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  • Man donates kidney to girlfriend’s mother, she marries someone else a month after operation

    “I donated a kidney to her mother, she left me and got married a month later,” he said.Key Highlights”I donated a kidney to her mother, she left me and got married a month later,” Uziel saidHe insisted that he was over with the breakupHe added that they are not friends but they don’t hate each other

    A man has said that he was dumped by his girlfriend – weeks after he donated his kidney to her mother.

    Uziel Martínez, from Baja California, Mexico, in a TikTok video, said that he donated his kidney to save the life of his girlfriend’s mother. A month after the operation, the girlfriend dumped him and married someone else, Uziel said.

    “I donated a kidney to her mother, she left me and got married a month later,” he said.

    The video was made in response to a trend in which men recounted their worst experiences with exes.

    The clip has been viewed over 14 million times and has made national headlines in Mexico. Netizens showered support for Uziel, with one saying, “Don’t look so sad, she lost a great gentleman. Keep moving forward and find the perfect woman who appreciates you.”

    After the video went viral, Uziel insisted that he was over with the breakup.

    In another video, he said, “Actually I’m fine, I’m fine emotionally, I think so is she. I have nothing against her, we are on good terms.” He added that they are not friends but they don’t hate each other.

    When someone urged Uziel not to repeat the mistake, he joked that he has no spare kidneys left to donate.

    “We just have two kidneys and if I already gave one, I only have another one for me, so … I can’t feel it,” he said.

    In another incident, a man lifted his ex-partner’s eyelids to gain access to her phone while she was asleep. He then used her fingerprints to open her money transfer application and steal 1,51,202 yuan (Rs 18 lakhs).

  • COVID positive CRPF trooper ends life in Central Kashmir’s Budgam  

    Srinagar, Jan 19: A COVID positive paramilitary trooper allegedly ends his life at COVID care centre in Humhama area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district, official source’s said.
    They said that CRPF trooper identified as Tabiyar Bharat Bhai of 43 battalion, a resident of Sabarkantha district of Gujrat state was covid positive since last one week and was admitted at COVID care centre Humhama. “On Wednesday evening he was found dead, probably of suicide” they added.
    A Police official confirmed the incident to news agency Kashmir Dot Com and said that investigation into the matter has been   initiated. (KDC)

  • Restaurant & Cafe Association urge its members to follow COVID-19 SOPs Strictly

    Srinagar: Since the surge of positive cases of COVID-19 in union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, president of Restaurant and Cafe Association urge its members to follow strict COVID-19 SOPs as directed by the district administrations from time to time so that smooth and normal business of restaurants and Cafes all across the valley will not hinder.

    Sheikh Feroz, president of association said, “Since the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic in the world and especially in Jammu and Kashmir, all the business activities came to standstill and it is our moral duty to keep the safety of clients and ourselves in this turbulent time on top priority and such safety measures during this Covid-19 pandemic in Jammu & Kashmir Union territory will play an important role for smooth running of hotels, restaurants and Cafes all across the valley.”

    “The SOPs directed by the state administration should be follow in letter and spirit at all restaurant and Cafes so that the visitors and our team members will be safe from it,” he said.

    “On daily basis, we are doing zoom meeting with all our members of the association so that all the issued related to Covid – 19 pandemic viz-a-viz the routine matter will be discussed and necessary steps will be adopted for both tourists, clients and staff,” said Babar Chowdhary, vice president Restaurant and Cafe Association.

    “The Jammu and Kashmir government has already made valid and verifiable RT-PCR or Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) reports not older than 72 hours of arrival mandatory for all tourists and pilgrims,” said Sheikh Imraan, Secretary General RAK.

    It is pertinent to mention that with the outbreak of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Srinagar and elsewhere across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, authorities re-imposed preventive measures for the containment of Covid19 spread. However, after a considerable decline in the caseloads in Srinagar and other parts of J&K, authorities threw open trade, transport on a conditional basis besides reopening of public parks and gardens.

  • Not missing in Ramban, 3 members of Lucknow family murdered in home town

    Jammu, Jan 19: Police in Ramban had been carrying wide scale searches around Ramsu area of the mountainous district from last couple of days to locate three members of Lucknow family after receiving a social media message that the trio was “incommunicado” having got stuck there. However as the facts surfaced, all three of them had been murdered in home town and the alarm regarding them having gone ‘missing’ along Srinagar-Jammu highway at Ramsu turned out to be false.

