Saturday June 17, 20174 DISTRICTS

Girl rescued, kidnapper nabbed STATE TIMES NEWS

SAMBA: Police on Friday rescued a girl within 24 hours andarrested the kidnapper at Samba.

According to a report, on 15th June 2017, a missing reportof one girl residents of W.No 4 Samba was entered at PoliceStation. Over the complaint, a party of Police StationSamba headed by SHO Samba, Inspector Yash Paul Singhsucceeded in tracing the kidnapped girl within 24 hours ofher kidnapping. During investigation, police recorded herstatement which revealed that Sanju son of Sham Bhattiresident of W. No 04 Samba kidnapped and raped her. Thepolice handed over the said kidnapped girl to her familymembers and arrested the accused person.

A case vide FIR No. 124/2017 under section 363/376 RPCwas registered in Police Station Samba.

13 bovines rescued, 3 vehicles seized STATE TIMES NEWS

RAJOURI: Police on Friday foiled a bovine smuggling bidsby rescuing 13 bovines and seized Tata mobiles which wereused for transportation of the same.

According to a report, during a surprise Naka led by SHONazir Ahmed Dar of Police Station Darhal Sub DivisionThanamandi, three Tata mobiles (JK 11A - 6983, JK11A -1005, JK 02AL 6734) carrying bovines were seized undervarious sections of Law and total 13 bovines were rescuedfrom the clutches of bovine smugglers. A case vide FIR No.41/2017, under section 188, 34 RPC, 3/PC Act was regis-tered in Police Station Darhal.

STATE TIMES NEWS KATHUA: Taking a quickaction on the demands ofresidents of hisConstituency, BJP MLAKathua Rajiv Jasrotia onFriday inaugurated blacktopping from Kathua Canalto National Highway viaPatel Nagar Kathua at anestimated cost of Rs 25 lakhin the presence of DistrictPresident Prem NathDogra, City MandalPardhan Vidya Sagar,

Pushpinder, Lokesh, KulbirSingh and other prominentparty workers.

Speaking on the occasion,MLA stated that many newworks will also start in com-ing days which will improvethe system of providingbasic amenities to the mass-es of Kathua constituency.He also stated that in com-ing days the works for blacktopping of roads will also betaken up by the concerneddepartments in order to pro-

vide best connectivity ofroads to the residents ofKathua constituency butothers too who pass throughthose roads.

MLA maintained thatroads are lifeline of a devel-oped nation and key-indica-tors of development.Although, Kathua is a far-flung area with a serpentinenetwork scattered althoughcriss-cross of the constituen-cy, however when he waselected as a Legislator, hehas taken every step possibleto ensure equitable develop-ment of constituency. Withina short stint blacktoppingwork on more than half ascore of roads has been doneand they stand dedicated tothe public and work on otherhalf score of roads (forblacktopping) is underwayand shall be finalized veryshortly. He said that thoughit is a challenge for him, hestill resolves to provide met-alled road to each and everyhamlet of his constituency.

Roads lifeline of developednation: Jasrotia

MLA Rajiv Jasrotia inaugurating developmental work.

STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: Former Ministerand JKPCC GeneralSecretary Manjit Singh onFriday participated in adharna laid by the femalemultipurpose health workersin Samba.

Leading the demonstrationagainst Government, ManjitSingh said that Congressparty will support the causeof the female multipurposehealth workers who are backbone of the health sector.

"The Government especial-ly Health Minister BaliBhagat and Chief MinisterMehbooba Mufti haveturned their blind eyestowards the demands of thefemale multipurpose healthworkers," said Manjit Singh,while speaking on the occa-sion.

He said that the govern-ment's inefficiency reflectswhen employees, who arepart of the government,have to come on the roads sothat their pending salaries

are released.Even as these employees

have worked hard, but theywere not given wages, healleged, further stating thatthe Government should seri-ously look into the issue andrelease their pendingsalaries.

He said that whether it isdaily wagers or female mul-tipurpose health workers,they are forced by the

Government to hold protestsso that their demands areconsidered.

He warned that if theirdemands are not acceptedwithin a stipulated timeframe, they will come onroads in support of theprotesting female multipur-pose health workers. BabbleGupta senior congress lead-ers also spoke on the occiou-sian.

Manjit asks Govt to releaseFMPHWs’ pending wages

JKPCC General Secretary Manjit Singh addressing the agitating medical employees at Samba.

