BJP Tsunami : Opposition Decimated

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BJP Tsunami: Opposition Decimated

The NDA lead by
BJP has created history in the Indian elections by bagging
349 seats with BJP on its own as a party winning majority mark seats.
This victory of BJP is exemplary.
“Every Cell Of My Body Dedicated To Nation,” Sated PM Modi After Big Win.
In 2014, the BJP won 282 seats, the NDA had won 336. It was the first time in more than three decades that a single party won majority on its own.

And in 2019 verdict the achievement has been more pronounced and huge.
As a matter of fact ,
BJP crossed the 300-mark just three hours into counting.

PM Modi congratulated people, said party’s win “victory of democracy”
Will work non-stop to ensure nation keeps moving forward, he added.

The BJP’s performance has exceeded its tally of 2014 , crossing the previous tally. Overall, the NDA has won nearly 350 seats .

The party’s victory, the Prime Minister said, has created a new narrative. “All parties have to introspect” he said.

targeting the caste-based politics practised in large swathes of the country, he said, “There are only two castes left. These are… the poor. The second – those who remove poverty”.

Uttar Pradesh to West Bengal BJP decimated opposition everywhere with clean sweeps — the state after state saw saffron blooming to full extent . In eastern part politics for decades BJP struggled but this time it too has given a huge mandate to the BJP .
Despite Challenges BJP shined in Uttar pradesh too.
In 2014, the BJP and its ally Apna Dal had won 73 of the 80 seats in the state. This time, in face of a challenge from the Grand Alliance of Mayawati and Samajwadi Party of Akhilesh Yadav, the BJP has won in 61 seats.

Even NC leader and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had to admit the shinning performance of BJP.
He tweeted :” So the exit polls were correct. All that’s left is to congratulate the BJP & NDA for a stellar performance. Credit where credit is due PM Modi Sahib & Mr Amit Shah put together a winning alliance & a very professional campaign. Bring on the next five years.”

“We had gone to the people to know about their decisions… today, crores of people have filled this fakir ki jholi (poor man’s bag)… this is democracy’s biggest incident,” PM Modi said, addressing hundreds of workers at the party headquarters in Delhi.
Political analyst Mushtaq Ul Haq Ahmad Sikandar stated :” These huge number of seats gained by BJP is a huge surprise. The coming of NDA to power for the second term is decisive in many respects. The opposition has failed to wean away the masses from voting for the BJP. Despite the failure of BJP to deliver on its promises of constructing Ram Mandir and revoking Article 370, people have granted them another chance to perform. Now they will be under huge pressure to perform in the second term. But for the moment they have decimated the opposition. State after state has been swept by the BJP which shows the strong influence of Modi. We have entered an interesting era. “

Sports are key to overall development of Women: Prerna Rajput

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Sports are key to overall development of women : Prerna Rajput

38 year old Prerna Rajput is pioneering active Women’s sports club in metropolitan cities of India and envisaging to take them to other smaller cities and towns of India in order to provide women with healthy sports atmosphere by providing them opportunity to play tournaments in diverse sports without any charges.
In an exclusive interview she talks to Rameez Makhdoomi and Farzana Mumtaz.
A bit about your venture?
Our active women’s sports club is a platform for all women especially for women to reignite the passion of sports playing in them. Our thrust is on women living in two and three tier cities in addition to major cities . There is no age bar and we engage both young girls and women to play diverse sports in a competitive spirit.
They perform and learn here by being with best of country.
Does your initiative help to relieve stress of women ?
The engagement here with sports in active manner gives women proactive life style which just not gives them relief from stress but also helps in maintaining health. Sports are key to overall development of women.

Are you planning to take this initiative outside main metropolis cities?
Yes it is our priority to go to smaller cities were women lack opportunity and provide them exposure via developing atmosphere of community sports and engage them in regular tournaments.
In cities like Mumbai there are regular tournaments going – Badminton, Handball, cricket etc., but in other smaller cities women are not aware about the criteria how to participate and we are going to reach them and bring best of talent out.

