing to inclement besides evacuating two of Budgam on Friday evening and weather, officials said. critically injured persons On PcK Polls Corona Death launched a search operation. The Seven persons were found from Soundar to Kishtwar Press Trust Of India In Attack Press Trust Of India joint team, reports said, sealed all dead and 17 others were res- for specialised treatment. Firdaus Ali entry and exit points leading to- cued in an injured condition An official of the disas- ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir wards the village before conducting after the remote Honzar vil- ter management said no summoned a top diplomat of the SRINAGAR: At least four recorded 137 fresh COVID-19 cases house to house  More On P2 lage in Dacchan tehsil was helicopter sorties from Indian High Commission here to Central Reserve Police on Friday, taking its infection tally to hit by flash floods triggered Kishtwar to Soundar could convey its "rejection" of India's Force (CRPF) personnel and 3,21,344, while the death toll rose to Leopard Caught by the cloudburst in the mature since 6 am on Friday comments on the recently con- a civilian were injured on 4,378 as one fatality was reported in From School Building early hours of Wednesday, due to inclement weather. cluded elections in Pakistan- Friday in a grenade attack a span of 24 hours, officials said. SRINAGAR: A team of Wildlife damaging 21 houses, 21 The IAF had stationed an controlled Kashmir (PcK). by militants in Baramulla Fifty-eight cases were reported department officials assisted by cow sheds, a ration depot, a MI-17 helicopter in stand- The Indian Charge d' Affaires town of north Kashmir. from Jammu division and 79 from locals captured a leopard in Punzwa bridge and a mosque. by mode at Kishtwar since was summoned to the Ministry According to reports, pan- Kashmir division of the union ter- Villgam village in on Fri- The rescue operation was Thursday, he said. of Foreign Affairs to convey ic gripped Khanpora area of ritory, they said. day. The leopard had taken shelter in interrupted by heavy rains Six teams of the State Pakistan's complete rejection the main town on Friday The officials said Srinagar re- a school building in the vicinity two late Thursday night and re- Disaster Response Force of India's protest and to reiter- afternoon when unknown All the injured were re- corded the highest number of 26 days before, reports said. Wildlife sumed around noon after (SDRF) and National ate Pakistan's clear and consis- militants lobbed a grenade moved to the nearby hos- new cases, followed by Baramulla department was informed accord- slight improvement in the Disaster Response Force tent position on the Jammu and towards a CRPF party near pital for treatment. district with 15. ingly, however a team arriving at the weather conditions, the of- (NDRF) with sophisticated Kashmir dispute, Foreign Office bridge that exploded with The injured CRPF per- The number of active cases now scene was successful in catching the ficials said. equipment are involved in said here in a statement. a bang. The grenade attack, sonnel have been iden- stands at 1,171 in the union terri- beast on Friday afternoon. A wildlife The search and res- the operation along with India on Thursday rejected the reports said, left four para- tified as ASI Kisku and tory, while 3,15,795 patients have official said  More On P2 cue operation gained other rescuers  More On P2 July 25 elections in PcK which military personnel and a Constables Dayananad recovered from the disease so far, were won by  More On P2 civilian injured. Kumar,  More On P2 they said.  More On P2 Woman Found Dead In Orchard J&K HC To Resume SRINAGAR: The body of a 45-year- LAC STALEMATE old woman was found in an orchard Physical Hearing ED Arrests Ambience Mall Owner in Gutiyar area of North Kashmir’s From Aug 2 India, China To Hold Fresh Baramulla district on Friday. In 800 Cr Bank Fraud Case Official sources said that the body of Agencies Round Of Military Talks Today Fareeda Begum, wife of Gulzar Ah- Gehlot Had Diverted Rs mad Mir of Gutiyar, was found in the SRINAGAR: The High Court 35 Crore In Connivance Press Trust Of India problems in Hot Springs and orchard on Friday morning. They said of Jammu and Kashmir and Gogra, the sources said. that she had gone missing yesterday Ladakh on Friday issued an or- With J&K Bank Officials NEW DELHI: The 12th round The latest round of talks will after going to her orchard in Gutiyar, der for resumption of physical Through Fictitious Firms of high-level military talks be- take place after a gap of more following  More On P2 hearing of court cases in the tween India and China will take than three and a half months. Union Territory of Jammu & Observer Monitoring Desk place on Saturday with a focus on The 11th round of talks had Police Nabs 3 Kashmir and Union Territory of achieving some forward move- taken place on April 9 at the Gamblers In Baramulla Ladakh from August 2. SRINAGAR: The Enforcement ment in the disengagement in Chushul border point on the According to an order is- Directorate (ED) arrested Raj the remaining friction points in Indian side of the LAC. SRINAGAR: Police on Friday sued by Register General, Jawad Singh Gehlot, the owner of eastern Ladakh, sources in the India and China have been claimed to have arrested three gam- Ahmed, the litigants shall be Ambience Mall, almost four military establishment said. locked in a military standoff at blers in a raid in Baramulla district of allowed entry into the Court months after the Anti-Corruption The fresh round of Corps multiple friction points in eastern north Kashmir. According to a police premises with effect from Bureau (ACB) filed a charge Commander talks are sched- Ladakh since early May last year. spokesperson, acting on an input, a August 2, to enable them to meet sheeted against him and two for- linked to an alleged bank loan The central probe agency uled to start at 10:30 AM at The two sides completed police team raided a village Zeeran in their counsel in their chambers. mer managers of J&K Bank and fraud of Rs 800 crore, officials had raided Gehlot, his com- Moldo border point on the the withdrawal of troops and and arrested three gam- However, their entry into the others in the whopping Rs 270 said. He was produced before a pany Aman Hospitality Private Chinese side of the Line of weapons from the North and blers from the spot. He identified Court Buildings shall continue to crore Bank loan fraud case. court in New Delhi on Thursday Limited (AHPL), some other Actual Control (LAC) in eastern South banks of Pangong lake in the trio as Ab Razak Gojri of , be prohibited till further orders. Gehlot, promoter of the that sent him to Enforcement firms of the Ambience group, di- Ladakh, they added. February following a series of Bashir Ahmad Dar of Chandoosa and "The Chief Justice has been Ambience group, was arrested Directorate (ED) custody till rector in the company Dayanand The main focus of the talks will military and diplomatic talks. Zahoor Ahmad Sheikh  More On P2 pleased to order  More On P2 in a money-laundering case August 5, they said. Singh, Mohan Singh  More On P2 be on addressing outstanding There was no  More On P2 Govt Directs Sarpanchs To Govt Orders DC’s To Visit Far- Security Agencies On Toes Unfurl Tricolor On Aug 15 Flung Areas Twice Every Week After Drone Sightings Near IB Observer News Service (IAS), Commissioner Secretary 75 Roads, Schools Mehta on Friday asked the con- to the Government. Press Trust Of India operation was suspended late A massive combing opera- To Be Named After cerned officers to undertake SRINAGAR: The government on “Accordingly, all concerned night and resumed at around tion was carried out in the ar- Distinguished Citizens all necessary preparations for Friday asked all deputy com- are enjoined upon to ensue JAMMU: The Jammu and 5 am this morning. However, eas where the movement of the the ensuing August 15 celebra- missioners to undertake tours or implementation of these in- Kashmir Police carried out nothing objectionable was re- suspected drones was picked Observer News Service tions at both the capital cities of field visits necessarily on every structions in true letter and searches in Pargwal area near covered during the operation. up throughout the night and in Srinagar and Jammu and direct- Wednesday and Saturday of a spirit,” the order reads, adding, the International Border (IB) Three suspected Pakistani the morning. However, nothing SRINAGAR: The Jammu and ed unfurling of the National Flag week to far-flung areas in their “The Deputy Commissioners here after local residents al- drones were also sighted was found on the ground, a po- Kashmir government on Friday at all District, Sub District, Tehsil respective districts. shall ensure undertaking tours/ legedly spotted a flying object simultaneously over Bari- lice official said. directed unfurling of tricolor at all Headquarters and Panchayats “Instructions have been is- field visits necessarily on every believed to be a drone, officials Brahmana, Chiladya and Personnel of the Border district, sub district, tehsil head- by the PRI representatives, an sued from time to time im- Wednesday and Saturday of said on Friday. Gagwal areas in Samba dis- Security Force (BSF) fired quarters and panchayats by the official spokesperson said. pressing upon, among others, a week and interact with the The operation was launched trict around the same time on a couple of rounds Panchayati Raj Institutions during Mehta, he said, impressed upon the Deputy Commissioners general public for resolution of in several villages of Pargwal Thursday. towards one of the the upcoming August 15 celebra- district administrations to ac- to undertake extensive tours their issues during these tours.” late Thursday eve- drones in Chiladya tions in the Union Territory. knowledge contributions of citi- within their districts particu- The Deputy Commissioners ning, shortly after before it returned to the Chairing a meeting to take zens towards nation-building and larly the far flung, remote and have been asked to submit a local resident noticed Pakistani side, officials said. stock of preparations for the cel- enlist individuals with exemplary difficult areas. Besides bringing copies of their tour notes to a blinking light in the sky at The other two drones dis- ebration of 75th Independence achievements in this regard. administration to door steps, the General Administration around 8.30 pm and alerted appeared from the sky shortly Day with the theme ‘Azadi Ka “As a mark of respect and ap- such tours help in on spot reso- Department on quarterly basis. fellow villagers, they said. after hovering over sensitive Amrut Mahotsav’, the Chief preciation to civilians with dis- lution of many issues,” reads an “Further, the Administrative However, the search security  More On P2 Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar tinguished  More On P2 order by Manoj Kumar Dwivedi Secretaries and  More On P2 NEWS Saturday | 31.07.2021 1002 Ozone Becoming More Widespread In Delhi-NCR Across All Seasons: Study Press trust of India photochemically from interaction averaging the data from all mon- number of days not meeting the summer (March-June), winter period last year, the analysis re- of 28 per cent. Meerut does not between gases in the presence of itoring stations blunts the curve, ozone standards is increasing (October-February) and mon- vealed, adding that in the NCR, have adequate data for 2019 New Delhi: Ozone, a highly reac- sunlight, is predominantly a sum- and underestimates the magni- even in winters. soon (July-September), between Gurugram saw the maximum to carry out comparative trend tive gas and dangerous for those mer phenomenon, the gas has tude of threat from the worst af- "This analysis shows that the 2018 and July 18, 2021. jump in number of exceedance analysis, but with 109 days of suffering from respiratory con- emerged as an equally strong con- fected locations and also during number of days not meeting It said that the eight-hourly days between 2019 and 2020 -- exceedance in 2020, it was the ditions and asthma, is becom- cern during winter as well. different seasons. the ozone standards has begun standard for ground-level ozone its tally of 201 days in 2020 was least polluted major city in the ing more widespread in Delhi "Ozone is now a round-the- "As ozone is a highly reactive to increase even during win- exceeded at least in one station an increase by over 300 per cent NCR," it said. and the National Capital Region year problem requiring urgent gas and even short-term exposure ter months, making the winter in Delhi on 290 days in 2020, from previous year. The CSE said that granular (NCR) across all seasons, accord- attention of clean air pro- can aggravate respiratory condi- smog more toxic," said Avikal which is up by 30 days com- "Noida also registered a 54 per real time data (15-minute aver- ing to a new analysis by Centre grammes," said CSE executive di- tions leading to emergency hospi- Somvanshi, programme manag- pared to 2019 and 26 days more cent jump. Faridabad recorded ages) have been sourced from for Science and Environment rector Anumita Roychowdhury. tal admission, it requires a differ- er in CSE's Urban Lab team of the than 2018. no change between 2019 and the Central Pollution Control (CSE) released on Friday. "The risk from it is often not ent approach to risk assessment Sustainable Cities programme. This year has already recorded 2020. Ghaziabad and Greater Board's (CPCB) official online The analysis said that contrary well understood, as the current and communication," she added. The assessment has traced 169 days of exceedance, an in- Noida saw a decline, with the portal Central Control Room for to the notion that ozone, produced regulatory practice of spatially Another expert said that the trends during different seasons crease of 21 days for the same latter showing the biggest drop Air Quality Management.

