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Uniform pattern of JK Police being modified: Veeri Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: No tangible results can be achieved without the police-civilian coordination. Police should create a sense of confidence in the society so that people, considering police their friend, always extend.....more College student’s body recovered from jungle Excelsior Correspondent RAMNAGAR, Dec 13: Mystery shrouds the death of a college student whose body was recovered from jungle near Chowki Jandrota village under Ramnagar police jurisdiction today.........more Action Committee stages demonstration, demands restoration of Temple land Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: Action Committee (a conglomeration of various social, religious, political, and trade organizations) of Pipleshwar Shiv Mandir, Company Bagh staged a demonstration in front of Divisional Commissioner’s Office to register the protest against the demolition of Temple near River Tawi by the administration.........more PoK refugees move HC for settlement of claims Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: A writ petition has been filed in the State High Court here by SOS— an organisation of. .....more 2
killed, 15 injured Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: Two persons were killed and 15 others injured in separate road accidents. Police spokesman said that two persons were killed ...more |
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JKVM expresses concern over increasing attacks on minorities in Valley Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: Jammu and Kashmir Vichar Manch (JKVM) has expressed grave concern over the increasing terrorist attacks on the minorities in Kashmir Valley.........more Sayyed Mir Qasim’s death condoled Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: Different political parties and leaders have condoled the death of former Chief Minister of J&K State Sayyed Mir Qasim, who passed away yesterday after a brief illness. A condolence meeting in this connection . .................more PHE’s defunct schemes being remodelled Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: A comprehensive Plan for remodelling of outdated and defunct Water Supply Schemes has been formulated for hilly districts of Doda in Jammu division. The work on the plan costing Rs. 63.25 crore has been earmarked.This was stated at a revie. ..........more J&K College Teachers Association holds meeting Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: J&K College Teachers Association convened meeting of its executive council in the Government College for Women Parade under the chairmanship of its president Dr Vijay K Sharma. The members deliberated at length over the issue confronting the college teachers particularly in light of the apathetic disposition of the Government. ....more |
Uniform pattern of JK Police being modified: Veeri Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: No tangible results can be achieved without the police-civilian coordination. Police should create a sense of confidence in the society so that people, considering police their friend, always extend their helping hand to achieve better results in the field of law and order. This was stated by the Minister of State for Home A. R. Veeri while presiding over a review meeting of Police Department, Jammu Range here today. He said that though police are engaged in multipronged activities, yet they have to be alert to face unforeseen eventualities. Mr. Veeri said that the real test of a police officer can be judged by his efficiency to handle sensitive things in odd situations. Police have more vital role to play and they should be very careful while dealing with the militants operations and utmost efforts should be made that no innocent was killed or harassed, Mr. Veeri added. Mr. Veeri issued instructions to the IGP, Jammu to initiate steps to form citizen councils at the tehsil level involving police, civilians and officers of civil administration so that the local issues could be resolved at that level. The Minister appealed to the officers to work with more zeal and dedication and come upto the expectations of the society. He remembered the numerous sacrifices given by the police force during the turmoil period. Mr. Veeri said that necessary orders would be issued to modify the uniform pattern of police force so that a visible distinction could be made between police forces and other departments like forest, excise, etc who are also using the uniforms of same colours. Earlier the Inspector General of Police, Dr. S. P. Vaid briefed the Minister on law and order and other related issues and problems being faced by the police department. He gave data of recent successes achieved by the police in Jammu region. Dr. Vaid informed that a substantial decrease in civilian killings during militant actions has been recorded in recent months. The IG said that police force is mainly depending on the constabulary and this category needs to be provided improved facilities and a good environment so that they perform in more responsive and professional way, in the changed scenarion, he added. Senior Superintendents of Police of different districts, areas also gave feed back of their respective areas. |