    SSP Ramban Mohita Sharma told GNS that UP counterparts have informed police here that the trio was murdered in home town.

    Pertinently police on January 16 had started the searches after one member of them the family from Lucknow informed through social media that the trio on way to Kashmir and had gone incommunicado after purportedly getting stuck at Ramsu area amid a huge landslide along the highway.

    The kin had identified the trio as Mehmood Ali Khan (65), Darakshan (52) and Shavez Khan (26). (GNS)

  • ‘Getting rid’ of BJP in UP will be ‘greater azadi’ than in 1947, says Mehbooba Mufti

    Jammu: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday took a swipe at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said that “getting rid of this party in Uttar Pradesh will be a greater azadi (freedom) than 1947” because they want to divide the country.
    Speaking at PDP’s Tribal Youth Convention here today, Mufti said, “Assembly elections are going to take place in Uttar Pradesh, so they (BJP) are recalling Aurangzeb and Babar. Today, we have got a chance to get rid of BJP. It will be greater azadi than India’s freedom of 1947 because they wanted to divide the country.”
    She further hit out at BJP and asked them to show development in Uttar Pradesh if they promised to develop the state.
    “They are giving jobs and land to outsiders and then they (BJP) claimed that this will do development in the state. I ask them to show development in Uttar Pradesh. They can’t provide hospitals in UP,” Mufti said.
    Elections for the 403 assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases starting February 10, the Election Commission said. The polling in Uttar Pradesh will be held on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27 and March 3 and 7 in seven phases. The counting of votes will take place on March 10. (ANI)

  • Weather Update For Jammu Kashmir

    Today weather will remain partly to generally cloudy in both regions with possibility of light Rain/Snow at scattered places. 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙣𝙭𝙩 10 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨: A spell of light Rain/snow likely (60% chance) during 22-23rd. Thereafter, Mainly Dry weather is expected from 24th onwards till ending Jan. There’s 𝙉𝙊 forecast of any Major Snow Spell till ending Jan. 𝙈𝙀𝙏 𝘾𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙍𝙀 𝙎𝙍𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙂𝘼𝙍

  • 30-year-old lady dies at her in-laws, family alleges murder

    Srinagar, Jan 18: A family from Shelipora Achabal in Anantnag along with their relatives on Tuesday staged protest and alleged that their daughter was murdered by her in-laws.

    According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) the family accompanied by locals and relatives raised slogans in favour of justice and demanded that the matter must be investigated and strict action must be taken against her in-laws.

    Her family members including her father and brother alleged that she was killed by her in-laws over dowry and if her daughter was so ill, they should have informed them.

    “We talked with our daughter on Monday evening and she was fine. However, when we later called her, her phone was off,” they said, adding that if her condition would have deteriorated by any means, her in-laws should have informed us.

    “Time and again, her in-laws were demanding dowry which we fulfilled, however, they continued to demand more. She has been killed by poison or something else,” the family members allege.

    They alleged that even when they reached the hospital, instead of taking her body to their (in-laws) house, they left the hospital and we took the body home.

    They along with protestors demanded time bound investigation into the matter and action against the in-laws.

    An official said that a 30-year-old lady from Shelipora Achabal who was married at Harnag area of Anantnag was brought dead to hospital.

    He said that as per preliminary medical reports, the lady died due to cardiac arrest, however, further investigation is going on and if anyone will be found involved in any way, he will be taken to task as per law—(KNO)

  • COVID-19: Omicron replacing Delta indicates end of pandemic, say experts

    ‘Persons getting infected with Omicron are recovering faster than Delta’

    Srinagar, Jan 18: Omicron variant known as the most infectious variant of Covid-19 triggering the third wave in J&K is said to have infected large scale of people while experts believe that with Omicron replacing Delta, Covid-19 will not remain a pandemic but an endemic illness.

    A Kashmiri doctor Dr Shakeel Ahmad Sofi who is working in Apollo hospital in Kolkata while talking with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that though Omicron is spreading at a very fast speed but it isn’t causing so much severity as it is not involving lungs but only upper respiratory tract.

    He said that as it is spreading fast but within 4-6 days people come negative as well and 95 to 99 percent of positive patients don’t even need hospitalization as it is behaving like a common flu.

    He said that whether a person will be vaccinated or unvaccinated, it is not going to spare anybody but most people won’t even know when they got infected and when they recovered.