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Rescue Ops our target of taking J&K to the highest level of striving to improve the level of sports and facil- prohibited till further orders,” it added. were asked to organize online quiz, poetry, es- from police, Army and local volunteers, the green cover,” Mehta said. ities at the college and university level as well. ED Arrests say, and similar competitions and encourage officials said. Directs Speeding The way development is taking place in all dis- students for participation through webinars. A Meteorological department official said ciplines of sports, the sports sector informally Gehlot and their associates in July last year. “The Chief Secretary stressed conducting a the weather remained overcast with light rain optimum results. has taken the form of industry in Jammu and Gehlot’s arrest comes over four months after dedicated 15 days’ cleanliness drive with spe- at most places across Jammu and Kashmir. Chairing a review meeting at Raj Bhavan Kashmir,” he added. ACB filed a charge sheeted against two former cial focus on public places and offices across “Same conditions are most likely to contin- here on Friday, the LG was briefed about the As per the official spokesperson, the LG ad- managers of J&K Bank Rakesh Kumar Kharyal Jammu and Kashmir to achieve major trans- ue throughout the day. A brief spell of heavy status, pace of works, and issues of various vised the Sports Council to work strategically, and Kuldeep Gupta and others in the whopping formation towards a clean and tidy Jammu and showers may occur at some places which may projects including the four-laning of Jammu- identify such places where youth are perform- Rs 270 crore J&K Bank loan fraud case. Kashmir,” he said. trigger flash flood, mudslide and landslide,” the Road; two-laning with paved shoul- ing well and develop them as a Special Sports The ACB had registered a the case (FIR No. He further said that during the meeting, it was official said, advising people to remain alert der of -Sudhmahadev road section; Hub. The Sports Council can also work with 15/2019) on 24 July 2019 at police station ACB informed that keeping in view the COVID-19 and move away from vulnerable places. Sudhmahadev-Goha Tunnel in the Jammu other departments such as Rural Development, Srinagar on the basis of an information which pandemic situation, the Independence Day J&K’s Forest Cover Division, besides the current status of Z-Morh Police, and Higher Education Department for was the outcome of a verification conducted function will be observed with due regard to Tunnel; Zojila Tunnel; Baramulla-Tangmarg- professional services and technical know-how into the allegations of financial irregularities in the COVID SOPs and protocol based on social which envisage afforestation on all degraded road among others in the Kashmir in the form of convergence in the field of sports. the loans availed by AHPL New Delhi from the distance, wearing of masks, proper sanitiza- & denuded lands in the UT within & outside Division, an official spokesperson said. On the occasion, he said, the LG extended Ansal Plaza Branch of the J&K Bank New Delhi. tion, and limited congregations. forests. During the meeting, the LG, he said, directed his best wishes to all the Indian Sportspersons It was alleged that the officers of J&K Bank “As such, it was decided that participation “It is a matter of pride for us that while the officials to expedite the pace of work on representing the country in the ongoing Tokyo Ansal Plaza Branch had given loan worth crores from students and vulnerable persons will be the present circumstances are posing a dif- the major road projects. He issued directions Olympic Games. of rupees to this firm and in connivance with restricted, besides introducing technological ficult challenge to the people at many places, for removal of any pending bottlenecks, be- According to the official spokesperson, the the firm the loan amounts so sanctioned were interventions toward e-celebrations,” the offi- the government machinery and the people of sides calling for synergizing inter-agency/de- projects inaugurated today by the Lt Governor declared as NPA to facilitate the firm to have a cial spokesperson said. Jammu and Kashmir are discharging their re- partment coordination for achieving optimum included Synthetic Football Turf at Khel Gaon One Time Settlement to its advantage. “Further, Chief Secretary directed the con- sponsibility towards the coming generation results. Nagrota worth Rs 5 cr; Mini Stadium at Bhour The firm had apparently availed Rs 227 cerned to ensure arrangements regarding by preserving and strengthening our natural On the four-laning of Jammu-Akhnoor Road, Camp, Chatha costing Rs 1 cr and Playfield at crores as term Loan alongwith Bank guarantee various facilities including transport, parking, wealth,” he added. the official spokesperson said that the chair at a cost of Rs 2 cr. The Mini Stadium of Rs. 15 crores for the construction of a five seating, availability of water, electricity, de- Underlining the importance of taking science was briefed about the progress achieved under at Bhour Camp will benefit 5000 youth by ac- star hotel in Delhi with a project cost estimated ployment of health, fire and emergency staff & and ecology together on the path of develop- various packages of the project. commodating games like Cricket, Volleyball, at Rs. 866.89 crores, the ACB said. equipment, and illumination of buildings,” he ment, the LG as per official spokesperson said “It was informed that around 70 % progress Kabaddi. “The rest of the loans were availed from oth- added. that it is vital to ensure balance between devel- has been achieved in the Canal Head to Ganesh “With the completion of new Playfield at er banks by the firm as part of consortium loan Govt Orders DC’s opment and conservation of our environment. Vihar stretch of the prestigious project, involv- Purmandal, games including Cricket, Football, for construction of the five-star hotel,” ACB had “There has never been a more urgent need to revive ing construction of a 4.6 km long flyover,” he Volleyball, Kabaddi which are popular amongst said in a statement. other senior field functionaries shall not or- ecology than today,” the LG said. said. the locals of the area will get the impetus. It added that the firm had pledged mort- dinarily schedule any meeting/tour involving Sinha, as per the official spokesperson ob- The LG, he said, issued explicit directions to Border rural and tribal youth shall get benefit gaged land including the building of five-star Deputy Commissioners, on these days.” served that the ‘Green J&K Drive’ aims at cre- the concerned officials to stick to the timelines from this playground,” he said. hotel and rentals which would accrue on the Security Agencies ating a people’s movement at a massive scale of the project. He further said that the LG also laid e- commercial area which was proposed to be with the involvement of all stakeholders, par- “This project is going to ease the life of thou- foundation for sports infrastructure including leased out, hypothecation of all other current installations at Bari Brahmana and along ticularly village panchayats, women, students, sands of our citizens. There should be no delay Synthetic Athletic Track at Jammu University assets and personal guarantee of Raj Singh Jammu-Pathankot highway in Gagwal, they Urban Local Bodies, institutions, NGOs, and in the execution and the adherence of the set costing Rs 6 cr which is first of its kind in the Gehlot who was the Managing Director of M/s said. civil society. timelines must be ensured,” Sinha said, as per UT and shall bring J&K on international map AHPL worth Rs. 41 crores favouring a consor- The latest sightings were recorded nearly a He expressed satisfaction over the initiation the official spokesperson. of athletics, besides impacting the university tium of banks including J&K Bank as the lead week after police shot down a Pakistani drone of Green Jammu and Kashmir campaign by He said that the meeting also discussed games, school games, and other athletic activi- bank as part of mortgaged properties, it said. carrying five-kg Improvised Explosive Device Forest Department targeting to plant 130 lakh the current status of two-laning of Chenani- ties for national & international participants. “However, while looking into the allegations (IED) material in the border belt of Kanachak plants this year, in collaboration with schools, Sudhmahadev road section of NH-244, Other projects for which foundations were mentioned in the FIR investigation revealed near here. Non-Governmental institutions, Village Sudhmahadev-Goha Tunnel, Goha–Khellani in laid include - Construction of Mini Stadium that instead of using the loans sanctioned for There has been a spurt in drone activities, es- Panchayat Plantation Committees (VPPCs) to the Jammu region. at Surankote, costing Rs 3 cr; and the purpose of construction of hotel it was di- pecially after the bombing of Indian Air Force mark the completion of 130 years of dedicated Further, he said, a team of senior NHIDCL of- Illumination of Playfields at Darhal and Peeri, verted / siphoned out for various other purpos- (IAF) Station in Jammu on June 27, resulting in service of the department, which will contrib- ficials shall visit Doda next week, to resolve all worth Rs 55 lakh each. es and misappropriated by the borrower Raj injuries to two security personnel. ute significantly in increasing the green cover pending issues related to the NH-244 project Pak Rejects Singh Gehlot,” the statement had said. Train Crushes in the UT. by working in synergy with district authorities. Investigation, the ACB had said, also estab- Expressing happiness over the implemen- “Status of various projects being executed Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan lished that out of the Rs. 100 crores sanctioned shifted to the Public Health Centre (PHC) tation of Green India Mission in Jammu and in the Kashmir division was also reviewed, Tehreek-e-Insaf party, saying the “cosmetic ex- as Term Loan in the first phase to M/s AHPL Qazigund for post mortem. Kashmir, the LG, he said, stated that the spirit including the Z-Morh Tunnel; Zojila Tunnel; ercise” was nothing but an attempt by Pakistan an amount of Rs. 35 crores has been diverted Search Operation of public participation will bring economic Baramulla-Tangmarg-Gulmarg road, among to “camouflage its illegal occupation” and that by Raj Singh Gehlot Managing Director Of M/s benefits apart from improving the quality and others,” the official spokesperson said. it has lodged a strong protest over the issue. AHPL in connivance with the Bank officials and searches there. quantity of forests in 320 villages. “It was informed that the connectivity of Reacting strongly on the elections in the other co-accused and through fictitious firms A local news agency KDC quoted an un- “Every citizen must come forward to play highway will be ensured during Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, Ministry of which were created for the purpose and also named police officer as saying that the search an important part in the restoration of ecol- the ensuing winter season and there would External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi by layering the funds through other banks in a operation was launched following inputs about ogy. Scientific findings show that this decade be effective deployment of snow cutters along said Pakistan has “no locus standi on these complex maze of transactions. the presence of militants in the village. matters most in preventing catastrophic cli- all major roads that are affected due to heavy Indian territories” and it must vacate all Indian “In this manner they cheated the J&K Bank Leopard Caught mate change and reducing biodiversity loss. snowfall,” he added. areas under its “illegal occupation”. Ansal Plaza Branch to the tune of Rs. 35 crores,” The United Nations on 5 June 2021 launched As per the official spokesperson, the LG di- “The so-called elections in Indian territory the ACB had said, adding “Further investigation that they were informed about the presence a major ambitious program – the “Decade of rected the officers to undertake the technical under the illegal occupation of Pakistan are into the remaining diversions is in progress of the wild animal in the area, following which Ecosystem Restoration”, which is an important supervision of works like earth-cutting along nothing but an attempt by Pakistan to cam- apart from the allegations of illegally entering a team reached the spot. While maintaining step towards restoring the destroyed ecology,” the highways. Sinha, he said, also observed that ouflage its illegal occupation and the material into an OTS to the firm advantage by J&K Bank utmost caution as to avoid any exigency, the Sinha said, as per official spokesperson. it is imperative to ensure the highest quality of changes undertaken by it in these territories,” officials.” animal was captured safely from the area with “If we fail to restore our ecology in the next works besides preserving the fragile ecology. he said at an online media briefing. It had further said that a charge sheet has able assistance from the local inhabitants, he ten years, at least one million species may be- ‘Govt Creating Bagchi also strongly objected to references been filed by the Anti Corruption Bureau in the said. come extinct in the coming times. As long as made to Jammu and Kashmir in a recent joint concerned court in Srinagar u/s 120-B, 409, 420 The captured beast would be dispatched to the ecological system is protected, we will be projects worth Rs 18.10 cr and dedicating the press statement by Pakistan and China, assert- RPC and section 5(1)(c), 5(1)(d) r/w 5(2) of the Dachigam park, he further said. able to conserve our forests, rivers and lakes, new sports facilities to the local youth. ing that the union territories of J-K and Ladakh JK PC Act against Raj Singh Gehlot Managing Woman Found mountains, meadows, fields and urban land- “Moving ahead towards developing state- have been and will remain an integral and in- Director of M/s AHPL and co-accused Mohan scapes, which are also a source of wealth and of-the-art sports infrastructure in the UT, the alienable part of India. Singh, Sheela Gehlot and Madhu Bakshi (pri- which searches were launched to trace her. health for the society,” he added. government is creating modern facilities and India has asserted that Jammu and Kashmir vate persons) and public servants Rakesh “Today morning, a body was found in the or- The official spokesperson further said that developing sports culture even in remote ar- “was, is and shall forever” remain an integral Kumar Kharyal and Kuldeep Gupta who were chard and it has been now taken to the hospital the LG appreciated the Forest Department and eas for talented sportspersons of the UT,” Sinha part of India. the erstwhile Managers of J&K Bank Ansal for post-mortem to ascertain the cause of her the IIT Jammu for aiming at planting 10,000 said, as per an official spokesperson. New Delhi has also previously told Islamabad Plaza Branch, New Delhi besides the firms M/s death,” they said. trees in the IIT Jammu campus in this mon- “Funded under CAPEX, JKIDFC, Khelo India, that issues related to Jammu and Kashmir are Ambience limited, NGR Consultant Pvt. Ltd. Meanwhile, Baramulla police have taken soon, besides working on Greening and Eco- and PMDP, the inauguration and foundation its internal matter and the country is capable and Raj Commercial & Agencies. cognizance of the incident and have registered restoration of forest land diverted for the pur- laying of these projects marks the beginning of of solving its own problems. India, China case, while further investigations have also pose of creation of this august institution. next phase of modernization of sports infra in The Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) said that the been taken up—(KNO) The LG, he said, asked the IIT Jammu admin- J&K,” he added. Jammu and Kashmir dispute between Pakistan visible forward movement in disengagement Police Nabs 3 istration to put dedicated efforts in taking eco- The LG, as per the official spokesperson said and India has been on the agenda of the UN of troops in the remaining friction points as the friendly initiatives so that this reputed institu- that his government is working with a mission Security Council since 1948 and remains an Chinese side did not show flexibility in their of Hardumadam Tangmarg. tion can join the Green Metric World Colleges to take sports to Panchayat level and provide internationally recognised dispute, as affirmed approach on it at the 11th round of military “Officers have seized stake money of Rs competition on the basis of its Green Campus opportunities to the youth living in far-flung by the relevant Security Council resolutions. talks. 10,890 and playing cards from the gamblers. and Sustainability and can make its place in the areas. The FO said that India tried to unilaterally Govt Directs Sarpanchs They have been arrested and shifted to police top 50 ranking. “With better training and modern infra- alter the internationally recognised disputed contributions to public welfare, Dr. Mehta station where they remain in custody,” the po- “Under the guidance of our Hon’ble Prime structure, our youths can represent the country status of Jammu and Kashmir and the territo- asked the concerned to identify 75 roads and lice spokesperson said. Minister, the whole country is making head- in international events,” the LG said. ry’s demographic structure in violation of the schools to be named after them,” he said. “Accordingly, a case under relevant sections way in exploiting solar power to reduce the Sinha, as per the official spokesperson also UN Security Council resolutions. The statement of law has been registered and further investi- carbon footprint. We can also explore the same expressed gratitude to all the coaches and of- also urged India to take steps for the imple- According to the official spokesperson, gation has been initiated,” he added. to prevent the increasing imbalance of envi- ficials associated with the sports, who are mentation of the UNSC resolutions on Kashmir. the Rural Development ronment,” the LG said. working day and night to identify and extract Pakistan downgraded ties with India and Department was asked to Sinha, he said, also advised the IIT Faculty young talent, with a resolve to make Jammu suspended trade after the Indian govern- ensure commencement of to install a bio-digester to convert the campus and Kashmir proud. ment revoked the special status of Jammu and all identified works and waste into energy. This technology can change “The Government is providing sports infra- Kashmir in August 2019. projects during the run-up the way we manage solid waste and help make structure and facilities to the young budding India has maintained that the issue related to the 75th Independence the campus environmentally sustainable with sportspersons of the UT. Now, it is the respon- to Article 370 of the Indian Constitution was Day with robust monitor- economic benefits. sibility of the coaches and officials to hone the entirely an internal matter of the country. ing for their timely com- “Apart from this, setting up of Biodiversity talent and improve J&K’s medal tally in nation- 4 CRPF Men pletion, besides complet- Park in the campus on the lines of Visvesvaraya al and international level competitions,” the LG ing and inaugurating the Technological University can also be consid- said. Kamlesh Singh and Gautam Mandal. ongoing projects. ered,” the official spokesperson quoted LG as The LG, as per the official spokesperson Soon after the attack, additional reinforce- The CS, he said, asked saying. added that the Government of India has been ments of police and CRPF reached the spot and various departments to “Whatever measures we are taking today to liberal in providing funds for Education and started search operation to nab the attackers. organize events, competi- restore ecology and reduce air pollution, plas- Sports in Jammu and Kashmir. He further said However, no reports of any arrests during the tions, and activities at dis- tic pollution, I believe that it will prove to be a that the combined budget of education and search operation were received. trict, school, and panchayat boon for the coming generations whether it is sports of Jammu and Kashmir is Rs 2386 crores, J&K Sees levels in tune with the 75- in villages or in cities,” he added. which is way more than various bigger States week celebration plan of On the occasion, he said, the LG handed over and UTs. There were 35 confirmed cases of ‘Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav’. the cheques worth Rs 1.97 cr to various Village “In the last few months, J&K Sports Council Mucormycosis (black fungus) in the union ter- “These events are to be Panchayat Plantation Committees (VPPCs) as has emerged as a powerful vehicle for iden- ritory at present, the officials added. widespread to ensure par- the proceeds of harvesting of mature trees. tification of platforms for young talent. Still, J&K HC ticipation of a large number According to the official spokesperson, Dr we have a long way to go. Time-bound targets of citizens, in an endeavour Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, in his ad- need to be fixed for the coaches in different that in view of the considerable decline to raise awareness on the dress through video conferencing urged the disciplines of various games. It should also be in Covid-19 infection cases in the Union ideals of the Constitution,” Forest department and the Village Panchayat kept in mind that only professional coaches are Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, Mehta said, as per official Plantation Committees to engage common included in every field and he should show the the litigants shall be allowed entry into the spokesperson. people in the drive in a participatory mode to same enthusiasm as the government and the Court premises with effect from 2 August 2021, As per the official enhance the forest and tree cover. players are showing,” the LG said, as per the of- to enable them to meet their counsel in their spokesperson, the School “Even if each person plants one sapling, ficial spokesperson. chambers,” the order read. “However, their en- Education and Higher we will have sufficient green cover to surpass “Apart from professional sports, we are try into the Court Buildings shall continue to be Education departments CITY Saturday| 31-07-2021 3