Is your active women sports club accessible to poor and middle class women as well?
Absolutely it is open to all as we don’t charge anything. It is the community we are creating wherein if you have potential come and play and join us. It is absolutely open for everyone.
How has been government response been so far?
We have not approached the government yet and we are four women who are brain behind this .We are empowering women via sports and once we reach that level required to approach Government we are hopeful of good cooperation and active role.
Are you hopeful your these active women’s sports clubs can produce future stars?
I certainly hope we are going to produce future stars by providing platform, honing skills and best exposure to untapped great talent.
Is patriarchy or it’s tight control an irritant to women participation here?
Not at all. The men who are onto sports or men who simply got know-how of our initiative are all welcoming and ready to lend all cooperation.

Women safety is an area of concern, anything you would do in this regard?
See training is not our forte but we will definitely encourage the tournaments in Sports ranging from karate to wrestling. Our forte as sports platform is organizing tournaments.
Is it open to all and how can amateur women benefit?
We are open to all women, the women who desire to play sports , who are already playing or those who had left but want to make come back can participate in our tournament and win trophies.
Our active women sports clubs have prominent women sportsperson playing and amateurs definitely learn a lot from them.
Your future goal?
We have started from Mumbai and want to reach every small city and town to provide active sports playing platform for women. We want to be hope of every house hold.
Any plans to come to Kashmir?
Security is slight area of concern .
The Jammu and Kashmir state is our prime area of concern and want to organize scores of sports tournaments for women.
Girls can see via your sports club active sports career?
I have made it clear that women who are actively or want to be actively involved can come and join us.
People who are already playing in our clubs are international or national players and veterans and young girls by participating in these tournaments get coached and trained a lot.
What motivated you towards starting these active sports clubs?
I have always been involved with sports actively like Badminton and volleyball . I had also seen women from smaller cities despite talented get lost in crowd and due to lack of facilities don’t continue. All these factors propelled to be a helping factor to such women who had faced roadblocks in Sports career.
How is the support of your near and dear ones?
My near and dear ones have supported me a lot and always stood behind me in what I do.
Your message to women?
My message to women is adopt sports as career or a daily activity.
Sports not only give you mental health but physical fitness and ability to think in a calm way.

How do you manage your clubs?
We manage it currently from our own resources. We are in talks with few for Colloboration.

NC Won all three LS seats in Kashmir

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NC won all three LS seats in Kashmir
Danish Tariq
Lok Sabha elections 2019 which were held in a seven phase from April 11 to May 19 and result was declared on may 23, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference JKNC secured win in all the three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir valley while Bhartiya Janta Party BJP candidates Jughal Kishore, Jitendra Singh and JTN won Jammu, Udhumpur and Ladakh seats. Peoples Demoractic Party PDP was wiped out, Peoples Conference could not open account again.

Farooq Abdullah NC President has retained Srinagar parliamentary seat. Mohammad Akbar Lone won Baramulla and Hasnain Masoodi was declared winner from Anantnag, Masoodi has defeated former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and Congress state president Ghulam Ahmad Mir.

Soon after declared winner from Srinagar parliamentary constituency, National Conference President Dr. Farooq Abdullah said, fighting against the evil designs that are hell bent to abrogate Article 370 and Article 35A won’t be an easy task for the newly elected parliamentarians of the party. He was accompained by National Conference Vice President and former chief minister Omar Abdullah , party’s provincial president Nasir Aslam Wani and others.

Dr. Farooq Abdullah thanked people across valley for helping party candidates to emerge victorious from all the three parliament constituencies in the valley. “We hope the new government in Delhi will do justice with Jammu and Kashmir and talk with the neighbouring country Pakistan to bring us out from the current situation”
No steps are being taken at present to put an end to the border skirmishes, killings,use of pellet guns and other things we will work hard to bring Jammu and Kashmir out from the current sufferings.

Dr. Farooq Abdullah also added that India and Pakistan must sit together to bring peace in the state.

