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Apply Now: University Of Kashmir’s PhD Programme 2023

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SRINAGAR: The University of Kashmir has opened online applications for its PhD programmes in 34 different disciplines for the academic year 2023. Interested candidates can access the application form on the university’s website from April 27, 2023. The deadline to submit the form is May 20, 2023.
Candidates must have a Master’s degree in the relevant field with at least 55% marks or equivalent grade “B” in the UGC 7-point scale or grade in a point-to-point marking system, excluding relaxation of marks, if any, to be eligible for admission. However, there is a relaxation of 5% marks or equivalent relaxation of grade for candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer)/PWDs and other categories approved by the university.
Candidates who have completed an M.Phil degree with a grade ‘A’ or ‘B’ from the University of Kashmir or any other recognized university are eligible for admission to the Ph.D. programme. Relaxation of 5% marks from 55% to 50% or equivalent relaxation of grade is allowed for the M.Phil pass-out candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer)/PWDs and other categories approved by the university.
The university has urged candidates to visit its website for more details and to keep a copy of the application form and fee payment receipt for future reference.

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

April 25, 2023
Fourth Sex Racket Busted In JK, Five Including House Owner Arrested: Police

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SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday said it had busted a sex racket in the Handwara area of the north Kashmir Kupwara district and arrested five persons, including a house owner and his wife.
In a statement, a spokesperson said that information was received from reliable sources about a racket of immoral activities operating from the house of an individual in Reshipora.
The statement reads, “Accordingly, a search party conducted a raid in the house of Shabir Ahmad War, S/o Ghulam Ahmad War of Reshipora, where a sex racket was busted. Five persons were arrested from the spot, including the house owner and his wife, one sex worker and two customers. Cash amounting to Rs 47,800 was also recovered from the spot.”
Those who have been arrested include Rayees Ah Lone, s/o Khazir Mohd Lone of Dangerpora, Rafiabad, Bilal Ahmad Sheikh, s/o Abdul Rehman Sheikh of Binner, Baramulla, a female sex worker (name withheld), Shabir Ahmad War (house owner) s/o Gh Ahmad War of Rishipora, and wife of the house owner (name withheld).
It added that a case FIR No. 37/2023 under relevant sections of the law has been registered at PS Kralgund, and an investigation has been initiated. (KNO)

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April 25, 2023
NIA Court Issues Proclamation Order Against JeM Commander

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SRINAGAR:National Investigation Agency Court Pulwama on Tuesday issued Proclamation order under section 82 CRPC in respect of a designated militant and an active militant in various militant activities.
In a handout, the police said that proclamation has been issued in respect of designated militant Ashiq Ah Negroo, who is involved in various terrorist activities including Case FIR No. 42/2022 under section 20, 38 UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act) of Police Station Rajpora and in respect of active militant Reyaz Ah Dar involved in case FIR No 239/2022 under section 307 IPC, 16, 18, 20, 23, 38 UAPA of Police Station Pulwama. Court has given them 30 days to surrender before the competent authority.
According to police spokesman, before issuing proclamation, NIA Court has already issued NBW (Non-Bailable warrant) open ended warrant. Proclamation order was pasted in their native places and also on the conspicuous places of the villages along with the concerned police, reads the statement.

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April 25, 2023
Maeshi Kreaj: Kashmir’s Butter Bread

