Saturday January 12, 20194 DISTRICTS20 bovines rescued, smuggler held

STATE TIMES NEWS RAMBAN: Police on Friday foiled a bovine smuggling bid byrescuing 20 bovines from the clutches of a smuggler.

As per the details, on the directions of SSP Ramban AnitaSharma, a police party led by SHO Batote Insp. NazirAhmed under the supervision of DySP HQRs Ramban AsgarMalik and under the close supervision of Addl. SP SanjayParihar laid a surprise Naka near Nashri, Batote and duringchecking, two vehicles (JK02AC/8717(Truck) andJK02CA/5032(Tata mobile) were signalled to stop for check-ing. On search, the said vehicles found were loaded with 16and four bovine animals respectively. Total 20 bovines havebeen rescued and both the vehicles seized. The driver of thetruck managed to flee from the spot taking the advantage ofdarkness and a suspected bovine smuggler(driver) namelyRavi Kumar son of Shanker Dass resident of Neeli Nallah,Rahembal has been taken into custody. A case vide FIR No.04/19 &05/19 under section 88RPC, 3 PC Act was registeredat Police Station Batote and investigation taken up.

Four hurt in mishapSTATE TIMES NEWS

SAMBA: Four persons were injured in a collision betweenscooty and car near Sandhwari area of Gahgwal in districtSamba.

According to a report, the accident took place at JammuPathankot National Highway near Sandhwari area ofGhagwal in district Samba, when a Wagon R (DL3CAY-0590) on way of Kathua, collided with a scooty (JK21E-5085) coming from opposite direction, as a result four per-sons who were travelling on scooty got critically injured andwere shifted to District Hospital Samba for treatment. Afterfirst aid, all were referred to Government Medical Collegeand Hospital Jammu for further treatment.

The injured have been identified as Naresh Kumar (27)son of Uttam Chand, Kamal Kumar (27) son of Kishori Lal, Rajinder Upadhaya (25) son of Devi Dayala residents ofGhagwal and Rajesh Kumar (28) son of Ashok Kumar resi-dent of Londi (Hiranagar). Police has taken cognisance inthe matter and started investigation.

STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: Reiteratingthe demand of high levelprobe in recent CDF scam,former MLA and NPPPresident Balwant SinghMankotia demanded thatcorrupt officers and workerswho indulged in this loot andplundering of CDF be arrest-ed soon otherwise PanthersParty will agitate strongly.

While leading a massiveprotest in front of DC Office

Udhampur, Mankotia allegedthat some officers under theeye of district administrationare releasing back date CDFletters in order to promote exMLAs, CDF is the propertyof general public and missuseof this amount would not beacceptable.

He informed that there isno existing MLA in the Stateafter the dissolution ofAssembly but in Udhampurex-MLA with help of some

officers are misusing thepublic money (CDF).

Lambasting ex MLAUdhampur Gupta for hiscomplete failure, Mankotiaquestioned him over CDFloot and his long developmen-tal promises during electioncampaign also blamed thatthe amount which has beensanctioned for the develop-ment of Udhampur has col-lapsed due to the failed lead-ership. Mankotia urgedGovernor for high level probeand also constitute commit-tee in this concern.

Scores of partyactivists including SecretaryDhani Ram Atri, Sr LeaderAmarnath Mehra, YouthPresident Jagdev SinghJagga, SC Cell PresidentRampal Bhagat, SardarManjeet Singh, MahadeepSingh, Pawan Sawhney,Chain Singh, Sony Rathoreand Sumeet Anthal were alsopresent during the protest.

Mankotia demands high levelprobe in CDF loot, plundering

JKNPP workers staging protest at Udhampur.

STATE TIMES NEWSPOONCH: A Vishal NagarKirtan was taken out aheadof 353rd Prakash Utsav of10th Sikh Guru, GuruGobind Singh Ji in the bor-der town of Poonch onFriday. The devotees fromKrishna Ghati, DaraDullian, Jhallas, Deghwarand Khari Karmarareached Gurdwara SinghSabha Poonch in the shapeof Jathas from where themain Nagar Kirtan wastaken out at 1:00 PM.

The Panj Piyaras tradi-tionally attired led theNagar Kirtan, in which theHoly Guru Granth Sahibwas kept in a well decorat-ed vehicle. Number ofRaagi Jathas includingBhai Harcharan SinghKhalsa, Bhai RajinderSingh and Bhai DaljitSingh recited GurbaniKirtan. The processioncomprising thousands ofpeople from all walks oflife, stopped at QuilaBazaar where PresidentDGPC Poonch ProfNarinder Singh andParcharak Ravinder Singhthrew light on the life his-

tory of Guru Gobind SinghJi and the sacrifices of hisfamily members. Theyrepeated the views of GuruJi who said that he hasstrengthened the founda-tion of Khalsa Panth (AkalPurakh Ki Fouj) which willsave the humanity andhuman rights.

