MLA convenes meeting of officers, PRIs

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REASI, Aug 8: To review the achievements made by various departments and listen to problems of the people in his constituency, MLA Reasi, Baldev Raj Sharma convened a joint meeting of officers, Sarpanchs, Panchs of different Panchayats and prominent citizens of Reasi town.
Officers and engineers from different departments including PWD, PHE, PDD, Irrigation, CAPD, Health, RDD, Municipality, Forest, members of PRIs besides prominent citizens of Reasi town were present in the meeting.
The problems and demands put forth by the inhabitants and representatives of the area included repair of roads, new ration depot, construction of lane and drainage, uninterrupted power supply, shortage of drinking water supply, repair of PHE pipeline, sanction of old age pension cases of eligible beneficiaries etc.
After giving patient hearing to the problems and demands of the representatives of the areas, Baldev Sharma issued instructions to the officers concerned to mitigate problems of people. He also asked the PHE Department for necessary repair of main holes, cleanliness of water tanks whenever required.

Sports Ministry felicitates Glasgow Games medal winners

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New Delhi, Aug 8:
The Indian medals winners in the recently-concluded Common-wealth Games were today felicitated by the Government in the presence of cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar for their impressive show in the multi-sport event at a star-studded function here.
India had won 64 medals (15, 30, 19) in the July 23 to August 3 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the Sports Ministry felicitated them by presenting a momento and prize money cheque at a function at Vigyan Bhawan here.
The complete Indian contingent of 231, including the athletes, coaches and support staff were invited to attend the function.
The medal winners received Rs 20 lakh (for gold winners), Rs 10 lakh (for silver winners) and Rs 6 lakh (for bronze winners). Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Tendulkar gave away the memento and the prize-money to the athletes. (PTI)

DGP inaugurates alternate accommodation for police force

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SRINAGAR, Aug 8: As a part of upgradation of infrastructural facilities for the police force, Director General of Police, K. Rajendra, today inaugurated the newly constructed buildings at Chatha under alternate accommodation.
The project was approved under Alternate Accommodation Programme for 2011-12 at a cost of Rs. 398 lakh. The project includes two blocks of 5-storied barracks (Block A&B) which will be utilized as office- cum-residence for the Commandant and 12 rooms with attach bath room facilities.
This accommodation is meant for the security forces that were accommodate in hotels, schools and other Government buildings.

Miscreants break glass panes of 8 houses in Naseeb Nagar

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JAMMU, Aug 8: The glass panes of eight houses and the front screen of one private vehicle was broken by some miscreants in Naseeb Nagar, Lane 6 in Janipur area here late last night.
The incident created panic in the locality and people after hearing the noise of breaking of glass panes rushed out of their houses in panic. However the miscreants managed to escape.
The inhabitants of the locality said that glass panes of eight houses were broken while the front screen of one car was also broken. Terming it a handiwork of some miscreants they have demanded that police patrolling be intensified in the area.
The inhabitants of the area also have reported the matter to Police and filed a complaint with Janipur Police Station. A team of Janipur Police also rushed to the spot to investigate the matter. The Police has registered a case in this regard also but no arrest has been made so far.
Meanwhile, the residents of Gole Gujral Extension near Revenue Complex have also expressed concern over power failure in the area and demanded that the power supply be restored as the anti social elements under the cover of darkness can take any advantage of doing any mishap in the area.