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Buffalo herdsmen convert milk into sundried cheese that is stored, cooked and sold as a speciality, explains MJ Aslam
Maeshi’ Kraaji, the famous milk bread, and Nadur make a great preparation. Photo: Shahnawaz Taing
Unlike Kashmir plains, the hills of the valley have always been buffalo-abundant. Between Baramulla and Jammu, the pasturage-rich temperature on both sides of the mountains is higher than the plains and suits the production of milk, ghee and butter.
Buffalos comprise the main wealth of Gujar, who live in hill log houses over the mountains from Poonch to Udhampur. Buffalos love to be in moist climates and they need to be immersed in water daily.
Given the fact that the buffalos were the main livelihoods of a huge hill population, the Dogra despots had imposed a tax on milch buffaloes and cows. Named Shakh Shoomaree, the tax was collected at Re 1 and 8 annas per buffalo and 12 annas per cow. However, if a buffalo gave birth to a calf, it was exempt like that of a barren buffalo, Phundir.
Traditional Herdsmen
The owners took their buffalo herds to mountain pastures for grazing in the summers. They lived by making and selling ghee, butter and cheese from the milk. Though buffalo are not indigenous to Kashmir, a number of Gujjars do possess and rare the animal. Unlike Gujjar, the Bakarwals prefer rearing goats. Given the fact that the Gujjars in Kashmir lived far away from the markets, they could not quickly take their produce for sale, they have been producing a rare milk product, the Maeshi Kraj (Mounsheh Kreaj). It is sort of a cheese produced from buffalo milk.
Technically, it is a cake made of dried buffalo milk. Dogras call it Kalari. Normally, the Gujjars living uphill bring this “bread” to the market across Jammu and Kashmir.
In Gujjar ecosystem, buffalo are basic. They are basically cattle graziers and not cultivators. However, they do grow maize around their hill kothas and the grain goes into the use of cattle as well as the people. They used to follow the Arab farmer’s custom of contributing Friday’s milk production to charity. It may not be around now but certain families make charities-in-kind on Friday. Cattle are so vital to this socio-economic ecosystem that the death of an animal triggers routine mourning.

Milk Bread
In Kashmir, buffalos are less visible even in hilly areas. However, the markets like Shopian, Kupwara, and Baramulla do get some supply of Maeshi Kraji almost on a daily basis. Usually, it is barely a fraction of the demand that the supply meets. Foreigners call it milk bread.
Based on buffalo milk, it is made by churning it with sour milk or curd. The fat cheese appears at the surface which is separated from the leftovers and then pressed into a cloth. The paste is made into cakes or balls of cheese. Before sale and use, these cakes are allowed to dry up in sunlight.
Maeshi Kreji are very tasty with a pungent smell and sour taste. It is harder, however than cow cheese. Even though it has gone missing from most of the Kashmir markets, Maeshi Krej remains available throughout the year in Jammu at Samroli, Udhampur and Pahalwan Di Hati.
In South Kashmir, people cook sun-dried Maeshi Kraji with Nadru (lotus stems) during summer. The sun-dried Maeshi Kraji with Nadru is ground with onion in a stone mortar (Vokhul] with a pestle (Kajve or Choteh). The spices are added to the paste, which is cooked with milk or water to avoid stanching the cheese. It is allowed to boil for some time, till it thickens and then it is eaten either at lunch or dinner with cooked rice or roti.
Not In Kashmir Alone
In Italy, Buffalo milk cheese is mozzarella; in India, Khoya cheese is mostly buffalo milk. Afghan nomads and peasants used to make ghee, butter, curd and also a kind of cheese of cow and buffalo milk called Quroot which is still a living culinary tradition of the Taliban territory.
The milk was boiled with the dried fruit of a solanaceous plant. The cheese was freed from water by pressing in a cloth just as the Maeshi Karji are prepared. After adding salt to it, handfuls are made into small balls, dried hard as stone in the sun and kept for any length of time for consumption. It is reduced into a paste in a wooden bowl called Quroot Mal. It was fried in a quantity of ghee and eaten with bread, meat and vegetables. In the past, it was the national dish of Afghans. However, more refined Persians disliked this food and ridiculed Afghans, parodying the Arabic anathema into the words, La houla wa la illah Quroota Khuri. (God protect us from Quroot-eating-Afghans).
With the passage of time, however, Quroot is still prepared and consumed within and outside Afghanistan. Quroot-like dairy products were also known to some Bedouin tribes of the Arabian Peninsula. They made it into lumps and cakes with their hands and dried it in the sunshine before use.
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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

