th 24 Tuesday 23 March | 08 Shaban | 1442 Hijri | Vol:24 | Issue: 68 | Pages:12 | Price: `3 www.kashmirobserver.net twitter.com / kashmirobserver facebook.com/kashmirobserver Postal Regn: L/159/KO/SK/2014-2016 3 CITY 7 BADAM VAER 11 SPORTS ALMONDS AND AURA MINI-PASSENGER VEHICLES PLYING ON PUNJAB FC DEFEAT REAL THE other day I cannot believe that after 14 KASHMIR 1-0 IN I-LEAGUE CITY ROUTES OVERCHARGE PASSENGERS years I am finally back and trying to settle Residents of various areas of city outskirts including Harwan, THINK down at my native place. It was an amazing Chencho Gleytsehn’s 37th minute strike helped Punjab Nishat and Shalimar Monday alleged that Taxi Drivers Union in experience to see the better and bitter side of FC register a hard-fought 1-0 win over Real Kashmir FC New Theed Harwan is displaying a ‘fake’ rate list and... life. It provided me an opportunity... in an I-League match at the Kalyani Municipal... Widom Trouble Mounts For PDP Leader Parra UAE Brokering No people who 4 Militants A Key Player In 'Political- are ignorant can be Separatist-Militant' Nexus: NIA truly free. Secret India-Pak —Thomas Jefferson Killed In Shopian Press Trust Of India Peace Talks: Report Agencies NEW DELHI: About 24 hours Encounter: Police after military chiefs from India and Pakistan surprised J&K Reports Press Trust Of India the world last month with 132 New Cases a rare joint commitment to SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir SRINAGAR: Four militants respect a 2003 cease-fire recorded 132 fresh COVID-19 cases, who police said were associ- JAMMU: The National agreement, the top diplomat including 28 travellers, taking ated with the Lashkar-e-Taiba Investigation Agency (NIA) on of the United Arab Emirates the infection tally to 1,28,679 on (LeT) were killed in an en- Monday filed a charge sheet popped over to New Delhi Monday, even as no new death due counter with state forces on against Waheed-ur-Rehman for a quick one-day visit. noting they “discussed all to the virus was reported in the past Monday in Shopian district of Parra of the PDP and two others The official UAE readout regional and international is- 24 hours, officials said. Out of the south Kashmir. in a militancy funding case, and of the Feb. 26 meeting gave sues of common interest and fresh cases, 28 were More On P10 State forces launched a cor- said the youth leader was a cru- few clues of what Foreign exchanged views on them.” don and search operation in cial player in sustaining the "po- Minister Sheikh Abdullah Yet behind closed doors, Lecturer Held For Manihal area of the district litical-separatist-militant" nexus bin Zayed spoke about the India-Pakistan cease-fire Issuing Fake Orders around midnight, follow- in Jammu and Kashmir. with Indian counterpart marked a milestone in secret ing information about the Besides Parra, the other two Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, talks brokered More On P10 JAMMU: The Crime Branch of presence of militants there, named in the charge sheet are Jammu and Kashmir Police on Mon- Inspector General of Police Shaheen Ahmad Lone and Tafazul day said a lecturer was arrested for (IGP) Vijay Kumar said. File Photo: Abid Bhat Hussain Parimoo who were in- allegedly issuing fake appointment INDUS WATER TREATY He said the militants refused four-year-old child of a militant, four militants were killed. volved in gunrunning More On P10 and transfer orders. Arfat Ahmad repeated offers of surrender to appeal to them to surrender. "All the four were catego- Pak Delegation Arrives in India Khan, a resident of Assar area of and opened fire at the forces. But they refused," he said. rised militants belonging to Doda, was working in the school seven-member Pakistani delegation led by the country's "We appealed to them to Kumar said after the militants LeT outfit. Although, they Indus Commissioner Syed Muhammad Meher Ali Shah education department for the past surrender and brought their opened fire at the state forces, call themselves as Lashkar-e- Dr Mushtaq two-and-a-half More On P10 Aarrived here Monday for the annual Permanent Indus Com- families, including wife and a there was a gunbattle in which Mustafa, they are More On P10 Posted DHSK mission meeting during which he will hold talks with his Indian 4 Other Officers Shifted counterpart, an official said. The Indus commissioners of the Teacher Found two countries will hold the annual dialogue on March 23-24. The Dead In Sopore Observer Monitoring Desk Indian delegation will be led by PK Saxena More On P10 SRINAGAR: A teacher on Monday Stone Pelting More Serious SRINAGAR: The Jammu and was found dead under mysterious Kashmir government on Monday circumstances in Sopore area of transferred incumbent Director, Baramulla district. 