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Stone peltersresume task during

electioneeringISHA SHARMA

After terrorists and separatists were shown theirplace by security forces, stone pelters haveresumed their task to disrupt the polling in

poll bound Kulgam district. Government and securityforces are taking stone pelters lightly which is creatinghurdles in their task. It is time when security forcesshould deal with these elements strictly. However,four youths were injured when government forcesburst teargas shells and fired pellets to disperse stonepelting demonstrators, who were trying to disruptpolling in Kulgam in the second phase of three phaseelection in Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency.Official source said that stone pelters hit the streets atvillage Kujjar in Kulgam and tried to disrupt thepolling. However, forces and state police personneldeployed in strength in the area immediately swunginto action and resorted to lathicharge followed bybursting of teargas shells. Earlier, when the demon-strators, who were pelting stones refused to disperse,forces fired pellets, they said, adding four youthsreceived pellet injuries. However, amid poll boycott,clashes erupted on Monday between youth and gov-ernment forces at Qoimoh and Bugam areas of southKashmir's Kulgam district where polling is being heldfor Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency. Stone peltersthrew stones at Government Higher Secondary SchoolQoimoh where polling stations are set up. Forcesdeployed in the area swung into action and fired tearsmoke shells to quell the stone-pelters. Clashes alsoerupted between stone pelters and government forcesat Bugam village of the district. Youths threw stones atGovernment Higher Secondary School Bugam wherefive polling has been set up. However, forcesdeployed in the area retaliated by firing tear smokeshells to disperse the youth. Out of 3444 electors eligi-ble for vote at five polling station in Bugam, no votewas cast till 10.am. Meanwhile, at 12 polling stationsincluding Qoimoh, Redwani, Khudwani, only 6 voteswere cast till 9:50 a.m.

GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, APR. 29

It is no more an opensecret that several timesvarious committees wereframed from time to timein different govt depart-ments and also Public sec-tor undertakings besideautonomous and semiautonomous bodies toconduct routine affairsand sometimes importanttasks but sadly all thesecommittees framed fromtime to time instead ofperforming asked tasks toensure transparency andaccountability havealways done opposite totheir duty resulting inserious loss to Govtexchequer and also poorquality works on the

ground.Now days same has

been going on in most ofthe works being under-taken by Shri MataVaishno Devi ShrineBoard with the fundswhose only source ischarity in the form ofofferings by the devoteesof Mata Vaishno Deviwho come across thecountry here in J&K topay Obeisance At MataVaishno Devi Dham. Nodoubt Shrine Board hasdeveloped huge infra-structure with this charitybut at the same time it hascome to fore that offeredmoney being misused byfew corrupt officials ofShrine Board as most ofthe works it undertakes

are being executed andcompleted without invit-ing mandatory tenders/e-tenders at higher ratesand of lower quality. Toquote few examples

where Shrine Board mis-used charity money,Shrine Board constituteda committee to conduct acomprehensive marketsurvey to collect the quo-

tations from the openmarket for providing andfixing of stainless steelconforming to SS 304Grade floor mounted for 4

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Shrine Board purchased 25 four seater stainless steelbenches at higher rates from Khem Raj Khajuria

Committee constituted to conduct comprehensive market survey did not make single visit

Deliberately entertained fake Firm for quotation for record sake


Railway MagistrateJammu Yahaya Firdoustook serious note aboutthe functioning of Policeand directed SSP Jammuto stop the salary of SHONagrota.

Court also issued freshbailable warrants of SHONagrota.

This significant orderhas been passed in a com-plaint filed by MohinderSingh in which Courtdirected SHO Nagrota toinvestigate the matter interms of section 202Cr.P.C. and file the report,thereafter two reminders

were given to SHONagrota vide orderdtd.29-06-2018 and 23-07-2018 to file the report interms of order dtd.22-05-2018, these reminderswere given through pros-ecution but SHO did notfile the report and accord-ingly a summon wasissued to SHO Nagrota toappear before this court toexplain as to why thereport has not been filedin compliance to orderdtd.22-05-2018.

Court further observedthat On 06-11-2018Prosecution was directedto serve the summonupon SHO, Prosecution

was further directed tointimate the SHO tele-phonically to appearbefore this court toexplain his conduct andthereafter on 24-12-2018,this court observed thatsummon was properlyserved upon SHO, despiteservice SHO did not filethe report and as such,bailable warrant amount-ing to Rs.10,000/- wasissued against the SHOand on 08-01-2019 a freshbailable warrant amount-ing to Rs.10,000/-wasissued against the SHOwith the direction to SSP,jammu to ensure the

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GY CORRESPONDENTBENGALURU, APR. 29

The Bengaluru citypolice have transferredthe sedition case against aKashmiri youth forallegedly supporting ter-rorists who had carriedout an attack on a CRPFconvoy in Pulwama to theNational InvestigationAgency (NIA). DCP(Whitefield) Abdul Ahadconfirmed that the casehad been transferred toNIA for further investiga-tion. HAL police had inFebruary booked the sedi-tion case against Kashmiriyouth Aabid Malik afterhe posted messages back-ing the Pulwama attackers

and criticising the IndianArmy on his Facebookwall. According to policesources, his social mediaaccounts were scrutinizedand also his employers inBengaluru were ques-tioned before the citypolice decided to shareinformation withIntelligence Bureau (IB).Malik is from Srinagarand according to hisFacebook profile, he’s analumnus of BangaloreUniversity. The policesources said the history ofMalik’s social mediaaccounts shows that hewas supporting terroristsand was against India

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On 30.03.2019 at 1015hrs, a car bomb attack wascarried out by terrorists atNHW Tethar Banihal. Inthis regard a case FIR No39/19 U/S307/120/120A/121/121ARPC, 4/5 ExplosiveSubstances Act, 15/16/18/20 ULA (P) Act wasregistered at PoliceStation Banihal and inves-tigation was given toSDPO Banihal. Duringinvestigation, cordon andsearch operation waslaunched and the attackernamely Owais Amin S/O

Mohd Amin R/O VehilShopian was arrested on31.03.2019. A SpecialInvestigation Team head-ed by Sh. Sanjay PariharAddl. SP Ramban com-prising of Sh Sajjad

Sarwar (JKPS) SDPOBanihal, Insp Ijaz AhmedWani, SHO P/S Banihal,Inspector Karan ChalotraSHO P/S Pacca DangaJammu, Inspector

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GY CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, APR. 29

In a bid to scale-up thelevel of knowledge of itshuman resource and keepthem abreast of the latestdevelopments in thebanking and financial sec-tor, Chairman and CEOJ&K Bank, Parvez Ahmedon Sunday unveiled thefirst issue of the Bank'smonthly in-house maga-zine 'TRUST' rolled out bythe InternalCommunication &Knowledge ManagementDepartment of the bank .

The magazine waslaunched in an impressive

function at Bank'sCorporate Headquarters

in presence of the Bank'sExecutive Presidents R K

Chibber and P K Tickoo,Cont. on Page 11

Chairman JK Bank launches Bank's InternalCommunication & Knowledge Management initiative

First Issue of 'TRUST' In-House magazine for skill and knowledge upgradation unveiled

Hilal Mantoo involved in car blast attack arrested

J&K Police thwarting nefarious designsof HM militant organization: IGP

Court issue bail-able warrants ofSHO and directs SSP to stop salary

GY CORRESPONDENTNEW DELHI, APR. 29

Incidents of violence inWest Bengal and EVMglitches in some areaswere reported as 64 percent turnout was recordedon Monday in 72 con-stituencies across ninestates in the fourth phaseof Lok Sabha elections. Inthe heartland states,where the BJP had won 30out of 32 seats in 2014, 62per cent turnout wasrecorded in Rajasthan (13seats), 53.12 per cent inUttar Pradesh (13 seats)

and 65.86 per centMadhya Pradesh (6 seats).West Bengal recorded ahigh turnout at 76.47 inthe eight seats thoughclashes broke out between

supporters of rival partiesin Nanoor, Rampurhat,Nalhati and Suri areas ofBirbhum seat, leaving sev-eral people injured. InBarabani, BJP candidate

from Asansol and Unionminister Babul Supriyo'svehicle was vandalisedallegedly by TMC work-ers outside a polling sta-tion while in Dubrajpurarea central securityforces personnel reported-ly opened fire in the air todisperse irate people whoattacked them when theywere barred from enteringthe booths with mobilephones. An FIR was regis-tered against Supriyo forallegedly getting into anargument with

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Lok Sabha elections: 64% turnout infourth phase, violence in West Bengal

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SRINAGAR, APR. 29

Incident-free votingmarked the second leg ofthree-phase polling for

south Kashmir'sA n a n t n a gParliamentary con-stituency of Kulgamdistrict with a totalvoter turnout of10.32 per cent, ChiefElectoral Officer(CEO) J&K,

Shailendra Kumarinformed on Monday.

Addressing a pressconference at Banquet

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General Elections-2019Kulgam records 10.32%

voter turnout in 4th Phasefor Anantnag PC: Shailendra

Sedition case on Kashmiri youth;city police transfer case to NIA

GY CORRESPONDENTNEW DELHI, APR. 29

The tenure of CRPF’sInspector General(operations) in theKashmir valley,Zulfiquar Hasan, hasbeen extended byanother six months tillSeptember, aGovernment ordersaid on Monday.Hasanis a 1988-batch IndianPolice Service (IPS)officer of the WestBengal cadre.An orderissued by theAppointments Committeeof the Cabinet (ACC),headed by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, saidHasan’s deputation

tenure has been extendedby six months beyondMarch 11 this year “inrelaxation of IPS tenurepolicy in public interest”.

The officer was givenan extension of one year,beyond March 11, in 2018.

Centre extends tenure of CRPFIG in Kashmir by 6 months

Golden Yug JAMMU, TUESDAY, 30, APRIL, 2019STATE 2

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BUDGAM, APR. 29

District DevelopmentCommissioner, BudgamDr Syed Sehrish Asgartoday inspected the StateEmergency OperationCenter (SEOC) estab-lished at Humhama inBudgam.

Director DisasterManagement J&K,Tehsildar Budgam, NTHumhama and other offi-cials from DisasterManagement, SDRF andRevenue departmentwere also present on theoccasion.

The DDC also visited

the under constructioncontrol room, monitoringroom and reviewed statusof other required facilitiesput in place at SEOC forimmediate responsetowards the man-made

and natural disasters.The SEOC will be the

main command and con-trol centre responsible fordisaster management inthe state including emer-gency service integration.

DDC Budgam inspects SEOC Humhama

Director Agriculturereviews arrangementsfor wheat procurementJAMMU APR 29: Director Agriculture, Jammu, P. S.Rathore, convened a meeting to review arrangementsfor procurement of wheat produce of Rabi 2018-19season.

The arrangements regarding space/gunny bags,logistic support and other necessary facilities fororganizing procurement mandies by FCI in coordina-tion with CA&PD and Agriculture Department werediscussed threadbare in the meeting.

Director directed the officers of Agriculture,CA&PD and FCI departments to select and finalize thelocation of procurement centres as per feasibility andcatchment area in liason with local administration andpanchayat representatives.

Training programm for budding entrepreneurs heldREASI APR 29: A one day awareness cum trainingsession for aspiring entrepreneurs was conducted heretoday on "Ease of doing business and A New way ofdoing business in J&K".

Deputy Commissioner, Kanwal Chib, was the chiefguest while Sub Judge, District Legal ServicesAuthorities, Anjum Ara was the guest of honour onthe ocassion.

The aspiring entrepreneurs were informed aboutvarious incentives being provided by the state andcentral government to facilitate the ease of doing busi-ness.

The participants were also introduced to onlineapplication procedure onudyogjk.com and investjk.in.

The programme was attended by students fromGDC Reasi, GDC Dharmari, Polytechnic College,RSETI and various other institutes.

DDC flags off drug de-addiction Van at UdhampurUDHAMPUR, APR 29-: In order to sensitize commonmasses about harmful effects of drug menace, DistrictDevelopment Commissioner, Dr. Piyush Singla, todayflagged off a Van for awareness generation in the dis-trict. Several events are being organised to observedrug de-addiction week at different parts of the dis-trict in coordination with Health, Education, Food andDrug Control Organization. During the awarenesscampaign, different activities like cultural pro-gramme, Nukkad nataks, symposium/debate compe-titions, will be organized in colleges and schools of thedistrict to make the people especially youth to awareabout ill effects of drug addiction.

General Elections-2019Awareness programme under

SVEEP held at ShopianSHOPIAN APR 29: A Systematic Voters' Educationand Electoral Participation (SVEEP) awareness pro-gramme was organised for employees of differentdepartments here at Mini Secretariat Shopian.

On the occasion, District Election Officer Dr OwaisAhmed spoke at length about the role of SVEEP cam-paign in educating and motivating the electorate toexercise their right to vote. He said greater participa-tion is key to stronger democracy and the main aim isto motivate voters to go and cast their votes so as toelect representatives of their choice who can furtherthe development process. Later, a SVEEP pledge wasalso administered with participants resolving to con-tribute their bit to make democracy more vibrant.Over 1000 employees of various departments tookoath across the district at mini secretariat and theirrespective offices. Present on the occasion wereADDC, ADC, ACR, ARO Wachi, ARO Shopian, allDistrict Officers and employees of various depart-ments.

General Election-2019Facilitation centers for postalballots established at Shopian

SHOPIAN, APR 29: The District Election OfficerShopian today informed that the facilitation centersfor postal ballots are established in respect of 35-Wachi and 36-Shopian Assembly segments at mini-secretariat Arahama Shopian for Lok Sabha Elections2019 in Anantnag parliamentary constituency.

He said all those voters who have applied for postalballots are informed that they can exercise their fran-chise on May 02, 2019 at the designated location from10 am to 4 pm.

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SHOPIAN, APR. 29

Third and final roundof election training forpolling staff began atShopian wherein 1500polling personals arebeing trained in properhandling and operatingof Electronic VotingMachines (EVMs) andVoter Verifiable PersonalAudit Trail (VVPAT)besides briefing themabout duties assigned toPresiding Officers andPolling Officers.

On the first day of the5 day programme, 300polling personals wereimparted training byAssistant ElectionReturning Officer andDistrict Level MasterTrainers (DLMTs).Detailed deliberationswere made on procedure

for conduction of mockpoll, tender votes, main-tenance of poll diary,sealing election papers,sealing of EVMs andVVPATs after pollingetc. On the occasion,District Election OfficerDr Owais Ahmedbriefed the presiding

and polling officersabout their role andresponsibilities andasked them to ensurethat all instructionsregarding poll day areimplemented in letterand spirit. He impressedupon them to maintainclose coordination with

each other and with sec-toral and zonal magis-trates for smooth and has-sle free conduction of elec-tion. He said that all facil-ities are being made avail-able for the polling partiesand special care has beentaken of their proper safe-ty and security.

General Elections-2019: 3rd round of trainingfor polling personals begins at Shopian

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SRINAGAR, APR. 29

The Srinagar adminis-tration which has startedan operation against foodadulteration Monday con-stituted special teamswhich undertook inspec-tions of restaurants andfood joints at severalplaces.

The inspections whichwill continue as a regular

affair were held on thedirections of the DeputyCommissioner SrinagarDr Shahid IqbalChoudhary who hastaken a serious view ofcomplaints of adulterat-ed food items sold in themarkets.

The inspection ofrestaurants and foodjoints was aimed atascertaining the usage of

synthetic food colourand monosodium gluta-mate in food prepara-tions.

Eight food joints wereput on notice during theinspections with seven ofthem being taken to thecompetent court of adju-dication for violations ofapplicable provisions.

The owners of theseamong other restaurants

and food joints inspectedon the occasion werestrictly warned againstusage of chemicals intheir preparations.

The DC said stringentof actions under the lawwill be taken againstoffenders. He issuedstrict instructions to allfood business operatorsin the district to maintainhygienic conditions.

Srinagar administration beginsoperation against food adulteration

Cases prepared against eight outlets for violations duringinspection of restaurants and food joints on first day

DDC Rajouri holdspublic grievances

redress campRAJOURI, APR 29: District DevelopmentCommissioner, Mohammad Aijaz Asad, today con-vened a public grievance redressal camp at Doongiand took stock of public grievances.

During the camp, Sarpanchs and public delegationsfrom Doongi, Keri, Narain, Shahpur, Agrati andadjoining areas projected several issues concerningdevelopment of their respective areas.

DDC informed that the district administration hasissued a schedule for the officers to attend the gramsabhas to extend cooperation to PRIs for better work-ing.

DDC also informed that department of agricultureand horticulture will jointly organise an awarenesscamp on 8th of May, 2019 at Doongi to sensitize thefarmers about the new schemes and latest agriculturaltechnology.

DDC reviews functioning of internalroads of Udhampur Town

UDHAMPUR APR 29:- District DevelopmentCommissioner, Udhampur Dr. Piyush Singla con-vened a joint meeting of PWD, BRO, MES, PHE toreview status of internal roads of Udhampur townbesides assessing progress on widening of Dhar roadand steps taken for macadamization / filling of potholes on the road stretch from Jakhani Chowktowards Garhi Phalata here today.

DDC expressed anguish over poor condition ofinternal roads and set timelines for completion ofworks on various stretches.

In order to stop haphazard road cutting by variousagencies especially telecom companies, DM issueddirections that for every road cutting prior permissionof District Magistrate will be required.

DDC also discussed further plan for two laning ofDhar road besides directing the concerned to strictlydeal with encroachers on these roads.

Search operation launched inBatmaloo area of Srinagar

SRINAGAR, APR 29: Security forces launched a cor-don and search operation (CASO) in Batmaloo area ofSrinagar on Monday. Reports said that a joint team ofthe police and the paramilitary Central Reserve PoliceForce launched searches in Deyarwani locality ofBatmaloo. Further details are awaited.

Labourer found dead insouth Kashmir's Pulwama

SRINAGAR, APR 29: A 32-year-old labourer wasfound dead at a village in south Kashmir’s Pulwamadistrict on Monday. Some locals spotted the bodylying at Adgam today morning and informed thepolice station concerned accordingly, reported newsagencyQuoting an unnamed police officer, it said thatsoon after receiving the information about it, a policeteam reached the spot and recovered the body. Theofficer identified the deceased as Nanda Munda (32), aresident of West Bengal. Nanda was working as alabourer in the southern district and there was no vis-ible injury on his body, the officer said.He said theywere ascertaining the cause of his death.

Bhat resents delay in completionof developmental projects

Srinagar, Apr 29: Senior PDP Leader NizamuddinBhat has expressed resentment over delay in comple-tion of pending developmental projects of the state.

In a statement, Bhat said “most of the pending proj-ects are delayed for release of funds. Those projectswhich have adequate funding are delayed due to theinept handling of contractors and construction agen-cies.”“Underdeveloped districts like Bandipore andKupwara are the worst victims where existing institu-tions lack basic facilities and infrastructure building isfor namesake,” Bhat said.


As the stand offbetween Cable CarCorporation and localTourism players atGulmarg on the contro-versial E-Ticketing deci-sion continues, NationalConference leader andrenowned Tourismadministrator FarooqAhmad Shah hasappealed against politi-cising Tourism, particu-larly Gulmarg and saidthe tourism sector shouldbe kept away from poli-tics.

Shah was interactingwith different stakehold-ers in the Tourism sectorat famous tourist resort ofGulmarg today and delib-erated about the E-Ticketing issue. He askedthe stakeholders to treattourists as guests.

Those who met himincluded PresidentGulmarg TradersAssociation, PresidentGulmarg PonyAssociation Gulmarg,President GulmargSledge Forum, PresidentGulmarg Tata Sumounion President,President Gulmarg ATVunion and Vice-President

Gulmarg GuideAssociation.

During the interac-tions, Shah told them thathe has taken up the issuewith State Administrationwhich has assured himsupport and a pro-labourclass policies.

He added that author-ties assured him of a Pro-Labour policy in Gulmargand said no body in thelocal Tourism industrywould be left distressedand workless. He said heheld many rounds ofdeliberations with differ-ent stakeholders includ-ing authorties and thelocal Tourism players washopefull of an amicableresolution of the issueemerging out soon.

The former buracratewho has headed the

Tourism department invarious capacities for along time during his serv-ices said that no bodywould be allowed to eatupon the bread and butterof the Locals who havebeen contributingimmensely to the indus-try in various capacitiesover the years.

former SecretaryTourism also urged localsto treat the tourists as thespecial guests as theywere an important part oftourism industry in thevalley.

He said Kashmir par-ticularly the Gulmarg hasbeen famous for its hospi-tality across the worldand that spirit has to beheld high even if therewere issues with theauthorties. He also urged

various stakeholders toshun the confrontationand resolve the issuesamicably so that tourismis not affected in theworld famous Ski resort.

Farooq Shah apealed tokeep Gulmarg away frompoliticking and said thefamed tourist resort wasbackbone of the localeconomy in the Tangmargconsituency, henceshould not be used forpolitics. He while hopinga good Tourist seasonahead, suggested that theinterests of the localstakeholders should bethe top priority of theadministration. He urgedgovernment to reconsiderthe decision.

Meanwhile localTourism stakeholdersduring a meeting atGulmarg urged Shah tovisit personally differentstates particularlyMumbai, Gujrat, Delhiand other areas and usehis personal influence towoo tourists to Gulmarg.

Farooq Shah assuredthem of every possiblehelp he can render toboost tourism activities inthe valley particularly inGulmarg and adjoiningareas.

Gondola E-Ticketing: Don't politiciseTourism, Gulmarg: Farooq Shah

Appeals stakeholders to settle issues amicably, treat tourists as guests

SRINAGAR, APR 29:Several incidents of stonepelting took placeMonday in Kulgam dis-trict of Jammu andKashmir where polling isunderway for election tothe Anantnag Lok Sabhaconstituency, police said.

“Isolated incidents ofstone pelting near pollingstations have been report-ed from various parts ofKulgam district but thesituation is under controldue to timely action ofsecurity forces,” a policeofficial said.He said therewere no reports of anyonegetting hurt in the stone

pelting incidents so far.The Anantnag Lok

Sabha constituency isspread over four districtsof Anantnag, Kulgam,Shopian and Pulwamawith 16 assembly seg-

ments.The Lok Sabha polls to

this constituency arebeing held in three phasesdue to securityreasons.Anantnag districtwent to polls on 23 April,

while voting in Pulwamaand Shopian districts willtake place on 6 May.