STATE TIMES NEWS BISHNAH: A delegation ofpeople from Village Najwal-Sarore approached NGO, ThirdEye Anti Crime TeamChairman Sham Lal Guptawith a demand to construct theroad and lane drains in theirarea. The delegation apprisedthe NGO Chairman that nooffice from the governmentdepartment is ready to heartheir grievances. They said thatcondition of streets in their areaare dilapidated which needimmediate repair.

After listening to the griev-ances of the people NGOChairman Sham Lal Guptameet MLA BishnahConstituency who started con-struction work in Village Najwalon war footing. After inaugurat-ing the contraction work MLAKamal Arora appreciatedefforts of Anti Crime TeamChairman Sham Lal Gupta forhighlighting issues of peoplebelonging to backward areas.Bishnah Development HeadSandeep Mangotra and otherswere present on the occasion.

NGO hails MLA for earlyredressal of peoples’ demand

MLA Kamal Arora inaugurating road work at Bishnah.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: Minister forFood Civil Supplies,Consumers Affairs andInformation, ChowdharyZulfkar Ali has said thatthere is urgent need to cre-ate mass awareness regard-ing the centrally sponsoredschemes to enable the peopleto avail benefits of the same.

The minister was speakingon the final day of two dayawareness campaignlaunched by the Directorateof Field Publicity, UnionMinistry of Information andBroadcasting, at Irrigationground Kotranka.

The minister was the ChiefGuest and Dr Shahid IqbalChoudhary, DeputyCommissioner Rajouri wasthe Guest of Honour at thevaledictory event.

Deputy Director,Directorate of Field publici-ty and All India News NehaJalali presided over the

function. The programmewas aimed at spreadingawareness among ruralmasses about various initia-tives taken by Central andState Governments in lastthree years with the slogan"Saath Hai, Vishwas Hai,Ho Raha Vikas Hai".

The people were informed

about Fasal Bhima Yojana,Ujjawala Yojana, SwacchBharat Mission, PradhanMantri Suraksha BhimaYojana, Pradhan MantriJeevan Jyoti Bhima Yojana,Atal Pension Yojana, MudraYojana, Start Up India etc.

Meanwhile, resource per-sons and officers of con-

cerned departments educat-ed the masses about variousschemes of their respectiveDepartments. The depart-ments which participated intoday's programme includedRural DevelopmentDepartment, ICDS,Agriculture department,Health Department, FCS &CA, J&K Bank, JKEDI,Govt. Hr. Sec. SchoolKotranka, policeDepartment and PHE.About Six stalls were set upby these departments andJ&K Bank for on the spotenrollment of the beneficiar-ies under various schemes.

About sixteen gas connec-tions under Pradhan MantriUjjawala Yojana were alsodistributed on the spot byZulfkar Ali to the local BPLfamilies of. Free medicineswere also distributed amongthe needy during the cam-paign by Health depart-ment.

Need to create awareness on Central schemes: Zulfkar

Information Minister Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali handing overLPG connection to a beneficiary at Rajouri.

STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: DistrictHospital, Udhampur hasbeen adjudged as the bestin Jammu and Kashmir asper the Kayakalp score-card for patient care andhost of other indicators.

The Ministry of Healthand Family Welfare ,Government of India haslaunched the national ini-tiative called Kayakalp togive awards to those publichealth facilities thatdemonstrate high levels ofcleanliness, hygiene andinfection control .

The main objective ofthis national initiativetaken by the MHFW is topromote cleanliness,hygiene and infection con-trol practices in publichealth care facilities. Theinitiatives also provisionsfor incentives and recogni-tion of such public health-care facilities that showexemplary performance inadhering to standard pro-tocols of cleanliness andinfection control.

The award is conferredon the basis of perform-ance on various parame-ters like hospital upkeep,sanitation and hygiene,waste management, infec-tion control, support serv-ices and hygiene promo-tion.

The awards for individ-ual public health facilityare given to those thatscore the highest based ona set of defined criteriaunder three sub categories- First is the Best DistrictHospitals sub category inwhich the two top rankeddistrict hospitals in a statereceive an award.

The first and second bestdistrict hospital level facil-ities get cash award of Rs50 and Rs. 20 lakh respec-tively.

For small states, only thefirst ranking facility inthis category is awarded.Second under BestCHC/SDH Award catego-ry and third and the lastsub category is the BestPHC Award.

DH Udhampur adjudgedbest on Kayakalp scorecard

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: DistrictAdministration, Rajouri hasnotified mega camps forawareness of general publicon various CentrallySponsored Schemes, StateGovernment Schemes. serv-ices under Public ServicesGuarantee act and provisionsof the Right to Informationact besides grievancesredressal. The camps will beheaded by DeputyCommissioner, ADDC, ADCand SDMs .

