Tanvi upsets Arundhati, sets title clash with Rituparna

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Bangalore, Feb 7: Former junior national champion Tanvi Lad today defeated top seed Arundhati Pantwane and set up summit clash with Rituparna Das in singles event of the All-India Senior Ranking Badminton tournament here.

Tanvi, who finished runners-up at the Swiss International Challenge badminton tournament last year, outsmarted Maharashtra’s Arundhati 21-13, 20-22, 21-6, in a riveting semi-final match.

Third seed and World number 67 Tanvi prevailed over Arundhati in the first set and then conceded the second, before coming back strongly in the deciding set, to send the tournament favourite packing back home.

Tanvi began the match with great determination by pocketing the first set 21-13, which boosted her morale, especially playing against Arundhati, who had little challenge from her opponents in the earlier stages of the tournament.

Having conceded the first set to Tanvi, Arundhati roared back to take the close-fought second set 22-20, but could not maintain the tempo in the deciding set. She was literally mauled by Tanvi 6-21 as the Air India girl played some magnificent badminton.

Before reaching semifinals, Arundhati had defeated Mudra Dhainje and Tanvi trounced Neha Pandit 22-20 21-14, in quarterfinals.

In the second women’s singles semifinal, Rituparna thumped fourth seed Sayali Gokhale 21-17 22-20.

In quarterfinals, Sayali defeated Aditi Mutatkar 21-12 22-20 and Rituparna thrashed Rasika Raje 21-7 21-18.

Tanvi will meet Rituparna in finals tomorrow. (PTI)

Fast unto death goes on at Budhal, many court arrest

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February 8, 2014

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JAMMU, Feb 7: While the indefinite protest dharna and fast unto death at Budhal entered 6th consecutive day today, the people from Dharamsal in Kalakote continued their protest dharna, demanding Tehsil status for their respective areas.
Reports from Rajouri said that in Budhal the condition of three more persons sitting on fast has deteriorated. Two persons had been shifted to District Hospital Rajouri on Thursday.
Today the condition of Farooq Inqilabi, Manzoor Qazi and Jamurat Hussain deteriorated but they refused to take treatment. The people are sitting on fast unto death. The people kept bazaar closed and vehicles were not allowed to ply on the road. All the establishments were closed in view of protest.
A large number of people from Budhal and adjoining villages took out a protest rally in Budhal town and then they moved to Police Station and courted arrest. They also held dharna at Thana. Later they were let off by police. Despite rain and snowfall the protest and dharna continued. These people strongly criticized the NC and Congress leadership for doing most injustice with the people of Budhal area. They warned to shift their protest dharna in front of the office of DC Rajouri. The Sarpanchs from various Halqas of the area have threatened to resign if the Govt failed to announce Budhal as Tehsil by February 10.
Today AC Revenue Rajouri Sachin Dev Singh and ASP Shiv Kumar also visited Budhal town and talked to the agitating people but they have refused to suspend agitation till their demand is accepted.
Meanwhile, the people from Dharamsal area of Kalakote have continued their indefinite protest dharna and fast unto death strike. About twenty persons have gone on fast. They staged strong protest demonstration and demanded tehsil status for Dharamsal. They alleged that Government has not done justice with the area. The people raised slogans against local MLA, MP and even the Chief Minister and PCC president. They warned to intensify their agitation if the Government failed to address their demand.

