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to February 10. In the Kashmir Division, the forecast indicates the likelihood of light to moderate rain/ snow during this period, with heavy snowfall expected in specific districts on January 31st.

In the Jammu Division, intermittent light to moderate rain accompanied by thunder/lightning in plains and light to moderate snowfall in higher reaches is anticipated between January 3031 and February 3-4.

The department emphasizes the potential temporary closure of roads in higher reaches and important passes, urging travelers to plan accordingly.

Also, farmers are advised to adjust irrigation and fertilizer activities, draining excess water from orchards and fields during the specified period.

This comprehensive update aims to keep residents and stakeholders wellinformed about the expected weather conditions in the region. (with inputs from agencies)

Kashmir Records

Kupwara also recorded a low precipitation during the 40-day harshest winter period this year as against the previous record of 15.8 mm in 2001, it has received a precipitation of just 13.8 mm.

Kokernag and Banihal have recorded 0.0 mm precipitation this ChillaiKalan, thus simultaneously breaking the previous record of 5.5 mm and 4.3 mm precipitation respectively in the year 2018.

Pertinently, the 40-day ChillaiKalan in Kashmir this year witnessed warmer days and prolonged dry spell while the experts here have sounded alert, saying that the dry spell will have repercussions in the future. (KNO) economic crisis.

He has denied any wrongdoing, telling Reuters in June the military which has ruled Pakistan for most of its history since 1947 - and its intelligence agency were trying to destroy his political party.

The military, which controls some of the nuclear-armed nation’s biggest economic institutions, has said it is neutral towards politics.

Once criticised as being under the thumb of the generals, Khan had a falling out with the then-army chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, which led to his ouster.

He has said the army, now under

General Asim Munir, still targets him and his party, charges the army denies.

The violence after his May arrest may have brought tensions to a head with the military, as his supporters ransacked army establishments in multiple cities.

Some leaders of Khan’s political party quit after the violence. Thousands of party workers also remain under arrest, the party says.

In 2018, the cricket legend who led Pakistan to its only World Cup win in 1992, rallied the country behind his vision of a corruption-free, prosperous nation respected abroad. But the firebrand nationalist’s fame and charisma were not enough.

Road To Power

Khan rose to power more than two decades after he launched Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), the Pakistan Movement for Justice party. Despite his fame and status as a hero in cricket-mad Pakistan, PTI languished in Pakistan’s political wilderness, not winning a seat other than Khan’s for 17 years.

In 2011, Khan began drawing huge crowds of young Pakistanis disillusioned with endemic corruption, chronic electricity shortages and crises in education and unemployment.

He drew even greater backing in the ensuing years, with educated Pakistani expatriates leaving their jobs to work for his party and pop musicians and actors joining his campaign.

His goal, Khan told supporters in 2018, was to turn Pakistan from a country with a “small group of wealthy and a sea of poor” into an “example for a humane system, a just system, for the world, of what an Islamic welfare state is”.

He won the election, a sporting hero at the pinnacle of politics. Observers cautioned, however, that his biggest enemy was his rhetoric, having raised supporters’ hopes sky-high.

Playboy To Reformer

Born in 1952, Khan grew up with four sisters in an affluent urban Pashtun family in Lahore, Pakistan’s second-biggest city.

After a privileged education, he went on to the University of Oxford, where he graduated with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

As his cricket career flourished, he developed a playboy reputation in London in the late 1970s.

In 1995, he married Jemima Goldsmith, daughter of business tycoon James Goldsmith. The couple, who had two sons, divorced in 2004.

A second marriage, to TV journalist Reham Nayyar Khan, also ended in divorce.

His third marriage, to Bushra Bibi, a spiritual leader whom Khan came to know during his visits to a 13th-century shrine in Pakistan, reflected his deepening interest in Sufism - a form of Islamic practice that emphasises spiritual closeness to God.

Once in power, Khan embarked on a plan of building a welfare state modelled on what he said was an ideal system dating back to the Islamic world some 14 centuries earlier.

But his anti-corruption drive was heavily criticised as a tool for sidelining political opponents - many of whom were imprisoned on charges of graft.

Pakistan’s generals also remained powerful and military officers, retired and serving, were placed in charge of more than a dozen civilian institutions.

Khan was pushed out as premier in April 2022 amid public frustration at high inflation, rising deficits and endemic corruption that he had promised to stamp out.

The Supreme Court overturned his decision to dissolve parliament, and defections from his ruling coalition meant he lost a subsequent no-confidence vote.

With that, Khan became the latest in an unbroken line of elected Pakistani prime ministers who did not serve their full terms.

month, Uber launched the GreenAutos service in Ayodhya.

It also partnered with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to launch the app-based car aggregator service across airports -- Surat, Indore, Bhubaneswar, Varanasi -- this month.

Uber is an American transport mobility company that entered India in 2013 and now has services available across 125 cities in the country.

and saturation of scholarships and pension schemes.

Listening to one another is the strongest pillar on which good governance rests, he said.

Sinha also commended the exemplary participation of the citizens and officials in the 75th Republic Day celebrations.

During this month’s LG Mulaqaat, Sinha addressed the grievances filed on JKIGRAMS by Mohd. Ashraf from Ramban; Rohit Sharma from Simbal

Gala Moghla Rajouri; Mohd Arif, a resident of Mandi Poonch; Doda’s Firdous Ahmad; Hilal Ahmad from Kuzwera Chadoora Budgam and Mohd Shafi, a resident of Fathagad Anantnag pertaining to Power Development Department; Jal Shakti, Labour and Social Welfare Department.