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College student’s body recovered from jungle Excelsior Correspondent RAMNAGAR, Dec 13: Mystery shrouds the death of a college student whose body was recovered from jungle near Chowki Jandrota village under Ramnagar police jurisdiction today. The victim has been identified as Babu Ram (22), son of Ramesh Chander of Chowki Jandrota near Ghorarhi in Ramanagar. The victim was a student of BSc Part-I in Degree College, Udhampur. He was missing since December 7. The family members were searching for him and a missing report was lodged with the Ramnagar police by the father of the victim on Dec 9. Reports said that victims’ family had a clash with their neighbourers Ishar Dass, Shanker Dass and their sons over a minor land dispute on Dec 7 and late in the evening the boy went missing. After long search as the boy could not be traced, the victims’ father told police that they suspect hand of the neighbourers behind the case. After long search, the police and villagers recovered the body today in semi-naked condition from the nearby jungle. Boy was clad in trousers and his shift and sweater were lying at some distance. The police also recovered some poisonous substance and suicide note from the site. DSP Dar, Y M Kitchloo, DSP Romesh Kotwal and SHO Ramanagar also reached the spot. The body was shifted to Ramnagar hospital where a medical board comprising Dr Farooq, Dr Hoshiyar Singh and Dr Rajesh Gupta conducted the postmortem. The Police registered a case under section 174 CrPC and launched inquest proceedings. One member of the neighbourers’ family was also lifted for questioning in this connection. The police said that suicide note will be sent to hand-writing experts. The investigation was in progress. |
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Action Committee stages demonstration, demands restoration of Temple land Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: Action Committee (a conglomeration of various social, religious, political, and trade organizations) of Pipleshwar Shiv Mandir, Company Bagh staged a demonstration in front of Divisional Commissioner’s Office to register the protest against the demolition of Temple near River Tawi by the administration. The demonstrators with placards in their hands shouted slogans against the Government and demanded immediate restoration of the land to the Temple Committee. They were led by the Committee chairman, Inderjit Khajuria. The demonstrators warned to intensify the agitation in case the Jammu Club takes the possession of the land and constructs a casino there. Addressing the demonstrators Mr Khajuria warned that the people of Jammu will not tolerate opening of casinos by demolishing the religious places. He also made a strong dig at the Jammu Club administration and warned that the Committee will not allow to function the Club in case its administration indulges in interfering in the religious affairs of Hindus. He said the administration has played with the sentiments of the people by getting the decades old Shiv Temple demolished. He said the Temple Committee was ready to deposit the developmental charges of the land provided it is handed over to the Committee. He said the people of Jammu have never tolerated any interference in religious affairs and this was proved during this year’s Amarnath Yatra when they made the Government to bow before their stand and did not allow it to curtail the yatra duration. He in an appeal to the heads of all religious, social, trade and political organisations urged them to exhibit that sort of unity once again. Besides the Sadhu Samaj, the representatives of Bus Stand Traders Association, Below Gumat Traders and Residents Association, Municipal Market Association, Gandhi Nagar Welfare Association, Brahmin Sabha, Rajput Sabha, Mahajan Sabha, Khatri Association, Guru Ravi Dass Sabha, Dogra Liberation Front, National Peace Front, Jammu State Morcha, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Jammu Youth Welfare Association, Wrestling Association, Hindu Raksha Samiti, Bajrang Dal, Sanatan Dharam Sabha, Brahmin Sabha and J&K Vichar Manch participated in today’s demonstration. Later a memorandum was also submitted to Governor, Lt. Gen. S K Sinah by the Action Committee. Besides demanding the intervention of Governor in the matter, the memorandum urged him to issue directives to the concerned authorities to handover the piece of land to the Hindus so that it can be used for religious purposes. It further demanded a high level probe into the police action , use of excessive force and demolition of the temple. The memorandum said that the Government has already regularized the land possessed by the people in the State under the Roshni scheme after charging the development cost from them and hence this land measuring over four kanals be also regularized to the Mandir Committee and the Akhara. |
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PoK refugees move HC for settlement of claims Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: A writ petition has been filed in the State High Court here by SOS— an organisation of PoK refugees, demanding settlement of their unsettled issues. These refugees had migrated to Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of India in the wake of partition of the country in 1947. The petition was listed for admission today, but adjourned in view of the suspension of work by Bar Association to mourn the death of Advocate Avtar Singh. The petitioner- organisation claimed that it represents the uprooted people of district Mirpur, Muzafarabad and two-third of Poonch district and has been working for their welfare. In the petition it has been stated that despite approaching the authorities many a times for settling various unsettled issues, no steps have been taken. In the petition filed through Advocate Sunil Sethi, it was prayed for issuance of directions to the State of J&K and Union of India for the settlement of their unsettled claims on the ground that the respondents are under legal obligation to treat the refugees of PoK at par or rather better footing than Kashmiri migrants and accord them all benefits and advantages which have been denied to PoK refugees during the past 50 years. |
