Monday January 14, 20194 DISTRICTS14 bovines rescued, Gujjar arrested

STATE TIMES NEWSBANIHAL: Police on Sunday foiled a bovine smuggling bidby rescuing 14 bovines from the clutches of a Gujjar who wassmuggling them.

As per the details, Ramban Police on a specific informationlaid a Naka at T Chowk Banihal and during checking, atruck (JK02 AH 5977) was found with 14 bovines laden init which were rescued.

The driver which was identified as Yoqub Hussain Gujjar,son of Mohd Aslam, resident of Bugyal Haveli Poonch wasarrested and a case vide FIR 05/19 under Section 188 RPCand 3 PC Act was registered against him. The arrest andrecovery was made by Insp Aejaz Wani and SI ShamimAhmed under the supervision of SDPO Banihal SajjadSarwar, Additional SP Sanjay Parihar and SSP RambanAnita Sharma.

Man found dead with throat slit STATE TIMES NEWS

RAMBAN: A 30-year-old man was found dead on Sundaywith his throat slit at his residence in Ramban district, policesaid. The body of Purshottam Chand was found inside hishouse in Ramban's village Chakwa, a police official said.

He said police visited the spot and removed the body forpost mortem. The body was later handed over to thedeceased's family for last rites, he added. Police said a probeis underway to ascertain the sequence of events.

Two injured in murderous attackSTATE TIMES NEWS

R S PURA: A man was seriously injured in a murderousattack in RS Pura area and was immediately shifted to localhospital.

According to information, Kuldeep Kumar, resident ofMaluwal, R S Pura was attacked by Avneet Singh aliasNaagi, resident of Sunderpur, R S Pura and his associateswith a sharp-edged weapon in which he was seriously injured.

The R S Pura Police taking cognisance of the complaint hasregistered a case for investigation. Meanwhile, police haslaunched a search operation to arrest the accused.

Meanwhile, Jhajjar Kotli Police also registered a caseagainst Neel Kumar resident of Jindrah on the complaint ofAshok Kumar resident of Jindrah stating therein that Neelattacked him with a sharp edged weapon over an old dispute.

Two injured in car-truck collision STATE TIMES NEWS

RAMBAN: Two persons travelling in a car got injured whenit met head-on with a truck at Sangaldaan area of Rambanon Sunday.

According toreports, a Maruticar (JK02R 9290)on its way fromSangaldaan tomain market, meethead-on with aTruck (JK02AJ-5547) coming from opposite side. Locals and police shiftedboth injured persons to PHC Sangaldaan, where after firstaid both were shifted to District Hospital Ramban.

The injured have been identified as Balwan Singh (26),son of Sarban, resident of Bandan and Bori Singh (27), sonof Bayang Ram, resident of Barla, Ramban. Police hasregistered a case in this regard at Police StationSangaldaan.

STATE TIMES NEWSRAJOURI: With killings offour heavily armed terroristsand arrests of several otherslast year, an alert police forceand security agencies man-aged to keep in check thespread of terrorists' base inthe border district of Rajouri,a senior police officer said onSunday.

The arrested personsincluded four over-groundworkers (OGWs), who werein close contact with Al-Badrcommander Zeenat-ul-Islam,killed on Saturday in a gun-fight in Kulgam district ofsouth Kashmir along with hisfour accomplices, saidRajouri's SeniorSuperintendent of PoliceYougal Manhas.

Manhas said the policemanaged to foil a number ofterrorism-related incidents inclose coordination with theArmy and other securityagencies last year and tookstern action against peopleinvolved in unlawful activitiesincluding drug peddling andbovine smuggling.

On counter-insurgencyfront, security forces last yearkilled four terrorists, who had

infiltrated from Line ofControl (LoC), he said.

The terrorists were killed onthe intervening night ofMarch 27 and 28, within daysafter they infiltrated fromLine of Control (LoC), hesaid.

The four infiltrators weretracked down after a three-day operation and neutralisednear Sunderbani town.

