STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Punjab NationalBank celebrated its 125thFoundation Day with greatenthusiasm.

On the occasion, ThomasMathew, RegionalDirector, Reserve Bank ofIndia was the Chief Guestwhile Chander MohanGupta, Mayor JammuMunicipal Corporationwas the Guest of Honour.

Suresh Kumar Rana,Circle Head PNB, VinayBhandari Deputy CircleHead PNB J&K Circle and

large number of staffmembers of the bank werealso present. The functionwas also marked by thefelicitation of esteemedcustomers and students ofthe bank by the chiefguest.

Speaking at the occasion,Suresh Kumar Rana high-lighted the history andachievements of the bank.

Rana informed that thebank started with a mea-ger authorized Capital ofRs 2 lakh and workingcapital of Rs 20,000, the

bank has crossed the totalglobal business of Rs11,16,743 crores as onMarch 31, 2019 and itreflects the confidence andtrust of our esteemed cus-tomers.

He further added thatthe bank has a pan Indianetwork of more 7,000 and9,300 ATMs. Seven bankshave been merged withPNB before & afternationalization giving fur-ther strength to the bank.In J&K Bank has 114branches working on CBSplatform complimentedwith 137 ATMs givingPNB a Digital edge overother banks

Thomas Mathew in hisaddress appreciated theservices of the bank beingrendered to the commonmen. A cultural pro-gramme was also present-ed by students of MHACSchool Nagbani.

Vote of thanks was pre-sented by Vinay Bhandari,Deputy Circle Head.

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STATE TIMES NEWSBISHNAH: NGO, ThirdEye Anti Crime Team onFriday donated marriagematerial to a needy girl of vil-lage Badhwal by providingration and other items to theparents of the girl.

The mother of girl (namewithheld), resident of villageBadhwal approached NGOAnti Crime Chairman ShamLal Gupta with the requestto provide some help to sol-

emnize the marriage of herdaughter.

Gupta said that after verifi-cation, it was found that thefather of the girl was an oldand bedridden person andfamily did not have anysource of income and thecase was a genuine one. Hefurther said that even theSocial Welfare Departmentalso did not come to their res-cue. The NGO thereforedonated raw material includ-

ing species, mustard oil,makeup kit, refined oil,sarees, utensils set, mattress,bed sheets, quilts, flour, rice,sugar, etc and some cash.

SHO Bishnah RattanSingh, who was the ChiefGuest of the event, appreci-ated the efforts of Sham LalGupta and members og theNGO for facilitating themarriage of poor girls. Guptainformed that the NGO hasalready helped nine poorfamilies of village Allah,Fatwal, Arnia, Miran Sahib,Bishnah, Kothey Kathar andJoian by providing the mate-rial for the marriage of theirdaughters and today it wastenth marriage by the NGO.

Prominent among otherspresent include RakeshKumar, Ravi, Jasvinder,Sunny, Seema, Neha,Sansar, Rajesh, Mohan andKulwant.

NGO helps for marriage of needy girl

Members of Third Eye Anti Crime Team presenting marriage material to a needy girl at Bishnah.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: As a part of ongo-ing election campaign, thePrime Minister, NarendraModi will address a massiverally at Kathua on April 14.This was informed byBharatiya Janata Party StatePresident, Ravinder Raina onFriday while addressingmedia at party headquarter,Trikuta Nagar.

Ravinder Raina, flanked byformer Deputy ChiefMinister, Kavinder Gupta andState Incharge BJP Library& Documentation,Kulbhushan Mohtra thankedpublic of Jammu andKashmir for the massiveturnout in 1st phase of gener-al elections 2019.

Raina said that massiveturnout in all regions, dis-played faith which public hasdeveloped for the democraticprocess by relentless efforts ofPrime Minister, NarendraModi. He congratulated peo-ple for bumper voting inJammu-Poonch andB a r a m u l l a - K u p w a r aParliamentary seats during1st phase of general elections."Over 70 per cent voting sym-

bolises energy level of votersto strengthen democracy inthe Nation. Voters of GandhiNagar, Jammu East, JammuWest, R S Pura, Suchetgarh,Bishnah, Vijaypur, Samba,Raipur Domana, Nagrota,Marh, Akhnoor, Nowshera,Kalakote, Sunderbani,Mendhar, Darhal, Rajouri,Surankote, Poonch,Kupwara, Lolab, Handwara,Karnah, Uri, Gurej,Baramullah, Gulmarg andother areas need to be con-gratulated for their efforts inchoosing the fate of thenation," Raina said.