    “Omicron is so infectious that if a person comes in contact with a positive patient for just 10 to 20 minutes, he will get infected,” he said, adding that fancy masks are of no use and people must use N 95 and surgical masks.

    Sofi added that there is no need to isolate for more than three to four days if there are no symptoms and there is no need to go for repeated tests.

    He said that with Omicron replacing Delta, it is the beginning and end of pandemic and Covid will become a seasonal flu.

    “People should leave fear of Omicron as today or tomorrow you will get infected but it won’t cause any damage,” Sofi said.

    Dr Nisar Ul Hasan Flu expert and president of Doctors association Kashmir while talking with KNO said that the replacing of Delta by Omicron has happened to the good of population and it is mild flu and will help everybody to get immunity due to which we may see an end to this pandemic.

    “It won’t help in full elimination of the virus but it will end from pandemic stage to endemic and become 5th respiratory virus of the world,” he said.

    He said that the third wave is likely to witness a peak next week and by the end of February the wave will be over—(KNO)

  • President KYEF Babar Chowdhary welcomes JK Bank’s OTS scheme For NPA Account Holders

    Srinagar: Babar Chowdhary, President Kashmir Youth Entrepreneurs Federation welcome the appointment of Baldev Prakash, new Managing Director & CEO of Jammu and Kashmir Bank and also welcomed the special One Time Settlement Scheme for NPA account holders of the bank.
    Babar expressed hope that JK Bank’s new scheme will ease out the difficulties of the business units of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and wish at the same time that bank management will keep the present Covid conditions in consideration and give ample time for applications and repayments of SOTS.
    The KYEF president urges Baldev Prakash to announce more customer friendly schemes of the bank and can be good for the lenders as well as borrowers of the bank.
    Baldev Prakash, managing director & CEO launched the J&K Bank’s Special One Time Settlement Scheme for NPAs accounts recently at the Bank’s corporate headquarters in Srinagar.
    With his national level knowledge of policy making and strategizing in critical areas of banking at State Bank of India (SBI) besides international exposure in remittances business including treasury operations at Muscat (Sultanate of Oman), Baldev Prakash brings a wealth of experience and expertise to JK Bank’s maiden position of Managing Director & CEO.
    “The timely decision of SOTS launch by the Baldev Prakash, managing director and CEO of JK Bank will make an opportunity for all the business community, transports and allied tourism related industries of Jammu and Kashmir to keep the business momentum at top for all seasons,” Babar Chowdhary said.
    He further said that through this Special One Time Settlement Scheme (SOTS-2021), the bank provides a golden opportunity to all the eligible account holders to settle their accounts and avail the best possible concessions that can be offered.
    The KYEF president further said that Jammu and Kashmir bank being the premier bank of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir can do another special interest waiver for the hotels, restaurant and café owners as during many years all the business activities got decreased.
    He expressed hope the operative levels will perceive an opportunity for all eligible account holders so that they do not miss this opportunity.
    All the tourism related industries like hotels, houseboats, restaurants, cafes, transporters etc by their association have already put forward their genuine demands in various departments of the union territory and in 2022 a positive approach will again be achieved with necessary follow up of the cases.
    Calling the scheme practical , he expressed hope that with the earnest efforts of all concerned of the scheme can be successful for both bank and its customers especially the business community for early settlement of accounts.
    “I believe the Kashmir valley has huge potential of business from local market and government and bank should work out more and more opportunities and avenues for the local businessmen to avail the opportunities,” he said.

  • Achabal Family Stages Protest After Alleged ‘Dowry Death’

    Anantnag, Jan 18: A family on Tuesday staged a protest at Shelipora Achabal here in this south Kashmir district, alleging murder of their daughter by her in-laws over dowry issue.

    The family and relatives of the lady, joined by neighbours, hit the street near Shelipora Achabal and demanded action against the in-laws of woman.

    Mohd Yousuf Mir, father of the deceased woman, alleged that she killed by her in-laws over dowry. “From time to time, we have been fulfilling their demands of dowry,” he said, adding, “She has been killed there as she was given some poisonous substance.” He said her in-laws left the hospital after she died instead of taking her body to the house for last rites.

    Meanwhile, the protesters demanded strict action against the in-laws and said the concerned authorities should act swiftly so that the culprits are brought to book immediately. Police said the 30-year-old woman was brought dead to the hospital and preliminary medical report suggests cardiac arrest as cause of death.

    “Further proceedings are underway,” police said. (GNS)