In another significant anti-terrorist operation, the policeand 38 Rashtriya Riflesjawans nabbed two ultras inJune 2018, he said, addingthe ultras had escaped fromthe valley after snatching apoliceman's weapon.

They were overpowered andnabbed even as they tried toopen fire at security forces atThannamandi Main Chowk,the SSP said.

He said besides these, thepolice and 48 RashtriyaRifles, in a joint operation,arrested last year four OGWsrunning a hawala racket inRajouri and recovered a hugeamount of hawala moneyfrom them, he added.

These OGWs were in closecontact with Al-Badr com-mander Zeenat Ul Islam and

engaged in garnering finan-cial support for the terroristoutfit in Rajouri but werearrested by forces," he said.

The police also detained 11anti-social elements underPublic Safety Act, the SSPsaid, adding they wereengaged in bovine smugglingand drug peddling besidesoperating as OGWs for vari-ous terrorist outfits.

In its drive against drugpeddling, 32 FIRs were regis-tered and 52 persons werearrested across the districtfollowing recovery of hugeamounts of narcotics fromthem, Manhas said.

Besides these, 109 others,involved in different kinds ofunlawful activities includingdrugs peddling and thefts,were taken into preventivecustody on executive magis-trate's orders, the SSP said.

The police also opened his-tory sheets for 46 criminals,involved in drug peddling inthe district, with an aim tokeep a closer watch on them,the officer said.

The police last year alsoarrested 237 people, involvedin bovine smuggling and reg-istered 198 cases against

them across the district, hesaid.

On traffic managementfront, the police fined 12,329erring drivers and collected arevenue of Rs 16,45,415,besides registering a total of116 cases of accidents andoverloading of vehicles lastyear, he said.

On delivery of public serv-ice, the SSP said, the policereceived 7,648 requests forpassport verifications anddisposed them all within stip-ulated period, besides con-ducting 2,454 service verifi-cations in a time-bound man-ner last year.

The police also verified andissued 811 LoC permits lastyear, besides issuing 1,507character certificates to can-didates applying for variousgovernment and other jobs. The police also managed toapprehend 33 absconders lastyear, he added.

The SSP said the policealso held 178 interactionmeetings with public acrossthe district in 2018 with anaim to secure people's cooper-ation and assure them ofpolice readiness to help themin time of needs.

‘Four terrorists killed, several othersarrested in Rajouri in 2018’

STATE TIMES NEWSRAJOURI: GeneralReserve Engineering Force(GREF) has launchedmajor snow clearance opera-tions on various roads underits control in Rajouri andPoonch districts which gotclosed due to snowfall onSaturday and Sunday.

An official of GREF saidthat various roads includingThannamandi DKGSurankote road, BudhalMahore Gool road, PoonchMandi Saujiyan roadbesides several others gotclosed due to snowfall onSaturday.

He added that soon afterthe snowfall, some of theroads were cleared for traf-fic on Saturday late eveninghours while few others were

restored for traffic onSunday morning.

He applauded the effortsof GREF CP workers andsaid that entire men andmachinery of GREF isworking tirelessly in thesesnow clearance operations.

He further said that traf-fic on Thannamandi DKGSurankote road is stillaffected due to snowfallwhile operation is going onat full pace to clear the roadwhile a couple of other roadswill be cleared for traffic innext few hours.

He said that GREF isworking tirelessly to ensurethat snow clearance opera-tions conclude at the earlieston pending axis and trafficis restored on all the snowbound roads.

GREF launches majorsnow clearance operations

GREF men clearing the snowbound road at Rajouri.

STATE TIMES NEWSR S PURA: MLCCharanjeet Singh Khalsainaugurated Lane and Drainat Railway Patri, BastiBhanteen in MalikpurPanchayat constructed fromhis CDF for the welfare of theresidents. The work was com-pleted at a cost of Rs 5 lakh.