The ElectionCommission has curtailedthe polling duration forAnantnag Lok Sabha con-

stituency by two hoursfollowing a request fromthe state police to thiseffect. The revised pollingtiming is from 7 am to 4pm.

There are 18 candidatesin the fray for Anantnagconstituency, includingPDP president and formerchief minister of Jammuand Kashmir MehboobaMufti.

The Congress has field-ed its state presidentGhulam Ahmad Mir,while former High Courtjudge Hasnain Masoodi iscontesting on the NationalConference ticket.

Stone pelting near polling booths in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam


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PULWAMA, APR. 29

: For AnantnagP a r l i a m e n t a r yConstituency (PC) theGeneral Observer forAssembly Segments ofRajpora and Pulwama,Sajad Zaman Hazarikaand General Observer forPampore and TralAssembly Segments VinitNandawar today super-

vised the training ofMicro Observers (MO)here at DC office complexPulwama. AdditionalDeputy CommissionerPulwama and DeputyElection Officer were alsopresent at the event.

Master trainers impart-ed training to the MicroObservers detailing abouttheir responsibilities andduties through power-

point presentation,including lectures on therules and procedures ofthe polling process, obser-vation work and themethod of filing thereport.

Addressing the MOs,the General Observeradvised them to observethe overall functioning attheir respective pollingstations on the poll day.

General Elections - 2019Micro Observers imparted training at Pulwama

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BUDGAM, APR. 29

District DevelopmentCommissioner (DDC),Budgam Dr Syed SehrishAsgar today convened ameeting of officers to takereview of the traffic man-agement at Magam andChadoora towns of thedistrict. She directed con-cerned to ensure fool-proof traffic managementin both the towns. Shecalled on the officials towork in coordination withtraders and civil society toensure smooth flow oftraffic at both the twoplaces. She also stressedon the need to createawareness among driversregarding traffic rules and

regulations. The DDC emphasized

on the use of designatedparking places and diver-sions cuts at all requiredspots to avoid trafficsnarls at various points on

Magam-Tangmarg routeand in Chadoora.

The meeting wasattended by ADDCBudgam, ADC Budgam,CPO Budgam, SDMBeerwah, SDM Chadoora,

Tehsildar Headquarter,Tehildars, Dy. SP Traffic,SDPOs, EOs of MunicipalCommittees, besides rep-resentatives from MarketCommittees, Magam andChadoora.

DDC Budgam stresses on smooth trafficregulation at Magam, Chadoora

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KUPWARA, APR. 29

District DevelopmentCommissioner (DDC)Kupwara, Anshul Gargtoday toured variousareas of Karnah Sub-Division during which hetook stock of public issuesand listened to peoplegrievances.

The DDC convened aPublic Darbar at DakBungalow Tangdar whichwas attended by SSPKupwara ShriramAmbarkar, SDM KarnahDr Alyas Ahmad, ADHandicrafts MudasirAhmad, CEO besides

other officers and a hugegathering of people.

The public representa-tives on the occasionapprised the DDC aboutvarious issues relating toroads, schools, water sup-ply, healthcare facilities,agriculture and electricity,besides demand for sadnatunnel was also highlight-ed by civil society mem-bers of Karnah.

The DDC listened tothe public representativesand assured them thattheir genuine demandswill be addressed by theadministration at an earli-est.

DDC Kup visits Karnah, listensto public grievances

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SRINAGAR, APR. 29

Director AgricultureKashmir Syed Altaf AijazAndrabi today visitedDistrict Ganderbal toreview the functioning ofthe department.

During his visit, theDirector interacted withthe concerned officialsand urged them to workin coordination with thefarmers so as to makethem aware with the lat-est scientific technolo-gies.

He instructed the offi-cers to exploit the poten-tial of progressive farm-ers in a their specificfields and make neces-sary steps to link themwith the markets for rais-ing their economy.

The Director also

inspected the working ofthe functionaries of thezone Gulab-bagh,besides, he also inspectednewly created soil testinglaboratory at ManigamGanderbal.

Andrabi also visitedFloriculture Farm atNunar Ganderbal where-in Lavender, Lilium,Rose, and other medici-nal plants , Summer andwinter annuals aregrown in a scientific way.

Later in the day, theDirector held a depart-mental review meetingwith District AgricultureOfficers, Sub DivisionalAgriculture Officers,Agriculture ExtensionOfficers, JuniorAgriculture ExtensionOfficers and AgricultureExtension Assistants.

Dir Agri Kashmir visits Ganderbal

Seminar on 'Drug Abuse'organized at Baramulla

Baramulla, Apr 29: District administration Baramullatoday organized a day-long seminar on 'Drug Abuse'here at Sheerwani Hall in connection with the Drug De-Addiction week which commenced today. The pro-gramme was organized in collaboration with variousdepartments including Health, Education, MunicipalCouncil, Youth Services and Sports, Nehru YuvaKender, Social Welfare, Sports Council. Besides, stu-dents, ASHAs and Anganwardi workers, civil societymembers, representatives of various trade associationsand other prominent sections of the society also attend-ed the seminar. The special drug de-addiction week,starting from April 29 to May 05 is being celebrated bythe administration across the district to curb the menaceof drug addiction among the youth. The function wasattended by SSP Baramulla, Chief Medical Officer,Chief Education Officer, District Youth Services andSports Officer, besides, Chief executive Officer MCBramulla, , Medical Superintendent DH, President MCBaramulla and various other concerned officers werealso present on the occasion.

Principal Secretary Industries visitsindustrial estates of Kathua, Samba

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KATHUA, APR. 29

Principal Secretary,Industries andCommerce, Navin KumarChoudhary, today visitedIndustrial Estate,Bhagthali and Ghatti ofKathua.

Director Industries andCommerce Jammu, AnuMalhotra, MD SIDCO,Ravinder Kumar, DCKathua, Vikas Kundal,ADC, Ghanshyam Singh,GM DIC Kathua, BabuRam, GM SICOP RajeshPandoh and concernedofficers of Industries andSICOP departmentaccompanied him.

At Lakhanpur,Principal Secretary visitedToll Post and asked theofficials of the Excisedepartment to renovatethe building and hand itover to JK TradePromotion Organizationfor exhibiting State specif-ic products to tourists.

Navin monitored the

road networks, water sup-ply, drainage system andallied common facilities atGhatti industrial estate.He asked the concernedofficers to initiate landacquisition for phasethird of Ghatti industrialarea besides asking forformulating proposalsenvisaging establishmentof Dry Port andWarehouse besides

Logistics Park there.Navin instructed

Director Industries tovisit Ghatti with the con-cerned officers so that allthe land related issues canbe resolved at the earli-est.He also discussedTextile industry relatedissues with the represen-tatives of Chenab TextileMills during the visit.

Earlier, the Principal

Secretary visited the pro-posed site of BhagthaliIndustrial area of Kathua.

Later, Choudhary vis-ited Phase 3,2 & 1 ofSamba Industrial areaand emphasized ondeveloping infrastructureincluding roads, watersupply, electric connec-tion and drains on priori-ty. He also exhorted onplanting more trees in

and around the industrialarea to arrest the pollu-tion level.

Navin also visited JKCement Industries, inter-acted with the staff andmotivated them toincrease production whilemaintaining quality.

While interacting withIndustrial associations atSamba, Choudhary dis-cussed steps taken by thedepartment to ensureCETP establishment andother issues like connec-tivity of Phase 1 & 2, ESICHospital, single windowclearance, CSR projects inconsultation with DCSamba beside others.

During meeting withofficers at Samba, he saidthat all languishing proj-ects be monitored andcompleted in time withspecified quality norms.

Power shutdownJAMMU APR 29: According to Executive EngineerSub Transmission Division Udhampur, to carry outwork for stringing of conductor of 33 KV Udhampur-Devik Tap, the shutdown of 11 KV feeders from 33/11KV Devik Receiving Stations is being observed.During the shutdown, the power supply to DC Office,Court Complex, Hospital, Adersh Colony, MainBazar, Dabbar, Sheetla Mandir, Omara, HousingColony, Bahart Nagar, Shiv Nagar etc will remainaffected on April 30 from 8 am to 11 am and on May 1from 8 am to 2 pm. Meanwhile, to execute dif-ferent development works, the shutdown of 11KVfeeders is being observed. During the shutdown,the power supply to Sainik Colony and its adjoiningareas will remain affected on May 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 from8 am to 12 noon. Similarly, the power supply toGandhi Nagar and adjoining areas will remain affect-ed on May 3, 5 and 7 from 8 am to 12 noon.However, for Testing of CT/PT units, the shutdown of11 Kv feeders is being observed. During the shut-down, the power supply to Industrial area fed from33/11 KV Receiving Station Gangyal through 11 KVoutgoing G-4 feeder will remain affected on April 30from 10 am to 2 pm. Similarly, the power supplyto Bahu Plaza, Shiv Market, Mangal Market and itsadjoining areas will remain affected on May 1 from 10am to 3 pm. Likewise, the power supply toBalmiki Colony, Laxmi Narayan Mandir, Ext. GandhiNagar and its adjoining areas will remain affected onMay 2 from 10 am to 3 pm. Similarly, the powersupply to Bahu Plaza, Div Com Office PanamaChowk, Railway Road and its adjoining areas willremain affected on May 3 from 10 am to 3 pm.Likewise, the power supply to Channi Himmat, Sector5, 7, 1, 1A, 2, 3 Deeli Chowadhi, Chatta and its adjoin-ing areas will remain affected on May 4 from 10 am to3 pm. Similarly, the power supply to ChanniHimmat, Sector 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, NH Bye Pass, GujjarColony and its adjoining areas will remain affected onMay 6 from 10 am to 3 pm. Likewise, the powersupply to Channi Himmat, Marble Market 1, 2, 3, 6, 7Gujjat Colony and its adjoining areas will remainaffected on May 7 from 10 am to 3 pm.

CHANDIGARH: Actorand BJP candidate SunnyDeol Monday filed hisnomination papers fromthe Gurdaspur Lok Sabhaseat in Punjab.

After paying obeisanceat the Golden Temple andDurgiana Temple inAmritsar in the morning,Deol filed his nominationin Gurdaspur.

Deol was accompaniedby his brother and actorBobby Deol.

Punjab BJP chief andRajya Sabha MP ShwaitMailk, Haryana financeminister and party’s elec-tion incharge of PunjabCapt Abhimanyu andAkali leader GurbachanSingh Babehali alsoaccompanied Deol.

Deol will be addressinga rally at PUDA ground inGurdaspur later in theday. Senior leadership ofBJP and SAD will also bepresent in the rally.

In a tweet, veteranactor Dharmendra soughtsupport of the people forthe victory of his sonSunny Deol fromGurdaspur seat.

?We seek your sup-port?Support us?it will beyour victory. It (victory)will be of brothers of sis-ters of my Punjab. It (vic-tory) will of India’s beau-tiful part of Gurdaspur,?Dharmendra tweeted.

Earlier in the morning,Deol paid obeisance at theGolden Temple inAmritsar before filling hisnomination papers.

Sporting a navy blueturban and blue shirt, the62-year-old Deol offeredprayers at the sanctumsanctorum of the GoldenTemple on Monday morn-ing.He also offeredprayers at the DurgianaTemple.

The BJP has fieldedSunny Deol, a Jat Sikh,from Gurdaspur con-stituency. Deol is pittedagainst sitting MP andCongress candidate SunilJakhar, AAP’s PeterMasih and PDA’s LalChand in electoral fightfrom Gurdaspur seat.

After filling his nomi-nation papers, Deol willbe addressing a rally atPDA ground inGurdaspur. Senior leader-ship of the BJP and theSAD will also be presentin the rally.

After the rally, he willleave for Mumbai for cast-ing his vote.

Currently, theGurdaspur constituencyis represented byCongress MP SunilJakhar, who won the seatin the 2017 bypoll, whichwas necessitated after thedeath of Vinod Khanna inApril that year.

The Gurdaspur LokSabha seat had been rep-resented by late actorVinod Khanna for four-times–1998, 1999, 2004and 2014.

Jakhar had defeatedBJP candidate SwaranSalaria by a whoppingmargin of 1,93,219.

Sunny Deol files nomination from Gurdaspur

DIP No:DIP/J-696/19, Dated: Apr 29

Golden Yug JAMMU, TUESDAY, 30, APRIL, 2019OPINION 4

A50-year-old municipalitysanitation worker diedafter being beaten with a

broom for refusing to share abench with a colleague during adrinking session in north Delhi’sBharat Nagar on Friday evening,police said. The murder accused,Sudhir Bunty, 32, also a sanitationworker with the same civic body,remained unaware that he hadkilled his colleague until he wasarrested from the nearby AshokVihar on Saturday, a senior policeofficer said. Police have seized astandard-issue broom belongingto the civic body as the weapon ofoffence. Vijayanta Arya, deputycommissioner of police (north-west), said the alleged killer andhis victim were drunk at the timeof the incident. “It was a con-frontation over the sharing of abench. We have arrested Buntyand booked him for murder,” saidthe DCP. Bunty and his victim,Sanjay Kumar, knew each other ascolleagues, said another investiga-tor. “They would often meet eachother at work and during drinkingsessions in Bharat Nagar,” saidthe officer. The crime happenedduring one such session on Fridayevening when Kumar was havingdrinks with his friends outside atea stall. Kumar occupied a benchat the stall and his friends wereseated around him when Buntyreached there. “Bunty askedKumar to move aside and sharethe bench with him. But Kumartook offence to the manner inwhich he was ordered and refusedto oblige,” said the officer. “Analtercation followed during whichBunty picked up Kumar’s broomlying nearby and repeatedlystruck him on the head. Kumar’sfriends intervened and rushedhim to a local hospital from wherehe was referred to SafdarjungHospital,” said the officer. Policesaid eyewitnesses to the crimehadn’t anticipated Kumar’s death,a reason they only stopped theattack and did not stop Buntyfrom leaving the crime spot. “Itwas Kumar who made the policecall after the attack and he wasalso able to converse at the hospi-tal. His friends did not think hewould die,” said the officer.Kumar died within hours of theassault. Police said he was suffer-ing from several ailments, includ-ing jaundice. Once Kumar wasdeclared dead at the hospital, acase of murder was registered atthe Bharat Nagar police stationand a search was launched forBunty.

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The Real Kashmir: Kulgam goes to the polls,seeking better water and a cleaner district

RAJESHWARI GANESAN

Kulgam in Anantnagconstituency that votestoday is known to beamong the better-devel-oped districts in the statethat has been torn apartby terrorist attacks andstrife.

From road connectivi-ty, healthcare to educa-tional infrastructure,Kulgam has fared betterthan the other three dis-tricts of Anantnag LokSabha constituency —Anantnag, Shopian andPulwama, with 16Assembly segments.

However, the districthas its fair share of trou-bles, ranging from inef-fective disposal of wasteand a lack of cleanpotable water. Accordingto the locals, the districtlacks proper waste dis-posal mechanisms andpiles of unattended trashcan be seen scattered bythe roadsides. The lack ofdry and wet waste dis-posal is proving to be amajor health hazard.

“The entire town isstrewn with piles of unat-tended garbage, making

the whole area filthy. Inthe absence of properdumping sites, roadsidesand banks of the local

stream are littered, pos-ing the threat of dis-eases,” Bashir Ahmad, alocal reportedly said.

Water WoesNallah Vishaw —

which drains most of thenorthern part of PirPanjal — is the main trib-utary of river Jhelum.This stream traversesthrough the Kulgam dis-trict and is the primarysource of potable water

in the region. However,with the lack of properwaste disposal mecha-nisms, garbage ends up

being dumped in theNallah, leaving it pollut-ed and a breedingground of diseases.

Further, residents inthe district have beenhassled by the shortageof potablewater.According tomedia reports, localshave accused the PublicHealth Engineering(PHE) department ofsupplying contaminated

water. Reportedly, resi-dents claimed that doc-tors in the area tested thewater being supplied tothe households — basedon the laboratory results,the water contained morethan the permissiblequantities of sulphur andiron, which made it unfitfor drinking.Furthermore, sewage anddrains in the upperreaches of the district

apparently drain into thewater supply channels —the water is then provid-ed to residents down-stream, allegedly withoutproper filtration, leadingto multiple outbreaks ofwaterborne diseases likegastroenteritis, diarrhoeaand typhoid. The worstaffected are vulnerablechildren and the elderly.

The woes do not endhere.

No room in hospitalsDuring such out-

breaks, Kulgam residentsclaim that the shortage ofspace in the DistrictHospital takes a toll onpatient care. “The smallrooms for OPDs arecrowded and resultantcongestion is a threat toinfection", a residentreportedly said. Theyfurther add that the newhospital building thatwas planned to meet thespace crunch is stillincomplete.

Anantnag constituencyelected People'sDemocratic Party supre-mo Mehbooba Mufti asthe Lok Sabha MP in thepast elections.

This time, in the fray,challenging the sittingMP Mehbooba Mufti areNational Conference’s(JKNC) HasnainMasoodi, GhulamAhmad Mir from theCongress and SofiYoussef of the BharatiyaJanata Party.

The challenges of theelected representativesnow go far beyond theusual narratives of ter-rorism and internal strifethat have dominated theregion for a long time.High-voltage issuesshould be kept aside andthey must concentrate lit-erally on Kulgam'sground beneath theirfeet, the lives of its ordi-nary people and thewater they get to drink.

Vinod Chandrashekhar

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It is said that "God couldnot be everywhere andtherefore he made moth-ers." Our Prime MinisterModi, before filing hisnomination for Lok sabhaseat met his mother andtook her blessings. It hasbeen years since he hasbeen going to meet hismother every time he visitshis home state. Except, ason meeting his 99-year-oldmother to take blessingsbefore he embarks on animportant journey hasmade a few 'liberals'uncomfortable. He spent 10minutes, wherein Heerabengave Modi the preciousshawl of Goddess Mahakalifrom the Shakti Peeth ofPavagadh. Modi is close tohis mother, whom he visitswhenever he's in Gujarat.She lives with his brotherPankaj on the outskirts ofGandhinagar. To maintainhis stellar score of 26/26,his mother also gave him Rs

500 as 'shagun', and'kansaar' - a special sweetdish prepared on auspi-cious occasions. There is nodoubt that Modi is a digni-fied and world class leader.His sanskaras are genuine,and his dedication to the

cause of economic develop-ment of India, is proved bythe number of internationalawards and accolades hehas won . Having a motheris probably God's greatestboon in our lives. It's herlove that make us strong,her care that prepare us toface the world, her handsthat help us overcome allthe trying times of life.Modi's mother Heerabenhas spent a big chunk ofher life in her ancestralhouse which is situated inVadnagar. When her hus-

band took his last breath,she decided to stay in thesame abode for a long peri-od of time. She comesacross as comfortable withthis. It is a relationshipbuilt on worship. There isstrong adherence to ritual -

Modi touches his mother'sfeet and she blesses him.She can be seen offeringhim sweets and caressinghis face and shoulders.

He dutifully meets heron his birthdays. The onlyconsistent relationshipModi has had with awoman is with his mother.There appears to be harmo-ny here. There is at least anannual visitation, onModi's birthday. Modi hadsaid at number of timesthat his mother Heerabenand his father,

Damodardas Modi, playeda "very big role" in his life.Modi has said that for hismother, the bigger mile-stone was not when hebecame the Prime Ministerbut when he became thechief minister of Gujarat.

Modi always recalls theday he met his motherbefore he took oath as thechief minister of the state.He when he was living inDelhi and when he foundout that he is going to getthe top job in Gujarat,before the swearing-in cer-emony, he went to meet hismother in Ahmedabad,where she lives with hisbrother. In one of his inter-view Modi has said "Butmy mother just looked atme, hugged me and said,'The best thing is that you

will be back in Gujaratnow!' -- such is a mother'snature, that no matterwhat's going on aroundher, she wants to be close toher children." He also saysthat "Even after I havebecome PM, my rootsremain strong and relent-less. Back in the day, evenif someone told my motherthat I got an ordinary jobsomewhere, she wouldhave distributed mithai tothe entire village. So CM-VM nothing matters to her- as long as the human inthe Chair strives to be hon-est and absolute for thecountry."

Modi's mother then gavehim that one mantra that hesays, has stayed with him.She said, 'Dekh bhai, Idon't understand what youdo, but promise me youwill never take a bribe --don't ever commit that sin.'Those words really impact-ed me and I'll tell you why.A woman who has lived inpoverty her entire life andwho has never had materi-al comforts, during anabundant and celebratorytime, asked me to not take abribe." But no matter whichside of the debate one is on,one can be sure that thesight of 99-year-oldHeeraben queuing up withher fellow countrymen,would have made Modiproud. Don't we think wehave got the dynamic, ded-icated and determined PMModi who reflects the aspi-ration and hope of over abillion Indians with theblessings of his mother?

PM Modi has the blessings of his mother

The challenges in Kulgam go beyond theusual narratives of terrorism and strife.But will its political contestants, includ-ing PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, drop thehyperbole and look at the water supply?


GY CORRESPONDENT

JAMMU, APR. 29

Bharatiya Janata Partyheld a press conference atits Jammu Headquarterstoday in connection withthe political develop-ments in regard to thestatements issued bysome leaders of Kashmircentric political parties.The press conference wasaddressed by AshwaniKumar Chrungoo, BJPState Spokesperson onKashmir Affairs, Brig.Anil Gupta StateSpokesperson and BalbirRam Rattan, StateSpokesperson.

Ashwani KumarChrungoo while address-ing the media personssaid that the statementasking the State of India toconsider "leaving"Kashmir in case Article370 has deprived the J&KState of prosperity is notonly unwarranted andunwanted but is alsobereft of normal politicalsagacity. The statement isaimed at raising passions& emotions and causingharm to the establishedconstitutional and politi-cal practices in the State. Itis also tantamount toblackmailing the politicalposition that the head of apolitical party is bestowedwith in a parliamentarydemocracy run under theconstitutionally recog-nized procedures andnorms.