DC Srinagar Directs Officers DIAL-EMMA • TRAFFIC POLICE : 9419993745, 01998-266686 • PCR: 0194-2452092,2455883 To Take Measures For • PDD: 0194-2450213 • FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES : 2479488,2452222,2452155 Decongesting City Traffic • CAPD: 18001807011 • SMC HEALTH OFFICER: 9469409081 Observer News Service Further, the DC in- • Ambulance: Kashmer EMS Service: +91 94841 00200 structed to remove road side SRINAGAR: In order to for- objects that hinder smooth AIRPORTS mulate ‘Action Plan for Road traffic ply. He also directed SHIEK UL ALAM AIRPORT: 01942303311 Safety measures in Srinagar to keep the provision of ad- district to decongest City and vanced parking areas in RAILWAYS ensure smooth traffic flow, crowded places and reloca- • SRINAGAR: 0194-2103259 the Deputy Commissioner tion of the roadside vendors • : 01932-228243 (DC), Srinagar, Mohammad to improve traffic congestion • BARAMULLA: 0194-102029 Aijaz Asad today chaired a and facilitate movement of • BIJBHERA: 01932-228243 meeting of District Road Safe- pedestrians. • : 01933-294132 ty Committee(DRSC) here. He also stressed for re- • : 01954-293507 The meeting held thread- pairing black spots, initi- • QAZIGUND: 01951-296153 bare deliberations on vari- ating remedial measures, ous issues with regard to installation of signages and HIGHWAY STATUS management of Traffic in- painting of roads at appro- • Sgr-Jammu highway - ( Open ) cluding identification of priate spots and generation • Mughal Road - (Open) black spots, improvement of awareness for making • Srinagar- Leh- (Open) of lighting on vital roads, roads safer in the district. Traffic Management System, The DC directed for con- availability of Crash Rescue ducting mass awareness pro- Vehicles and Critical Care grams on Traffic rules and Ambulances. regulations. PRAYERS FAJR 4: 04 A houseboat sank into river Jhelum on Friday leaving a family HIJRI ZUHR 12:37 of five homeless. KO Photo Abid Bhat CALENDAR ASR 5:32 20 Zil Haj Magrib 7:36 Miraculous Escape For Family 1442 ISHA 9:09 The DC stressed upon all Earlier, the Deputy Com- the officers to be proactive missioner was informed that in formulating a comprehen- black spots have been iden- This Day In History sive Road Safety Action Plan tified and concerned depart- Of Five As Houseboat Sinks on priority basis. He stressed ments have been asked to • 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves minor victory over on the concerned officers to take remedial action. He was Agencies Lal Mandi locality of Srinagar. any shelter elsewhere. We are Octavian, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to Octa- take all required measures further informed that a con- The family had a narrow es- now putting up in a neighbour’s vian's invasion of Egypt • 432 - St Sixtus III begins his reign as Catholic Pope to decongest the City roads to trol room/Helpline is already Srinagar: A family of five had a cape as water entered the house- houseboat.” • 781 - The oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji (Traditional Japanese ensure smooth flow of traffic. in place to facilitate people in miraculous escape during the in- boat and it sank. They jumped He said that he cannot afford date: July 6, 781) He directed the PWD to any exigent situation. tervening night of Thursday and out of it and saved themselves to repair the houseboat on his • 1291 - Egyptian Mamelukken occupies Akko, crusaders driven out of improve road markings and The DC directed the Traffic Friday after their houseboat sank from drowning. own as the same costs around Rs Palestine signages to eliminate high authorities to expedite the pro- into river Jhelum in Srinagar. Mohammad Ashraf Kah- 1.5 lakh, while they do not have • 1423 - Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant - the French army is risk stretches, black spots, im- cess of purchasing Crash res- The family has been ren- ankashi, owner of the houseboat, the resources to afford the repair- defeated by the English on the banks of the river Yonne in Burgundy • 1498 - Christopher Columbus discovers the island of Trinidad on his provement of junctions on all cue vehicles, besides submit a dered homeless. The houseboat said “We have now been ren- ing cost. third voyage cross-roads, and improve road detailed requirement regarding was located near the Museum in dered homeless as we don’t have • 1655 - Russo-Polish War (1654-1667): the Russian army enters the capi- lighting near habitations. barricades and signages. tal of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years • 1658 - Aurangzeb appoints himself Mughal emperor • 1667 - Peace of Breda: 2nd English war-Suriname vs New-Netherlands ends • 1777 - Marquis de Lafayette, 19, made major-general of Continental Army • 1790 - 1st US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process • 1813 - British invade Plattsburgh, NY NOTICE • 1877 - Second Russian assault on Plevna, Turkey fails, during Russo- Turkish War, 7,300 Russian casualties **** • 1901 - Abraham Kuyper becomes premier of Netherlands I sold my Bajaj Pulsar C O R R I G E N D O M • 1914 - German Emperor Wilhelm II threatens war, orders Russia to 150CC bearing Regis- demobilize Subject:- Corrigendum to notification under section 4 (1) vide No. LA-PDD/MHPS/ • 1917 - World War I: Battle of Passchendaele (Third Battle of Ypres) begins, goes on to cause approximately 500,000 casualties tration No. JK01P-3732, 369-381 dated 25-09-2017. • 1925 - Last allied occupying troops leave Ruhrgebied Engine No: DMGBTF- • 1929 - Aristide Briand becomes premier of France for the 6th time Please Read: • 1936 - IOC awards Tokyo, Japan 1940 Summer Olympic Games (later 68743, Chasis No: cancelled, Second Sino-Japanese War) Table – A • 1938- Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from MDZDHDR22TCE-79506 King Darius in Persepolis. Area involved • 1942- U-boats sank 96 allied ships this month: 476,000 ton to Mr. Ashik Hussain S.No Name of village Tehsil Distinct Tower No Khasra No M S Sfts • 1958 -Anti-Chinese uprising in Tibet Malik son of Mohd Akbar 01 Shahzadpora B.K Pora Budgam 2 MC 101 min 04 - -- • 1960-Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, calls for a black state Do Do Do Do Do 102 min 03 5 -- • 1964- US Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon Malik of Sehpora Chayira Do Do Do Do Do 96 min 05 7 -- • 1980- Soyuz 37 crew returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 36 • 1982- Finland, Italy, Germany, Austria & France form American Euro- on 01/07/2021. Do Do Do Do Do 97 min -- 6 -- pean Football Federation (AEFF) Total 14 - -- • 1991- Russia & US sign long range nuclear weapons reduction pact SAJAD HUSSAIN DAR Instead of: • 1994 -UN votes 12-0 (2 abstentions) to authorize use of force against Haiti • 1999 -Discovery Program: Lunar Prospector - NASA intentionally S/o Ghulam Mehdi Dar Table – B crashes the spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to de- tect frozen water on the moon’s surface. R/o Khumani Chowk, Khasra Area involved • 2002- Polaroid Corporation is purchased by One Equity Partners, cre- S.No Name of village Tehsil Distinct Tower No No M S Sfts ating a new company that now operates under the Polaroid Corpora- 03 Shahzadpora B.K Pora Budgam 2 MC 101 14 - - tion name, launching a new era for Polaroid. • 2006 - Fidel Castro hands over power temporarily to brother Raúl Cas- Total 14 - - tro. This leads to a celebration in Little Havana (La Pequeña Habana in Spanish), Miami, Florida, where many Cuban Americans participated. PUBLIC NOTICE Sd/ • 2012- Two car bombs kill 21 people in Baghdad, Iraq Collector • 2012-A second power grid failure in two days leaves 670 million peo- My mother's name has been Wrongly mentioned in her Death DIPK-5607/21 Land Acquisition PDD ple in India without power certificate As Sundari Beigum instead of Sundri Bagam w/o late Bemina Srinagar • 2014 The US agree to resupply arms to Israel - including rocket launch- Nek mohd Gojer Qalaas whihc needs immediate correction , if No. LA/PDD/MHPS/128-142 ers, mortar rounds, grenades - despite condemnation of civilian casu- anybody have any objection may contact SHO P/S Qalamabad Dated: 30-07-2021 alties in Gaza within seven days. After that no objection will be entertained. • 2014 Israel and Hamas agree to a 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire. Jumma Gojer Qalaas. S/o LATE SUNDRI BAGAM R/0:- Monabal From KO Archives Cellno:- 7889596189 Craft Development Institute sult (Skill Development Department, Government of J&K) NC advocates Baghi-Ali-Mardan Khan, Nowshera, Srinagar Telefax +91 0194 2411430, +91 0194 2411772 Email [email protected] / website www cdisgr.org separatists cause EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR Observer News Service Srinagar - Asking India and Pakistan to hold talks on Kashmir is- Craft Development Institute, Srinagar invites sealed proposals from eligible C&AG emplanelled Chartered sue in the state, Opposition National Confer-once today demanded Accountancy Firms for providing their services for conducting of Statutory Audit for the Accounts of the In- inclusion of separatist leaders, including hardline Hurriyat faction stitute for the financial year 2019-20 & 2020-2021, as per the following terms and conditions: leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, in the dialogue process. India and Pakistan should hold talks on Kashmir in Kash- 1. Firm must be empanelled with C&AG and should be a member of ICAI for the period for which the Statutory mir NC president Omar Abdullah said addressing a public rally Audit is to be conducted. at in District. Abdullah said leaders of all political parties including 2. The firm must have conducted at least 20 Statutory Audits of different Organisations/ Goverment Depart- Geelani, JKLF Chairman Mohammad Yaseen Malik, Demo- ments/Autonomous Bodies etc. and shall have to furnish documentaty evidence of the same duly stamped cratic Freedom Party Leader Shabir Ahmad Shah and leaders of moderate Hurriyat faction Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Maulana with seal and signature. Mohammad Abbas Ansari should be included in the talks to find a lasting solution to Kashmir issue, an NC spokesman said. 3. The proposals should be put in a sealed envelope along with a non-refundable bank draft of Rs. 2,000/- Abdullah said attaching pre-conditions with the talks (Rupees=Two=Thousand=Only) payable to Corpus, Craft Development Institute, Srinagar. would not yield any positive results. "The talks should be un-conditional and everyone included 4. The proposals shall be submitted to Director, Craft Development Institute, Baghi-Ali-Mardan-Khan, Now- in them," he was quoted as saying. shera, Srinagar by or before 05-08-2021 till 1:00 p.m and they shall be opened at 3:00 p.m by the designated He alleged that human rights violations were continuing committee consitituted for the purpose. in the state and Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had failed to deliver on his pre-election promises. Taking a dig at the PDP-led government over the recent 5. The concerned firm shall have to submit CAG registration certificate along with all necessary requiste doc- survey which named Jammu and Kashmir as the second most uments in this regard. corrupt state in the country, Abdullah said "it speaks volumes about the coalition government's promise of eradicating the 6. The undersigned reserves the right to accept or reject any offer / proposal without assigning any reason menace of corruption." "If Mufti continues to rule the state for thereof. few more years, J-K would soon be the number one corrupt state in the country," he added and raised questions about the work- ing of the Accountability Commission. Director, (Kashmir Observer, 31 July, 2005) DIPK-NB-2156/21 CDI Srinagar Saturday| 31-07-2021 4