"Massive voting shows thatpeople have rejected bulletand selected ballot by bravingboycott and threat calls. Wesalute people of J&K for con-tributing in the process ofdemocracy," he said. Withbumper voting, publicensured prevalence of peace,prosperity and progress inJ&K, said Raina, claimingthat on 18th April,Udhampur-Doda seat wouldalso witness bumper voting.

Ravinder Raina furtherinformed that Prime Minister,Narendra Modi will spare

valuable time out of his hecticelection schedule to address apublic rally at Kathua. "Modiwill address a public rally on14th April, morning 10 AM atKathua Stadium in the heartof city. Around 2 lakh peoplefrom Kathua, Hiranagar,Bani, Billawar, Basohli,Ramnagar and other sur-rounding areas will throng thevenue to listen to theirfavourite Prime Minister. Weinvite people to listen to thegolden words of charismaticPrime Minister on April 14,"he informed.

Raina further said that DrJatinder Singh (Union MoS inPMO) supported by party'sdedicated MLAs, has donemany developmental works andvoters of Udhampur-DodaParliamentary constituency willvote heavily for Dr JitendraSingh, once again on April 18."Congress has been completelywashed out in this phase alongwith other political parties andBJP is going to win Jammu-Poonch Parliamentary seatwith approximate margin of 5lakh votes. In first phase,Congress fell short of pollingagents in polling booths. Peoplehave rejected Congress for itspolicies and manifesto, whichspeak against Army andnational interests. Congresshas supported separatists,Pakistan and terrorists besidesinsulting Maharaja HariSingh. Nationalist public willsurely teach a lesson toCongress, NC, PDP duringpolls in Udhampur-Doda andother Parliamentary seats," heclaimed.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Chief SecretaryBVR Subrahmanyam onFriday chaired a high-levelmeeting here to take a reviewof the arrangements on the eveof move of offices from Jammuto Srinagar for the summerseason-2019.

As per the orders issued bythe General AdministrationDepartment (GAD), theoffices observing 5-day weekshall close at Jammu on 26thApril, 2019 after office hoursand offices observing 6-dayweek shall close on 27th April2019 after office hours. All theoffices will reopen at Srinagaron 6th May, 2019. All theDepartments will depute their

advance parties on 22nd April,2019 who will receive the offi-cial records at Srinagar.

The meeting was informedthat adequate arrangementshave been made to transportofficial records and employeeson 27th April and 28th April,2019 and 4th May and 5thMay, 2019. The security andescort plan, availability oftrucks and buses, recoveryvans, mobile workshops,health facilities and ambu-lances along the highway werediscussed threadbare.

Chief Secretary directed theTraffic Department to ensurehassle free movement ofemployees from Jammu toSrinagar. In the event of late

arrival of employee convoys onmove days, DivisionalCommissioner, Kashmir wasasked to ensure that employ-ees do not face any inconven-ience in reaching to their des-tinations in Srinagar.

Chief Secretary directedthat all arrangements beensured to make the CivilSecretariat, Srinagar func-tional from 6th May, 2019 i.ethe first working day itself.He directed that Nodal offi-cers nominated by eachdepartment for AdvanceParty be made responsible forreceipt & safe custody of offi-cial record and stacking/stor-age of empty trunks/boxes inthe designated places.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: The 'Change ofGuard' was held at theFederation of IndustriesJammu (FOIJ) on Fridayat premises of Associationof Industries (Regd)Gangyal, Jammu whereinRattan Dogra took overthe charge of ChairmanFOIJ from LalitMahajan, President BariBrahmana IndustriesAssociation (BBIA) andAjay Langer as SecretaryGeneral of Federation ofIndustries Jammu(FOIJ) from PardeepVaid, General Secretaryof Association ofIndustries, GangyalJammu, under the consti-tutional provisions ofFederation of Industries,Jammu.