Edutainment Show Main Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon Calls For A Cleanliness Pledge with #SwachhtaElaan

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Edutainment Show Main Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon Calls For A Cleanliness Pledge with #SwachhtaElaan

New Delhi: One of the flagship programmes of national broadcaster Doordarshan and Population Foundation of India’s popular edutainment show Main Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon has succeeding in bringing about impactful changes at the grassroots level through its content. In its third season, the show calls for ‘Swachhta Elaan’ – a cleanliness pledge – with the story of its protagonist Dr. Sneha Mathur leading her village in tackling issues of sanitation and hygiene.

Meinal Vaishnav who essays the role of Dr Sneha Mathur says, “While the importance of cleanliness is widely understood, it is not a practice that is wholly imbibed – leading to practices like open defecation or throwing garbage in common areas. #SwachhtaElaan calls audiences to not only understand how hygienic practices such as use of toilets are essential for healthy, disease-free living, but also inspires them to pledge towards such a life. The action of the pledge or elaan is important here.”

Director Feroz Abbas Khan, who is the creator of the show, says, “Making a pledge is a commitment towards a cause you believe in, that goes beyond watching positive behaviour of characters of the show. Changing longstanding behaviours that become social norms is very difficult. That’s why Main Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon uses entertainment such as a qawwali to catch people’s imagination and make it possible for them to adopt new behaviours.”

The qawwali appeals to audiences through humour and earthy messages to take steps in order to achieve better health through good sanitation and hygienic practices.

You can watch the qawwali on this link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ_wQpN-ivY

It can also be downloaded as a ringtone here: https://mkbksh.com/swachhta-ringtone/

Early results of the impact of the show can be gauged from the calls received on the Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS). Over 13 weeks, more than 2 lakh people have called and a majority of them are leaving messages and pledges related to positive sanitation habits, with an equal share by women and men. Inspired the serial, one man left a message saying, “maine apne gharwaalo se kaha pehle shauchalay banwao, tab mai shaadi karunga. Mahilao ke liye pehle humne shauchalay banwaya, fir unko ghar mein pravesh karwaya” (I told my family to have a toilet constructed in the house before my marriage. We got the toilet constructed and then brought my wife home).

The edutainment show revolves around the inspiring journey of Dr. Sneha Mathur, a young doctor, who leaves behind her lucrative career in Mumbai and decides to work in her village. The show focuses on Dr. Sneha’s crusade to ensure the finest quality of healthcare for all. Under her leadership, village women find their voices through collective action.

This time, Population Foundation of India is supported by the REC Foundation and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to produce the third season of this popular edutainment show.

We shall fight Rape!!!

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We shall fight Rape!!!
Owais Ahmad Shah

Rape is such an offence which causes the victim and the family to suffer for all the life where the victim is totally an innocent party. It is one of the most horrid and barbaric crimes which makes the whole life of a victim hell,several cases come to the spotlight where the victim prefers to commit suicide than to live in this world.In many cases,the victim is refused to be accepted as a normal member in the society.Rape is a worldwide phenomenon,whatsoever reasons might be behind it, social,religious or in wars,it carries the same crushing shame,anger and emotional trauma.
No real sympathy for the victim but only shouting slogans,putting up placards,bandh done to keep her silent.
The victim has to further suffer physically,sociologically and psychologically.
According to the Home ministry’s National Crime Research Records Bureau annual report 2016,338954cases against women have been reported,out of which 38947 are rape cases.This is up from 309546 reported incidents of violence against women in 2013.
Ample of cases go unreported due to political influence or the family not willing to expose the horror in police stations.In our society,if a girl is raped,her marriage offers are all burnt to ashes and the victim has to live the life of disgrace and shame.
In the recent past,spate of rape related crimes have come to spotlight.People have expressed their outrage and the culprits have also been put behind bars.
The year 2012 gang rape of a pharmacist girl is still haunting us but what happened later,did rape stop.The crime rate went from higher to highest.
In the recent past,Asifa rape and murder also brought us together.
There is a one-liner about Indian legal system which says that”We have laws but what do our laws do for us”.
Researchers state many reasons for the failure of curbing rape like horrific crime in india.One of the reasons is inadequate participation in electoral politics and loss of opportunity at national Assembly for passing laws that will address the crime properly.In India we have 48% female population and they have only 13% participation in electoral politics.
It would have been epoch-making in the year 2010,if the bill for two third participation of women at national level would have not been slapped down by lower house of the parliament.The then PM,Dr Manmohan Singh termed the bill as the emancipation for the rights of women.
The NDA led govt in 2018 rung changes on the existing sexual offences act but the crime rate is unstoppable.
One of the things that can be done to curb the menace is to allow women an adequate space at the national level for passing laws and making it sure that rape is curbed.
The legal system must act at fast track basis to bring the culprit to justice.
Let us take pledge in unison to fight till our last breath for safeguarding our girls against the malignant outlook of rapists.
Let the legislature,executive and judiciary come together for a better proposal so that in future we will have no shameful incident of rape.

