Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 17: Commandant IRP-20th Battalion Abdul Rashid Bhat has dedicated six water hand pumps in Baghwan Mohalla Singhpora, Boni Mohalla Singhpora, Dar Mohalla Singhpora, Diver, Yakhman-pora and Hartrath in Pattan area.
A police spokesman said the exercise was a part of celebration of the weeklong Police Raising Day.
“The inhabitants of these villages appreciated the gesture of the Police Department for installation of water hand pumps,” the spokesman said.
IRP Commandant dedicates hand pumps
Pushpinder selected for Mr Asia C’ship
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, June 17: Pushpinder Bharti has been selected for the forthcoming Mr Asia Body Building Championship-2014 to be held from June 19 to June 21, 2014 at Colombo in Sri Lanka.
Rajeev Charak, general secretary, All J&K Amateur Body Building Association has lauded the efforts of Mr Bharti for this outstanding achievement.
“We are hopeful that Mr Bharti will obtain medal in the competition and bring laurels to the State and the Country,” said Mr Charak.
Scholarship distribution ceremony held at VGC
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 17: Vaishno Group of Colleges (VGC) organized a function in its premises to honour the outstanding students as well as to cater the needs of financially weak and needy students, today.
In this regard, a simple and formal yet well organized function was conducted at college campus to distribute the cheques to beneficiaries. The function was graced by Rahul Pathania, Director VGC. Some of the students who received scholarships included Fariq Farooq, Adil Amin Bhat, Amit Pal Singh, Aquib Mushtaq, Jamshed Ahmed, Mohd Iqbal Bhat, Muzamil Tariq, Qusar Quyoom Bhat, Surabjeet Singh, Zafeer Ahmed, Zuhaib Gulzar, Danish Ryaz, Mohd Khalid Saifullah, Mohd Umar Farooq, Musadiq Bin Javed, Sukhvinder Kour, Davinder Singh, Mohd Arif Khan, Harjap Singh, Bhargav Mohan, Mohd Younis, Neeraj Kumar, Shubham Sharma, Aamir Muzaffer, Adil Amin Bhat, Adil Manzoor, Akshay Mahajan, Alok Chiranjeev, Aman Salaria, Amandeep Sharma, Ankush Nagra, Arjun Singh Manhas, Ayush Sharma, Baljinder Kour, Divya Katal, Manik Sharma, Mir Tanveer Rashid, Mohd Khalid Saiffulah, Mohd Umar Farooq, Mohit Sharma, Neeraj Singh, Pankaj Sharma, Pankaj Singh Salathia, Puneeta Manhas, Rahul Khajuria, Rahul Khajuria, Ritika,Sanya Sharma, Shagun Parihar, Shubham Sharma, Sumaiya Mughal, Vinay Badgal, Vivek Sheel, Zuhaib Ahmad Wani, Lucky Gorkha, Neeraj Kumar, Nikhil Bhagat, Dheeraj Thappa, Kawsar Ahmad Shah, Vinod Badgal, Gourav,Shivani Bhagat, Azhar-ud-Din,Sajjad Ahmed, Bhargav Mohan,Qusar Quyoom Bhat,Qbaid Aayoom Wani, Nayeem Ahmad Ganie, Abrar Ahmad Bhat, Aaqib Javed Butt, Khalid Manzoor,Apurva Sethi, Waseem Azad Bhat, Monika Dadool, Rayees Ahmad Wani, Adil Ami Bhat and Kamaldeep Singh.
Vaishno Group of Colleges has a well organized and dedicated scholarship cell which is constantly in touch with the various Government departments to facilitate the students in availing the scholarships under various Government schemes. More than 100 students have received scholarships so far and many more are under process.
DB converts lifer to 10 yrs imprisonment in murder case
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 17: Division Bench of High Court comprising Justice Virender Singh and Justice BL Bhat has converted the life imprisonment awarded by trial court to three murder accused to 10 years imprisonment.
According to the police case, the accused persons namely Gian Singh, son of Ishar Dass Thakur, Jasbir Singh, son of Gian Singh Thakur, both residents of Phalti Mitra, Ramban and Kasturi Lal, son of Ishar Dass Thakur of village Kanga had on September 19, 2004 killed Bir Singh over a trifle issued. Accordingly, a case was registered and after completion of investigation challan was presented in the Court of law.
On September 29, 2012, Trial Court awarded life imprisonment to all the three accused which was challenged before the Division Bench of the High Court.
After hearing both the sides, DB observed, “the material on record justifies the conclusion that the accused did not inflict injuries on the deceased with the intention of causing death. In view of the scenario in which the accused are stated to have caused injuries on the deceased to extract his confession after accusing him of having committed theft of money from the house of accused, it is difficult for us to hold that the accused caused fatal injuries on deceased with the intention of committing his murder or that they had the requisite knowledge that the death would otherwise be the inevitable result”.
“In such a situation, we are constrained to hold that the accused did not commit offence under Section 302 read with 34 RPC, but under Section 304 Part II read with 34 RPC”, the DB said while setting aside the conviction of accused under Section 302 RPC.
While convicting the accused under Section 304 Part II read with 34 RPC, the DB converted the life imprisonment into 10 years imprisonment.
Blood Donation Camp organized
Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, June 17: One-day Blood Donation Camp was organized by the District Police Line in collaboration with District Hospital and Indian Red Cross Society, Udhampur. The blood donation was held in the premises of the DPL Udhampur.
DIG Udhampur Reasi Range, Garib Dass was the chief guest on the occasion. Superintendent, District Hospital, Dr. Chander Parkash, Deputy Medical Superintendent Dr. Deepak Kumar and Honorary Secretary, Indian Red Cross Society, Udhampur. V.P. Sharma were also present on the occasion.