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It’s a Fine Line! Individual Freedom vs Expert Advice Amidst Covid-19

he measures taken by the gov- health experts in the US repeatedly rec- ernments across the world, ommending wearing masks based on to tackle the spread of Covid evidence, the issue deeply divided the infection, has once again re- country with the political debate going Tnewed the old debate- whether the on for months. Many lives would have public should be allowed to choose for been saved if the government and the themselves or should the expert opin- public had heeded the experts. Inciden- ion prevail? In a democracy, the public tally, today (on July 18, 2021) China’s Haris Rashid has the right to express diverse points Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua of view on the issues that concern them Chunying tweeted a rhetorical ques- and they expect their elected repre- tion to the US, “How about the rights sentatives to properly represent their of 600,000+ Americans who died in the Similarly, in views. Therefore, public sentiment, as pandemic?” Unfortunately, it is too late such, is one input to political decisions- to ascertain the opinion of all those peo- Kashmir, the whether it is to make the masks and the ple who died in the US on whether they vaccination mandatory or whether to would have temporarily preferred the government used Covid impose a lockdown. On the other hand, “bare life” while sacrificing the normal restrictions to stop one could argue that decisions such social, political and economic condi- as these are best taken by the experts Credits: Jonathan McHugh 2021 tions or would they have preferred "a returning militants’ bodies based on evidence, and not subject to, certain freedom” even if it led to their say, a referendum or mass opinion. said “By limiting the movements of mil- in Quodlibet, Agamben wrote that the death. to their families. It all But what happens if the public feels a lions of people in an attempt to protect measures once again manifested the Some governments like China, with certain way but experts disagree, what public health, China is engaging in a bal- government’s “tendency to use a state their good intentions of saving people's started in where a view should win out? The pandemic ancing act with a long and complicated of exception as a normal paradigm.” He lives, can be criticized and accused of JeM militant’s body was further complicates the problem be- history fraught with social, political and further wrote, “It is almost as if with human rights abuses for locking down cause it is a matter of life and death ethical concerns.” It further quoted an terrorism exhausted as a cause for ex- the country without involving the pub- returned to his family on and because of the nature of the virus, expert who said, “the shutdown would ceptional measures, the invention of lic’s opinion in decision-making while it does not only concern a particular almost certainly lead to human rights an epidemic offered the ideal pretext other countries like the US can get April 9, 2020. A few person but it concerns the whole com- violations and would be patently uncon- for scaling them up beyond any limi- away by putting the same measures in munity. One person choosing not to stitutional in the United States.” The tation.” There are many cases across place but after months of debate and hundred people wear a mask or refusing to follow so- Washington Post carried a news item on the world where Agamben’s words huge loss of life. Further, it is a fact that participated in the funeral, cial distancing or choosing against get- January 26, 2020, titled “China’s corona- ring true. In India, the long-running there would always be some govern- ting vaccinated does not only endanger virus lockdown-brought to you by au- Shaheen Bagh protest site was cleared ments who would use illegitimate po- following which an FIR was their own lives but the lives of all those thoritarianism” which said, “Only the on the pretext of curbing the spread of litical power disguised as expertise to around them. So, it raises the question Chinese government could implement Coronavirus. Similarly, in Kashmir, consolidate their power in order to pro- lodged against unknown of how we should navigate such compli- draconian measures to such a large the government used Covid restric- long their survival. Keeping in view all ... cated issues. scale.” However, the US later copied the tions to stop returning militants’ bod- these facts, is it really necessary to in- persons who participated in People are usually skeptical of their China model to contain the spread of the ies to their families. It all started in So- clude public opinion in decision-mak- the funeral of the militant governments. US President Ronald disease. The Wall Street Journal pub- pore where a JeM militant’s body was ing, on issues like a pandemic-which Reagan once infamously quipped, "the lished a news story on March 24, 2020, returned to his family on April 9, 2020. is a matter of life and death- or should for violating the Covid-19 nine most terrifying words in the Eng- saying “U. S. and European leaders are A few hundred people participated in the government just heed the experts? lish language are: I'm from the Govern- looking at China’s progress in curbing the funeral, following which an FIR Since the pandemic is receding and the protocols. Since then no ment, and I'm here to help." According the coronavirus pandemic to guide them was lodged against unknown persons focus is now on vaccination, it becomes to the selectorate theory, the primary on how to beat the virus within their who participated in the funeral of the more interesting. Most of the countries militants’ bodies have been goal of a leader (the government) is own borders.” Further, according to Ox- militant for violating the Covid-19 pro- have made vaccination mandatory for returned to their family. to remain in power. All the decisions ford COVID-19 Government Response tocols. Since then no militants’ bodies international travel and colleges and (political, social or economic) made by Tracker’s COVID-19: Stringency Index, have been returned to their family. universities across the world are mak- the government are taken while taking which measures the Covid containment It is true that such “states of ing vaccination mandatory for their into consideration the primary goal of measures of countries on a scale of 100, exception” can be used by the govern- students. But there is still a substantial prolonging its own survival. Hence, China’s measures were harshest at 81.94 ments to target their opponents and proportion of the population that is vac- the possibility of governments using il- while the US had its harshest measures crush dissent but does that mean that cine-hesitant. Should the governments legitimate political power disguised as at 75.46. Not much difference. the government must not have any take their concerns into consideration expertise is very high. After the Covid positive cas- right to impose any kind of restrictions, or should they heed the experts? When China decided to lock- es and the number of resulting deaths even if it is a matter of life or death. down Wuhan in January 2020, Western surged in Italy in early March 2020, When the whole world was months Views expressed in the article are the media, especially the US-based media, their government decided to lock down into wearing masks, President of the author's own and do not necessarily highlighting its democratic credentials, the country. Italian philosopher, Gior- United States Donald Trump refused to represent the editorial stance of carried reports and news items that gio Agamben, best known for his work wear a mask and refused to introduce Kashmir Observer raised concerns over the lockdown and on the concepts of state of exception, ve- a nationwide mandate that would make suggested that it amounted to human hemently attacked these stringent con- wearing masks mandatory because he The author can be reached at haris. rights abuses. On January 22, 2020, The tainment measures imposed by the gov- wanted people to have "a certain free- [email protected] New York Times published a report that ernment. In an opinion piece published dom." Despite the world’s top public