The next stop of NagarKirtan was College Groundwhere youths displayed themartial art (Gatka).Number of stalls of hotdrinks, sweets and othereatables were established.The procession then afterpassing through NakhanWali Road, Parade Ground

and Bazaar culminated atGurdwara Singh SabhaPoonch.

Deputy CommissionerPoonch Rahul Yadav, SSPRomesh Kumar Angral,Councilor AdvocateRajinder Singh, Vice presi-dent GPC Surinder SinghSaraf, General SecretaryRajinder Singh, JointSecretary Surjan Singhwere also present in theNagar Kirtan.

Prof Narinder Singhthanked the administra-tion, PDD, PHE, HealthDepartment for their con-tributions during this cele-brations.

353rd Prakash Utsav of Guru GobindSingh, Nagar Kirtan taken out

Panj Piyare leading the Nagar Kirtan at Poonch.

STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: NSS unit of GDCSamba organised an aware-ness rally in adopted villageSargal under seven daysSpecial Winter Camp.Around 35 NSS volunteersalong with Prof. ShivaliRattan NSS ProgrammeOfficer, Prof Pawan Gupt,Dr. Ram Singh and Dr.Narsing Dass participated inthe rally. The rally wasflagged off by InchargePrincipal Dr. Ashok Kumar.

NSS volunteers took amassive cleanliness cam-paign in the village Sargal

and also conducted door todoor interaction to sensitisevillagers to keep their sur-roundings clean and makehygiene a part of life. Themain focus of the awarenessdrive was community aware-ness and mobilisation andwill give an opportunity tothe volunteers to get into themasses and seek first handinformation regarding theliving standard of the peopleand the hardships faced bythem in their lives. NukkadNatak was also performed onSwachhta by the NSS volun-teers.

GDC Samba organisesawareness rally

Incharge Principal Dr. Ashok Kumar flagging off rally.

DIC hosts cultural show STATE TIMES NEWS

RAMBAN: DistrictInformation Centre (DIC)Ramban on Friday hosted aculture cum verity show hereat Hill View Hotel Batote toprovide the local singers andartists an opportunity toshowcase these talent.

Chief Medical Officer(CMO), Ramban, Dr. Saif-u-din Khan was the ChiefGuest and DeputyCommandant, SSB,7thBattalion, Ramesh Kumarwas the Guest of Honour.

Local Artists, ShamunMir, Rashid Malik, DivyaBharti, Aftab, MohammadRafi, Kapil Sharma andBishan Dass enthralled theaudience by their melodioussongs in Hindi, Dogri andPunjabi.

Speaking on the occasion,the CMO lauded the effortsof Information Departmentfor organising the impres-sive show. He urged thedepartment to organisemore such events to provideplatform to budding artists.Later, participants werefelicitated by the ChiefGuest.

STATE TIMES NEWS NOWSHERA: An aware-ness camp-cum-seminar wasorganised at Nowshera onFriday by Income Tax Office,Rajouri as per the directionsof Pr. Commissioner ofIncome Tax, J&K, JammuK.M Bali and Addl.Commissioner of IncomeTax, Range-2, Jammu S KSharma. The camp wasattended by prominent tax-payers including representa-tives of Chamber ofCommerce and other TradeAssociations. Some of theprominent participants wereSubash Kapoor (Chairmanof the Beopar Mandal,Nowshera), the Chairman ofMunicipal Counil Nowsheraand prominent businessmen

of Nowshera DharamvirGupta and Jagdish Sahni.

The event was presidedover by Romesh Sharma,Income Tax Officer, Rajouriand was also attended byRakesh Gupta from IncomeTax Department, Jammu.The speakers of the seminarupdated the knowledge ofmore than 200 participants

who attended the meetingwith latest provisions ofincome tax and also request-ed to spread the messagewith other businessmen forwidening of tax base. Thespeakers of the seminar alsocovered the awareness topicsof widening of tax base, prop-er and timely payment oftaxes along with other relat-

ed topics i.e. filing of returnsof income and governmentinitiatives for development inand around Nowshera area.

At the end of the seminar,an interactive session washeld and various queriesraised by the participantswere resolved by RomeshSharma, Income Tax Officer,Rajouri and other dignitariesto the satisfaction of the par-ticipants.

During the seminar, thedepartment sought coopera-tion from the taxpayers torealise the dream of a corrup-tion free India and alsoreminded the participatingcitizens of their invaluablerole in nation buildingthrough proper and timelypayment of taxes.

Awareness on income tax imparted

STATE TIMES NEWS KATHUA: Krishi VigyanKendra (KVK) Kathua onFriday organised a Training-cum-Awareness programmefor farmers on Protection ofPlant Varieties & FarmersRights Act (PPV&FRA),2001.

