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Sikh
bodies demand CBI probe into Jathedar
Harnam Singh murder case
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 25: Jathedar Harnam
Singh Committee has demanded that the
murder case of Late Sikh leader be handed
over to CBI for reinvestigation.
This
demand was made by the members of the
Committee consisting of the Various Sikh
organizations including Akali Dal (Maan),
Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), Shaheed
Jathedar Harnam Singh Memorial Trust and
Sikh Intellectuals at a press conference
here today.
"The
law enforcing agencies and protectors of
Constitution have absolutely failed to
nab and punish the culprits", said
Bhai Gurdev Singh convenor of the
Committee.
He alleged
that the murder of late Sikh leader was a
part of conspiracy made through a well
knit terrorist group despite the fact
that vital informations were made
available to the Police high ups.
For
reasons best known to the authorities,
even the National Human Rights Commission
(NHRC) was approached by the widow of
late Sikh leader who also called on
former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda and
former Union Home Minister in 1996 but
this all bore no results, alleged J S
Mangal and Babu Daljit Singh.
They said
despite the verbal assurances given by
the former Chief Minister, Dr Farooq
Abdullah to widow of late Sikh leader
that the case will be handed over to CBI
when she met him in 1996 with the demand
but no action was taken in the matter
later.
Even the
demonstrations made by the members of
Sikh community at different places in
Jammu went totally un-noticed, they said
and demanded that a fresh investigation
on the pattern of Jassica Lal murder case
be ordered in the killing of Jathedar
Harnam Singh.
The other
Sikh leaders present in the press
conference were S K S Ulfat, S Ram Singh,
H S Raina, Babu Sant Singh, Surinder
Singh Advocate, Jagjit Singh Jathedar,
Sarwan Singh Cheema, Khazan Singh, Surjit
Singh, ex secretary DGPC and Bhupinder
Singh.
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Various
deputations call on Azad
Excelsior
Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 25:
Reiterating the
commitment of the Government to
take the State to goal of
prosperity, the Chief Minister
Ghulam Nabi Azad said that
agriculture and horticulture
which are potential sectors of
state economy are being promoted
on modern and scientific lines
giving special impetus to
development of this sector in
hilly and remote areas by
introducing high breed seeds and
plants.
CM
received several deputations from
various areas here Friday, talked
to them and heard patiently.
Chief
Minister said besides making
available adequate education and
health facilities, better road
connectivity which is imperative
for socio-economic development of
the ruralities is on the top
priority of the Government. He
said that hundreds of new road
projects have been taken up for
execution especially in the rural
areas. All the unconnected
villages and hamlets would be
connected with nearest urban
centers by 2008 under Bharat
Nirman and other centrally and
State funded schemes, he said.
Deputations
who called on the Chief Minister
were from Qaziabad, Handwara and
Bheleesa, Doda, delegation of
J&K Political Migrants Front
and JK Minerals, Employees
Association.
The
deputation of Qaziabad, Handwara
led by Ghulam Rasool Wani
presented a chatter of demands to
the Chief Minister which includes
tehsil status to Qaziabad,
setting up of sub-district
hospital, fire service station
and upgradation and renovation of
roads of the area.
A
joint deputation of Bhalesa block
which includes the deputationists
of village Kalhotrian, Sooti,
Chungoo also met with the Chief
Minister and pleaded for the over
all development of this hilly and
remote area. They also demanded
for special recruitment for
police and operating a bus
service from Kalhotrain to
Gandhoo tehsil headquarter.
The
deputationists of Jammu and
Kashmir Political Migrants Front
led by its Chairman Sheikh
Mohi-ud-din demanded
rehabilitation of political
migrants irrespective of caste,
creed and religion at the same
place. They also urged for
Government jobs to their
children.
J&K
Minerals Ex-Employees Association
also called on the Chief Minister
and demanded for pension
benefits.
The
Chief Minister gave a patient
hearing and assured the
deputationists that their genuine
demands would be looked into.
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PHE
employees discuss demands
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 25: Public Health
Engineering Employees Welfare Association
(PHEEWA), discussed the demands of the
PHE workers in a meeting held here today.
Provincial
president of the Association Balwinder
Singh presided over the meeting. Rattan
Doshi, general secretary criticised the
anti-employees’ attitude of the
Government and alleged that long pending
demands of the workers are being ignored
deliberately.
He further
alleged that after long delay the Central
Government constituted the 6th Pay
Commission but the members have not been
nominated so far, it shows the concern of
the Government towards employees.
