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Srinagar: A poor family from Pahnoo area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district has lost one lac rupee after cheated by an online fraudster.

According to reports reached to KNS, Ghulam Ahmad Dar of Pahnoo village of Shopian district has recived a call on August 10 from an unknown number who introduced himself as banker.

“An unknown caller approached me on August 10 and asked me to share his OTP, with the result I instantly lost one lac rupee”, said Ghulam Ahmad.

Dar, who is father of five daughters, said that he has sold few animals to assemble money for his daughter’s wedding but unfortunately I was destined for something else.

He appealed authorities for assistance as there is no earning hand in his family.

“I appeal to J&K Government to help in troubled times as I have no male earner in my family”, he said.

Dar’s case is not new one that has come to fore but several cases have surfaced in recent past where fraudulent elements duped innocent people and took away millions of rupees from their bank accounts.

Earlier J&K Cyber Police Unit had appealed general public to not share their personal bank details to unknown persons, after several frauds reported in Valley. (KNS)

As the pandemic progresses, we’re growing increasingly aware COVID-19 affects multiple parts of the body beyond the lungs. That includes the skin.

Here are some of these symptoms, from the most common to the least:

1. Widespread small red bumps and multiple flat red patches
2. Redness of the whites of the eyes
3. Chilblain-like symptoms, commonly called ‘COVID toes’
4. Hies
5. Water blisters
6. ‘Fishing net-like’ red-blue pattern on the skin
7. Rash associated with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
8. Hair loss

If you’re concerned about any skin symptoms, you can consult dermatologist via a telehealth appointment for further advice.

Gaps remain but both sides agreed to resolve outstanding issues, says Centre

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s indigenously developed Light Combat Helicopter deployed for operations in Leh. File | Photo Credit: ANI

India and China on Thursday held another round of border talks aimed at breaking the impasse along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), with complete disengagement still remaining a far-off prospect and both sides appearing prepared for the long haul.

Thursday’s talks marked the fourth meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) since tensions began this summer. More than 10 rounds of high-level talks have since been held, including five rounds between the Corps Commanders in addition to the conversations between the Special Representatives and the Foreign Ministers.

There still remained gaps between the two sides, acknowledged a statement from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday, saying both “will continue to sincerely work towards complete disengagement of the troops” and “agreed to resolve the outstanding issues in an expeditious manner and in accordance with the existing agreements and protocols”.

Both were “in agreement that restoration of peace and tranquillity in the border areas would be essential for the overall development of bilateral relations”, it said.

China has not accepted India’s demand for a return to status quo ante before early May’s tensions. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) remains on India’s side of the LAC on the north bank of Pangong Lake, where most of the new fortifications it had built remain in place. Tensions also remain in the Depsang plains, where the PLA has obstructed India’s patrols from reaching the LAC, and in the Gogra-Hot Springs area, one of several spots where there remains a build-up in the depth areas.

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on Thursday both sides had, at the talks held between Naveen Srivastava, Joint Secretary (East Asia) in the MEA and Hong Liang, Director-General of the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs of the MFA, “positively evaluated the progress made in the disengagement of the front-line forces of the two countries” and “agreed to conscientiously implement the consensus reached between the two Foreign Ministers and the Special Representatives on China-India boundary question, continue to maintain dialogue and communication through military and diplomatic channels, further cool down the border situation, properly handle the remaining issues on the ground, and jointly maintain peace and tranquillity in the border areas”.

Pakistan FM in China

China and Pakistan began their annual two-day strategic dialogue on Thursday in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan. Chinese officials said Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, was only the second top foreign official to visit China following the pandemic, with the Indonesian Foreign Minister also beginning a visit earlier this week.

“As the regional and international landscape is going through complex changes, in particular with the profound global impact of COVID-19, China and Pakistan, as all-weather strategic cooperative partners, need to further strengthen communication and cooperation to deal with external challenges, achieve greater development and bring more benefits to the people,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said, describing the strategic dialogue, which was launched in March 2019, as “highly relevant and significant”.

Both would discuss “bilateral relations and regional and international issues of common concern”, he said, with issues expected to include the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, as well as both sides’ cooperation in South Asia and their respective recent tensions with India.

