Enthusiastic participation of youth in Police recruitment process continues

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6171 participated in two days

 

SRINAGAR MAY 11: Police recruitment process for the post of constable continues for the second day with tremendous participation of youth in District Anantnag and Bandipora.

In these districts, both male and female candidates in large numbers are turning up for the recruitment venues.

In Bandipora, the two days recruitment rally concluded with 2797 candidates appeared in the first phase of recruitment process among which 842 candidates were declared qualified.

In Anantnag, as many as 3374 candidates appeared in physical test in first two days among which 1161 were declared qualified. The recruitment rally in Anantnag will continue for the next two days.

The candidates who have qualified the physical test will have to appear in the written test for final selection for which the dates will be issued separately.

 

Crying Kashmir

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Bloodshed, Curfews, Killings, Arrests , Pellet blindings, injuries, Shutdowns have once again defined life in Kashmir in year 2017. One after another Painful event have rattled Kashmir over past few months.

On March 28, 2017,  three civilians were killed as they  succumbed to injuries in the clashes near the encounter site in Chadoora village of Budgam district,

At least nine  people were killed in clashes with security forces during 9 April,2017,  by-election to the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, which recorded a historic poor voter turnout of 7.14%.

Violence witnesses was unprecedented for a election day in Kashmir .

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There were more than 200 incidents of violence, mostly in Budgam district, which included stone-pelting, petrol bomb attacks, setting ablaze of a polling station, some vehicles and attempt to burn another two polling booths,” Jammu and Kashmir chief electoral officer Shantmanu said.

On Monday, MAY 01, 2017 ,at least five policemen and two security guards were killed after suspected militants attacked a cash van outside Jammu and Kashmir bank’s Kulgam branch in south Kashmir

 

In The wee hours of Thursday, 04 May, 2017,  Indian army launched a Comprehensive anti-terror operation amidst incident of bank robberies, cash van robberies and snatching of rifles in Jammu and Kashmir.

 

Pertinently, security forces isolated more than 20 villages of Kashmir’s Shopian district and initiated search operations.

 

“Today’s combing operation (in Kashmir) is to make sure that situation is brought under control, post recent incidents,” Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat told media on Thursday. “Banks have been looted, policemen have been killed. That is why today’s combing operation is taking place,” he informed.

The ground zero atmosphere is that pain, fear, disappointment, bloodbath, carnage witnessed in 2016 is carrying on in 2017 as well. As a result of renewed turmoil the developmental pace has taken a strong hit in Kashmir .

Mushtaq Ul Haq Ahmad Sikander, a political analyst stated  “ The current situation in Kashmir is quiet pensive with pain, bloodbath, fear defining the daily life in Kashmir. Time has come to solve the political conflict of Kashmir according to aspirations of masses and put an end to bloodshed. It is high time that all the concerned stakeholders get together and initiate a meaningful dialogue to settle the issue once for all. Ground realities in present times lay more emphasis on solution otherwise we are heading for an era of destruction.”

Amid era of flaring emotions, bloodshed it looks the valley of Kashmir is crying.

 

 

 

 

 

Inhuman treatment from in-laws, Husband forces young engineer Mudasir to commit suicide : Relatives

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Alleging inhuman treatment,  mental torture by husband ,in-laws  lead her to take the grave step of suicide the relatives of Mudasir Aziz ,Junior engineer  posted at Irrigation Department Ganderbal held protests today .

Pertinently, Mudasir  comitted suicide by plunging into River jehlum few days back at old bridge Zainakadal  ,she was

W/o  Javaid Ah Bungree,S/o Mohd shafii  Bungree, R/o Hamza  colony illahi bagh  near masjid Hamzah.

 

The relatives alleged demanding salary , inhuman behaviour from in-laws  forced Mudasir to take the extreme step.

Her dead body is yet to be fished out.

 

Russia: Syria safe zones to be shut for U.S., coalition planes – agencies

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(Reuters) The safe zones which are being created in Syria will be closed for warplanes of the United States and those of the U.S.-led coalition, Russian news agencies quoted Russian envoy at Syria peace talks Alexander Lavrentyev as saying on Friday.

Turkey and Iran agreed on Thursday to Russia’s proposal for “de-escalation zones” in Syria, a move welcomed by the United Nations but met with skepticism from the United States.

Russia, Turkey and Iran signed on Thursday a memorandum on creating safe zones in Syria, while the delegation of the armed Syrian opposition walked out and shouted angrily after a new round of peace talks held in the Kazakh capital Astana.