Rattan Dogra, the newChairman FOIJ, in hisaddress assured that withthe support of con-stituents of Federation ofIndustries, the relevantissues pertaining toindustrial sector especial-ly local entrepreneurs ofMicro and Small enter-

prises of Jammuprovince will betaken up withfunctionaries ofState GovernmentDepartments forimmediate resolu-tion. Rattan Dogra fur-ther said, "Our aim andobjective is to focus onbringing new investmentsand infrastructure inindustry of the regionbesides making all effortsfor growth and sustain-ability of existing localindustry."

Rattan Dogra highlight-ed various problems beingfaced by industrial unitholders at Birpur, BariBrahmana, Digiana andGangyal and stressed fordevelopmental scenario oflocal industry like GSTrefund, industrial policy,goods and service tax,ownership rights, localemployments, improvingpower infrastructure,State as well as Centralpackage of incentives toindustry and time boundclearance of files etc.

On the occasion, Lalit

Mahajan, Presidentof Bari BrahmanaI n d u s t r i e sAssociation, JatinderAul, President ofDigiana Small ScaleI n d u s t r i e s

Association, DeepakDhawan, President ofBirpur IndustrialAssociation, VijayAggarwal, President AOISamba and Ajit Bawa,President, KathuaIndustrial UnitsAssociation were electedas Co-chairmen of FOIJammu while PardeepVaid, General Secretary,Association of Industries,Gangyal were electedas Convener FOI Jammu.

Other members of FOIJpresent during the'Change of Guard' ofFederation ofIndustries Jammu includ-ed Bansi Lal Gupta,Ashok Jain, SandeepOhri, Lavinder SinghPuri, Suresh Mahajan,Viraaj Malhotra, GaganJain, Sharad Malhotra,Ankur Jain and SanjayChopra.

STATE TIMES NEWSSRINAGAR: The DirectorGeneral of Police J&K,Dilbag Singh complimentedJ&K Police and other secu-rity forces personnel fortheir coordinated efforts forsmooth conduct of 1stphase of Parliamentaryelections in the State. Healso sanctioned welfarerelief for Police personnel,who were injured duringlaw and order duty in pollbound areas of differentdistricts.

The DGP on Friday visit-ed Sher-e-KashmirInstitute of MedicalSciences Soura to enquireabout the welfare of injured

personnel admitted in thehospital. He was accompa-nied by IGP Kashmir, S PPani and DIG CKRSrinagar, V K Birdhi. Hetalked to doctors treatinginjured personnel andimpressed upon them toprovide every availablemedical treatment for earlyrecovery of injured person-nel. The DGP also distrib-uted welfare relief amonginjured personnel.

The DGP also sanctioneda cash-reward of Rs 10,000for an ASI of CRPF for hisalertness and presence ofmind for foiling a weaponsnatching attempt by themiscreants at Warpora.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Saluting spiritof sacrifice and valour ofpeople of Jammu-PoonchParliamentary constituen-cy for registering a recordvoting percentage in firstphase of Parliamentaryelections, Congress hopedthat voters will turn up inlarge numbers in remain-ing phases as well. Thiswas stated by formerMinister and Congresscandidate from Jammu-Poonch Parliamentaryseat, Raman Bhalla whileinteracting with reportershere.

Bhalla said, "Congresstakes the opportunity tothank and pat people ofJammu and Kashmir fortheir valour, bravery andmeaningful participationin the first phase of pollswith a decisive per centpolling, thereby defeatingdesigns of those exportingterror from across the bor-der and those, who have

given a call for boycott ofthe festival of democracy."

"We sincerely hope thatthis celebration of democ-racy will get furtherstrengthened by way ofmass participation of peo-ple of three regions ofJammu, Kashmir andLadakh in next phases ofpolls," he said.

Attacking those who havegiven a poll boycott call,Bhalla said, "Those peoplewere suppressing thepower of ballots with bul-lets. People of J&K havestrengthened themselves,pressed the ballot and gavereply to the bullets."

Speaking on the occa-sion, the former Ministermaintained that youth canbring J&K out of morassby rendering their contri-bution. He emphasizedthem to gear up for a bigchange, as their vote canbring a better change inthe society, which is theneed of the hour.

