August 16: Suspected militants shot dead a Minority community member while as his brother was injured in Chotigam area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday, officials said.
The militants shot dead a Minority community member identified as Sunil Kumar son of Arjun Nath while as his brother identified as Pintu Kumar was injured.
Pintu has been immediately shifted to nearby hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile whole area has been cordoned off to nab the attackers.
Srinagar, Aug 16: Several ITBP personnel are feared dead, as a bus carrying the troopers met with an accident in Pahalgam area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday.
The bus carrying the troopers, who were on Yatra duty, met with an accident near Chandanwari area of Pahalgam, news agency KNO reported.
Police and other officials have rushed to the spot and rescue operation is underway while more details are awaited.
The Northern Command of the Indian Army said that they have recovered the mortal remains of a soldier who went missing during an Army operation in Siachen in 1984.
The Indian Army said that Lance Naik Late Chander Sekhar had been missing since 29 May 1984 in Siachen.
“A patrol of Indian Army recovered the mortal remains of LNk (Late) Chander Shekhar who was missing since 29 May 1984 while deployed at Glacier due to an Avalanche,” Northern Command of Indian Army said in a tweet.
The Indian Army said that a late soldier was identified with the help of the identification disk bearing his Army number.
“LNk (Late) Chander Shekhar was identified with the help of the identification disk bearing his Army number which was entangled along with the mortal remains,” it said, adding that further details were recovered from official Army records.
According to the Indian Army’s records, a Late soldier had been deployed for Operation Meghdoot at Gyongla Glacier in 1984.
“The Northern Army Commander, Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi and all ranks salute LNk (Late) Chander Shekhar who made the supreme sacrifice while being deployed for Operation Meghdoot at Gyongla Glacier in 1984; mortal remains will be handed over to the family shortly,” it added.
‘Operation Meghdoot’, the code-name for an Indian Armed Forces operation, was launched 38 years on April 13.
Launched in 1984 to capture the Siachen Glacier in Jammu and Kashmir, precipitating the Siachen conflict, this military operation was unique as the first assault was launched at the world’s highest battlefield.The military action resulted in Indian troops gaining control of the entire Siachen Glacier.
The Siachen Glacier is the highest battleground on earth, where India and Pakistan have fought intermittently since 1984. Both countries maintain a permanent military presence in the region at a height of over 6,000 metres (20,000 ft). More than 2,000 soldiers people have died in this inhospitable terrain, mostly due to weather extremes and the natural hazards of mountain warfare.
Jammu, Aug 16: Mainly dry weather with light rain at isolated places is likely to happen during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir, the Meteorological (MeT) office said on Tuesday.
Light or medium rain lashed the UT during the last 24 hours.
“Mainly dry weather with light rain at isolated places is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours,” an official of the MeT department said.
President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several prominent leaders on Tuesday paid floral tribute to former Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his death anniversary.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh paid floral tributes to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his death anniversary, at Sadaiv Atal in the national capital.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar paid floral tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his death anniversary, at Sadaiv Atal.
Former President Ram Nath Kovind, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, and BJP national president JP Nadda paid floral tributes to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his death anniversary, at Sadaiv Atal.
Atal Bihar Vajpayee was the former Prime Minister of India and was elected to the position twice in 1996 and 1999. A member of the Bhartiya Janta Party, Vajpayee had joined the Quit India Movement in 1942 as a student leader. He was awarded India’s highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna in 2015 on his birthday.
His birthday, December 25, was also declared as Good Governance Day by the Narendra Modi government. He was the first non-congress political leader who became the Prime Minister of India. He passed away on August 16, 2018.
The Bihar Cabinet expansion will take place on Tuesday and chances are high that alliance partner Rashtriya Janata Dal is likely to get a large number of seats. Janata Dal (United) and Congress are also expected to get a fair share of seats.
The ceremony will be held around 11:30 am at the Raj Bhavan in Patna. The newly formed “Mahagathbandhan” government will be expanded nearly a week after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar broke the BJP-led alliance and formed a new government in alliance with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress.
A series of meetings were held among the Mahagathbandhan partners before the cabinet expansion. The Bihar cabinet can have a maximum of 36 ministers.
Meanwhile, the new Nitish Kumar led-Mahagathbandhan government in Bihar will go for a floor test on August 24 to prove its majority in the state assembly.
The session was initially under question as Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha refused to quit and prompted the ruling alliance to move a no-confidence motion against Sinha.
In an effective strength of 242 in the Bihar Assembly, the BJP stands at 77, the JDU has 45, Jitan Ram Manjhi’s HAM(S) has 4, RJD has 79, Congress has 19, CPI(M-L) has 12, CPI has 4, while the AIMIM and Independent have one seat each.
The JDU-RJD-HAM-Congress-CPI(M-L)-CPI grand alliance has a combined strength of 163. The lone Independent MLA has also vowed support to Nitish Kumar, taking its effective strength to 164.
Nitish Kumar was sworn Chief Minister for a record eighth time on Wednesday after he resigned from the post a day earlier and quit the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav took oath as Deputy Chief Minister.
The decision to hold the floor test on August 24 and make a suitable recommendation for convening state assembly was taken at a cabinet meeting attended by Kumar and Yadav on Wednesday. Sources said that expansion of the cabinet is likely to take place on August 16 and RJD will have more ministers than the Janata Dal-United.
