JAMMU, Feb 7: A youth allegedly committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance at his residence in Shehzadpur, falling under the jurisdiction of Domana police station.
As per reports, 20-year-old Rakesh Kumar, son of Thakur Dass of Shehzadpur, Marh consumed some poisonous substance at his residence.
Finding him unconscious, family members shifted him to Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), where he failed to respond to the treatment and breathed his last today morning.
The body was handed over to family members for last rites after completing legal formalities.
A case under relevant Sections has been registered at Domana police station and investigation started to ascertain the reason behind such extreme step.
Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Feb 7: Fazal Hussian a Sarpanch leader from Rajouri today demanded that Government should fulfill the promises made with Panchs and Sarpanchs of the State.
He demanded Rs 10,000 as per month salary for Sarpanchs and Rs 5000 as salary for Panchs.
He also demanded the empowerment of Panchayats in the State and the law be passed in the coming budged session of Assembly in this regard.
JAMMU, Feb 7: The Nari Samman Yatra which was organized by State president of the Morcha Priya Sethi concluded at Mahajan Hall Shalamar here today.
During the concluding function BJP State president Jugal Kishore Sharma, leader of its Legislative Party Ashok Khajuria, Ashok Koul Organisation Secretary, alongwith National vice president Rasham Dhar Sood and National Seceratary, Mahila Morcha Asha Jaswal, senior leaders Chander Mohan Sharma, Suresh Jamwal, Jammu-Poonch Parliamentary Constituency Incharge Yudhvir Sethi, Ravinder Raina, Purnima Sharma and Rajeev Charak were present.
BJP Mahila Morcha, at the National level, has chalked out this yatra to highlight the plight of women and the importance of womenfolk in Indian polity.
Jugal Kishore Sharma, on this occasion, said that the women constitute about 50 per cent of the population of the country and deserve the equal share in all matters and all levels but unfortunately they are still deprived of what is being availed by the men.
Rasham Sood while speaking on the motive of taking out “Mahila Samman Yatra” said that women living in different areas of the State have to face different problems on account of a number of reason and “we are on this yatra to take stock of such problems’’. She said that the BJP has always been working for welfare and equal opportunities to them. Our party has always stood for their political empowerment and support every such bill or law which is meant for their security and empowerment’’, she added.
Asha Jaiswal said that the BJP has always been in forefront for the rights of women and the same is clear from the fact that we have granted 33 per cent reservation in organizational setup and stand committed for political reservation as well.
Priya Sethi said that the Yatra has passed through every tehsil headquarters. It has reached the urban and local population and educate the masses about the role of women in family as well as society. The Morcha president also expressed concern over not extending benefits of various welfare schemes to genuine women of the State.
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 7: Jammu and Kashmir Batwal Welfare Association (BWA) delegation met Minister for Planning, Development, Labour and Employment Ajay Kumar Sadhotra and discussed the problems being faced by the Batwal community.
While speaking, the association members told Minister that they had submitted memorandums of genuine demands of Batwal Community thrice to the Government but till date nothing has been done to consider any of their demands.
They also apprised Minister that in 1994, the Central Planning Commission at the behest of the then Prime Minister PV Narsimha Rao, undertook the Ethnographic Study of Batwal Community of J&K with an object to uplift it from a State of utter degradation it was living in, but despite lapse of 20 years, nothing has been done by the Government for the upliftment of the Batwal community people.
Minister assured the delegation that he will take up all their demands with the Government for consideration on priority.
The association members, who met the Minister, were Sat Pal Lakhotra, RL Kaith, Ramesh Kumar Kaith, Om Parkash Sargotra, Kamal Chand Motan, Gunni Ram Kaith, Punnu Ram Kaith, Gurdas Chand Sargotra, Baldev Chand Sandhu, Waryam Chand Motan, Pyare Lal Lakhotra, Bua Ditta Kaith, Rashpal Chand Bassa and Rashpal Chand Lakhotra.
A Kashmiri youth was today at the centre of a controversy with the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Kerala, disputing his claim of pursuing higher studies there and having got his two astronomy projects approved for research by US space agency NASA.
