Sunday March 11, 20184 DISTRICTSYouth jumps into Chenab;

body retrieved STATE TIMES NEWS

DODA: A youth allegedly committed suicide by jumping intoriver Chenab from main bridge at Pul Doda on Saturdayafternoon.

According to reports, the 29 years old youth climbed therailing of the bridge at crowded Pul Doda and without givingpassersby anytime to react, jumped into river Chenab.

Reports said that people present on the bridge immediatelyraised an alarm and informed the police. A team of police andChenab rescuers immediately reached the spot and startedrescue operation.

The deceased has been identified as Mohd Iqbal (29) Son ofGhulam Mohd resident of Marmat area of Doda.

When contacted DySP Hqrs Doda Iftkhar Ahmed con-firmed the incident and said that after receiving an informa-tion about the incident, he along with SHO Doda immediate-ly reached the spot.

"The body was fished out from Chenab by the hectic effortsof police team and Chenab Rescuers. We are investigating allthe angles and have started inquest proceedings under section174 CrPC at Police Station Doda to ascertain the reasonbehind this step by the Mohd Iqbal, " DySP added, sayingthat the body has been shifted to District Hospital Doda forpostmortem and other legal formalities.

1,100 Kgs of Lahan destroyed STATE TIMES NEWS

HIRANAGAR: Excise Department on Saturday destroyed1,100 Kgs of Lahan during dif-ferent raids carried out againstillicit liquor in Excise RangeKathua.

On the directions of the ExciseCommissioner Mohd. Javed Khanand supervision of Deputy ExciseCommissioner (Executive),Jammu Syed Muried Hussain Shah, the Excise Team Kathualed by ETO Excise Range Kathua, Vikas Anand, InspectorExcise Sanjeev Khajuria, SI Amit Sharma along with ExciseGuards Rajinder Singh, Akeel Ahmed and Mohd. Ramzanraided the Parso Chak, Chatrayala, Birso Chak, Lado Chakand Banyari areas of Kathua District to arrest the menace ofillicit distillation of liquor.

In the process more than 1,100 Kgs of Lahan, raw materi-al of illicit liquor was recovered by the raiding team fromState land and later destroyed on spot.

Man held with intoxicating capsules STATE TIMES NEWS

SAMBA: Police arrested one person and recovered 80 cap-sules from his possession at Bari Brahmana.

According to a report, a party of Bari Barhmana PoliceStation led by Inspector Mahesh Sharma intercepted one per-son namely Shiv Lal son of Pars Ram resident of Sarore Addafrom Railway Station Bari Brahmana and during frisking, itrecovered 80 capsules from his possession. He was arrestedand a case under relevant section of law was registeredagainst him.

Youth attempts suicide STATE TIMES NEWS

SAMBA: A 22 years old youth consumed some poisonous sub-stance under mysterious circumstances at his home in villageBainglad in district Samba.

According to a report, Balbir Singh son of Bodh Raj resi-dent of village Bainglad consumed some poisonous substanceat his home to end life. On seeing him lying unconscious, hisfamily members shifted him to District Hospital Samba fortreatment. Police has registered a case for investigation.

Man nabbed with 1 kg poppy straw STATE TIMES NEWS

SAMBA: Police on Saturday arrested a drug peddler andrecovered one kilogram of poppy straw from his possession.

According to a report, a team of District Special BranchSamba, Vijaypur and Ramgarh apprehended one personnamely Sunil Kumar son of Bishan Dass resident of villageTaloor Samba from Samba Chowk and during his frisking,recovered one kilogram of poppy straw from his possession.He was arrested on the spot and a case under relevant sectionof law was registered against him.

10 gamblers arrested, Rs 6,500 stake money recoveredSTATE TIMES NEWS

SAMBA: Police on Saturday arrested ten gamblers andrecovered Rs 6,500 as stake money from the gambling spot.