Mr Singh
while raising the main demands, urged
upon the Government to implement SRO 149
in full in favour of ITI Diploma holders,
enhancement of Medical Allowance from Rs
100 to Rs 500 per month, holding of DPC
at Scheduled intervals, replacement of
old vehicles etc.
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Police
Mela all set to take off
Excelsior
Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 25: Arrangements for
one day Police Welfare Mela being held at
Sher-i-Kashmir Cricket Stadium, Sonawar
Srinagar on August 27, were finalized at
a high level meeting held at the venue of
the Mela here today. Chairperson Jammu
& Kashmir Police Wives Welfare
Association, Vimla Sharma presided. Other
senior police officers and members of
PWWA also participated in the meeting.
Mrs.
Sharma said that various welfare wings
and some voluntary organizations
representing Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
arrived here to participate in the Mela
and would display their products in more
than 25 stalls for exhibition and sale
purposes for the general public during
the Mela on reasonable rates. She said
Mela being organized by the Jammu and
Kashmir Police Wives Welfare Association
would be inaugurated at 10 a.m. sharp on
August 27, (Sunday) and will be opened
for the general public.
Addressing
the meeting, the Chairperson stressed
upon all members of Welfare Association
and organizing committee for coordinating
efforts on previous experience to make
the event a grand success. She enquired
about the boarding and lodging facilities
of stall holders and was informed about
the arrangements made for their stay
etc..
Elaborating
the main objectives of the Mela, the
Chairperson disclosed other activities of
the mela which include Raffle Draw, Lucky
Dip, Tambola, Kashmiri Embroidery,
Ladakhi Crafts, Phulkari Work, Target
Shooting, Mehandi, Walnut & Willow
Furniture, Basholi Paintings, Delicious
Dnacks, Rides & Jhulas, Cultural
Entertainment programmes and other
attractive games.
Giving
details, Director General of Police Gopal
Sharma, who was also present, said the
Association has decided to enhance the
number of prizes for the first time for
general masses who had shown keen
interest in their participation in Police
Melas since last five years and in this
mega even to 1st prize Esteem Car, 2nd
prize three Maruti-800 Cars, 3rd prize
five Motor Cycles, 4th prize five
Computers P-IV, 5th prize Video Caera,
6th prize CTV 21", 7th prize A C 1.5
ton, 8th prize C.D./ Player (Samsung),
9th prize Aqua Guard, 10th prize Carpet,
11th prize Rice Cooker (Panasonic), 12th
prize Phillips Stereo, 13th prize 200
gifts of costing Rs. 500/- each gift and
14th prize 2000 cash prizes of Rs. 100/-
will go the prize winners which would be
announced in presence of audience after
draw of lots in the after noon.
Later, the
Chairperson, JKPWWA, Director General of
Police and senior police officers and
members of the association took round of
the site of the Mela and were informed by
the Nodel Oficer of the Mela, Mushtaq
Sadiq and AIG (Provision & Welfare)
Aftab Ahmed Kakroo about the fool proof
arrangements made for the event for
making more attractive for the general
public
Among
others the meeting was attended by IGP
Kashmir, S. M. Sahai, DIGs Z. H. Chisti,
Farooq Ahmad, SSP PCR Showkat Malik, SSP
Srinagar Afdul Mujtaba, SP Telecom Hilal
Ahmad Shah and members of the
association.
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Three
wash away in flash floods, 8 rescued
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 25: Three persons were
washed away in flash floods while as
eight labourers rescued from the River
Tawi since last evening.
An
official spokesman said that three
persons were washed away in Tholdi Nullah
under the jurisdiction of Majalta Police
Station late last evening. All were
crossing the nullah on their way to house
when flash floods swept them.
Because of
the darkness, rescue operation could not
be launched yesterday. This morning SHO
Majalta Inspector Pawan Khajuria launched
massive operation to recover the bodies
but all in vain. The operation was called
off permanently in the evening.
The washed
away persons have been identified as
Shanker Dass, son of Hari Ram of Jagwal,
Makhan Lal, son of Hari Ram of Jagwal and
Girdhari Lal, son of Makhan Lal.
Meanwhile,
eight labourers were trapped in a sudden
flash floods in River Tawi late last
night and rescued in the wee hours of
today.
An
official spokesman said that a tipper
number JK02M-8925 carrying eight
labourers entered the River Tawi near
Jogi Gate Ghat to collect sand at around
2.30 am. They preferred to collect sand
in the night to avoid payment of royalty,
he added.