On 20 June a camp will beorganised at Thanamandi,on 29 June at Nowshera, on3 July at Sunderbani, on 11July at Koteranka , 14 Julyat Manjakote and 20 July at

Kalakote. The programmeswill be coordinated by BDOsand Tehsildars.

These camps will highlightprovisions of various schemeslike Pradhan Mantri FasalBhima Yojna, KrishiSinchaye Jojna,PMUY,SBM, Make in India,DDUGVY, Pension schemes,scholarship schemes, welfareand developmental schemesbeing implemented by morethan a dozen departments.The camps will also carry outenrolment under schemes. Anumber of schemes aimed atentrepreneurship, skill devel-opment and specific plan willalso be highlighted to show-case the development inter-ventions of Government and

to disseminate informationto masses for maximum ben-efits under these schemes.

District Officers of all thedepartments and resourcepersons will brief about theschemes, objectives, provi-sions and achievements.Issues related to implemen-tation of schemes in remoteand far flung areas will alsobe discussed.

It is pertinent to mentionedhere that DistrictAdministration has alreadylaunched a massive pro-gramme of 112 PSGA campsin this month under which4896 certificates havealready been provided in lasttwo weeks which include 584Caste certificates, 915

Permanent ResidentCertificates, 565 RBA/ALCcertificates, 307 Mutations,856 Revenue Extracts, 233Income Certificates and 81marriage registrations.

In order to education peo-ple about their right a seriesof camps are aimed at provi-sions of Right to InformationAct , public review and feed-back about its implementa-tion and creating awareness.

As a part of ongoing PSGAcamps SDM thanamandiorganised a camp at SaimSamat while SDMSunderbani organised acamp at village Nah wheremore than 300 certificateswere provided by both theofficers.

PSGA, RTI, CSSs awareness mega-camps notifiedSTATE TIMES NEWS

UDHAMPUR: Seven-dayworkshop on 'ScaleDevelopment and Validation',organised by the UdhampurCampus, University of Jammuconcluded on Friday.

Prof. R.D. Sharma, ViceChancellor, University ofJammu and Prof. DeshBandhu Gupta DeanAcademic Affairs, Universityof Jammu were the chiefguests in the valedictory func-tion while Saurabh Aggarwalassociated with IBM SPSSand faculty of HBTI Kanpurwas the guest of honour.Congratulating the UdhampurCampus for organising theworkshop, the Vice Chancellorsaid that research is nothingbut a common sense and theneed is just to apply it.

Prof Sharma said thatresearch must be of high quali-ty in order to produce resultsthat can be applied in real lifeand for that developing a validscale is very essential. Themost important advice whichhe gave is to publish yourresearch work before it perish-

es. Prof. Desh Bandhu Guptaencouraged the faculty mem-bers for organizing such pro-grammes that would help inthe growth and development ofscholars as well as facultymembers. He suggested to theparticipants that whatever hasbeen learnt in the workshopmust be applied immediately inthe research work to becomemaster of it.

Saurabh Aggarwal, associat-ed with IBM SPSS and facultyof HBTI Kanpur, one of theresource persons also spoke onthe occasion who advised tomake use of only one softwareinstead of multiple softwares

and be proficient in that one .Prof. Hardeep Chahal,

Rector Udhmapur Campus,University of Jammuexplained the proceedings ofthe seven day workshop.

Dr. Neetu Kumari, Lecturer,Department of Commerce,Udhampur Campus elaboratedupon the conduct of the pro-gramme by presenting adetailed report where in it wasinformed that in all 25 sessionswere conducted spread overthese 7 days.

Shankar M. M, Dr.Hamendera Dangi andSaurabh Aggarwal were thekey resource persons for the

workshop. In all there were 38participants from different uni-versities, departments andaffiliated colleges. Dr. JeevanJyoti, Assistant Professor,Department of Commerce,University of Jammu dis-cussed the results of pilot studyon brand image and brand out-come of University of Jammuespecially conducted for creat-ing raw data set for the work-shop. She also shared the pre-liminary output in detail interms of scale development andvalidation. The valedictory ses-sion was concluded by JhanviKhanna, Lecturer,Department of Economics,Udhampur Campus who con-ducted the proceedings of thevaledictory session.

Workshop on scale development, validation concludes

Participants along with JU officials during the workshop.

STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: Protestlaunched by the JammuKashmir Medical EmployeesFederation (JKMEF)continueD for the consecutive32nd day in Udhampur.However intensifying theirprotest, paramedical staff ofDistrict Hospital Udhampur(DHU) suspended their rou-tine OPD for continue 7thday. Protest was marked in

order to show their resent-ment against the Govt. andhigher ups of the HealthDepartment for not payingattention towards genuinedemands.