MVD conducts awareness prog on ‘Road Safety’

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February 8, 2014

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JAMMU/REASI, Feb 7: Motor Vehicle Department (MVD) conducted an awareness programme on “Road Safety” at Government Polytechnic for Women here today.
On the occasion, Arvind Kotwal, Regional Transport Officer (RTO) Jammu was the chief guest.
Neetu Maini, Principal Government Polytechnic for Women, presented the welcome address.
Interactive and video sessions were conducted by the experts in order to deliver the message of programme.
Arvind Kotwal in his address exhorted upon the participants to follow the traffic rules and road safety measures to avoid the fatal accidents.
Pawan Kumar, HoD E&C and Local Coordinator for the programme arranged logistic support during the programme.
Among others present were Kuldeep Singh, Jugal Kishore ARTOs Jammu, Naresh Gupta incharge Computer Engineering, Harish Chander incharge Textile, Kamal Kumar incharge TPO, Reeta Kundal incharge OMCA, Rajiv Kohli incharge HoD, faculty and students of the institution.
The programme was compeered by Shafi of MVD, while Sunil Cannie Inspector MVD conducted the programme.
Meanwhile, Motor Vehicles Department in collaboration with District Information Center Reasi today organized Road Safety Awareness programme at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) Reasi, in which children participated.
The children were shown a film show on road safety. Emphasis was laid on the process of boarding and de-boarding from school buses. They were also made aware about several rules and precautions that are required to be followed while using the roads. Booklets on road safety and learner’s licence forms for children over 16 years of age and pamphlets and handbills carrying road safety messages were also distributed among students.
Those present on the occasion were ARTO Reasi, Rajesh Gupta, officials from Information Department, Principal, teachers and staff.
The programme concluded with cultural performance by Mohinder Kumar and Rakesh Kumar (artists from Information Department Reasi).

Ramzan reviews situation in snow hit districts

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February 8, 2014

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JAMMU, Feb 7: Minister for Transport and Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution has asked the administrations of North Kashmir districts to make concerted efforts to restore the roads and basic services in the district disrupted in the backdrop of heavy snowfall.
The Minister issued the directions while talking to Deputy Commissioners (DCs) on phone to whom he called to know about the situation arisen after the heavy snow fall witnessed in the area since last evening.
The Minister asked the DCs to gear up men and machinery to restore all intra and inter district roads to avoid inconvenience to the people in moving from one place to the other. He asked the administration to put to work all the men machinery available to ensure clearance of the snow from all the vital roads.
Ch Ramzan also asked for taking immediate steps to restore power and water supply in the areas where these are disrupted.
Minister was informed that there were sufficient stocks of Rice, Atta, Sugar and K- Oil in all depots, while the Oil companies have also dumped sufficient number of LPG cylinders to meet any emergency.

Young Panthers’ committee reconstituted

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February 8, 2014

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JAMMU, Feb 7: Syed Mohd Rafiq Shah, MLC, president, Young Panthers in consultation with the chief patron and Chairman-NPP has reconstituted J&K Young Panthers Central Committee with immediate effect.
According to the release, Pushvinder Singh Manhas shall continue as senior vice president, with Mohd Saleem Sheikh as vice-president, Vilakshan Singh, Advocate, Isfaq Rana, Parikshat Singh and Iqbal Parrey as general secretaries whereas Ravinder Singh Billowria, Pawan Dev Singh, Shyam Lal Shastri, Mohd Aslam, Mohd Jaffar and Abhinav Anand shall be the State Secretaries.
Gagan Pratap Singh shall be the State Coordinator and Spokesman whereas S Rupinder Singh Tara will be the Secretary, Public Relations.

PDD disconnects 30 illegal connections

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February 8, 2014

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SAMBA, Feb 7: The PDD engineers during a surprise raid conducted in Shiv Nagar area of Vijaypur tehsil of Samba district today disconnected 30 illegal domestic connections.
The raid was conducted by a team of engineers and officials of the PDD led by Ashok Gupta, AEE, M&RE Sub Division Vijaypur who was assisted by S H Puri AE and Balvir Kumar JE.

DPS holds Poetry Recitation Competition

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February 8, 2014

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Winners of Hindi Poetry Recitation Competition posing for a photograph alongwith staff members at DPS in Jammu on Friday.