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2 killed, 15 injured in road accidents Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: Two persons were killed and 15 others injured in separate road accidents. Police spokesman said that two persons were killed and 15 persons received injuries in separate road accidents and rushed to hospital. The deceased have been identified as Kamal Singh, son of Talab Singh of Kathua and Hussain Ali, son of Chirag Din of Jhajjar Kotli. The injured are Davinder Singh, Manjeet Kour, wife of Gurbachan Singh of Simbal Morh, Gori Shankar of Shiv Nagar, Amrik Singh, son of Santosh Singh of Sainik Colony, Ashok Kumar alias Rinku, son of Sudarshan of Railway Colony, Kamal Singh, son of Talab Singh of Kathua, Zakir Hussain, son of Mohd Akram of Loyal, Hussain Din, son of Raj Mohd, Asha Devi, wife of Abdul Sobhan of Loran, Farooq Ahmed, son of Abdul Rashid of Nagrota, Wahab Din, son of Faquir Ahmed of Jhajjar Kotli and Sharaf Mohd, son of Jamal Ali of Nandni. Meanwhile, a woman—Safia, wife of Sakeel Ahmad of Mohalla Dalpatian allegedly consumed poisonous substance at her residence. She was rushed to Government Medical College Hospital when spotted unconscious by family members. Doctors immediately provided her stomach wash treatment followed by other medicare. Her condition was stated to be out of danger when reports last came in. It could not be ascertained as to whether she intentionally consumed poison or swallowed the same mistakenly. |
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JKVM expresses concern over increasing attacks on minorities in Valley Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: Jammu and Kashmir Vichar Manch (JKVM) has expressed grave concern over the increasing terrorist attacks on the minorities in Kashmir Valley. In a statement issued here, today the Manch strongly condemned the militants attack on Tej Krishan Bhat of Noorpora (Tral) who succumbed to his injuries in Soura Medical Institute on December 11. It said Mr Bhat was attacked by the terrorists in Awantiproa in South Kashmir during the broad day light on December 3. It said in another related incident in Lalpora village of Kupwara district in North Kashmir a young boy Rinkoo was called out of sole non Muslim house and shot on the spot by terrorists. This clearly indicates a worsening security scenario in the Valley, the handout added. It said for the last one month since when reduction in troops has been in operation the security has gone from bad to worse. During this time terrorists pointedly attacked a Dangiwacha village inhabited by some KP families in South Kashmir but the minorities were saved with the presence of mind by a policeman. There has been a marked increase in terrorists strikes with deadly consequences, it added. It further said the continuous attacks on minorities still living in Valley raises serious concern for their security. "We wonder weather these attacks have any relation to the recent statement of the Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Minister that 1300 KP families of exiled Hindus are ready to return", it added. The Manch has also condemned the utterances of National Conference patron and former Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah that the exiled minority Hindus were asked by the former Governor, Mr Jagmohan to leave the Valley which is contrary to facts as well as the earlier utterances of Dr Abdullah himself. It said the NC may change its stands viz- a -viz any party or conglomerate in Kashmir but that should not be used to mutilate the facts of ethnic cleansing that led to the exile of the Kashmiri minorities of which Dr Abdullah is well aware. The JKVM said there is need for enhancing the security arrangements of minorities by deploying the Central security personnel to prevent terrorists from targeting them. |
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Sayyed Mir Qasim’s death condoled Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: Different political parties and leaders have condoled the death of former Chief Minister of J&K State Sayyed Mir Qasim, who passed away yesterday after a brief illness. A condolence meeting in this connection was held at Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters, Shahidi Chowk Jammu, wherein rich tributes were paid to the departed soul. Deputy Chief Minister Pt Mangat Ram Sharma, who presided over the meeting, described Mir Qasim as founding father of Congress party in the State. In his death, J&K has lost a noble soul and the void created due to his demise would hardly be filled, he added. The meet also observed a two-minutes silence and prayed the Almighty for peace to the departed soul. Prominent among those who attended the meeting, included, Ayub Khan, Ch Mohd Aslam, Dharam Paul Sharma, Parduman Singh, G