SRINAGAR: A local court in the Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district sentenced a man to six months of simple imprisonment and a fine of Rs eight Lakh in a cheque bounce case.
An official said that Judicial Magistrate Ist Class Sopore sentenced the man to six months simple imprisonment in a cheque bounce case and also imposed a penalty of Rs 800000.
The accused has been identified as Ghulam Mohiddin War son of Hayaat War Of Warpora Sopore
He was sentenced to six months jail after he was found guilty of the commission of an offense under section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act.
“A fine of Rs 8,00,000 which is double the cheque amount was also imposed on him,” the official said—(KS)
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Hyderabad: Captain Cook Restaurant at Ameerpet was asked to pay Rs 20,000 as compensation to one of their customer after he found a cockroach crawling out of the biryani from in a takeaway box.
Telangana State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission heard the complaint filed by M Arun against the manager of the restaurant.
In September 2021, Arun ordered a Chicken Biryani takeaway parcel from the restaurant. He then reached his workplace and sat to eat the meal.
But to his disgust, he saw the insect crawling out of the food, seeing which he threw up. The incident killed his appetite for days.
He immediately took a video of the same, called the restaurant and informed them about it. But to his surprise, he heard an apology from the manager of the restaurant stating that pest control recently was underway at the place and had led insects to hide in places and one such roach might have landed in his box.
However, Arun refused to accept the apology stating that seeing the insect crawling in the food killed his appetite for days.
He further said that he won’t order anything from the place in the future and the manager of the restaurant repaid an amount of Rs 240 to him.
Arun then took the matter to the forum where the opposition party denied allegations made by him stating that the meal in the takeaway box was fresh and hot and there is merely any chance of an insect staying alive at that temperature.
After hearing the details, the commission found the restaurant owners guilty and pointed out that they failed to maintain standards of cleanliness and hygiene and also it was evident from the videos that a cockroach had indeed crawled out.
“The OP acted in a negligent manner in providing hygienic food,” stated the commission adding that it was a basic right of every consumer to have a quality product or service for the charges paid.
The restaurant failed to maintain basic safety precautions in providing hygienic food to its consumers, they said.
“Mere refunding the transaction amounts to the consumers whenever such incident happens should not relieve the opposite parties from their liability of being responsible and cautious,” the commission stated.
An additional Rs 10,000 was slapped on the restaurant for the costs incurred while the commission directed the guilty to pay the fine within a period of 45 days.
Srinagar, Apr 26: Despite collecting nearly a whooping Rs hundred crore from the alleged traffic violators in the last 5 years, the Traffic Department in Jammu and Kashmir is not in possession of a single ambulance.
The highest number of penalties has been recovered by the Traffic Police City Jammu.
The official data available with the news agency Kashmir News Trust reveals that for the last 5 years from 2018 to 2022, Traffic Police National Highway Ramban has realized a fine to the tune of over Rs 15 crores, Traffic Police City Jammu over Rs 38 crores, Traffic Police Rural Jammu over Rs 16 crores, Traffic Police City South Srinagar nearly Rs 16 crores while Traffic Rural Kashmir has realized a fine of Rs over 5 crores in a single year in 2022.
The Traffic Department has made the data public in reply to the queries raised by the applicant who is a social activist and senior journalist M M Shuja under the Right to Information Act.
The information provided to the applicant reveals that not a single ambulance is in possession of Traffic Police National Highway Ramban, Traffic Police City Jammu, Traffic Police Rural Jammu, Traffic Police City South Srinagar and Traffic Rural Kashmir.
The manpower in Traffic Department regulating traffic has also been witnessing a nose dive. Traffic Police City South in Srinagar had a strength of 527 traffic police personnel in 2018 which came down to 500 in 2019,492 in 2020, 488 in 2021, and 466 in the year 2022.
The deployment of traffic personnel has also witnessed a fall in Traffic Police City Jammu,463, Traffic Police Rural Jammu 324 including 84 SPOs, and Traffic Rural Kashmir 365. [KNT]
I got a little teary the other night. It’s a really stupid story. You know that famous scene in Coronation Street when Hilda Ogden comes home from the funeral and there’s a parcel of Stan’s belongings on the table, and she opens Stan’s glasses case and suddenly, despite herself, she starts to weep uncontrollably? Well, it was like that, except rather than a dead husband I was mourning an era of English Test cricket. And instead of a pair of glasses, it was an interview with Graeme Swann on the Rig Biz sports comedy podcast.