It needs to be madeclear that since Kashmirprovince is a part of

Jammu & Kashmir state,the province has no exclu-sive right to represent theState as a whole. It hasbeen established well thatthe last seven decadespolitical blackmailing,that had the tacit supportof the Congress party, wasengineered by a couple ofpolitical families of thevalley. They did it to suittheir own political endsand used their parties andtheir position to thiseffect. Theirs being a partof the mainstream politicsin Jammu & Kashmir statewas and is a cameflougeto hide their secessionistmotives to hoodwink thecommon people of thevalley. Secessionist criessuited them to garner ben-efits and play a secondfiddle to the secessionistpolitics.

The statements of PDPand NC leaders exposetheir ignorance of history,political arrangementsand ground realities in

Kashmir valley. Kashmirhas a thousands years ofhistory at it's back whichclearly points to the factthat the Kashmir valleyremained a part of Indiaalways. The 1947 issue ofInstrument of Accessionwas a constitutional andlegal necessity as per theIndian Independence Actof 1947. In fact,Srinagar/Parihaspur usedto be the capital of Indiacenturies ago likePatliputra, Ujjain andDelhi during the period ofemperor LalitadityaMukhtapeed.

PDP Chief is moreinterested in exploitingand blackmailing thanmitigating the sufferingsof the masses in the state.BJP would like to reiteratethat Article 370 andArticle 35A have lost theirrelevance, if they had any,and time has come fortheir removal for good.They have generated abasis to mislead the peo-

ple about the constitution-al and political status ofthe state and thus create asituation where theyounger generationswould be prone to politi-cal blackmailing andexploitation. These provi-sions cannot be allowed toprovide an alibi for sepa-ration, hatred, misuse ofpower, gender bias andinfringement of funda-mental rights guaranteedby the Constitution ofIndia. The Article 370 andArticle 35A need to go onthe first available oppor-tunity once the govern-ment has the necessarylegislative numbers.

Brig. Anil Gupta saidthat the LoC trade hasbrought countless mis-eries for the state as it hasbeen developed into achannel to foment troubleand do illegal andunwanted activity. Its sus-pension should pave wayfor its permanent closure.Kashmir centric political

parties seem to be in com-petition with each otheron the issues of secessionand sometimes they go tothe extent of supportingterrorism and extremismin the valley brazenly.There is need of an opendebate and dialogue on allissues concerning thefuture of our society, stateand younger generations.We invite all those whofeel suffocated in thesepolitical parties, due tolack of inner democracy,to join open discussionand debate on issues likenationalism, develop-ment, national securityand on terrorism (as anenemy outside and with-in). Balbir Ram Rattan, inhis statement expressedthe opinion that a fewfamilies of Kashmir repre-senting NationalConference and People'sDemocratic Party cannotbe given the role ofJagirdars and feudalLords to hoodwink theopinion of the people.Jammu & Kashmir state isnobody's fiefdom. Thepeople of Jammu andLadakh, Kashmiri Panditsand other minorities andalso the nationalist peopleof Kashmir rejected thesecessionist ideology andpractice. They have deepemotional bondings withthe rest of India. Our cul-tural, historical, tradition-al and practical relation-ships are more importantthan the invented so-called narratives of sepa-ration and hatred.

Generational blackmailing and exploitationby a few will have to end: BJP

GY CORRESPONDENT

LEH, APR. 29

Addressing the mas-sively attended electionrallies at Nyoma inChangthang region nearLoC with China andKhalsti in Leh UnionMinister (MoS Home)Kiren Rijiju lambasted theCongress party for doingcriminal injustice with thepeople of Ladakh region,while Campaigning forBJP Candidate JamyangTsering Namgyal inLadakh ParliamentarySeat.

BJP State PresidentRavinder Raina, MLCTsering Dorjey, MP candi-date Jamyang TseringNamgyal and other seniorleaders from the regionalso accompanied theUnion Minister Rijiju andaddressed the enthusiasticgatherings at Khalsti andNeoma of Ladakh, whileappealing people to vote

in favour of BJP MP candi-date for Ladakh,

Union Minister KirenRijiju strongly criticizedthe Congress party fordoing nothing for the peo-ple of Leh and Kargil. Hesaid out of 72 years ofindependence Congressremained in power for 60years and only plunderedthe country and did noth-ing for betterment ofCommon man. Congresshas unleashed demonicculture of looting theNation’s resources for fill-

ing their own pockets,which has done enoughharm to the Nation and itshould be stopped atonce, he argued.

Kiren Rijiju appealedthe local population toteach Congress a stronglesson in Ladakh region asCongress party has onlyditched the region forgaining in its own kitty.Drawing a culture differ-ence in both the parties,he said Congress is partythat only cares and servesa single family and BJP is

a party that care for thewhole country.

Rijiju said PrimeMinister Narendra Modiled BJP Government didrecord developmentalworks in the Country inonly five years of smallperiod. He appealed thelocals to strengthen thehands of PM Modi for tak-ing the development ofthe region on pace forenmass voting in favourof BJP. He assured thepeople of Ladakh that theyoung and the dynamic

face of Jamyang TseringNamgyal, with his stronghunger to serve the socie-ty, will fulfil every expec-tation of people of Ladakhwith the full support fromthe Central leadership.

Ravinder Raina, in hisaddress, assured the peo-ple of Ladakh that the BJPhas put an end to the dis-crimination that the peo-ple of Ladakh were facingfor the decades. He saidthat the same spirit will becarried forward byJamyang as an MP, whenhe will lead the develop-ment of the region on thefront foot.

Jamyang Namgyal, inhis address, resolvedupon his commitment todevelop the region ofLadakh on the most mod-ern lines. He impressedupon the public to vote forthe empowerment of theLadakh by voting infavour of BJP.

Congress did criminal injustice with Ladakh region: Kiren Rijiju

GY CORRESPONDENTLEH, APR. 29

Prominent Social andPolitical personalitiesjoined Bharatiya JanataParty in the presence ofparty State GeneralSecretary Dr. NarinderSingh and other seniorleaders at party districtoffice, Leh. Panch TseringChodol, Skalzing Angdus,Urgain Dorjey from Tarualong with their support-ers joined BJP in a crucialtime when the party isseeking support from allthe residents of the regionfor the Parliamentary elec-tions 2019.

Dr. Narinder Singh,while addressing theenthusiastic party leaders,said that BJp is the onlyparty that has devoteditself for the developmentof the entire Nation. Hesaid that it is only underthe leadership of BJP lead-ers at the regional as wellas the National level thatthe Ladakh region haswitnessed unprecedenteddevelopment in the last 5years.

Dr. Singh, asked thenew entrants, that the BJPwelcomes them on to theBJP family with a beliefthat their services will beuseful for the bettermentof the common massesand the Nation. Heappealed them to devotetheir whole time securingvote and support for theparty candidate Namgyalstressing that the youngenergetic leader has a willto give pace to the devel-

opment works in theregion.

Dr. Narinder Singh,further added that thesejoining have furtherstrengthened the organi-zation at the grass rootlevel in the region whichwill facilitate the moreactive interaction of theparty leaders with thegeneral masses. He alsomaintained that the peo-

ple of Ladakh have fullfaith in the leadership ofBJP and they fully supportthe policies of PrimeMinister Narendra Modifor the welfare of the peo-ple.

The new entrantspledged their wholehearted support to the BJPfor the grand victory ofparty’s MP candidateJamyang TseringNamgyal and assured thesenior party leaders thatthey will work day andnight to achieve the feastof victory of BJP in theLadakh for the greatergood of the region. Theyalso added that whole ofthe Ladakh region have astrong sense of faith in theModi government andpeople of the region willvote enmass for the victo-ry of party candidate.

Ladakh has full faith on Modipolicies: Dr. Narinder Singh

Prominent people join BJP in Leh


Sunil Dimple presi-dent Jammu west assem-bly movement todayalong with high level del-egation, visited variousPHE Substations PanjTirthhi, New Plot,Janipur, Manda, MuthiDoman AEE office andother PHE supply PHE

substation to check andinspect that from wherethe water is supplied andsince when these tubewells, water tanks hadbeen cleaned distilled byPHE as the people ofJammu are facing stomachborn diseases, pains instomach, loose motionsand very dirty muddycontaminated water is

being supplied in Jammucity and lacks of gallonwater going waste due toleakages. Era Seweragelatrine mixed drinkingwater is being supplied.Dimple said very inhu-man contaminated drink-ing water is being sup-plied from unclean, tubewells and tank in Jammucity. Dimple called uponChief Eng PHE JammuAshok Gandotra and reg-istered strong protest.And threatens to startmass agitation against thePHE as the water tankshad not been cleanedyears long and no cleanli-ness record has beenmaintained by XEN,AEES, JE, .Dimple said nowater supplied in the con-stituency for the last oneweek, the people have nodrinking water to drink-ing water to cook food,bathing, washing clothes,all schools, temples, hos-pitals hotels, industries,have gone dry.

Dimple lodges protest with Secy PHE and ChiefEngineer over supply of dirty drinking water


: Jammu and KashmirNational ConferenceGeneral Secretary Haji AliMuhammad Sagar onMonday asserted thatbesides physical exercisesports also works won-ders to the brain and over-all personality of children,saying that sports are alsoa decisive instrument inbringing about greatersocial cohesion.

Party GeneralSecretary while address-ing the felicitatory func-tion of district champi-onship ship of Tong ILMoo Do at Hatrick PublicSchool, Zakura said thatsports play a crucial rolein the over-all develop-ment of a child. "Theenhancement of physicaland mental developmentof children is certainly themost important contribu-

tion of sports, but the listof values your child maylearn and acquire throughsports does not end here.Other positive aspects arenumerous, which revealsthe true beauty of anysport," he said adding,"Parents should allowtheir children to take partin all sorts of sports.Besides numerous physi-cal benefits, it also helps achild to give vent to his orher pent up feelings. Iappreciate the efforts ofTong IL Mo Do associa-tion for their endeavors'. Ialso applaud the efforts ofthe administration ofHatrick Public School andother concerned agenciesfor giving me an opportu-nity to witness the sport. Iwish all the best to theparticipants in their futureendeavors'," he said.

Party general secretarywho was the chief guest

on the occasion said thatNational Conference ledgovernments have alwaysgiven first preferencetowards augmentation ofinfrastructure in sportssector. "Once in power wewill again invest in thesupports sector with arenewed determinationand resolve. We as a partydeem sports sector as piv-otal as any other vital sec-tor of our state. In the

future also, we will for-mulate schemes and pro-grams for the bettermentof sports infrastructure,and sports personalities,"he said.

Among othersChairman Tong IL Mo DoAssociation Nazir AhmadMakdoomi, general secre-tary noted journalistAbdul Rasheed Rahilwere present on the occa-sion.

Will work for betterment of sports infrastructure,sports personalities once in power: Sagar

Says party deems sports sector as important as any other vital sector of state

NEW DELHI: TheSupreme Court onMonday allowed theCentre to circulate a letterfor adjournment in tomor-row's scheduled hearingon Rafale review pleas. Abench headed by ChiefJustice Ranjan Gogoiallowed the Centre'scounsel to circulate theletter among partieswhich include petitionerswho have filed reviewpleas. In a setback to theCentre, the apex court hadon April 10 allowed thepleas which relied onleaked documents forseeking review of itsRafale judgement and dis-missed the government'spreliminary objectionsclaiming "privilege" overthem. The Centre had sub-mitted that the three priv-ileged documents wereunauthorisedly removedfrom the defence ministryand used by the petition-

ers to support theirreview petitions againstthe December 14, 2018judgement of the apexcourt which had dis-missed all pleas challeng-ing the procurement of 36Rafale fighter jets fromFrance. The top court hadrejected the objectionsraised by the Centre thatthose documents werenot admissible as evi-dence under Section 123of the Indian EvidenceAct, and no one can pro-duce them in court with-out the permission of thedepartment concerned asthey are also protectedunder the Official SecretsAct. It had noted that allthe three documents werein "public domain" andpublished by a prominentdaily were "in consonancewith the constitutionalguarantee of freedom ofspeech". It had said thedocuments used by for-

mer Union ministersYaswant Sinha and ArunShourie and lawyerPrashant Bhushan in theirplea were published inthe prominent daily inFebruary and one of thepapers was also pub-lished by a news website.The apex court had alsonoted that no law enactedby Parliament specificallybarring or prohibiting thepublication of such docu-ments on any of thegrounds mentioned inArticle 19(2) of theConstitution has beenbrought to its notice. TheRafale fighter is a twin-engine Medium MultiRole Combat Aircraftmanufactured by Frenchaerospace companyDassault Aviation. A dealto procure the jets wassigned between India andFrance in 2015. The deliv-ery is expected to begin inSeptember this year.

Rafale: SC allows Centre to circulate letterseeking adjournment of Tuesday's hearing

SREERAMPUR (WB): Prime MinisterNarendra Modi claimed on Monday that40 TMC MLAs were in touch with himand will desert their party once the BJPwins the general elections. He alsoaccused TMC supremo Mamata Banerjeeof nepotism, insisting she wants to polit-ically establish her nephew in WestBengal. Modi also assailed her over herprime ministerial ambitions, saying“Didi, Dilli door hai (Delhi is far awayfor you).“Forty TMC MLAs are in touchwith me and all your MLAs will desertyou once the BJP wins the elections.Political ground has slipped from underyour feet,” Modi told an election rally inSreerampur, targeting the West Bengalchief minister. Mocking Banerjee foroften losing her cool as she was “sensingdefeat”, Modi said she cannot even

dream of becoming the prime minister.“With just a handful of seats, ‘Didi’ youcan’t reach Delhi. Delhi is far away.Going to Delhi is just an excuse.Her realintention is to politically establish hernephew,” he said.Banerjee’s nephewAbhishek is a sitting MP from DiamondHarbour and the TMC candidate for theseat. Lashing out at opposition partiesfor questioning the credibility of EVMs,Modi said his rivals have moved on fromabusing him to criticising EVMs, as theyface “imminent defeat”.“Earlier onlyModi was abused, now even EVMs arebeing abused. The opposition is doing soas it faces imminent defeat,” he said.Healso accused the state’s ruling party ofrigging elections, claiming its “goons”were preventing voters from exercisingtheir franchise.

TMC’s 40 MLAs in touch with him, claims Modi


State Level TechnicalAdvisory Committee hasaccorded sanction toFlood ManagementProject forComprehensive FloodManagement Programmeof river Jhelum and itstributaries Phase –II.

Officials said the com-mittee has forwarded itsrecommendation to

Central WaterCommissioner for finaltechno-economic sanc-tion.“The committee metunder the chairmanshipo fCommissioner/Secretaryto Government PHE/I&FC Department. ThePhase –II project forComprehensive FloodManagement of RiverJhelum for KashmirValley, framed by M/S

WAPCOS as per the rec-ommendation of CentralWater Commission, isproposed to be taken upin continuation to thephase – I already underexecution,” an officialsaid.

He said that this DPRwas framed on the basis ofhydraulic model studies,conducted by the CentralWater Power ResearchStation Pune and ispresently under appraisalby CWC, New Delhi.

He said ChiefEngineer, KashmirIrrigation and FloodControl Department gavea power point presenta-tion to the committeeabout the salient featuresand projected benefits ofthe Phase II DPR. “Phase– II DPR and its compo-nents were deliberated indetail by the Committeeincluding its flood mitiga-tion potential, financialand environmentalaspects. The memberspresent in the meetingwere of the view that thePhase – II shall go a longway in mitigating themedium term flood threatto the Valley,” he said.Theofficial said theCommissioner Secretaryto Govt. PHE/I&FCDepartment directed theChief Engineer, Irrigation& F.C. Department,Srinagar to follow up withCWC for its early sanctionand funding. “The DPRwas unanimouslyapproved by State LevelTechnical AdvisoryCommittee,” he said.


GY CORRESPONDENTSAMBA, APR. 29

A National CadetCorps wing was inaugu-rated today in Dogra LawCollege. The impressiveinaugural ceremony waspresided over by Th.Gulchain Singh Charak,Former Minister andChairman DograEducational Trust. TheCollege strongly believesin developing characterinitative, commnadership,discipline, leadership, sec-ular outlook and selflessservice amongst its stu-dents and the units issetup to advance theseideals. The Unit was inau-gurated by Col.Dharmendra PandeyCommanding Officer,J&K Armed SquadronNCC. The programmestarted with the tradition-al lighting of lamp andevoking the blessings ofalmighty. Col.Dharmendra Pandey inhis address motivated thestudents to join NCC andserve the Nation. He told

the students about thebenefit of joining NCC, asthrough this they can jointhe armed forces. Heenthusiastically encour-aged the students to fol-low the noble values ofdiscipine and unity intheir everyday lives andcontribute towardsNation building. He alsolauded the noble efforts ofthe College managementfor opening NCC wingand providing the stu-dents with an opportunityto join NCC. He explainedabout the different aspectsof NCC to the studentsthrough power pointpresentation. A question- answer session was alsoheld and Col Pandey veryconincingly answered allthe queries of the stu-dents. Th. GulchainSingh Chark, in his presi-dential address thankedCol. DharmenderaPandey for the setting upof NCC unit at theCollege. He also encour-aged the students to joinNCC and prove to be

responsible citizen of theCountry. He said that thecorps is engaged in thecharacter building of thestudent community, as aNational investment forthe future. Earlier Prof.V.P Magotra welcomedthe dignitaries and madethe students familiar tothe event. Kr. SamarDevSingh Charak, SecretaryDogra Educational Trust,Col.(Dr) K.N PadhaDirector, Admn& CdDogra Educational Trust,and Ms Bela Thakur,Principal, Dogra DegreeCollege were present dur-ing the function. Thevotes of thanks was pro-posed by Col.(Dr) K.NPadha Director, Admn&Cd Dogra EducationalTrust. Students from dif-ferent semesters werepresent during the cere-mony. After the inauguralceremony students werehappy and enthusiastic tojoin the Corps. The func-tion was very efficientlyanchored by Ms DivyaCharak of the College.

NCC Inaugural Ceremonyheld at Dogra Law College

GY CORRESPONDENTKATHUA, APR. 29

New HollandAgriculture, one of theworld’s leading agricul-ture equipment brands,has inaugurated a newtractor dealership N KGupta Tractors & Spares,Kathua in Jammu andKashmir. The new dealer-ship was inaugurated byMr. Racchpal Singh, inpresence of a huge gather-ing of farmers, NewHolland’s existing cus-tomers and other compa-ny officials.

The dealership isstrategically located tocater to the sales andafter-sales requirementsof New HollandAgriculture customers inKathua district. The newfacility is well-equippedwith modern amenitiesand manned by skilled,well-trained & enthusias-tic sales and service teamto ensure the most enjoy-able and hassle-free expe-rience for every customer.

Speaking on the occa-sion Sh. Rajan Guptaowner N K GuptaTractors & Spares said, “Itis our privilege to associ-ate with one of the globalleaders in the industry.We are delighted to bringNew HollandAgriculture’s world-classproducts & services to thepeople in the region andensure to deliver the high-est level of customer satis-faction to our customers.”

“The inauguration of NK Gupta Tractors &Spares, Kathua marks yetanother milestone in ourcontinuous endeavour toreach closer to our cus-tomers and offer thembest-in-class sales & serv-ice experience, whichNew Holland Agricultureis known for. Ourapproach is to offeradvanced amenities andquality services throughstrategically located net-works set up in differentparts of the country. NewHolland Agriculture has

set a benchmark in thesales & service offering tothe customers.” said Mr.Racchpal Singh on theoccasion.

New HollandAgriculture offers thetechnologically superiorrange of tractors, as wellas complete range of farmequipment right fromland preparation to postharvesting such as hayand forage equipment,planters, balers, sprayers& tillage equipment. NewHolland Agriculture trac-tors armed with the latesttechnology, powerful andfuel-efficient engine havebecome the first choice forthe farmers. New HollandAgriculture has a growingnetwork of more than1000 customer touchpoints in India.Company’s customer carecenter provides support inten languages, includingHindi, English& Punjabi,to customers across Indiaand can be reached toll-free on 1800 419 0124.

New Holland Agriculture inauguratesnew Tractor Dealership in Kathua


A deputation compris-ing of State ExecutiveMember BJP & CorporatorWard No. 51 Raj Kumar,State Vice President BJPMahilla Morcha &Corporator Ward No. 50Neena Gupta, State VicePresident BJP YuvaMorcha Adv. IshantGupta, District SecretaryBJP Balwan Singh, andAshok Gupta SocialWorker Channi Himmatcalls upon Chief Engineer(CE), PHE Department Er.Ashok Kumar Gandotraand urged him to addressthe water shortage or crisisfaced by the residents ofChanni Himmat residing

in Ward No. 50 and Wardno. 51 and also for the con-struction of new tube wellsin the area to address the

issue of shortage of water.The deputation

apprised him that thewater problem has aggra-

vated due to leakage ofsupply lines at manyplaces and irregular sup-ply of water and also with

the non functioning of fewtube wells in the area.They urged the ChiefEngineer to look into thematter personally so thatthe residents of ChanniHimmat may get regularsupply of water.

Er. Gandotra heard thedeputation very patientlyand assured them that thegenuine demand shall beaddress as deemed neces-sary to address the short-age of water. He also directthe concerned officialsimmediately to identifythe leakage and non func-tioning tube wells and takenecessary steps to repairthem on priority keepingin view the increase intemperature day by day.

BJP Leaders Calls upon Chief Engineer PHEDepartment over water crisis at Channi Himmat


Chairman JKNPPHarsh Dev Singh todayannounced office bearersof the party at variouslevels in a meeting heldin Party office today.

The newly inductedoffice bearers includeRampaul Sharma asGeneral SecretaryJammu Province, Pt.Khem Raj Sharma asChairman TehsilRamnagar, A.R Wani asTehsil President

Basantgarh, Balwant RajSharma as BlockPresident Majalta,Baldev Singh Mankotiaas Tehsil SecretaryMajalta, Reham Din asGeneral SecretaryDistrict Udhampur,Sunil Singh Sumbriya asVice President YouthWing DistrictUdhampur, Bodh RajSharma as Vice PresidentTehsil Majalta and MohitSingh Mankotia asPresident NPSU of TehsilRamnagar. Mr. Harsh

Dev Singh extorted thenewly inducted officebearers to carry the pro-gramme and polices of theparty to every nook andcorner and enroll maxi-mum people in the partyfold in the best interests ofthe poor and marginalizedsections of society. He saidthat Panthers Party wasthe true representative ofthe people as against theother traditional partieswhose only objective wasto achieve power by hookor crook.

