4 Wednesday January 9, 2019 DISTRICTS Dr Shehnaz listens...
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Wednesday January 9, 2019 4 DISTRICTS STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: Divisional Commissioner, Sanjeev Verma today reviewed the progress on disposal of claims and objections received in connection with Special Summary Revision of Electoral Rolls and their data entry in the ERO NET, here at a meeting. The meeting was attended by District Election Officer Mohammad Aijaz Asad, EROs, AEROs and BLOs of the District and other senior officials. The Div Com stressed on multi-layered checking by DEO, ERO, AERO, and BLO to verify the correct- ness of e-rolls / disposal of Forms 6, 7, 8 and 8A and also asked BLOs to ensure correctness of the e-roll. He also conducted physical verification of the rolls, espe- cially where highest Additions and deletions were observed. He also held a detailed dis- cussion with the EROs, AEROs with regard to the progress made on the NSVP Portal, ERO NET Portal and publishing of the PVC EPICs in the district. He also enquired about the Public grievances system at district level as well as ERO system and SMS services being provided to the new voters. The Div Com gave on spot instructions to EROs and BLOs to verify all claims and objections carefully and dis- pose-off following due proce- dure so that up-to-date and error free electoral rolls are prepared particularly in view of forth coming elections. He also advised the officers to issues notices where there involves addition or dele- tions. A detailed discussion was also held with regard to error detecting software DSE, log- ical errors. District Election officer informed that there are total 4,02,797 voters including 12,779 new voters in the dis- trict. He said a total of 24414 applications were received for additions out of which 23412 have been accepted, while 978 were rejected, while 1003 pleas were have received for deletion, out of which 967 were accepted and 36 rejected. The DEO further informed that rolls have been thor- oughly checked to ensure that names of all the eminent per- sonalities of the district are included and notices are served while making deletions and reasonable opportunity to be heard is given in all cases. It was also informed that a round the clock control room has been set up at district level for receiving public grievances. Moreover the public can directly contact the EROs and AEROs. Meanwhile, the Div. Com also reviewed the progress made under Special summary revision for district Poonch and advised the authorities to ensure that no eligible voter is left or deleted. Div Com stresses on multi-level verifications to ensure error free electoral rolls Divisional Commissioner, Sanjeev Verma chairing a meeting at Rajouri. STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: District Development Commissioner, Mohammad Aijaz Asad on Tuesday reviewed the status of major development and languishing projects taken up under R&B, PHE, PDD, Tourism, Irrigation, Flood Control, and RDD sectors, here at a meeting of civil functionaries and engi- neers. Taking stock of PWD proj- ects, the DDC was informed that 16 bridges worth Rs. 27.62 crore and 61 roads costing Rs. 97.97 crore have been approved under the lan- guishing projects for the dis- trict. In PHE sector, 34 schemes stand approved under the languishing projects for which Rs. 31.02 crore has been released, while 43 proj- ects worth Rs. 2.31 crore have been sanctioned in PHE Mechanical and 13 schemes worth Rs. 9.48 crore have been approved for I&FC sector languishing projects. Similarly, 10 under languishing projects worth Rs. 1.61 crore have been sanctioned under education sector. The DDC took scheme wise review of proj- ects undertaken by different departments and funded under the languishing proj- ects and CAPEX Budget 2018-19. It was informed that the work on all the approved bridges and other projects has been started and are at different phases of exe- cution. Meanwhile, the DDC ordered constitution of District Coordination Committee under the chair- manship of ADDC to take up and sort out interdepartmen- tal issues. The meeting was attended by Chief Planning Officer, YoginderKatoch, ASP, Liaqat Choudhary, CEO RDA Firdous Ahmed, CMO, DrSunil Sharma, SE PHE, SE PWD, Chief Horticulture Officer, Chief Agriculture Officer, Executive Engineers PHE, PDD and Rajouri Development Authority and other district officers. 11 bridges, 28 roads, 4 WSSs nearing completion in Rajouri Two dead as vehicle falls into gorge STATE TIMES NEWS BANIHAL: Two people were killed and another injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a gorge here Tuesday, police said. The incident took place at the Chapnari area in the Banihal belt of Ramban district, they said. The victims, Mohmmad Shafi Bhora and Shafi Lone, died on the spot, while driver Arif sustained injuries and was undergoing treatment at a local hospital, officials said. Gujjar among 3 drug peddlers nabbed with over 12 kg Charas STATE TIMES NEWS RAMBAN/UDHAMPUR: Police on Tuesday arrested three drug peddlers including a Gujjar and recovered 12 kg 200 grams of Charas from their possession. As per the details, on the directions of SSP Ramban Anita Sharma, a police party led by SHO Ramban Insp Vijay Kotwal under supervision of DySP Hqrts Ramban Asgar Malik and under close