5 years on,SRTC bridge at Baramulla awaits completion

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5 years on, SRTC bridge at baramulla awaits completion
Danish Tariq

The SRTC Bridge that connects old town area with civil lines Baramulla in north Kashmir has been under construction for the last 5 years and is still not complete for traffic and public movement.The bridge was damaged in 2014 floods, following which public movement and traffic on it was stopped.

Bilal Ahmad,local shopkeeper said, the SRTC bridge was easy route that connects old town with civil lines “in 2014 floods the bridge was damaged and authorties have closed the bridge terming that its unsafe for public” he added locals are suffering inconvenience and shopkeepers suffer huge loss in business and authorties are not paying any attention towards the completion of under construction bridge.

Manzoor ahmad,local resident said, the construction work of SRTC bridge was started before 5 years but only 2 pillars have been constructed so far “the construction work of bridge is going at snail pace which leds people to suffer,”

A group of people while demanding completion of this SRTC Bridge at earliest said that the people of that side are facing hardships to travel from one place to another. They also appealed Deputy Commissioner Baramulla to intervene into this issue so that people will not face more inconvenience they added despite repeated public outcry and assurances from the concerned officials of R&B the reconstruction on the bridge was not taken up as was expected, authorities have failed to construct the bridge.

When contacted Executive Engineer R&B Baramulla, Abdul Rashid Lone said, the construction work on bridge has been restarted and hopefully assured by the end of this year it will be completed.

Kashmir :No more a Raeshvaer’

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Kasmir: No more a Raeshvaer’
News Kashmir Desk

Recently members of Shia-Sunni Coordination Committee (SSCC) held a crucial meeting to discuss the deliberate upon the rape of a three-year-old girl at north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on May 08 that has brought down the heads of every citizen in shame, made a collective appeal to the people of Kashmir to put an end to protests and give police a chance to probe the incident transparently so that guilty is given an exemplary punishment.

Kashmir has been on the edge since past few days as massive protests were witnessed from nook and corner of the Valley with students, traders, religious scholars, youth, women and others hitting streets in protest to demand exemplary punishment to the guilty of rape of three year old girl of Sumbal Bandipora with another rape allegation surfacing from Ganderbal district.

The heinous crimes are now happening regularly in the valley of Kashmir raising question marks over our overall moral health as society and indicating that we are no longer following the teachings preached to us by Sufis and Rishis who bestowed Kashmir greatness.
Mushtaq Ul Haq Sikandar, writer and activist stated :
The Kashmiri society is in doldrums, neither is it ready to accept modernity nor is it comfortable with traditional conventions. The rape culture that is gaining ground is a result of the fact that men are yet to accept the women as equal citizens. The women now are present in every field of life and most of them are economically independent. But men are yet to accept women in these roles. Add to it the toxic masculinity that Patriarchy creates and is reinforced by our traditional and media notions about women being meek, weak and docile. So women are supposed to endure the unwanted glances, uncomfortable touches and oglings. So once these are accepted as normal rapes are bound to happen. What are being reported is just tip of an ice berg. Our religious, family and educational institutions are ill equipped to provide any type of gender sensitivity learning to our young boys and girls.
The common voices also stand aghast over these growing horrible crimes.