Harsh Dev announces newoffice bearers for NPP


Expressing his graveconcern over damagescaused to tons of crops inBishnah and Ramgarh areadue to short-circuits,Bhartiya Janata PartyLeader Raman Suri todayurged Governor Satya PalMalik to direct concernedofficials to make an assess-ment of damages and com-pensate farmers who areleft with nothing in theseaccidents.Raman Suri said79 kanals of wheat hadbeen damaged in Bishnahand Ramgarh alone in justone day and during pastover a week more than 600kanals of fields have suf-fered damages due to short-circuits. Appreciating thealertness of villagers andfire-tenders that helpedextinguish fire thereby sav-ing other fields, the BJPleader said PDD officialsshould take notice of theseaccidents and set wires andTransformers in order sothat such incidents don'thappen.

Villagers of Arnia,Bishnah, Pind Charka,Pindi Camp Nandpur andChak Tara besides Saidgarhhave suffered maximum

damages due to fire inci-dents. Raman Suri urgedGovernor to despatch offi-cials from revenue besidesagriculture departments tothe site so that a list of farm-ers and their damagedcrops is made before com-pensating their losses.Heasked PDD officials to notto take these accidents light-ly as just a spark due toloose and hanging wiresreduces had work done byfarmers goes to ashes. Ittakes months to cultivatefields and water cropsbesides taking care of samebefore harvesting but suchincidents leaves farmersbroke and shattered.RamanSuri said the governmentmust compensate thesefarmers now and makearrangements in such away that if damages arecaused due to negligence ofPDD then the onus mustfall on the department andit should be made to makepayments to the farmers.This way the officials ofPDD will not adopt anycasual approach and ensurethat transfers are stationedaway from crops and looseand hanging wires tight-ened to avoid spark thattriggers fire in fields.

Farmers whose crops damaged in firemust be compensated: Raman Suri


Two bents(devotionalSongs)in praise of MaaVaishno and Maa Bawewali were released todayin a function held at PressClub, Jammu. Sh.Chander Mohan GuptaHon’ble Mayor MunicipalCorporation Jammu wasthe Chief Guest. Rev.Pammy Baba, Sh.Arvinder Amn, Addl. Sec.

JKAACL and Ustad DevDildar ji famous interna-tional singer and musicguru of the two singerswere Guests of Honour.

The first bhent is sungby Chaman Lal Mattoo afamous Punjabi and Sufisinger of Jammu. The titleof the bhent is “Katre DeWich Maa VaishnoJammu Bawe wali” com-posed by Lalit DildarMusic Director, Ludhiana,

Video Directed by SahilSingh, Punjab, Written byShivani Taak and pro-duced by Hardic NamanProductions Jammu.

The Second bhent issung by Nirmal Mattoo afamous Punjabi singer ofJammu. The title of thebhent is “Maa Meri NeKarte Vare Nayare Ne”composed by Sahil(Lucky) Music Director,Jammu, Video Directed

by Sahil Singh, Punjab,Written by Shivani Taakand produced by Jai BalaProductions Himachal.

While unveiling thetwo albums Hon’bleMayor appreciated theefforts of two teams andwished all the best for thesuccess of the two bhentssaying may Maa Vaishnoand Maa Bawe wali blessall the people of J&K andIndia through these devo-tional songs.

Devanand GillPresident All ValmikiDharm Smaj, Rajesh Raja,Music Director, Ludhiana,Dr. Ish Malhotra, RajShavotra, Choreographer,Acharya Academy,Jammu,Vijay Mattoo andothers were also presentat the function.

The two bhents can beaccessed by typing title ofthe bhents and name ofthe singer on youtubechannel. These can also beaccessed by typing hnmu-sic studio on youtube.

Two Devotional Songs (Mata Ki Bhents) Released


In collaboration withthe Google NewsInitiative (GNI), MediaEducation ResearchCentre (MERC) of theUniversity of Kashmir(KU) Monday organizedyet another one-dayworkshop on 'SocialMedia Verification' and'Fake News Detection'

Conducted by theGoogle-certified Trainer,Faisul Yaseen, the work-shop was held asa part ofthe MERC's interface withindustry.

"The originators of thefake news don't botherabout the authenticity andcredibility but journalistshave to stand guard toprofessional ethics," saidFaisul Yaseen. Whilestressing upon the practi-cising journalists to makeuse of the readily avail-able tools to detect fakenews, he appreciated theefforts of MERC for pro-viding opportunities tobudding journalists toequip themselves appro-priately.

Speaking on the occa-sion, senior faculty mem-ber, Nasir Mirza shared

his views on thesubject."The role playedby responsible media per-sons assumes more signif-icance today because onlytrained professionalsusing the available toolscan differentiate betweenthe real and fake news,and disseminate factualand credible informationto the masses," he said.

A practical session washeld in the computer labof the department and thestudents got a chance topractice techniques todetect fake photos andvideos. Dr. AaliyaAhmad, HoD, said, "Theworkshop was organizedto sensitize the journalismstudents about the toolsavailable to detect fakenews."

Yaseen also briefed thestudents about the digitalsafety and data hygienefollowing which anengaging question-answer session was held.

Prominent amongthose present on the occa-sion included facultyMERC Dr. Sabeha Mufti,Dr. Malik Zahra, Dr.Syeda Afshana, Dr.Muslim Jan and Dr.Afsana Rashid.

'Fake News Detection'workshop held at MERC, KU

2nd phase of Jhelum floodmitigation plan approved

Car without number platecreates scare in Lal Chowk

Srinagar, Apr 29: Acar without a numberplate parked atPalladium lane in citycentre Lal Chowkcreated a scare acrossthe commercial hubon Sunday evening.Reports said that assoon as the vehicle

was spotted police called the bomb disposal squad toexamine it. “The car was checked but nothing suspi-cious was found. It’s owner also reached the spot,” apolice officer said.


A meeting was con-ducted by IGP Traffic J&KAlok Kumar-IPS in theConference Hall of TrafficPolice City Srinagar onMonday. The meetingwas attended by SSPTraffic City Srinagar, Al-Tahir Gilani-JKPS, SPTraffic Rural Kashmir,Muzaffar Ahmad Shah-JKPS, Addl. SP TrafficCity Srinagar, SonamDecha-JKPS, Dy SPs,

DTIs/SOs of Traffic CitySrinagar & Traffic PoliceRural Kashmir.

IGP Traffic J&K tookstock of the overall trafficscenario of traffic CitySrinagar as well as allmajor town of Kashmirand on this occasionstressed upon the officersto take all necessary meas-ures to smoothen the flowof traffic in City Srinagarand all areas of KashmirValley in view of ensuingDarbar Move during

which the volume of traf-fic increases.

IGP Traffic J&K issueddirections to the con-cerned for effective regu-lation of traffic as well asenforcement against traf-fic violators particularlyagainst illegal parking.

IGP Traffic J&K direct-

ed the officers / officialsof traffic J&K to takeeffective action againstoverloading in PSVs aswell as against stunt bik-ers who not only endan-ger their own lives butalso that of others. Seriousconcern was expressedover traffic congestion in

busy areas particularlyaround hospitals anddirections were issued tothe concerned to makeensure that these areasare free from on-roadparking and traffic jam-ming, so that people ingeneral and patients inparticular will not suffer.


26-yrs old youth diesafter falling from tree

in Anantnag village

SAQIB TANTRAYANANTNAG, APR 29: In a tragic incident, a man fellfrom poplar tree in Larkipora village of southKashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday afternoon.

He got critically injured and was shifted to hospitalfor treatment where doctors declared him dead onarrival.

The deceased has been identified as FirdousAhmad Sheikh son of Gull Mohammad Sheikh resi-dent of Kuchipora, Larkipora in Anantnag district.

SHO Dooru Showkat Ahmad told that case hasbeen registered and the investigation is going on.

One day free Speedball coachingcamp held at Jagriti Mission SchoolJAMMU, APR 29: J&K Speedball Association InCollaboration with Jagriti Mission School OrganizedOne Day Free Speedball Coaching Camp.The VenueFor The Camp was Jagriti Mission School Talab TilloJammu. The Number of Students Participated In TheCamp were about 100 From Different Classes .WhileThe Opening Ceremony of The Speedball CoachingCamp of The Chief Guest was Mrs.Renuka AimaPrincipal Jagriti Mission School, and The SchoolFaculty was also Present Whereas. The Camp wasstart under The Guidance of Mr.Sunny Nanda GeneralSecretary J&K Speedball Association. The CampInaugurated with The Motivational Golden Words ofMrs Renuka Aima. In Her Respectful Speech She SaidThat He Enjoyed The Game and Would EncourageThe School To Promote The Game As Fast Possible ToMake Out The Best of Players .the camp\

JKPS participates in Inter-School (DistrictLevel) Choi -Kwang-Do Competition

JAMMU, APR 29: Jkians always excel in every field,whether academic or sports .They hardly ever leaveany stone unturned in reaching their goal .J K PublicSchool ,Kunjwani participated in Inter-School (DistrictLevel) Choi -Kwang-Do Competition (U- 14,17Boysand U-14,17 Girls ) held at Stephen InternationalSchool, Mirah Sahib, Jammu .This competition wasrecently organised by District Youth Services andSports (DYSS) from 25-27April 2019 .Young Jkianscame out with flying colours by clinching five goldand seven silver medals .The proud medallists werefelicitated in the morning assembly ,today, by Mr.SKSingh , principal , JKPS .He congratulated the winnersand wished them luck for their upcoming competi-tions. Also, he appreciated the efforts of their coachMr Gopal Dass in training his student’s.Congratulations to all the shining stars of JKPS.

Faith on casting of vote hasshaken many voters: Kilam

JAMMU, APR 29: National Executive Council mem-ber Rishi Kaul Kilam and a prominent Social activistshowing resentment and anguish said that the right tofranchise in India is gradually heading towards mock-ery and a cruel Joke with the voters.Rishi said thatafter going to the polling booth at Agriculture Golepully Talab Tillo for casting his vote along with hisother family members only his father was allowed tocast his vote while the other names of his family didnot exist in the list of the authorities present at pollingstation.They were denied their right to vote on thepretext that their names did not exist in their list.Rishisaid that he showed them Epic no,voter list and votercard and Proof of M form duly attested by the electiondepartment but still then his plea was not admitted.Then he went to the concern ARO Pankaj and met himin Relief Commissioners office at canal road Jammuand narrated the story.Rishi requested him to showhis M Form which was in the custody of the said offi-cer but no action was taken as he was told that he hasnot written new part no correctly. It is ironic that theauthorities have sent a message on phone that your MForm is successfully accepted. His request was notconsidered and was left high and dry and deprived ofcasting the vote along with his ailing mother. Rishidemanded full enquiry and callous attitude for thisheinous crime on the part of the concern authoritiesand demanded fresh voting on the said polling booth.Rishi requested the election authorities to certified theM forms which are used for postal ballot as underthese circumstances there is apprehension of theirmisuse.


BJP leadership is work-ing day and night underits election campaignseries to ensure the victo-ry of BJP in 2019Parliamentary elections.BJP State IT & SocialMedia Department isplaying a very vital role intaking the unprecedentedachievements of PrimeMinister Sh. NarendraModi Government at each

and every household ofState. The common mass-es of cold desert (Ladakh)are appreciating BJP forits holistic development ofall the 3 regions of State.

BJP State Incharge IT &Social Media Sh. JaidevRajwal stated that thefaith of Kargil populaceon BJP has boosted as avillage in District Kargilhas been electrified afterthe lapse of 70 years andremaining villages whereelectricity has not reachedare being lighten up withother means of energy.Only Pro-Poor party ofthe country has achievedmilestones over mile-stones under the dynamicleadership of PMNarendra Modi and it hasworked a lot for the uplift-ment of poor and down-

trodden across the coun-try and State in particular.Parliamentary elections inthe State are underwayand people are celebratingthe festival of democracywholeheartedly. Till now,the huge voter turnouthas made the picture clearthat BJP will emerge victo-rious with huge margin.

While counting devel-opmental projectslaunched in LadakhP a r l i a m e n t a r yConstituency, Sh. Rajwalsaid the State has seen theincessant extravaganza ofdevelopmental works inthe State of Jammu andKashmir and it can begauged by the fact that tilltoday, 1.98 lakh crorehave been disbursed byModi led CentralGovernment. He further

said that long pendingdemand of Ladakh popu-lace has been fulfilled asLadakh got divisional sta-tus and Zojila All WeatherTunnel only in BJP rulebecause the successivedispensations failed toresolve the demand.

He further said thatlaunching of ClusterUniversity of Ladakh,laying of FoundationStone of New AirportTerminal Building, KBRAirport Leh, dedication ofSrinagar-Alusteng-Drass-Kargil-Leh TransmissionSystem (220 KV (S/C),inauguration of 9 MWDAH HydroelectricProject and opening ofNew Tourist andTrekking routes inLadakh will surely changethe fortune of Cold

Desert. “Ujwala Yojana,Udaan Yojana, BetiBachao Beti PadhaoYojana, Mudra Yojana,Ayushman Bharat Yojana,Ujala Yojana, DDUGJYand many more new poli-cies have been initiatedfor the benefit of commonmasses”, he added.

“BJP’s preamble“Nation First, PartySecond and Self Last”demonstrates its ideologyand obligation unlike oth-ers who keep family anddynasty first. The respon-sibility of IT & SocialMedia has been elevatedand it has brought all theinitiatives at the doorsteps that have been takenfor masses and develop-ment works taken upsince 2014. No householdhas left behind that does-

n’t know about the mar-velous achievements ofBJP and Social Media isand will explore alloptions to highlight thatthe jobs done by PrimeMinister Sh. NarendraModi during his tenure of5 years”, he stated.

BJP is committed forthe development of all thesections of society as it hasdelivered without anydiscrimination. BJP is theparty of core values and itis the only party that canend the menace of terror-ism and uplift the stan-dard of poor and exploit-ed”, Rajwal mentioned.He further said that BJPwill cross 300+ mark andPrime Minister NarendraModi will again take thereins of the country in hishands.

BJP will register thumping victory in Ladakh: Rajwal


In continuation tospecial drive againstdrug menace launchedby Kathua Police, todayPolice team of PolicePost Hatli took five drugaddicted youths fromvillage Chak Sajjan inthe initiative.

Police team laterbrought the present con-ditions of these youths

before their parents whofurther requestedKathua Police to inter-vene and support themfor de-addiction andrehabilitation of theseyouths.

Police team initiatedthe process to get theseaddicted youths for theirtreatment in drug de-addiction center and willmake continous effortsfor their rehabilitation.

Parents of theseyouths expressed grati-tude for Kathua Policeand appreciated effortsof police for such initia-tive.

J&K Police of Kathuadistrict appeal to par-ents of addicted youthsespecially addictedyouths to come forwardand let's fight againstthis deadly menace forbetter future.

De-addiction of addicted youths by J&K Police of Kathua district Police Station Kathua admitted 5 drug addicted youthsin drug de-addiction center Kathua for rehabilitation


Son of the soil, TarunUppal, social activist con-ferred ‘Best Youth Icon’Award for his excellencein the field of social workand entrepreneurship.DeFantasia hosted ‘TheGame changers’ BusinessAward 2019 with an aimto give recognition to thereal game changers whohave contributed to thesociety. The award cere-mony was held on April27, 2019 at Country Innand Suites, Chattarpur.Most popular personali-ties from the businessworld and reputed com-

panies marked their pres-ence. For the first timeCorporate, business andFashion world cametogether in this awardfunction.

On the occasion,Bollywood actor AshmitPatel & Bollywood actressMahek Chahal were theChief Guest. BJPSpokesperson SudhanshuMittal and FormerDeputy Home Minister ofIndia Syed Sibtej Raziwere the jury membersand show was hosted bySr. Journalist Rakhee bak-shee.Tarun Uppalreceived the ‘Best YouthIcon’ Award from

Bollywood actor AshmitPatel and Bollywoodactress Mahek Chahal inpresence of the peoplefrom elite class includingprominent businessmen,politicians, personalitiesfrom bollywood andmany others.Speaking onthe occasion, TarunUppal expressed grati-tude to the De Fantasiafor honouring him. Hesaid it’s a great achieve-ment for me for gettingsuch a prestigious awardand gave credit to thosewho helped him in all theways in his journey ofsocial service. GunjanSharma, Director of De-Fantasia Private Ltd inher address said “It is aproud start such a ven-ture which appreciates ofall the industries and alsoencouraged to work-hardand fulfill their dreams.We will continue provid-ing this recognition to alland lay a platform ofinciting our young folks.”

Tarun Uppal conferred‘Best Youth Icon’ Award


To commemorate it’sannual day, All Jammuand Kashmir Oil TankersDrivers and CleanersUnion today organized animpressive program hereat Rail Head Narwalwherein hundreds ofmembers of the unionattended the program inpresence of Mahant

Manjeet Singh JI, Head ofDera Nangali Sahib,Sardar Tirlochan SinghWazir, former MLC andManmohan Singh, formerMayor JMC. MahantManjeet Singh ji in hisaddress blessed all the par-ticipants and prayed forwell being of every partici-pant.

Whereas while address-ing the gathering, S. TS

Wazir congratulated theunion for continuing it’stradition of celebratingtheir annual day whereinall the members gettogether and get an oppor-tunity to present theirviews and apprise theunion members abouttheir grievances.Manmohan Singh, formermayorJMC, who was spe-cial invitee also interacted

with the members of theunion, he said despitehostile environment, manya time the drivers evenrisking their lives ensuredelivery of essential com-modity in highly militancyaffected areas.

Sardar Ranjeet SinghRaina, president of theunion in his messagethanked all the membersof the union for unity, heeach union member isimportant pillar of theorganization. He urgedthe government to consid-er giving transport sectorof Jammu and Kashmir thestatus of an Industry. S.Harasis Singh, presentedvote of thanks. Prominentmembers of the union whowere present on this occa-sion include SardarRanjeet Singh Raina,President ,Ramesh Kumar,Vice President, DevinderSingh, General Secretary,Bikesh Kumar Vicky,Secretary, Devinder SinghWazir, Cashier, MohdAmin, Press Secretary,Surinder Singh Bittu andSohan Singh.

Driver Cleaners Union celebrates its Annual Day JMC organizes awareness programme onsolid waste management at GGHSS, Satwari


Programme on a Solid Waste Management is organ-ized by JMC in collaboration with Director SchoolEducation, Jammu in Govt. Girls Higher SecondarySchool, Satwari. Students/Staff of the school were toldby Master Jorawar Singh to reduce the wastage in inor-ganic material and to prepare compost from the organ-ic waste of living organism. The students were taughtpractically in the School to prepare compost from theorganic waste of their homes. The 4th class employeesof the school were told not to burn the garbage other-wise they may be fined to NGT (National GreenTribunal) and Health team of JMC. It is common mes-sage for all that no one can burn any type of domestic/school garbage. A container containing Poras will beinstalled in the school to collect organic waste. The ban-ner were installed by Mr. Ved Pal Sharma and AshwaniSharma in the school to make the programme attrac-tive.Another programme with the help of local peopleof Ashok Nagar was held in the Pandit Mohalla. Thepeople were pleased to tell that they are getting eachand every facility in their locality.


Despite elapsing 27years since their 'missing'beloved Sajad AhmadBazaz of HazratbalSrinagar was arrestedallegedly by BorderSecurity Force (BSF) menfrom his home, the familyhere continues to seek jus-tice, demanding where-abouts of their beloved.

The family of 'missing'Sajad said that theirbeloved was arrested bythe BSF men on 12February 1992 but sincethen they don't knowabout his whereabouts.

"BSF men who wereaccompanied by one per-son namely Azad(informer) came to ourhouse during which theyarrested Sajad," Sajad'sbrother, Fayaz AhmadBazaz told ,(,). He addedthey went from pillar topost to know about thewhereabouts of Sajad butfailed to get any informa-tion regarding him. "Ourfather also lost his life on14 February 2018 in thestruggle of finding Sajad'swhereabouts," he said.

Bazaz further said thatthey also knocked thedoor of a court where the

case is subjudice at pres-ent, saying that "aninformer (Azad) who hadleft the Kashmir wasarrested in Bihar on 05April, 2019, who is yet tobe produced before thecourt."

"Our all efforts failed toyield any result as nofavourable result cameout in the last 27 years," hesaid, adding that afterAzad's arrest, they arehopeful that their belovedwill be traced soon.

Sajad's brother laterappealed the higher upsto help the family in trac-ing their beloved.

27 years on, 'missing' Sajad'sfamily continues to seek justiceSays 'he was arrested by BSF men on 12 Feb 1992'

IG Traffic chairs meeting, takes stock of traffic situation

GY CORRESPONDENT

KATHUA, APR. 29

Former Minister andPresident DCC kathuaDr. Manohar Lal Sharmatoday visited severalvillages includingMandli,Barota, Bheed,Jasyal,Mahroon ofBillawar constituencyand took stock of publicissues and also partici-pated in various social ,religious functions alongwith interaction withlocal people, senior citi-zens, youths of the area.During interactions peo-ple apprised Manohar LalSharma about the prob-lems faced by them onday to day basis such asscarcity of drinkingwater, electricity, badconditions of roads,shortage of ration espe-cially sugar, discrimina-tion in allotments offunds in various schemessuch as MNREGA,Widow /old age pensionand many more. Dr.Sharma during the inter-action said that he feelspain on seeing thatBillawar lags far behindon developmental fronteven when DYCM andUnion Minister happenedto be representingBillawar both in state andparliament.

Regarding cross bor-der firing victims he saidunion Minister JitenderSingh promised Rs 5lakhs cash and 5 Marla's

plot each at safer placesto the cross border firingaffected people but tillnow people has got noth-ing .He said BJP has doneMasters in making hol-low and false promiseswith the masses of thestate.Dr Sharma said thediscrimination withJammu division and par-ticular with Kathua dis-trict also needed to beunderstood where unem-ployment is all time highand no job notification hasbeen published in Kathuadistrict regarding teachersand SPO in particular.