While the
sand was being loaded in the tipper,
water level of the river increased due to
sudden flash floods. All the eight
labourers, including the driver, jumped
on the tipper to prevent themselves from
being washed away.
They
started raising alarm for help by
shouting and continuously blowing horn of
the tipper. Police patrolling party on
the Gujjar Nagar bridge spotted the
trapped persons and immediately flashed a
message to the Police Control Room (PCR).
Civil
Defence Jammu and Fire and Emergency
Services Department were sounded by the
Control Room. Rescue parties of Civil
Defence and Fire and Emergency Services
immediately reached the bank of river and
started making efforts to rescue the
trapped persons.
But their
attempts could not yield any positive
result due to strong current of the flood
waters. When the water level started
receding in the wee hours, Civil Defence
personnel under the supervision of Deputy
Controller Jammu DySP Manjit Kour
succeeded in rescuing the trapped persons
with the help of some civilians.
The
rescued persons have been identified as
Ashok Kumar, Tarsem Lal, Raj Kumar,
Verender Kumar and Rajinder, all the
residents of Nagrota and Laxman Dass,
Vijay Kumar and Ruba, all the residents
of Orissa.
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Absconder
arrested after 10 years
Excelsior
Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Aug 25: Police today
arrested an absconder, who was evading
arrest for the last 10 years.
Police
spokesman said that on a specific
information a police party led by SHO
Katra Inspector S S Sambyal and Incharge
Police Post Tikri SI Raghubir Choudhary
conducted a raid in Panthal area and
arrested an absconder Sehdev Singh, son
of Sunit Singh of village Garnai.
He was
wanted by the police in a rape case for
the past 10 years and Additional Sessions
Court Reasi had issued warrants against
him, which were executed today by the
Katra Police by arresting the absconder.
The arrest
was made under the direct supervision of
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP)
Udhampur Prithvi Raj Manhas.
Meanwhile,
Katra Police destroyed two illicit liquor
distillation units in Chadyai Muttal
village and arrested two bootleggers.
The raids
were conducted by SHO Katra after some
villagers complained that process of
illicit liquor distillation was going on
the village clandestinely.
Two
bootleggers were arrested while another
managed to escape from the spot. About
1100 litre of lahan was destroyed on the
spot and large quantity of illicit liquor
seized.
The
arrested bootleggers have been identified
as Surju, son of Kamlu and Sham Lal, son
of Girdhari Lal, both the residents of
Chadyai Muttal. The absconding bootlegger
has been identified as Shotu.
A case
under Section 48-E Excise Act has been
registered in this connection.
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LIC organises
seminar on Group Insurance
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 25: A seminar
on Group Insurance Products was
organised by the Pension &
Group Schemes (P&GS) Unit of
the Life Insurance Corporation of
India at Rail Head Complex here
today.
The
seminar was inaugurated by Sanjay
Verma, Senior Divisional Manager
of the LIC. The main focus of the
seminar was on Group Saving
Linked Insurance (GSLI) which is
a low cost but high return
scheme.
While
speaking on the occasion, Mr
Verma apprised the participants
of the various Group Insurance
products and its characteristics.
He exhorted the participants to
avail the benefits of these group
schemes, being marketed and
serviced by the P&GS unit of
LIC.
A
healthy interaction was observed
during the deliberations of the
seminar. The participants also
displayed great enthusiasm. Other
senior officers present on the
occasion included—B P Singh,
Marketing Manager and Branch
Manager, S C Gupta.
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Betab
to participate in Abhivyakti
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 25: Sahitya Akademi,
Bhopal has invited Pritpal Singh Betab,
the only representative poet in Urdu from
the State to participate in the National
Hindi and Urdu recitation programme which
is to be commenced today at Bharat Bhawan
Auditorium Bhopal.
As per the
invitation this Hindi-Urdu readings will
be in two sessions on both the days on
August 25 and 26.
First
session will start at 10 a. m in which
Iqbal Majeed will provide in this first
Urdu session Ghazanfar Ali, Trannum Riyas
and Ibne Kanwal will recite their Urdu
short stories and in the second session
Chanderkant Devfale will preside over the
Hindi poetry session and Rajesh Joshi,
Gyanendrapati, Kumar Ambuj, Pavan Karan,
Naveen and Sunder Chand Thakur will
recite their poetry.