The bulk of Swann’s interview is not, admittedly, an abundant source of pathos. But among the many anecdotes on Andrew Flintoff’s drinking and Paul Collingwood’s sexual prowess is a segment where Swann recounts his time playing with Kevin Pietersen for England. And for all they achieved together, there is not a great deal of residual affection there. “Me and Kev always hated each other,” Swann remembers. Pietersen is described as “a bit of a dickhead”. This is good content, no notes.
But then Swann starts talking about the 2012 text-message scandal involving Pietersen and Andrew Strauss, and that got me. I can’t explain it. “A bit of a soap opera,” is how Swann described it, and with the benefit of distance it is weirdly poignant to recall how big this silly little tiff seemed at the time. For a week the front pages were consumed with tales of slurs, rumours, crisis summits, YouTube disses. It mattered. I mean, it didn’t matter. But it felt like it did. And to hear it being repackaged as bog-brush banter on a second-rate podcast: on some level, something important has been lost here.
The sacking of Pietersen in 2014 was a genuine national news story. By way of tangent, I tried to recall if the England men’s Test team had generated a single nationally resonant story since. Headingley 2019, maybe. Certainly not the 2015 Ashes. More often than not, when English cricket has punctured the broader consciousness, it has been through controversy: the Yorkshire racism scandal, the Ben Stokes trial (at which we all learned that nobody really knew who Ben Stokes was). A national sport essentially reduced to a fleeting curiosity in the space of a decade. What happened? And as the English summer of 2023 clanks sleepily into gear, what are we all still doing here?
At which point: enter Bazball. I want to believe in this thing, I really do. I want to believe in the noble mission of Stokes and Brendon McCullum to save Test cricket by scoring at 5.5 runs per over. I love the way this team play and the memories they have already created. I like Harry Brook’s little face. I want to believe that English red‑ball cricket can somehow reinflate itself to the size it was before it needed to be saved, a time when it simply was.
Kusal Mendis rattles off a run during Sri Lanka’s first Test victory against Ireland. Photograph: Ishara S Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images
But let’s face it: I’m not the target market here. Last week I read an interview with Sri Lanka’s Kusal Mendis, who is playing in the Test series against Ireland: Ireland’s first two-Test series, a landmark occasion that has attracted barely a word of mention. Mendis smashed a brisk 140 in the first Test and afterwards explained how he thought Test batting was evolving. “The future of Test cricket is not to play out so many dot balls,” Mendis told Cricinfo. “Apart from the start, I don’t see a big difference in the ODI and Test formats.”
This is an increasingly prevalent view: that the evolution of Test cricket, driven by Stokes’s England, is taking it firmly in the direction of white-ball cricket, with higher scoring rates, instinctive aggression, and the effective elimination of the draw. Indeed, listen to a proselytiser such as McCullum or Eoin Morgan and you will hear that this is the only viable future for the longest format: quicker games, bigger thrills, more interest. Sounds great. One question: how’s ODI cricket doing these days?
Because it turns out there already is a format with no draws where teams score at 5.5 runs an over, and people don’t really like it very much. Over the past few years there is a growing consensus that ODIs are nearing the end of their useful creative lifespan, that they have become staid and formulaic. Two-innings Test cricket with a swinging, spinning red ball will always be a richer product. But let’s roll the Bazball tape through to its logical conclusion: not a few months or a few years, but five or 20 years. At what point does cheery novelty begin to crystallise into routine?
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There is of course so much to admire in this brilliant England team and the way they play the game. But it is no more a magic formula or survival manual than any other style to have emerged in Test cricket’s 150 years. This is a game whose glory lies in its texture, its contrast of tones and shades and paces and approaches, not just the fast but the slow, not just the instinctive but the regimented, not just the instant gratification but the delayed, too.
For lovers of the long game there will always be a seductive appeal in the idea of the quick fix, the one giant heave that will put the vase back on its pedestal. But in sport, as in marketing or politics, there is always a danger in modelling yourself on your biggest rival: there’s a reason they’re your rival in the first place.
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A record number of river barriers, including dams and weirs, were removed across Europe in 2022, with at least 325 taken down in 16 countries, allowing rivers to flow freely and migratory fish to reach breeding areas.
In its annual report, Dam Removal Europe said Spain led the way for the second year with 133 removals, followed by Sweden and France. The UK completed 29 removals, including Bowston Weir, which was built on the River Kent nearly 150 years ago for a paper mill. Its removal will help restore the health of the river, which is home to white-clawed crayfish, freshwater pearl mussels, and water crowfoot (an oxygenating aquatic plant).