M Mir Poonchi, Gulchain Singh Charak, Mula Ram, Raman Bhalla, Sham Sharma, Farida Mir, Thakur Hari Singh, Shiv Dev Singh, Kanta Bhan, Khem Lata Wakhloo, Indu Pawar, Om Chopra, Subash Gupta, Swaran Lata, Balwinder Singh Sambyal, Ravinder Sharma, Ashok Sharma, Arvinder Singh Micky, Ashwani Puri, and others. A condolence meeting was held by J&K People’s Democratic Party at the party headquarters in Jammu, under the chairmanship of Rangil Singh. Participants of the meet expressed grief over the death of Sayyed Mir Qasim and conveyed their sympathies with the bereaved family. The meet also observed a two-minute silence for peace to the departed soul. Prominent among those who attended the meeting, included, Master Tassaduq Hussain, M S Tariq, Daman Bhasin, Romesh Mottan, Bilal Lodhi, Shanti Devi, Baldev Slathia, Surjeet Kour and others. Former Union Minister and senior BJP leader Prof Chaman Lal Gupta has also expressed his grief over the sad demise of Sayyed Mir Qasim. In a press statement, Prof Gupta said that the services of Mir Qasim would be remembered for a long time, especially his role in removing some barriers between the State and rest of the country. To condole the demise of Sayyed Mir Qasim, Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party convened an emergency meeting at the party headquarters under the chairmanship of Sardar Mushtaq Ahmed Khan, State president. Paying rich tributes to the departed soul, speakers said that besides a great nationalist, Mir Qasim was also a very noble person and his death has created a vacuum in the State polity. Nationalist Congress Party held a meeting under the chairmanship of Thakur Randhir Singh and expressed grief and shock over the death of Sayyed Mir Qasim. Terming Mir Qasim as great visionary, true secular and man of principles, the meet observed a two-minutes silence and prayed for peace to the departed soul. Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Youth Congress has also condoled the death of Mir Qasim. Paying tributes to the departed soul, PYC has described Mir Qasim as a founder of Congress in the State who enjoyed great respect amongst people of J&K. Prominent among those who attended the meeting, included Kamal Anand, Ravi Singh Slathia, Vikram Malhotra, Blawant Kumar, Babal Gupta, Ashwani Puri, Tirth Ram Bhagat, Neeraj Gupta and others. While condoling the demise, Mufti-e-Azam, Moulana Mufti Mohammed Bashir-ud-Din Ahmed has said that Mir Qasim was a great politician of high caliber. He will be remembered for all times to come because of his good works and deeds, he added. District Congress Committee, Doda, held a meeting under the chairmanship of Naresh Gupta wherein death of Sayyed Mir Qasim was condoled. The meet paid rich tributes to the departed leader and recalled the services of former Chief Minister and founding father of Congress in the State. Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Mr Wani in a meeting of the Party workers held at Doda today paid tributes to former Chief Minister and prayed for peace to the departed soul. OBC Cell of J&K Pradesh Congress Committee, Jammu held a condolence meeting under the chairmanship of Madan Lal Kashyap wherein rich tributes were paid to Sayyed Mir Qasim. Participants of the meet recalled the great services and social works done by the ex- Chief Minister who served the Congress party in various capacities. A meeting of Congress workers was held at Vijay Pur under the chairmanship of Asheesh Sharma, secretary PYC, wherein rich tributes were paid to Sayyed Mir Qasim. Those who attended the meeting included Capt Amarnath, Dr Buti Ram Bhagat, Rishpal Singh, Anil Jamwal and others. The Church in Jammu and Kashmir has also expressed its profound grief at the sad demise of Sayyed Mir Qasim. Special prayers were offered for the departed soul. Dr Peter Celestine, Bishop of Jammu-Srinagar Diocese, termed Mir Qasim as jewel of J&K and recalled his services towards people of the State. The principles set by Mir Qasim would remain a constant source of insipiration for other politicians and people of the State, he said To mourn the demise of ex-Chief Minister Sayyed Mir Qasim and world famous singer and dancer M S Subhalaxmi, a condolence meeting was held in the morning assembly of Shiksha Niketan Higher Secondary School. A two-minute silence was also observed to pray for peace to the departed souls. |
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PHE’s defunct schemes being remodelled Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: A comprehensive Plan for remodelling of outdated and defunct Water Supply Schemes has been formulated for hilly districts of Doda in Jammu division. The work on the plan costing Rs. 63.25 crore has been earmarked. This was stated at a review meeting of engineers and functionaries of PHE and Irrigation Department here today. The meeting was chaired by Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Qazi Mohammad Afzal. The Minister also took stock of the follow up action of his instructions and public commitments made during his recent tour to Doda district. It was Stated that the remodelling plan includes augmentation of drinking water facilities in Banihal, Ramban, Batote, Bhaderwah, Kishtwar and Doda areas. The Minister directed the authorities to dovetail the efforts for augmentation of drinking water in the scarce areas. Threadbare discussion was held over the priorities for implementation of the Plan and several discussions were taken in the meeting these include speeding up of the executive work, completion of codal procedures in a transparent manner and prioritisation of works. The Chief Engineer, PHE, Jammu while giving resume of the performance of various divisions of PHE said that 115 hand pumps are being installed in the district besides 118 drinking water schemes are ongoing under Minimum Need Programme, 65 water supply schemes under ARWSP, 86 water supply schemes RSVY, 31 water supply schemes under Kandi Area Development Programme and 44 water supply schemes under Sojaldara. The Secretary Works, Attul Dulloo asked the executing agencies to adopt financial disciplines for ensuring judicious use of funds. He directed for proper utilization of additionalties being provided under various schemes for completion of projects. |