Russia, Turkey and Iran act as guarantors of the Astana peace process.

Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov said that next Syria peace talks would be held in Astana in mid-July.

“The Syrian Arab Republic supports the Russian initiative on de-escalation zones and confirms its commitment to the cessation of hostilities regime signed Dec. 30, 2016, which includes not bombing these regions,” said state news agency SANA, reporting a foreign ministry statement.

The report also said the Syrian army would continue to fight against what it termed terrorist groups across Syria.

SSMD participates in Asian Designer Week

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New Delhi 5th May:
SSMD School of Fashion and Design in collaboration with MODART International Paris and VIDM New Delhi participated at the Asian Designer Week today and displayed a Kashmiri traditional collection. The participating designers had come together from all over the world and appreciated the outstanding designs by the Kashmiri students of SSMD who showcased their designs on such a huge platform for the first time.

Speaking on the occasion, Director, SSMD School of Fashion and Design, Ms. Insha Qazi mentioned that due to turmoil in Kashmir the students have lesser opportunities and hence SSMD aims to provide a creative release to the pent-up energy for the students in such events. She said that encouraging participants in such events act as a catalyst, in order to empower youth so that they generate self employment opportunities. She also spoke at length about the Institute’s commitment to provide the best facilities for their students at extremely reasonable prices, and with special considerations for those who find it beyond their means to show case their talent, because creativity does not come with a price tag attached.

Speaking about the collection on display, she said that the collection was named “Hamin Asto” which literally translates to ‘This is it’, taken from the Persian saying “Agar Firdaus, Bar Ruhe Zamin Ast, Hamin Asto, Hamin Asto, Hamin Ast” (If there is a heaven on earth, it’s here, it’s here, it’s here) that was popularised by Emperor Jahangir, when he first visited Kashmir and was charmed by its beauty. The garments were inspired by the rich and lush Mughal gardens of Kashmir and were a tribute to the absolute beauty of the Valley. She said that their garments stood out because the embroidery done on the products was exclusively handcrafted with precious gold and silver threads called Tilla and Däbka, done by the skilled craftsmen of Kashmir and designed meticulously by the students of SSMD. The fabrics ranged from chanderi, fine mulmul, matka silk, voile, and rich regal velvet. Techniques like hand block printing had been used with vegetable dyes and gold leaf embossing with a generous use of quilting and tilla hand embroidery in resham. The collection had heavy use of thread and metallic gold.

E-GAG

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In the present times of growing technology, over the past few decades the medium of Internet has emerged as the lifeline for carrying our daily chorus of life  . Internet has multiple positives -We access news and other related websites to update ourselves about the current affairs, we rely on the communication platform it offers to communicate with the world. Be it using a social networking website like Facebook, twitter  to post what’s happening in our lives and connecting with global audiences , or using an application like Whataspp, Skype or Viber to talk to our dear ones; web is the medium. Be it to get  information or to entertain ourselves, Internet is always our first choice. Even in many places internet is  used  to order food and used as medium to  shop in fast life of current times .

Unfortunately, the conflict ridden valley of Kashmir has suffered a lot due to frequent internet gags over the past few years and Infact has seen more gags imposed on internet  than war devastated Yemen, Iraq and Syria etc . Now in latest shocker and seen as a reaction to students agitation Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered suspension of internet services in the trouble-hit valley for a period of one month or till further orders.

In an order, the Home Department has directed all ISP’s that “any message or class of messages to or from any persons or class of persons relating to any subject or any pictorial content through the following social networking sites shall not be transmitted in the Kashmir valley for a period of one month or till further orders.

As per the government directive, social networking sites to be suspended include Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, QQ, WeChat, Ozone, Tumblr, Google+, Baidu, Skype, Viber, Line, Snapchat, Pinterest, Telegram, Reditt, Snapfish, YouTube (Upload), Vine, Xanga and Flickr.

 

Masses and all voices of sanity are aghast over the move . Mir Imran, a human rights activist stated – “ Frequent internet gags cripple the economy of Kashmir and also the basic rights of life . The Internet is today regarded as the largest information base. And in present times , it has become an integral part of our lives. Its access methods have also evolved over time, starting from dial-up connections, slowly graduating to broadband, developing further into wireless access, and then to cellular technology. Over the past few years to suppress the public opinion government is using the tool of internet gag very often and this is affecting livelihood of scores of youth . This E-GAG should stop and grave political issues should be dialogued rather than sentiments crushed by these dangerous gags.”