oor, a name that literally means light. she speak up? Why didn’t she tell anyone? Why... Noor, a young woman full of light. Noor, a why... why? Questions, only for women, only for kind soul who was taken away by a murder Do Not Extinguish The Light the victims and survivors, only for their families. so gruesome that it has shaken Pakistan. No questions for the perpetrators of these heinous NNoor, whose parents are going through the worst crimes. No questions for the rapists, the murderers, trauma, the kind that no parent should ever have to Mehmal Sarfraz the harassers, the attackers. Questions are reserved go through. Noor, a woman who was tortured before for the vulnerable, always. When women speak up, her brutal murder. Noor, your death has left us in thing could be worse than this. But we heard many rightly calls violence against women an epidemic. It hardly anyone believes them. When women tell darkness. It has shown us that there is no light at the other stories that were even more traumatizing. A is an epidemic that seems to have no end in sight. their stories, they face an ugly backlash and push- end of the tunnel. Noor, your murder has made all of 30-year-old woman, Naseem Bibi, was raped in front In 2016, a young law student, Khadija Siddiqi, back from society. us women cry in horror. It has made us scream in ag- of her 14-month-old son just a few days ago. Both were was stabbed 23 times by Shah Hussain, who was lat- Being a woman in a patriarchal society is ex- ony. Noor, we have failed you and your parents. We stabbed by the rapist and murderer. Both mother and er convicted. But Hussain has been granted an early hausting. Sometimes we get angry, but mostly, we cannot apologize enough. We cannot, we just cannot child succumbed to their injuries. Earlier this month, release from jail. Khadija says the Punjab govern- are just tired of being angry. We have had enough of express in words what we are feeling. a woman was shot dead by her husband in front of ment has granted him an extraordinary remission rape apologies, we have had enough of being ques- Noor Mukadam was beheaded by Zahir Zakir their children; they were also injured. This month, of 1.5 years. “State to be blamed,” tweeted Khadija. tioned for our every move, we have had enough of Jaffer in Islamabad last week during the Eid holi- toxic masculinity, we have had enough of being told days. According to the journalist, Salman Masood, No questions for the perpetrators of these heinous crimes. No questions how to sit, how to talk, how to dress, when to go out Noor’s killer “is a man she knew for more than a de- — we have had enough. Period. cade”. Zahir, the son of an influential businessman, for the rapists, the murderers, the harassers, the attackers. Questions are Women are not safe in their own homes, on the held Noor captive for almost a couple of days at his reserved for the vulnerable, always. When women speak up, hardly anyone roads, in their friends’ homes, at workplaces. Wom- house before murdering her. Noor’s father has de- en are just not safe anywhere. And most important- manded justice for his 27-year-old daughter. believes them. When women tell their stories, they face an ugly backlash and ly, women are on their own. Will we ever feel safe? A couple of weeks before Noor’s murder, a har- At the moment, there is not much hope. But maybe, rowing video went viral on social media in which a pushback from society just maybe, one day we will be able to live our lives man, Usman Mirza, was seen beating up and harass- without any fear. For now, we have to keep raising ing a young couple and stripping them naked in front a mother of four was tortured and killed by her hus- Such is the sorry state of affairs in a country our voices for all the Noors, Saimas, Quratulains, of several male accomplices at a private property in band in Hyderabad. Her name was Quratulain. And where violence against women is on the rise. It Naseems and countless others. We hope that they all Islamabad. He also subjected them to sexual assault. then there was Noor; her death has shattered us all. seems that nobody cares about the safety and se- find justice, for themselves and for us. Mirza was arrested along with his accomplices. He But this vicious cycle never ends. Every day we see curity of women, be it the State or society. Fingers has a history of harassing and blackmailing wom- a new hashtag on social media demanding justice for are pointed at women in most, if not all, cases. What .... en. When the video went viral, we wondered if any- a child and/or a woman. An editorial in The News was she wearing? Why did she go there? Why didn’t Al Jazeera Saturday| 31-07-2021 5 Worrying Weddings in Pandemic

Riyaz Kazmi

Now, it is not only about scrumptious Wazwan platters and expensive dowry items, but the dregs of society have created such a hype by their devious ways, that the weddings seem incomplete and uncomplimentary without availing the he unprecedented crises of Co- poor in tatters.When it comes to the ing also has to be in the must-have-list. vid-19 pandemic has affected marriages, we can go to any extent to One paradox in the pandemic has services of Instagram every facet of life. Since the hog the limelight.We cannot afford to been a blessing in disguise for those last 15 months we have been be little lesser than anyone else.We who could not afford to make marriag- fame,make up artists, Tthrough hell and back.The scourge wallow in false glory and exaggerate es look larger than life affairs.It seems of pandemic has not petered out yet. without having an iota of shame.Due as if Allah SWT has cracked the whip mehendi designers, The raging viruses are causing un- to our ignorance and indifference,this and set things in the right direction. decorators and drone thinkable damage and unrest . We are sacred blessing has become burden for However, since the last two years, hemmed in cornered and clueless.It the people who fall in debt/death trap many youngsters are leading from the shooting also has to be has rapped on our knuckles and shat- even after splurging their lifetime sav- forefront to curb this menace of lavish tered our well-being.It has trapped us ings. weddings.They are setting the right in the must-have-list in a mire of colossal economical losses Most of us are obnoxious trend set- precedence and choosing a graceful and manifold emotional setbacks. ters .More than a divine affair we have cup of Kehwa over a gluttonous meal We are still in a quandary and so- made it very hard for the poor people to seal and celebrate Nikah. cially disintegrated.Our interactions and exacerbated their sufferings.We We should abstain from this ex- have not been fairly free and easy. We have failed to bring any transforma- travagance and copycat syndrome are going through searing pain, cannot tion for respite to the people who are which most of the people cannot af- slur the facts and ignore the destruc- bearing the brunt of unethical cus- ford.We need to call a spade a spade tion caused by the Covid-19. toms. and hold people who indulge in an However, what cannot be cured Now, it is not only about scrump- ostentatious display of wealth respon- must be endured. We should not stop tious Wazwan platters and expensive sible.We have to introspect and do finding and seeing the brighter side dowry items, but the dregs of society what is expected from us to be done in of life. The show must go on even if have created such a hype by their de- line with the Islamic teachings.Let's with new normals. One such thing is vious ways, that the weddings seem facilitate and solemnize marriages in the dramatic change that covid-19 has incomplete and uncomplimentary a simple and sacred way. brought in soliciting marriages. without availing the services of Insta- There has been so much extrava- gram fame,make up artists, mehendi The author can be reached at gance in marriages that it has left the designers, decorators and drone shoot- [email protected]

ravelling is either inbound or for our mental health every now and outbound. When we travel in- again is to disconnect from our routine side the borders of a country it in order to recharge. Working or study- is inbound and when we move Treats of Travel ing for days, weeks, and months on end Tbeyond the limits of a country it is out- may help get us where we are looking bound. Kashmir is landlocked. These Arif Akhnoon to go. But a break every once in a while are not just the locks of borders but releases us from the everyday stress. we are surrounded by walls! Mountain In a randomized controlled trial walls. Pir Panjal in the west and south conducted by Austrian researchers and and in the North and east. published in the International Journal The limited form of travel we do is in- of Environmental Research and Public bound, limited to the spheres of mighty Health, one of the many great travel mountains. The topography we live in benefits is that it can reduce stress lev- has always made travel difficult. With els and anxiety. poor connectivity with the exterior The researchers found that even world our cultural evolution has re- just one short-term vacation (~3 days mained restricted. in length) “independent of the mode, Although travelling can be a usual has large, positive and immediate ef- discourse in the economic upper class fects on perceived stress, recovery, of Kashmir, it is quite a taboo in the strain, and well-being.” Furthermore, middle and lower classes. The broad the beneficial effects last quite a while idea of travel in Kashmir is to spend after you return home. “The effects weekends in , Sonmarg or can still be detected at 30 days (recov- Gulmarg, for that matter with some ery) and 45 days (well-being and strain) fleshy meals and a Dastar-Khwan on a post-vacation.”Just make sure the way beautiful grassy floor. Spending money you travel doesn’t cause you stress. on travel is not considered a wise idea When we travel, we are stepping in our daily life. In a typical Kashmiri outside of our comfort zone. Even if our family, if a married couple goes out for destination is relatively nearby we are a vacation leaving parents behind, that still experiencing new things.“Mark is considered as misconduct. We don’t Twain” an American writer said: see travel as a medium of cultural ex- “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigot- change, interaction and experience, in- ry, and narrow-mindedness, and many stead a form pleasure that many of us of our people need it sorely on these ac- don’t deserve. counts. Broad, wholesome, charitable Even with the limited inbound form views of men and things cannot be ac- of travelling in Kashmir, the ethical quired by vegetating in one little cor- responsibility to keep the destinations ner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” clean is not followed. May be it is for From running through airports the fact that our ownership sentiment and train stations, to hiking through is limited to our houses. There are uneven terrains, or getting some vita- many other reasons of not travelling, min D on the beach. The efforts in do- which include financial constraints, ing so take us to a stronger self. limited access and poor infrastructure. warm, sincere and have a travel-orient- new experience might possibly bring a According to a study, travel decreas- According to the reports, Finland ed culture as well. We don’t see travel smile. es the risks of heart attacks and makes tops the chart with 7.50 total trips un- The importance and benefits of as a medium of cultural According to a study, money spent our brain healthier. The study deter- dertaken per person per year. The traveling are tourists get to know about on doing something (called “experien- mined that men who take an annual Finns are followed by residents of the the cultures of different lands, under- exchange, interaction and tial purchases”) will leave you with a vacation are 30% less likely to die from United States at 6.70, while the Swed- stand people, learn about several other experience, instead a form longer-lasting sense of happiness than heart disease, among other findings. ish have 6.00 total trips, the Danish cultures and their needs, all the while money spent on having something “Foreign experiences increase 5.30, Norwegians 5.20, residents of undertaking adventures, praising the pleasure that many of us (called “material purchases”). both cognitive flexibility and depth of Hong Kong and New Zealand 4.30 trips natural beauty and gaining experience. don’t deserve. Even with The study says that “waiting for thoughts, the ability to make deep con- apiece, Canadians 4.10, Australians experiences tends to be more positive nections between disparate forms. The 3.80, and the French 3.50 annual trips. Travel Makes us Happier the limited inbound form than waiting for possessions.” And, it different take of life in different cul- The Finnish people make most A travel experience easily makes of travelling in Kashmir, goes on to say that “people derive more tures broaden the vision and pave ways of the inbound and outbound travels us happier by getting us away from our happiness from the anticipation of ex- for new ideas. because of high income and lower un- daily grind. And, if we are able to get the ethical responsibility periential purchases and that waiting employment status of the people. Their away from our home environment es- to keep the destinations for an experience tends to be more plea- The author can be reached at cultural attributes also make them pecially when surrounded by conflicts, sure. [email protected] widely acceptable, as they are open, things possibly weigh us down, and a clean is not followed One of the best things we can do To place an advertisement CALL +91-194 2502327 KASHMIR Monday - Saturday (9am - 6pm) OBSERVER 6 No 5- Boulevard Srinagar, 190001, Kashmir Saturday| 31-07-2021