As per the details, acting on a specific information, a partyof Police Station Bari Brahmana headed by InspectorMahesh Sharma, SHO under the close supervision of AshokSharma, SDPO Bari Brahmana and overall supervision ofAnil Magotra, SSP Samba raided gambling spot at Telli BastiBari Brahman and arrested 10 gamblers along with playingcards and recovered a stake money of Rs. 6,500 from the spot.

The gamblers have been identified as Jaimangal Mahto sonof Bhola Mahto, Snail Ram son of Badhri Ran, HarinderSingh son of Mukeshwar Pradhad, Mahesh son of VindeshwarParshad, Bhikhari Ram son of Birinchi Ram, Rambo son ofShivnath, Ajay Kumar son of Shiv Chanda, Shambu Kumarson of Brij Krishan, Parmodh Kumar son of Lalji and AnilKumar son of Shiv Bhagat all residents of P Teli Basti BariBrahmana and were booked under section 13 of GamblingAct in Police Station Bari- Brahmana.

STATE TIMES NEWSSAMBA: Minister for PublicWorks Naeem Akhtar onSaturday laid the foundationof Bridge over river Devika atUtter Behni under CRF to beconstructed at the cost of Rs.12 crore andwidening/improvement ofUttar Behni PurmandalRoad via Mandal at the costof Rs. 18 crore to be complet-ed by March, 2019.

Member Parliament,Jammu-Poonch constituencyJugal Kishore Sharma andMLA, Samba DevinderKumar Manyal were alsopresent on the occasion.

While addressing a publicmeeting in Purmandal, theMinister informed that the

PWD (R&B) is executingworks amounting to Rs. 125crore in Samba constituencyonly. Samba would embark ona new journey of developmentwith the roads that are beingconstructed in the districtunder CRF, PMGSY,NABARD and state sectorschemes, he added.

"These roads would prove tobe a blessing for the lakhs oftourists thronging to the holyshrines in Uttar Behni andPurmandal every year," theMinister said, adding thatthere is a need to maintainenvironment of peace andbrotherhood for the overalldevelopment of the state.

MP Jugal Kishore Sharma,in his speech, informed that

the Centre would soon sanc-tion the road project worthRs. 98 crore for connectingSamba-Utter Behni-Purmandal-Mansar-Surinsarto Shri Mata Vaishno DeviShrine in Katra.

Stressing on the develop-ment initiatives taken by thegovernment, the MPinformed that the work onJammu-Akhnoor NationalHoghway would be startedsoon. He said that constituen-cy wise development projectsare being prepared by the gov-ernment and sent to theCentre for sanction for ensur-ing equitable development ofall constituencies in the state.

Speaking on the occasion,MLA, DK Manyal informedthat the work on PurmandalHospital would be completedsoon at the cost of Rs. 71lakh. The PHC, Purmandal isthe only such health centrethat has an ultrasoundmachine, he added.

Chief Engineer SudheerShah, SuperintendingEngineer Des Raj andExecutive Engineers of thedepartment were also presenton the occasion.

PWD executing projects worthRs 125 cr in Samba: Naeem

Minister for Public Works Naeem Akhtar laying foundation of Bridge over river Devika at Utter Behni.

STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: Reiterating thecommitment of the govern-ment for the overall develop-ment of the State theMinister for Industries andCommerce Chander ParkashGanga on Saturday said thata comprehensive plan hasbeen formulated for up-gra-dation and expansion ofbasic facilities to provide allinfrastructural facilities tothe people and sought theirco-operation in implement-ing the development pro-grammes at the ground level.

This was stated by minis-ter while addressing a publicmeeting held at villageGudwal district Sambawhere a large number of peo-ple drawn from different sec-tions of the society met himand took up their problemsand grievances.