“This institution herewith makes it known to one and all that a student by this name (Asif Ali) has never graduated from IIST, nor is he presently doing a postgraduate course in astronomy in IIST,” the institute said in a disclaimer posted on its website.
Defence spokesman Lt Colonel N N Joshi had issued a statement in Srinagar on Wednesday saying Ali, hailing from a remote village in Kashmir, has won approval for two of his astronomy projects from the Kennedy Space Centre, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in USA.
The official release had claimed that this youth has completed his B.Tech from IIST and is currently also pursuing a post-graduate (MS) degree in Astronomy there.
It went on to say that the two projects that Ali will work on include those on estimation of asteroids and the effect of gamma ray emissions.
When asked to comment about the IIST disclaimer, Lt Col Joshi said he will verify the facts before making any further statement. (PTI)
Auckland, Feb 7: India were pushed to the backfoot after yet another familiar top-order batting collapse as hosts New Zealand took firm control of the the first cricket Test riding on skipper Brendon McCullum’s brilliant double century here today.
McCullum’s sparkling 224 guided New Zealand to a commanding 503 in their first innings despite a six-wicket haul by pacer Ishant Sharma.
India were struggling at 130 for four, when bad light halted second day’s play with Rohit Sharma standing tall amidst ruins batting on 67 in company of Ajinkya Rahane (23 batting). India are 373 runs behind New Zealand’s first innings total and still require another 174 runs to avoid follow-on.
India’s top-order again performed miserably as they were reduced to 10 for three at one stage with Shikhar Dhawan (0), Cheteshwar Pujara (1) and Virat Kohli (4) back in the pavilion due to some inspired seam bowling by Trent Boult and Tim Southee.
Murali Vijay (26) did all the hardwork before Neil Wagner dismissed him with a beauty to reduce India to 51 for four.
Rohit-Rahane did some repair work with an unbroken 79-run stand for the fifth wicket.
Rohit especially looked in silken touch as he hit eight fours and a six off Kane Williamson in the 102 balls that he faced so far.
Coming in at 10 for three, Rohit was initially a bit shaky as he scored only one off 24 deliveries before getting the first boundary off the 25th one.
He had a partnership of 41 runs with Vijay, who saw left-arm seamer Neil Wagner fire one in from wide off the crease and the delivery straightened after pitching to beat the batsman clipping the bails in the process.
Once Vijay was gone, Rohit decided to counter-attack as he hit three boundaries off a Wagner over. A pull, a punch through covers followed by a deliberate glide over slips.
In another Wagner over, Rohit hit a perfect cover drive while he pushed Southee for a boundary through mid-off effortlessly. Out of his eight boundaries, six were hit off Wagner.
Dhawan’s poor overseas technique was exposed once again as he was squared up off the very second delivery of the Indian innings by left-armer Boult as he closed his bat face and the leading edge was taken by Kane Williamson at gully.
Pujara played far away from his body to a delivery that was shaping away while Kohli got a faint tickle on the glove to a rising deliery that also bounced off his helmet towards Peter Fulton at second slip.
India were tottering at 10 for three in 5.4 overs when Rohit and Vijay jouined forces, For the next hour, they played without taking much risk.
Earlier, skipper McCullum’s sparkling double century helped New Zealand reach a commanding first innings score of 503 despite a six-wicket haul by speedster Ishant Sharma.
McCullum played a captain’s knock scoring 224 off 307 balls with the help of 29 boundaries and five huge sixes as New Zealand were finally all-out in 121.4 overs. Ishant on the otherhand got his fourth five-for in Test cricket ending with figures of six for 134 in 33.4 overs.
The New Zealand captain was the last man out when Ravindra Jadeja did brilliant balancing act to catch at the ropes.
This was McCullum’s second double century in Tests and also became the fourth Black Caps player to achieve the feat of scoring two or more double hundred in Tests. He joined Stephen Fleming, Glenn Turner and Matthew Sinclair in the list.
Out of the six wickets that fell today with an addituon of 174 runs, Ishant took four while Jadeja (1/120) and Mohammed Shami (1/96) shared the remaining two. Zaheer Khan (2/132) didn’t add to his overnight tally.(PTI)
New Delhi, Feb 7: In what came as a major boost to India’s medal prospects in shooting, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) has sanctioned more than Rs two crore for specialised training to four elite marksmen with an eye on Commonwealth Games and Asian Games later this year.