Locals appreciated theMLC for acceding to theirdemand at the earliest oppor-tunity. They further said thatthe leaders, whom they voted,ignored their demands where-as Khalsa who did not cometo them for votes earlier, istaking care of their griev-ances.

Khalsa in his address saidthat following the ultimate

motto of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi regardingdevelopment he will continuecarrying out developmentalworks till the last man stand-ing in the queue gets all bene-fits. On this occasion, headvised the people that theyshould select the right govern-

ment for overall developmentand getting the benefits ofschemes.

Prominent among thosepresent include JagjeetSingh Sudan Retd. S.E.,Panch Amarjeet Singh,Jasmeet Singh and RamneekSingh.

Khalsa inaugurates lane, drain

MLC Charanjeet Singh Khalsa inaugurating civic works.

STATE TIMES NEWS KISHTWAR: SeniorCongress Leader and In-charge Seva Dal Chenabregion Sanjay Manhas saidthat by looking at the enthusi-asm and unity of Congresscadres in the State, there is nodoubt that the party willemerge as the single largestparty in the ensuing polls. Hesaid Congress is a strongforce in all the three regions ofthe State because it respectsthe aspirations of Jammu,Kashmir and Ladakh regionsand always worked as a unify-ing secular force.

Manhas said that as theparty has bagged maximum

number of Halqas across theState in Panchayat polls whilclerly shows party will emergeas single largest party in thenext elections in the State. Headded that the party hasemerged victorious in threeStates including MadhyaPradesh, Chhattisgarh andRajasthan as the people choselove over hate and the divisivepolitics by the BharatiyaJanata Party led governmentdeserved such response fromthe people. "People have beensufferings a lot due to lynch-ing and other hatred thingsbut INC president RahulGandhi stood behind the peo-ple and highlighted such

grave issues from last overfour years.

Manhas claimed thatCongress party's win in threestates will have impact onJammu and Kashmir as thecommon man of the State waskeenly watching the develop-ment since the morning to seethe defeat of BJP. "People ofJammu and Kashmir alsowant defeat of BJP and webelieve that Congress willemerge as single largest partyin the upcoming elections as itis the only party, which iscommitted to establish reli-gious plurality in the countryand doesn't believe in divisivepolitics.

‘Congress will emerge as singlelargest party in J&K polls’

STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: A 'BharatDarshan' tour is being organ-ised by CRPF under CivicAction Programme in whichchildren from various dis-tricts of J&K are participat-ing.

Ram Kumar, Commandant38 Bn. CRPF flagged off 15children for the tour herefrom Headquarters 38 Bn.CRPF, Smailpur, Samba.Pertinently, 38 Bn. CRPF isfacilitating a seven days tour,starting from January 14,2019, during which the chil-dren would be visiting vari-ous historical places inMumbai and Delhi. Duringhis address Ram Kumar reit-erated that such pro-grammes organised by

CRPF commensurate thepublic friendly image of theForce and reflects its com-mitment towards contribu-tion in the development ofsociety. He also appealed stu-dents to learn wherever theyvisit. He maintained that

such tours promote socialharmony and patriotism.

The main objective of thismission is to apprise youthabout the social harmony inthe nation and culture, her-itage and tourist places ofthe different parts of the

nation so that they canbecome better citizens. Theentire arrangement of con-veyance to Mumbai andDelhi is being made byCRPF. The arrangement forthe tour is made under theguidance of Ram Kumar,Commandant 38 Bn. CRPF.During the event, A. PadmaKumar, Commandant 33Bn. CRPF, Ashish KumarJha, Commandant 166 Bn.,CRPF, B P Yadav,Commandant 84 Bn.,CRPF., K D JoshiCommandant 160 Bn.CRPF besides other offi-cers and personnel ofCRPF, parents/guardian ofchildren with their schoolteacher/staff were alsopresent.

Bharat Darshan promotes social harmony, patriotism: CRPF

Ram Kumar, Commandant 38 Bn. CRPF flagging off tour.