supervision of Adll. SP Sanjay Parihar during patrolling of the Ramban Market intercepted a sus- pected person who on seeing the police near T-Chowk Ramban started fleeing from the spot. During search, about 200 grams of narcotic substance(Charas) was recovered from the possession of a Gujjar which was identified as Riyaz Ahmed son of Shams Din resident of Chanderkote, Ramban. He was arrested and a case vide FIR No 05/19 under section 8/20 of NDPS Act was registered against him at Police Station Ramban. Meanwhile, a police party headed by SHO Police station Udhampur Sanjeev Singh Chib under the supervision of Dy SP ZS Wani and overall supervision of SSP Udh Rajiv Pandey laid a Naka near Jakheni Chowk on Jammu Kashmir National Highway and During search of a Tata Indico car (MH02AY-8677) which was its way to Punjab from Srinagar recovered 12 kg Charas from it. It was disclosed that smugglers have applied dubious modus operandi by using car bearing registration number of Maharashtra state to fool the police for safe passage. Two persons of District Shopian involved in illegal trade identified as Abdual Qayum Khandey son of Bali Mohd. Gohar Khandey son of Mohd Ramzan Khandey were arrested and a case vide FIR No. 12/19 under section 8/20 NDPS Act was registered against them. Man held for illicit distillation STATE TIMES NEWS AKHNOOR: Police on Tuesday arrested a man for illicit dis- tillation and destroyed 15 Ltrs. illicit liquor and 50 Ltrs. Lahan from the spot. As per the details, In-Charge Police Post Jourian, SI Anil Choudhary along with his team on a specific information con- ducted raid at village Jadh, Panjgrain and seized 15 Ltrs. illicit liquor and 50 Ltrs. Lahan which was destroyed on the spot. Accused namely Joginder Pal son of Baldev Raj resi- dent of Panjgrain Jourian was arrested from the spot and case under relevant sections of law has been registered at Police Station Akhnoor. RTO seizes 12 buses, recovers Rs 14,000 as compound fee STATE TIMES NEWS KATHUA: In a major move towards curbing traffic viola- tions, a team of Regional Transport Office today seized 12 buses plying on Jammu- Kathua route for tampering with the speed governors during a surprise inspection. The inspection team, headed by Regional Transport Officer, Dr. Raj K. Thapa, and comprising ARTO Kuldeep Singh, Motor Vehicle Inspectors Vikas Srivats and Kamal Kumar besides other officials of MVD checked a total of 57 mode of vehicles plying on road targeting mainly the buses plying on National Highway and other major roads. The buses seized were JK02BF 2057, JK02AX 7277, JK02BN 8369, JK02AW 5681, JK02AQ 7511, JK02BL 0675, JK02AM 1067, JK14D 4922, JK02AS 9055, JK08B 9299, JK02AF 9897 and JK02AP 1575. In addition, various other vehicles were Challaned and com- pounded for offences like plying without uniform (1), over- loading passengers (1), without driving licence i.e. Section 3/181 of MV Act (1), Section 177 of MV Act (6), Section 66/192 (A) of MV Act (2), plying without route permit (1). On spot fine amounting Rs. 14,000 was also recovered as compound fee. Dr. Raj K. Thapa said that over speeding is one of the major causes of road accidents and civil society, particularly the travellers/ passengers, must come forward to supplement the efforts of Motor Vehicle and Traffic Department in curb- ing this menace and other traffic violations. 23 bovines rescued, 2 Gujjars arrested STATE TIMES NEWS NAGROTA/Jhajjar Kotli: Police on Tuesday foiled two bovine smuggling bids by rescuing 23 animals and arresting two Gujjars, however another managed to flee from the spot. As per the details, Nagrota Police during a Naka intercept- ed a vehicle and during search found it laden with 13 bovines which were rescued. Two Gujjars who were smuggling these bovines were arrested and were identified as Chand Khan and Imran resident of Saharanpur. Meanwhile, Jhajjar Kotli Police rescued 10 bovines from a truck, however Gujjar who was smuggling these bovines managed to escape from the spot. Police has registered a case and launched manhunt to nab him. STATE TIMES NEWS KATRA: Advisor to Governor, K.K Sharma on Tuesday conducted an extensive tour of Katra and inspected progress on devel- opment projects coming up in the holy township. He also held a meeting with officials of various departments to discuss issues of the town. The advisor, along with Financial Commissioner HUDD, KB Agarwal, CEO Shri MataVaishno Devi Shrine Board, Simrandeep Singh and DC Reasi, Dr Sagar Dattatray Doifode conducted extensive tour of the town and shortlisted civic and others issues for immediate redressal. Advisor Sharma also visit- ed the site for Solid Waste Treatment Plant and dis- cussed the project with engi- neers and experts. He also discussed possible bottle- necks in the project and pro- posed solutions. He also suggested for carrying out massive afforestation around the plant to rejuve- nate the local environment. During the visit to pro- posed site for Inter-State Bus Terminal, Advisor Sharma reviewed the project plan. He observed that the project has huge potential for employment generation and asked the concerned to take measures in this regard. He hoped that the facility will help in the decongestion of the holy town. He directed the authorities to introduce modern modes of transport for inter-town conveyance. Earlier, during the meet- ing, Advisor Sharma reviewed