Bashir Ahmad, commoner stated :
” The people in the Valley of Kashmir have forgotten over simple and pious past. We have lost touch with the moral path as we do not give importance to moral values now. The hunger for grabbing more and more, materialism is the basic reason behind our overall degradation. It is the need of the hour that before further clamity falls on us we repent and follow once again great Sufi teachings taught to us. Tragically by our deeds we make ourselves look no longer the land of great Sufis and Rishis. ”
The overall realities urge us to once again follow the Sufis and Rishis teachings in letter and spirit and get in touch with moral path to save Kashmir from further destruction.

Arrival of Ramadan, price hike of vegetables, fruits in valley

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Danish Tariq
With the arrival of holy month Ramadan the prices of vegetables, fruits, and chicken have risen in the markets of Kashmir due to which locals are suffering. People blame highway ban and government authorities who are in deep slumber and not keep eye on price hike of daily need items.

Mohammad Yousuf, a teacher by profession said, the price hike in daily need essentials is directly being faced by the common people, as this hike hit their pockets “i have purchased peas at cost of Rs 90 per kg while it should be 20 to 30 Rs per kg at this time” I can’t understand why these vendors and shopkeepers selling on high price. He added we are forced to buy vegetables and fruits at huge cost “it could be the carelessness of concerned department who had not deployed regular checking squads in market to curb them for selling essentials at over price”.

Yawar Mohjoo, buyer said, In the month of ramadan we usually face price hike but at this time it’s beyond expectations “ cucumber which we used to buy Rs 20 per kg now being sold at Rs 70 per kg, chicken should be sold at price of Rs 100 kg but it’s 180 per kg there are no rate lists with the vegetable and fruit sellers they are selling at their desired rates while the administration is watching mute spectators” he said

Shah Faizan, shopkeeper “this time we cannot blame dealers and sellers for price hike as the highway closure diktat has created imbalance in demand and supply of almost everything in the valley and that demand increases in the month of ramadan that led to price hike”

A group of people complained that “the trucks loaded with goods are being stopped on national highway for days without any reason as the major supply of goods come to valley from outside state it led further hike price in goods because of short supply, government should look into the matter so public masses would not suffer,” surprisingly, they added the rate list provided by government for goods but nobody is following that.

While talking to Assistant Director, Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs,Ghulam Qadir Mir said, we have deployed teams to ensure the price hike could be in control and the drive will continue till end of Ramadan.

Professionalism… A jaded outlook!!!

