Ahead of Eid, I-Day, Forces Put on High Alert in JK
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9thyear of publication SRINAGAR OBSERVER Navin Choudhary Reviews Finalization GoC 15 Corps calls on Lt Governor Advisor Sharma for Making JK Cements More Vibrant, Financially Viable Of New Projects Under NABARD General Officer Commanding (GoC) 15 Corps, Lieutenant General, B.S Principal Secretary Agriculture Department, Navin Choudhary, Raju, called on the Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu at the Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor, K K Sharma, today emphasized today convened a review meeting regarding finalization of new the need and significance of making the Jammu and Kashmir projects under NABARD for 2020-21 besides assessing progress Raj Bhavan here today. The GoC briefed the Lt Governor about recent Cements more vibrant and financially viable so that it could emerge on ongoing projects. Among others Chief General Manager internal security developments and the prevailing security | Page 03 as a huge contributor towards economy of Jammu and Kashmir NABARD J&K, Vice Chancellors of SKUAST Kashmir | Page 07 besides creating job avenues for local youth. | Page 05 FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2020 08, Zil Hajj 1441 Hijri Published from Srinagar RNI No:JKENG/2012/43267 Vol:9 Issue No: 175 Pages:8 Rs.5.00 epaper: www.srinagarobserver.com BRIEFNEWS Security forces J&K Records 450 Fresh attacked in Pulwama Ahead of Eid, I-Day, Forces Cases, Toll 19869 PULWAMA: Militants attacked a security forces party in Pulwama dis- Jahangeer Ganaie trict of Southern Kashmir, however, 83 are from Jammu division, no loss of life or injury was reported officials said, adding that the Put On High Alert in JK SRINAGAR: Jammu and total number of positive cas- in the incident. An official told a local news gather- Kashmir Wednesday re- es in Kashmir division has ing agency that militants fired upon There Will Be Provocations By Anti-Nationals During Ensuing Fortnight: DGP corded 450 fresh cases of reached to 15568 including a Casper vehicle of 44 Rr at Drubgam COVID-19 pandemic includ- 9417 recoveries while as to- Payeen area of South Kashmir’s SO News Desk ing 67 travelers taking tal number of positive Pulwama district, when they were going through the area. the total number cases in Jammu di- “No injury or loss of life was report- SRINAGAR: Director General of positive cases to vision have reached ed,” he said, adding that the area of Police Dilbag Singh today 19869. With 450 new to 4301 including has been cordoned off and a search asked security forces in the cases, the tally of 2425 recoveries and operation has been launched to nab Valley to remain extra alert for positive cases in 26 deaths. the attackers. (KNO) the ensuing fortnight and put J&K has reached to They said that total into use all resources so that 19869 including 15568 number of active cases Girl dies, two others the religious festival of Eid-ul- from Kashmir and 4301 from in Jammu and Kashmir are hospitalized Azha as well as the Indepen- Jammu division. 7662 including 5812 from dence Day celebrations passes Officials told a local news Kashmir division and 1850 POONCH: An eight-year-old girl off peacefully in the Jammu gathering agency that among from Jammu division. died while her two siblings have and Kashmir Union Territory. 450 new cases, 367 belong to With 520 more recoveries, been hospitalized after an incident of drowning took place in a village of As per a statement issued Kashmir division while as the tally of | More on P2 Poonch’s Mandi Tehsil. here, DGP stated this while Police told a local news gather- chairing a high-level securi- ing agency that three children of ty meeting here. He said that 17 More Die Due to COVID in J&K, Tally 366 Zakir Ahmed from Jaliyaan village of there will be provocations “He complimented the offi- the DGP was quoted as saying ty arrangements ahead of Eid Nadeem Nadu Poonch Mandi were taking a bath in a by the “anti-national and an- cers and said that a lot of good by a police spokesperson in a al-Adha, and August 15 Indepen- river when the trio got washed away ti-social elements during this work has been done during the statement issued here. dence Day were discussed. The n a biggest-spike in deaths in 24 hours, Jammu and Kashmir reported in strong water currents. seventeen more covid-19 deaths since last night, taking the fatality count “All the three were rescued by the period and as such, all the po- last few months on operations The high-level security re- efforts of collective fight against licemen deployed on nakas, for as well as on the law & order view meeting was held at Police COVID-19 by the Police, CAPFs Idue to the virus in J&K to 366, officials said on Thursday. Among them, 16 people and were taken to Mandi Sub deaths were reported from Kashmir, mostly from Srinagar which continues