Over 150 farmers attendedthe programme and sharedtheir experiences on cultiva-tion of traditional varieties.

The programme was inau-gurated by Vice Chancellor,SKUAST-Jammu, Prof.Pradeep K. Sharma in pres-ence of Director Research, Dr.J.P. Sharma, AssociateDirector Extension & I/cKVKs, Dr. R.K. Arora,Director, Planning &Monitoring, Dr. Deepak Kher,Estates Officer, SunilGandotra, ExecutiveEngineer, Iqbal Singh andDDM NABARD Kathua,Madan Lal.

In his address, Prof.Pradeep K. Sharma briefedthe farmers about the benefitsof PPV&FRA, 2001 for thefarming community. Heacknowledged that farmersare engaged in conserving andimproving age old varieties ofcrops and emphasised uponthe need to make them awareabout the benefits of the Act.Dr. J.P. Sharma appreciatedthe efforts of Krishi Vigyan

Kendra, Kathua for organis-ing the programme with theactive participation of farm-ers of far flung areas of BaniTehsil. Dr. R.K. Arora,Associate Director Extension& I/c KVKs, welcomed theparticipating farmers andother dignitaries in the pro-gramme and gave a briefaccount of the objective oforganising the programme.He elaborated the

Distinctiveness, Uniformityand Stability parameters ofcrops in relation to PPV&FRAct.

Earlier, Dr. Amrish Vaid, Sr.Scientist and Head, KVKKathua welcomed the partici-pants in the programme andexplained specific provisionsof PPV&FRA, 2001 includ-ing identification of desirablecharacters in traditional crops& varieties, Farmers' Rights,registration process etc.

In the interaction session,resource persons responded toqueries of participating farm-ers.

A booklet on the provisionsof PPV&FRA, 2001 was alsoreleased on the occasion inHindi language for distribu-tion to the farmers of the dis-trict. Dr. Pradeep Sharmaalso laid the foundation stonefor establishment of SpawnProduction Laboratory atKVK Kathua.

KVK hosts awareness programme on PPV&FRA

VC SKUAST-Jammu, Prof. Pradeep K. Sharma visiting a stallduring the camp at Kathua.

Shrine Board,Safaikaramchari

Union thank CEOSTATE TIMES NEWS

KATRA: A meeting of ShrineBoard Union andSafaikaramchari Union washeld in Adkuwari under thechairmanship of ShrineUnion President Raj Kumarand Gen. Sect ParshotamSingh. The union thankedCEO for fulfilling theirdemands and at the sametime they requested to givethe effect of 7th PayCommission to the contractu-al employees after a period ofthree years.

The speakers from the unionsaid that the union is alwayswith the administration.Prominent among those pres-ent include Som Raj, RomeshDogra, Prem Nath, Khem Rajand from SafaikaramchariUnion Members were SecyDewan Chand, CashierSahudin, Parveen Kumar andManjoor Ahmed.

A resource person speaking during the camp at Nowshera.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: The three daylong awareness campaign ofRegional Outreach Bureau(ROB), Union Ministry ofInformation & Broadcastingconcluded with daylong pro-gramme on the theme 'DrugAbuse And Its Ill Effects' heretoday at ITI GovernmentIndustrial Training Institute,Rajouri .

A series of IEC activitiesincluding drawing competi-tion, presentation of skits andmimes, expert lectures and aseminar were held during theevent.

Principal Govt. ITI, SajjadAhmad Naqueeb, DySPHqrs, Govind Rattan,Medical Officer Manjakot, DrVikas Sharma, Supervisor

ITI Manzoor Hussain,Performer, ROB, JammuRam Lal and other staffmembers were present on theoccassion.

Speakers while addressingurged the students and theteachers to come forward and

contribute towards the fightagainst drug menace.

They said that drug abuse isa curse for the society as itaffects the family and sociallife of the addicted person. Healso enlightened the gatheringabout NDPS Act.

They enlightened the stu-dents about ill effects of drugabuse on human body. Hesaid that drugs are harmfulto the health when they areused in excess and for a pro-longed period of time. Drugaddiction is an addiction if aperson consumes it for atleast two years regularly andis not able to leave it even if hewishes to.

A cultural programme,drawing competition and aseminar were the main attrac-tions of the programme. Thestudents were awarded first,second and third prizes fortheir participation in drawingcompetition. The registeredtroupe of ROB presentedtheme based folk items toentertain the audience.

ROB's awareness campaign concludes

ROB officials along with winners during the programme.

STATE TIMES NEWSRAJOURI: DeputyCommissioner MohammadAijaz Asad on Fridaychaired a meeting of rev-enue officers and reviewedthe progress of scanning ofdocuments, quality checkand up gradation ofJamabandies for digitisa-tion of land record underDigital India Land RecordModernisation Programmes(DILRMP).

