Wednesday April 11, 20184 DISTRICTSPolice slaps PSA on hardcore criminal

STATE TIMES NEWSR S PURA: Police on Tuesday detained a hardcore criminalafter authorities slapped the Public Safety Act (PSA) againsthim and sent him to jail in the city.

The district magistrate has slapped the PSA against crimi-nal Sheeter namely Paramjeet Kumar alias Jungi son of DeviDass resident of Dravptey, Tehsil R S.Pura, Distt. Jammuand was detained by the police and later sent to the KotBhalwal jail, a police official said.

The accused was involved in six different cases, includingattempt to murder and illegal possession of weapons in vari-ous police stations in the R S Pura belt since 2011, he said.The cases include FIR No. 78/2011 under section307/326/148/149 RPC, 4/25 A. Act, at Police Station MiranSahib; FIR No. 147/2014 under section307/323/147/149/120-B/RPC, 4/25 A. Act at Police StationR.S Pura; FIR No. 43/2015 under section S307/147/148/149 RPC, Police Station R.S Pura; FIR No.38/2016 under section 364/342/147/148/149 RPC, 4/25 A.Act, Police Station R.S Pura; FIR No. 154/2017 under sec-tion 307/ RPC, 3/25,4/25 A. Act, Police Station Miran Sahiband FIR No. 10/2018 under section 3/25 A. Act, PoliceStation R.S.Pura

A dossier was prepared by the police and submitted to thedistrict magistrate, the official said.

The PSA warrant was executed after making hectic/ sincereefforts and the criminal has been lodged at Central Jail, KotBhalwal, Jammu. The PSA warrant was executed by a policeparty headed by SI Ved Parkash under the close supervisionof Inspr. Bishnesh Kumar, SHO Police Station R.S Pura,Sourabh Prashar, SDPO R.S Pura, R.C Kotwal, SP Hqrs,Jammu and overall supervision of Vivek Gupta, SSP Jammu.

MVD, Traffic Police Challan 20 vehicles STATE TIMES NEWS

POONCH: Motor Vehicle Department (MVD) as well asTraffic police held separate traffic Nakas and realised a fineof Rs 17,700 from the defaulters.

The ARTO Poonch Abdul Raheem established a Naka nearDC office and Bus Stand and realised a fine of Rs 12,400 forviolating the MVD Act.

Meanwhile The Traffic police also laid number of trafficNakas and realised a fine of Rs 5,300 from the violators oftraffic norms. The Traffic Police also challaned over 20 vehi-cles. The ARTO while addressing the press asked trans-porters to strictly follow the MVD Act and observe trafficnorms failing which action will be taken against the default-ers according to law. He also advised the transporters whohave attached their vehicles with schools, to paint them.

One killed, another injured in mishap STATE TIMES NEWS

SAMBA: One person was killed while another got injured inroad mishap at border road area of Rajpura in district Sambaon Tuesday.

The deceased has been identified as 65 years Banarsi Dassson of Hem Raj resident of village Rajpura and injured asSurjit Singh son of Karnail Singh resident of Mawa Samba.

According to a report , A van without registration numberhit two pedestrians at Rajpura Chowk, resulting in both get-ting critical injures. They were shifted to District HospitalSamba for treatment, where doctors declared Banarsi Lal asbrought dead while the injured was referred to GovernmentMedical College Hospital Jammu for treatment. " The driverhas been arrested and vehicle seized" said Police Post OfficerRajpura Surinder Nagra.

750 Kgs of Lahan destroyed STATE TIMES NEWS

KATHUA: Excise Department on Tuesday destroyed 750kgsof Lahan during different raids carried out against illicitliquor in Excise Range Kathua.

On the directions of the ExciseCommissioner and supervision ofDeputy Excise Commissioner(Executive), Jammu Ashish Gupta,the Excise Team Kathua led byETO Excise Range Kathua, VikasAnand, Inspector Excise SanjeevKhajuria, Arun Kumar, SI AmitSharma along with Excise GuardsRajinder Singh, Akeel Ahmed,Samsher Dev and Mohd. Sharif raided the Jakhbar Dambra,Chatyal, Chatrayala and Birso Chak areas of KathuaDistrict to arrest the menace of illicit distillation of liquor.