While requesting toGovernor administrationDr Manohar Lal Sharmasaid that due to damage of

crops almost 1000 familiesof cocoon farmers havesuffered losses rangingfrom 50000-200000 rupeesper farmer and hence theyare forced to live a miser-able life. He againrequested Hon’bleGovernor to look intomatter and provide ade-quate compensation to thecocoon farmers of thearea. Further Dr Sharmasaid as hot summers havearrived but majority ofHand pumps in the areaare non-functional, whichadded to woes of commonmasses in summers andrequested the administra-tion to make these handpumps function on priori-ty basis .



Expressing his graveconcern over damagescaused to tons of crops inBishnah and Ramgarharea due to short-circuits,Bhartiya Janata PartyLeader Raman Suri todayurged Governor Satya PalMalik to direct concernedofficials to make anassessment of damagesand compensate farmerswho are left with nothingin these accidents.RamanSuri said 79 kanals ofwheat had been damagedin Bishnah and Ramgarhalone in just one day andduring past over a weekmore than 600 kanals offields have suffered dam-ages due to short-circuits.Appreciating the alertnessof villagers and fire-ten-ders that helped extin-

guish fire thereby savingother fields, the BJP leadersaid PDD officials shouldtake notice of these acci-dents and set wires andTransformers in order sothat such incidents don'thappen.

Villagers of Arnia,Bishnah, Pind Charka,Pindi Camp Nandpur andChak Tara besidesSaidgarh have sufferedmaximum damages dueto fire incidents. RamanSuri urged Governor todespatch officials fromrevenue besides agricul-ture departments to thesite so that a list of farmersand their damaged cropsis made before compen-sating their losses.Heasked PDD officials to notto take these accidentslightly as just a spark dueto loose and hanging

wires reduces had workdone by farmers goes toashes. It takes months tocultivate fields and watercrops besides taking careof same before harvestingbut such incidents leavesfarmers broke and shat-tered.Raman Suri said thegovernment must com-pensate these farmersnow and make arrange-ments in such a way thatif damages are caused dueto negligence of PDD thenthe onus must fall on thedepartment and it shouldbe made to make pay-ments to the farmers. Thisway the officials of PDDwill not adopt any casualapproach and ensure thattransfers are stationedaway from crops andloose and hanging wirestightened to avoid sparkthat triggers fire in fields.

Farmers whose crops damaged in firemust be compensated: Raman Suri


Empowering youngminds is a momentoustask which asks for toil.Children today are reser-voir of talent, flair, apti-tude competency.Needless to say that thisreservoir needs rightunfolding to multitudinalopportunities available intoday’s era. Working onthe same perspective, weat Jammu Sanskriti School,Jammu don’t leave anystone unturned and availevery opportunity whichwill groom our children toits fullest.

Pertaining to this, ourteam of 13 Sanskritians

participated with vivacityand earnestness in VoxPopuli held recently atJodhamal Public School.The performance wasexceptionally well and 3 ofour Sanskritians namelyBhumika Bhardwaj,Vedant and Nirvaanbagged the awards of mostpromising journalist insenior category, mostpromising speaker andmost promising videojournalist whereas 10 ofour students namely.,Sara; Amandeep; Parul;Sia; Pihu; Niharika; Kiran;Ananya; Akshaj;Vanshdeep were awardedwith participationCertificates. Competing

with the best in this cutthroat competition was nota child’s play but underthe guidance of their men-tor Ms Megh Jyoti (PGTEnglish), the children wereable to outdo others.

While cherishing thevictory Ms Rohini Aima;Principal cum Vice-Chairperson of the schoolasserted that the real pur-pose of education is to letthe learners explore byexperimenting and inter-acting within ones sur-roundings and we asstakeholders must createthe situations and avail theopportunities for arousalof curiosity for such expe-riences.

Jammu Sanskriti School, Jammu excelsin Vox Populi- a debating phenomenon


An emergency meet-ing of All JammuKashmir and LadakhTeachers Federationunder the aegis of AkhilBhartiya RashtriyaShaikshik Mahasanghwas held here under theleadership of StatePresident Sh Dev RajThakur .The main agendaof the meeting was to dis-cuss the issues pertainingto the selective killings offour persons includingthree employees inKishtwar District by themilitants during the pastsix months and the fail-ure of the District admin-istration to book andarrest the militantsinvolved in the crime.The

employees in the entirearea are in fear and con-fusion due to these selec-tive killings and theDistrict administration isfailed to ensure the secu-rity of the employeesworking in theDistrict.The people inKishtwar including theemployees are not feelingthemselves safe even inhome . They can't even goto the market , send theirchildren to Schools ,attend social functions,and even sleep well intheir home .The DistrictAdministration com-pletely failed to took theappropriate measures toresolve issues honestlyand sincerely and evenfailed to win the faith ofthe Minority community

who are under fear fromthe anti National ele-ments .Yesterday whenthe civil society people ofKishtwar peacefullyprotesting against thealleged selective killingsand demanding actionagainst those involved inthe killings and for ensur-ing security of the civil-ians in the KishtwarDistrict . Meanwhile somemiscreants created confu-sion and broke windowsof the DC office complexand fled away . TheDistrict Administrationsuspended two employ-ees namely ShSatyaBushan Teacher andSh Tilak Raj Forestorwithout any enquiry cit-ing their involvement inthe protest and damage of

property .They were notinvolved in any type ofdamage to the public orprivate property . TheDistrict Administrationmust hold impartialenquiry into the wholematter and take strictaction against thoseinvolved in the selectivekillings and ensure securi-ty of the employees andthe civilians.The AJKLTFstrongly condemned theaction of the DistrictAdministration Kishtwaragainst suspension of twoemployees without hold-ing any enquiry andagainst the rules and reg-ulations. We appeal to theDistrict AdministrationKishtwar to revoke imme-diately the suspensionorder of two employees

namely SatyaBushan andTilak Raj within a weekstime positively anddemand impartial and fairenquiry and actionagainst those involved inthe selective killings .Otherwise We will com-pelled to hold indefiniteprotest against the DistrictAdministration Kishtwarin all the DistrictHeadquarters of the State.Those who were presentduring the meetingincluded Rattan SharmaState General Secretary,Pardeep Kumar State VicePresident, Shiv DevSingh, Manjeet Singh ,Neeraj Sharma, KartarChand State Secretaries,Radha Krishan InchargePress Media & Publicityand many others.

GY CORRESPONDENTKATRA, APR. 29

While talking to theDelegation of Hotel &Restaurant Association,Katra (HRAK) & PHDChamber of Commerce &Industry Jammu Region(PHDCCI), ProjectDirector NationalHighway Authority ofIndia Ajay Kumar assuredthat monthly local passeswhich are issued for thepeople of Katra will con-tinue as it is and would berenewed without any dis-ruption. While explainingto the Project DirectorPresident HRAK and Co-Chairman PHDCCIRakesh Wazir explainedto the Project Director thaton the basis of guidelinesof Ministry of RoadTransport & Highways,National HighwaysAuthority of India and theclarification given by theDeputy Commissioner/sconcerned Local Passeswere issued to the peoplesome 3 years back for thevehicles of locals fallingwithin 20 KM area partic-ularly to the people ofKatra and are renewedsince then but all of a sud-den their renewal wasstopped for the people ofKatra on the basis of pleathat Katra is beyond 20KM which is totally incor-rect because leaving asidemeasurement of straightdistance between Katra toBan which is close to 15Kms as per google even,the main authenticating

agency i.e. DeputyCommissioner Reasi hasalready authenticated itsdistance being less than 20KM thus in those circum-stances non renewal ofpasses by the contractorwould be totally illegal.Shyam Lal KesarChairman & Shiv KumarSharma former PresidentHRAK while speaking onthe occasion highlightedcertain things on the tollpost which can beimproved including sepa-rate tag line for ambu-lances, tag and other vehi-cles, proper bearing ofuniforms with nameplates by the employeesover there, adherence oftime limit set for collectionof toll from the vehiclesstanding in the que,polite-ness while dealing withcommuters etc.Kumar lis-tened the delegationpatiently and gave on spotinstructions for renewal ofpasses as those were donefor the people of Katra inpast as well and furtherassured sympathetic con-sideration to other pointsraised in the meeting.Themeeting among otherswas attended by PHDCCIKatra head & Sr.VicePresident VirenderKesar,President Patni TopHotels AssociationKoushal Magotra, Sr func-tionary of PHDCCI &Ward member RaviNag,Vice PresidentsHRAK Meena Wazir,AjayKotwal,Secretary MohitDubey etc.

Passes for locals to continue:Project Director NHAI

AJKLTF condemns suspension of teacher by DCKishtwar, demands revocation of suspension orders

Govt MAM Collegeorganizes workshop forobserving traffic rules

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JAMMU, APR. 29

Govt. MAM College (NSS wing) in collaborationwith DSW, Cluster University of Jammu organized aworkshop for “ Observing Traffic Rules”, Sh.TejinderSingh SSP Jammu was the chief guest on the occasionwho gave an impressive lecture to the students. Heemphasized on observing traffic rules, using helmet,Drug-de-addiction he also aware the students abouthow to clear UPSC exams. Speaking on the eventPrincipal of the College Prof. Dr. P.K Sharma welcomedthe chief guest and appreciated the initiative of SSPJammu. He said it was a major need of the time asJammu is becoming more vulnerable to accidents anddrug addiction. NSS Programme Officer Prof. DevinderKumar Sharma thanked Dr. Twinkle Suri (DSW), Dr.Rakesh Kumar Koul (Coordinator IQAC), Dr. BanpreetKour, Prof. Shabila Wani, Prof. Jaswinder Singh Dy.SPSumiya Wani (K.P.S) S.I Vikas Jasrotia, for systemizingthe event in a very remarkable manner.


The Jammu andKashmir PradeshCongress Committee(JKPCC) President &Party Candidate fromAnantnag ParliamentaryConstituency G.A. Mirhas expressed his grati-tude and hailed the peo-ple's decision of partici-pating in the ElectoralExercise in KulgamDistrict today.

Mir also castigated the"State Adm" over failingto ensure foolproof securi-ty arrangements in thedistrict, saying that theassurances made by ECIin this direction were notvisible on the ground and

urged upon the ECI totake strong note of thesecurity lapses duringpolling in the District.

Reacting to the pollingin Kulgam, G.A. Mirexpressed serious concernover the security lapses inKulgam District, whichwent to polls in fourthphase, castigating the"System" over failing toensure adequate securityon this crucial day in theDistrict, he said

The ECIs assuranceswere not seen visible onthe ground, Mir saiddescribing it as a matterserious concern given theprevailing situation inSouth Kashmir & empha-sized the ECI to take

strong note of SecurityLapses witnessed duringpolling at many place inthe District.

G.A. Mir alsoexpressed his gratitude tothose who participated inthe democratic processand exercised their fran-chise in Noorabad,Devsar, Kulgam andHomshalibug, praisingthem in their endeavor tostrengthen the democraticsystem barring someminor incidents of vio-lence he added andsought immediate inter-vention of ECI withregard to ensuring fool-proof security in fifthphase of elections inSouth Kashmir.

G. A. Mir hails peoples' participation in electoral process

People forced to live miserable life due toBJP’s mis-governance, lack of vision: Manohar


The Jammu andKashmir BJP Mondaypitched for permanentclosure of cross-LoCtrade, currently suspend-ed on the direction of theCentre, saying it hasdeveloped into a channelto foment trouble andsponsor illegal andunwanted activities.

The saffron party alsolaunched a scathing attackon National Conferenceand PDP leadership fortheir stand on Article 370and Article 35A which,according to the BJP, havelost their relevance andtime has come for their"removal for good".

Article 370 of theConstitution grants spe-cial status to Jammu andKashmir and limitsParliament's power tomake laws concerning thestate, while Article 35Aempowers the stateassembly to define 'per-manent residents' forbestowing special rightsand privileges on them.

"The cross-LoC tradehas brought countlessmiseries to the state as ithas developed into a

channel to foment troubleand do illegal andunwanted activity. Its sus-pension should pave theway for its permanent clo-sure," BJP state spokesper-son Brig (Retd) AnilGupta told reporters here.

On April 18, Indiaindefinitely suspendedcross-LoC trade at twopoints along the Line ofControl in Jammu andKashmir followingreports that it was being"misused" by elementsfrom across the border tosmuggle weapons, nar-cotics and fake currency.

The LoC trade acrossChakan-Da-Bagh inPoonch district of theJammu region andSalamabad in theBaramulla district ofnorth Kashmir was

intended as a confidence-building measure for thepopulation living inJammu and Kashmir andP a k i s t a n - o c c u p i e dKashmir.

BJP state spokespersonon Kashmir AffairsAshwani KumarChrungoo and anotherstate spokesperson BalbirRam Rattan alsoaddressed the press con-ference.

"The BJP would like toreiterate that Article 370and Article 35A have losttheir relevance, if theyhad any, and time hascome for their removal forgood. They have been abasis to mislead the peo-ple about the constitution-al and political status ofthe state and thus create asituation where the

younger generationswould be prone to politi-cal blackmailing andexploitation," Chrungoosaid.

He said these provi-sions cannot be allowed toprovide an alibi for "sepa-ration, hatred, misuse ofpower, gender bias andinfringement of funda-mental rights" guaranteedby the Constitution.

"The Article 370 andArticle 35A need to go onthe first available oppor-tunity once the govern-ment has the necessarylegislative numbers," hesaid. On PDP presidentand former CMMehbooba Mufti's recentremark that Article 370 isthe basis of the state's rela-tionship with the countryand that if the prime min-

ister thinks Kashmir is inloss because of it, thenthey should leaveKashmir, Chrungoo saidher comments are notonly unwarranted andunwanted but are alsobereft of normal politicalsagacity. "The statement isaimed at raising passionsand emotions and causingharm to the establishedconstitutional and politi-cal practices in the state,"he said, adding the PDPchief is not interested inmitigating the sufferingsof the masses in the state.

He said it needs to bemade clear that since theKashmir province is a partof the state, the provincehas no exclusive right torepresent the state as awhole.

"It has been establishedwell that the last sevendecades of political black-mailing, that had the tacitsupport of the Congressparty, was engineered bya couple of political fami-lies of the valley. They didit to suit their own politi-cal ends and used theirparties and their positionto this effect," he claimed.

The BJP leader said thestatements of PDP and

NC leaders expose their"ignorance of history,political arrangementsand ground realities" inKashmir valley.

"There is need of anopen debate and dialogueon all issues concerningthe future of our society,state and younger genera-tions. We invite all thosewho feel suffocated inthese political parties, dueto lack of inner democra-cy, to join open discussionand debate on issues likenationalism, develop-ment, national securityand on terrorism (as anenemy outside and with-in)," Gupta said.

Rattan said Jammu andKashmir is nobody's fief-dom and the people ofJammu, Ladakh, KashmiriPandits and other minori-ties and also the national-ist people of Kashmirrejected the secessionistideology and practice.

"They have deep emo-tional bonding with therest of India. Our cultural,historical, traditional andpractical relationships aremore important than theinvented so-called narra-tives of separation andhatred," he said.

J&K BJP advocates permanent closure of cross-LoC trade No test centre set up in Kashmirfor AIIMS New Delhi UG aspirants

SRINAGAR, APR29: Authorities atthe All IndiaInstitute ofMedical Sciences(AIIMS) NewDelhi have not setup any centre inKashmir for theaspirants set toappear in the testsfor the under-

graduate courses.The undergraduate exams are scheduled to be con-

ducted on May 26.Earlier, the aspirants of PG coursesat AIIMS had sought the intervention of the governor-led administration after no test centres were set up inthe valley.

“The authorities conducting AIIMS undergraduateentrance exam have not set up exam centre inSrinagar. It is not possible for the candidates to travelto Jammu for appearing in the exams,” said ImtiyazQazi, an aspirant of AIIMS UG exams.

Over the years, the exam conducting bodies ofnational level competitive exams have ignored valleyin allotment of exam centres causing inconvenience tothe aspirants.Earlier in February a batch of 500 stu-dents missed GATE-2019 exams as no centre wasallotted in Kashmir for the first phase of the exams(GATE). Later, six centres were set up in valley toenable students for appearing the exams within val-ley.

“This trend should end once and for all. Kashmirshould not be excluded in allotment of exam centresin national level competitive exams,” said an aspirant.

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JAMMU, APR. 29

Yogananda College ofEngineering &Technology (YCET) andInstitute of ManagementSciences (IMS), under theaegis of Jamwal Group ofEducational Institutions(JGEI) jointly organized 2-day Management-cum-Technical Fest ‘EKATRA-19’ on 29th and 30th ofApril ,2019 in the collegecampus at GurhaBrahmana (Patoli),Jammu. The Fest is a reg-ular feature of theInstitutions of JamwalGroup. A number of insti-tutions from Jammu aretaking part in the fest andthere are array of eventslike Technical andManagement events, funevents, cultural eventsincluding events like LanGaming, PerceptionBased Test, RangoliMaking, Food Panda,Selfie, Fun Cricket etc .With the participation ofstudents from other insti-tutions, it has become a

mega event. Er. Vidhi S.Singh Jamwal ,ChairmanJGEI was the Chief Guestwhereas Mr. Vinod,Director Gulistan NewsChannel was the Guest ofHonor for the inauguralfunction. The Fest wasinaugurated with thelighting of traditionallamp by the Chief Guest,Guest of Honor and otherglaxy of dignitaries.

Prof. J.R. Dhotra wel-comed the Chief Guest,Guest of Honour andother dignitaries for grac-ing the occasion and alsoappreciated the untiringefforts of all committeemembers to make thefunction a grand success.He said that theManagement cumTechnical Fest is a vibrantplatform where studentsshowcase their skills andtalent which are impor-tant for refreshment andrejuvenation of the stu-dents and faculty. Thestudents also presentedcolorful thematic andstage performances. In

the inauguration session.Thakur Shiv Dev SinghJamwal, Vice Chairman,Jamwal Group, Er. RenuBangroo, ManagingDirector, JGEI, Directorsfrom IMS, YCET andother Institutions werealso present on the occa-sion. The vote of thanksfor the inaugural functionwas presented by Dr. S.K

Gupta, Dean Academics,Institute of ManagementSciences. .RenownedPunjabi Sufi singer“Nooran Sisters” per-formed in the evening onthe first day of the techfest and enthralled andmesmerized the audiencewith their melodiousvoice which was enjoyedby one and all.


On the third day of theongoing 11th NatrangTheatre Festival in connec-tion with the celebrationsof Natrang’s 35 gloriousyears, Natrang presentedSadat Hassan Manto’s‘Karwat’ directed byNeeraj Kant, at its StudioTheatre here in KachiChawni, Jammu. Natranghas been organising aTheatre Festival of fourplays every month sincelast twelve months in

commemoration with thecelebrations of 35 eventfulyears of Natrang. In hiswelcome address,Natrang Director BalwantThakur informed thatNatrang has already creat-ed a record in the countryby showcasing 40 majordifferent plays by thesame group in a period ofeleven months. He compli-mented all actors, directorsand technicians of Natrangassociated with the hold-ing of such historicNatrang Theatre Festivals.Natrang has not only pro-vided the audience achance to witness the dif-ferent plays of highlysocial & artistic relevancebut also has added to theircreative and intellectualrepository by staging theliterary works of the mostcelebrated writers of theworld.

In the play, one ‘MiyanJi’ is shown as a veryempathetic person, whocares for the peoplearound him and wants to

make the society better.One day he invites a pros-titute who has recentlyshifted to his neighbour-hood to dine with his fam-ily on the pretext that, ifgiven respect and compas-sion, anyone can changehis mind and become abetter human being.Everyone was surprised athis decision but he wassure of the positive out-come. But to his surprise,‘Sona Bai’ bluntly refusedhis invitation and on hispersistent requests, sheinsulted him in front of hisfamily. After a few days,she felt guilty on her actionand approaches ‘Miyan Ji’for forgiveness, she alsoleaves her profession anddecides to leave the locali-ty. At this point, Miyanshows his true colours, hewanted her to leave theprofession because hehimself wanted to have arelation with her and wasjealous of the peoplearound her. This was veryshocking for her as her

faith on the goodness ofthe people was broken,resultantly she started herprofession once again. Theplay ‘Karwat’, in a veryprecise manner depictedthe shrewdness of the socalled noble people whohave a hidden agendaunder the clad of theirnobleness.The artists whoparticipated in the playincluded MeenakshiBhagat, Udit Sagar,Chahat Katyal, BhriguSharma, Aastha Sharma,Vrinda Sharma and ChiragAnand.The lights of theplay were executed byNeeraj Kant and musicwas scored by SushantSingh Charak. The presen-tation was done by ManojKumar Lalotra and theshow was coordinated byMohd Yaseen.On the lastday of 11th NatrangTheatre Festival, Hindiplay ‘Hawalaat’ written bySarveshwar Dayal Sexanawill be presented on 30thof April, 2019 under thedirection of Neeraj Kant.


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Terming smoking as ahealth & social evil, theConfederation of All IndiaTraders (CAIT) willlaunch a national cam-paign " Say No toSmoking " calling upontraders to move awayfrom cigarette smokingwhich is a leading causeof premature and pre-ventable death by severalstudies. However, sincesmoking is highly addic-tive, and quitting is agradual process, it will beeasier to switch to newerproducts like e-cigarettewhich are said to be 95percent less harmful thancigarettes may beused.“While CAIT strong-ly discourages any formof addiction, smoking is avery prevalent form ofaddiction and usually istriggered by stress andanxiety. E-cigarettes have

recently emerged as aproven quitting tool sincethey are free from tobaccoresidue (tar) and othercarcinogens and havebeen more effective”according to CAITNational President Mr.B.C Bhartia

Studies by institutionssuch as Public HealthEngland have shown thatElectronic NicotineDelivery System (ENDS),also known as vapes, areat least 95 percent lessharmful than cigarettes.Vaping products havegained popularity as a‘harm reduction’ tool forsmokers. It is an acceptednotion in the medical fra-ternity that most of theharm associated with cig-arettes is due to burningof tobacco rather than thedelivery of nicotine.Unlike cigarettes, ENDSdeliver nicotine withoutthe harmful by-products

such as tar and carbonmonoxide among other 70known carcinogens. Areport by the RoyalCollege of Physicians stat-ed that ENDS were effec-tive in helping smokersquit cigarette smokingaltogether.Another recentstudy by Dr. RiccardoPolosa, an internationalexpert on smoking relatedillnesses, showed thatswitching to e-cigarettesfor 3 years can reverseharm caused by tobaccosmoking in patients whohad Chronic ObstructivePulmonary Disease(COPD). Several otherstudies conducted onENDS have reaffirmedthat vaping is much lessharmful than cigarettesmoking and can be aneffective substitute forsmokers.