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J&K College Teachers Association holds meeting Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: J&K College Teachers Association convened meeting of its executive council in the Government College for Women Parade under the chairmanship of its president Dr Vijay K Sharma. The members deliberated at length over the issue confronting the college teachers particularly in light of the apathetic disposition of the Government. While on the one hand, the Government has lauded the contribution of college teachers in taking higher education in the State to new heights, on the other hand the college teachers are being deprived to their rights. The meeting observed that the recent orders by the Government in respect of the deputation of persons other than from higher education on the post of joint secretaries in the J&K Board of School Education has been felt with deep concern by the members of the Council. The Council urged the Government to rescind these orders that have triggered controversy in the whole education apparatus. While long pending demands are being dilly-dallied, a new front is being opened by the Government for the college teachers to deal with. Renu Goswami, Avinash K Gupta, Rakesh Gupta, Hakim Singh, R N Thappa, Naresh Gupta, Bipan Chander Verma, SDS Jamwal, N K Dhar, R K Raina, P Bambroo, S P Chopra, Rupinder Kumar, Kiran Bakshi, S K Dhar and Parveen Sabarwal attended the meeting. Youth killed in Rajouri Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: A youth was killed by a group of four militants near his house at village Neeli in Thanna Mandi area of Rajouri district last night. Official reports said four militants entered into the house of Abdul Hamid son of Mangta at Neeli last night and kidnapped his 24 year old son Mohd Shabir and nephew Razzaq. The militants whisked away both of them to nearby Kote nullah and killed Shabir. Razzaq was, however, released. Body of the youth was recovered from Kote nullah this morning by a police team. Security forces and police have launched a joint search operation in the area to trace the militants involved in the killing. |
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Accounts employees list demands Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: A meeting of the J&K Accounts Association was held in the premises of the Audit and Inspections Department. Large number of accounts personnel attended the meeting which was presided over by G N Dar, AAO, member Co-ordination Committee, along with other members of the J&K Accounts Association. Meeting demanded declaration of J&K Accounts Service at par with Centre, implementation of SRO 210, issuance of promotion orders at all levels, issuance of transfer orders at all levels (from bottom to top), removal of anomalies in transfer policies, clearance of In-Situ promotion cases/step up cases etc, regularisation of AO’s from their respective dates of postings. Meeting reminded that such demands were discussed with Director General Accounts and Treasuries (DGAT) at Srinagar before Darbar Move. The DGAT had agreed to do with the genuine demands of the accounts employees and had promised that all long pending and matured demands will be issued one month of Darbar Move. It was regretted that no step has been taken to fulfill the promises. |
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Daily wagers of IWDP lift dharna on Deputy CM’s intervention Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: The daily wagers of Integrated Watershed Development Project (IWDP) today lifted their dharna on the assurance of Deputy Chief Minister Mangat Ram Sharma who promised them that their demand of regularisation will be conceded by the Government. Mr Sharma gave this assurance to the agitating daily wagers after visiting the venue of their dharna. He was accompanied by the president of the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) J&K unit, Shiv Kumar Sharma and its other office bearers. Earlier on the intervention of Deputy Chief Minister a meeting was held by the representatives of INTUC with the Project chief of the IWDP on the demands of the daily wagers of the Project. During this meeting the Project chief promised that all the formalities regarding the regularisation of daily wagers will be completed soon and the needful will be done within a month. The INTUC delegation that held talks with IWDP chief include INTUC state president, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Th. Raghubir Singh Chib its general secretary, Ranjeet Singh Raina, vice president, Jugal Kishore Sharma, secretary, Ganesh Duttt Sharma, organising secretary, and Divender Singh, general secretary, Drivers Cleaners Union. It may be recalled that IWDP Hills Daily Wagers Association is an affiliate unit of INTUC. An INTUC handout issued here today said that the daily wagers of the IWDP had resorted to dharna in front of their headquarters at Jammu and Srinagar in protest against the authorities failure to implement the SRO 64 under which the daily wagers who have completed their seven years service were brought under the regular establishment. It said though the daily wagers in other Government departments were regularized those in IWDP were discriminated against. This way the daily wagers with 14 years continuous service in the Project were deprived of the justice, it added. |