With inputs from The Hindu

(This story has not been edited by Kashmir Today staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

Kupwara: A border security force (BSF) trooper commits suicide by firing himself from his own service rifle in kupwara district .

Official sources told GNS said that the trooper posted at Brinwari shoot himself with his own service rifle and died on spot.

He identified him as head constable of Kundan ram of 169bn he added.

A police officer told GNS said that it was not immediately known as to why the trooper took the extreme step. He said investigation are underway in this regard.(GNS)

Srinagar: A paramilitary CRPF trooper was among nine more persons who lost battle to covid-19 in Kashmir Valley since overnight, official sources said on Thursday.

With these deaths—three from Srinagar, two from Baramulla and one each from Budgam, Kupwara, Anantnag and Pulwama districts—the fatality count due to the virus in Jammu and Kashmir has mounted to 590.

A 70-year-old man from Sopore Baramulla who was diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease and bilateral Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) died due to cardiac arrest at 12:50 a.m. at SKIMS Soura where he was admitted since August 9, the official sources said.

They said an 87-year-old from Tral Pulwama, admit on August 11 as a case of bilateral CAP died at SMHS hospital, they said.

Another covid-19 positive patient— a woman from Khanda Budgam, admitted to the hospital on August 17 and diagnosed with bilateral CAP, also succumbed today.

Also, a 50-year-old covid-19 positive trooper from 61 battalion CRPF, Shivpora Srinagar, died few hours after being brought to the hospital in wee hours today, they said. He was resident of Haryana, they added.

An elderly woman from Yunsu Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district having being diagnosed with bilateral community acquired pneumonia died two days after being admitted to the hospital, they said.

A resident of Jawahar Nagar Srinagar, suffering from bilateral CAP, also died at SMHS hospital, the sources said.

A 56-year-old woman from Lal Bazar Srinagar, died three days after she was admitted to CD hospital, one of the exclusive facilities for the management of the covid-19 in the Valley.

“She was a case of severe Covid19 with HTN, T2DM and hypothyroid. She was not maintaining saturation and was shifted to ICU on August 18 and was on NIV since,” a doctor at the hospital told GNS. She suffered cardiac arrest and was declared dead at 2:45p.m, the doctor added.

A 62-year-old man from Gantmulla Baramulla who was diagnosed with “T2DM HTN, CAD besides Pneumonia” died at 8p.m on Thursday evening at SMHS hospital, the sources said.

A 70-year-old woman of Dialgam Anantnag died at SKIMS Soura, three days she was admitted to the tertiary care hospital, they added.

With these deaths, officials said, 590 people have succumbed to the virus in Jammu and Kashmir so far—549 from the Valley and 41 from Jammu division. (GNS)

PTI

Over 200 vehicles are stranded.

Vehicles lie buried in landslide rubble after a portion of a road caved-in following heavy rainfall, in Jammu, on Aug. 17, 2020.   | Photo Credit: PTI

Multiple landslides triggered by heavy rains blocked the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district on Thursday, leaving over 200 vehicles stranded, officials said.

The 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, was blocked by landslides at Trishul Morh, Battery Cheshma and Pantiyal areas, officials said.

As a result, over 200 vehicles are stranded at different points of the highway, they said.

Men and machinery have been deployed to clear the area.

The highway was closed for two days last week due to a massive landslide triggered by heavy rains in Ramban district.

PTI

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha paid obeisance at the cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi in Reasi district on Thursday and prayed for peace, progress and prosperity of the union territory, an official statement said.

The LG was accompanied by Ramesh Kumar, chief executive officer of Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, it said.

Sinha, who was on his first visit to the shrine after taking over as the LG earlier this month, inspected wayside facilities provided by the board for pilgrims.

He asked the CEO to ensure that all precautionary measures are taken in view of the COVID-19 pandemic for the safety and security of pilgrims, the statement said.

Sinha also directed the CEO to expedite the planning and construction of Durga Bhawan to provide free accommodation facilities to pilgrims.

The LG asked for further enhancing accommodation facilities for pilgrims, maximising utilisation of IT-enabled services for them and expediting work for the installation of video walls project, the statement said.

He also asked the CEO to enhance religious activities at the shrine, it said.