“These numbers make me proud because we’re doing a lot to mainstream dam removal, and it works,” said Herman Wanningen, director of the World Fish Migration Foundation (WFMF) and founder of Dam Removal Europe. “It shows countries are picking up speed on implementing this river restoration tool.”
Across Europe, hundreds of rivers are blocked by dams, weirs, culverts and levees, with 15% considered obsolete, and many at risk of collapse.
A dam is removed on the Tromsa River in Norway. Photograph: Rob Kleinjans
In Norway, dynamite was used to destroy a seven-metre-high dam that had blocked the Tromsa River since 1916. But the year’s largest known project was the removal of La Roche qui Boit hydropower dam on the Sélune River in France.
Two countries – Latvia and Luxembourg – completed removals for the first time. “Sometimes the smallest projects make a difference for an entire country,” said Wanningen.
One of the more surprising removals was the obsolete Bayurivka dam in Ukraine, where WWF-Ukraine’s river restoration work continued, despite the war. Taking out the abandoned six-metre-high dam, in the Carpathian mountains of Verkhovyna national park, opened 27km of the Perkalaba River to migratory fish for the first time in 120 years and removed the risk of it collapsing.
“By removing Bayurivka, we hope the river has a chance to again become a biodiversity hotspot,” said Oksana Konovalenko, WWF-Ukraine’s freshwater practice lead. “Protected fish species, including brook trout, Danube salmon, and Ukrainian lamprey, are expected to return upstream and attract fish-eating animals, such as brown bear, otters and various bird species.”
Almost 75% of the barriers removed were weirs, followed by culverts and dams. At least 10 hydropower dams were dismantled in England, Finland, France, Norway, Spain and Sweden.
The number of removals was a 36% increase from the previous year when there were 239 removals.
“Removing barriers to restore rivers’ natural flow and connectivity brings many ecosystem service benefits, such as flood protection, water purification, and recreational opportunities,” said Wanningen.
San Prudentzio dam on the Deba River was one of 133 barriers removed in Spain in 2022. Photograph: Gipuzkoa Provincial Council
With an estimated 150,000 old and obsolete dams and weirs across Europe, there is still a long way to go. “Dam removals are still controversial,” said Wanningen. “Some countries haven’t even started yet, because the topic is too sensitive to talk about. Hydropower companies don’t like seeing their dams going down, though [they] weren’t economically viable any more. Local villagers are worried there will be more flooding, even though removing dams creates more space for flooding if done properly. It’s a matter of providing the right information and making sure politicians and citizens understand why unnecessary dams should be removed.”
The year-on-year increase in removals is expected to continue in 2023, as the argument for freeing rivers gathers momentum. “I hope the European Commission accepts the new Nature Restoration Law this summer, which will give a solid policy base for member states to implement dam removal to restore 25,000km of rivers and maybe more,” said Wanningen. “And I hope we can keep this amazing movement growing.”
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Srinagar, April 19 (GNS): The Enforcement squad of Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) Department today imposed a fine of Rs. 16300 on 25 erring shopkeepers in Srinagar for violating Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and also sealed one mutton shop.
The drive was conducted under the supervision of Assistant Director Enforcement, Fayaz Ahmad Shah.
The action against the erring was taken during a massive drive launched within the vicinity of Srinagar City i.e. Lal Chowk, Dalgate, Nishat, Shalimar, Nowpora, Qamarwari, Karan Nagar, Rambagh, Chanapora & Bagh e Mehtab areas, etc..
During the course of action as many as 137 establishments were inspected, out of which 25 erring traders were penalized for violating Essential Commodities Act, 1955.
The drive will continue in the same passion in future as well and whosoever is found violating the norms will be brought to justice.
In case of any complaint, people may contact the toll free number 18001807011.(GNS)
Srinagar, April 15 (GNS): The Enforcement squad of Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) Department under the supervision of Assistant Director Enforcement, Fayaz Ahmad Shah today fined 43 erring traders in District Srinagar with a sum of Rs. 28900 for violating Essential Commodities Act, 1955.
The action against the erring was taken during a massive market checking drive within the vicinity of Srinagar City i.e. Bota Kadal, Dalgate, Sonwar, Shivpora, Harwan, Shalimar, Nowpora, Baba Demb, Habba Kadal, Kani Kadal, Qamarwari, Parimpora, Batamaloo, Rawalpora, Baghi Mehtab, Chanapora etc.