In the process more than 750 Kgs of Lahan, raw materialof illicit liquor was recovered by the raiding team from Stateland and later destroyed on spot.

Lightning kills 53 livestockSTATE TIMES NEWS

UDHAMPUR: Sudden lightening killed 53 livestock (sheepand horse) in Sankri (Ladha) hamlet in Tehsil Panchari.

According reports, due to terrible thundering and lightning22 sheep and a horse belonging to Mumtaz Ahmad son ofMohd. Latif resident of village Sanusar were killed at villageSankri hamlet in Tehsil Panchari last night. Sources revealedbesides that 30 sheep and goats got critical injuries. Mumtazreported the matter to Panchari Police which registered a casein this regard.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: Minister forRevenue, Haj & Auqaf andParliamentary Affairs,Abdul Rehman Veeri onTuesday inaugurated vari-ous projects executed byAuqaf Department inRajouri on Tuesday.

MLA Rajouri, Ch. QamarHussain, ADDC RajouriA.S Chib, Regional Director,Survey and Land RecordsShowkat Qazmi, AdditionalSP Mohammad Yusuf, ACRRajouri, Qayoom Mir,Special Officer Auqaf, RajMohammad, AdministratorAuqaf Rajouri, AbdulQayoom Dar and other con-cerned officers were alsopresent on the occasion.

On the second day of hisvisit to Rajouri District, theminister inaugurated shop-ping complex at Old City con-structed at the cost of Rs 68lakh. He inspected the shops,other units at the complexand directed the concernedfor initiating the auctionprocess so that the assets canbe utilised properly. Veerialso visited Jama Masjid inRajouri city to inauguratenewly constructed Islamic

Research Centre and ToiletComplex built at the cost ofRs 60 lakh. The ministerthen inaugurated the officeof the Administrator Auqafand residence of Imam Sahibof Jama Masjid. This build-ing has been completed at thecost of Rs 30 lakh.

The minister congratulatedthe people of Rajouri andAuqaf Department for thesenewly created properties andasked for their proper andtimely maintenance.

Later, the minister partici-pated in a function organ-ised by Auqaf Departmentwhich was attended by intel-lectuals, Ullemas and largenumber of local people.

The minister also released2 books authored by Prof.Dr Mohammad BashirMagray namely 'Shahen-e-Shah-e-Jabbal' based on life,times and contribution ofBaaba Ghulam ShahBadshah (R.A) and'Systematic Geography ofJ&K State'.

Veeri congratulated Prof.Magray for authoring thesebooks and said that throughhis book, people will come toknow about life and contri-bution of Baba GhulamShah Badshah. He furthersaid that his book on geogra-phy will surely help thescholars/students studyingstates geography.

Veeri inaugurates various projectsexecuted by Auqaf Deptt

Minister for Revenue, Haj & Auqaf and Parliamentary Affairs,Abdul Rehman Veeri inaugurating building at Rajouri.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: AccusingCongress of having exploitedweaker sections of society forvote bank politics, BJP VicePresident Yudhvir Sethi alongwith Dinesh Sharma BJPDistrict President Rajouri onTuesday said Gram SwarajAbhiyaan (Village Self-gover-nance Campaign) startingfrom April 14 to May 5, 2018is aimed at sustainable andinclusive growth of rural Indiathrough a multi pronged strat-egy for eradication of poverty.

This programme beinglaunched by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi will be accom-plished by increasing livelihoodopportunities, providing socialsafety net and developinginfrastructure for growth andimprovement of quality of lifein rural India, he said.

Yudhvir Sethi asserted thatthis more than fortnight longprogramme aims at a nation-wide campaign to increasesocial harmony amongst vil-lagers, foster farmer's pro-grammes and promoting ruraldevelopment for which BJPworkers must gear themselvesup.