35-year-old Gh- Problem Than Militancy: IGP Health Services Kashmir (DHSK) ulam Mohammad Wani of Daragam Agencies and four other officers with im- village of Pattan was found lifeless mediate effect in the interest of J&K Aims Rs 24485 Cr by the locals near an auto stand in Assures Incident SRINAGAR: Inspector administration and patient care. Tarzoo area of Sopore, an official Free Amarnath Yatra General of Police Vijay Kumar According to an order issued said. A police team, he said, reached Revenue In Next Fiscal on Monday termed stone ool-proof security arrange- by Atal Dulloo (IAS), Financial the spot after being informed by the pelting more serious prob- ments, including round-the- Commissioner, Health & Medical Agencies 16, 276 crore in 2021-22, while locals. More On P10 lem than then the militancy Fclock monitoring using CCTV Education Department, Dr. Samir non-tax revenue is estimated to and reiterated to book those cameras and drones, will be in Mattoo, Director, Health Services, SRINAGAR: Jammu & Kashmir be 8209 crore during the fiscal. Boy Charred indulging in such incidents place for the Amarnath Yatra this Kashmir, has been transferred and has estimated to generate rev- “The committee sought to To Death In Samba under Public Safety Act. year to ensure an incident-free posted as Project Director, AIDS enue of Rs 24,485 crore during know about the quantum of JAMMU: A 12-year-old boy was “When firing starts, we them resort to stone pelt- pilgrimage, police said on Monday. Control Society, J&K Dr. Mushtaq the next financial year. revenue generated by UT of J&K charred to death in Jammu and evacuate people and some ing. People from other vil- Addressing a press conference Ahmad Rather, Project Director, Documents reveal that tax by their own resources. The ad- Kashmir’s Samba district when a people, miscreants among lage don’t More On P10 here, Inspector More On P10 AIDS Control Society More On P10 revenue of J&K is projected at Rs ministration of the More On P10 temporary wooden shed he lived in caught fire apparently due to an electrical short circuit, officials said. Khalid got trapped inside the “Kulla HC Upholds J&K (temporary shed mostly made of Bank’s Notification MeT Predicts More wood)” in Chak Manga Gujra village on Sunday after it More On P10 For Filling Downpour Today Burglars Loot SBI 1850 Vacancies ATM, 6 Shops Agencies HURRYHURRY UPUP NOWNOW SRINAGAR: Burglars decamped with SRINAGAR: The J&K High Court cash from an ATM of State bank of on Monday dismissed petitions India in Shopian district of south challenging Jammu and Kashmir TranslateTranslate youryour DreamsDreams intointo RealityReality!! Kashmir, officials said on Monday. Bank’s fresh notification for filling They said that the unidentified up of 350 probationary officers and thieves also looted six shops—two 1500 banking associates’ vacancies. AvailAvail at the old bus stand, adjacent to The petitions were filed by at four-way; two near Batho Chowk least 288 aspiring candidates who and three others at Gole Chakri had participated in the selection SpecialSpecial FestiveFestive OfferOffer area. A police officer More On P10 process pursuant to a notification on 6 October 2018 and had chal- toto realiserealise youryour Soldier Shoots Self lenged the bank’s 15th April 2020 Dead In Jammu announcement cancelling the Photo: Abid Bhat KO Dreams! whole selection process. Dreams! JAMMU: A 26-year-old soldier Subsequently, the bank had Upper Reaches Of Kashmir Highway Closed shot himself dead inside a camp in issued an advertisement notice For Traffic Jammu, officials said on Monday. Receive Snow, Rains Lash Plains (no. JKB/HR-Rectt-2020-27 & ammu-Srinagar high- They said Nitish Mishra, a resident 28) on 1 January 2020, invit- Agencies way, the only surface of Madhya Pradesh, used his service ing applications from the de- link connecting Kash- rifle and shot himself dead while J sirous candidates for the posts SRINAGAR: Valley’s upper reaches on Monday mir Valley with the outside he was posted at the sentry duty at of Probationary Officers and received fresh snowfall while rains continued world, has been closed his Raipir camp in Belicharana area Banking Associates. in plains dipping the day temperature sharply, and shall remain shut on late Sunday night. The soldier died “It needs no reiteration that even as the weather department has forecast Tuesday, officials said on instantly and his More On P10 since the More On P10 more downpour on Tuesday. More On P10 Monday. More On P10 Why People Take ‘Secret Bath’ In Pandey Warns Action Against This Kashmir Village On Nauroz? 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