Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 13: Human Rights activists today censured the Government for not removing Director Health Dr Saleem-ur-Rehman, who is accused of sexual assault on a nurse.
The protesters, led by Sheala Rashid Shora, Delhi based rights activist, carrying placards and banners held a protest here and sought justice for the victim and alleged that on the name of investigation and probe, Government is trying to hush up the case.
“It is irony that the accused director and other officers still occupy the chairs. There is ample proof that being in the chair he is interfering in the probe. We demand that he should be removed from his post till probe is completed,” they said.
They appealed the doctors to take cognizance of the matter and raise their voice against this alleged sexual assault issue.

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REASI, June 13: District Administration convened a series of public grievance redressal meetings at Salal, Arnas and Panthal apart from detailed meetings with members of Panchayats for public demands to be placed before the District Development Board for consideration.
District Development Commissioner Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary along with SSP Vivek Gupta and senior officers of all line departments apart from the 14 departments associated with PRIs attended these meetings.
Meanwhile, relief cheques under SDRF in cases of damage of houses due to heavy rainfall earlier this year were distributed among 60 families amounting Rs 8.70 lakh. Administration has already held a series of camps for distribution of relief cheques at various places. Two equipped ambulances were also dedicated by the DDC at Arnas and Mahore. He also informed that under PMGSY land compensation Government has recently provided Rs 3.60 cr for Arnas-Mahore and Rs 2.5 cr for Reasi roads apart from Rs 25 cr and Rs 18 cr provided by BRO for these sectors which is being distributed by the Collectors Land Acquisition within a period of one month through public camps.
The DDC heard members of all the Panchayats of Arnas and Reasi block where concerned District Officers responded to the public demands to be included in the Annual Plan under ongoing schemes or formulation of new proposals. Issues related to Power, PHE, Food supply, MG-NREGA payments, public works and grievances related to various departments were redressed.

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SAMBA, June 13:  Eight people were injured in a road accident at Main Chowk Samba today when a load carrier was hit by a truck which was on its way from Kathua to Jammu.
According to reports the load carrier bearing number JK02P -4058 which while crossing the Main Chowk at Samba was hit by a truck bearing number PB 05Q-9896 which was on its way from Kathua to Jammu resulting into injuries to eight people. Out of them the two seriously injured people were referred to GMC Jammu for treatment while others were admitted in District Hospital Samba.
Samba police has registered a case in this connection and both the vehicles were seized.
The injured were identified as Bharat Bushan, son of Gian Chand of Chak Faquira, Gurdas Chand, son of Chindu Ram also of Chak Faquira, Ramesh Lal, S/o Gian Chand of Chack Faquira, Satnam Singh S/o Suram Singh, Parbhat Singh S/o Jankaar Singh, Surinder Kumar, S/o Kartar Chand  and Karanjit Singh all residents of Amritsar, Punjab.

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JAMMU, June 13: Displaced Kashmiri Front (DKF) has strongly condemned the decision of the State Cabinet deferring the proposal of the Social Welfare Department on extending the benefit of backward area/actual line of control to the Kashmiri migrants.
In a meeting, which was presided by Satish Pajnoo, president, Displaced Kashmiri Front said that they have failed to understand the proposal which has been approved by Social Welfare Department and the Law Department, the main agencies of the State Government.  He said that Coalition Government led by Omar Abdullah has failed on all fronts to redress and mitigate the genuine problems of Kashmiri Pandits.
The DKF impressed upon the State Government that Kashmiri Pandit community didn’t leave their place on their own but were forced to vacate their homes and hearths to save their dignity and honour.
The meeting added that for their selfish motives, they always consider the migrants as the original residents of Kashmir, when there is election time the political parties particularly the National Conference and Congress come at the door steps of the KPs begging for votes.
The Front strongly urged the State Government to grant RBA right to Kashmiri migrants without any delay. The intentions of the Government are highly inflammatory and provoking by saying that granting of RBA/ALC status to deserving KPs will cause heart burning among others and opening of Pandora’s box. This is highly shameful of responsible Government.
Other who addressed the meeting included P N Pandit, J C Pandita, M L Bhat, T K Dhar, Anil Dhar, B N Bhat, Veerji Rana etc.