AL-ABBAS (A.S.) RELIEF TRUST, Millet-Based Diet Can Lower JAMMU & KASHMIR, SRINAGAR NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Whereas, AL-ABBAS (A.S) RELIEF TRUST was registered with the Government of State of Jammu & Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes Kashmir under Act VI of 1998 (1941 A.D) under Registration No. 2184-S-1994 with its registered Head Office at Srinagar. Whereas, the government vide Notification No. 34/2019 dated 9th of August 2019-GOI has directed Agencies that societies registered under Jammu and Kashmir Societies Registration Act 1998 (Samvat 1941 AD) shall apply for re-registration along with documents. new study has shown that eating Whereas, the Managing Executive Body has approached the Registrar of Societies for re-registration millets reduces the risk of develop- ing type 2 diabetes and helps man- of the Trust under Societies Registration Act of 1816. age blood glucose levels in people The details of the Trust are as under: Awith diabetes. NAME : AL-ABBAS (A.S.) RELIEF TRUST JAMMU & KASHMIR, The study indicates the potential to design ap- SRINAGAR propriate meals with millets for diabetic and LOCATION: HEAD OFFICE OF THE TRUST IS AT Medical College pre-diabetic people as well as for non-diabetic people as a preventive approach. Road Karan Nagar, Srinagar. Drawing on research from 11 countries, the Whereas, the following persons with their name, address, parentage and designation are the Manag- study published in Frontiers in Nutrition ing Body of the trust. shows that diabetic people who consumed S Name/Parentage/Residence Qualification Designation Occupation millets as part of their daily diet saw their No blood glucose levels drop 12-15% (fasting and 1 Mohammad Shafi War, S/o Ali Mohd. War Msc. B.Ed. Chairman Retired Govt. post-meal), and blood glucose levels went Saidapora Sopore Baramulla Employee from diabetic to pre-diabetes levels. 2 Gh Mohd Rather, M.A. B.Ed. Secretary Retired Govt. The HbA1c (blood glucose bound to hemoglo- Gh Hussain Rather Employee Matipora Pattan Baramulla bin) levels lowered on average 17% for pre- diabetic individuals, and the levels went from 3 Sarfaraz Ahmad Wani, S/o Mohammad Ibrahim Wani L.L.B. Organizer Advocate, J&K High prediabetic to normal status. These findings HMT Srinagar, Court affirm that eating millets can lead to a better glycemic response. nutrition scientist at International Crops Re- tention to our health has been accelerated due 4 Mohammad Shafi Wani S/o Ghulam Mohammad Executive Retired Govt. The authors reviewed 80 published studies of search Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics to Covid-19 and diabetics are even more vulner- Wani Member Employee which 65 were eligible for a meta-analysis in- (ICRISAT). able to the virus. "Our diets play a critical role Sajad Abad Chattabal Srinagar Matric volving about 1,000 human subjects, making "Diabetes contributed to very high disease and if we could bring millets back as a major 5 Showkat Ali Malla, S/o Mohammad Abdullah Malla 10 + 2 Executive Private Employee Magam Budgam Member this analysis the largest systematic review burden from 1990-2016 in India. Diabetes-re- part of our diet, we would not only help in con- on the topic till date, said International Crops lated health expenditure was over $7 million. trolling diabetes, but we would also be adding 6 Mohd Abass Dar, S/o Mohd Akbar Dar B.A. Executive Private Employee Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics There is no easy solution, and it requires a important nutrients to our plate." Tantraypora, Pattan Baramulla Member (ICRISAT). lifestyle change, and diet is a very important According to the International Diabetes As- "No one knew there were so many scientific part of this. This study provides one part of sociation, diabetes is increasing in all regions 7 Gh Rasool Baba, Gh Hussain Baba Under Matric Executive Private Business studies undertaken on millets' effect on dia- the solution useful for individuals and gov- of the world. India, China and the US have Syed Afzal Mohalla Sheribhat Hawal Srinagar Member betes. These benefits were often contested, ernments. How we use this and implement it the highest numbers of people with diabetes. and this systematic review of the studies pub- into programs needs careful planning," said Africa has the largest forecasted increase of Anybody having any objection to the re-registration of the Trust will file his objections before the lished in scientific journals has proven that Hemalatha, Director, National Institute of 143% from 2019 to 2045, the Middle East and Registrar of Societies within a period of 21 days from the date of publication of this notice. No objec- Nutrition (NIN). millets keep blood glucose levels in check, North Africa 96% and South East Asia 74%. tion shall be entertained thereafter. reducing the risk of diabetes, and has shown Raj Bhandari, one of the study's authors and a The authors urge the diversification of sta- just how well these smart foods do it," said Dr. representative on the Indian National Techni- ples with millets to keep diabetes in check, Chairman S Anitha, the study's lead author and a senior cal Board of Nutrition, noted that additional at- especially across Asia and Africa. Al-Abbas (a.s.) Relief Trust J&K Srinagar

OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT REGIONAL OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT REGIONAL Indian Institute of Carpet Technology Srinagar TRANSPORT OFFICER TRANSPORT OFFICER BUDGAM KASHMIR Baghi-Ali-Mardhan-Khan, Nowshera, Srinagar Notice NOTICE Where a application for transfer of own- Auction Notice

Whereas, a joint application has been received from Ghulam ership has been recieved from one. Shri : www.iictsrinagar.org Ph. No. 0194-2411143, 2428636 Mohi-u-din Lone S/o KH Ambir Lone R/o Paheldiji Magam Abdul Ahad Mugloo S/o: Ghulam Ahmad It is hereby notified for the information of General Public that an open Auction of Kupwara ( Transferor) and Akther Hussain Dar S/o Ghulam Mugloo R/o: Qazibagh Ichigam Budgam unserviceable /dead stock items installed in two units of Common Facility Centre, Nabi Dar R/O 31-B-7 Block Tilak Nagar Dl0 110008 District (Transferor) of Maruti EECO. Vehicle bear- comprising of Carpet Washing Machines, Carpet Drying Chambers, Oil fired Heaters, Wazirpur Delhi (Transferee) for transfer of LMV carriage route ing registration number JK04E - 5955. Electrical Panels, Motors, Switch Gears, Storage chambers, Hot Air Injecting Blowers, Chasis number 30384 Engine no. 00833 Model 2018. in favour of Shri.. Permit No / -- Covering Vehicle No JK01G- DL8CP-9420 Firewood Based Boiler Unit, in the premises of Indian Institute of Carpet Technology, Baghi- Now, therefore, it is notified for general information that Mehraj ud din Khan S/o. Mohammad Shafi Khan R/o Fateh Kadal Srinagar objections, if any to the proposed transfer of the said route (Tranferee) as well as HPA cancellation with M/S J & K Bank B/U Budgam. Ali-Mardan-Khan, Nowshara, Srinagar, shall be held on 10-08-2021 at 10:30 a.m., as per the permit / vehicle shall be filled in writing in the office of the Now therefore it is notified for the information of the general public that following Terms and Conditions: objections if any to the proposed transfer of ownership shall be filed in writ- Assistant Regional Transport Officer, Kupwara. ing in the office of the Assistant Regional Transport office ARTO Budgam 1. All the interested registered bidders on publication of this Auction Notice may Within a period of 7 days from the date of publication of this within a period of 12 days from the date of publication of this notice in the notice in the daily News Paper Kashmir Observer. daily newspaper . inspect/visit the site on any working day upto 08-08-2021(10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. NO: 2040 Sd/- No. ARTO/ BUDGAM.1991 2. The Auction shall be conducted on “AS IT IS WHERE IT IS AND WHAT SO EVER Dated: 29/07/2021 Assistant Regional Transport Dated 28/07/2021 Assistant Regional Transport officer CONDITION IT IS” basis. sult Office, Kupwara MCB Budgam Kashmir 3. Auction shall be conducted in presence of Designated Auction Committee constituted for the purpose. Government of Jammu & Kashmir 4. The earnest money of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand Only) in the shape of CDR/EMD pledged to the Director Indian Institute of Carpet Technology, Srinagar, shall have to be deposited by the concerned bidders by or before 09-08-2021 till 4:00 p.m.

E - Tender Notice No. 19 of 07/2021 5. The EMD of unsuccessful bidder shall be refunded on the same day after the Dated 29.07.2021 completion of auction. For and on behalf of the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir (UT), e-tenders [in single cover 6. All the items shall be auctioned in a single lot only. system] are invited from the Registered PWD Contractors for the works mentioned hereunder:

Total No. of works = (02 only) 7. Successful bidder shall have to deposit 25% of the total auctioned value immediately Position of funds = Available after highest bidder is declared by the Auction Committee. 8. Successful bidder shall have to lift the auctioned material by or before 19-08-2021 on his own cost, risk and responsibility after depositing remaining 75% of the bid value, failing which his EMD shall be confiscated. 9. The successful bidder shall have to pay taxes, as applicable under rules. 10. The Auction Committee reserves the right to accept/reject any bid without assigning any reasons thereof. Chairman DIPK-NB-2138/21 Auction Committee

H.Q: Duderhama .

e – mail: [email protected]/[email protected], Phone/Fax: 0194 – 2416292, NOTICE INVITING e – TENDERS: GIST of e– NIT No:- 11/PHE/JSD/RWSD/Civil of 2021-22. For and on behalf of the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir U.T. Short Term e – tenders are invited (in TWO - Cover System) on “item rate basis” from Registered/Approved/Valid Civil Contractors/Agencies for the following works: Table (I)

Position of Funds: - Available. The Bidding Documents and other details can be downloaded from the website: https://jktenders.gov.in From 29.07.2021 (04:30 p.m) UPTO 04.08.2021 (04:00 p.m) The Bidding documents consisting of qualifying information, eligibility criteria, specifications, Drawings (if any), Book of quantities (B.O.Q), Set of terms, conditions of contract and other details can be seen / downloaded from the website: www.jktenders.gov.in As per schedule of dates given below

TABLE (II) 01 Date of publishing of Tender Notice 29.07.2021 02 From 29.07.2021 (04.30 p.m) Period of downloading of bidding documents To 04.08.2021 (upto 04:00 p.m). 03 Bid Submission Start Date From 29.07.2021 (04.30 a.m). 04 Bid submission End Date To 04.08.2021 (up to 04:00 p.m). 05.08.2021 at 02:00 pm in the Office of the Executive Engineer PHE JSD RWS Division Date and time of opening of Bids (Online) 05 Ganderbal / Sgr (H.Q. Cheki Duderhama Ganderbal) Bids must be accompanied by Treasury Receipt (mentioning therein the NIT No., S.No. of work and Advertised Cost as per the NIT) as cost of Tender Document under M.H 0215 to be pledged in favour of the Executive Engineer PHE JSD RWS Division Ganderbal (as specified in the table (I). Bids will be opened in the Office of the Executive Engineer PHE JSD RWS Division Ganderbal /Sgr (H.Q. Cheki Duderhama Ganderbal) on 05.08.2021 at 02:00 pm. If the office happens to be closed on the date of opening of the bids as specified, the bids will be opened on the next working day at the same time and venue.

Sd/= No: -PHE/JSD/RWSD/Corrs./3640-64 Executive Engineer PHE, Dated:- 29.07.2021 DIPK-5539/21 JSD RWS Division Ganderbal/Sgr. DIPK-5514/21 H.Q: Duderhama Ganderbal.

