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805 Died On JK Roads In 2022

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SRINAGAR: According to a 12 year report prepared by traffic police, Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed as many as 76,942 road accidents between 2010 and 2022. While the count of injured was reported to be 1,04,983 the total fatalities went up to 12,429.
In the Covid hit years, 2020 and 2021, the accident graph showed a downward trend with the road accident deaths ranging between 700 – 800.
However, in 2022, Jammu and Kashmir again witnessed a surge in road accidents and the graph showed an upward trend with the number of accidents shooting up to 6092. The number of people reported to be injured were 8372 and 805 people were killed during this period.
Many analysts from the Kashmir valley blame the pathetic condition of the roads and the Srinagar-Jammu Highway for the increase in the number of accidents on the highway.
As per data compiled by the traffic department, in 2010, a total of 1073 persons were killed while 8655 people were injured in 6120 accidents.
In 2011, 1121 persons were killed and 9944 injured in a total 6644 accidents.
In 2012, the death toll rose to 1165, while 9755 persons were injured in 6709 road accidents.
In 2013, 990 persons died, around 8681 persons were injured in 6469 accidents.

In 2014, 992 persons were injured and 8043 were injured in 5861 accidents.
In 2015, 917 people were injured and 8142 persons were injured in 5836 accidents.
In 2016, 958 were killed and 7677 were injured in 5501 accidents.
In 2017, 926 were killed and the injured persons were 7419 in 5624 accidents.
In 2018, 984 people were injured and 7845 injured in 5978 accidents.
In 2019, a total of 996 persons were killed, 7532 were injured in 5796 accidents.
In 2020 and 2021, the two years of COVID pandemic, 728 and 774 people were killed respectively. As many as 5894 persons were injured in 4860 accidents during 2020 while 6972 were injured 5452 during 2021.
Recently, during the parliament session Nitin Gadkari, Union minister of road transport and highways in Lok Sabha said that most of the accidents were caused due to human negligence.
“As per the yearly analysis of road accident data, based on the first information report (FIR) data received from various states and Union territories, road accident deaths occur due to multiple causes such as over speeding, use of mobile phone, drunken driving or consumption of alcohol and drug, driving on the wrong side or lane indiscipline, jumping a red light, non-use of safety devices such as helmets and seatbelts,” the minister said.

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March 3, 2023
Bharat Jodo Yatra: Rahul Gandhi Says He ‘Met Militants’

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SRINAGAR: Speaking at prestigious Cambridge University, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi recounted confronting militants during the Congress-led Bharat Jodo Yatra’s entry into Jammu and Kashmir.
Gandhi stated, according to a report from India today, “I spoke to my people and expressed my desire to carry on walking. We kept going when an unidentified man came up to me. He said he wanted to speak with me.”
Rahul Gandhi went on to say that the man questioned him as to whether or not the Congress leaders had actually travelled to the Union Territory to hear about the problems of the populace.
Later, the man pointed to certain bystanders and claimed they were all militants, according to Rahul Gandhi.
“I believed I was in danger because militants would likely kill me in such circumstance. Yet, they did nothing as a result of the power of listening “Gandhi added.
Rahul Gandhi landed in the UK on Tuesday to begin his seven-day tour with a speech at Cambridge University. Along with that, he spoke with local Indian diaspora groups.

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March 3, 2023
Biker Killed In Road Accident

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SRINAGAR: A motorcycle rider, presumably in his twenties, was killed in a road mishap in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district this afternoon, officials said.
They said that Nayeem Ahmad Lone, son of Farooq Ahmad Lone, a resident of Badmulla Sheeri was critically injured after losing control over the two-wheeler near Gantmulla.
The youth was evacuated from the site to a nearby health facility, where the doctors however declared him as brought dead on arrival, they said.
Confirming it, a police official said that a case has been registered in this regard for further investigations. (GNS)

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March 3, 2023
In Touch With KPs To Strengthen Their Security Further: IG CRPF Ops

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SRINAGAR: Inspector General of CRPF (operations) Kashmir M S Bhatia on Friday said that the force is in constant touch with the Kashmiri Pandits across the Valley in a bid to strengthen their security further.
“We are in constant touch with the KPs wherever they are in the Valley. All efforts are being made to strengthen their security and provide them all possible security cover,” Bhatia told reporters at Bijbehara, Anantnag.
He said that security of all the minority pickets in South Kashmir and elsewhere is being reviewed on daily basis to ensure safe and secure environment to KPs. To a query about the number of active militants in Kashmir, he said that the number keeps fluctuating and it won’t be possible to comment on the actual number. “Recently, two dreaded militants were killed in South Kashmir and operations against militants are going on in a well-coordinated manner,” he said. (KNO)