Voice of Kashmiri Pandits not being heard in J&K: BJP MP

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NEW DELHI, Aug 8:A BJP member today sought to raise in Lok Sabha the issue of denial of permission to Kashmiri Pandits to undertake a yatra to Kounsarnag lake in the Valley.
Anurag Thakur said the matter needs to be discussed in the House as the voice of Kashmiri Pandits was not being heard in Jammu and Kashmir as it is a small minority and displaced as well.
He said the matter needed to be discussed urgently as the auspicious period for the yatra will come to an end soon.
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan disallowed him saying it could be taken up next week.
Concern was also raised in the House over use of Endosulfan, an insecticide, with some members saying it was causing major ailments to people in Kerala and Karnataka.
Shobha Karandlaje (BJP) said 7,000 people had been seriously affected by this deadly insecticide in Karnataka and 10,000 in Kasargod in Kerala.
She demanded setting up of a corpus by the Central Government to help the victims monetarily besides getting them medically treated.
P Karunakaran (CPI-M) said use of Endosulfan has been banned but some website are still displaying their use.
Virendra Kumar (BJP) raised concern over children going missing at a large scale and said some remedial steps should be taken.
Citing an estimate, he said 44,000 children go missing every year and only 11,000 are found. Most of the missing children fall in the hands of naxals or human traffickers and are abused, he said. (PTI)

Holy Mace reaches Buddha Amarnath

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POONCH, Aug 8: Amidst rituals and traditional fervour, the holy Mace of Lord Shiva today reached Buddha Amarnath.
Thousands of pilgrims accompanied the holy Mace, which was taken to Buddha Amarnath from Poonch in the form of a religious procession.
Earlier, Chari Poojan was performed at Akhara Mandir in Poonch where MLA Poonch Ajaz Jaan, DC Poonch M H Malik, SSP Shamsheer Hussain and prominent citizens of the area were present besides heads of religious and social organizations.

Balwant Thakur felicitates 1st ICCR scholars from Afghanistan

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Regional Director, ICCR Jammu, Balwant Thakur, felicitating Afghani scholars namely Rohullah and Mohammad Jafar Tanin at the ICCR headquarters, Jammu.

JAMMU, Aug 8: Regional Director of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, Balwant Thakur, today honored the first ICCR scholars from Islamic Republic of Afghanistan–Rohullah and Mohammad Jafar Tanin who have won the ICCR scholarships and will undergo MSc Agricultural Economics and MSc Plant Breeding Genetics, respectively from Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST), Jammu.
Welcoming them in Jammu, Balwant Thakur said that with the coming of ICCR in Jammu, the educational institutions of Jammu are all set to become the global destination of education. Earlier, a scholar from Namibia (Africa) has also sought the admission in SKUAST, Jammu under the Africa Scholarship programme of ICCR.
Briefing the objectives of the ICCR, Thakur said the main motive of the ICCR is to participate in the formulation and implementation of the policies and programmes relating to India’s external cultural relations: to foster and strengthen cultural relations and mutual understanding between India and other countries and providing scholarships to foreign students for their study in India to achieve that mandate.
He said, one of the major activities of the ICCR is its scholarship programme. The ICCR annually offers about 3365 scholarships under 24 scholarship schemes. Of these scholarships, 1000 are exclusively for the students of Afghanistan and 900 for students from African countries. There are students in India under these schemes from about 135 countries. Around 4750 foreign students are currently studying in India under the various scholarship schemes.
Balwant Thakur also called on the Registrar and the Director (Education) of SKUAST and apprised them about the mission of ICCR in awarding the scholarships to the foreign students for their study in India. He requested the Varsity administration to create avenues for such foreign students to orient them with the local culture.

Vikar inaugurates J&K Bank branch at Khari

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RAMBAN, Aug 8: To further spread the network of banking facilities across the State, Minister of State for Technical Education, Power and Information, Vikar Rasool Wani today dedicated a new business unit of J&K Bank at Khari Banihal.
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister thanked the J&K Bank management for providing this business unit in one of the far flung areas of district Ramban. He said the facility will benefit thousands of people in the area as this was the long pending demand of the locals. He informed that the branch shall provide CBS (Core Banking Solutions) facilities to the inhabitants of the area.
The Minister urged the bank authorities to ensure cent percent financial inclusion by providing the basic financial facilities as per the guidelines of Reserve Bank of India so that poor masses can be benefited at their doorsteps.
Later the Minister addressed a largely attended public meeting at Khari and highlighted the achievements of the present Government. He said the Coalition Government has kept the education and health sector on top priority and during the past over five years massive development in essential sectors has taken place. The people can make a difference on the ground situation, he added.
The Minister informed that school buildings have been constructed at Khari, Shagan, Trigam, Chapnari, Amkote, Chachihaal, Chamalwas, Checknarwah, Senabati and Maligam by the present Government. In addition more than 300 schools have been upgraded/established and equal number of ReT teachers were appointed during this tenure of the Government.