While speaking on theoccasion, the ministerenlightened about the devel-opmental works completedby the government in villageGudwal including 23 toiletsconstructed under SwachhBharat Mission, one thou-sand rupees for pension of

15 widows, Rs 2 lakh to fivefamilies under StateMarriage Assistance Scheme(SMAS), construction ofShamshan Ghat worth Rs7.5 lakhs, 8 hand-pumps,up-gradation of transformerup to 250 KV and manymore.

Minister also inauguratedthe black topping work of 1km road from Gudwal toShamshan Ghat to be con-structed at the estimatedcost of Rs 20 lakh.

He added that an era ofdevelopment and progresshas started in the State

adding that social and eco-nomic upliftment of theweaker sections, downtrod-den, women, youth andfarmers is on prime agendaof the government. The min-ister said that the govern-ment has laid full focus ondevelopment of infrastruc-ture and providing bettercivic amenities to the peopleof the State. Along with oth-ers SSP Samba AnilMagotra, AEE PWD VinodKumar, senior officers fromthe concerned departmentsand a large number of peoplewere present on the occasion.

Govt committed to J&K'soverall development: Ganga

Minister for Industries and Commerce Chander ParkashGanga addressing a gathering at Samba.

STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: The residents of vil-lage Keso Kamore and Pakhrisector Ramgarh held a protestagainst Power DevelopmentDepartment (PDD) over theissue of low voltage andunscheduled power cuts in thearea for the last one month.

Led by Prem Pal Sarpanch,a large number of people ofthis village including men,women and children assem-bled in village Keso Kamore

and raised slogans against thePower DevelopmentDepartment and StateGovernment. They allegedthat for the last one month thePDD started unscheduledpower cuts in the area due towhich villagers, especiallyschoolchildren are facing lotof difficulties. Anil Kumar,Meenakshi Devi, Prem PalSarpanch ,Kuldeep Verma,Ajay Verma and Subash werepresent during the protest.

People protest against PDD

People raising slogans against PDD at Samba.

STATE TIMES NEWS VIJAYPUR: In order tospread awareness among theofficers/officials/trainees,Ashok Sharma, SSPPrincipal PTTI Vijaypurarranged a lecture on theRight to Information Act atPTTI Vijaypur. Ajay SinghSahi Advocate J&K HighCourt was the Guest Speaker.Ashok Sharma PrincipalPTTI Vijaypur welcomed theGuest Speaker who whilespeaking on the occasion saidthat the lecture on thisimportant topic has been cho-sen with a view thatofficers/officials/trainees aremade aware of this importantAct and its proper usage.

While addressing, Sahiquoted various importantrules which are mostly usedwhile seeking informationunder this Act. LastlyRakesh Sambyal Dy.SP

Indoor presented vote ofthanks to the Guest Speakerand Sahi was presented amemento by Principal andVice Principal PTTIVijaypur.

Savita Parihar, SSP VicePrincipal PTTI Vijaypur,Mukesh Kumar Dy.SP(Admn.), Karanjit SinghDy.SP (Outdoor), P.P Singh

Dy.SP (PIO/ Legal Affairs),Ajay Punjabi Dy.SP (Tech.),Ramesh Kataria Dy.SP (S)Raman Kumar Dy.SP(M),Inspr. Ashok Singh Jasrotia,Inspr. Hemanshu SunilMahajan, Inspr KushwantSingh, Inspr. Manoj Bali,Inspr. Charanjit Singh, Inspr.Yashpal Singh and otherswere present on the occasion.

PTTI trainees familiarised on RTI Act

Ajay Singh Sahi Advocate J&K High Court being honouredby PTTI officials at Vijaypur.

55 youth qualify FCIcourses under

Hunar Se RozgarSTATE TIMES NEWS

RAMBAN: 55 educatedunemployed youth includinggirls were given away the cer-tificates today on passingtheir 8-week and 6-weekcourses in different batchesorganised by the Food CraftInstitute (FCI), Jammuunder Central Government'sScheme 'Hunar Se Rozgar'.