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Jammu provincial body of LPEF discusses issues Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: Provincial committee of All J&K Low Paid Employees Federation, which met here under the presidentship of Jagdish Raj Sharma fully endorsed the stand taken by State chief of LPEF Abdul Majid Khan that to set up a committee of officers to look into demands of State employees, is merely to hoodwink them and delay the process of conceding demands. According to Mr Khan this decision of the Government amounts to backtracking the assurance given by the State Minister to a deputation of Federation which met his recently that demand of release of DA will be met soon and for rest of demands a committee will be set up. Mr Khan further said these demands of employees need a policy statement of the Government and it need not to be examined the technicalities as regards release of DA instalments and merger of 50 percent DA in basic pay is concerned. He said employees under the banner of Federation have been struggling for a pretty long time to get these demands conceded and the State Government was legally and morally bound to concede these demands. He added that employees feel deceived and duped both by the Government and so-called leaders of employees this time as well like many many times in the past. Mr Khan cautioned the employees to beware of disruptive elements within employees community assuring them that the Federation is determined to continue its persistent and protracted struggle to find amicable and honourable redressal of their just and genuine demands which also include revision of minimum daily wage rate to Rs 100, wages and honorarium of Village Guards, Numberdars, Anganwari Workers, R-e-Ts and also revision of monthly medical allowance to Rs 300 and enhancement in retirement age to 60 years. |
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NC expresses concern over reservations in civic polls Excelsior Correspondent UDHAMPUR, Dec 13: Prominent persons and National Conference leaders of Udhampur city, Ramnagar and Chenani towns met here to discuss strategy to face forthcoming civil elections in Udhampur district. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Mr Chuni Lal Khajuria, ex-MLC. The meeting discussed ward wise position of Udhampur, Chenani and Ramnagar Municipal Committees. It was brought to the notice of provincial team that Government has not consulted NC while reserving the wards for Scheduled Caste, women and Scheduled Caste women and the list issued by Government which appeared in the press was different that the list which was recommended by Administrative Officers of Ramnagar, Udhampur and Chenani. Provincial president Ajay Sadhotra said since the time this Government has come, elections are being rigged and mockery of the democratic process has been made there by shaking the confidence of the people and has led to alienation. Fully endorsing the view point of party chief Omar Abdullah, Mr Sadhotra said that apprehensions of rigging are very high and it has become the talk of the town. By simply cleaning by the Minister about free and fair elections does not restore the confidence of the people, he concluded. For Udhampur Municipal Committee a committee has been constituted with Mr Chuni Lal Khajuria as chairman, Ch Mohd Shafi Advocate as coordinator and Messrs Rajesh Gupta, Bharat Bhushan Sharma Advocate S Kehar Singh, Vijay Khajuria, Shadi Lal Kalsotra, Sunil Verma, Mrs Madhu Verma and Kartar Chand as its members. |
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BSP discusses civic polls strategy Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: Bahujan Samaj Party organised a workers meeting of Akhnoor block under the chairmanship of Dr Gafoor Ahmed. State vice president of BSP Tulsi Dass Langeh was the chief guest and Charan Dass the guest of honour. While addressing Tulsi Dass Langeh welcomed Government decision of holding Municipal and Civic body polls and asked the workers to gear up their activities and prepare themselves for electing honest and dedicated representatives so that they could serve the people better. Mr Langeh further advised the workers to reach each and every corner of the area to review polling booth wise and sector wise committees, pay proper heed to the grievances of people and try to redress the same by taking up the matter with concerned Government agencies. Mr Charan Dass, district coordinator appealed the workers to raise funds for national pool from the masses on the eve of birth-day celebrations of Ms Mayawati, national president of BSP. Dr Gafoor Ahmed, who is also member of Gujjar-Bakerwal Advisory Board, identified some localities where foundation of community halls shall be laid down and proposal for opening of Anganwari Centre in the localities of weaker sections be prepared and submitted to the concerned authorities for approval and sanction. Others who spoke included Bawa Thoru Ram, Jagdish Raj Bhagat, Om Parkash, Madan Lal Verma, Romesh Kumar and Surinder Kumar. |
