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Woman doctor dons police uniform to follow father’s footsteps

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Jammu, JAMMU & KASHMIR :

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Udhampur:

It was a moment of great pride for Deputy Inspector General of Police (Jammu-Kathua Range) Ashkoor Wani as his daughter was the only woman in the passing-out parade of the 11th batch of Deputy Superintendent of Police here today.
Dr Sunniya Wani was the only woman among the 17 officers in the passing-out parade at the Sher-i-Kashmir Police Academy.
Wani also became the first woman Kashmir Police Service (KPS) officer to get the best all-round award for her performance during her over-a-year-long training. She was awarded the trophy and citation by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who is also the first woman to hold the post in the state.
Lauding Wani, the chief minister said she was proud of her achievement.
“I am proud of your achievement and I wish more and more girls follow your footsteps.
I am also happy to see girls competing in every field and in many fields outnumbering boys,” she said. Ashkoor Wani said: “I am really proud of my daughter for her achievements. It is really a matter of pride and honour for me and my family that my daughter became the first female KPS officer to get the all-round award that too from the hands of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti.”
He said that his daughter always enjoyed the freedom to follow her dream and that he always encouraged her for that. “She is a medical doctor by profession and then she decided to wear the uniform. From childhood, she always wanted to contribute to the society and I hope and pray that she will become a good and dedicated police officer and would serve the nation, state and the community,” Wani said.
Sunniya Wani said that her father has always been an inspiration for her and she would follow the footsteps of her father to become a dedicated police officer.
“My father has always been an inspiration for me. I grew up watching him in uniform and I always wanted to follow his footsteps and wear the same uniform. I am happy that I made my father proud today,” she said.
Dr Wani said the sky was the limit for today’s women. “I want to tell girls to follow their dreams as nothing is impossible and the sky is the limit for them,” she said. (PTI)

source: http://www.news.statetimes.in / State Times / Home> News> Jammu & Kashmir > Jammu / by Tejinder Singh Sodhi / October 29th, 2016

Mehbooba Mufti wins Anantnag bypoll

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JAMMU & KASHMIR :

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti.

In the 2014 polls, Mr. Sayeed defeated Congress candidate Mr. Shah by 6,000 votes and the margin has doubled this year.

Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday won the Anantnag Assembly seat by 12,085 votes, driving home a point that her popularity remains unaffected by the Peoples Democratic Party’s decision to join hands with the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir.

Of 28,500 polled votes, the PDP candidate Ms. Mufti has secured 17,701 votes, followed by Congress’ Hilal Shah with 5,616. National Conference (NC) Iftikhar Misger stood a distant third with 2,811 votes.

The PDP’s winning margin has considerably gone up in Anantnag despite the NC and the Congress pegging its campaign on the anti-BJP wave and cornering Ms. Mufti over her alliance partner.

In the 2014 polls, Mr. Sayeed defeated Congress candidate Mr. Shah by 6,000 votes and the margin has doubled this year with 12,000 lead by Ms. Mufti.

Earlier in the day, the counting was stopped immediately after the first round results were announced because of the Congress’ protests.

“An Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) was not properly sealed and should not be counted at all,” alleged Mr. Shah, as he and his supporters left the counting hall in protest.

However, after 15 minutes the counting was restarted.

The NC also alleged EVM tampering. “A lot of EVMs in Anantnag (were) without mandatory seals/locks. Electoral staff says since teachers were incharge, their inexperience is the reason!” alleged NC spokesman Junaid Azim Mattu, who later congratulated Ms. Mufti on her victory.

However, district magistrate Syed Abid Rasheed Shah refuted the allegations of tampering of EVMs.

The Anantnag seat, which fell vacant after sitting chief minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed died on January 7, went to polls on June 22. Around 28,500 voters participated in the election out of 80,000 registered voters, with poll percentage pegged at 34 per cent, down by five per cent compared to the 2014 Assembly polls amidst separatists’ boycott call.

Considered bastion of the PDP, it’s Ms. Mufti’s fourth win to the State Assembly from south Kashmir since 1996, when she started her political career as Congress candidate and contested from Bijbehara constituency.

She was also elected to the Lok Sabha from Anantnag Parliament seat in 2014 general elections but returned to the State politics in April this year to take over as the State’s chief minister after her father’s demise.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Other States / Peerzada Ashiq / Srinagar – June 25th, 2016