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M3 07 Saturday | 31.07.2021 STATE CS Directs 100% Man Arrested For Door-To-Door Waste CUK's Contractual Molesting, Assaulting Girl Observer News Service Khan son of Fayaz Ahmad Khan Staff 'Terminated' both residents of Chattabal Kulgam. Collection In J&K Kulgam: The Jammu and Kashmir A team of Police was constituted to Police on Friday arrested a person trace and nab the culprits. allegedly involved in molesting “Specific information was gen- Without Any Reason and sexually assaulting a girl. erated by the investigating team In a statement, a police spokes- and Shahrukh Safdar Khan was KO NEWS DESK 2020 to March 2021,” a staffer told laid-off various staff members with- person said that Police Station arrested within one hour after Kashmir Observer. out giving any notice to them. They Kulgam received a complaint for complaint was received in Police SRINAGAR: The contractual staffers He added that “in between the say their contract was not renewed assistance from a complainant stat- Station Kulgam.” of the Central University of Kash- salary of four months i.e. July 2020 from the month of April 2021. ing that his daughter (name with- Meanwhile the victim girl after mir (CuK) Friday alleged that the to October 2020 was not released “We were continuously attend- held) was kidnapped and thereof fulfilling all medico formalities varsity has terminated their servic- and the University authorities did ing the university but after the sec- assaulted sexually by two persons has been handed over to her le- es without any specific reason and not specify any reason.” ond wave of covid-19 lockdown, we Shahrukh Safdar Khan son of Saf- gal heirs, efforts are on to nab the Observer News Service ing, and final disposal as per Solid that their salaries have not been He alleged that the attendance were not able to attend and in July dar Ahmad Khan and Ishfaq Ahmad other accused. Waste Management Rules, 2016. released for the past four months. of spoke centres was totally manip- various staff members were told SRINAGAR: The Chief Secretary, Further, Municipal Committees The staffers who were recruited ulated and was not counter signed not to come,” said another staffer Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today of Pahalgam and Gulmarg have under Design Innovation Centre by the spoke centres’ Principals but whose contract wasn’t renewed. chaired the 8th meeting of State established processing plants (DIC) project told Kashmir Observ- still their full salary was released. Prof. Fayaz Ahmad Nika, Project Water Seeps Into Level Apex Committee (SLAC) on with auto-composters and mag- er that despite repeated reminders The laying off of the contractual Director, DIC however refused the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban netic disintegrators to process the Varsity failed to pay the sala- staffers is in violation of the All allegations and said they have only (SBM-U) and reviewed the func- bio-degradable and non-biode- ries, and terminated their services India Council for Technical Edu- laid-off those staff members who Residential Areas After tioning of solid waste manage- gradable wastes, respectively. in the testing times making their cation (AICTE) guidelines, official were not attending the university. ment system under the scheme. Moreover, JMC is setting up a life miserable. sources told Kashmir Observer. “Some 5-6 people didn’t attend Breach In Irrigation Canal Administrative Secretaries of 350 TPD solid waste processing DIC is one of the prestigious It may be noted, AICTE—a statu- the university amid COVID-19 for departments of Rural Develop- plant at Jammu in collaboration projects of the Central University tory body set up by the Depart- over five months, so we decided to Observer News Service District Development Commis- ment & Panchayati Raj, Housing with National Agriculture Cor- of Kashmir. It was established in ment of Higher Education, Minis- lay them off,” Prof. Nika told Kash- sioner Ganderbal, Kritika Jyotsna & Urban Development, Jal Shakti, porative Marketing Federation of the year 2018 under the National try of Education, Government of mir Observer. GANDERBAL: Following heavy said that teams of police and civil Planning, Development & Moni- India (NAFED). JMC has also es- Initiative of Design Innovation of India, issued instruction to col- Nika said the DIC project was rains in Central Kashmir’s Gander- officials have rushed to spots and toring, besides, Commissioners, tablished integrated solid waste MHRD, GoI. leges/higher institutions amid the till June this year but was extend- bal and surrounding areas, water are assisting people. She said that Municipal Corporations, Jammu/ management facility at Bandura- The dismissed staff members ongoing pandemic not to termi- ed till September. However, one of seeped into the residential areas at water has entered into a couple of Srinagar along with Directors, Ur- kh with the capacity of 125 TPD said that a few months ago, the nate any faculty without enough the terminated staffers said that Baba Wayil Padshahibagh after a houses in Nunnar and Gotlibagh. ban Local Bodies, Jammu/ Kash- for 26 municipal wards, besides, university called the third steering disciplinary ground & due process he has attended the University breach in an irrigation canal. “Our teams are there to assess the mir participated in the meeting. undertaking bio-remediation of committee meeting to decide the of redressal. regularly and has also marked his Eyewitnesses said that water en- situation,” she said. The breach and It was informed that under 1,25,000 MTs of legacy waste from salary issues of staff members for “Salary and other dues to the attendance till Kashmir went into tered into several houses at Nunar subsequent seepage of waters into the Swachh Bharat Mission, ef- Bhagwati Nagar dumping site. the year 2020. faculty/staff members shall be re- second covid lockdown. Regarding and Gotlibagh areas of Ganderbal. the residential areas created panic forts are being made towards Similarly, Srinagar Municipal “It was decided that the salary leased monthly on time and also their salaries, Prof. Nika said, they Due to accumulation of waters, among locals. Some people were scientific disposal of solid waste Corporation (SMC) is setting up for the pending months will be terminations (if any) made during have disbursed their 50% salaries traffic on Ganderbal-Kangan road seen taking out their belongings through scientific solid waste a waste-to-energy plant with a cleared. However, the university the lockdown shall be withdrawn. and kept the 50% withheld due to was also disrupted. from the ground floor to safer places. management, robust IEC activi- capacity of 625 MTPD waste pro- released the salary in the phase This is to be complied strictly,” the some issues. ties for bringing about a behav- cessing and 5MW energy genera- for the months of April to June and AICTE directed. “We will also release the rest ioural change, and various capac- tion at Achan, Srinagar. then from the month of November However, the CuK has allegedly when the funds come,” he added. ity-building measures. Currently, The Apex Committee approved Cattle Herd Crosses LoC in 100% door-to-door collection of the action plan of solid waste solid waste is being done in 984 management for SMC for Inte- Locals Appeal Govt To Bring Them Back wards with 100% source segrega- grated Solid Waste Management Secretary Higher Education Emphasises Agenceis mals as they are using them for tion is 178 wards. (ISWM) facilities at an estimated ploughing fields and for sowing The Chief Secretary directed cost of Rs. 529.75 crore over the BANDIPORA: At least 30 year different types of crops to secure the Housing & Urban Develop- next five years. The Committee On Wide Publicity Of PMSSS Scheme cattle in a village on the Line of the necessities of life. ment Department to ensure 100% also approved the revised solid Observer News Service ing that all the facilitation and Pertinently, PMSSS is a financial Control in North Kashmir have The locals appealed to the gov- door-to-door collection of solid waste management action plan documentation centres have been assistance scheme for J&K students crossed over to the Pakistani side ernment to help them bring the waste across all towns and cities worth Rs. 415.21 crore for JMC. SRINAGAR: Secretary Higher Edu- made functional. Besides, train- to pursue undergraduate studies of Kashmir and locals are urging cattles back to their territory. of Jammu and Kashmir by 2nd The new concept of decentral- cation, Sushma Chauhan, Friday ing programme for Principals of outside the UT implemented by All government to help them bring "I also appeal to the government October 2021, besides, raising ized waste management is based chaired a virtual meeting to review Government Degree Colleges and India Council for Technical Edu- back their cattle. to help the people in bringing back the number of towns with 100% on the scientific segregation of progress on Prime Minister's Spe- concerned institutions as well as cation (AICTE), MHRD New Delhi Locals from Tulail valley saod their cattle from across the bor- source segregation. wet and dry waste at the house- cial Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS), workshops for students and par- through Higher Education Depart- that 30 cattle have crossed over der," said DDC Tulail, Raja Ajaz. It was informed that as per hold-level followed by door-to- Jammu and Kashmir 2021-22. ents and other stakeholders shall ment of J&K as nodal agency. The the LoC in Baduaab village which Meanwhile, a senior official sta- the approved action plans for 76 door waste collection and trans- Secretary emphasised upon the be organized in coming days in co- scholarship is provided to the eli- is very close to the border. tioned at Gurez said that he also ULBs and Jammu Municipal Cor- portation to waste management Nodal Principals, Higher Educa- ordination with AICTE team. gible students for the course under “We have been waiting since received reports that the animals poration (JMC), the Department centres. The segregated waste is tion Department and Directorate The department being a nodal three heads including General, morning for the cattle's return,” had crossed the de facto border. is undertaking decentralized solid proposed to be appropriately dis- of School Education, Jammu and agency for implementation of this Professional and Medical Courses they said. “The cattle were up in “However, the final confirma- waste management via dedicated posed of and recycled on scientific Srinagar wide publicity of the scheme in J&K is making every ef- with a total of 5000 scholarships the pastures for grazing when tion will come by evening as the source segregation, door-to-door lines with linkages for generating scheme. fort to ensure that its benefit reach every year in the institutions out- they crossed the border.” army today allowed people to collection, primary and second- non-conventional renewable en- It was informed in the meet- to each and every corner of the UT. side J&K. Locals said that their livelihood search their animal at the higher ary transportation, intermediate ergy in the form of Compressed is solely dependent on these ani- reaches of the area,” an official said. waste storage, scientific process- Natural Gas. Cyclist Traverses Difficult Terrain To Meet Dr Farooq In Srinagar Observer News Service

SRINAGAR: A cyclist from Reasi district of the Jammu region traversed difficult ter- rain covering four districts to meet National Conference president and Member of Parliament Farooq Abdul- lah here on Friday. Muneer Ahmad reached Abdullah's residence at the Gupkar area of the city in the afternoon, an NC leader said. The party president met Ahmed, a cyclist who travelled "He is a young and promis- covering so much distance on cy- all the way on cycle from Reasi ing youth from Reasi. I am pro- cle is a case in point which reveals voyaging through the most foundly thankful to him for his the deep emotional connection of difficult terrain covering four unique gesture. It is this love and the people of Jammu and Kash- districts, he said. affection that keeps me going," mir with the National Conference. Abdullah congratulated Ah- the NC president said. "I pass on good wishes to mad for the feat and thanked Abdullah said the physiologi- him for his future endeavours, him for the gesture. cal underpinning behind Ahmad he said.