 

Despite the fact that state contributing a large contribution to the revenue of telecom companies, authorities have suspended internet services 29 times in J&K from 2012 to April 2017.

In a related development Jammu and Kashmir Young Journalist Association (JKYA) has threatened to launch protests against the continued internet blockade . In  an important meeting at its office, during which the participants termed the continuous internet blockade as an attack on very basic right to live. JKYJA stated that E Curfew amounts an attack on bread and butter of many.

JKYJA President, Ajaz Ahmad War stated – “The continuous blockade of internet is not only hitting the journalist community but every sphere of life. Now blocking of Social networking sites like Facebook and Whataspp will prove disastrous as online world is source of earning for many spheres  of life in present age of technology. If the decision is not revoked JKYJA in collaboration with likeminded organizations will hit the streets soon.”

Frequent Internet gags are definitely leaving adverse impacts on Kashmir.

Internet Gag in Kashmir

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Over the past few decades the medium of Internet has emerged as the lifeline for carrying our daily chorus of life  . Internet  has multiple positives -We access news and other related websites to update ourselves about the current affairs, we rely on the communication platform it offers to communicate with the world. Be it using a social networking website like Facebook, twitter  to post what’s happening in our lives and connecting with global audiences , or using an application like Whataspp, Skype or Viber to talk to our dear ones; web is the medium. Be it to get  information or to entertain ourselves, Internet is always our first choice. Even in many places internet is  used  to order food and used as medium to  shop in fast life of current times .

Unfortunately, the conflict ridden valley of Kashmir has suffered a lot due to frequent internet gags over the past few years and Infact has seen more gags imposed on internet  than war devastated Yemen, Iraq and Syria etc . Now in latest shocker and seen as a reaction to students agitation Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered suspension of internet services in the trouble-hit valley for a period of one month or till further orders.

As per the government directive, social networking sites to be suspended include Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, QQ, WeChat, Ozone, Tumblr, Google+, Baidu, Skype, Viber, Line, Snapchat, Pinterest, Telegram, Reditt, Snapfish, YouTube (Upload), Vine, Xanga and Flickr.

 

Masses and all voices of sanity are aghast over the move  and demand that this latest internet gag should be revoked to prevent further damages.

Maxillofacial Surgery Fully Developed In Kashmir: Dr. Mohammad Shakeel

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Dr. Mohammad Shakeel , Head of Department  Dentistry &  Maxillofacial surgery SKIMS Medical College is a well-known name in the world of Maxillofacial related paradigms. He can be undoubtedly termed as father of Maxillofacial surgery in Kashmir.

In an exclusive interview with The News Kashmir Magazine , Dr. Mohammad Shakeel  talks to Rameez Makhdoomi.

 

Sir What challenges you faced while establishing Maxillofacial Department at SKIMS ?

First of all there was no concept of maxillofacial surgery overall in  Kashmir and that too particularly in SKIMS. It was a small Dental Department with a one chair, so when I joined with post graduation in 1978-79 in the subject I made it clear that we needs beds, separate theatre operating ward and related infrastructure .The authorities were bewildered that he is a dentist and why he needs all this?  not knowing  that Dentistry was my basic while maxillofacial surgery PG and a specialty like any other surgery Plastic surgery , Neuro surgery  etc     .So I had to face lot of music but during the era of Zaragar sahib as Director the Department grew substantially .

We are thankful to Allah we in 2014 in Kashmir conducted a mega conference on Maxillofacial with 300 surgeons from India and 12 international faculty.

Sir you also do  surgical cleft  and give hope to defaced faces by natural or other causes , how does it feel that you give hope to helpless ?

Believe me it is really great feeling. I have seen patients who have told me that  to cure deformity lip, pellet ridden face they have sold their valuables but due to my contacts with reputed philanthropic organizations I have been able to do 2000 free cleft surgeries and giving hope to hopeless.

 

How far has pellets wrecked havoc on faces here and is their hope for pellet victims they can recover face, lip injuries etc?

 

We operated good number of pellet cases and there is definitely a hope for them and we have been successful already in this regard.

How do you view the standard of maxillofacial Department JVC You are heading ?

Maxillofacial surgery has grown to a big potential . This centre if you analyze  is at par with any European Maxillofacial centre . Unfortunately we do not have enough number of beds, enough theatres, less staff but work vise we are top.

In past 20 years Maxillofacial has grown a lot and we are being invited as international faculty.

What has motivated you to serve your native land despite having opportunity to go global?

