Abrol Biradari constitutes welfare, advisory committees

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November 28, 2014

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JAMMU, Nov 27: A meeting of Abrol Biradari (Sohal Wale) was held under the chairmanship of senior member of the biradari Vaishno Dass Abrol and constituted welfare and advisory committees.
Parshotam Abrol has been elected as president of the welfare committee, while as Lok Nath Abrol as senior vice president, Radly Sham Abrol and Parmodh Abrol as vice presidents, Suresh Kumar Abrol as general secretary, Ajay Abrol as secretary, Dr Ajay Abrol as joint secretary, Parveen Abrol as organizing secretary, Mohan Lal as treasurer and Sanjay Kumar Abrol as asstt treasurer.
Meanwhile, Vijay Abrol was nominated as Chairman of advisory committee, while as Vaishno Abrol as deputy advisor. The other members of the advisory committee are Bal Krishan Abrol, Roshan Lal Abrol, Sham Lal Abrol, Om Parkash Abrol, Kuldeep Abrol and DL Abrol.

DB’s directive to State on enhancement of pension

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November 28, 2014

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JAMMU, Nov 27: In a letter written by Chairman Disable Welfare Association of J&K High Court regarding enhancement of pension, which was treated as Public Interest Litigation, Division Bench of State High Court comprising Chief Justice MM Kumar and Justice Tashi Rabstan today directed the State to file objections.
In the letter, it has been mentioned that at present the pension of handicapped persons of J&K is very low comparing to other states. At present Uttrakhand is paying Rs 800 to old age and handicapped persons and widows and in Haryana Rs 1000 is being paid to old age and handicapped persons and widows.
“During the 2nd last Assembly Session, it was decided that this shall be enhanced within six months, but no action has been taken so far despite the fact that prices of daily use items and other things are increasing and it is very difficult for the disabled persons to manage their daily life”, the letter said.

LMD comes to rescue of woman fleeced by real estate company

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November 28, 2014

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JAMMU, Nov 27: Continuing its efforts to protect the interest of consumers being fleeced by misleading advertisements about the doubling of their money in the shortest possible time, the Department of Legal Metrology today came at the rescue of one lady namely Garo Devi, wife of Madan Lal of Meen Chak Bari Brahmana, who had invested in real estate company for expecting lucrative growth in her money.
According to the complainant, she invested Rs 50,000 in three parts with M/s PACL Indial Limited, commonly known as PEARL having its local office at Canal Road & registered office at Jaipur with the hope to double its amount by its maturity date in July 2014.
With high hopes she approached the company after maturity & submitted the buy back papers for liquidation of the amount in her favour, who in turn was assured to wait for further few days. After continuously visiting for more than 3 months, she was refused to made payments. Sensing foul smell she approached the Department of Legal Metrology with complaint under Consumer Protection Act.
Acting swiftly on the complaint, the Joint Controller Legal Metrology Amar Singh searched the whereabouts of the company at the internet site which revealed the frequent cheating by the company. The Securities and Excange Board of India(SEBI) has already directed PACL, to refund Rs 44,000 crore to the investors in three months time.
The department immediately approached the local officers of the company on behalf of the aggrieved consumer. The company officials fearing legal action from the department out immediately released an amount of Rs 107000 including the interest over & the maturity date.

Road accident victim succumbs

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November 28, 2014

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JAMMU, Nov 27: A road accident victim succumbed to his injuries at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) here today.
As per police sources, a road accident victim, who got injured few days back was undergoing treatment at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH).
The victim failed to respond to the treatment and succumbed to his injuries today.
A case under relevant Sections stands registered with Kanachak police station and investigation started.

All railway bridges are safe: Govt

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November 28, 2014

NEW DELHI, Nov 27:
All railway bridges in the country are safe and there should be no concern over them, Government assured Lok Sabha today.
Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha said inspection of bridges on Indian Railways is a well established regular process and all bridges are inspected twice a year, one before the onset of monsoon and one detailed inspection after the monsoon.
“All railway bridges are fully safe and secure. There should be no concern,” he said during Question Hour.
Sinha said repair, strengthening, rehabilitation and rebuilding of bridges are undertaken whenever warranted by their physical condition as ascertained during inspections.
“If corrective and remedial measures are expected to take a long duration due to the complexity of the site situation, suitable safety measures like imposing speed restrictions and keeping such bridges under close watch are taken till the bridge is repaired, strengthened, rehabilitated or rebuilt,” he said.
The Minister said high level safety review committee has recommended certain items like uploading the photographs of bridges. (PTI)