April 25, 2023
SIU Presents Chargesheet Against Two Militants,Three Associates

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SRINAGAR: SIU-I Srinagar presented charge sheet before the Court of NIA Srinagar in case FIR No. 69/2022 of Police Station Chanapora against five accused persons including two militants and three associates.
In a statement SIU spokesperson said that in November 1st 2022, a case FIR No. 69/2022 under section 7/25 A Act, 13, 18, & 23 UA(P) Act stands registered in Police Station Chanapora Srinagar on receipt of a docket received from In-charge naka party (SHO P/S Chanapora) and the investigation was taken up by the then SDPO Sadder which was subsequently transferred to SIU-I Srinagar by the orders of PHQ J&K Jammu.
Pertinently, two grenades were recovered from the two suspects namely Amir Mushtaq Dar son of Mushtaq Ahmad Dar resident of Sozeith Lawaypora and Kabil Rashid Dar son of Mushtaq Ahmad Dar resident of HMT Srinagar who were intercepted by the Naka party at a checkpoint established at Harnambal near Sports Stadium Natipora Chanapora. Besides, their personal mobile phones with inbuilt SIM cards were also seized. Accordingly, a case was registered and investigation was initiated, he said.
During the course of investigation, another co-accused namely Aqib Jamal Bhat son of Mohd Jamal Bhat resident of Sozeith was apprehended and on his disclosure, one IED which was kept hidden by him in a pit at Rangreth near Railway track was recovered in presence of concerned Executive Magistrate. The said IED was got destroyed/blasted on spot by the Bomb Disposal Squad.
During further course of investigation, it established that the three arrested accused persons Amir Mushtaq Dar, Kabil Rashid Dar & Aqib Jamal Bhat working as terrorist associates for the terrorists viz, Momin Gulzar Mir and Basit Ahmad Dar under a well-knit criminal conspiracy were providing logistic support to them and procured hand grenades and IED for carrying out the terrorist activities.
On the strength of evidence collected (material/documentary & oral), the three arrested accused persons were found to be involved in the commission of offences punishable in terms of provision of Arms Act and UA(P) Act under sections 7/25 Arms Act, 13, 18, 23 & 39 UA(P) Act and the accused terrorists viz Momin Gulzar Mir and Basit Ahmad Dar are found to be involved in the commission of offences under sections 13, 18, 20 & 38 UA(P) Act, who are absconding and the proceedings under section 299 CrPC have been proposed to be initiated against them.
Accordingly, the sanction for launching prosecution against the accused persons was obtained from the Home Department and the charge sheet is presented before the Hon’ble Court of NIA Srinagar today in the instant case.

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

April 25, 2023
Authorities Abandoning Core Idea Of Smart City Project: Tarigami

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SRINAGAR: The ongoing Smart City project in Srinagar has raised serious concerns for CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, who believes that key policy documents like the master plan and mobility plan have been ignored in its implementation. Tarigami is particularly worried about the impact of ongoing works such as the development of Moulana Azad Road and the redevelopment of Lal Chowk Prescient, which he believes are destroying the existing character of the cityscape instead of contributing to its development.
Despite the Smart Cities Mission Strategy’s focus on Greenfield development and the preservation of open spaces, essential public services like public transport, electricity, water supply, and other public utilities are still out of reach. The ongoing haphazard works have also increased the vulnerability of city dwellers, with excavation and shrinking roads reducing space for vehicular traffic and the city being defaced with construction and demolition waste.
Tarigami and the CPI(M) are calling for the Smart City Project to be implemented in accordance with the Master Plan 2035, a dynamic long-term statutory document that provides a conceptual layout for the city’s growth and development. The plan is essential to ensuring that the project achieves its core aim of providing citizens with a clean and sustainable environment and smart solutions to public issues.