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SRINAGAR, June 13: An estranged lover has murdered his girlfriend after she refused to marry him in Central Kashmir district of Budgam last week, police said here.
A police spokesman said a woman, Gulshana, had left her home in Kremshore, Khan Sahab in Budgam district on June 3 last week, however, she didn’t return home. Her family searched for her and found her body in a field.
“The body bore strangulation marks around her neck. Subsequently, autopsy of the body was conducted at Sub District Hospital,” the spokesman said.
A case FIR Number 45/2014 under Section 302 RPC was registered in Police Station Khan Sahib and investigation was started.
During the investigation, it transpired that the deceased was engaged to a man from Gogo by her parents, but she had an affair with Javid Ahmad Bhat, a painter, who wanted to marry her, the spokesman said.
The woman had received a phone call from Bhat in the evening to meet him at Reshinad. Bhat had asked the victim to refuse marrying to the man she was engaged and go against her parents’ will, the spokesman said.
Angered by the woman’s denial, Bhat, in order to revenge, strangulated her to death with her scarf and left the body there, the spokesman said.

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JAMMU, June 13: Police today foiled a murder bid by arresting a notorious criminal along with sharp-edged weapon ‘Khokri’ from Shastri Nagar area, falling under the jurisdiction of Gandhi Nagar police station.
As per police sources, on specific inputs, police team from Gandhi Nagar police station laid a naka near cremation ground at Shastri Nagar and intercepted a pedestrian moving under mysterious circumstances.
On seeing the police team, the person tried to flee from the spot, but was chased and nabbed him by the active cops.
During checking, police recovered sharp-edged weapon ‘khokri’ and arrested the criminal, who has been identified as Babber Choudhary alias Babber, son of Sayed Ali, a resident of Chack Mohammad Yaar, RS Pura.
The accused was heading to murder a person, with whom he had some enmity, which was foiled by the active cops of Gandhi Nagar police station.
During preliminary investigation, it came to fore that the arrested criminal was involved in various cases registered with Channi Himmat, RS Pura, Gangyal and Satwari police stations. Four cases already stand registered against the accused at Gandhi Nagar police station.
A case under FIR number 120/14 under Section 4/25 Arms Act has been registered a Gandhi Nagar police station and further investigation into the case is going on.
Police team headed by SHO Gandhi Nagar police station Manzoor Ahmed Kohli made the arrest under the supervision of SDPO Gandhi Nagar Harjeet Singh, SP South Rahul Malik and SSP Jammu Atul Goel.

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SRINAGAR, June 13: Speaker, Legislative Assembly Mubarak Gul distributed cheques worth Rs 52.39 lakh among 413 registered construction labours of Srinagar city at a function organized by the Labour Department at Goripora, Pallpora in Eidgah Constituency.
Speaking on the occasion, the Speaker said that the Government under the leadership of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has taken several initiatives for the welfare of the workers and labourers. He said that Rs. 8.46 crore have been distributed among the registered construction workers by the Department of Labour and over 18000 construction labourers have been registered in district Srinagar so far.
Mr. Gul asked the workers to come forward and get their names registered with the Labour Department so that they can avail benefits  of the welfare schemes launched by the Government for them.
Deputy Labour Commissioner, Srinagar, Ghulam Rasool Kumar, Assistant Labour Commissioner Gulzar Ahmed Khan, other senior officers besides a large number of workers and prominent citizens were present on the occasion.

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SRINAGAR, June 13: The first meeting of the Expert Committee constituted to examine the feasibility/demands for creation of new administrative units in the left out pockets was held here today.
The Committee decided that the Deputy Commissioners will receive the demands for creation of new administrative units in the left out pockets in their respective districts after informing the public in this regard.
It was also decided that the Deputy Commissioners will receive the demands upto 24th June, 2014 after which the demands will be scrutinized and consolidated and then submitted to the respective Divisional Commissioners by or before 2nd July, 2014 for being placed before the Expert Committee.
It was decided that the demands will be scrutinized at the district level in consultation with the concerned officers of the Revenue and Rural Development Departments.