drinking water supply scenario and beauti- fication of the town includ- ing steps for reducing non bio degradable waste. The proposals for developing various tourist amenities were also discussed at the meeting. SDM Katra Ashok Kumar, ASP, Naresh Singh and other senior officers were also present on the occasion. Advisor for beautification of Katra town, proper disposal of non-bio degradable waste Advisor to Governor, K.K Sharma taking stock of important projects at Katra. STATE TIMES NEWS POONCH: A public meeting of the residents of LoC in Degwar sector of Poonch was organised by the border people of the area for highlighting their issues and difficulties being faced by them at LoC. The Ex MLC Dr. Shehnaz Ganai was the Chief Guest of the occasion where she was given a rousing welcome by the public especially by the women who gathered in a large number to greet daughter of the soil. The public of Degwar and adjoining areas while talking to her described about the their difficulties. She was told that the public is deprived of many basic amenities like safe drink- ing water, power supply, link road, health and others. Public apprised her that no BADP and TSP grants were utilised at this border area besides cum majority ST popu- lated area no developmental work under these schemes has ever been done here. She was surprised to know that no toi- lets under SBM campaign is constructed in this area although the concerned depart- ment has shown 100 per cent ODF in papers only. The labour class people told her that they face very inconvenience while getting their labour card renewed through Labour Department. She was further apprised that Pacca houses being constructed under PMAY are costly for them as the labour charges of material is very high and they can't con- struct Pacca houses in this meager amount. They want that government should allow them to construct Kucha hous- es as it is easy to be constructed in this amount and preferably good during the border shelling as the splinters don't pass through Kucha walls. Some college going girls approached her with the plea that they couldn't get themselves admit- ted to the college because of non availability of fee as no ST scholarship was provided to them. Public also demanded that PDD authorities should remove HT/LT lines passing near their houses as it could be dangerous for their lives. Dr. Shehnaz Ganai, gave a patient hearing to their griev- ances and also assured them that she will raise their con- cerns with the district adminis- tration and higher authorities. Through the medium of this public meeting she appealed to the present State Government to enquire about the things that have not been done for the wel- fare of the border people. After this she talked to the Distt. Social Welfare Officer Poonch on phone from the spot and asked him to resolve all these issues related to their depart- ment at the earliest for which he responded positively. Dr Shehnaz listens to border residents woes Ex MLC Dr. Shehnaz Ganai interacting with border dwellers. STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: A massive reli- gious procession was organ- ised to welcome Shri Swami Vishwatamanand Sarswati ji Maharaj in Rajouri. The Rath Yatra started from Jawahar Nagar Rajouri and passed through Mandi Chowk and Bus stand which concluded at SVS Ashram. Shri Swami Vishwatamanand Sarswati ji Maharaj is enthroned as Pitadhishwar of Shambu Panchyati Atal Akhada in Prayagraj. The devotees gathered in large numbers to participate in the religious procession and rejoiced Guru's blessing. Shri Swami Vishwatamanand Sarswati ji Maharaj in his discourse showered blessings on his devotees. He preached that inclusiveness is the core etho of Santam Dharm and there- fore we should always pro- mote brotherhood in the society. He further said that we search for God in the outer world but God is in us and can be realised only through meditation. "We keep worshiping God in dif- ferent forms but service to humanity is true worship", he added. His devotee and MLC Vibodh Gupta also sought the blessings of Shri Swami Vishwatamanand Sarswati ji Maharaj and said that anointment of Swami Ji as Pitadhishwar of Shambu Panchyati Akhada is histor- ical and proud moment for entire Jammu and Kashmir in general and for Rajouri- Poonch in particular. He said, "Swami Ji Maharaj has blessed the twin-border dis- trict of Rajouri-Poonch with many progressive institu- tions such as colleges, Gurukuls, schools and hospi- tals". "Swami ji Maharaj has brought revolution in the field of education by opening a number of schools and col- leges including women col- leges", he added. Dinesh Sharma, Bharat Bhushan Vaid, Rajinder Gupta, Subash Sharma, Dr. Shalinder sharma and Neelam Sharma were also present. Religious procession taken out to welcome Shri Swami Vishwatamanand Devotees taking out religious procession at Rajouri. STATE TIMES NEWS KATRA: The innovation story based on the TV Super filter Jammu, 'Marking Overseas by Enabling Overseers' by the MBA stu- dents of School of Business, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), Katra, was published on AIM2Flourish (aim2flour- ish.com). The AIM2Flourish actually an initiative of Fowler Center for Business is an agent of World Benefit at the Weather head School of Management-Case Western Reserve University and Global Network of part- ners and supporters. This