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

April 25, 2023
RTE Act 2009: Private Schools To Provide Free and Compulsory Education To Children From Disadvantaged Sections

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SRINAGAR: The School Education Department Tuesday sought list of all private schools functioning from government land and ordered its management to compulsorily provide free education to children from weaker and disadvantaged sections.
Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK), in a communique has directed all the Chief Education Officers (CEOs) of the region to implement the free and compulsory education to children from weaker and disadvantaged sections by private unaided schools under section 12 (1) C of RTE Act 2009.
DSEK said that RTE, Act Section 12 (1) C envisages that all private unaided schools have the responsibility to dispense and provide free education to children from weaker and disadvantaged sections and admit at least one-fourth that is 25 percent of the total strength of class-I or pre-school education.
It further said, “All those private schools which are functioning on state land shall compulsorily admit the 25 percent of students from weaker section of their catchment area by properly publicizing the admission.”
The director of the region in this regard has requested all the CEOs to immediately furnish the list of all Private Schools functioning on the state land immediately.
Pertinently, the section 12 (1) (c) of the RTE Act, 2009 fixes the responsibility of private unaided schools to provide free and compulsory education to children from weaker and disadvantaged sections by admitting at least one- fourth of the total strength of class I or pre-school education. (KNO)

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

April 25, 2023
Body Of A Newborn Found On Banks Of Jhelum

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SRINAGAR: A newborn baby boy was found dead on the banks of river Jhelum in Urdu Bazaar, M.R Gunj area of summer capital Srinagar on Tuesday morning.
Quoting sources, news agency KDC reported that the body of the newborn boy was found by some locals who subsequently informed the police.
They said that a police team reached the spot and shifted the body to SMHS hospital for medico-legal formalities.
A police officer confirmed the incident and said cognizance of the incident has been taken and further investigation is on.

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April 25, 2023
All Transfers To Be Made Through Online Mode Via Online Transfer Portal

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SRINAGAR: The School Education Department Monday said it may transfer surplus teachers of the department without taking into consideration their period of stay and said that all the transfers shall be made through online mode only.
Principal Secretary, School Education Department, Alok Kumar said, “All transfers shall be made through online mode via Online Transfer Portal for which the department shall issue Notification every year at the end of the Academic Session and such process shall be completed before the commencement of new Academic Session.”
The salient principles of the policy state that Directorates of School Education shall maintain a complete e-database on transfer and postings of employees for effective implementation of transfer policy.
According to the transfer Policy for Employees of the department, Kumar however said that on administrative exigencies, offline transfers can also be affected with the approval of the competent authority.
“The surplus employee in a school or institution shall be transferred without taking into consideration their period of stay,” he said.
The areas have been categorized as zone I, II and III, IV and V. The tenure of the employees in Zone-I, II and III shall ordinarily be three years, at a particular school while Zone-IV and V shall ordinarily be two years and one year respectively, at a particular school.
However, the mentioned tenure shall not be applicable to an employee who is willing to serve or continue in Zone III, IV and V.
“Tenure for transfer of officers on administrative posts Viz CEOs, Principals, Headmasters, ZEOs and equivalent shall ordinarily be two years with a maximum period of three years,” it reads.

