News Briefs for 18 February 2022
Shopian court directs police to arrest journalist Gowhar Geelani
Srinagar 17 Feb: A local court in Shopian district has directed station house officer
Heerpora to arrest journalist Gowhar Geelani in view of his
non-appearance before the vourt after notice was served to him. According to an order, issued by Shopian executive magistrate 1st class, a copy of which lies with Kashmir News Service (KNS) , SHO has been directed to arrest Gowhar Geelani to maintain peace and tranquility in the jurisdiction of the court. In view of non-appearnce of Gowhar Nazir Geelani after serving
notice upon him under section 107/151 CrPC vide No.
Get ready for reopening of schools: CEO
Srinagar 17 Feb: Authorities on Thursday asked the concerned
officials of both private and government schools of Srinagar district to
start preparations for reopening from February-24. The government has to start the preparation for opening of schools from
February-24. All the staff members shall attend schools to make
necessary and required arrangements, said an order issued by the CEO
Srinagar.
Grenade thrown at CRPF in Shopian
Srinagar 17 Feb: Militants on Thursday made an abortive bid on CRPF in
Shopian while government forces recovered 23 grenades in Baramulla
district, officials said. A senior police officer said militants lobbed a grenade at CRPF vehicle
near Keegam area of Shopian. However, it missed the target and exploded
on the roadside.
Srinagar residents to get Land Passbooks from Feb 19
SRINAGAR 17 Feb: In order to begin the process of issuing Land
Passbooks to the land owners of Srinagar, the District Administration
Srinagar is all set to start issuance of land Passbooks to the lawful
land owners in the first phase with effect from February 19. In this connection, a meeting of senior Revenue officers was today held
under the Chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Mohammad Aijaz
Asad to finalize the Venue and Tehsil-wise schedule for distribution of
Land Passbooks. On the occasion, the Deputy Commissioner directed all Tehsildars to prepare the passbooks as per laid down framework.
Delimitation commission: Eight seats should be reserved in assembly for Sikhs, says APSCC
Srinagar 17 Feb: Expressing its opposition to the draft proposal of
the Delimitation Commission, the All Parties Sikh Coordination
Committee on Thursday demanded that at least eight seats should be
reserved in Jammu and Kashmir assembly for the Sikh community. If 16 seats can be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
Tribes in Jammu & Kashmir assembly, why no seat can be reserved for
the Sikhs of the Union Territory? APSCC Chairman Jagmohan Singh Raina
said in a statement here.
PAGD to meet in Srinagar on Feb 26
Srinagar 17 Feb: The Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration
(PAGD) will meet here on February 26 to discuss the prevailing situation
in Jammu and Kashmir, including the draft proposal of the Delimitation
Commission. Last week, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti had said the PAGD would meet on February 23. PAGD meeting is scheduled to be held at Srinagar on 26th February, 2022
to discuss the present prevailing situation in J&K, spokesperson
of the five-party alliance M Y Tarigami said here on Thursday.
SIA Grills Kashmir Jamaat Chief, 5 Leaders Over `Unlawful Activities`
Srinagar 17 Feb: At least six leaders of the proscribed
Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), including its chief, were quizzed for more than
eight hours on Thursday by the State Investigation Agency (SIA) of Jammu
and Kashmir over alleged "unlawful activities`` , an official said. JeI chief Abdul Hamid Ganaie, a resident of Nadigam village of south
Kashmir`s Shopian, and his party colleagues were summoned for
questioning in a case originally lodged at Batmaloo police station here
in 2019 under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)
Act, the official said. The SIA, constituted recently to investigate terrorism-related cases
in Jammu and Kashmir, has taken over the case for a thorough probe, the
official said.
Upload Monthly Performance On Monitoring Portal: JK Govt Directs Employees
Srinagar 17 Feb: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday ordered all employees working in various Government Departments, PSUs and organisations to upload their monthly achievements or performance on J-K Employees Performance Monitoring Portal by or before 7 of every month from March.