In his address, the chief guest encouraged the police personnel to participate actively in the noble endeavour and contribute their bit in saving somebody’s life by donating blood.
He appreciated the initiatives taken by the Administration of District Police Lines and police personnel for participating in Blood Donation Camp. Dr. Chander Parkash spoke about the importance of blood donation.
The police dignitaries who donated blood towards the mission of saving precious lives of probable recipient included the Garib Dass, SSP Mohd. Suleman, ASP Udhampur Khalil Poswal, SHO Udhampur Mahesh Sharma. The technical staff worked under the overall supervision of Dr. Deepak Kumar, Deputy Medical Superintendent of District Hospital, Udhampur.
Civil Defence organizes drug de-addiction workshop
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 17: Civil Defence Budgam today organized one-day workshop on drug de-addiction at Government SAM Degree College in Budgam.
A police spokesman said about 500 students attended the workshop which was aimed to stop the drug abuse among youth and orient them for a healthy and prosperous future.
Principal of Degree College Budgam chaired the programme which was facilitated by Syed Shafat Hussain (Chairman Human Care Foundation Kashmir), Dr Abdul Majeed (Medical Officer ASYM Hospital Budgam), Malik Mohammad Akbar (Deputy Chief Warden) and Mohammad Yaqoob (Deputy Divisional Warden Budgam).
Govt changes name of locality, people protest
Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, June 17: The State Government has changed the name of an oldest locality of Srinagar in the revenue records leading to protest by the residents.
The Government in the revenue records has changed the name of Natipora to Mehjoor Nagar. They have appealed to the Financial Commissioner of the State to retain their locality’s original name.
The residents in a letter to the Commissioner have said the Natipora name was given to their locality by the revered saint Sheik-ul-Alam Sheik Nooru Din Noorani (RA) about 800 years ago.
“The revenue officials while making bandobast afresh have changed the nomenclature to Mehjoor Nagar for unknown reasons. Mehjoor Nagar name has been given to the paddy land of the residents of Natipora by the brokers who raised illegal colonies on it,” the residents said in the letter which has been signed by the Numberdar of the area.
Will write to PM seeking Nihalchand’s resignation: NCW chief
NEW DELHI, June 17:
The National Commission for Women (NCW) today said it will write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking action against Union minister Nihalchand after his name came up in an alleged case of rape.
“This is really unacceptable. Even when a minister commits a heinous crime like rape, the punishment meted out to him should be the same as that for a commoner.
“I will write to the prime minister and seek action against the minister… The minister must be immediately dismissed from Government,” said NCW chairperson Mamta Sharma.
Nihalchand’s name came up along with 16 others in an FIR lodged by a 24-year-old married woman from Jaipur. In the FIR filed in 2011, she alleged that the accused had sexually exploited her.
Nihalchand and the other accused have been asked by a Jaipur court to appear before it in connection with the case. The notices were issued by the court on a review petition filed by the complainant.
Nihalchand is the the Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertiliser and the only MP from Rajasthan in Modi’s Cabinet.
Congress has already questioned Modi’s silence over the issue while demanding Nihalchand’s resignation. Congress leader Shobha Oza had said that despite Modi giving speeches on the safety of women, Nihalchand is yet to be sacked. (PTI)
Kathua Police organizes Run for Fun
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, June 17: In continuation to a week long celebration of J&K Police Raising Day, Kathua Police organized ‘Run for Fun’ Programme which was organized by District Police here today.
The 4 kilometers race was flagged off from DPL Kathua by Mohan Lal, SP Kathua, which after passing through Nagri Adda, Nagri Turning, Shaheedi Chowk and Govt Degree College Gate, Kathua and culminated at Dream Land Park Kathua.
350 people participated in the event.
SP Kathua distributed the trophies along with the cash prizes among the winners and the runners-up participants. Vicky Sharma S/o Jawahar Lal Sharma of Budhi secured 1st position and was awarded with a cash prize of Rs 2000, Abhishek Sangra S/o Ashwani Kumar R/o Ward No-4 Kathua bagged 2nd position and was awarded with a cash prize of Rs 1500 and Randhir Singh S/o Devinder Paul R/o Ward No-3 Kathua got 3rd position and was awarded with a cash prize of Rs 1000.
Consolation prize of Rs 500 was also given to the youngest participant Gourav Sharma (9 years) S/o Rakesh Raj R/o Badala Kathua. SP Kathua addressed the gathering and said that the aim of organizing such programme by J&K Police is to encourage the youth for their maximum participation in sports activities and to keep them away from various mal-practices like drugs and other anti-national and anti-social activities.
India wipes out Malaysia 5-2 to claim series
Kuala Lumpur, June 17:
The Indian women’s hockey team completed a memorable tour of Malaysia, handing the hosts a 6-0 series whitewash after notching up a 5-2 win in the last match here today.
The series against Malaysia was part of the team’s groundwork for the Commonwealth Games to be held in Glasgow from July 23.
Today, the first goal for India came as early as in the third minute from the stick of Poonam Rani. No later in the 14th minute, Sunita Lakra beautifully converted a penalty corner into a brilliant goal.
Malaysia tried to reduce the margin in the 21st minute through a field goal. In the 28th minute, Anuradha put the ball in the net closely followed by Ritushah Arya who scored two back-to-back field goals in the 34th and 35th minute of the match.
This gave India a huge lead of 5-1 before the half time. In the second half, Malaysia scored their second goal in the 55th minute.
Malaysia managed to create a couple of opportunities in the dying minutes of the match but Indian defence restricted them from doing further damage. (PTI)