platform assists students in research and helps them to identify an innovation and conduct an interview of a business leader using the UN sustainable development goals as their lens. The sto- ries live on the AIM2Flourish.com platform as sources of inspiration for others. The creative brains behind this story were: Vitesta Sharma, Anwar-ul- haq Kichloo, Lovish Sthathia, Abishek Banotra & Baljeet Kour who worked under the mentorship of Dr. Saurabh, School of Business, SMVDU. The story is an eligible nomina- tion for one of the 17 Flourish Prizes that will be awarded in spring 2019 in Cleveland and at regional celebrations around the world. Prof. Mukhopadhyay, Dean, Faculty of Management appreciated the efforts of the students and their mentor. Dr. Sanjeev Jain Vice Chancellor, SMVDU, applauded the efforts made by the SMVDU fraternity in creating an environment. The Vice Chancellor appreci- ated the faculty members at School of Business at SMVDU, who use innovative means to create a learning environment which is con- temporary and relevant to industry as well as society. Dr. Saurabh stated that the learning environment in the university is conducive to research and innovation and he thanked Mr. Taranvir Singh Gujral, Managing Director, TV Super filter Industries for providing opportunity to the students for studying the organisa- tion. SMVDU students innovation story reaches AIM2Flourish, Ohio, USA STATE TIMES NEWS BARI BRAHMANA: Shiv Sena on Tuesday staged a protest against the Pakistan at SIDCO Chowk Bari Brahmana in District Samba. Led by its General Secretary Manish Saini and State Secretary Raj Singh Chark, a large num- ber of Shiv Sena workers assembled in SIDCO Chowk Bari Brahmana and raised slogans against Pakistan. They also burnt Pakistan Flag and criti- cised Pakistan and its lead- ership particularly PM Imran Khan for his pro- separatist attitude. "Pakistan has been raising the Kashmir issue among the member countries of UNO since independence" they said adding that there is no let up in unprovoked ceasefire violations all along LoC and IB in Jammu and Kashmir. Shiv Sena protests against Pakistan Shiv Sena activists burning Pak flag at Bari Brahmana. STATE TIMES NEWS AKHNOOR: A woman was found hanging in her house on Tuesday under mysterious circumstances. The woman identified as Seema Devi, wife of Suraj Singh, resident of Bachyal Jaswan was found hanging in her room. Immediately on receipt of information the Kanachak Police reached the spot but the in-laws of the victim had untied the body and brought her down. Parents of the victim blocked the road at Mishriwala and said that the death of their daughter was suspicious. The police officers pacified the protesters by saying that the case has been registered and proper investigation will be carried out and in case of foul play the guilty will not be spared. On their assurance, the protesters lifted Dharna. Woman dies under mysterious circumstances, family blocks road Family blocking road by placing body of the deceased. STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: 129 Infantry Battalion (TA) Ecological JAK LI will carry out recruitment rally at District Police Line Samba Near Shah Ballor at Mansar Road, District Samba (J&K) for Ex- Servicemen (to include Army, Navy and Air Force), Ex-Women Employees (including premature retirees) of MoEF & CC and State Forest Department at Samba from Jan 21 to 23 2019 for general duty, H/Keeper and Clerk (All Ex- Servicemen & Ex-Women (including premature retiree) of MoEF & CC and State Forest Department from J&K State only. Ex-Servicemen upto the Rank of Havildar till the age of 45 years, retired after Jan 21, 2014 and Medical category SHAPE-1 with exemplary/very good char- acter will be eligible for enrolment. Desirous candi- dates are required to bring Pension Payment Order (PPO), Discharge Book, eight passport size coloured photographs, Character Certificate from police authority, Education Certificate, ECHS Card & State Domicile Certificate. Ex-Women (including pre- mature retiree) of MoEF & CC and State Forest Department within 20 years of service in the respective department till the age of 45 years, retired after 21 Jan 2014 and are in medical cat- egory SHAPE-1 with exem- plary/very good character will be eligible for enrol- ment. Desirous candidates are required to bring Pension Payment Order (PPO), Discharge Book, Eight passport size colour photographs, Character Certificate from police authority, Education Certificate, ECHS Card & State Domicile Certificate. DISCLAIMER “STATE TIMES” does not take responsibility for the contents of the advertisements (Display/Classified) carried in this newspaper. The paper does not endorse the same. Readers are requested to verify the contents on their own before acting there upon.” Recruitment rally for Ex-servicemen, Ex-women employees from Jan 21
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Wednesday January 9, 20194 DISTRICTS
STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: DivisionalCommissioner, SanjeevVerma today reviewed theprogress on disposal ofclaims and objectionsreceived in connection withSpecial Summary Revision ofElectoral Rolls and theirdata entry in the ERO NET,here at a meeting.
The meeting was attendedby District Election OfficerMohammad Aijaz Asad,EROs, AEROs and BLOs ofthe District and other seniorofficials.