Previous articleJKPSC: 285 Vacancies Out, None For Media Department

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March 3, 2023
JKPSC: 285 Vacancies Out, None For Media Department

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SRINAGAR: In the latest vacancies advertised by Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) the apex body for recruitment of gazetted posts, the aspirations of hundreds of Mass Communication and Journalism pass outs have been dashed as not even a single vacancy is advertised in this discipline.
Out of the 285 vacancies of Assistant Professors advertised by the commission, the media studies department has not been taken care of, much to the displeasure of the students.
JKPSC on Thursday invited online applications from the eligible candidates for recruitment to the posts of Assistant Professors in different disciplines in the higher education department of Jammu and Kashmir.
The application process will commence on March 3. Interested candidates will be able to apply online through the official website of JKPSC, till March 31, 2023.
Candidates will be able to edit their application forms from April 1 to April 3.
The upper age limit for candidates is 40 years for OM and 43 RBA, SC, ST, EWS, ALC, PSC, and OSC candidates.. The age limit is 42 years for PHC candidates.

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March 3, 2023
Teens Whose Parents Smoke Are Likely To Take Up Smoking: Study

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SRINAGAR: Teenagers are much more likely to smoke and be dependent on nicotine if a parent and grandparent is dependent on nicotine, a recent study has revealed.
The cross-sectional study published in journal of Integrative Medicine and Public Health, a publication of Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Srinagar, has revealed that teenager whose parents smoke are five times more likely to become smokers and the teenagers whose grandparents smoke are two times more likely to become smokers.
As per the study, 430 patients which included 215 tobacco users and 215 non-tobacco users were included in the study and they were aged between 15 and 25 years and were age and gender matched in the ratio of 1:1.
A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information regarding their self-tobacco use, form of use, parental and grandparental tobacco use.
Among the 215 study participants in each group, the distributions of male and female participants were 212 (98.6%) and three (1.4%), respectively, the study participants with paternal tobacco habit were 5.28 times more likely to adopt the tobacco habit compared to the study participants without paternal tobacco use and study participants with paternal grandfather tobacco use were 1.57 times more likely to develop the tobacco habit than the study participants without paternal grandfather tobacco use and both the association was found to be statistically highly, it reads.
It said that participants who had higher maternal strictness were 0.077 less likely to develop the tobacco habit compared to the study participants with lower maternal strictness which was found to be statistically significant. Participants with higher paternal warmth were 0.097 times less likely to adopt the tobacco habit compared to study participants with lower paternal warmth which was found to be statistically significant.
For an effective tobacco control program among tobacco users, counseling of participants’ father and mother should be done simultaneously.
It said anti-tobacco activities should emphasize and make parents realize the importance the family plays in the development of tobacco behavior—(KNO)

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March 3, 2023
Temperature Falls As MeT Forecasts More Rains , Snowfall

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SRINAGAR: Weather department on Friday forecast isolated to scattered light to rain and snow in next 24 hours even as the minimum temperature recorded a drop across Jammu and Kashmir except Qazigund.
Quoting an official from meteorological department, news agency GNS reported that in last 24 hours till 0830 hours, Srinagar received 5.7mm of rain, Qazigund 12.3mm, Pahalgam 18.1mm, Kupwara 8.7mm, Kokernag 8.8, Gulmarg 14.4mm, Jammu traces, Banihal 17.6mm, Batote 26.2mm and Bhaderwah 25.4mm.
Regarding temperature, he said, Srinagar recorded a low of 6.6°C against 7.0°C on the previous night and it was above normal by 4.3°C for the summer capital.
Qazigund, he said, recorded a low of 5.6°C against 5.5°C on the previous night and it was 4.7°C above normal for the gateway town of Kashmir.
Pahalgam, he said, recorded a low of 1.7°C against 2.4°C on the previous night and it was 4.0°C above normal for the famous tourist resort in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
Kokernag recorded a low of 4.8°C against 5.0°C on the previous night and it was 3.9°C above normal for the place, the officials said.
Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 0.6°C, the same as on the previous night and it was 3.9°C above normal for the world famous skiing resort in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, he said.
In Kupwara town, he said, the mercury settled at 4.2°C against 5.1°C on the previous night and it was 5.2°C above normal for the north Kashmir area.

