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3 CITY 5 BADAM VAER: ALMONDS & AURA 7 STATE SRINAGAR ADMIN ORDERS ON-SPOT FINE The other day I cannot believe that after 14 KASHMIR SIKH BODY DEMANDS FRESH years I am finally back and trying to settle PROBE INTO CHATTISINGHPORA MASSACRE FOR THOSE WITHOUT MASKS down at my native place. It was an amazing

Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad THINK experience to see the better and bitter side All Party Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) Saturday chaired a meeting of Administrative and Medical of life. It provided me an opportunity to know Saturday, on the eve of the Chattisinghpora massacre Officers of the district regarding the containment of Covid 19... the world far and beyond. I cherished every... anniversary, urged the government to conduct a fresh...

Widom Imran Khan Tests COVID-19 SURGE Covid-19 Positive Centre Asks J&K To Take ‘Necessary Action’ The brightest light MeT Dept Modi Wishes Him casts the Agencies darkest shadow Speedy Recovery —Jess C. Scott Issues Weather SRINAGAR: The government of India has asked Jammu and Kashmir administration to take Warning For J&K necessary measures for creat- ing awareness among people Heavy Rainfall, Snow Likely To to follow COVID appropriate behaviour and take necessary Disrupt Traffic, Trigger Landslides action for its strict enforce- CBI Raids Petrol ment so as to fully overcome Pumps In Bandipora Observer Monitoring Desk March 21,” reads the advisory. the covid-19 pandemic. SRINAGAR: Central Bureau of Inves- It adds that another WD In this regard Union Home tigation (CBI) on Saturday raided SRINAGAR: The mostly likely to affect J&K and Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla and caution. wearing of face masks, hand hy- two petrol stations located in two Meteorological Department neighbourhood from March has written a letter to Chief In terms of Guidelines, State/ giene and social distancing. different villages of North Kash- on Saturday issued ‘yellow’ 22 afternoon, will peak inten- Secretary J&K, inviting atten- UT Governments have been man- Further, these measures on mir’s Bandipora district following warning forecasting heavy sity during 22 and 23 night. Press Trust Of India tion to January 27 order by dated to take all necessary mea- COVID appropriate behavior are complaints about irregularity in the rain and snowfall in Jammu It will gradually decrease MHA, delineating guidelines sures to promote COVID-19 ap- also included in the National volume. Sources said that sleuths and Kashmir and Ladakh re- thereafter. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime for surveillance, containment propriate behaviour and ensure Directives More On P6 of CBI accompanied by local police gions from March 21 which “This may lead to tempo- Minister Imran Khan on raided two petrol stations located could lead to traffic disrup- rary disruption of surface traf- Saturday tested positive for the ammu and Kashmir on Saturday recorded 140 new coronavirus cases, including 29 travel- in Pushwari and Markundal villages tion on the highways and fic mainly on Jammu-Srinagar, COVID-19 and is self-isolating 140 New lers, taking the tally to 1,28,389, while another person died from the pathogen, officials of Sumbal. More On P6 trigger landslides and shoot- Srinagar-Leh, Mughal Road at home, his top aide on health Covid Cases Jsaid. Out of the fresh cases, 25 were from the Jammu division and 115 from the Kashmir ing stones, besides dip- and other major roads. announced, two days after he division, they said. Srinagar district recorded the highest 73 cases, including 17 travellers, fol- Canines Injure ping the day temper- Landslides and shoot- got the first shot of a vaccine. In J&K lowed by 22 in Jammu district, 18 in Budgam and 14 Baramulla districts. In all, More On P6 ature sharply. ing stones in vul- Special Assistant to the Prime Minor In Qazigund In an advi- nerable spots of Minister on National Health SRINAGAR: A two-year-old boy was sory issued here Jammu-Srinagar, Services, Regulations and on Saturday injured after he was on Saturday, Srinagar-Leh high- Coordination Dr Faisal Sultan took Delhi Court Summons Shabir GMCs To Start attacked by the stray dogs at Y K Deputy Director ways. Temporary to Twitter to confirm that Khan, Pora village of Qazigund in South Meteorological water logging in 68, has contracted the coronavi- New PG Courses Kashmir’s Kulgam district. department, Dr low lying areas,” the rus on a day when the country Shah’s Wife In PMLA Case Press Trust Of India Officials said that the stray dogs Mukhtar Ahmad said advisory reads. registered the