Praveen Khandelwal,National GeneralSecretary, CAIT,

appealed to Indiantraders to provide alter-natives to cigarette smok-ers “Tobacco use andsmoking causes over 1.35million deaths in Indiaevery year. Cigarettes areeasily accessible across allPaan shops that coverevery nook and corner ofIndian cities and the bulkof sales happen in loosewhere smokers are rarelyimpacted by the healthwarnings on the packs[with no checks on salesto minor]. We need toswitch to less harmfulalternatives like ENDS toeventually reduceadverse effects on health.B.C. Bhartia, NationalPresident, CAIT, statedthat, “ENDS are nowbeing used by smokers inmany countries like UK,Canada, US and to mini-mize harm to their health.At CAIT, we are con-cerned about not just the

financial but also thephysical well-being of ourtrader community. This iswhy it is our responsibili-ty to inform our membersabout ‘harm reduction’tools that can reduce riskof cancer, heart diseaseand other tobacco-relatedillnesses. Earlier, peoplefound it very difficult toquit smoking because ofthe nicotine addiction,but now with less harm-ful alternatives likeENDS, it can be much eas-ier to quit and stay off cig-arette smoking.”TheCAIT also requested theGovernment of India tostipulate the right regula-tions for the category soas to provide adult smok-ers with a viable alterna-tive solution in a mannerthat is consistent withGovernment’s pastapproach of effectivesupervision and controlof sales of such products.

CAIT advises traders on tobacco harm reductionCAIT to launch " Say No to Smoking " national campaign among business community


Believe in yourself andall that you are, know thatthere is something insideyou that is greater thanany obstacle. To provide aplatform to the talentedpeople Savdhaan Jammu aseries of short movies com-menced its auditions forthe upcoming episode fourtoday. The series is direct-ed by a young, passionateand talented son of the soilMr.V Vimal Mehra who isan actor and director him-self. Mr.V Vimal Mehrahas been directing theepisodes of SavdhaanJammu since 2015 andhimself has been the inno-vator of the idea of theSavdhan Jammu. Thefamous Bollywood actorGulshan Pandey is playingan important role in the

episode. Keeping in viewthe facilities in the regionhe has been providing aplatform to the buddingstars in the form ofSavdhaan Jammu. Themost charismatic thingabout the series is that thestories are based on reality.And due to which the pub-lic wait anxiously andeagerly for every episode.The story of the episode4th has been written by Lt.Mrs Priya Gupta Kapoorwho left for the heavenlyabode few days back. Itwas her dream to write asuccessful story for theSavdhan Jammu butbefore its telecast she leftfor the heavenly abodeand the episode 4th will bea homage for her said MrMehra. The countdownbegin with the first audi-tion . The audition was

held in ACM schoolJanipur in which 50-60contestants endeavourtheir luck by showing theirtalents. The 2nd auditionwill be held at SwarnStudio Akhnoor followedby the 3rd audition thatwill be held day aftertomorrow in ChoudharyEnterprises Heera Nagar.The director of the moviehas been doing a com-mendable job by givingthe opportunity to the tal-ented people to unveiltheir hidden talents. Afterof episode 4 Mehra hasbeen planning to Producea movie for which the proj-ect will be launched soonand the movie will exploresome unexplored places ofthe region. And it will alsobe a good chance for thepeople who are willing towork in this field.

Savdhaan Jammu commencesauditions for episode four


A meeting with civildefence wardens/volun-teers was held under thechairperson of Smt.Shashi Thakur, Dy. SP,deputy controller civildefence Jammu at region-al civil defence controlcentre parade Jammu. Themain aim objective of themeeting was to gear upand highlight civildefence activities in theirareas as well as to awarethe public with regard torule and importance ofcivil defence organizationduring anyeventuality.While speak-ing on the occasion Smt.Shashi Thakur, Dy. SP Dy.Controller civil defenceJammu, welcome the par-ticipants and defenceorganization. She listentheir grievances andassured them to bringtheir problems/griev-ances into the notice ofhigher authorities. Shealso laid stress upon togear up civil defence

activities appreciation cer-tificate in favour of CDwardens/volunteers whohave performed ShriAmar Nath Ji Yatra duty –2018 on behalf on con-troller civil defence cumdeputy commissionerJammu.Paramjit Kumar,Chief Warden, ThakurRanjit Singh, Dy. Chiefwarden. Jagdish Kumar,sh. Pawan Sharma, divi-sional wardens, sh. R.Vijay Magotra, sh. RajKumar Gupta, SwaranSingh Chib, Sanjeev Puri,Dy. Divisional wardens,Pawan Sharma, AmitNayyar, BhushanKhajuriya, HarcharanSingh, smt. GurdeepKour, Sat Paul and othernumber of wardens/vol-unteers of civil defenceJammu were attended themeeting.At the end ofmeeting deputy controllercivil defence Jammu,Paramjit Kumar, chiefwarden and Thakur RanjitSingh thanked the war-dens/volunteers for theirparticipation.

Shashi asks volunteers to gear up and highlight civil defence activities in their areas


International Societyfor KrishnaConsciousness (ISKCON)is organizing 8th Annual“Shree Jagannath RathYatra” in the City ofTemples on 2nd May(Thursday), 2019.

This was disclosed byH.H NavyogendraSwami Ji Maharaj,Spiritual InternationalGuru while interactingwith media persons hereat Press Club Jammu.Hesaid that the ISKCON hasfinalized the arrange-ments for the upcoming“Shree Jagannath RathYatra” on 2nd May 2019which will start at2:00pm.He said that thisis the 8th Rath Yatra inthe history of J&K andthousands of devoteesacross the State and out-side are going to partici-pate in this mega event.

He said that the LordJagannath is so merciful

that he himself comes outof the temple for thosewho do not come to thetemple. He added thathis brother Baldev andsister Subhadra willaccompany the Lord anda beautiful chariot hasbeen made for the Lord.

"The Rath Yatra willcommence from CityPalace, Kachi Chawniand will pass throughParade, Shalamar, KanakMandi, Rajinder Bazaar,Shahedi Chowk,Raghunath Ji Mandir,Indra Chowk, Gumat,Vinayak Bazaar, DograChowk, Jewel, CanalHead, Guest House, GolePully, Bohri and will cul-minate at Kashmiri Hills,Bohri”, Swami Ji said,adding, that the MahaAarti Utsav of LordJagannath is going to beheld on 1st May 2019 atJambu LochanCommunity Hall, KaranNagar, Amphalla from5pm onwards till mid

night.Highlighting theimportance of the RathYatra, Swami ji said thatthe Rath Yatra festival ofchariots originated inPuri, Orissa and it is theoldest known festivaland has been celebratedfor over thousands ofyears.

"To give benefit to thepeople of the world, thefounder Acharya ofISKCON, His DivineGrace A.C BhaktivedantaSwami Prabhupadaintroduced the RathYatra festival throughoutthe globe”, he main-tained.Swami Ji appealedthe people of Jammu, toparticipate in the RathYatra whole heartedlyand have the Darshan ofthe Lord Jagannath as“One Who Sees LordJagannath on his Rathwill not take Birth againin this materialisticworld”.

Among others presentwere Vikram Malhotra,President Rath YatraCommittee, Nitai DasManager ISKCONJammu, Rajan Bhan,General Secretary RathYatra Committee, AbhayKrishna Das, PresidentSwagat Committee,Rajinder Manhas, SpecialSupporter of Rath Yatra,Kunti Devi Dasi,President ISKCONUdhampur, SudershanDas President ISKCONKashmir, Sanjay VyasDas, etc.

ISKCON to organise 8th AnnualJagannath Rath Yatra on May 2

State Level Roller Skating ChampionshipStudents of DPS Udhampur bring

laurels to school by winningGold, Silver and Bronze medals

UDHAMPUR, APR 29: “Hard Work and true dedica-

tion pays you a lot in long run” with this motto in mind

the students of DPS Udhampur brought laurels to the

school by winning the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals

in the State Level Roller Skating Championship organ-

ized by Hockey Club at Jammu from 26th April,2019 to

28th April, 2019 at Peerkho skating ground

Jammu.Prikshit of Class VII & Sameer of Class-XI won

2 Gold Medals each,Swara of Class-VIII won 2 silver

medals, Sanuj of Class-IX & Ritvik of Class-IX, won 1

silver medal each, Girish of Class XI, Tejal of Class IV-

C, Aatish of Class-VII & Soumil of Class-v won 1 Bronze

Medal each.It is a proud moment for the school where

the children are excelling in all spheres of life. The

Chairman of the School Dr. J.C Gupta felt overwhelmed

by looking at the performance of his children. He said

that the students of DPS Udhampur will keep on put-

ting their efforts in academics as well as extracurricular

activities.The Principal Dr. Kunal Anand along with the

management congratulated the winners and wished

them best of luck for their future quests.

Srinagar, Apr 29 (,): Thebeautiful Doodhpathrimeadow was brought ontourist map, but has noname in the Government'stourism promotional cam-paigns. It has been com-pletely forgotten even itsDevelopment Authority iswithout a CEO for the lastone year.

D o o d h p a t h r iDevelopment Authority iswithout a CEO for the lastover one year. See it as thegovernments paying noattention deliberately forpolitical reasons or attrib-ute it genuinely to 'dearth'of officers in the adminis-tration.

As per ,(,) correspon-dent, the famous touristdestination which isthronged by a sizablenumber of tourists duringthe season is crying forproper attention and carein many ways as the gov-ernment has not been ableto find a CEO for the

Development Authoritythat was created few yearsback to promote it as oneof the key tourism spots ofvalley.

The DDA has not evenbasic required staff formaintenance of infrastruc-ture and its upkeep.

A 25 member group oftourists from Bombayexpressed dissatisfactionover the apathetic condi-tion of tourism destina-tion Doodhpathri.

The beautiful meadowwas brought on touristmap, but has no name inthe Government's tourismpromotional campaigns.

Doodhpathri, it is per-tinent to mention hashuge potential of attract-ing tourists on account ofits scenic beauty, lushgreen meadows andresort like ambience. Thegovernment is well awareof this fact yet an actionand due attention eludes.

One year on, DoodhpathriDev Authority without CEO


Chairman Anjuman-e-Auqaf Jama Masjid,Mirwaiz Umar Farooq onMonday chaired animportant meeting atJama Masjid to take stockof the arrangements inand around the grandMasjid, ahead of the startof holy month ofRamadhan. The meetingwas attended by all mem-bers of the managingbody of Jamia Masjid.Mirwaiz felicitated thepeople of Muslim Ummah

in general and the peopleof Kashmir, in particularon the arrival ofRamadhan, stating thatthe fasting month pro-vides a great opportunityfor the believers to repenttheir sins and to get closerto Almighty Allah seekinghis blessings. Taking stockof the arrangements, mem-bers of the Auqaf updatedthe chairman regardingthe arrangements madeavailable for the wor-shipers who flood thegrand Masjid during thefasting month. Mirwaiz

directed the members andstaff for ensuring the avail-ability of water for ablu-tion and other facilitiesincluding electricity sup-ply cleanliness in andaround the mosque so thatno inconvenience iscaused to the devotees inthe holy month especiallyfor Taraweh prayers.

The meeting alsodecided that the division-al administration will beinformed to ensure unin-terrupted supply ofpower, water and toaddress the issues of fre-

quent traffic jams in thearea in view of the fastingmonth of Ramadhan andto ensure that the area inand around the JamiaMasjid is kept clean by allmeans. Members ofAuqaf assured Mirwaizthat the sanctity of thegrand Masjid will be pre-served and that all theefforts and steps will betaken to put in place bestpossible facilities for thedevotees who come inlarge numbers to offerprayers at the historicMasjid in the holy month.

Anjuman e Auqaf holds important meeting chaired by Mirwaiz

Two days management-cum-tech fest“Ekatra -19” inaugurated at YCET, Jammu

Natrang presents Sadat Hassan Manto’s‘Karwat’ on 3rd day of 11th Theatre Festival

18 joint secretaries appointedin Central Govt departments

NEW DELHI: As part of a senior-level bureaucraticreshuffle effected on Monday, 18 joint secretaries havebeen appointed in various Central Government depart-ments, according to an official order. Abhishek Singh, a1995 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre, has beenappointed as secretary, agricultural scientists recruit-ment board (ASRB) under the Department ofAgricultural Research & Education. Navneet Gupta andDipti Mohil Chawla have been appointed as joint secre-taries of Department of Telecommunications andDepartment of Defence, respectively, the order issuedby the Personnel Ministry said. Nita Kejriwal and J PAgrawal, both the officers of Central Secretariat Service(CSS), have been named joint secretaries of RuralDevelopment and Official Language Departments,respectively. Siddhartha Singh Longjam will be jointsecretary, Department of Sports, Sunil Kumar will bejoint secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gasand Meera Ranjan Tsering will be joint secretary,Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

Golden Yug JAMMU, TUESDAY, 30, APRIL, 2019NATIONAL 10

JKPM for provision of basic amenitiesin neglected backward areas

BANDIPORA, APR 29: JKPM incharge Bandipora DrMustafa has said that JKPM would provide basicamenities to the people of backward and remote areaswhich have hitherto remained victim of official apathyand political vendetta.Interacting with the people dur-ing his visit to Chanadaji , a remotest backward area ofdistrict Bandipora on Monday Dr Mustafa said thatimproving living conditions of the poor and removinginjustices meted out to the innocent people of the statewas the sacred mission of JKPM and this missionwould be persued as an act of faith at all costs.

Dr Mustafa assured the people that their demandsregarding road connectivity, drinking water facilities,power supply and medicare facilities would be takenup with the concerned authorities for immediateredressalA large number of people including somepanels and Sarpanchs of the area joined JKPM andexpressed their faith and trust on the leadership of DrShah Faesal.

Dr Mustafa was given a rousing reception on reach-ing Chanadaji village.

Army organises communalharmony meet at Thatri

JAMMU, APR 29: Indian Army has always taken ini-tiative in conducting various people friendly cam-paigns, community empowerment drives and com-munal harmony workshops so as to foster feeling ofbrotherhood amongst local populace. In an endeavorto further build and strengthen upon existing bonds offriendship between public and Indian Army, aCommunal Harmony Meet was organised at Thatri inDoda district.The meet was aimed at promoting regu-lar engagement of religious leaders of all communitiesin the region. A total of 32 locals, elders and key opin-ion makers of the area attended the meeting. The gath-ering was informed about various initiative of Armytowards development of Thatri region through vari-ous projects.The message of the meet, peace and har-mony and to live with bonhomie in the region wasappreciated by every participant. The local populacealso stated that conduct of such constructive efforts bythe Army will go in a long way to promote brother-hood and communal harmony in the region.

Army celebrates International DanceDay in Poonch and Rajouri Districts

JAMMU, APR 29: Indian Army celebrated“International Dance Day” at Govt Middle School,Mastandara, Govt Degree College, Mendhar, ModernPublic Academy, Dara Dullian, Galuthi, Pardhala andPir Baba in Poonch and Rajouri districts.The aim of theevent was to encourage students to participate inextracurricular activities and cultural programmes.Poonch and Rajouri region is known for its rich cul-ture and traditional diversity. Various types of folkdances are prevalent in this region. To promote therich culture and tradition of this region, dance pro-grammes were organised to encourage young chil-dren to participate and also inculcate competitive spir-it. The participants and school teachers appreciatedthe effort of Army and expressed desire that moresuch events should be held in the future as well.

Adbi Kunj pays tributesto Shakeel Badayouni

JAMMU, APR 29: Adbi Kunj today organized a liter-ary tributes meet to pay homage to noted poet“Shakeel Badayouni” on his 48th death anniversary.The meet was presided over by another noted poetStar Singh while noted singer Chaman Sagoch con-ducted the proceeding of the meet. Members of AdbiKunj also paid tributes to Shakeel Badayouni. Whileremembering Badayouni, Sham Talib president of theAdbi Kunj organization and other speakers threwdetailed light on the various aspects of his life andcontribution in the Urdu poetry and the field of writ-ing of Film songs. The meet was come to end with thevote of thanks by Aarash Dalmotra Chairman AdbiKunj J&K, Jammu.

DD Kashir to launch'Kus Bani Koshur

Karorpaet' quiz showSRINAGAR, APR 29 : Kashmir will today get its ownversion of the popular quiz show "Kaun BanegaaCrorepati" to help locals explore talents.

Doordarshan DD Kashir will launch 'Kus BaniKoshur Karorpaet' in Kashmiri, the most popularinternational quiz format "Who Wants to Be aMillionaire?" popularly known as "Kaun BanegaCrorepati" in India.

A government statement said the Kashmiri version"Kus Bani Koshur Karorpaet" starts from tonight andthe broadcast will be 8 pm (Monday to Saturday) andwill be repeated the following day at 7am and at 2 pm.

The programme is produced by Studio Next, a pro-duction house of Sony Pictures, the Indian licenseholder of the KBC format.

The show will be hosted by the Popular Kashmiriactor and comedian Rayees Mohiuddin.

Mohiuddin is famous for his mimicry and hasalready appeared in a number of TV shows and aBollywood movie.

JKPM for provision of basic amenities inneglected backward areas: Dr. Mustafa

SRINAGAR, APR 29 : JKPM incharge Bandipora DrMustafa has said that JKPM would provide basicamenities to the people of backward and remote areaswhich have hitherto remained victim of official apathyand political vendetta.

Interacting with the people during his visit toChanadaji , a remotest backward area of districtBandipora on Monday Dr Mustafa said that improv-ing living conditions of the poor and removing injus-tices meted out to the innocent people of the state wasthe sacred mission ofJKPM and this mission would bepersued as an act of faith at all costs.

Dr Mustafa assured the people that their demandsregarding road connectivity, drinking water facilities,power supply and medicare facilities would be takenup with the concerned authorities for immediateredressal

A large number of people including some panelsand Sarpanchs of the area joined JKPM and expressedtheir faith and trust on the leadership of Dr ShahFaesal.

Dr Mustafa was given a rousing reception on reach-ing Chanadaji village.

Parimpora Fruit Mandi shutsdown against blockade

SRINAGAR, APR 29: Parimpora Fruit Mandiremained shut on Monday against the ‘indifferent atti-tude’ from authorities that halt vegetable and fruitladen trucks on the Jammu-Kashmir highway.Businessmen dealing in fruit and vegetable businessdecided to go on indefinite strike thus all businessesworking under the Parimpora Fruit complex closeddown their gates as a mark of protest. “We had decid-ed that we will go for an indefinite shutdown fromApril 29 in case the government does not take any ini-tiative to solve our problems. All the shops are closedand we will be meeting later in the day to chalk outour further plan,” said a businessman in the complex.

The traders are in protests against a “virtual halt”of fruit and vegetable-laden vehicles on Srinagar-Jammu highway for several days allegedly withoutany reason. “The losses are being inflicted deliberate-ly otherwise why the highway gets perfect to use if atrucker pays the bribe. We are witnessing this problemfrom the last three months now. This is a deliberateblockade,” said Bashir Ahmed Bashir, President FruitGrowers Association.

“This time a box of grapes would have cost not lessthan Rs 500 but when the stockist received his truck,he had to sell one box for Rs 80 or Rs 30 and there wasno guarantee if any of the grapes would be in eatablecondition. And it is the same with all fruits coming orgoing out of the Kashmir,” said Wasim Hassan, one ofthe consignment agents. “It is not only the trucks com-ing towards Kashmir are stopped but same is beingdone with the fruit-laden truck going out fromKashmir.”

The Parimpora Mandi traders under the banner ofKashmir Economic Alliance decided unanimously togo for the strike as they are suffering huge losses dueto the indifferent attitude on the only highway con-necting Kashmir with the mainland India.

Bashir Ahmad Bashir had earlier said that dealerswho suffered losses due to frequent highway closureduring this year’s winter are now forced to shut downbusinesses due to ‘mismanagement’ of traffic on theJammu-Srinagar national highway. He also said thatthey have given written representation to the authori-ties as well.Many traders also said that they work withbanks but due to the present crisis their viability hasstopped. “We don’t have any capital to re-infuse in thebusiness.”The Parimpora Mandi comprises more than300 shops and around 3000 people are directly associ-ated with it for earning their livelihood.

Lok Sabha polls phase 4:Criminal and crorepati

candidates in frayNEW DELHI: In the phase four of Lok Sabha polls2019, as many as 210 candidates are with criminalcases and nearly one-third of candidates arecrorepatis. Here's a look at the crorepati candidatesand the ones with criminal charges against them asper the analysis done by the election watchdogAssociation of Democratic Reforms (ADR. The find-ings are based on the analysis of self-sworn affidavitsof 928 out of 943 candidates contesting the phase fourof Lok Sabha polls today.

GY CORRESPONDENT

SRINAGAR, APR. 29

Jammu and KashmirPeople's Movement supre-mo (JKPM) Dr Shah Faesalhas vowed to fight for thesocio-political rights of thepeople of Jammu andKashmir at any cost. In aTV interview, Dr Faisalsaid that people of thestate, who are by naturesincere and straight for-ward, have been deceivedrepeatedly since last 70years on the promise ofsafeguarding their honour

and dignity."JKPM leadership has,

with a clean heart, troddenon the path to fight for therights of the people, even ifit may cost lifelong pre-sentment to its cadres" hesaid. "To others, Mission 44is about getting 44 seats tograb power. But for us(JKPM) politics is aboutIndai-Pak friendship, reso-lution of conflict withoutfurther bloodshed, andrestoration of the rightsand dignity of the peopleof Jammu and Kashmir, "

Dr Farsal remarked addingthat Kashmir problemneeds to be resolved ami-cably as per the urged andaspirations of the people.