Jammu recorded a low of 12.7°C against 15.5°C on the previous night. It was 0.4°C above normal for J&K’s winter capital, he said.
Banihal, he said, recorded a low of 5.8°C (above normal by 2.8°C), Batote 5.6°C (below normal by 0.2°C), Katra 11.6°C (1.1°C above normal) and Bhadarwah 5.2°C (3.1°C above normal).
Ladakh’s Leh and Kargil recorded a low of minus 4.8°C and minus 2.4°C respectively, the official added.

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March 3, 2023
NIA Attaches Property Of Hizb Commander In Baramulla

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SRINAGAR: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday attached property of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander Basit Reshi in Sopore area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
NIA action comes as Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has declared Basit Reshi, “presently in Pakistan”, as designated “Terrorist” under the UAPA, a stringent act legislated to control militant activities.
According to the Home Ministry reports Basit Ahmad Reshi is a member of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen and was involved in “subversive activities and coordinating target killings” in Jammu and Kashmir.
The NIA claims that Reshi planned and executed an attack on a police guard post at Tujar Sherief on August 18, 2015, in which police personnel and a civilian were killed.
Born on 4 March 1996, Reshi is resident of Yemberzalwari Shiva Dangerpora Sopore area of Baramulla district and as per NIA he is presently in Pakistan.
The NIA action comes a day after it attached property of Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar alias ‘Latram’ in Nowhatta area of Srinagar. (GNS)

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March 3, 2023
Theatre Festival 2023 Starts At Tagore Hall

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SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Cultural Academy of Art, Culture, and Languages inaugurates the eight-day long Theatre Festival Kashmir 2023 in presence of Secretary Culture Department Syed Abid Rasheed, OCD Culture Tufail Matto and Incharge Cultural Academy Mirza Farooq Anwar as special guests on Thursday.
The guests were welcomed by performers of Band Pather headed by Manzoor-Ul-Haque. The programme is aimed to promote the rich cultural heritage in Jammu and Kashmir. Mirza Farooq Anwar delivered a welcome speech where he spoke about several upcoming cultural programmes.
While addressing the audience Tufail Matto focused on the need for attachment with culture. He said, “Kashmiri Pandits teach kids Kashmiri language primarily but in Kashmir, it is the least preferred language.” “Theatre has helped people to get international recognition. We should develop the habit of engagement with Kashmiri music, art and culture in our kids to keep it alive,” he added further.
Syed Abid Rasheed also spoke at the event and promised to work on the revival of theatre in Kashmir. He said, “If we do not revive our culture of language, art and music, we will be left with buildings, roads and infrastructure only. It is important too but cultural heritage is the soul of a society.”
While interacting with the audience he asked for suggestions for the theatre to evolve with the needs of the present generation. He expressed his views on saving cultural heritage along with incorporating the interests of youngsters by saying, “We should be open to change and evolution.”
He also mentioned some measures that the Cultural Academy will be taking under his leadership including involvement of stakeholders to take decisions, taking up initiatives for handholding of artists, providing platforms for artists on school level, acceptability of all the true artists and providing international opportunities to artists from Jammu and Kashmir.
The event is being held in collaboration with Cluster University Srinagar, Government College for Women MA Road, Abdul Ahad Azad Memorial Degree College, Government Degree College Chadoora, and Chief Education Office Budgam. The ceremony was attended by Srinagar Coordinator of the National School of Drama Gulzar Ahmed Ganie, Mohammad Amin Bhat, and Javed Ahmed among hundreds of other people in the audience.

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March 3, 2023
Leopard On Prowl Caught On Camera

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SRINAGAR: As the Leopard continues to roam freely in the uptown areas of Srinagar city, the wildlife department Thursday said that they have got some vital clues of the animal by capturing the images in cameras at two places in Srinagar.
Quoting an official, news agency KNO reported that the department has been largely successful in identifying the track of the animal and that they are trying at multiple levels to track down the roaming animal.
“We are getting closer now in sorting out the conflict as our cameras have captured the images from Wanibal and the old airport in the Rangreth area and, so far we have got the images of only one animal”, he said.
He said that people should continue to take precautions and avoid any movement of children during the morning or evening hours, stating that the animal is roaming around the human habitat.
“Wanibal area has a history of witnessing the movement of wild animals as last year we captured one Leopard from the area. People in the area should move in pairs and should avoid keeping their pets in the lawns as that attracts the animal”, he remarked.
He added that they have increased the number of trap cages in specified areas after they identified the vital trails leading to the animal.
Pertinently, a leopard was spotted in Srinagar’s Rawalpora area, around mid of February, after which the wildlife

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March 2, 2023