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Niaz inspects manufacturing of items meant for PDD Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Dec 13: Minister for Power, Mohammed Sharief Niaz made a surprise visit to industrial estate, Sanatnagar and Rangrath Srinagar today to take stock of position for manufacture items for the Power Development Department (PDD) for which orders stand placed amongst various manufacturers outside the State and with local small scale industries units at Jammu and Srinagar. These items are steel tubular poles, 33/11 KV power transformers and 11 KV/433 V distribution transformers and power conductors. The Minister was accompanied by Chief Engineer, Procurement and Material management, Chief Engineer, M&RE wing Kashmir and other officers of the PDD and was shown manufacture of above items at Sanat Nagar and Rangrath. The quality of these items were reported second to none in the country. The Minister was pleased to see the manufacturing of various manufacture units and impressed upon the officers of PDD that the manufacturing process of above items be got expedited so that enough stock in the store to meet any eventuality due to snowfall etc during the present winter season. The unit holders apprised the Minister about various problems faced by them. The Minister assured them of looking into the matter to sort out all these problems but at the same time impressed upon them to ensure supplies of material in time and to maintain highest standards of quality control as per relevant ISI standard. |
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Bhalla seeks public support for development Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 12: Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Public Distribution and Transport, Raman Bhalla has asked the public to cooperate with agencies engaged for upliftment of their socio-economic conditions. The Minister said this while inaugurating and laying the foundation stones of various development projects at Gandhinagar, Shastrinagar, Nanaknagar, Chatha and Gadigarh here this morning. Addressing the gatherings, the Minister said that projects like repair and widening of roads, construction of bridges, covering of open nallahas, removing of garbage, maintenance of parks and gardens are the priority of the state government besides opening and upgradation of schools so that the basic amenities provided to the people at the door steps. Mr. Bhalla said that Blood Bank facility has been made available besides a sports stadium would be constructed in near future in Gandhinagar The Minister said that people supported the secular forces in the elections held in the past and defeated the designs of those inimical of peace adding that the people of the state would maintain the secular traditions in future. Later, Mr. Bhalla flagged off a car rally of Wagon R from Manda Hills which was organized by Maruti Suzuki. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the purpose of organizing this car rally is to create awareness among the transport operators and people in general about the safe driving and proper maintenance of speed on the roads. Agitating GCET students attempt to set ablaze Principal’s vehicle Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: Agitating students of Government College of Engineering and Technology (GCET), Jammu, today turned violent and attempted to set ablaze official Toyota Quallis vehicle of the college Principal. They were particularly enraged over purchase of a new vehicle for the Principal and denial of permission to the college students for participation in cultural and sports events on the ground that GCET has no funds for such activities. The agitating students broke open the shutter of garage in college premises and were about to ransack the new vehicle parked inside when some student leaders and staff members of the college intervened and requested them not to resort to violence. Earlier, the Engineering students boycotted their classes and held a demonstration in the college ground. They raised slogans in favour of their demands which included adequate infrastructure at the college and autonomy to GCET. The protesting students were also addressed by JJSF president Pushvinder Singh Manhas who announced his organisation’s active support to their struggle. Others who addressed the demonstration, included Neeraj Singh, Vikram Singh, Rajat Kotwal, Rajat Mahajan, Manpreet Singh, Harvinder Singh, Sanjay Bhat, Sabir Hussain and Arun Sharma. Over Rs 42 lakh action plan for command areas approved Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: The annual action plan for the current financial year for command areas of Jammu has been approved to the tune of over Rs.42 lakh at the 27th annual governing body meeting held here today. The Director Command Area Development, M. M Khan, who is also chairman of governing body presided. Addressing the participants, Khan said that command areas has total six blocks of which Vijaypur and Samba are in Jammu while as four are in Kathua, Barnoti, Hiranagar, Ghagwal in Kathua district. He further said that these blocks