STATE TIMES NEWS KISHTWAR: DistrictDevelopment Commissioner,Kishtwar, Angrez SinghRana on Sunday chaired ameeting to finalise the skillmapping and developmentplan for Project AffectedFamilies of Kiru HydroElectric Project, (HEP)Kishtwar.

The meeting among otherswas attended by ADDCKishtwar Iman Din, ADCPawan Kumar Parihar,General Manager Kiru HEPVirendar Salman, SeniorManager Civil, R.S. Rana,Manager Environment(CVPPL) Dr. Ravi Sharma,Consultants from Jammu

University Prof. Anil Rainaand Prof. Sanjay Sharmabesides concerned districtofficers and sectoral officersof different line departmentswere present.

A detailed discussion washeld regarding the possibleskill development areas andoptions keeping in view theaptitude, potentialities,capacities, education andtechnical skills of the projectaffected persons. Officialssaid the unemployed youthof the Project AffectedFamilies should be trained invarious trades that are indemand in the marketincluding the project so thatthey can fetch a job soon

after their training.The meeting also discussed

scope of Skill Developmentthrough SKUAST, ITIs,Technical EducationalInstitutions and otherTraining Centres besidesrole and contribution ofAgriculture, Horticulture,Fisheries, AnimalHusbandry, SheepHusbandry, Handlooms,Floriculture, Handicraftsand other allied sectors.

On the occasion, concernedofficers of different linedepartments shared theirsuggestions and other inputsduring the meeting withregard to the skill trainingsto be imparted to the people.

DDC Kishtwar directedofficials to furnish their sug-gestions and scope of viablevocational courses within tendays so that a detailed skilldevelopment plan is submit-ted for further submission tothe competent authority fornecessary approval.

DDC Kishtwar furtherdirected the concerned agen-cies to finalise the skilldevelopment plan by the endof this month so as to ensurethat the skill mapping anddevelopment plan is imple-mented during the nextfinancial year for the maxi-mum benefits of ProjectAffected Families of thearea.

DDC finalises skill mapping, developmentplan for Kiru HEP affected families

STATE TIMES NEWS REASI: In continuation to35 days skill developmenttraining programme onvermicomposting, KrishiVigyan Kendra (KVK),Reasi of Sher-e-KashmirUniversity of AgriculturalSciences and Technology ofJammu (SKUAST-J)imparted training to aspir-ing rural youths here atKVK, Reasi campus.

The programme wasattended by 20 partici-pants from different areasof Reasi District and wasorganised under the guid-ance and supervision ofAssociate DirectorExtension and Incharge ofKVKs of SKUAST-J, Dr.

R.K Arora. Dr. Arorainteracted with the partici-pants and encouraged themfor the entrepreneurshipdevelopment in vermicom-post. He stressed on themarketing of the vermi-compost and said that suchtypes of programmes arehelpful to create employ-ment and income opportu-nities in the rural areas. Healso emphasized on theexposure visit of the farm-ers. He appreciated theKVK, Reasi efforts for pro-viding the latest and needbased technologies to thefarmers.

Dr. Banarsi Lal, Scientistand Head of KVK, Reasisaid that by the applicationof vermicompost in thecrop fields farmers canincrease the quality andquantity of their crops pro-duction. Dr. SanjayKaushal, Scientist high-lighted the method of ver-mibeds making and elabo-rated on the Aesinia Fetidaearthworms. He also guid-ed the farmers on the main-tenance of vermibeds andsuggested them the quanti-ty of the vermicompost tobe used for each crop. Dr.Mandeep Singh Azad,Scientist and Dr. Suja NabiQureshi, Scientist alsospoke on the occasion.

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KVK organises skilldevelopment training

STATE TIMES NEWS BHADARWAH: Like otherparts of the State and else-where, Lohri was celebratedat Bhadarwah with utmostcheerfulness and grandeuron Sunday.

The main attraction ofLohri in Bhadarwah wasthe bonfires which were litin all areas and people gath-ered while singing anddancing around it.