Yudhvir Sethi was speaking

in a meeting of partyKaryakartas held at Rajourithis morning. He said that itwas during Congress regimethat from 2013 to 2015National Crime RecordBureau (NCRB) witnessed17.3 per cent increase incrimes against weaker sectionsof the society. Almost 74 casesof such atrocities were reportedfrom all over the country eachday and out of that five casesused to be that of rape.

Instead of giving people adignified and safe life,Congress leaders concentratedon vote bank politics by extend-ing subsidies and exploitingsentiments of people belongingto weaker sections of society.

He said that in days to comethe first programme will beginwith celebration of Baba SahebDr B.R Ambedkar's Jayantion April 14. This is for the firsttime in the history that fiveplaces connected with life ofB.R Ambedkar are being con-nected across the length andbreadth of India as pilgrimagepoints.

Atam Parkash, BJP DistrictGeneral Secretary, AnilMasoom, Dev Raj InchargeBuddhal Constituency,Advocate Asif Vice President,Ch. Darbar District GeneralSecretary, Sanjay Dutt, AnjuKhullar, Mandal Presidentsand Morcha Presidents werealso present on the occasion.

Congress exploited weaker sectionsfor vote bank politics: Yudhvir

BJP Vice President Yudhvir Sethi chairing a meeting ofparty workers at Rajouri.

STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: Reaffirming gov-ernment's commitmenttowards ensuring durableasset creation in all sectors,Minister for Industries andCommerce ChanderParkash Ganga on Tuesdaytermed road connectivity askey towards peace, progressand prosperity of the State.

The minister was address-ing a large public gatheringafter inaugurating the roadwidening work from ChakSalarian to Koulpur inRamgarh, Samba whichwould be completed with anestimated cost of Rs.1.5crore.

The minister assertedthat durable roads andenhanced infrastructuretops the development agen-da of the present dispensa-

tion and focus is being laidon upgrading and improv-ing the road network inrural and remote areas."Emphasis is being laid onimproving road network bylinking internal roads withNational Highways to givea further fillip to develop-ment activities in the

State", he added. He saidthat the government haslaid full focus on develop-ment of infrastructure andproviding better civicamenities to the people ofthe State.

Later, the minister con-vened a public grievancesredressal camp at village

Koulpur and took stock ofissues of the locals.

The minister, while high-lighting the developmentactivities on the occasion,said that developmentworks of more than rupeesone crore are under processin the area. He said thatthree transformers in thearea have been upgraded to100 KV as per the demandsof the locals. He furthersaid that Rs.26 crore havebeen sanctioned for theroad from Vijaypur toEsmpur and Rs. 8 crore forthe road from SwankhaMorh to Baba Chamblyal.

Responding to demands ofthe people, Ganga assuredthem that all their issueswould be taken up with theconcerned authorities foran early redressal.

Road connectivity key to development, prosperity: Ganga

Minister for Industries and Commerce Chander ParkashGanga inaugurating road widening work at Samba.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: With the aim tocreate employment opportu-nities for the youth of villageKeri in Rajouri district,army organised a motiva-tional and counselling ses-sion on career in defenceservices at Govt HighSchool, Keri on Tuesday.The speaker, a young armyofficer, encouraged theyouth to participate in dif-ferent recruitment ralliesbeing conducted to join anoble and fulfilling career.

The motivational talk wasattended by a large numberof local youth from Keri andadjoining villages.Participants were informedabout the eligibility and pro-cedures to join Defence

Services and Para MilitaryForces through varied entryschemes to include physicaland educational require-ments. Information leafletsabout selection process andthe schedule of recruitmentrallies were also handed overto the prospective aspirants.army has been conductingsuch motivational events toinspire the youth of theregion to take up therespectable profession oftheir choice.

Unemployment is a majorchallenge faced by the youthof J &K, this initiative bythe Army was much appreci-ated by students, youth,teachers and villagers whowere present during the lec-ture.

Army organises careerguidance lecture for youth

STATE TIMES NEWS POONCH: DeputyCommissioner, MohammadAija on Tuesday asked thetelecom service providers toimmediately restore andimprove the network connec-tivity in the far- flung areas ofthe district.

The DC was speaking at ameeting held with the repre-sentatives of various telecom-service providers, here today.