highest number Agencies pounced upon a child identified as that in quick succession, It also urges suspension of COVID-19 cases since July last JAMMU: Signifying a ma- Salam Ahmad Bhat, son of Roauf two Western Disturbances and avoiding agricultural and year. Khan was vaccinated on New Delhi: The Delhi Court jor achievement for the Ahmad Bhat of Y K Pora, Qazigund, (WDs) are most likely to af- horticultural operations be- Thursday as part of the nation- issued summons against healthcare department, new resulting in critical injuries to the fect J&K and adjoining areas sides draining out excess water. wide anti-coronavirus vaccina- Kashmir’s separatist leader Government Medical Colleges boy. The dogs, they said, dragged from March 21 (afternoon). “Dip in day temperature tion campaign which is under- Shabir Shah’s wife Dr Bilquies (GMCs) in Jammu and the child but the More On P6 “Under the influence of expected,” the advisory said. way in its first phase. Shah while taking cognizance Kashmir have been accred- these weather systems, wide- There are four types colour Khan is reported to have on a charge sheet in a money ited for Diplomate of National Man Killed In spread moderate rain/snow is codes signifying the level of received the first shot of the laundering case related to mil- Board (DNB) courses in vari- Head-on Collision expected in Jammu, Kashmir caution: green which means Chinese-produced Sinopharm itant financing. He is currently ous departments, an official SRINAGAR: One person was killed and light rain/snow at a few no action, yellow—situation vaccine, the only anti-COVID jab lodged in Tihar jail under judi- spokesman said on Saturday. and two others sustained injuries in places of Ladakh region on to be More On P6 available in Pakistan. PM Imran cial custody. Additional Sessions Judge With this, the accredited a road mishap at Nanil Akura area in Khan has tested More On P6 According to the statement, Dharmender Rana on Saturday institutions would get two south-Kashmir’s Anantnag district Enforcement Directorate, in while takes cognizance on the PG candidates in the certi- on Saturday. Reports said that the its supplementary charge charge sheet, issued a sum- fied stream every year, the accident happened when a load New Power sheet which was filed last year mon against Dr Bilquies Shah spokesman said. carrier and bike collided, resulting Curtailment After Go Air, Indigo Starts named Shabir Shah’s wife Dr for her presence in the court Till now, 30 Super Specialty in on-spot death of a person and Bilquies Shah as a new ac- on June 9 and also issued a and Broad Specialty cours- injuries to two others. The deceased Schedule Soon Night Flight From Srinagar cused in the case. production More On P6 es have been approved has been identified as Ghulam Mo- by the National Board of hammed Parray son of Ghulam Nabi Agencies Agencies Airlines from Srinagar Airport Examinations (NBE) which Parray (56), a resident of Nanil and to New Delhi and there will be are likely to give 58 seats to the injured as Abdul Rasheed and SRINAGAR: The power curtail- SRINAGAR: Indigo, a leading no trail flights as of now, now Road To Peace Passes the Union Territory. Sadiqa (minor) More On P6 ment schedule in the Valley private airliner on Saturday the summer flight movement In new GMCs, the spokes- would likely be changed by the launched a night flight from schedule will be according to man said two More On P6 end of this month while the Srinagar International Airport, the DGCA which is expected to Through J&K: Mehbooba Charges Filed officials concerned stated that a day after Go Air started first come by next week,” Director Against 8 ‘Fraudsters’ the summer would be free of ever night flight service from Airport Santosh Dhoke said. Charges Filed In JAMMU: The Crime Branch of curtailments in Kashmir. the Valley. Divisional Commissioner Jammu and Kashmir Police on Chief Engineer of “Today another success- Kashmir PK Pole said the flights Scholarship Scam Saturday filed a preliminary charge Kashmir Power Distribution ful trail flight was oper- operated from the Srinagar sheet against eight people running Corporation Limited (KPDCL), ated by Indigo Airport were trial flights before Observer News Service a private company here over their Aijaz Ahmad Dar said that the More On P6 alleged involvement in illegally schedule would be changed SRINAGAR: The Crime Branch receiving cash deposits from the soon after the fresh weather on Saturday produced pre- general public. The case was reg- advisory issued by the con- liminary charge sheet against istered in 2017 after Deputy Gen- cerned department will end. a West Bengal resident who eral