have 159 Panchayats and 732 villages with an area of 1,71,107 hectares while the total population is 3,84,204 consisting of 72,690 families. It was Stated that during last year over Rs.18.50 lakh have been incurred to help those living below poverty line and engaged in the agriculture activities. The meeting decided to construct two sheds in each block this year at a centrally located place to uplift the socio-economic conditions of women in order to earn handsome amount monthly by doing manual work. The NGOs hailing from various areas have projected valuable suggestion during the meeting so that benefits reach to the backward sections of the society. Earlier, a two minutes silence was observed on the sad demise of former Chief Minister Syed Mir Qasim and prayed to almighty to give peace to the departed soul and give strength to the bereaved family to bear the loss. Dental College employees elect office bearers Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: Government Dental College Employees Welfare Union, Jammu, elected new body unanimously with Vinod Kumar Magotra as chairman. Other office bearers included Ravinder Nath Sharma as vice chairman, Vijay Kant Sharma as president, Mohd Khalid Mirza as vice president, Mohan Krishan Fotedar as general secretary, Chaman Lal Kandley as advisor, Darshan Kumar as organiser, Naveen Viz as joint secretary, Pardeep Kumar Gupta as secretary, Muneer Hussain Malik as publicity secretary and Ashwani Kumar as cashier. Executive members included Mrs Oma Kotwal, Mohinder Kour, Anju Bala, Shivdev Singh Jamwal, Dhian Chand, Chintak Singh Salathia, Mukeem Din Mrs Joginder Kour and Miss Venuce. Principal Government dental College Dr Goutam Mengi and Superintendent Dr Mohan Singh were also present on the occasion. Nanak Nagar Sikh resent reservation in civic polls Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: Various Sikh organizations of J&K in a meeting under the chairmanship of S Mohinder Singh, chief organiser Bhai Kanahiya Nishkam Seva Society, expressed anguish over the notification of the Government for holding Jammu Municipal Corporation elections. Participants said Ward-44 comprising Sectors 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of Nanak Nagar have been declared reserved for women. They said it was great injustice with the minority Sikh community community as entire Nanak Nagar is thickly populated areas of Sikhs. They said due to women reservation Sikh community would lose a chance to have a male member of their community in Municipal Corporation employees. The residents of Ward 44 have appealed the Chief Minister to personally intervene in the matter. Report about sales promotion activities fabricated: Secure Solutions Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: M/s Secure Solutions—the corporate agent of the Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Limited today clarified the distorted picture of its sales promotion activities shown by a local TV channel. While talking to media-persons, the executive partners of the M/s Secure Relations—Rajinder Singh, Manu Devgan and Pardeep Singh said that M/s Secure Solutions has legal and valid Life Insurance Selling License as per IRDA notification dated October 17, 2002 and added that with the opening of insurance sector to the private players by the Government of India, Corporate Agency Channel was allowed to further promote the sale of life insurance products of an insurer they are tied with. "We have tied up with the leading private life insurance company—Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance with headquarters at Pune and Branch Office at Jammu for promoting and selling their life insurance products to the people of Jammu and Kashmir", they said and added that the main objective was to spread the message of life insurance and mobilize people of this region to save for future needs and protection of the life and their family. Terming the picture presented by the local TV channel as distorted and fabricated, they said that a corporate agent was free to solicit business and disseminate information in respect of insurance product of life insurance company tied with after taking into account needs of the prospect by recommending specified plans. "We appeal our existing and prospective clients that they are free to communicate and seek clarification if any about the nature of insurance products sold from Branch Office of Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance", executive partners of M/s Secure Solutions said. Sahai elected as member of Managing Committee of PHDCCI Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 13: Ram Sahai has been elected as member of the Managing Committee of the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) in a keenly contested election in which there were 14 aspirants from all over the country against the vacancy of six members only. According to a press release, Mr Sahai, who is chairman of the J&K Chapter of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry secured maximum support in the election. The member on the managing committee of this national level organisation of trade and industry is a rare distinction. A member can contribute a lot towards the development of trade and industry and also participate in the policy making decisions of this apex organisation and during the interactions with the Central as well as State Governments. |
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