Notorious criminal arrested

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JAMMU, Aug 8: Vipan Kumar Gupta @ Jhony S/o Sat Paul Gupta R/o Ward No. 6 Bari Brahmana, a notorious criminal, drug peddler as well as facilitator of bovine smuggling, was found involved in number of criminals cases was arrested under PSA.
According to police he has not only created multifarious law and order problems but also disturbing the peace and tranquility in the area. He was also forming a gang of criminals, expanding it and became a king pin for the youth who are interested in indulging in criminal activities and could go to any extent in order to spread their criminal activities.
Accordingly, in order to put an end to his activities, Samba Police compiled all the Police record of Vipan Kumar Gupta @ Jhony from various Police Stations of District Samba and other Districts, prepared his dossier and got issued his warrant of Public Safety Act from District Magistrate, Samba to prevent him from indulging in prejudicial criminal activities.
After the issuance of detention warrant, Vipan Kumar Gupta was absconding to evade his arrest. Thereafter, number of raids were conducted by the teams constituted by SSP Samba for his arrest but he kept on changing his location after regular intervals for evading his arrest. Today, Bari-Brahmana Police under the supervision of Anil Magotra, SSP Samba, obtained custody of Vipan Kumar Gupta @ Jhony S/o Shri Sat Paul Gupta R/o Ward No. 6 Bari Brahmana from Police Post Narwal where he was apprehended in another criminal activity and lodged in District Jail Jammu after execution of warrant under PSA.

Mir reviews progress of Raghunath Bazaar beautification project

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JAMMU, Aug 8: Minister for Tourism Ghulam Ahmed Mir has approved the design of the ornamental moulding of the electric poles to be installed in Raghunath Bazaar under Raghunath Bazaar beautification and modernization project.
The Minister was chairing a review meeting of Raghunath Bazaar beautification and modernization project here today.
The two ornamental mouldings of the electric poles have already been installed in Raghunath Bazaar on trial basis. The Minister asked the executing agencies to complete the installation work of ornamental moulding electric poles at the earliest.
The Minister had a detailed review of the status of work on the project taken up to beautify and develop the heritage market around the historical Raghunath Temple.
Various issues related to ornamental moulding of Poles, PVC Cable, renovation, shifting of underground BSNL Cables for the development of Raghunath Bazaar area, etc were discussed.
He stressed that the concerned departments should work in coordination to ensure time bound completion of the on-going works.
Giving details of the project, Director Tourism Jammu Soujanya Sharma said that the total cost of the project is Rs. 676.90 lakh, out of which an amount of Rs. 397 lakhs has been made available to the executing agencies during the year 2009-10 to 2014-15.
It was informed in the meeting that music system will be installed at different selected places in Raghunath Bazaar, which will give sweet music and also create awareness among the visitors about security related matters through announcement.
BSNL has to provide underground cable connection with latest technology providing broadband/internet facilities to the shops. The PHE is charged with installing five fire hydrants, 10 public water supply posts with antique look of lion face, he said, adding that PWD will lay Dholpuri red stones on footpath.
Among others, Divisional Commissioner Jammu Shantmanu, Deputy Commissioner Jammu Ajeet Kumar Sahu, Director Tourism Jammu Soujanya Sharma, Chief Engineer PDD Shahnaz Goni, Chief Engineer R&B A. H. Sheikh, Chief Engineer PHE Sushil Aima, S.E PHE Sunil Gupta, ADDC Jammu G. N. Balwan, GM BSNL A. K. Mishra, DGM/BSNL Kulbhushan Sharma, other concerned were present in the meeting.