I love to treat people . I am a Doctor suppose I would have been labour; I would have had more testing life but God has given me this status so I take it opportunity to serve my people and I also advise youngsters to treat their own people first because everyone owes to his land lot.

What would you like to see more happening with reference to development of Maxillofacial department?

We would like to have separate ward, separate theatre and post graduation started. We have enough talent but we need this infrastructure.

Any special memory since your surgeries provides hope to hopeless?

Recently we operated a 29 year old youth whose face had lot of defaced and his family had gone to everywhere and we successfully via maxillofacial surgery changed his total face. This was positive metamorphosis for him.

Are you satisfied with growth of Maxillofacial related paradigms in India ?

Yes maxillofacial departments and related things in India have grown a lot and even in Kashmir it has grown a much .

Can our Maxillofacial Department compete at global level?

Absolutely over department can compete at global level. If our Department would not have been of global level than we would have not international faculty of maxillofacial visiting us, as in 2014 a dozen reputed international level Maxillofacial faculty came here.

Do you have coordination with globally reputed Maxillofacial institutes ?

Yes definitely we have lot of efficient coordination with reputed globally renowned Maxillofacial institutes and I can send youngsters to diverse reputed fellowships throughout world. I am associated with world renowned international organization “Operation Smile” and In January I Was invited and we did more than 160 surgeries and now I am once again being invited.

Your message to Doctors and Masses?

Doctors should work wholeheartedly and contribute to benefit to mankind and masses should trust doctors and not show trust deficit.

 

 

‘Challenge Accepted, Will Capture Delhi,’ Mamata Banerjee To Amit Shah

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Edited by Raija Susan Panicke

KOLKATA: Challenge accepted, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said today, vowing to “capture Delhi.” She was responding to BJP chief Amit Shah’s targeted attack on her and her Trinamool Congress during a two-day visit to the state aimed at rapidly expanding his party’s footprint in West Bengal, where it has so far had limited political presence. Mr Shah has handed his Bengal BJP team the task of uprooting the ruling Trinamool Congress by 2019.

“I accept the challenge of those who challenge me. We’ll capture Delhi,” Mamata Banerjee declared, accusing the BJP of trying to “intimidate” the Trinamool Congress. “They come from Delhi and spread lies. They are in a hurry (to capture power in Bengal)….They cannot handle Gujarat, but they are eyeing Bengal,” the Chief Minister added.

She criticised the BJP chief ‘s booth-level interactions and visits to modest village and slum homes, saying, “They go to slums in the morning and eat dinner at five star hotels at night. Such is their double standards…I go to the slums everyday. It is not right to call the poor, poor. I respect all the poor and struggling people.”

Amit Shah picked West Bengal to begin a 15-day journey across five states where the BJP has traditionally been weak. The immediate aim is to strengthen the party cadre in each and win many more parliament seats from there by 2019, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek a second term.

The BJP chief challenged Ms Banerjee directly on her turf. After visiting Naxalbari in north Bengal, where he ate lunch sitting cross-legged in the tin-roofed hut of farm worker Geeta Mahali, Mr Shah went to Mamata Banerjee’s assembly constituency Bhawanipore in south Kolkata and visited three homes in a slum. He was greeted warmly by residents who showered him with flower petals and offered him sweets.

amit shah having lunch on banana leaves
Amit Shah began his 15-day visit across 5 states, where BJP has traditionally been weak, from Bengal.
Mr Shah discussed their problems and promised the people of Bhawanipore that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “chariot of victory” will roll into Bengal in 2019″ bringing with it the development that, he said, they have been denied.
For today’s counter-attack, Ms Banerjee chose Birpara, which is part of the Madarihat assembly constituency, one of four seats that the BJP won in the West Bengal elections last year. “I have come to Birpara before. Birpara voted for BJP, not the Trinamool, but I have come here again to show that the BJP lied before the election. They said they would open seven tea gardens in the region. That has not happened,” the Chief Minister said.

Mr Shah has alleged that Bengal under Ms Banerjee “symbolises unemployment, violence and appeasement politics.” As he wound up his Bengal visit, Mr Shah told party workers today reach out to the people, who he said have become “disillusioned” with the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress, while the opposition Congress and CPI-M have “significantly lost” their political relevance. The BJP must take advantage of that and bring more people into the party’s fold, a Bengal BJP leader quoted Mr Shah as saying.

The BJP’s message, Mr Shah instructed, must be that “development in Bengal is impossible without the BJP.”

With inputs from PTI