At the end
of the day the second Urdu poetry session
will be presided over by Gulzar and
Pritpal Singh Betab, Jayant Parmar,
Mehtab Naqvi, Jamal Owaisi, Saifi Saronji
and Chander Bhan Khayal recite their
poetry in Urdu.
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One
killed, 12 injured in road accidents
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 25: One person was
killed and 12 others received injuries in
separate road accidents.
Police
spokesman said that a motorcyclist was
killed and pillion rider received severe
injuries in collision between a
motorcycle and a tractor at Pandori in
Kathua district
Both were
rushed to District Hospital Kathua where
one of them was pronounced as brought
dead. The condition of injured was stated
to be critical when reports last came in.
The
deceased has been identified as
Sukhvinder Singh, son of Bahadur Singh of
Pandori while identity of injured has
been established as Harbans Singh.
Meanwhile,
12 persons were injured in separate road
accidents. All have been hospitalised and
their condition was stated to be out of
danger when reports last came in.
They have
been identified as Subash Sharma, son of
Madan Lal of Jourian, Yashpal, son of
Isher Dass of Thandi Khoi, Chander Kant,
son of Govind Ram of Sarwal, Raja Bibi,
wife of Ghulam Nabi, Manzoor Ahmed, son
of Ghulam Nabi of Spore, Pushpa Sharma,
wife of Behari Lal, Behari Lal, son of
Shanker Dass, Atul Sharma, son of R P
Sharma of Kot Bhalwal, Bimla, wife of
Ajay Kumar of Uttar Pradesh, Shiv Ram,
son of Sant Ram of Krimchi, Yudhishter
Manhas, son of Kuldeep Singh of Ghou
Manhasan and Tirath Singh, son of Nanak
Singh of R S Pura.
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DC
orders inquiry against absent officials
Excelsior
Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Aug 25: On the instructions
of District Development Commissioner,
Udhampur, a special squad constituted for
ensuring punctuality and work culture in
Government offices headed by the
Additional Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur,
B. M. Sharma paid surprise visit to the
offices of the Chief Agriculture Officer,
Chief Horticulture Officer, District
Agriculture Officer, Assistant
Commissioner, Labour, CDPO, PO ICDS,
Assistant Controller Weights and
Measures, Assistant Director, Handloom
and office of District Officer Pollution
Control Board, Udhampur.
On
checking the office of Assistant
Controller Weights and Measures,
Udhampur, District Officer, Pollution
Control Board, Udhampur and Assistant
Director, Handloom, Udhampur the officers
and official of these offices were found
absent from duty and their offices were
found locked.
On the
report of Additional Deputy Commissioner,
the DDC has asked the Chief Planning
Officer, Udhampur, A.A. Bandey to hold
inquiry into the alleged charges of
absenteeism and submit the report to DDC
with his recommendations in a week's
time.
Meanwhile,
pending inquiry, the pay dues of the
officers and officials found absent has
been kept withheld with specific
directions to District Treasury Officer,
Udhampur not to draw the pay dues of
defaulting offices till further orders.
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Deputations
call on PHE Minister
Excelsior
Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 25:
Several deputations
called on Minister for PHE,
Irrigation and Flood Control Qazi
Mohammad Afzal at Jammu yesterday
and presented their demands for
redressal.
The
deputation from Roop Nagar
enclave put forth their demands
which includes improvement in
drinking water supply and power
supply.
All
J&K Federation of Diploma
Engineers, Jammu deputation led
by its chairman R. R. Sharma put
forth their demands which include
maintenance of cadre strength at
every level i.e. JE, AEE &
XEN, promotion to the post of
Assistant Engineers after 15
years of service as Junior
Engineer, enhancement of fixed TA
from Rs. 30 PM to Rs. 2000 PM and
restoration of entry grade for
J.E. etc.
The
deputation of J&K PHE
Employees Union, Jammu led by
Darshan Magotera Provincial
President during their meeting
discussed problems of the
departmental employees.
Qazi
Afzal gave a patient hearing to
the deputationists and assured
them that their genuine demands
would be looked into
sympathetically.