The Div Com stressed onmulti-layered checking byDEO, ERO, AERO, andBLO to verify the correct-ness of e-rolls / disposal ofForms 6, 7, 8 and 8A andalso asked BLOs to ensurecorrectness of the e-roll.
He also conducted physicalverification of the rolls, espe-cially where highestAdditions and deletions wereobserved.
He also held a detailed dis-cussion with the EROs,
AEROs with regard to theprogress made on the NSVPPortal, ERO NET Portaland publishing of the PVCEPICs in the district.
He also enquired about thePublic grievances system atdistrict level as well as EROsystem and SMS servicesbeing provided to the newvoters.
The Div Com gave on spotinstructions to EROs andBLOs to verify all claims andobjections carefully and dis-pose-off following due proce-dure so that up-to-date and
error free electoral rolls areprepared particularly in viewof forth coming elections. Healso advised the officers toissues notices where thereinvolves addition or dele-tions.
A detailed discussion wasalso held with regard to errordetecting software DSE, log-ical errors.
District Election officerinformed that there are total4,02,797 voters including12,779 new voters in the dis-trict.
He said a total of 24414
applications were receivedfor additions out of which23412 have been accepted,while 978 were rejected,while 1003 pleas were havereceived for deletion, out ofwhich 967 were accepted and36 rejected.
The DEO further informedthat rolls have been thor-oughly checked to ensure thatnames of all the eminent per-sonalities of the district areincluded and notices areserved while making deletionsand reasonable opportunityto be heard is given in allcases.
It was also informed that around the clock control roomhas been set up at districtlevel for receiving publicgrievances. Moreover thepublic can directly contactthe EROs and AEROs.
Meanwhile, the Div. Comalso reviewed the progressmade under Special summaryrevision for district Poonchand advised the authorities toensure that no eligible voter isleft or deleted.
Div Com stresses on multi-level verificationsto ensure error free electoral rolls
Divisional Commissioner, Sanjeev Verma chairing a meeting at Rajouri.
STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: DistrictDevelopment Commissioner,Mohammad Aijaz Asad onTuesday reviewed the statusof major development andlanguishing projects takenup under R&B, PHE,PDD, Tourism, Irrigation,Flood Control, and RDDsectors, here at a meeting ofcivil functionaries and engi-neers.
Taking stock of PWD proj-ects, the DDC was informedthat 16 bridges worth Rs.27.62 crore and 61 roadscosting Rs. 97.97 crore havebeen approved under the lan-guishing projects for the dis-trict.
In PHE sector, 34 schemesstand approved under thelanguishing projects forwhich Rs. 31.02 crore hasbeen released, while 43 proj-ects worth Rs. 2.31 crorehave been sanctioned inPHE Mechanical and 13schemes worth Rs. 9.48crore have been approved forI&FC sector languishingprojects. Similarly, 10 under
languishing projects worthRs. 1.61 crore have beensanctioned under educationsector. The DDC tookscheme wise review of proj-ects undertaken by differentdepartments and fundedunder the languishing proj-ects and CAPEX Budget2018-19. It was informedthat the work on all theapproved bridges and otherprojects has been started andare at different phases of exe-cution. Meanwhile, the DDCordered constitution ofDistrict CoordinationCommittee under the chair-manship of ADDC to take upand sort out interdepartmen-tal issues. The meeting wasattended by Chief PlanningOfficer, YoginderKatoch,ASP, Liaqat Choudhary,CEO RDA Firdous Ahmed,CMO, DrSunil Sharma, SEPHE, SE PWD, ChiefHorticulture Officer, ChiefAgriculture Officer,Executive Engineers PHE,PDD and RajouriDevelopment Authority andother district officers.
11 bridges, 28 roads, 4 WSSsnearing completion in Rajouri
Two dead as vehicle falls into gorge STATE TIMES NEWS
BANIHAL: Two people were killed and another injured when
their vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a gorge here
Tuesday, police said.
The incident took place at the Chapnari area in the Banihal
belt of Ramban district, they said.
The victims, Mohmmad Shafi Bhora and Shafi Lone, died
on the spot, while driver Arif sustained injuries and was
undergoing treatment at a local hospital, officials said.
Gujjar among 3 drug peddlersnabbed with over 12 kg Charas STATE TIMES NEWS
RAMBAN/UDHAMPUR: Police on Tuesday arrested three
drug peddlers including a Gujjar and recovered 12 kg 200
grams of Charas from their possession.
As per the details, on the directions of SSP Ramban Anita
Sharma, a police party led by SHO Ramban Insp Vijay
Kotwal under supervision of DySP Hqrts Ramban Asgar
Malik and under close supervision of Adll. SP Sanjay Parihar
during patrolling of the Ramban Market intercepted a sus-
pected person who on seeing the police near T-Chowk
Ramban started fleeing from the spot.