During the course of action as many as 211 establishments were inspected and it was given out that the drive will continue in the same passion in future as well and whosoever is found violating the norms will be brought to justice.
Meanwhile, in case of any complaint, people may contact the toll free number 18001807011.(GNS)
Muscat: Oman has issued a new law restricting the use of external loudspeakers in mosques in the Sultanate, which comes into effect on Monday, April 10, local media reported.
The decision issued by the Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs, Dr Mohammad bin Saeed bin Khalfan Al-Maamari, replaced Article (39) of the mosques regulations with a new text that limits the use of external loudspeakers for the call to prayer.
An administrative fine not exceeding 1,000 Omani Riyals (Rs 2,13,263) may be imposed in case of violation of the provisions of mosque regulations.
Opinion of the Grand Mufti of the Sultanate of Oman
On April 9, the Grand Mufti of the Sultanate of Oman, Sheikh Ahmed Al-Khalili, criticized, on Twitter, the restriction of the imam’s voice inside mosques without the external arenas.
“While some Western capitals open up to the rituals of Islam, the blessed Ramzan prayer is held publicly in public squares. We deeply regret and admire that in some Islamic countries, the institutions responsible for matters of religion issue restrictions on these rituals, so that the voice of the imam is not allowed to go beyond the sanctuary of the mosque,” Sheikh Ahmed Al-Khalili tweeted.
Mufti’s comment came after the issuance of a decision banning external loudspeakers in the mosques of the Sultanate of Oman and imposing a fine on violators.
في حين تنفتح بعض العواصم الغربية على شعائر الإسلام، فتقام علنا صلاة قيام رمضان المبارك في الساحات العامة؛ نأسف ونعجب كثيرا أن يصدر في بعض بلاد الإسلام من المؤسسات المسؤولةِ عن أمور الدين التضييق على هذه الشعائر، بحيث لا يسمح لصوت الإمام أن يتعدى حرم الجامع أو المسجد. pic.twitter.com/db9Kx22W4Q
— أحمد بن حمد الخليلي (@AhmedHAlKhalili) April 9, 2023
Seoul: South Korea’s antitrust regulator on Tuesday slapped a fine of 42.1 billion won (more than $31.8 million) on Google and its regional arms for unfair business practices aimed at solidifying its dominance in the Korean mobile gaming app market.
The punishment came as the U.S.-based global tech giant made shady agreements with South Korean mobile game companies between June 2016 and April 2018, banning them from releasing their content on One Store, according to the Fair Trade Commission (FTC).
One Store is a major homegrown app market launched in January 2016 by South Korea’s three mobile carriers, along with Naver Corp, reports Yonhap news agency.
“Google analysed that the launch of a competitive and comprehensive app market, One Store, will have a major impact on its sales in South Korea,” the FTC said.
Under the agreement, the US behemoth asked game companies to release their content exclusively on its platform Google Play, in return for having the content appear on the market as “featured,” along with providing other marketing benefits.
Being aware of a potential violation of fair trade rules, Google also internally required its employees to delete related emails, and discuss issues offline to avoid leaving traces of such agreements, the FTC said.
The regulator said that the agreement helped Google solidify its dominance in the local app market.
According to the data compiled by the FTC, Google, which accounted for around 80 to 85 percent of the local app market in terms of amount spent in 2016, was able to expand its presence to 90 to 95 per cent in 2018.
On the other hand, One Store fell from 15-20 percent to only 5-10 per cent over the period, the FTC added.
“The availability of the same game in multiple app stores promotes competition, including diversifying content and consumer benefits,” the regulator said.
“By blocking the release of games on One Store, Google has hindered innovation and consumer benefits in the app market and mobile gaming sector.”
The fine, along with a corrective order, will be imposed on Google, Google Korea and Google Asia Pacific.
Google said it does not agree with the Korean FTC’s decision, claiming it has not violated any local competition laws.
“We compete vigorously with other app markets and are proud of the benefits we deliver to developers, including the gaming industry and everyday users, through Google Play,” the U.S. tech giant said in a statement. “Unlike some mobile operating systems, Android gives developers complete control over how they distribute their apps.”
“Google makes substantial investments in the success of developers, and we respectfully disagree with the KFTC’s conclusions,” it said. It said it will determine its future course of action against the FTC after carefully reviewing the written decision.