Dr Syed Sehrish Asgar, Secretary, Public Grievances conducted the proceedings of the LG’s Mulaqaat.

Atal Dulloo, Chief Secretary; R K Goyal, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department; Administrative Secretaries; Divisional Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners, SSPs, HoDs and other senior officers were present during the interaction, in person and through virtual mode.

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Uber Begins

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Bapu’s Principles

all human beings are creating a new consciousness among the people. The annual Shanti Yatra dedicated to spread Bapu’s ideals across Union Territory is inspiring and guiding people towards peace and unity, he observed.

The LG said, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is fulfilling Bapu’s dream of self-reliant villages and empowered rural India.

“He has ensured empowerment of youth, women, farmers and marginalised sections of society,” the LG observed.

Sinha appreciated the endeavours of the Gandhi Global Family J&K, all the organizations and individuals who are working towards promoting the Gandhian values and spreading the noble message of Truth and Non-Violence.

Padma Shri Dr SP Varma, President Gandhi Global Family J&K; B.R Sharma, Election Commissioner J&K; senior officials; ex-Servicemen; family members of the martyrs and freedom fighters, prominent citizens, social workers and youth were present.

Earlier, a two-minute silence was observed at the Civil Secretariat as a mark of respect to the Father of the Nation and the martyrs who made supreme sacrifice in the struggle for India’s freedom.

J&K Govt

staff has been approved thereby fulfilling their long pending demand. The move will benefit around 4000 employees. J&K Admin is committed to the well-being of all the staff and their families,” the office of LG said in a post on X

and the mother order on internet restrictions in the union territory according to the 2020 verdict in the Anuradha Bhasin versus Union of India and the Telegraph Act.

“Review orders are something to be passed under the Act and 2020 verdict and therefore they must be published. They are saying that the special committee orders do not have to be published. I am not contesting that, there may be national security reasons. But review order and mother order are something which must be published,” he said.

Nataraj submitted that these issues had arisen during the internet curbs that were there at the time (after the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019).

“We have complied with all the prayers made in earlier petitions. A contempt petition was also filed and was dismissed. Now, they have come up with a new prayer for publication of recommendations and deliberations of the special committee,” he said.

Justice Gavai told Nataraj, “Forget about the deliberations, you only publish review orders. They only want publication of the review orders.”

Nataraj submitted that there is already compliance of directions passed in the 2020 verdict and in the May 11, 2020 order in the plea of the Foundation for Media Professionals and others.

If that is the case, the bench said, it will record Nataraj’s statement that review orders have been published.

Nataraj said he would like to seek instructions and sought time to apprise the court after two weeks.

The bench recorded that Nataraj submits that the perusal of the verdicts and orders would show that deliberations of the special committee are not required to be published.

On May 11, 2020, the top court ordered the setting up of a “special committee” headed by the Union Home secretary to consider pleas for the restoration of 4G internet services in Jammu and Kashmir, saying national security and human rights needed to be balanced in view of the fact the Union Territory has been “plagued with militancy”.

The top court said it was desirable to have better internet services in the union territory in view of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic and a national lockdown.

On January 10, 2020, the top court in its Anuradha Bhasin versus Union of India verdict held that freedom of speech and conducting business on the Internet are protected under the Constitution. It had asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to immediately review curb orders.

Publish Review

33 Institutions, Roads

Late Naseeb Singh, SPO, Shaheed Naseeb Singh Taxi Stand, Nabul; Ramban – Late Jattu Ram Mob, SPO. Shaheed Jattu Ram Chowk, Marog, Ramban; Ramban – Late Mohd Saleem, SPO, Shaheed Mohd Saleem Chowk, Sirlan; Ramban – Late Anar Singh, SPO. Shaheed Anar Singh Chowk, Hunga; Ramban – Late Abdul Majeed, Constable, Shaheed Abdul Majeed Bus Stand, Panchal; Ramban – Late Naseeb Singh, Constable, Shaheed Naseeb Singh Playground, Hochak; Ramban – Late Dhaler Singh, Constable. Shaheed Daler Singh Chowk, Digdol; Ramban – Late Sarfaraz Ahmad, Constable, Shaheed Sarfaraz Khatana Chowk Bhaderwah Morh Batote and Ramban – Late Abdul Qayoom, ASI Shaheed Abdul Qayoom Failty Road.

The order has emphasised further that the concerned Administrative Secretaries shall take immediate necessary steps, including amending their records, for effecting the changes and Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir/ Jammu shall personally monitor the naming of the infrastructure/assets in their respective divisions.

“Deputy Commissioner(s) shall ensure that appropriate events are held in connection with the naming of these infrastructure/assets”, reads the order further.

Property Of Drug

The property was prima facie acquired from illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances by the owner, the official added.

House Damaged In

damaged in the incident. Meanwhile investigation has been taken up in this regard and the cause of fire is being ascertained.

Explosive Devices

rushed to the spot and a bomb disposal squad was called. The explosive devices were defused safely, the officials said. The matter is being investigated.

Avalanche Warning

Ganderbal in the next 24 hours,” the officials said.

The people have been advised to take precautions and avoid venturing in the avalanche prone areas till further orders, they said.