Representatives of telecomcompanies including BSNL,JIO, Airtel, Vodafone andIdea were present on the occa-sion.

DDC stressed on the neces-sity of a reliable communica-tion network in the entire dis-trict for reducing reactiontime of the administration inreaching out to the peopleduring a calamity.

It was given out in the meet-ing that cease fire violations

being common in the area, theintermittent and unsteadynetwork availability coupledwith poor voice quality andcoverage impedes relief andrescue operations besides itleads to various administra-tive deficit.

DC directed telecom opera-tors to resolve all administra-tive and technical inter orga-nizational issues andensurethat areas will havesimilar mobile service accessat par with other areas of thestate.

He asked them, to makebest use of existing infrastruc-ture, apart from creatingadditional infrastructure inthe district.

The DDC set deadline forAirtel and Jio Network opera-tors to improve network com-munication in given graceperiod and warned that inabsence of compliance, the

already initiated CriminalProceedings under CRPCsec.133 shall be madeabsolute. Earlier representa-tive from telecom operatorsapprised the DDC aboutadministrative and Technicalissues being confronted.

Later DDC spoke toCommander 93 InfantryBrigade and asked him toexpedite the process of grant-ing border permissions to var-ious telecom operators.

The meeting was attendedby ADC Dr BasharatHussain, CPO Poonch SevaRam Bhagat, DistrictInformatics Officer NarinderSingh. DDC has earlier initi-ated criminal proceedingsagainst Telecom serviceproviders for their negligenceand causing public nuisanceby depriving the public ofproper mobile network con-nectivity.

Provide improved mobile connectivity or face action: DCSTATE TIMES NEWS

RAJOURI: The School ofNursing and BiomedicalSciences, Baba GhulamShah Badshah University,Rajouri, organised the annu-al oath taking and lamplighting ceremony of the sec-ond batch of nursing stu-dents of its Jammu andKishtwar campus at BGSBURajouri. The objective of thesaid ceremony as per prece-dence is to make the studentsunderstand the relevance ofthe course so as to help themcarve a niche for themselvesin the society after comple-tion of their study atBGSBU.

Prof. Javed Musarrat, ViceChancellor, BGSBUniversity was the ChiefGuest on the occasion. RajMohd. CEO Wakaf CouncilJ&K graced the occasionwith his presence. Prof. IqbalParvez, Registrar and DeanAcademic Affairs BGSBU,

along with all the deans,HoDs, faculty and studentsfrom Rajouri, Jammu andKishtwar campuses attend-ed the programme.

Prof. Iqbal Parvezannounced that the universi-ty with the support of theMehbooba Mufti, ChiefMinister and ChancellorBGSBU and Abdul RehmanVeeri, Minister for Revenue,Parliamentary Affairs, Haj &Auqaf and endless efforts ofProf. Javed Musarrat, ViceChancellor for the allotment

of land for construction ofNursing Colleges at bothJammu and Kishtwar waspossible to offer these cam-puses. Dr. Titty Xavier, ledthe oath taking ceremonyand congratulated the stu-dents for devoting their livesfor the service of humanityand also shared the firstannual report of the school.

Raj Mohd. CEO WaqafCouncil J&K handed over acheque of Rs. 30 lakh for thedevelopment of the NursingCollege Jammu.

BGSBU holds annual oath taking ceremony

Medical students of BGSBU along with faculty during a ceremony.

STATE TIMES NEWS REASI: Krishi VigyanKendra (KVK), Reasi ofSher-e-Kashmir Universityof Agricultural Sciencesand Technology-Jammu(SKUAST-J), UK basedNGO, Brooke India,Sahyog India andNABARD, Reasi organiseda farmers training pro-gramme on 'Agri-entrepre-neurship development inrural areas' for Self HelpGroups (SHGs) memberson Tuesday at KVK, Reasicampus. A large number of

farmers from different vil-lages of Reasi district par-ticipated in the programmewhich was organised underthe guidance of AssociateDirector Extension andIncharge KVKs ofSKUAST-J, Dr.R.K Aroraand co-ordinated by DDM,NABARD, Sh. AdarshGupta.