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Owais Ah Shah
Professionals are of multiple colours. A professional can be enthusiastic, motivated only if he is brimming over with the ideas of truthfulness and honesty. The biggest threat looming over every society can be of supposed professionals. An individual who is an ignorant can’t become a professional but the craze and an image created around the idea of career prospects has hijacked the idea of true professionalism in the eyes of beholder. We also come across these elements who always preclude and repudiate the true values of professional integrity. These people are lured on multiple tenuous objectives. They are susceptible to these ideas and more and more wrong footed by dealers. A poster mounted on the wall is of vital importance. But when this poster turns out to be a disaster then every human individual would say “Close this shop of deceit and fraud”.
The aforementioned phrase is not yet visible to us. When our kids walk 12th exams, every parent has an urge to send kids outside. They want to make these kids Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers, Pharmacists and other professionals. But these professionals are always on the Verge of collapse. This is good to send kids outside state or country to become professionals but before jumping into this,we need to get them proper counseling and every institution should have proper govt recognition.
A large number of kids who go outside fall prey to institutes that lack confidence and high quality education, then it becomes a menace. These students were to be brought into an institution which must have been exuding intellectual strain but we and our misconception has bounced us into doing this. Extolling the virtues of an institution to assimilate much and more kids is like a machine that eats all stuff. These quality students are eaten away by the idea of farcical institutional craze which maw’s them into it.The lack of ethical importance is another aspect which has driven wedge between professionals and Jekyll and Hyde.
If I am said,what are the noble professions after teaching, I and every individual would say Professional doctors, professional nurses, professional pharmacists. But these all have become objects. A true pharmacist is always helpful if he has completed his studies with vigour, dynamism and commitment. Then we can never have drug peddlers selling the drugs below the counter.But where a supposed professional opens a drug store,he will either bring his own relative, neighbor or friend into this. He will never ever dream of having his shop setting an example but money is all his life. This idea derives its roots from political patronage which is a canker eating away at the heart of society. Who says hospitals are places of impersonal warmth.It is wrong. In hospitals we see professional doctors as well as nurses.
But these people are very small in number. Having touch based with a professional nurse at SMHS in Srinagar,he believes professional nurses can do wonders if they maintain positiveness and hope, adding the large number of prospects have messed with it.There should be balance and hard work in every field. Students come to become nurses but very small in number, a large part of students are crestfallen students who never wanted to be in the field. Having failed in MBBS,the second option of Nursing is always available. This frustration does great harm. He said his personal aspiration brought him into this and proper counseling is must to shape up the future of kids.
I believe there is a way to get rid of all menaces provided that proper counseling is done. A noble teacher can do it in his school, a noble doctor in his clinic and a noble pharmacist in his drugstore. Others can also do it well.Any craze should not contaminate minds of young kids.IAS,IIT,MBBS,B-Tech,B-Pharm,LLB and journalism should not be misunderstood. We should choose our goal to work for the well being and development of our society, not to earn ill gotten money or to show it off. We have a tremendous talent but misguidance of dealers and others can do massive harm to this society. Let us pledge to work cohesively for professionals.
(The writer is Student at GDC Handwara).

“” RAMADAN : a blessing “

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Umar Bashir

Linguistically, the word fasting in the Arabic language means unconditional ‘restraint’ (imsak) from any action or speech during any time.
According to the Sacred Law, fasting is the act of:
Refraining from entering anything into the body cavity, whether deliberately or accidentally, from true dawn to the time the sun sets and refraining from engaging in sexual activity.

Refraining from entering anything into the body cavity’ refers to the acts of entering food, drink, or medicine into the body cavity, regardless of whether this is a typical item one would enter into the body cavity or not.

From the time the sun begins to rise to the time the sun sets’ refers to the true entering of the Fajr time to the entering of the Maghrib time.

‘Accompanied with the intention of fasting’ means that one must intend to fast in order to distinguish if one is really performing an act of worship or not when one refrains from eating, drinking, or having sexual intercourse. For example, if one were to merely stay away from food, drink, or sexual activity without an intention to fast, then this fast is not valid and does not count.

Who Is Excused From Fasting ?

Fasting the month of Ramadan is not obligatory upon a menstruating woman or a woman in the state of lochia (post-natal bleeding) because fasting is not permitted while they are in this state. [Imdad al-Fattah]

Stipulations For a Valid Fast?
stipulations for a valid fast : #) the intention,
#) to be free from menstruation and lochia #) to be free from anything else that would break the fast.
[ Nur al-Iydah]

What Happens If One Decides Not to Fast?
It is a condition that the intention to fast remains with one.

If during the night one decides to not fast the next day after previously intending to fast it, then one is not considered to be fasting for that day. If one renewed the intention, however, then one is considered to be fasting.

[Shurunbulali]

the principle returns to deliberately performing an act that vitiates the fast by one’s own free will and without a valid reason. Deliberately means that one remembers that one is fasting and purposely performs an action that breaks the fast.

It also includes acts performed by force of a third party. Accidentally means that one remembers that one is fasting but broke the fast by one’s own doing without the intention to purposely break the fast. [Tahtawi, Hashiyya al-Tahtawi; Related in Radd al-Muhtar]

“Oh Allah, for You I fasted, and in You I believe, and on You I place my reliance, and on Your provision I break my fast. And I intend the fasting of tomorrow for the month of Ramadan. Forgive me for what I did before and what I do after.”