The news has come as music to the ears of Ronjan Sodhi (two silver medals at 2010 CWG and a gold at 2010 Asian Games), Shagun Chaudhary (first Indian woman to qualify for the Olympic trap shooting event in London Games 2012), Heena Sidhu (gold medal in 2013 ISSF World Cup Finals in Germany), and Manavjit Singh Sandhu (gold at 1998 CWG, four silver medals at 1998, 2002, 2006 Asian Games), who have been provided with special funding by the SAI.
All the four shooters have received more than Rs 50 lakh each for their specialised training in the run up to the ISSF World Championship in Granada; Commonwealth Games from July 23 to August 3 in Glasgow, Scotland; and Asian Games from September 19 to October 4 in Incheon, South Korea.
The amount would be spent by these shooters on their training abroad at an European base.
“We have sanctioned more than Rs 50 lakh each to Ronjan Sodhi, Shagun Chaudhary, Heena Sidhu and Manvjit Singh Sandhu for specialised training as part of their preparation for the World Championships, Commonwealth Games and Asian Games this year,” Neeraj Kansal, secretary SAI, told PTI.
“This is part of SAI’s long-term policy to boost the country’s medal prospects in these sporting events. Our shooters have always performed well in the CWG and Asian Games. We have sanctioned funds for their training,” he added. (PTI)
Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 7: Princy Sharma bagged first place in General Knowledge Competition, organized by Gandhi Memorial Higher Secondary School in RS Pura.
Around 200 students participated in the Competition which was held under the Chairmanship Raj Kumar, Secretary Management Committee of the School.
Retired ZEO, Ved Parkash, Principal Darshan Lal and teacher Balbir Kour were the adjudicators.
Kewal Krishan Sharma, Chairman Gandhi Memorial Elementary Teachers Training Institute, RS Pura was the chief guest, who distributed prizes among the winners on the occasion.
Meanwhile, Karanjeet Kour won second place in the Competition, while the third position was shared by Anuradha and Mehak Kousal.
PDP leaders talking to reporters at Samba on Friday. -Excelsior/ Gautam
SAMBA, Feb 7: PDP district president, Pawan Dev Singh has expressed grave concern over giving a raw deal to Samba constituency in constitution of administrative units.
Talking to reporters here, today Mr Singh said that the State Government has totally ignored the Samba Constituency and no new tehsil has been constituted in this Constituency whereas Hiranagar Constituency has been given one tehsil i,e (Ghagwal) Vijaypur Constituency has been given three Tehsil i.e Ramgarh, Vijaypur and Bari Brahmana.
Mr Singh said that the way in which Samba Constituency has been ignored by the Cabinet Sub Committee (CSC) is highly objectionable and condemnable. The Samba Constituency has been ignored for the last 67 years as the National Conference and Congress led Government did nothing during their tenure for the development of the Constituency nor they bothered to provide the political empowerment to the people of Samba and it was only the PDP led Government when a local party MLA was given MoS for three years and various developmental schemes were started including industrial growth centre, degree college, SDM and hundreds of schools were up graded.
Mr Singh warned the State Government that the people of Samba will be bound to start agitation and will come on the roads if the Government did not review its stand to sanction new tehsils in Samba Constituency.
JAMMU, Feb 7: In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by two young Advocates namely Rajnish Raina and Prem Sadotra (presently Joint Secretary BAJ) challenging registration of FIR against judicial officer without following the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court, Special Division Bench of High Court comprising Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir and Justice Bansi Lal Bhat today allowed two weeks time to senior AAG Gagan Basotra for filing fresh affidavit and explaining the position.
After hearing Advocate Rohit Kapoor for the PIL whereas Senior AAG Gagan Basotra for the State, the Special DB, in the open court, observed, “as already noted affidavits filed by SHO Pulwama and IGP Kashmir are aimed at justifying the wrong”, adding “two weeks time is granted to the senior AAG for filing fresh affidavits”.