DC Kupwara Appeals People To Avoid Encroachment Of Roads Observer News Service

KUPWARA: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kup- wara, Imam Din along with DDC member Hyhama, Haji Sona Ullah and concerned Of- ficers Friday visited various flood affected areas includ- ing Goose, Khumriyal and Chairkoot to take stock of the damages due to heavy rains and flash floods. The Deputy Commissioner directed concerned engineers at Khumriyal to make esti- mates within two days under SDRF. At Chairkoot, the Deputy Commissioner directed con- cerned engineers to utilize Panchayat funds to clear the drainage system. On the occasion, the Deputy Commissioner appealed to the people not to encroach the roads, nallahs and drains in the respective areas, as the en- croachment is the basic cause of these floods and water log- ging. SPORTS Saturday | 31.07.2021 08 Indian Athletes’ 'Wow! Wow!' Women Schedule On Day 9 Of Get Olympic Track Off Olympic Games 2020 To A Sizzling Start Agencies They were the fifth, sixth and Observer News Service Shooting qualification – Lovlina Assures India seventh-fastest times of the year, 50m rifle 3 – Tejaswini Sawant, TOKYO: Usain Bolt might be long produced on a day when seven s the Olympic Games To- Anjum Moudgil – 8:30 am gone from the sprint scene. It of 54 sprinters hit a personal kyo 2020 enters 9th day Final – 12:30 pm doesn't mean Jamaica has slowed best all in an opening round de- Aof competitions, here is a Archery men's individual Of First Boxing Medal down one bit. signed more for shaking out cob- complete schedule of Indian ath- Pre-Quarterfinal – Atanu Das vs Nobody has, at least not on webs than watching the clock. letes in action on July 31: T. Furukawa (Japan) – 7:16 am the women's side of the sport. All that even though the field Semifinal – 11:15 am on- An opening day at the Olym- was missing this season's third- Athletics wards At Tokyo Olympics pics that's supposed to produce fastest runner, Sha'Carri Richard- Women’s discus throw Group Medal rounds – 1:00 pm on- little more than a brisk jog for the son, who is back home in the Unit- A – Seema Punia – 6:00 am wards world's best at 100 meters turned ed States following a doping ban. Women’s discus throw Group Badminton women’s singles Press Trust of India into something very different Fri- By comparison, only one run- B – Kamalpreet Kaur – 7:25 am semifinals – PV Sindhu vs Tai day. Reigning world champion ner, Fraser-Pryce, cracked 11 sec- Sailing – 49er Race 10 – Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei) – 2:30 TOKYO: Debutant Lovlina Borgo- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran her onds in the opening round five Ganapathy Kelapanda, Varun pm onwards hain (69kg) assured India of their heat in the nearly empty Olympic years ago in Rio de Janeiro. She Thakkar – 8:35 am Men’s Long Jump – M. Sree- first boxing medal at the ongoing Stadium in 10.84 seconds. Her went on to win the bronze, be- Boxing shankar – 3:40 pm Olympic Games when she upstaged Jamaican rival, defending Olym- hind Thompson and American Round of 16: Amit Panghal vs Hockey – India women vs former world champion Nien-Chin pic champion Elaine Thompson- sprinter Tori Bowie. Fraser-Pryce Y. Martinez (Colombia) – 7:30 South Africa – 8:45 am Chen of Chinese Taipei to enter the Herah, finished in 10.82. is the favorite for Saturday's final, am All timings are in IST and can semifinals here on Friday. And Marie-Josee Ta Lou, the which is already living up to the Quarterfinal: Pooja Rani vs Li be watched live on Doordar- The 23-year-old Assam boxer Ivory Coast sprinter who finished hype. Fraser-Pryce ran a 10.63 Qian (China) – 3:36 pm shan and SONY sports channels. prevailed 4-1 to make the last-four an excruciating fourth in Rio de back in June that has some think- where she will square off against Janeiro, kept saying Wow! Wow! ing even Florence Griffith Joyner's reigning world champion Busenaz after she crossed the finish line in 33-year-old world record could Surmeneli of Turkey, who ham- a blistering personal best of 10.78. finally be at risk this year. mered Anna Lysenko in her quar- Men, Women To Swim terfinal bout. Borgohain, a two-time world Together In Same Race For championship bronze-medallist, displayed tremendous calm in the Djokovic Loses To face of a plucky opponent, who The First Time In Olympics had beaten her in the past. Zverev At Olympics, She was aggressive to start with, followed it up with a tre- low by COVID-19 last year and India’s previous boxing medals mendous counter-attacking game missed a training trip to Europe have come through Vijender Singh Ending Golden Slam Bid and kept her defence tight in the because of it, let out a huge scream (2008) and M C Mary Kom (2012). Agencies ting beaten by Rafael Nadal at the final three minutes to emerge tri- after the referee raised her hand, Both of them had won bronze Italian Open final 2 months ago. umphant. pent up emotions finally getting medals and Borgohain would look TOKYO: There will be no Golden On a humid and muggy eve- The youngster, who was laid the better of her. to better that. Slam for Novak Djokovic. ning at the Ariake Tennis Park, The top-ranked Serb lost to Djokovic committed a series Alexander Zverev of Germany of uncharacteristic errors after 1-6, 3-6, 6-1 Friday in the semifi- a strong start as the 6-foot-6 nals of the tennis tournament at (1.98-meter) Zverev started to the Tokyo Olympics. win free points with his big serve. Djokovic was attempting to When Zverev hit a backhand PV Sindhu Enters Badminton become the first man to win winner down the line that Djokov- all four Grand Slam tourna- ic didn't move for to close it out, ments and Olympic gold in the Djokovic walked to the net where same year. He won the Austra- he was embraced by Zverev. Semifinals At Tokyo Olympics lian Open, the French Open and Djokovic responded by resting his Agencies also debuted. Wimbledon this year and need- head on Zverev's shoulder as the While there are no restric- Press Trust of India Plaza here. ahead. The Indian brought out ed the Olympic and U.S. Open pair exchanged some words. TOKYO: Swimming is nothing if tions on whether a man or wom- She will next face the winner her attacking smashes and half titles to complete the collection. Djokovic's only Olympic med- not orderly. Get ready for a little an swims which stroke, there TOKYO: Reigning world cham- of the other quarterfinal between smashes whenever there was Steffi Graf in 1988 remains the al was bronze in singles at the chaos. are some general strategies that pion P V Sindhu kept alive India's Thailand's Ratchanok Inthanon a chance to put pressure on her only tennis player to achieve the 2008 Beijing Games his first. He Here comes the 4x100 me- teams follow at the highest lev- hopes of a first-ever Olympic and Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying. rival. Golden Slam. could still win a gold at the Tokyo ter mixed medley relay mak- els for the mixed relay. gold in badminton by reaching The sixth-seeded Indian came On Thursday, Sindhu had Zverev's opponent in the Games in mixed doubles. ing its Olympic debut in Tokyo Most teams put a woman on the semifinals of the women's into the match with an 11-7 notched up a straight-game tri- gold-medal match will be Karen Djokovic was due back on the on Saturday: Two men and the final freestyle leg because singles with a straight-game win head-to-head count against the umph over Denmark's Mia Bli- Khachanov. The Russian beat Pab- court almost immediately to play two women per country doing the time difference between over world No.5 Japanese Akane Japanese, whom she had last chfeldt, seeded 13th, in the pre- lo Carreno Busta of Spain 6-3, 6-3. with Serbian partner Nina Stoja- backstroke, breaststroke, but- women and men is generally Yamaguchi in Tokyo on Friday. beaten at the All England Cham- quarterfinals. Djokovic will play Carreno novic in the mixed doubles semi- terfly and freestyle. less on that stroke than the oth- The 26-year-old Indian, who pionship in March this year. She is the lone Indian in the Busta for bronze. finals against the Russian duo of The teams get to decide who er three. All 16 teams anchored won a silver in the 2016 Rio Yamaguchi tried to play an ag- fray in badminton after men's Djokovic's hadn't lost since get- Elena Vesnina and Aslan Karatsev. swims each stroke, so a woman with a female in the Olympic Olympics, defended brilliantly gressive game but Sindhu held singles player B Sai Praneeth from one team and a man from preliminaries. and rode on her attacking all- her ground and used her good and the men's doubles pair of the other could be doing the Likewise, a man generally round game to outclass the anticipation and Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj butterfly, say, at the same time. swims the breaststroke, where fourth-seeded Yamaguchi 21- reach to stay Rankireddy failed to qualify for Advisor Khan Hails Olympic "I was probably a bit skeptical there's a larger gap between the 13 22-20 in a 56-minute the knockout stage. when it first came on the pro- fastest men's and women's times quarterfinal clash at the Medallist Mirabai Chanu, Her gram, but I'm so thrilled that it's — roughly 7 1/2 seconds for the Musashino Forest now an Olympic event,” Austra- gold medallists in Tokyo. All but lian sprinter Cate Campbell said. one team in the preliminaries Local Coach Vijay Sharma "It keeps you on the edge went with a male on the third leg. of your seat until the very last There's more wiggle room Observer News Service icon for the youth of the nation. moment." FINA, the sport's on the backstroke and butter- The Advisor also expressed world governing body, added fly legs. In the preliminaries, 10 THE SIXTH-SEEDED SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieuten- his deep appreciation that the two mixed relays to its program of 16 teams used a man on the INDIAN CAME INTO THE ant Governor, Farooq Khan on man behind this success origi- at the 2015 world champion- backstroke, while the butterfly MATCH WITH AN 11-7 Friday lauded Chanu Saikhom nally hails from the ships in Kazan, Russia, where leg featured nine females and head-to-head count Mirabai for winning the Silver area of J&K. He said the coaches the 4x100 mixed freestyle relay seven men. Medal at the ongoing Olympic play an important role in chisel- against the Japanese, games in Tokyo, Japan. ling and polishing the talent of whom she had last The Advisor exuded delight sportspersons and the role of Vi- beaten at the All England that the medallist has given the jay Sharma, her trainer for a long Japan Expands COVID Championship in March nation something to really feel time is worth eulogizing and to this year. proud about. He maintained be written in golden letters. that the achievement is extraor- Khan said that the success Emergency After Record dinary not only for herself but of Olympic medallist Mirabai for the nation itself. will not only inspire others to Spike Amid Games Advisor Khan also main- make efforts but would act as tained that it is the recognition a benchmark for our youth to of India's talent at the global work hard and make the mark. stage besides the fructification He said that it would definitely of her perseverance and hard help us in producing many more work. He said that she would international medallists in com- long act as an inspiration and ing years from the country.

JKFA Professional League 2021 Deepika Kumari Lonestar Kashmir, Real Kashmir (R) Win Enters Olympic Women's Matches On Penultimate Day

Agencies though officials say the surge is Archery Quarter-Finals Observer News Service unrelated to the Olympics. TOKYO: Japan on Friday expand- “Infections are expanding in Press Trust of India an individual event of the Olympics. SRINAGAR: On the penultimate ed a coronavirus state of emer- the Tokyo and western metropol- In the quarterfinals, Deepika will day of JKFA Professional League gency to four more areas in ad- itan areas at an enormous speed TOKYO: World number one archer face 20-year-old Korean top seed An 2021 two matches were played dition to Tokyo following record that we have never experienced Deepika Kumari held her nerves to San who bounced back from a set on Friday at the Synthetic Turf spikes in infections as the capital before,” Suga said as he declared pip former world champion Kse- behind to oust local favourite Ren TRC in Srinagar. hosts the Olympics. the expansion of the state of nia Perova of the Russian Olympic Hayakawa 6-4. The Korean, who had The first match was played be- Prime Minister Yoshihide emergency. If the spike contin- Committee in a thrilling one-arrow broken a 25-year-old Olympic re- tween Lonestar Kashmir FC and Suga declared an emergency in ues at the current pace with the shoot-off to advance to the SCFA XI. Lonestar KFC dominated Saitama, Kanagawa and Chiba, spread of the more contagious women's individual quar- the proceedings right from the start near Tokyo, as well as in the delta variant, Japan’s medical terfinals of the Olympic till end and did not give any chance western city of Osaka, effective system could collapse, he said. Games in Tokyo on Friday. to SCFA to play offensive football. Monday until Aug. 31. Emer- The Tokyo Games organisers Locked 5-5 after the LKFC thrashed SCFA by a margin gency measures already in place on Friday also announced 27 new regulation five-setter, the of 5 goals to nil. This was the last in Tokyo and the southern island COVID-19 cases linked with the 27-year-old Indian deliv- league match of LKFC and SCFA. For of Okinawa will be extended un- Olympics, including three athletes, ered a perfect 10, hitting the LKFC, Ragav scored a hattrick while til the end of August, after the the highest daily count so far. bull's eye, to topple the Rus- Steven and Johnson scored one goal Olympics and well into the Para- The three athletes include US sian, a team silver medallist each. Ragav of LKFC was declared lympics which start Aug. 24. pole vaulter Sam Kendricks, a at the 2016 Rio Olympics. man of the match. Ateeb opened the scoring in the no mistake from the penalty spot. Five other areas, including two-time world champion, who Starting off the one-arrow shoot- cord en route to topping the ranking Lonestar Kashmir’s head coach 25th minute after converting a The match ended 5:0 in favour Hokkaido, Kyoto, Hyogo and on Thursday pulled out of the off, the Russian crumbled under round, displayed incredible shooting Chandan Rathod looked upset at wonderful cross from Shakir. of Real Kashmir FC (Reserves). Fukuoka, will be placed under Games after testing positive for pressure as she misfired a 7 while a of three 10s in her last three arrows the final whistle and when KO’s In the second half, the Real Basit of RKFC was awarded man less-stringent emergency re- the virus. composed Deepika sealed the issue to set up a clash against the Indian. reporter asked why, the coach re- Kashmir boys continued to domi- of the match. strictions. The 27 cases, bringing the 6-5 (10-7) without any fuss. Deepika had faced the Korean plied, “Did you see the officiating?” nate and scored to double their The PFL 2021 will play its last Tokyo has reported a record cumulative Games-related total For the three-time Olympian once earlier, in the final of the 'To- The second match was played lead through Faisal. They added two matches of the season today, increase in cases for three days to 220, comprise 18 residents of Deepika, this was her first win from kyo 2020 Test Event' at the same between Real Kashmir FC (R) and another in the 65th minute via Saturday, July 31. J&K Bank XI will in a row, including 3,865 on Japan and nine from overseas. Of three matches against the 2017 venue of Yumenoshima Park in Shaheen FC Jammu. The Snow Basit, who scored another in the take on Kashmir Avengers FC in Thursday, before logging an- the daily total, two athletes and world champion as she became the 2019, and the Indian had lost to her Leopards’ reserve team com- 75th minute to take his team 4:0 the first match while in the sec- other 3,300 on Friday. The cases a Games-related official were first Indian to make the last-eight in younger opponent in straight sets. pletely outclassed their oppo- up. RKFC were awarded a penalty ond, Hyderya Sports FC will play have doubled since last week, al- staying in the Olympic village. nents from start to finish. RKFC’s minutes later and Shoaib made Downtown Heroes FC.