He said Kashmir is a liv-ing political issue whichhas been in principleacknowledged by both theneighboring countries ofIndia and Pakistan manytimes, even in Lahore,Tashkant, Delhi and Agrasumits. " So the vexedproblem needs to beresolved immediately forthe betterment of the peo-

ple of the respective coun-tries especially for the peo-ple of J&K, "Shah Faesalstressed adding that JKPMwould pool all its resourcesto facilitate meaningfulprocess of dialogue andreconciliation for the pur-pose.

He further added thatmission of the party is tomake J&K a PeaceCorridor and gate way toCentral Asia by restoringthe silk route and openingall traditional links withrest of the world.

Ready to go to jail for 44 years but won't compromise on the rights of people: Shah Faesal


Association of Parentsof Disappeared Persons(APDP) seeks to bringattention to the continu-ous crime of enforced dis-appearances in Jammu &Kashmir. So far the gov-ernment of India hasfailed to conduct anyinvestigation in more than8000 cases of enforced dis-appearance, despiterepeated appeals from therelatives of disappearedpersons. The Governmentof India continues toignore the demands fortruth, justice and repara-tion to the families of thedisappeared.

The issue of enforceddisappearances in Jammu& Kashmir has got widerinternational attention.The government of Indiansigned InternationalConvention for theProtection of all personsfrom Enforced orI n v o l u n t a r yDisappearances in 2007

but so far has been in per-sistent denial to ratify theconvention. The recentintroduction of Bill on 3August 2018, by BJPMember of ParliamentOm Prakash Yadav's(Private Member's Bill)"The Prevention ofEnforced DisappearanceBill 2018" was a welcom-ing step as for the firsttime a document relatedto enforced disappear-ances was introduced inthe Indian Parliament.Interestingly the billacknowledges the disap-pearance of 8000 people inKashmir & more than6,000 in Punjab. But sincethe introduction of bill,there was no developmentor discussion on the samein the Parliament.

Government of Indiabeing the claimant of thelargest democracy in theword continues to beindifferent in legislatingagainst the crime ofenforced disappearances.Despite the recommenda-

tions from world bodieslike UN OHCHR, theEuropean Parliament andvarious other globalhuman rights the organi-zation the Government ofIndia could neither inves-tigate the crime of disap-pearances nor investigatethe connecting issue ofmore than 7000 unknown,unmarked and massgraves. The OHCHR aswell as United NationsWorking Group onEnforced or InvoluntaryDisappearances (UNWGEID) sought permis-sion to visit India to mon-itor and to inquire into thehuman rights abusesincluding enforced disap-pearances but the Indianstate has continuouslydenied the access to theworld rights bodies. Thefirst ever UN Office of theHigh Commissioner forHuman Rights (OHCHR)report on the humanrights situation in Indianadministered Kashmirhighlighted the issue of

enforced disappearancesand stated that "Impunityfor enforced or involun-tary disappearances inKashmir continues asthere has been little move-ment towards crediblyinvestigating complaints,including into allegedsites of mass graves in theKashmir Valley andJammu region."

Today APDP againreiterates its demand foran investigation into allthe cases of enforced orinvoluntary disappear-ances as well as the exis-tence of unknown,unmarked and massgraves. Moreover, theassociation appeals gov-ernment of India has toinitiate a comprehensiveprocess of establishingtruth, justice and repara-tion in favour of victim-ized families. The associa-tion vows to continue toits struggle until the jus-tice is done and the phe-nomenon of enforced dis-appearances will end.

India failed to conduct any investigation in morethan 8000 cases of enforced disappearance: APDP


Jammu and KashmirNational Conference onMonday asserted thatdevelopment andemployment generationhave been principal casu-alties of PDP's embracewith BJP, saying corrup-tion, maladministration,nepotism and cronyismhave inconsistently beenthe hall-mark of BJP-PDPrule. Party's parliamen-tary candidate forAnantnag parliamentaryconstituency RetiredJustice Hassnain Masoodi,while addressing series ofpublic meets at Pulwama,Shopian said that people'sexplicit memories are stillafresh with the rampantnepotism and cronyism ofthe former coalition gov-ernment led by MehboobaMufti. "The former coali-tion government sparedno efforts to rob our edu-cated youth of their mer-its. The state has no dearthof educated and highlyqualified youth but theformer BJP-PDP govern-ment had left their fate inlurch during their stint inpower.

We saw how our meri-touris youth were pushedto wall because of theopen political patronage,nepotism, unprecedentedchaos in recruitment inservice commission, andother competitive exams.We saw how former BJP-PDP government pushedthe highly qualified youthtowards militancy.Besides that the unprece-dented repression thatwas unleashed by PDP-BJP chocked the safespaces for youth to pursuetheir vocation. With thecomplete collapse oftourism sector, and zeroheadway in encouraging aprivate sector growth,diminishing jobs in publicsector the former coalitiongovernment headed byMehbooba Mufti had cre-ated an alarming situationwhich continues to hauntour youth even today.

Masoodi said that thenew government underwith Omar sahib in thevanguard of it, the partywill spare no effort to curbnepotism usher in a cor-rective era of growth,peace and prosperity inthe state. "We will contin-

ue to dole out more proyouth policies on the fash-ion of SKEWPY, andUdaan. We will providesafe spaces to the youth topursue their vocationswithout fear. We will giveimpetus to employmentgeneration in both publicand private sector," hesaid.

Meanwhile he con-demned the repressivepressure of preventingtrucks laden with essen-tial iteams to ply onSrinagar-Jammu Nationalhighway, saying that themeasure has put tradersand general public toduress."The impudentmove has resulted in hugelosses to traders and hascreated scarcity of var-rious edibles in Kashmir.The move can trigger eco-nomic crisis in theKashmir division. Thegovernment should riseupto the occasion andallow the trucks carryingfruits and other perishableedibles to ply on the high-way. The holy month ofRamadan is forthcoming;there is a gush in therequirements of peopleduring the holy moth. I

urge the administration toallow trucks carrying per-ishable iteams, edibles toply on the highway," hesaid.

He also urged the elec-tion commission of Indiaand chief electoral officerof the state to make it apoint to keep the pollingstations at their previouspositions. "Changing thelocation of polling boothswill inadvertently affectthe participation of peoplein the elections. How canpeople of one localitytravel to other places forcasting their votes? Howcan elderly and patientstravel long distances? Ibelieve the step of chang-ing polling booths willlead to the less participa-tion of people in the dem-ocratic exercise.

Meanwhile party's cen-tral secretary, formerMLA Irfan Shah hasurged the administrationto ensure all basic andeffective amenities to thedevotees on the urs ofHazrat Sheikh Davood(RA) Batamaloo. He hasalso extended greeting tothe people on the ursobservance.

Nepotism, cronyism hall-mark of formerBJP-PDP coalition says Hassnain Masoodi


Congress leader KadfeenChoudhary on Monday urged thegovernor administration to ensureproper supply of essentials toKashmir valley during Ramadanand said that the Highway gagbeing imposed twice every week isthrowing life out of gear inKashmir. Kadfeen said that thereare large scale apprehensions thatthe supply of essentials will bebadly hit due to the ban on vehicu-lar movement on national highwayevery Sunday and Wednesday. He

added that the traders are alreadybearing the brunt of such a diktatand during the month of Ramadan,there are mounting fears of blackmarketing touching new heights."The business fraternity in Kashmiris already reeling under the dread-ful crises and is incurring unimagin-able losses every day due the high-way gag. With holy month ofRamadan approaching, the situa-tion will become bad from worse,"said Kadfeen. He said the govern-ment should at least take into con-sideration the reverence of the holymonth of Ramadan and lift the gag

on humanitarian grounds. Or else,said Kadfeen, the situation couldturn catastrophic and will plungethe state into unending cycle ofuncertainty. The Congress leaderfurther urged the government toensure all the facilities whichincludes better power supply,buffer quantity of essential com-modities, cleanliness and drinkingwater facility to the people duringthe holy month of Ramdan. He saidthat PDD should establish com-plaint calls in each area so thatunscheduled power cut is avoidedat any cost during the month.

Lift National Highway Ban duringRamadan: Kadfeen urges GOI

Kulgam records...Hall in Srinagar, the CEO informed that the overall

percentage recorded in the district during today'spolling was 10.3 per cent with the highest in Noorabadsegment, recording at 20.58 per cent.

He said that for the smooth polling across the dis-trict, 433 polling stations were set up out of which 20were model polling stations. Moreover 4 all womenpolling stations were also setup across the district.

Divulging the details of the voter turnout in the dis-trict, the CEO informed that the total number of votespolled was 35524 with highest turnout of 20.58 per centrecorded in Noorabad segment of the district. With thecompletion of the today's phase, the overall poll per-centage of Anantnag constituency has touched12.35 percent.

He further elaborated that the total percentage ofvoting till date in various parliamentary constituenciesin the state including Baramulla, Jammu, Srinagar,Udhampur and Anantnag was recorded at 47.06 percent with total votes polled at around 3364104 out of7149047 total electorates.

The CEO complimented voters, political parties, con-testing candidates, media, polling staff and securityforces for smooth and peaceful conduct of polling underIV Phases in the state.

It may be recalled, over 3.45 lakh electors werescheduled to exercise their franchise in Kulgam districtof south Kashmir region, in the second leg of three-phased schedule for Anantnag ParliamentaryConstituency on April 29, including 28761 first-timevoters and 2870 migrant voters.

Regarding the health of E-rolls, the CEO said that 43polling stations were setup for webcasting.

Pertinently the candidates in the fray are HasnainMasoodi of Jammu Kashmir National Conference, SofiYousuf of Bhartiya Janta Party, Ghulam Ahmad Mir ofIndian National Congress, Mehbooba Mufti of JammuKashmir Peoples Democratic Party, Nisar Ahmad Waniof Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party,Choudhary Zaffar Ali of Jammu Kashmir PeoplesConference, Sanjay Kumar Dhar of Manav AdhikarParty, Surinder Singh of Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party(Lohia) and Imtiyaz Ahmad Rather, Ridwana Sanam,Riyaz Ahmad Bhat, Zubair Masoodi, Shams Khwaja,Ali Mohammad Wani, Gh Mohammad Wani, KyasirAhmed Sheikh, Manzoor Ahmad Khan and Mirza SajadHussain Beigh, all independents.

The CEO informed that two general observers,one expenditure observer, one police observer, 68 microobservers besides 1732 polling staff ensured the smoothconduct of the voting in this phase.

Lok Sabha...polling officials, an election official said. The ruling

Trinamool Congress and the BJP accused each other ofintimidating voters in the state, which has seen violencein all previous three phases despite stepped up centralforces deployment. The stakes are high for the BJPwhich had won 56 of the 72 constituencies in the 2014polls. Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Madhya PradeshV L Kantha Rao said that during a mock-poll, electron-ic voting machines (EVMs) were replaced at 207 pollingbooths as some glitches were found. EVMs were alsoreplaced at 106 polling booths after the voting began.Polling was peaceful in Rajasthan, with tribal dominat-ed seat of Banswara recording the highest voting per-centage at 72.34, followed by Barmer which recorded72.21 per cent voting, according to state election offi-cials. Nearly 52 per cent voting was recorded inMaharashtra (17 seats), 64.05 per cent Odisha (6 seats),53.67 per cent Bihar (five seats) and 63.42 per centJharkhand (3 seats), according to data provided by theElection Commission till 6 PM. In Kulgam district ofAnantnag constituency in Jammu and Kashmir, 10.3 percent polling was recorded, amid isolated incidents ofstone pelting. This was the second of the three-phasepolling in the sensitive seat. Billionaires and Bollywoodstars lined up outside polling stations along with thecommon folks in Mumbai, where polling was held insix constituencies. Complaints of technical glitches inEVMs and VVPAT machines in some polling boothswere addressed in Maharashtra, an election officialsaid. Bollywood celebrities including AmitabhBachchan, the Khan troika of Shah Rukh, Salman andAamir, and Deepika Padukone cast their votes inMumbai. Priyanka Chopra, Rekha, Aamir and wifeKiran Rao were among the early voters. In UttarPradesh, opposition Samajwadi Party's alleged thatmany EVMs malfunctioned and in Kannauj, fromwhere SP chief Akhilesh Yadav's wife and sitting MPDimple Yadav is contesting, several party workers wereprevented from coming out of their homes to vote. InKanpur, BJP workers allegedly tried to barge into apolling booth and clashed with the police. A case hasbeen registered against BJP leader Suresh Awasthi andsix others in this connection, Kanpur District MagistrateVijay Vishwas Pant said. Shahjahanpur (SC), Kheri,Hardoi (SC), Misrikh (SC), Unnao, Farrukhabad,Etawah (SC), Kannauj, Kanpur, Akbarpur, Jalaun (SC),Jhansi and Hamirpur seats recorded 53.23 per cent

polling till 5 pm, an electoral officer said. Reports werereceived of EVMs developing snag in Bidhauna areaunder the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat following whichpolling remained suspended for over an hour.Complaints of EVM malfunctioning were also reportedin Etawah under Auriaya district, with voters claimingthey had to wait for hours at polling booths in TilakMahavidyalaya, Sahupur, Ajitmal and Dalelnagar tocast their votes. According to a report from Hardoi, anelderly woman voter complained that the presidingofficer at Jamkara booth under Sandila area forciblypressed the EVM button. The sector magistrate hasremoved the officer and handed him over to the policewho is investigating the matter. Besides Dimple Yadav,prominent candidates whose electoral fate will bedecided in this phase are Dimple Yadav, former Unionministers Salman Khurshid (Farrukhabd) andSriprakash Jaiswal (Kanpur) of Congress, UP Cabinetminister Satyadev Pachauri (Kanpur) and SakshiMaharaj of BJP (Unnao) In Bihar, voting was delayeddue to EVM malfunctioning at three polling stations inMunger, two polling stations in Darbhanga and threepolling stations in Begusarai, from where CPI'sKanhaiya Kumar and Union Minister Giriraj Singh(BJP) are contesting, due to technical glitches, officialsources said. In Odisha, technical glitches in EVMsdelayed polling in 60 booths, but it resumed after thesnags were rectified, the official said. Election to 542Lok Sabha seats is being conducted in seven phasesbetween April 11 and May 19. Election in Vellore con-stituency in Tamil Nadu has been cancelled followingexcess use of money power. Results will be declared onMay 23.

Chairman JK ...Presidents, G M Sadiq, Sunil Gupta, Rakesh

Gandotra, Arun Gandotra, Mohammad Maqbool Lone,Ghulam Nabi Teli, Rajni Saraf and Mohammad YounusPatoo, Vice Presidents, Clusters Heads and other seniorofficials of the bank.

Explaining the raison d'etre of the InternalCommunication & Knowledge Management initiativeand roll out of the monthly in-house magazine, theChairman and CEO Parvez Ahmed said, "Many organ-isations aspire to change the society in which it existsbut very few have all the elements required: talent,resources, passion, perseverance and resilience. J&KBank has time and again proven that it has all these inabundance. As the Chairman and CEO of this wonder-ful organization this has been the recipe of my successin turning around the bank from a loss of 1632 Cr toseven continuous quarters of profitability, I can't ask fora better. No doubt we have made a lot of progress butwe are not done yet and to achieve the crowning glorywe need to keep hitting the refresh button to align theknowledge and skill of our staff with the dynamicrequirements of banking."

Expounding on the dynamic character of the bankingand finance sector, the chairman reiterated on the needto reorient the workforce as per the changing landscapeof the banking sector. "Two decades ago when I joinedthe bank the A, B, C, D of banking was Accounting,Book Keeping, Credit and Debit which has nowchanged to Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Cloudand Data Analytics. Earlier banking meant going tobank spending a couple of hours between 10 AM to 2PM and just see the dramatic change now it is 24*7 sit-ting at home on a click of a button. Such tectonic shiftsin the way banking is being reshaped need to be sup-ported by lifelong learning platforms and that is whatwe need to accept as a reality. We have to provide thatkind of leverage to our employees. We have to designcourses to cater to such change or else the way thingsare changing we may be rendered Skill less and henceredundant. We need to adapt and readapt ourselves todo it again and again to keep pace with the changingparadigm", he said.

Earlier the Editor of the Magazine and the In-chargeof the Bank's Internal Communication & KnowledgeManagement Department made a detailed presentationto the audience about the initiative and the pipeline ofvarious upgradation modules to be released in the mag-azine in future. Notably, the Chairman and CEO is thepatron of the magazine with P K Tickoo as the head ofits editorial board. Members of the board includePresidents, Rakesh Gandotra, Sunil Gupta, Rajni Saraf,Mohammad Maqbool and Vice President, RoshanKhayal Khan, with Sajjad Bazaz as the editor of themagazine.

Shrine Board ...seater SS Bench (RB-5A),1742X400X435 mm com-

prising of 50 mm/40 mm dia and 2 mm thick SS pipewith perforated sheet with back and rest made of 1.6mm thick sheet required for Battery Car point,Adhkumari for convenience of Mata Vaishno Devi pil-grims after completing all the codal formalities. Thecommittee comprised of Dy Chief Executive Officernominated by CEO,SMVDSB, Account officer nominat-ed by CAO,SMVDSB, Assistant Executive EngineerCivil SMVDSB Katra and Junior Manager for electricalpurpose, SMVDSB, Katra vide order No.CO/Devt/225-III/4273-79 Dated 12-1-2019.

It deserves mentioning here that framing of commit-tee was a mere eyewash as it did not undertake anymarket visit and sources have confirmed that beforeframing above mentioned committee the 4 seater SSBench had already been purchased from one Khem RajKhajuria deals in Stationary ,computer, electronics andelectrical, Karayana items and general order supplies,Ward-6, Kran Nagar,Railway Road, Udhampur dated14-2-2019 by paying Rs 722986 for 25 pieces of stainlesssteel benches which means single bench costs Rs28919.44 including CGST and SGST besides Rs 1000 fit-ting charges for individual bench making it total Rs722986 for 25 pieces of stainless steel . Sources have con-firmed that the single stainless steel bench provided byKhem Raj Khajuria at Rs 28919.44 was easily availablein the market by not casting more than Rs 18000 havingsame parameters as mentioned in the quotation byKhajuria.

However for the record sake, Shrine Board claimedthat it on 21-1-2019 approached M/s SS traders situatedat near Radha Krishan Mandir,Main stop Janipur,Jammu with Mobile number 7006111698 which offereda quotation setting cost of 25 stainless steel benches @Rs 25020 for single bench and making it total Rs 63000with extra charges of chair fitting at Rs 1275 per piece.Similarly Shrine Board's Committee received anotherquotation from Shri Ram Decorator deals in all kinds offurniture items, sofa bed, dining table centre, tableoffice having Mobile number 94192-41767 nearMaharishi Dayanand Hospital adjoin BhramkumariAshram Rehari Chungi Jammu dated 21-1-2019 quot-ing Rs 24570 for single stainless steel bench and extrachair fitting charges at Rs 1325 per bench.

Pertinent to mention here that when thorough inves-tigation was done in this regard, it was found that M/sSS traders situated at near Radha Krishan Mandir,Mainstop Janipur, Jammu with Mobile number 7006111698did not exist on the given address and when a call wasmade on the Mobile number 7006111698 person on thecall told that he was speaking from Panjtirthi and dealswith repairing work of old furniture under name andstyle Shri Ram Decirator which clearly proves that thefirm M/s SS traders situated at near Radha KrishanMandir,Main stop Janipur, Jammu with Mobile number7006111698 was actually fake and actually both SSTraders and Shri Ram Decorator were one and sameand the quotation were quoted by single person . Thiswas also proved by accessing to visiting card of ShriRam Decorators was carrying both the mobile numbers70061-11698 and 94192-41767 which were found in twodifferent quotations one by SS Traders and another byShri Ram Decorators and which simply proves that SStraders was fake firm and actually Shri Ram Decoratorsand SS traders were one and same which is actuallycrime and how come one can dare to execute a such athing without the knowledge of Board as without theirconsent no any firm can dare to do so. Surprisingly itwas in notice of Shrine Board and deliberately did notspeak about it as that had already made up their mindto assign the work of managing stainless steel bencesfrom Khem Raj Khajuria deals in Stationary, computer,electronics and electrical, Karayana items and generalorder supplies, Ward-6, Kran Nagar, Railway Road,Udhampur and for record sake only created drama offraming committee and doing marker survey whereasin reality nothing of that sort happened on the ground.There is also need of thorough physical and financialaudit of ongoing execution the developmental worksfunded by Shrine and executed in collaborations PHE,PDD, Municipality, CSR Schemes etc as most of theworks being executed by agencies without adhering toany tendering process giving direct benefits to JE/AEs/XENs and some officials of Shrine Board. Majority ofthe material purchased used by showing urgency andarranged through dummy and fake quotations orthrough purchase committees from single Firm.

In the light of above facts, Governor must take seri-ous cognizance in this regard and those black sheep inShrine Board bringing bad name to Shrine Board's pres-tige and honour and if this is allowed to continue thenit will result in such a mess that in no time the reputa-tion and credibility of Shrine Board will definitely be atstake which will be huge setback for crores of devoteesfrom across the country who have deep regard anddevotion for Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine and in no casetheir faith should be shattered. It will be in larger inter-ests of Shrine Board in general and devotees in particu-lar to bring Shrine Board under the preview of StateAnti Corruption Bureau (ACB) to ensure transparencyand accountability in its working.

Court issue ...execution of warrant and in continuation, fresh bail-

able warrants were issued against the SHO vide orderdid.15-03-2019, 29-03-2019 and 12-04-2019 with thedirection to SSP, Jammu to execute the warrant butunfortunately none of the warrant has been returnedback, either executed or unexecuted by the SSP and assuch, this complaint remained pending fo; filing ofreport in terms of order dtd.22-05-2018.

Court took serious view of the conduct of SHONagrota as well as SSP, Jammu for not adhering and

complying to the court orders passed from time to timeand thus this court has no option left except to adoptcoercive method for procuring the report from SHONagrota, accordingly, SSP, Jammu is directed to with-hold the personal pay of SHO Nagrota till further orderwith an intimation to this court. A copy of this ordershall be made available to IGP, Jammu to apprise theworking of SHO Nagrota. In the meanwhile, issue freshbailable warrant amounting to Rs.10,000/- against SHONagrota through SSP, Jammu. A copy of this order shallalso be made available to SSP, Jammu throughProsecution i.e. (CPO) who shall file the delivery receiptof the same before this court on or before next date ofhearing.

