BARAMULLA: To ensure proper security arrangements and smooth media coverage during VVIP/VIP visits, official functions, religious gatherings, public events, and other occasions requiring police deployment, Police in Baramulla has issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for regulating media access.

As per the SOP, only media persons possessing valid identity cards issued by the District Information Officer (DIO), Baramulla, shall be allowed entry into designated venues, media enclosures, and other restricted areas. Police personnel deployed at access control points have been directed to verify the identity cards of all media representatives before allowing access. No person claiming to represent print, electronic, digital, or social media shall be permitted entry without a valid DIO-issued identity card.

All supervisory officers have been directed to ensure strict implementation of these instructions. The SOP comes into effect with immediate effect and aims to strengthen security arrangements while ensuring smooth, orderly, and hassle-free media coverage of official events and security deployments.

Police appeals to all media organizations and journalists to cooperate with the police by carrying their valid DIO-issued identity cards while covering official events. The cooperation of the media will help ensure smooth security arrangements, orderly coverage, and the successful conduct of official programmes in the interest of public safety.

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In loving memory of Dr. Priya Ranjan: A mentor who treated me like family
A Profound Loss: JK Monitor Mourns the Passing of Founding Chairman Dr. Priya Ranjan

We at JK Monitor are profoundly saddened by the sudden demise of our Founding Chairman, Dr. Priya Ranjan.IN LOVING MEMORY Dr Priya Ranjan

A brilliant mind who studied at Netarhat Residential School and graduated in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur before earning his PhD from the University of Maryland, Dr. Ranjan chose to return to India and dedicate his life to teaching, research and social good.

His pioneering work in networked systems, AI, robotics and biomedical applications—especially computer-vision tools for early detection of cancer and heart disease—reflected his deep belief that advanced technology must serve humanity.

For more than 15 years at JK Monitor, he remained a loyal friend, mentor and collaborator, marked by rare humility, intellectual integrity and quiet generosity. His passing leaves a void that cannot be filled. Priya, you will be deeply missed. Your life continues to remind us that knowledge finds its highest purpose in the service of others.

— Team JK Monitor

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