Intensify demolition of illegal structures on river banks: CS

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November 28, 2014

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SRINAGAR, Nov 27: Chief Secretary, Mohammad Iqbal Khandey reviewed the status of rehabilitation including shelter facilities for flood victims, in a meeting here today.
An amount of Rs 133 crore has been distributed among the flood victims in Kashmir Valley besides families that lost their houses/shelter in the flood fury are being provided suitable shelter facilities during the winter. For the purpose, Rs 5 crore was released in favour of the PWD to fast track the shelter construction process.
Mr Khandey also reviewed the district wise status of rehabilitation work from Deputy Commissioners through Video Conferencing. He directed for ensuring immediate completion of shelter facilities for such flood victims who reside in tents. He also asked the Power Development Department to ensure sufficient availability of Diesel Gen sets for snow bound remote areas of the valley.
He asked Deputy Commissioners to intensify the demolition process of illegal structures and encroachments on river banks, besides intensifying the cleanup process in flood affected residential areas.
He also reviewed the stock and supply position of food grains and other essential commodities including LPG in the valley besides asking DCs to ensure full readiness in dealing with snowfall in the winter.

Give massive mandate to BJP: Khajuria

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Pawan Khajuria addressing public meeting in outskirts of Udhampur on Thursday.

UDHAMPUR, Nov 27: BJP candidate from Udhampur Assembly segment Pawan Khajuria today visited remote areas of the Constituency and addressed series of public meetings there.
The women outnumbered the men in his election meetings who showed a good response and assured him vote and support.
Mr Khajuria later also held door to door campaign in various localities and appealed the people to remain vigilant against the vested interests.
He visited Bali (Jaloda), Tarota Dabbar, Tirshi Panchayat Ghar, Narore, Gandala, Vikas Palace, Tirloke Mandir area, Sikki Karlai, Dhar Gaddian. Mr. Khajuria during his visit met hundreds of people and heard their problems.
While addressing meetings, he said the development of the Constituency is his sole objective and BJP stands for development, good governance, eradication of unemployment, terrorism and dynastic rule.
He said that for the first time BJP is fighting poll to form the Government in the State and formation of Government is not for the sake of power but to serve the people of the State.
He said the participation of large number of people in voting in Kashmir valley clearly show that Narender Modi has won the hearts of the common Kashmiri & BJP is going to win seats in Valley also. He said it is the duty of all people of Jammu Province to leave no stone unturned to get give BJP victory over 35 seats in Jammu province.
He asked the people to teach lesson to those who thought the BJP is their personal property and make Mission 44 + a grand success.

Murder accused arrested by Gandhi Nagar police

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November 28, 2014

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JAMMU, Nov 27: An accused involved in the murder case of a watchman was arrested by Gandhi Nagar police from Janipur area today.
As per police sources, on specific inputs, police team from Gandhi Nagar police station conducted a raid in Janipur area and arrested a person involved in the murder case of a watchman at Belicharana.
The accused has been identified as Vikas Jailkhana, son of Maharaj Krishan, a resident of Dream City, Muthi.
The accused along with two others attacked Dalip Kumar of Kishtwar, who was working as watchman at Irrigation Store in Belicharana over some petty issue on October 19.
The victim was shifted to Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), where he failed to respond to the treatment and died.
A case in this regard already stands registered with Gandhi Nagar police station and investigation started.
Police team led by SHO Gandhi Nagar police station Paramjeet Singh made the arrest under the supervision of SDPO Gandhi Nagar Harjeet Singh, SP South Rahul Malik and SSP Jammu Uttam Chand.

DPS Jammu organizes dance competition

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November 28, 2014

Students posing for a group photograph during dance competition at DPS Jammu.

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JAMMU, Nov 27: Based on the theme ‘International Dances’ inter-section dance competition for the students of class V was organized at Delhi Public School, Jammu in the School premises, here today.
Around 160 students took part in the competition with enthusiasm and zeal.
Beautifully attired and with great vivacity students performed dances like Samba, Rumba, Ballet, Chinese Fan Dance, Butterfly Skating, South African Dance and Michael Jackson group dance.
It was a treat for eyes watching children performing various difficult steps, foot-tapping music easily which left the audience spell bound and craving for more.
The competition was adjudged by the experts Anil Baru and Shalini Pradhan.
The winning trophy was bagged by Class Vth-H, while class Vth-F and Vth-D clinched the Ist runners-up and 2nd runners- up trophy respectively.
Additional Director/ Principal, Dr D Joseph and Meenu Gupta Headmistress up to the Middle Wing of the School were present on the occasion.

NSF constitutes Govt Polytechnic Jammu unit

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November 28, 2014

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JAMMU, Nov 27: National Secular Forum today constituted its unit of Government Polytechnic for Boys Jammu and appointed Anirudh Verma as the president.
Manjeet Singh was appointed as senior vice-president while Pankaj, Shubham and Jeet Singh were given the post of vice-president.
Abhishek Sharma was appointed as general secretary, Keshav Kumar as press-secretary and Yasin Ahmed as cashier. Kanuj, Deepak and Rahul Verma were appointed as secretary while Vishal, Vivek, Ubaid, Sanjay Sharma and others were elected as executive body members.
The body was constituted during a meeting of the NSF, held under the chairmanship of its State president Sukhdev Singh.