Sedition case ...and Indian Army. As far as the probe is concerned,

Mailk, who had left Bengaluru six months ago, is nowabsconding from his hometown- Srinagar as well andthis input was shared by a central agency, they added.Malik worked as a project manager in a company inHennur, Bengaluru before leaving the city. He wasbooked under IPC Sections 153 (a) promoting enmity),124 (a) (sedition) and under sections of the UnlawfulActivities (Prevention) Act.

Hilal Mantoo ...Pankaj Sharma Incharge ESU Jammu, SI Deepak

Katoch, SI Vijay Sharma, ASI Mohd Shafiq, Sgct FayazAhmed and Sgct. Parveen Sharma under the supervi-sion of DIG (P) DKR Batote was constituted by IGPJammu Sh. M. K. Sinha to investigate the said case. Theassistance of Special Operation Group (SOG) Jammuwas also taken and during the sustained interrogationof the Suicide Bomber by the specialised team of SOGheaded by SSP SOG Sandeep Mehta and SIT members,the Police was able to bust the HM module which wasresponsible for the attack. In the interrogation, herevealed that he was from HM and was in a suicide mis-sion. Further leads given by him worked upon meticu-lously by the SIT under close supervision of IGPJammu, Shri M. K. Sinha, IPS and which lead to thebusting of module and arrest of other accompliaces ofOwais Amin viz. (1) Umar Shafi s/O Mohd Shafi (2)Aqib Shah S/O Mohd Shafi Shah both R/O VehilShopian, (3) Shahid Wani @ Watson S/O Mohd AyubWani R/O Kinhama Shopian and (4) Wasim AhmedDar @ Doctor S/O Abdul Majeed Dar R/O ChakoraPulwama.

It was revealed by the Suicide Bomber Owais Aminthat he had been motivated by an active HMCommander Rayees Ahmed Khan @ Imaad Khan R/oShopian and Omar Shafi to attack the security forces onthe directions of the HM Chief Commander RiyazNaikoo and then he undertook this attack. He furtherdisclosed that the car which was used in the blast on30th March 2019 was fabricated by Waseem @ Doctorand some other militants and was handed over to himto attack a convoy of security forces. On 30th March, onan appropriate moment, he chose the target of CRPFconvoy and detonated the car in which he was sittingbut the explosion packed in the car only blasted partial-ly and he survived with injuries. Next day i.e on 31stMarch 2019, he was apprehended by Naka party of JKPand Army while he was trying to flee back to Kashmir.The module of HM militants in this case has been arrest-ed by police. On the disclosure of Wasim and acting ona specific information another member of the HMModule involved in this car blast attack namely HilalMantoo S/O Gulam Rasool Mantoo R/O ChakoraPulwama (Kashmir) was arrested by a team of SOGJammu headed by Dy. SP PC Iftkhar Chaudhary fromCentral University Punjab where he was pursuing hisPh. D degree.

Hilal Mantoo during interrogation revealed that hewas a close confidante of HM commander Dr. Saifullahwho is operating in South Kashmir and who has moti-vated many youth of the area to join militancy. HilalMantoo further revealed that the vehicle IED was fabri-cated by a group of terrorists including Waseem @Doctor (now arrested), Hilal Mantoo himself, MunnaBihari (Pakistani terrorist of JeM), Shah Jahan R/OPulwama also of JeM and Sahil Abdullah. Sahil hasbeen missing from his house after the incident and pos-sibly has become active.

The Kashmir based officers especially IGP Kashmir,SSP Shopian and SSP Pulwama played a crucial role inthis case in providing vital leads to the SIT membersand played an active role in the apprehension of themembers of this HM module. With this arrest of HilalAhmed Mantoo today, the J&K Police has achieved amajor success in thwarting the nefarious designs of theHM militant organization.

Hilal Ahmed Mantoo S/o Gulam Rasool MantooR/o Chakora Pulwama (Kashmir) during his interroga-tion has also revealed that he is ‘rukun’ (member) ofJamaat-ul-Tulba which is the student wing of Jamat-e-Islami. Giving details, he stated that youth are takeninto JuT after careful screening and once inducted givena extremely hard-line religious orientation and made toindulge in various activities including terror opera-tions.*

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan'smilitary on Monday onceagain claimed that therewas "no damage" in theBalakot air strike carriedout by India and assertedthat it will facilitate theIndian journalists if theywish to visit the area to"see thetruth".Addressing a pressconference at the GeneralHeadquarters inRawalpindi, Pakistanmilitary spokespersonMajor General AsifGhafoor alleged thatIndia had been "lyingrepeatedly" and Pakistan

has not responded tothose lies."Since the lasttwo months, India hasbeen continuing to lie. Asa responsible country wehave not responded totheir lies," he said."Thetruth is that there was anincident in Pulwama.Attacks on the police inPulwama have happenedbefore. There was nodamage at our end inBalakot. We took localand foreign media thereto show them. We willfacilitate Indian media ifthey choose to come toBalakot to see the truth,"

Ghafoor was quoted assaying by Geo News.

Tensions flared upbetween India andPakistan after a suicidebomber of Pakistan-basedJaish-e-Muhammed (JeM)killed 40 CRPF personnelin Kashmir's Pulwamadistrict on February 14.

Amid mounting out-rage, the Indian Air Force(IAF) carried out a count-er-terror operation, hit-ting the biggest JeM train-ing camp in Balakot, deepinside Pakistan onFebruary 26. The nextday, Pakistan Air Force

retaliated and downed aMiG-21 in aerial combatand captured an IAFpilot, who was handedover to India on March 1.

Ghafoor said Pakistanwas waiting for theappropriate time to "hon-our our pilots whodowned the Indianplanes"."India has notsaid what happened inPakistan's counter-strike," he said. The Armyspokesperson alsowarned India not to testPakistan's resolve. "Indiamust not test Pakistan'sresolve. It is not 1971 any-

more," he said.After theaerial confrontation,India said one of its MiG-21 fighter jets downed aPakistani F-16 beforeitself being shot down onFebruary 27.

Pakistan, however, hasconsistently denied theIndian Air Force's claim,saying none of its aircraftwas shot down duringthe weeks of tensionsbetween the two nuclear-armed countries.

Pakistan also claims tohave shot a second IndianAir Force jet during theengagement, a claim

India has dismissed."We downed two

Indian planes in theprocess, the whole worldsaw their debris and you[India] still claimed thatone of the two planes wasours and one of our ownpilots died, as we had ini-tially said that two Indianpilots had been captured,and then said that therewas only one.

You [India] said thatwe have changed ourstatement because onepilot was our own,"Ghafoor said."We got ini-tial information through

the proper channel, thenon the ground, I person-ally found out that onlyone person had been cap-tured and I sent out thecorrection myself. How isit that you are ready toaccept one of our state-ment, not the other?" hewas quoted as saying bythe Dawnnewspaper."We have notretaliated because wewant peace we asked you[India] to ask Americaabout our F-16s' strength.In this day and age, hid-ing the downing of aplane is impossible. In

this time, even if a motor-cycle crashes the worldfinds out," headded.Ghafoor also criti-cised India for using thethreat of nuclearweapons, saying theywere "weapon(s) of deter-rence".He said Indiashould to change its atti-tude towards Pakistaninstead of asking "us tochange attitude".Ghafooralso accused India offunding Pashtun TahafuzMovement (PTM), a tribalregion based rightsgroup, to destabilisePakistan.

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Sh. SimrandeepSingh, CEO, Shri MataVaishno Devi ShrineBoard (SMVDSB), metGovernor Satya PalMalik, Chairman of theBoard, at the Raj Bhavanhere today.

CEO informedGovernor about thepresent status of theBoard’s various flagshipprojects in Katra and theShrine area.

He briefed Governorabout several arrange-ments being put in placeto augment the existing

facilities for the pilgrimsand also for the serviceproviders taking sum-mer season into consid-eration. Governoradvised CEO for time-bound completion of allworks and to ensure req-uisite amenities for allpilgrims.

CEO SMVDSB meets Governor


J&K Police ofUdhampur district foiledmajor narcotic smugglingbid and recovered 125grams of heroin (chitta)from two narcotic smug-

glers at Flata chowk,NHW, Udhampur.Reports said Police partyof PS Rehambal laid anaka near Flata Chowk,NHW, Udhampur .During checking of vehi-cles, one vehicle Maruti

Swift bearing registrationno. DL8CW 0918 wasintercepted and duringsearch of said vehicle, 125grms of heroine (chitta)was recovered from thepossession of 02 narcoticsmugglers. They havebeen identified as RiyazAhmed S/O AbdullahBhat R/O Dodla Bhoond,District Kathua A/PUdhampur and SohailAhmed S/O Ab. RashidR/O Sopore, DistrictBaramulla. Both accusedhave been arrested andcase FIR no.74/2019 U/S8/21/22 NDPS act standsregistered in PSRehambal .

J&K Police of Udhampur district recovered 125 gramsof heroin (chitta),02 narcotic smugglers arrested

Kumar visits Civil Secretariat,reviews move arrangements

SRINAGAR, APR 29: The Advisor to Governor, K.

Viyay Kumar today visited Civil Secretariat to review

the arrangements put in place for the annual Darbar

move to the summer capital here.

The Advisor was accompanied by Divisional

Commissioner, Kashmir Baseer Ahmed Khan,

Additional Director General of Police, Director Estates

and other concerned officers.

Kumar was briefed at length regarding the govern-

ment accommodation and security arrangements made

for the move employees. He was also briefed about the

sanitation and renovation works that were carried out in

various government quarters.

New school timings from May 1SRINAGAR, APR 29: The Director School Education

Kashmir (DSEK) today ordered a change in school tim-

ings for Kashmir province from May 1, 2019.

According to an order issued here, the new tim-

ings for the government and the recognized private

schools falling in the areas of Srinagar Municipal limits

will be from 8.30 am to 2.30 pm, while as the timings for

schools falling outside the Srinagar municipal limits will

be from 9.30 am to 3.30 pm.


Additional SessionsJudge Kathua SikenderAzam Chowdharytoday awarded life-impriosnment to OnkarNath alias Phungi S/oSh.Om Parkash Jogi,Rakesh Kumar S/OPuran Chand both resi-dents of Pacci MandiW.No. 01, Samba andPawan Kumar alias BillaS/O Chhilu Ram R/OChak Manga RakwalR/O W.No.09 Samba formurdering of a conduc-tor.

Court after hearingAPP Davinder Sharmafor the State whereas

Adv A Salathia for theaccused observed thathearing arguments onquantum of sentence forcommitting the murderwith common intentionof a bus conductornamed Santokh Singhalias Shoka bearing busregistration no. JK02T-6443 while he was onhis way from Jammu toKathua in a broad daylight in a very brutalmanner on 28.4.2005 at aplace shown in the siteplan appended with thecase file with deadlyweapons, when the buswas stopped fordeboarding the passen-gers, on the National

High Way betweenSamba and Kathua inopen space in the bus inpresence of so manypeople either passersbyor passengers. It is verydreadful in the wholesociety. The accuseddid not pay any regardto the law and order, sothey are not deservingfor any leniency.

Court after hearingboth the sides observedthat this court is of con-sidered opinion that thecase of the accused/con-victs is not the rarest ofthe rare cases, wherethe convict should for-feit his right to lifebecause no exceptional

case for awarding capi-tal punishment is madeout and even there is noevidence on record tosuggest that the accusedpersons will mend theirways or change their lifeas good citizen and infact apart from the inci-dent in question, prose-cution could not estab-lish any such past crimi-nal history against thec o n v i c t s / a c c u s e d ,though the learned APPhas submitted duringthe arguments that cer-tain cases of criminalnature are pendingagainst the accused butsame is not a matter ofrecord. Therefore, for

what has been statedabove, all theaccused/convicts aresentenced to rigoursimprisonment for lifefor offences u/secs.302/34 RPC and a fineof Rs. 30,000/- is alsoimposed upon each ofthe accused and indefault of payment offine each of the accusedshall further undergosimple imprisonmentfor 03 months. Theaccused Onkar Nathalias Phungi andaccused Pawan Kumaralias Billa further under-go sentence for 03 yearsfor offence u/s 4/25Arms Act.

Court awards life-imprisonment to three in murder of Conductor

Jammu: Crime Branch,

Jammu today arrested

fraudster/cheater namely

Puneet Rasutra S/o Sh.

Sham Lal R/o H. No. 113

Rehari, Jammu in case FIR

No. 23/2019 U/S 420, 467,

468, 471/RPC P/S Crime

Branch, Jammu. Brief facts

of the case are that the

accused being in close

relationship with the com-

plainant namely Munish

Bhatia S/o Sh. Madan

Mohan Bhatia R/o H. No.

8-A, Canal Road, Jammu

had started the business

under the name and style

M/s ACE Engineering

Infra Tech Pvt. Ltd. hav-

ing its business place at

Lane No. 4 SIDCO

Industries area, Bari

Brahmna, Jammu. Taking

advantage of close rela-

tionship with the com-

plainant, the accused

induced complainant for

mortgaging his property

and his brother situated at

Gandihi Nagar Jammu

enabling himself to avail a

CC limit from J&K Bank

Branch Trikuta Nagar,

Jammu. On his request the

complainant mortgaged

their property valuing

crores and complainant

and his brother became

the Guarantors. In the

year 2015 Puneet Rasutra

again approached the

complainant for mortgag-

ing his property as collat-

eral security for O/D limit

and told that he had got a

big supply order of manu-

facturing of Prefabricated

“A” vehicle Garage at

Dimapur worth Rs. 16.00

Crores approx. During the

course of enquiry it has

come to fore that Puneet

Rasutra and Sumeet

Rasutra have played a

fraud with the Bank and

availed substantial credit

facilities in Crores of

rupees on the basis of

forged and fabricated

work order with common

and criminal intention by

hatching a well knitted

criminal conspiracy and

the accused have commit-

ted offences of cheating

with fraudulent means by

preparing fake and forged

documents.The arrest of

the accused involved has

been effected by a team of

Crime Branch, Jammu led

by DySPBushan Kumar

Ganjoo I.O of the case. The

accused is presently on

Police remand.


Lt Gen Ranbir Singh,Army Commander,Northern Command,accompanied by Maj GenDS Gill visited forwardposts in Rajouri Sector toreview the operationalpreparedness and preva-lent securitysituation.During the visitto the sector, the ArmyCommander was briefedby the commanders onground about the currentoperational situation,prevailing security sce-nario and the prepared-ness of the formations.The Army Commanderwas also briefed on theformations role of main-

taining a conducive envi-ronment for the recentlyheld ParliamentaryElections 2019 in the bor-der area villages and theactions taken to meet thechallenges of increasedceasefire violations

through superior andaggressive domination ofLine of Control beingexercised by the troopsand defensive measuresput in place to thwart thenefarious designs of theadversary.

The ArmyCommander interactedwith the soldiers andcomplimented them fortheir unwavering dedica-tion to duty, selfless devo-tion and high standard ofprofessionalism. He was

appreciative of the meas-ures and standard operat-ing procedures institutedby the units and forma-tions in their area ofresponsibility to minimisethe casualties due to ceasefire violations and infiltra-tion bids. The need to beprepared for effectivelymeeting current emergingsecurity challenge wasalso reinforced. Heexhorted all ranks on theneed to remain vigilant tocounter the nefariousdesigns of the enemy andanti- national elements.The Army Commanderappreciated the prepared-ness and most important-ly the morale of all sol-diers.

Army Commander visits forward posts in Rajouri Sector


Amid complete shut-down in South Kashmir'sKulgam district, the sec-ond phase of threephased Lok Sabha elec-tions for South Kashmirconstituency culminatedon Monday with record-ing 09.98 per cent totalvoter turnout.

The polling started at07:00am and ended at04:00 PM today. The dis-trict wore a deserted lookthroughout the day withforces manning theroads, keeping close vigilto ensure smooth con-duct of polls.

The total voterturnout was recorded

9.98 percent with over34000 voters exercisingtheir franchise today.

Notably, the JointResistance Leadership(JRL) had called for acomplete poll boycott,appealing people to stayaway from the polls.

The four assemblysegments includingNoorabad, Devsar,Kulgam and HomeShalibugh as per ,Correspondent recorded20.5%, 16.84%, 2.38% and1.13% total voter turnoutrespectively. InNoorabad, 15842 voteswere cast while as 15292votes were polled inDevsar. In Kulgam, 2333electorates cast ballots

while 893 people votedin Home Shalibugh.

In the district as per ,Correspondent, 34357votes were polled.

Earlier, in the first legof the South Kashmirpolls, 13.61 percent voteswere polled in Anantnagdistrict.

Reports of clasheswere also reported frommany areas today duringwhich forces used teargas canisters to dispersethe youth who were pelt-ing stones on them.

Meanwhile, a seniorpolice official said thatthe situation remainedby and large peacefuland under controlthroughout the day.

Amid shutdown, phase-II of LS polls forSouth Kashmir constituency culminates


The Jammu andKashmir police onMonday submittedcharge sheet in respect ofcase FIR No 93/2018 ofPolice StationShaheedganj.

"The FIR pertains tothe incident dated24.07.2018, wherein mili-tants holding illegalweapons had fired indis-criminately upon CRPFand Police Personneldeployed for Secretariatduty near Pampori SonsShowroom resulting ininjuries to CRPFPersonnel among whichone CRPF Jawan Ct/GDShanker Lal Brala ofA/23 Bn CRPF died," apolice spokesperson said.

After the conclusion ofthe investigation, he said,the charge sheet has beenfiled before the compe-tent Court by SrinagarPolice U/S 302,307 RPC,7/27 IA Act, 16,18,19,38& 39 of ULA(P) Act and

substantive offensesthereof subsequent toobtaining necessaryGovernment sanction forprosecution underUA(P)Act.

The charge sheet hasbeen filed against nineaccused includingMohammed ShafeeqBhat R/o DiyarwaniBatamaloo; WaseemKhan R/o DiyarwaniBatamaloo; Bilal Ahmad

Bhat R/o KundQazigund; ShaziaYaqoob @ Pari R/oKamad Anantnag;Tehseen Ahmed Batloo @Junaid R/o Zaindermohalla Habakadal fortheir role in hatchingcriminal Conspiracy forthe terrorist act,Harbouring terroristsand giving support to theproscribed terroristOrganisation.

Police files charge sheet in Batamaloo militantattack that killed CRPF personnel

GY CORRESPONDENTKATHUA, APR. 29

On 27-04-2019 theAdditional SessionsJudge Kathua SikandarAzam Choudhary pro-nounced sentence of lifeimprisonment on threeaccused persons byholding all of them asguilty, after hearing thefinal arguments in muchhighlighted bus conduc-tor murder case.Alongwith sentence oflife imprisonment theCourt also imposed fineof Rs.30,000/- on eachaccused. In the year2005, in the TehsilHianagar of KathuaDistrict at Rajbagh areaon National Highway-44

in the broad daylightone bus conductorSantokh Singh AliasShoka was killed brutal-ly. After hearing thearguments of AdditionalPublic ProsecutorDevinder Sharma anddefence counsel ofaccused persons, theAdditional SessionsJudge Sikandar Azampronounced sentenceupon three accused per-sons namely Onkar NathAlias Fungi, RakeshKumar resident of WardNo.1, Pakki Mandi ofSamba, and PawanKumar Alias Billa resi-dent of Chak MangaRakwal, Ward No.9,Samba. These accused

persons killed bus con-ductor deceased SantokhSingh in the broad day-light with deadly andsharp edged weaponswhen he was coming bybus from Jammu toKathua. On the waywhen the bus was haltednear Rajbagh to de-boarding the passengersthese three accused per-sons brutally murderedthe Santokh Singh. ThePolice immediatelyswung into the actionand get arrested theaccused persons whenthey were planning toescape. These threeaccused persons werereleased on bail after sixand half year.

Three accused in Bus conductormurder case get life imprisonment

Crime Branch, Jammuarrests fraudster

4 absconders arrestedSAMBA, APR 29: Continuing its drive againstabsconders/criminals, today on 29/04/2019 specialteams of District Police Samba had arrested 04absconders wanted in different Cases registered inPolice Stations of District Samba.A Police team ofP/S Bari Brahmana in coordination with DSB Sambaheaded by Inspr. Darshan Singh, SHO P/S BariBrahmana under the supervision of Sh. Sunil Kesar,SDPO Bari Brahmana arrested an absconder wantedin a heinous case registered at P/S Bari Brahmanaunder case FIR No. 127/2010 U/S 302/120-B RPC.The accused namely Ramesh Kumar S/o Jia Lal R/oRehari Chunghi, Jammu who was on the run for thelast 09 years after commission of crime has beenarrested from Jammu and produced in the Court ofLaw from where he was sent to District JailAmphalla, Jammu after execution of arrest warrantissued against him.Similarly, a special team headedby SI Rajveer Singh, I/C PP Mansar under the super-vision of Inspr. Shiv Dev Singh, SHO P/S Samba con-ducted raid at different suspicious locations andfinally succeeded in arresting 03 absconders namely1) Narinder Kumar S/o Bal Krishan R/O MansarMajalta, Udhampur 2) Rajesh Kumar S/o Bansi LalR/O Bardhan Majalta, Udhampur 3) Baldev SinghS/o Surjeet Singh R/O Bari Bajalta Majalta,Udhampur from Mansar area. All the 03 absconderswere wanted in case FIR No. 111/2016 U/S 341/147RPC registered at P/S Vijaypur. Today they werealso produced in the court of law and arrest warrant512 CrPC issued against them got executed.

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POONCH, APR. 29

A missing girl was onSunday morning foundlying dead in Saujiyanarea of Poonch districtafter which local policehave started investiga-tion into the matterafter taking cognizance

in Mandi police stationof the district.

Officials told that agirl identified as ZahidaBi, aged about 19 andresident of SaujiyanPoonch was missingfrom April 05 and hermissing case was alsounder investigation.

On Sunday morning,a girl body was foundlying at Sundri forestarea of Saujiyan afterwhich locals informedpolice and body wasremoved from the spotafter completion of legalformalities.

Post mortem exami-

nation of body was per-formed in hospitalwhile police said tohave started investiga-tion under 174 CrPCunder Mandi police sta-tion.

Body of deceasedwas also in decomposedcondition.

Jammu and Kashmir:Missing girl found dead

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