During search, about 200 grams of narcotic
substance(Charas) was recovered from the possession of a
Gujjar which was identified as Riyaz Ahmed son of Shams
Din resident of Chanderkote, Ramban. He was arrested and
a case vide FIR No 05/19 under section 8/20 of NDPS Act
was registered against him at Police Station Ramban.
Meanwhile, a police party headed by SHO Police station
Udhampur Sanjeev Singh Chib under the supervision of Dy
SP ZS Wani and overall supervision of SSP Udh Rajiv
Pandey laid a Naka near Jakheni Chowk on Jammu
Kashmir National Highway and During search of a Tata
Indico car (MH02AY-8677) which was its way to Punjab
from Srinagar recovered 12 kg Charas from it.
It was disclosed that smugglers have applied dubious
modus operandi by using car bearing registration number of
Maharashtra state to fool the police for safe passage. Two
persons of District Shopian involved in illegal trade identified
as Abdual Qayum Khandey son of Bali Mohd. Gohar
Khandey son of Mohd Ramzan Khandey were arrested and
a case vide FIR No. 12/19 under section 8/20 NDPS Act was
registered against them.
Man held for illicit distillation STATE TIMES NEWS
AKHNOOR: Police on Tuesday arrested a man for illicit dis-
tillation and destroyed 15 Ltrs. illicit liquor and 50 Ltrs.
Lahan from the spot.
As per the details, In-Charge Police Post Jourian, SI Anil
Choudhary along with his team on a specific information con-
ducted raid at village Jadh, Panjgrain and seized 15 Ltrs.
illicit liquor and 50 Ltrs. Lahan which was destroyed on the
spot. Accused namely Joginder Pal son of Baldev Raj resi-
dent of Panjgrain Jourian was arrested from the spot and
case under relevant sections of law has been registered at
Police Station Akhnoor.
RTO seizes 12 buses, recoversRs 14,000 as compound feeSTATE TIMES NEWS
KATHUA: In a major move towards curbing traffic viola-
tions, a team of Regional Transport Office today seized 12
buses plying on Jammu- Kathua route for tampering with
the speed governors during a surprise inspection.
The inspection team, headed by Regional Transport Officer,
Dr. Raj K. Thapa, and comprising ARTO Kuldeep Singh,
Motor Vehicle Inspectors Vikas Srivats and Kamal Kumar
besides other officials of MVD checked a total of 57 mode of
vehicles plying on road targeting mainly the buses plying on
National Highway and other major roads. The buses seized
were JK02BF 2057, JK02AX 7277, JK02BN 8369,
JK02AW 5681, JK02AQ 7511, JK02BL 0675, JK02AM
1067, JK14D 4922, JK02AS 9055, JK08B 9299, JK02AF
9897 and JK02AP 1575.
In addition, various other vehicles were Challaned and com-
pounded for offences like plying without uniform (1), over-
loading passengers (1), without driving licence i.e. Section
3/181 of MV Act (1), Section 177 of MV Act (6), Section
66/192 (A) of MV Act (2), plying without route permit (1).
On spot fine amounting Rs. 14,000 was also recovered as
compound fee.
Dr. Raj K. Thapa said that over speeding is one of the
major causes of road accidents and civil society, particularly
the travellers/ passengers, must come forward to supplement
the efforts of Motor Vehicle and Traffic Department in curb-
ing this menace and other traffic violations.
23 bovines rescued, 2 Gujjars arrested STATE TIMES NEWS
NAGROTA/Jhajjar Kotli: Police on Tuesday foiled two
bovine smuggling bids by rescuing 23 animals and arresting
two Gujjars, however another managed to flee from the spot.
As per the details, Nagrota Police during a Naka intercept-
ed a vehicle and during search found it laden with 13 bovines
which were rescued. Two Gujjars who were smuggling these
bovines were arrested and were identified as Chand Khan
and Imran resident of Saharanpur.
Meanwhile, Jhajjar Kotli Police rescued 10 bovines from a
truck, however Gujjar who was smuggling these bovines
managed to escape from the spot. Police has registered a case
and launched manhunt to nab him.
STATE TIMES NEWS KATRA: Advisor toGovernor, K.K Sharma onTuesday conducted anextensive tour of Katra andinspected progress on devel-opment projects coming upin the holy township.
He also held a meetingwith officials of variousdepartments to discussissues of the town.
The advisor, along withFinancial CommissionerHUDD, KB Agarwal, CEOShri MataVaishno DeviShrine Board, SimrandeepSingh and DC Reasi, DrSagar Dattatray Doifodeconducted extensive tour ofthe town and shortlistedcivic and others issues forimmediate redressal.