Manger, Reserve Bank of India He said that More On P6 was arrested in connection (RBI), A K Mattu sought a discreet Agencies neighbours should put Kashmir with the whopping Rs 1.34 inquiry into the More On P6 and Kashmiris front and centre. crore scholarship scam. SRINAGAR: Peoples Democratic Addressing a gather- The charge sheet was Party (PDP) President and for- ing of party workers at produced before the Anti- SMC Shifts Four Pak Made Rifles Found in J&K: DGP mer Chief Minister Mehbooba District Convention Kulgam corruption Court Srinagar Enforcement Officers Press Trust Of India year was huge, incomparable Mufti on Saturday reminded Mehbooba said that any re- against Selem Sheik of Malda, SRINAGAR: Srinagar Municipal Cor- to what we have seized in pre- the leadership in New Delhi newed thaw in the relation- West Bengal, who is in cus- poration on Saturday transferred SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir vious years. In all, there were and Islamabad that the route ships of the two countries is tody of the Crime Branch four of its Enforcement Officers and Police chief Dilbagh Singh 475 weapons seized last year. to peace in subcontinent tra- subservient to the progress since his arrest in January last posted them as Zonal Sanitation Saturday claimed that American The number was not even half verses through Kashmir and made towards addressing the month, an official said. The Officers respectively. assault rifle M4, which was of this in 2019," the top cop of any bonhomie between the two long pending More On P6 accused, he said, is involved According to an order issued by among the seized weapons the union territory said. in uploading fake application SMC, four enforcement officers, recently, was being illegally He said among the recov- forms on National Scholarship Urfan Hussain Mir, Incharge Enforce- manufactured somewhere in eries were pistols, AK assault ashing out at Centre government for Portal for Merit Cum Means ment officer East, Mehraj ud din Pakistan or Afghanistan. rifles, M4 rifles, narcotics and ‘Restlessness’ failing to address the grievances of Scholarship under Minority Chowdhry, I/C Enforcement officer He was giving details of the cash as well. Among People Lpeople and causing restlessness among Quota for J&K students during Central/North, Mujeeb Hussain, I/C weapons which were smug- seized by state forces along the "M4 actually is an American the people in J&K, All India Congress Com- the year 2018-19 for district Enforcement officer South, Moham- gled in from Pakistan using border during 2020. rifle but there are duplicates In J&K: Cong mittee (AICC) in-charge for More On P6 Kulgam Subsequently, fake mad Yousuf Qazi, More On P6 drones and other means but "The weapons seized last manufactured More On P6 verifications More On P6

Swati Joshi on the train, unknown of the place warning and since then it is under the man was taking him. When the scanner of the CWC, Ganai told ohan was brought to Kashmir he woke up he was on his way to Kashmir Observer. with the promise of a high Jammu. People believe that there is no Rpaying job. But little did he “Rohan was brought to Pulwama human trafficking in Jammu & know that he would end up as a through a consultancy firm who Kashmir, but they’re wrong, said ‘LURED household worker in southern told us that he was an adult,” said Mohammad Sharif Bhat, J&K and Kashmir’s Pulwama area. Tawseef Ahmad Ganai, a member Ladakh head of NGO, Save the Before his unwitting valley visit, of Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Children.“I’ve seen many people the minor was living in an ashram Pulwama. having minor non-Kashmiri ser- in Assam, where he used to work at When Ganai got information vants in their homes,” he said. FOR JOB’ weddings to earn his livelihood. about Rohan, he alerted the District Three years ago, Bhat came One day while returning from Child Protection Unit (DCPO) who across a minor girl from Kolkata a wedding at night, he met a per- gave the boy’s custody to the CWC. who was found on a farm in north- Inside Kashmir’s Child son who asked him if he wanted to On examination, it was found ern Kashmir’s Kupwara district. earn more money. Rohan who had out that Rohan was a student of 8th Alerted by the Information District no one in his family except his little class, when brought to Kashmir— Social Welfare Officer, the NGO Trafficking Network sister decided to go with the man “meaning that he was around 13 soon rescued the traumatized kid. in search of work. years old,” said Ganai. “I took her to the hospital and in- Exhausted by the work, he slept The consultancy firm was given a formed the concerned More On P6