On the occasion, numbersof rituals were also per-formed by people like throw-ing of Walnuts,Groundnuts, Sesame Seeds,Rewaris, Popcorns and sev-eral other items into thefire. They dance around itto mark the end of winterseason and to welcome theseason of fruitfulness,spring and the New Year(As per the BikramiCalendar).

People celebrated Lohrias a festival of the Sun Godand Fire.

At Bhadarwah, the mainfunction was organised athistoric Seri Bazaar, wherea huge bonfire was lit andpeople from all sections ofthe society came together tocelebrate the Lohri festival.

However, to thwart anyuntoward incident, elabo-rate security arrangementswere made in and aroundBhadarwah town.

VIJAYPUR: AshokKumar SSP PrincipalPTTI celebrated Lohri fes-tival with the trainees ofvarious courses. Whilespeaking on the occasionAshok said that today anidea was floated in the mindthat trainees of differentcorners of the State who areundergoing their basictraining and other spe-

cialised training courses atPTTI Vijaypur are awayfrom their homes might befeeling lonely on this day offestival. He said he has cho-sen to celebrate this occa-sion with the trainees tomake them feel happy. Hesaid such festivals are sym-bol of love and spread mes-sage of brotherhood irre-spective of caste, colour andreligion and that is why wehave assembled here to cele-brate the occasion.

Principal PTTI also dis-tributed sweets and ground-nuts among the staff andtrainees and conveyed goodwishes to them and theirfamilies. Among othersInspector Rajesh RanaCDI, Inspector HemanshuSunil Mahajan, SI AjeetKumar and other staffmembers were present onthe occasion.

Lohri celebrated with enthusiasm, gaiety

People gathered around bonfire at Bhadarwah and Ashok Kumar SSP Principal PTTI Vijaypur distributing sweets among trainees.

STATE TIMES NEWS DODA: To frame properstrategy to highlight issuesof National Health Mission(NHM) employees, a con-vention cum meeting washeld at DistrictHeadquarters Doda onSunday which was chairedby District PresidentNHM Union Doda FaizanA Tramboo.

The meeting was attend-ed by representatives fromeach block, active membersand NHM employees of thedistrict.

Tramboo said that morethan 12,000 NHM employ-ees of the State have beenwaiting anxiously for theirregularisation but it isunfortunate thatGovernment is not consid-ering their case.

During the course of dis-cussion, it was observedthat most of the issues arestill lingering on thoughthe union in this regardhas submitted representa-tions to previous regimesand Governor's adminis-tration.

The District NHM UnionDoda appealed to all theNHM Employees for get-ting united on one plat-form to get justice at theearliest.

Meanwhile, the NHMUnion Doda unanimouslydecided to offer and extend

its support to the 48 hoursstate wide protest callgiven by All J&K NHMEmployees Association.

Those who also spoke onthe occasion include DrFarhat from Gandoh, Dr

Yasir from Thathri, AbidHussain from Bhadarwah,Ashwani Kumar fromAssar, Mushtaq Khan fromGandoh, Dr Nasir Masood,Mashhood Latif and DrHamid Parray from Ghat.

NHM Union supports 48 hrs strike call

NHM employees during the meeting at Doda.

Shifting of garbage dumpingstation demanded

STATE TIMES NEWSPOONCH: Members of Sustainable Development andEnvironment Protection Mission (SDEPM) called on DCPoonch Rahul Yadav and urged him stop practice of dispos-ing all the waste of Poonch City near the river Poonch andmake arrangements for proper solid waste management.

"Dumping of solid waste/ garbage near running RiverPoonch is a major cause of concern for everyone" they saidadding that "we request DC Poonch to at least identify a suit-able location to shift the dumping site temporarily till theComplete Solid Waste Management Plant is established atPoonch".

Those who were present and spoke include AdvocateIntakhab Ahmed, Advocate Bhanu Partap, Advocate TahirMahmood, Advocate Toseef Akram and Roman Manhas.