Protestors raised slogansagainst the department andurged the higher ups to payattention towards their gen-uine demands. They disclosedthat employees working withHealth Department have not

been paid their due salary forthe last many months.Employees said that they areprotesting peacefully in a welldisciplined manner till date.However, protestors warnedGovt. not to test the patienceof the employees and coincidetheir genuine demands earli-est otherwise employees shallbe constraint to intensifiedtheir struggle in days tocome.

Medical employees strike enters 32nd day

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: BJP seniorleader and MLC VibodhGupta on Thursday held ameeting with the tradercommunity of Rajouri anddiscussed implications ofGST (Goods and ServicesTax) on the trading com-munity. During this discus-sion trading communityput forth various apprehen-sions before the MLC andsaid that they need muchmore information on theGST.

During the meetingVibodh gave details of posi-tive implications of GSTonce it is rolledout in Stateas well as in other parts ofthe country. While reactingto these views of the trad-ing community Vibodhinformed that this land-mark decision of the gov-ernment will make life eas-ier and simpler as GST willreplace 17 indirect taxlevies and compliance costs

will automatically fall. Hefurther added that revenuewill get a further boost as,Tax Evasion is set to drop -Input tax credit willencourage suppliers to paytaxes - States and Centrewill have dual oversight -The number of tax-exemptgoods will decline. Heinformed the trading com-munity that manufacturingwill get more competitiveas GST addresses cascad-ing of tax, inter-state tax,high logistics costs andfragmented market. Thusincreased protection fromimports as GST providesfor appropriate counter-vailing duty.

Prominent among otherwho were present in themeeting included KamalBakshi, Ranjeet Tara,Darbar Choudhary,Ashwani Kochar, VijayGupta, Vacky Dutta,Gulam Hussain and RajuDutta.

Early GST rollout willstrengthen economy: Vibodh

MLC Vibodh Gupta interacting with trader community.STATE TIMES NEWS

BANIHAL: DirectorAgriculture, Jammu H. K.Razdan on Friday took areview of various farmers' wel-fare programmes at Rambanand Banihal during interac-tion with the farmers and bee-keepers at Thathar (Banihal)and Ramban respectively inthe presence of AgricultureExtension Officers, JAEOs,VAEAs and other functionar-

ies of the department. Duringhis maiden field visit asDirector Agriculture, Razdanissued on spot instructions tofield functionaries for immedi-ate response to the technologyneeds of farmers to overcomedifficulties being faced in agri-culture sector. He stressed onthe strengthening existing api-culture infrastructure andincrease of bee keeping unitsin Ramban Apiculture Clusterselected under ChiefMinister's Project forAgriculture Sector. He askedthe field staff to regularly visit

the colony centres, makeinspections and undertakeproper management measuresfor strengthening apicultureand provide guidance and helpwhile migrating colonies alongthe National Highway and atLakhanpur Toll Post. Hestressed upon the extensionfunctionaries to motivateother farmers also to adoptbee-keeping as an enterpriseto raise their income. K. K.Sharma, Chief AgricultureOfficer, Ramban, SDAOs,AEOs, JAEOs and VAEAsalso attended the meeting.

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Director Agri for promotion of beekeeping

Director Agriculture, Jammu H. K. Razdan chairinga meeting at Ramban.

STATE TIMES NEWS POONCH: Teachers andmasters of Poonch Districtunder the aegis of AllJammu, Kashmir andLadakh TeachersFederation called on ChiefEducation Officer PoonchArif Iqbal Malik whorecently assumed his officeat Poonch.

Teaching community ofPoonch district led byDarshan Bharti, StateVice President andMohinder Bali, DistrictGeneral Secretary metCEO Poonch and dis-cussed the education sce-nario and the genuineproblems being faced bythe teaching community inPoonch district andassured the new chief edu-cation officer that the

teaching community has ahigh hope with him thatunder his administrationthe department wouldflourish.

The Chief EducationOfficer, Arif Iqbal Malikshared his experience withthe teachers and assuredthat he would work for thebetterment of the systemwith the cooperation of the

teaching community withdignity.

DR Dharminder Shastri,District Coordinator,Gurvinder Singh, MohdTariq Chugtai, RameshChander, Jeevan Parkash,Ravinder Dutta, KusumSharma, Mohd Yousif andChaman Sharma were theprominent AJKLTF lead-ers on the occasion.

Teachers’ Federation calls on CEO

Teachers delegation giving away bouquet to CEO Poonch.