Advisor Sharma also visit-ed the site for Solid WasteTreatment Plant and dis-cussed the project with engi-neers and experts. He alsodiscussed possible bottle-necks in the project and pro-posed solutions. He alsosuggested for carrying outmassive afforestationaround the plant to rejuve-
nate the local environment.During the visit to pro-
posed site for Inter-StateBus Terminal, AdvisorSharma reviewed the projectplan. He observed that theproject has huge potentialfor employment generationand asked the concerned totake measures in thisregard. He hoped that thefacility will help in thedecongestion of the holytown. He directed theauthorities to introducemodern modes of transport
for inter-town conveyance.Earlier, during the meet-
ing, Advisor Sharmareviewed drinking watersupply scenario and beauti-fication of the town includ-ing steps for reducing nonbio degradable waste. Theproposals for developingvarious tourist amenitieswere also discussed at themeeting.
SDM Katra Ashok Kumar,ASP, Naresh Singh andother senior officers werealso present on the occasion.
Advisor for beautification of Katra town, proper disposal of non-bio degradable waste
Advisor to Governor, K.K Sharma taking stock of importantprojects at Katra.
STATE TIMES NEWS POONCH: A public meeting ofthe residents of LoC in Degwarsector of Poonch was organisedby the border people of the areafor highlighting their issues anddifficulties being faced by themat LoC.
The Ex MLC Dr. ShehnazGanai was the Chief Guest ofthe occasion where she wasgiven a rousing welcome by thepublic especially by the womenwho gathered in a large numberto greet daughter of the soil.The public of Degwar andadjoining areas while talking toher described about the theirdifficulties. She was told thatthe public is deprived of manybasic amenities like safe drink-ing water, power supply, linkroad, health and others.
Public apprised her that no
BADP and TSP grants wereutilised at this border areabesides cum majority ST popu-lated area no developmentalwork under these schemes hasever been done here. She wassurprised to know that no toi-lets under SBM campaign isconstructed in this areaalthough the concerned depart-ment has shown 100 per centODF in papers only. Thelabour class people told her thatthey face very inconveniencewhile getting their labour cardrenewed through LabourDepartment. She was furtherapprised that Pacca housesbeing constructed underPMAY are costly for them asthe labour charges of materialis very high and they can't con-struct Pacca houses in thismeager amount. They want
that government should allowthem to construct Kucha hous-es as it is easy to be constructedin this amount and preferablygood during the border shellingas the splinters don't passthrough Kucha walls. Somecollege going girls approachedher with the plea that theycouldn't get themselves admit-ted to the college because of nonavailability of fee as no STscholarship was provided tothem. Public also demandedthat PDD authorities shouldremove HT/LT lines passingnear their houses as it could bedangerous for their lives.
Dr. Shehnaz Ganai, gave apatient hearing to their griev-ances and also assured themthat she will raise their con-cerns with the district adminis-tration and higher authorities.Through the medium of thispublic meeting she appealed tothe present State Governmentto enquire about the things thathave not been done for the wel-fare of the border people. Afterthis she talked to the Distt.Social Welfare Officer Poonchon phone from the spot andasked him to resolve all theseissues related to their depart-ment at the earliest for whichhe responded positively.
Dr Shehnaz listens to border residents woes
Ex MLC Dr. Shehnaz Ganai interacting with border dwellers.
STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: A massive reli-gious procession was organ-ised to welcome Shri SwamiVishwatamanand Sarswati jiMaharaj in Rajouri. TheRath Yatra started fromJawahar Nagar Rajouri andpassed through MandiChowk and Bus stand whichconcluded at SVS Ashram.Shri SwamiVishwatamanand Sarswati jiMaharaj is enthroned asPitadhishwar of ShambuPanchyati Atal Akhada inPrayagraj. The devoteesgathered in large numbers toparticipate in the religiousprocession and rejoicedGuru's blessing.
Shri SwamiVishwatamanand Sarswati jiMaharaj in his discourseshowered blessings on hisdevotees. He preached thatinclusiveness is the core ethoof Santam Dharm and there-fore we should always pro-mote brotherhood in thesociety. He further said thatwe search for God in theouter world but God is in us
and can be realised onlythrough meditation. "Wekeep worshiping God in dif-ferent forms but service tohumanity is true worship",he added.
His devotee and MLCVibodh Gupta also soughtthe blessings of Shri SwamiVishwatamanand Sarswati jiMaharaj and said thatanointment of Swami Ji asPitadhishwar of ShambuPanchyati Akhada is histor-ical and proud moment forentire Jammu and Kashmirin general and for Rajouri-Poonch in particular. He
said, "Swami Ji Maharaj hasblessed the twin-border dis-trict of Rajouri-Poonch withmany progressive institu-tions such as colleges,Gurukuls, schools and hospi-tals". "Swami ji Maharaj hasbrought revolution in thefield of education by openinga number of schools and col-leges including women col-leges", he added.
Dinesh Sharma, BharatBhushan Vaid, RajinderGupta, Subash Sharma, Dr.Shalinder sharma andNeelam Sharma were alsopresent.
Religious procession taken out to welcomeShri Swami Vishwatamanand
Devotees taking out religious procession at Rajouri.