JAMMU, Feb 7: To develop communication and interactive skills among the students, Delhi Public School (DPS) organized Hindi Poetry Recitation Competition for Pre-Primary Wing, here today.
The students from Prep participated in a large number and recited their poems in an impressive manner.
Pavani Sharma and Shaunish Vaid bagged first place, while Kavanvir Kour and Zooni Fatima clinched second spot and the third place went to Shaurya Sharma and Aryan Bhola.
Additional Director DPS, Dr D Joseph lauded the efforts of the students and distributed prizes among the winners. She said that such activities play an important role in overall development and confidence building of children.
Headmistress, Ruchi Chabra, Coordinator Preeti Abrol, Ritu Vir and Seema Tuli were present during the competition.

Bindra win two gold medals in Inter Shoot Tri series Shooting

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February 8, 2014

New Delhi, Feb 7: Beijing Olympics gold medalist shooter Abhinav Bindra today clinched his second gold medal of the competition at the Inter Shoot Tri series Shooting being held at Hague, Netherlands.

The 31-year-old Indian had won his first medal in this Tri series competition yesterday with a qualification score was 613.7. He was at 8th position in pre-qualification round.

Bindra shot remarkably well in finals after that and scored 209.3 points to win the gold.

In the second match today, the four-time Olympian scored 627.7 in the qualification round. He continued his remarkable performance and shot 209 to win his second gold medal in the match.

Bindra defeated London Olympic Games Champion from Romania Mr H Moldoveanue Alin George in both the matches. The Indian would be shooting his third match in this competition tomorrow. (PTI)

KHC discusses grievances

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February 8, 2014

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JAMMU, Feb 7: Kashmiri Hindu Conference, (KHC) executive body met under the chairmanship of M L Thusoo and discussed the grievances of its community.
The members expressed their utmost dissatisfaction on the unbecoming attitude of the State Government headed by Omar Abdullah who makes a routine mention about the minority, their return and rehabilitation but practically does nothing concrete.
Mr Thusoo said “ more than 500 KPs were brutally murdered but no body was booked for the crime. No concrete measures are planned for the lasting stay of the community in the Valley, he added.
P L Koul Budgami convener of the organisation said “the Government is mere customary in mentioning KPs at different occasions to display secular traditions of the party. The Government should adopt a sincere approach in solving the problems of the community”.
Other who spoke in the meeting include S N Raina, M L Daftari, A K Bhat and G L Koul.

Mehbooba demands arrest of Cong Minister

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February 8, 2014

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JAMMU, Feb 7: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has demanded that Congress Minister allegedly involved in making advances towards a lady doctor working at senior position in Kashmir be sacked and arrested without any delay.
Addressing a press conference here today the PDP leader said that Omar led Government unfortunately tried to protect the Minister and the Police did not entertain an FIR for over a week despite the fact that woman officer continued to visit there with the complaint. The Government wanted to give enough time to the accused Minister for getting a bail from the court and evade his arrest.
It is very unfortunate that the Police registered an FIR only after the court intervened into the matter. She said that even the court denied bail to the accused Minister. Ms Mehbooba said if a person like Tarun Tejpal was arrested by police within no time, what was the problem with the police in arresting Congress Minister after he was allegedly involved in making advances towards a lady Medical Officer heading a block in Kashmir. What will be the security of common woman if an officer is not safe in the Health Department?
She said Medical is considered as most noble profession and most favoured by the fair sex. And if the people sitting at the top of the department will behave in this manner the women will feel most insecure in the department. She said Chief Minister Omar Abdullah owes an answer to the fair sex and the people as a whole. He is heading the Police Department and the people of his department denied registration of an FIR.
Ms Mehbooba said that Chief Minister is himself in the dock over Haji Yousuf case and his father too, in the JKCA scam worth Rs 50 crore, moreover, some of his Ministers were involved in Drug and BOPEE scam, under such circumstances he has lost moral responsibility to act against any Minister. She said this Government has proved as most tainted and worst ever seen in the history. He has lost moral responsibility to rule the State. The Minister be arrested and punished like an ordinary citizen, she maintained.