The ACR informed themeeting that 349 manual

jamabandies were notified,of which 196 were complet-ed and process for complet-ing the remaining is on.

The DDC emphasised onto strictly follow the time-line fixed for the prepara-tion of Jamabandies andscanning of all pending rev-enue records.

The concerned weredirected to hold weekly andfortnightly meetings toreview the progress ofpreparation ofJamabandies.

Bottlenecks in the imple-mentation of Digital IndiaLand Record Modernisation

programme were also dis-cussed.

The DC directed theTehsildars to identify thespace for setting upComputer Centre/DataCentre /Modern RecordRoom at Tehsil level andalso depute at least oneemployee to NIC to learnthe digitlization and upgra-dation of documents.

The meeting was attendedby ADC Sher Singh, ADCKotranka Ved Parkash,ACR, Mohammad Ashraf,all Tehsildars of the districtand other revenue func-tionaries.

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DDC reviews progress ofland record digitisation

Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Aijaz Asad chairing ameeting at Rajouri.

STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: Councilor ofWard No 1 Priti Khajuria tak-ing serious cognisance ofincreasing menace of dumpingof garbage directly in TawiRiver demanded to changegarbage dumping station.Priti raised this issue beforePresident MunicipalCommittee Udhampur (MCU)Dr. Yojeshwar Gupta on Fridayduring first meeting of MCUand also submitted a resolutionfor its early solution too.Appraising the president andhouse of councilors Priti saidthat it is a matter of concernthat people of the town arebeing supplied contaminatedwater since MCU is dumpingdecaying heaps of garbage andwaste directly in the river Tawiwhich is the only source of

drinking water. She allegedthat be it MCU, PHEDepartment or local adminis-tration nobody bothered to shiftthe dumping station from Tawi.

"MCU is bent on dumpinggarbage at zero Km of city nearJakheni which is very seriousissue" Priti mentioned in herresolution adding that peopleare being forced to drink con-taminated water since every-body especially common personcan't afford to purchaseRO/UV water filters.

She appealed to the all coun-cilors of MCU to come forwardand join hands to take the issueto its logical end. Priti also sub-mitted a resolution to presidentMCU with deadline of onemonth to get dumping stationshifted from existing place ofTawi River.

Councilor urges President MCU tochange garbage dumping station

Councilor of Ward No 1 Priti Khajuria handing over memorandum to MCU President Dr. Yojeshwar Gupta.

STATE TIMES NEWS HIRANAGAR: A one weekFarmer's Field School wasorganised by Department ofHorticulture, Kathua onFriday at village ChhanRanga, block Hiranagarunder the scheme Sub-Mission on AgricultureExtension (SAME) 2018-19.

The Farmer's Field Schoolwas attended by ChiefHorticulture Officer KathuaC.L Sharma, District LevelSMS (Ento) Sanjeev Kumar,Agriculture Ext. OfficerHiranagar Surjit Singh andother officers of theAgriculture Departmentbesides HorticultureDevelopment Officers ofblock Hiranagar andBarnoti of district Kathua.

Horticulture Dev. OfficerHiranagar presented detailsof schemes and incentivesthereon. He stressed on theproduction of organic fruitby way of adopting organicfarming and rejuvenation ofold and senile orchards.Chief Horticulture Officer,Kathua exhorted upon theorchardists to take up the

horticulture activities oncommercial lines to earnadditional income as is beingadopted by orchardists inother parts of the State, heinform the participantsabout the benefits of adop-tion of High Density planta-tion in their fields, he alsoadvised participants to takeadvantage of all the incen-tives being provided by the

department. He advocatedfor taking up food process-ing and preservation activityof the department to theirhomes to encase the skill atdomestic level.

The officer's from allieddepartments will also sharetheir detail of schemes forthe benefit of the farmercommunity in due course oftime.

Horticulture Deptt organisesFarmer's Field School

STATE TIMES NEWS KISHTWAR: An awarenessprogramme was on Fridayorganised by Department ofEmployment in collabora-tion with HandloomDepartment to create aware-ness and register the unor-ganised workers in of thismountainous district. Thecamp witnessed the partici-pation of around 100 handi-crafts/handloom weaversand other trainers.

Assistant DirectorEmployment- the NodalOfficer BBBP, AnoopKumar, Assistant. Director

Handloom Department,Mohinder Pal among otherswere present on the occa-sion. Addressing the partici-pants, the A.D employmenteducated them about thebenefits of registration ofunorganised workers withemployment department. Hesaid that the registeredunorganised worker will beissued a smart card whichwill in future act as a singlepoint for various social secu-rity schemes to be notified bythe government.

Asst. Director Handloomalso spoke on the occasion .

Registration of unorganisedworkers, awareness camp held