The policy also states that in Zones VI and V, the period spent outside the actual place of posting on account of deputation, deployment, attachment and leave shall not be considered for claiming maximum tenure for transfer.
“Employees would be rotated between Zone-I, II, III and VI as far as practicable. In addition, there will be Zone-V which shall comprise difficult locations or in-accessible areas within the UT,” it reads.
Kumar said that an employee who has served in Zone-V will preferably be given posting in Zone-I and II to the extent possible. “Employees shall generally have to serve in Zones-III, VI and V on promotions, whether immediately or later, unless specifically excluded by the Administrative Department on some reasonable grounds.”
He said that the new appointees shall be posted in Zones-III, VI and Vas far as practicable.
Pertinently, Zone-I falls within municipal limit of district headquarter, Zone-II outside municipal limit upto 20km from district headquarter, Zone-III beyond 20km to 40Kms from district headquarter, Zone-IV beyond 40kms and above from district headquarter and also where change of residence is required. In addition, those schools where there is no motorable road and walking distance from the nearest motorable road is 7 KMs or more one way.
Zone-V is in-accessible areas in the UT of JK.
“The employees appointed under SRO-202 shall be eligible for transfer only after completion of five years tenure on the post against which they have been appointed,” Kumar said.
He further said that the employees appointed under UT, Divisional or District cadre shall be transferable only within their own cadre and shall in no case be transferable from one Divisional cadre to another Divisional cadre or District Cadre, or from one District cadre to another District cadre or Divisional cadre post except as per the provisions as laid down.
“In case of shortage of Teaching Staff in any specific subject within a School Complex, respective Directors shall make necessary arrangements for the same strictly as per instructions,” Kumar said.
The principal secretary also said that any other extraordinary arrangement to meet the shortage or deficiency of staff shall strictly be made by the Administrative Department after taking inputs from the concerned Directorates.
Stating the calendar for transfer, the School Education Department said that in order to maintain constancy during the academic session, transfers shall be made only at the close of academic session and there shall be no mid-term transfers.
“However, teaching staff can be transferred from one school to another as per the requirement even during the mid-session on cogent reasons including performance of the teacher, school results, enrollment, and requirement of subject specific teacher or any other administrative measures,” reads the communiqué.
It also said that the employees can be posted upon their promotion, revocation of suspension, resumption of duties after training or leave. “They shall be adjusted against vacant posts during the non-transfer period as far as practicable.” (KNO)

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April 25, 2023
JK Police Arrest Man For Making Fake Visiting Cards For Gujarat Conman

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SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir police have arrested a man from Gujarat in connection with a fake PMO official case registered in Srinagar.
Official sources said that a man identified as Piyush Bhai, son of Kanti Bhai, a resident of Ahmedabad Gujarat, state was arrested from his Printing press ‘Akanksha Creation’ at Gujarat for making fake visiting cards of Kiran Bhai Patel, who conned the security establishment in Kashmir allegedly by forged means posing as Additional Director (Strategy & Campaigns) Prime Minister’s Office, New Delhi. Piyush was arrested in connection with FIR no 19 of 2023 registered at police station Nishat Srinagar.
Kiran Bhai Patel, a resident of Gujarat was arrested with ten fake visiting cards and two mobile phones by a team of Srinagar police at Hotel Lalit in Srinagar on specific input received by CID wing of J&K Police. Accordingly, an FIR number 19 of 2023 was registered at Police Station Nishat and investigation was taken up.
It was first Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com that broke this story “Srinagar police in a high profile case, have arrested this conman, a resident of ‘Gujarat’ allegedly by forged means posing as Additional Director (Strategy & Campaigns) Prime Minister’s Office, New Delhi, at Hotel Lalit in Srinagar on specific input received by CID wing of J&K Police.”
The conman had taken the J&K administration and security structure for a ride by securing Z-plus security cover, a bulletproof Mahindra Scorpio SUV, accommodation at a five-star hotel, and a lot more.
A police team of SP East Srinagar, SDPO Nehru Park, SHO Nishat are leading the investigation of this high profile case.
While the Police investigations are going on, the J&K government on March 29 ordered an inquiry to probe into various aspects related to visits of Kiran Bhai Patel to Kashmir during the past months and security arrangements made during his visit.
As per the government order, the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Vijay Kumar Bidhuri has been appointed as inquiry officer to inquire into the matter.

“The inquiry officer shall identify the lapses on the part of the officers and officials concerned and submit a detailed report to the government,” reads an order issued by Additional Chief Secretary Home Department, Raj Kumar Goyal. (KDC)

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

April 25, 2023