STATE TIMES NEWS KATRA: The innovationstory based on the TV Superfilter Jammu, 'MarkingOverseas by EnablingOverseers' by the MBA stu-dents of School of Business,Shri Mata Vaishno DeviUniversity (SMVDU),Katra, was published onAIM2Flourish (aim2flour-ish.com). The AIM2Flourishactually an initiative ofFowler Center for Businessis an agent of World Benefitat the Weather head Schoolof Management-CaseWestern Reserve Universityand Global Network of part-ners and supporters. Thisplatform assists students inresearch and helps them toidentify an innovation andconduct an interview of abusiness leader using the
UN sustainable developmentgoals as their lens. The sto-ries live on theAIM2Flourish.com platformas sources of inspiration forothers. The creative brainsbehind this story were:Vitesta Sharma, Anwar-ul-haq Kichloo, LovishSthathia, Abishek Banotra& Baljeet Kour who workedunder the mentorship of Dr.Saurabh, School ofBusiness, SMVDU. Thestory is an eligible nomina-tion for one of the 17Flourish Prizes that will beawarded in spring 2019 inCleveland and at regionalcelebrations around theworld.
Prof. Mukhopadhyay,Dean, Faculty ofManagement appreciatedthe efforts of the students
and their mentor. Dr.Sanjeev Jain ViceChancellor, SMVDU,applauded the efforts madeby the SMVDU fraternity increating an environment.The Vice Chancellor appreci-ated the faculty members atSchool of Business atSMVDU, who use innovativemeans to create a learningenvironment which is con-temporary and relevant toindustry as well as society.Dr. Saurabh stated that thelearning environment in theuniversity is conducive toresearch and innovation andhe thanked Mr. TaranvirSingh Gujral, ManagingDirector, TV Super filterIndustries for providingopportunity to the studentsfor studying the organisa-tion.
SMVDU students innovation storyreaches AIM2Flourish, Ohio, USA
STATE TIMES NEWSBARI BRAHMANA: ShivSena on Tuesday staged aprotest against thePakistan at SIDCO ChowkBari Brahmana in DistrictSamba.
Led by its GeneralSecretary Manish Sainiand State Secretary RajSingh Chark, a large num-ber of Shiv Sena workersassembled in SIDCOChowk Bari Brahmana andraised slogans against
Pakistan. They also burntPakistan Flag and criti-cised Pakistan and its lead-ership particularly PMImran Khan for his pro-separatist attitude."Pakistan has been raisingthe Kashmir issue amongthe member countries ofUNO since independence"they said adding that thereis no let up in unprovokedceasefire violations allalong LoC and IB inJammu and Kashmir.
Shiv Sena protests against Pakistan
Shiv Sena activists burning Pak flag at Bari Brahmana.STATE TIMES NEWS
AKHNOOR: A woman was found hangingin her house on Tuesday under mysteriouscircumstances. The woman identified asSeema Devi, wife of Suraj Singh, resident ofBachyal Jaswan was found hanging in herroom. Immediately on receipt of informationthe Kanachak Police reached the spot but thein-laws of the victim had untied the body andbrought her down. Parents of the victimblocked the road at Mishriwala and said thatthe death of their daughter was suspicious.The police officers pacified the protesters bysaying that the case has been registered andproper investigation will be carried out and incase of foul play the guilty will not be spared.On their assurance, the protesters liftedDharna.
Woman dies under mysterious circumstances, family blocks road
Family blocking road by placing body of the deceased.
STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: 129Infantry Battalion (TA)Ecological JAK LI willcarry out recruitment rallyat District Police LineSamba Near Shah Ballor atMansar Road, DistrictSamba (J&K) for Ex-Servicemen (to include
Army, Navy and Air Force),Ex-Women Employees(including prematureretirees) of MoEF & CC andState Forest Department atSamba from Jan 21 to 232019 for general duty,H/Keeper and Clerk (All Ex-Servicemen & Ex-Women(including prematureretiree) of MoEF & CC andState Forest Departmentfrom J&K State only.
Ex-Servicemenupto the Rank of Havildartill the age of 45 years,retired after Jan 21, 2014and Medical categorySHAPE-1 withexemplary/very good char-acter will be eligible forenrolment. Desirous candi-dates are required to bringPension Payment Order(PPO), Discharge Book,eight passport size coloured
photographs, CharacterCertificate from policeauthority, EducationCertificate, ECHS Card &State Domicile Certificate.
Ex-Women (including pre-mature retiree) of MoEF &CC and State ForestDepartment within 20 yearsof service in the respectivedepartment till the age of 45years, retired after 21 Jan2014 and are in medical cat-egory SHAPE-1 with exem-plary/very good characterwill be eligible for enrol-ment. Desirous candidatesare required to bringPension Payment Order(PPO), Discharge Book,Eight passport size colourphotographs, CharacterCertificate from policeauthority, EducationCertificate, ECHS Card &State Domicile Certificate.
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Recruitment rally for Ex-servicemen,Ex-women employees from Jan 21