In the inaugural session,Dr. Banarsi Lal, Scientist&Head of KVK, Reasi saidthe farmers that theyshould divert themselvesfrom the subsistence agri-

culture to commercial agri-culture so that they canincrease their income. Hesaid that farmers shouldtake the opportunities tobecome the agri-entrepre-neurs and by doing so theycan enhance their incomeand employment.

Adarsh Gupta, DDM,NABARD, Reasi said thefarmers that by scientificagriculture they canincrease their crops yieldsand raise their socio-eco-nomic status. B.K Sharma,LDM, Chief Manager,

Reasi highlighted variousbanking schemes offered bythe banks for the welfare ofthe farmers.

Dr. Mandeep Singh,Scientist of KVK, Reasihighlighted various animaldiseases including the glan-der disease in horses andgave their remedial meas-ures. Bansi Lal Kotwal,Counsellor, SBI, Reasimotivated the farmers forthe banking loans and high-lighted various agriculturalschemes/programmes forthe farmers.

Dr. Himanshu Sharma,Vetrinary Officer fromBrooke India guided thefarmers on the scientificdairy farming and horserearing. Mamta Sharmafrom RSETI, Reasi createdawareness on the variousvocational training pro-grammes imparted byRSETI. The programmewas concluded by Dr.SanjayKaushal with vote ofthanks. In this programmeSahyog India officials SherSingh, Mukesh Singh andothers were also present.

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KVK, Brooke India organise training programme for SHGs

KVK officials along with representatives of Brooke India,Sahyog India and NABARD during a programme.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: On the third dayof weeklong celebrations ofRajouri Day, Sangarsh- ACivic Movement for Justice,Equality, Peace, Prosperityand Brotherhood conductedDisplay Your Talent event inwhich essay writing competi-tion entitled: My Vision MyConcern for Rajouri , writtenquiz competition on GeneralKnowledge and DifferentAspects of Rajouri, and aposter making competitionon Environmental Issueswere organised in whichabout 170 students fromvarious schools and collegesparticipated and showedtheir skills.

Interacting with media per-sons Dr. Suresh Kumar,Research Consultant, IndianCouncil of HistoricalResearch( ICHR), NewDelhi who is also the GeneralSecretary of Sangarshopined that for the last fourto five years the movement iscelebrating Rajouri Day andhas made it in real sense a

public event with sole motiveto apprise the student com-munity of this region withthe glorious past of PeerPanchal region vis-a-visinculcating the skill develop-ments among them so thatthey can excel in the fields ofpolitics, business, social andadministration. At presentboth Central and StateGovernments are focusing onskill development among theyouth so that they can con-tribute in the progress of thenation and SangarshMovement is also trying to

deliver its best in executingthe policies of governmentand of our Prime Minister.

Vikrant Sharma, EventCoordinator expressed hissatisfaction wherein theyouth at larger participatedin the events for showingtheir talent. Kanav Badyal,Vishal Pahari, RakeshSharma, Advocate ShokatChowdhary, Adv. IsrarMirza, Ilyas Choudhary,Abid Malik, Ankit Kesar,Bushan Sharma, KushGupta and Amit Sharmawere also present.

Sangarsh holds display your talentunder Rajouri Day celebrations

Students participating in an event at Rajouri.

NYK application dateextended to May 31STATE TIMES NEWS

DODA: Nehru YuvaKendra sought youth fromdistrict Doda, Ramban andKishtwar to help channelisetheir energies and capabili-ties towards nation buildingactivities by organisingthem into volunteer groups.

The youth between theage group 18 to 29, as on1st April, 2018 are eligiblefor applying for NYK vol-unteer ship.

Volunteer groups shall beasked to spearhead cam-paigns /awareness pro-grammes about health, lit-eracy, sanitation, genderand other social issues andmay also be called upon toassist the administration inemergency or implementa-tion of various pro-grammes.

Interested persons canapply online on depart-ment's websitewww.nyks.org or contactNehru Yuva Kendra Doda,Opp. SSP Office and NYKDoda Phone No. 01996-233418, by or before 31stMay, 2018.