District DevelopmentCommissioner (DDC)Ramban Tariq HussainGanai was the Chief Guest onthe occasion. Principal FoodCorporation of India, JammuJyoti Bhatti, faculty mem-bers Prince Anayat, DheerajSharma and Ajaz Lone alongwith students and locals werealso present on the occasion.Each trainee student was alsoawarded with an amount ofRs 1500 per course asstipend and a certificate.

STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: A delegation ofDogra Sadar Sabha (DSS)headed by the President andformer Minister Th.Gulchain Singh Charak helda meeting with DDC Sambain the Distt Headquartersalong with members of ShriLaxmi Narayan MandirManagement Trust andPurmandal/ UtterbehniShrines DevelopmentCommittee for the arrange-ments of the annual ChhariMubarak Yatra from ShriLakshmi Narayan Mandir,Gandhi Nagar to PurmandalShrine on March 16, 2018.

The Purmandal/Utterbehni ShrinesDevelopment Committee dis-cussed the details of help andassistance required from theadministration regarding,transport, traffic manage-ment, parking, security,

water supply and sanitationto include temporary toilets.The arrangements for hoard-ings, Langar by the SevaSamiti, Bari Brahmanaincluding garbage clearanceat the end were also dis-cussed. It was also proposedto ply busses betweenPurmandal, Kaluchak andUttar Behni to facilitate pil-grims moving to and fro andensure that no pilgrim staysstranded at the end of theday and during the two days

festival there.Delegates also requested

for proper and orderlyarrangements to handle thecrowd of pilgrims with dueconsideration to the ladies,children and the senior citi-zens. The DDC SheetalNanda issued on the spotorders to the attending staffof all the concerned depart-ments.

It was also decided toorganise Swachta Abhiyanon Monday the March 12,

2018 to clean the HolyDevika and Temples complexat Purmandal in whichbesides locals, the officials ofall the departments shalltake part.

President of the DSS BariBrahmana Chapter SwarnSingh Charak presented amemorandum to the DDC,while points raised by all theward presidents wereexplained by Swarn Singh.

DDC also appointed T.RSharma ADC as NodalOfficer for the arrangementsof Holy Chhari MubarakYatra. S.C Rekhi, Col Dr. V.KSahi, Kr. Gambhir DevSingh Charak, In-ChargeYouth Wing, P.C Gupta,Kulbushan Bali, VishalSingh, Convener Youth WingSamba, Master ChankarSingh, Qadir Hussain andMadan Lal Bhagat werepart of the delegation.

Arrangements for Chhari Mubarak Yatra discussed

DDC Sheetal Nanda chairing a meeting at Samba.

STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: BhaskarCollage of Education (BCE)Udhampur organised a inter-college competition onEnglish in the college.Theme of the seminar was 'AGate Way to the World ofEmployment' and pro-gramme was coordinator byEnglish Prof. Pinaki Bakshi.

Dr. Chbhra Jamwal,Resource Person was theChief Guest on the occasion,while chairperson MadhuKahjuria was the Guest ofHonour. Students of differ-ent colleges participated in

the contest. Principal ofCollege Suram Chand madethe guests and other audi-ence aware about the pro-gramme. Coordinator of theprogramme Prof. PinakiBakshi make the studentsaware about English lan-guage and its overall distinc-tiveness value in global era.

In the contest, Oshin Singhof BCE Udhampur,Pritiksha of GDC Ramnagarand Shazia Manhas of BCEUdhampur were the winners.MD of College AshokKhajuria also complementedthe all participants.

Bhaskar College holdsinter-college contest

Faculty of Bhaskar College along with participants.

STATE TIMES NEWS KATRA: Minister forAnimal, Sheep Husbandryand Fisheries Abdul GaniKohli inaugurated one dayworkshop organised byBrooke India- an interna-tional animal welfare organ-isation in collaboration withShri Mata Vaishno DeviShrine Board at Katra onSaturday.