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International
Conference on Central Asia being
held in KU
Excelsior
Correspondent
SRINAGAR,
Aug 25: Centre of
Central Asian Studies (CCAS) is
organizing a four day
international conference on
Central Asia in Retrospect and
Prospect from Aug 28 to 31. The
event is first of its kind in
Kashmir University where
participants from across the
globe are participating in large
number. Reputed international
scholars and intellectuals from
USA, Holland, Germany, Russia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Uzbekistan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Korea and
Japan are participating in the
conference. Besides, Ambassadors
and Diplomats of various
Embassies of Central Asian
countries are also contributing
in the conference. In this mega
event a large number of diplomats
and academicians across the
country are participating. The
aim of the conference is to
foster the relationship and
sharing of academic resources for
mutual understanding.
The
inaugural session of the
conference will commence on 28th
August at 10 a.m being
inaugurated by Governor Lt. Gen
(Retd) S K Sinha and Chancellor
Kashmir University and presided
over by Chief Minister and
Pro-Chancellor Ghulam Nabi Azad
at Gandhi Bhawan, University
campus.
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Training
programme on disaster management
concludes
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug
25: A 4-day training
programme on "Disaster
management and mitigation with
special reference to
earthquake" was organized at
IMPA Regional Centre Jammu under
the Course Coordinatorship of
Assistant Professor Disaster
Management Dr Rajnesh Ranjan,.
In
all, 30 participants from
departments like revenue, police,
R&B, fire and emergency
services departments attended the
training programme.
Divisional
Commissioner Jammu Pramod Jain
was the chief guest on the
concluding day of the programme.
In
his address, Mr Jain stressed
upon the need of early
preparedness of possible
disasters and its effective
management in Jammu and Kashmir.
He said that officers should not
only learn about disaster
preparedness but they should also
apply their action plan at the
ground level. He also emphasized
on the present need of early
preparedness plan on Disaster
Management for the State. He
distributed the certificates to
participants on successful
completion of the programme.
The
participants were trained by
various experts from different
streams. The training was
supplemented by film and
documentary shows, case studies,
project work etc. Participants
were also given project work
pertaining to disaster management
plan wherein they presented pre
and post disaster management
strategies to effectively
mitigate disasters.
Deputy
Director IMPA Jammu Mr G. S Chib
was also present on the occasion.
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Prudential
ICICI AMC in Jammu
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug
25: Indian Mutual Fund
Industry which has witnessed a
drastic change over the years is
actively reaching out to public
at large by conducting investor
camps, distributor training and
even getting them AMFI
(Association of Mutual Funds of
India) certified across the
country.
One
such session was also conducted
at Hotel K C Residency, Residency
Road here recently with an
objective to promote informed
investments through a strong
network of trained distributors.
This
was stated in a handout issued by
the ICICI MF here, today. It said
since most of the products are
distributed through distribution
channels like agents, IFAs,
brokers etc, the House believes
that it is very crucial that
these channels are well trained
and educated to give the right
advise to the customers.
It
said the last decade has been a
period of rapid growth yet Mutual
Fund Industry is characterized by
concerns like low penetration,
lack of depth in distribution and
most importantly low investor
awareness.
The
handout said in India it is
estimated that only 6.7 percent
of the households hold Mutual
Funds. This figure is close to 50
percent in case of US and 17
percent in case of UK . The
Mutual Funds account for only
about one percent of total
financial assets in India (11
percent of bank deposits). Such
poor penetration is out come of
the other shortcomings.
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Immediate
renovation of Bantalab, Barnai
road demanded
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug
25: Expressing grave
concern over the failure of the
Government to renovate the
Barnai-Bantalab road, the
inhabitants of the area today
warned that Government will be
responsible in case any mishap
takes place on this road which is
totally in a dilapidated
condition.
According
to Prabhu Dayal Gupta, vice
president State VHP despite the
repeated pleas to the concerned
ministry no steps have been taken
so far in renovating this road
which has become a death trap
now.
He
said the delegation of the local
people that last time called on
the Minister of R&B was told
that the Government has earmarked
over Rs 1.80 crore for the
renovation of this road but till
date the work was not started.
He
said the road is the life line
for the people of the area and
they face many hardships as it
has developed ditches right from
Barnai bridge to Bantalab Chowk.
The
road has a lot of traffic rush as
it is a link to Radha Swami
Satsangh Ghar Bantalab, CRPF
Bantalab and over a dozen of
local schools existing in the
periphery of Barnai-
Bantalab,said Omi Khajruia
Corporator.
He
expressed surprise over the
delaying tactics adopted by the
Government in renovating this
road for last five years. In an
appeal to Minister of R&B,
Gulchain Singh Charak, Mr Gupta
and Khajuria have sought his
personnel intervention in the
matter.
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