Mahagathbandhan or Grand Alliance has the support of 164 members in the assembly.
Nitish Kumar broke his alliance with the BJP for the second time in eight years on Tuesday before joining hands with RJD and other parties in the Mahagathbandhan including the Congress and Left parties. The Grand Alliance also has the support of HAM, which has four MLAs in the Assembly.
Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was restored for traffic on Monday evening after remaining blocked for over 12 hours due to mudslides and landslides triggered by heavy rains at Mehar and Cafeteria Morh stretch ahead of Ramban.
Traffic officials said that heavy rain since Sunday midnight triggered mudslides and landslides besides shooting stones at several places, particularly at Mehar and Cafeteria Morh, and halted traffic movement in the wee hours of Monday on the highway.
Jammu and Kashmir on Monday recorded two covid deaths and 273 fresh cases of Covid-19 out of which 87 percent cases were reported from Kashmir alone.
Also, two deaths- one each from Jammu and Kashmir division were also reported in the last 24 hours.
As per the official figures, out of all cases 239 cases were reported from Kashmir and 34 cases were reported from Jammu division, taking the tally to 474055.
Notably, the daily count of cases in Kashmir has witnessed a major spike from the past few weeks which has raised concern over strict implementation of Covid-19 Appropriate Behaviour (CAB).
However, the number of active cases in Jammu and Kashmir has seen a dwindling trend for the past few days. The number of active cases has gone down to 4154– 693 in Jammu and 3461 in Kashmir as compared to 4463 active cases reported a day before.
The two fresh deaths have taken the toll to 4779-2347 in Jammu division and 2432 in Kashmir division in the last 24 hours.
Moreover, 580 more Covid-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 62 from Jammu division and 518 from Kashmir division thereby taking the total recoveries to 464542.
Over the past few weeks there is no let up in the surge in the Covid-19 cases in Kashmir which made the situation worrisome. The Kashmir region is showing a spike in daily count of cases despite the government directives in place to combat the spread of the infection.
In wake of the continuous spike in daily count of cases, wearing face masks was made mandatory in all the districts by the concerned administration.
As per the district wise breakup, Baramulla district has recorded 96 cases, highest among all the districts across J&K while the number of active cases has reached 1509 from the last 24 hours.
Srinagar district has reported 60 cases while the number of active cases in the district is 1076. The Jammu district has reported 11 cases.
Meanwhile Kupwara district reported 16 cases, Budgam 29, Anantnag reported 23 cases, Kulgam district reported one case while five cases were reported from Bandipora and nine cases were reported from Pulwama district.
However, no fresh cases were reported from Ganderbal and Shopian districts.
Three cases each were reported from Udhampur and Rajouri districts while 14 cases were reported from Ramban district.
One case was reported from Samba district while two cases were reported from Kathua district. However no fresh cases were reported from Doda, Kishtwar, Poonch and Reasi districts.
Notably, the J&K government has cautioned the heads of the health institutions and have directed the concerned to speed up testing as well.
The Covid experts have raised concern over the continuous surge in Covid and urged people to adopt preventive measures besides adhering to Covid-19 protocol which are already in place.
Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University celebrated Independence Day with patriotic fervour and gaiety. The flag hoisting ceremony was held on the lawn of the Vice-Chancellor’s Secretariat.
Prof. Akbar Masood, Vice Chancellor BGSBU received the guard of honour and unfurled the National flag. Prof. Akbar congratulated his fellow citizens on the eve of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Independence Day. Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Akbar paid rich tributes to the freedom fighters who laid their lives in the struggle for India’s Independence. Prof. Akbar said that this day reminds every Indian about the dawn of a new beginning, the beginning of an era of deliverance from the clutches of British colonialism for more than 200 years.
In his address, Prof. Akbar said that India is a great country and every Indian should be proud of this great nation. Prof. Akbar urged his fellow citizens to make the nation strong and vibrant. Prof. Akbar said that during 75 years of Independence, India has achieved a distinctive position on the globe and has emerged as one of the fastest economies in the world. He said that the India of today is much stronger and more vibrant and is on the path to becoming Vishav Guru.
Prof. Akbar said that on the 75th year of independence, under the leadership of PM Modi, we are celebrating the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. This Amrit Mahotsav is a pledge to build a vibrant and self-reliant India. Prof. Akbar mentioned that on the occasion of the 75th year of Independence, the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign has become the largest festival on earth.
He also urged the audience that we should always value our freedom and should have respect for our soldiers who are guarding the frontiers for our safety and security.
Dean Academic Affairs, Registrar, Deans of Various Schools, Heads of various departments, Faculty members, officers and staff of the university was present on the occasion.
“76th INDEPENDENCE DAY was celebrated by all the colleges under Shri Sain Charitable Trust For Higher Education & Research in the campus of JAMMU INSTITUTE of AYURVEDA & RESEARCH,Jammu. The Flag was Hoisted by Honorable Chief Guest Smt. Suman Sharma,Chairperson of the Trust. She was accompanied by Managment, All Principals, Teaching, Non Teaching Staffs and students. Mr Ishvanku BAMS student and Shallu Devi from physical education college delivered patriotic poem and speech speech on Struggle of Independence.