District hospital where the girl identi- operations, on static guards front. However, the guard can- Headquarters (PHQ) Srinagar in and Civil Administration were to top the list with highest number of fatalities, while | More on P2 fied as Shabnam Akhter, was declared and other deployments need to not be lowered and there is a which overall security scenario also discussed, the spokesperson brought dead,” an official said. He add- be briefed on a regular basis.” need to consolidate the gains,” of the J&K, particularly securi- said. | More on P2 ed that her two minor brothers are under medical observation. (KNO) Home Quarantine Bla Family Appeals NIA Raids Residence of Protocol For Administrative, Institutional Guidelines For Son To Return Home Hilal Wagay in Awantipora Quarantine For Rail, Air Travelers Revised Asymptomatic BARAMULLA: The family members SO News Desk Cases Revised of a 21-year-old youth who is missing 'Wagay Was Arrested In Amritsar On April 26' since July 27, Thursday appealed their SRINAGAR: In an important son to return home and also sought SRINAGAR: The National Inves- with 29 lakh rupees of Indian JAMMU: The State Executive modification in the protocol for the help from the general public and tigation Agency (NIA) on Thurs- currency in Punjab. Committee (SEC) on Thursday positives of COVID- 19 infection police in tracing their beloved. day carried out a raid at the res- Punjab Police had also issued revised Quarantine Pro- and their contacts, Jammu and The youth identified as Hanan Bashir idence of Awantipora man, who claimed that they have traced cedures and protocols to be fol- Kashmir government on Thurs- Sofi, son of Bashir Ahmad Sofi of was arrested in Amritsar. inter-state links of Hizbul Mu- lowed for all incoming passen- day revised home isolation guide- Arampora area of Baramulla district is missing since July 27. An official told a local news jhahideen Chief Riyaz Ahmed gers by Air, Rail and Road into lines to permit such patients for Hanan’s family told a local news gathering agency that a team Naikoo with the arrest of two the Union Territory of Jammu home quarantine who are asymp- gathering agency that soon after their of NIA carried out a raid in accomplices including Ranjit and Kashmir. tomatic with no comorbidity and beloved left home; they tried to call Nowgam Khandaypora area Singh and Iqbal Singh of his The SOPs regarding COVID are not vulnerable otherwise. him several times. “But, his phone was of Awantipora in South Kash- close associate, Hilal Ahmed testing have been revised by An order issued by Health & switched off.” “We called our relatives mir's Pulwama district at the Wagay after which NIA along the SEC in exercise of powers Medical Education Department and his friends but could not find him,” residence of Hilal Ahmad with teams of Punjab Police conferred upon it under Section keeping in view the minimal Air, Rail or Road into the UT of in this regard asked Divisional, he said while appealing his son to return home. After failing to trace him, Wagay, who was arrested on and Haryana Police carried 24 of the Disaster Management positivity rate among Rail and J&K shall be 100 per cent tested District as well as designated in- the family said that they filed a miss- 26 April at Amritsar. out intelligence-based raids in Act, 2005 in supersession of all Air travellers. for COVID 19 antigen using the stitutions and hospitals which ing report at Police Station Baramulla. The case was taken over by Sirsa, Haryana, officials said. previous orders, instructions The revised guidelines read RTPCR or Rapid Antigen test or include SKIMS Soura, Srinagar, NIA after Hilal was arrested On May 09, | More on P2 and protocols on the subject that all passengers arriving by any other | More on P2 Govt. Medical | More on P2 Resignation Won’t EID-UL-ADHA Hajj: Masked Pilgrims Pray On Bring Statehood Or Special All Guidelines Should Be Strictly Peak Day At Mount Arafat Status Back: NC MP Adhered To: Advisor Baseer Agencies DUBAI: Masked pilgrims ar- Agencies prises party patron Dr Farooq SO News Desk rived Thursday at Mount Arafat, Abdullah, Hasnain Masoodi and a desert hill near Islam's holiest SRINAGAR: National Con- Muhammad Akbar Lone. JAMMU: Advisor to Lieu- site, to pray and repent on the ference (NC) senior leader and NC has been on forefront tenant Governor, Baseer Ah- most important day of the hajj, Member of Parliament (MP) Mo- to defend the special status of mad Khan Thursday chaired a the annual pilgrimage in Mecca hammad Akbar Lone Thursday erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir meeting of Deputy Commission- in Saudi Arabia. said tendering resignation by which was scrapped on 5 Au- ers to review the arrangements The global coronavirus National Conference (NC) MPs gust 2019 and was divided in two to be carried out for the smooth pandemic has cast a shadow will not resolve any problem.