The workshop is aimed atbringing together all thestakeholders dealing withthe welfare of equines andto discuss a way forward tomitigate the issues andchallenges faced by equineowners.

On the occasion the min-ister said that the BrookeIndia is an internationalorganisation dedicated toimproving the lives of work-ing horses, donkeys andmules in some of the world'spoorest communities.

Hailing the efforts of theorganisation for taking care

of equines dedicatedly, theminister said that this inter-national charity is dedicatedto change the lives of work-ing equines and their own-ers. He said the organisa-tion is working in 10 statescovering approximatelythree lakh equines.

The minister said that theorganization works holisti-cally for the betterment ofthese equines in the sustain-able manner through advo-cacy, community engage-ment and veterinary serviceprovision. He said the dedi-

cated field teams of theorganisation are taking careof equines in most challeng-ing conditions at brickkilns, in villages, Tangastands, in urban areas, highaltitude pilgrims' andtourist sites.

Commissioner/SecretaryAnimal, Sheep Husbandryand Fisheries R. K. Bhagat,Director Animal HusbandryJammu, Chief ExecutiveOfficer, Brooke India, sen-ior officers of SMVDSB anda large number of equineowners were present.

J&K ranks second in equine population: Kohli

Minister for Animal, Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries AbdulGani Kohli speaking during the workshop at Katra.

Contractors protest non-release of payments

STATE TIMES NEWSRAMBAN: ContractorsAssociation Ramban onSaturday staged a protestagainst the StateGovernment and govern-ment departments for non-release of their payments forthe last ten years.

Speaking on the occasion,Association Vice PresidentSham Singh Katoch saidthat the government is notreleasing our pending billssince long time which forcedus to boycott all tenders anddevelopmental projects.

Accusing the governmentof being insensitive towardsthem, Katoch said that thisinjustice will not be toleratedfurther and we will intensifyour protest till our demandsare fulfilled. Farooq Katochdemanded from the govern-ment to immediately releasethe payment as the contrac-tors are continuously underloss for the negligent atti-tude of the government.

STATE TIMES NEWS BISHNAH: NGO, Third EyeAnti Crime Team honouredDySP Surinder Choudhary on

his transfer. Chairman of the NGO, Sham

Lal Gupta honoured Dy SPwith shawl and picture of MataVaishno Devi. Gupta saidbeyond Dy SP he worked as asocial worker in field and madeplace in everyone's heart. Hefought against criminals andmade a record in JKP byarresting the drug/heroin ped-dlers. Gupta also welcomednewly appointed DySP SourabPrasher and hoped that he willcontinue to work with the samespirit in field. State Presidentof J&K Sahil Gupta, Rakesh,Sushil, Ravi,Sunny and manyothers were present on theoccasion.

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NGO bids farewell to outgoing SDPO

NGO team handing over picture of Mata Vaishno Devi tooutgoing SDPO Surinder Choudhary.

STATE TIMES NEWS KATHUA: NirmalChoudhary assumed office asChief Education Officer,Kathua relieving TarsaimRaj Principal DIET Basohliof additional charge.

On his joining the ChiefEducation Officer NirmalChoudhary was warmly wel-comed by a large number ofpeople of Kathua and adjoin-ing areas including officers/officials from EducationDepartment. Principals,DEPO Aruna Sharma andDeputy CEO Prem Singhaccorded warm welcome to

the new incumbent whileManohar Khajuria intro-duced the staff members tothe new CEO.

The Chief EducationOfficer held introductorymeeting with officers/ officialsof the office. While addressingthe meeting he stressed forworking with dedication andzeal for betterment of stu-dents and society.

After assuming the charge,the CEO visited the venue ofHoI's training where headdressed the participantsand motivated them to workfor better results.

Nirmal takes overas CEO Kathua

Nirmal Choudhary assuming office at Kathua.