Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 29: A meeting of Janta Dal (Secular) was held here today at party headquarters, wherein State president of the party, Mast Nath Yogi, while addressing the office bearers, extended his support to selected wardens sitting on huger strike.
The meeting asked the Government to issue appointment orders of the selected Jail Wardens as early as possible.
Expressing concern over the prevalent corruption in the State, the meeting also asked the Government to appoint Lokayukta in the State to check corruption.
Observing that Government employees in some departments are without salary for last nine months, the meeting asked the State Government to release their salary immediately.
The meeting also urged the Government to take up the work of widening of Jammu-Akhnoor Road, which it alleged has become accident prone.

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KISHTWAR, Dec 29: Traders Association held a meeting and elected office bearers.
Ravinder Gupta has been elected as chairman of the association, whereas Bharat Bhushan Gupta as president, Kishore Lal Shan as senior vice president, Surinder Gupta, Ajeet Shan and Kuldeep Kumar Gupta as vice presidents, Kuldeep Sharma as general secretary-cum-legal advisor, Bhushan Parihar, Ramesh Shan and Atul Gupta as secretaries, Susheel Sharma and Surinder Singh Bhandari as stage secretaries, Rajesh Sharma and Kuldeep Gupta as cashiers, Naveen Nischal, Ravi Kant Wazir, Bhanu Gupta and Sunil Wazir as publicity secretaries, Dr Rahul Sharma and Randheer Sharma as advisors, Jagdish Sharma and Vijay Gupta as organizers, Balbir Singh as press secretary, Sandeep Kumar Gupta and Sunil Thakur as spokespersons.

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JAMMU, Dec 29: A scooty of a lady CRPF constable was lifted by burglars from CRPF Group Centre Bantalab.
As per police sources, some thieves lifted the scooty bearing registration number DL9SR-6316 of a lady CRPF constable namely Paro Devi, wife of Nek Ram from CRPF Group Centre, Bantalab.
After failed to recover the vehicle, Paro Devi lodged a complaint with Chinore police post.
A case under relevant Sections has been registered at Chinore police post and efforts are being made to recover the vehicle.

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JAMMU, Dec 29: A three -day religious function of the Purohit Sabha Martand Improvement Trust was held from December 27 to 29 at Suriya Bhawan here under the chairmanship of its president M K Yogi.
The general secretary of the Sabha Veer Ji Pandita threw light on the working of the Trust and its achievements.
He said renovation was done at newly constructed Suriya Mandir Mattan and lights of other temples in the shrine were restored besides five new rooms, five washing rooms and five separate fully furnished kitchens were constructed.
He said the land of Cremation ground has been restored and a boundary wall was constructed around it. He said Muni Baba Market was constructed and the shopping complex will be utilized by the Biradri members.
On the occasion a book on Martand Tirath carrying its complete history was released.
President of the Trust announced that construction of the first floor of Suriya Bhawan will start soon and MLC Vijay Bakaya has agreed to provide the funds from his CDF.
Mr Yogi said that DC Anantnag has passed an order imposing ban on constructions on the land of Kashmiri Pandits in Mattan area. This order was passed after the Trust held meetings with the district administration in this regard. He said Martand will be kept away from Shrine Bill as the same is managed by a separate Trust.

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JAMMU, Dec 29: All Jammu and Kashmir Diploma Engineers Association has constituted its PDD unit of Jammu and elected Daljit Singh and Jai Pal Sharma as the chairman and president, respectively.
B N Sethi and Naveen Sharma were elected as vice-chairmen while Sanjay Koul, Rakesh Sharma (Sangra) and H S Puri were elected as senior vice-presidents. Amrish Dutta and Ajay Khajuria were elected as the vice-presidents, Ravi Khah as secretary, Surinder Kumar as joint secretary, J P Singh as chief organizer, Amit Gupta as treasurer and Vishal Anand as publicity secretary.
The unit was constituted during a meeting of the Central body of the Association, held under the chairmanship of Upinder Singh.

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JAMMU, Dec 29: The residents of Dashmesh Nagar, Digiana held a meeting and framed welfare committee.
Assa Singh has been elected as president, whereas Harbans Singh as vice president, Jagdev Singh as general secretary, Vinod Sharma as secretary and Teeraj Singh as cashier.

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SRINAGAR, Dec 29: A residential house was partially damaged in fire in North Kashmir’s Sopore town today.
A police spokesman said fire broke out in the house of Mohammad Ashraf War, son of Ghulam Hassan of Warpora, Sopore, resulting in its partial damage. No loss of life was reported in the incident, the spokesman said.

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JAMMU, Dec 29: Bishnah police today arrested an absconder, who was evading his arrest for the past two years.
A police spokesman said that, police party from Bishnah police station led by SHO Narinder Singh arrested an absconder, who was wanted by Akhnoor police for the past two years.
The absconder has been identified as Khadam Hussain, son of Dhao of Laswara.
The accused was wanted in a case registered with Police Station Akhnoor under FIR number 195/11 under Section 379 RPC.
The absconder was handed over to Akhnoor police for further investigation.