Governor pays homage to martyrsof 'Jallianwala Bagh Massacre'

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Governor Satya Pal Malik, on the occasion ofcommemoration of first centenary of the 'JallianwalaBagh Massacre', has paid homage to the martyrs wholaid down their lives for their motherland on 13th April,1919 at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar.

Paying rich tributes to the martyrs among whommany were from J&K, Governor observed that their sac-rifice will be remembered by the generations to comeand will always serve as an inspiration for people tosafeguard their sovereignty which came after so muchstruggle and sacrifices.

Modi to address massive rallyat Kathua on April 14

BJP State President, Ravinder Raina addressing media persons at Jammu.

'Change of Guard' held at Federationof Industries Jammu

Rattan Dogra takes over as Chairman, Ajay Langer as Secretary General

CS reviews Darbar Move arrangements

Congress salutes people’s spiritof sacrifice, valour: Bhalla

Congress Lok Sabha candidate, Raman Bhalla speaking tomedia persons at Jammu.

DGP sanctions relief for injured policepersonnel; reward for CRPF Officer

DGP, Dilbag Singh enquiring about welfare of injuredpersonnel at Srinagar.

Phone No:- Sgr. 0194-2430637Jmu: 0191-2598914

Office of the ChairmanCommittee for Fixation of Fee Structure of Private

Educational Institutions of J&KNOTICE

FOR INFORMATION OF ALL PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS1. All Private Educational Institutions (‘the Schools’) are informed and directed that while

making fresh admissions/starting new classes, only such fees shall be charged from thestudents/parents as has been approved by this Committee.

2. The Schools shall display conspicuously the fee structure and inform the students/parentsabout the same and also send a copy of the same to this Committee through email (chair-manffc@gmail.com)

3. The Schools are permitted to charge only tuition fee and annual charges as approved bythe Committee.

4. No School shall charge admission/re-admission fee or any other type of fee from the stu-dents/parents without proper permission from this Committee.

5. The Schools shall not force the students/parents to purchase uniform or books from theShops/Outlets arranged by the School.

6. Any School which contravenes these directions or any other order of this Committee or theGovernment may attract such action as may be required including withdrawal/cancellationof affiliation/recognition by the concerned Board or the Directorate. If any Central Board ofSecondary Education (CBSE) School contravenes the directions, Director, CBSE will beasked to initiate action against such Schools.

7. If any student/parent finds that any Private Educational Institutions contravenes any of thedirections, he/she may lodge a complaint before this Committee at its Offices (Jammu:Ground floor, Directorate of School Education, Muthi Camp, Jammu: Kashmir: H.No 46/1,near J&K Bank Hyderpora, Srinagar) or through email: chairmanffc@gmail.com so thatappropriate action can be initiated against such School. Name/address of the com-plainant/his or her student shall be kept confidential.

Sd/-(Nazir-ul-Hussain Shah)

No:- FFC/Jmu-10/402-05 Administrative Officer,Dated:- 09/04/2019 Committee for Fixation of Fee StructureDIP/J-262/19 Of Private Educational InstitutionsDated:- 12/04/2019 J&K

Email:- chairmanffc@gmail.com

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Highlighting var-ious problems being facedby Baridars of ShriVaishno Devi, thePresident, Seva CommitteeBaridaran (SCB),Rachhpal Singh on Fridayalleged that Baridars wererepeatedly deceived bypolitical parties and noth-ing was done to mitigatetheir sufferings.

Briefing media personshere, Rachhpal Singhinformed that Baridars ofShri Mata Vaishno Devihave been worshippingtheir 'Ishat Kuldevi' forthousands of years.

Singh further said,"During Governor's rule in1986, a conspiracy washatched to take control ofthe Shrine from Baridars.Following this, Shri MataVaishno Devi Shrine BoardAct was enacted by thethen Governor and withcoming into being of thisAct, all Baridars were dis-located and managementof the Shrine and templeswas taken over by a Boardcalled 'Shrine Board' ofwhich the Governorbecame the Ex-officioChairman. All assets,moveable or immovableexisting in the name ofShrine and managed byDharmarth Trust weretaken over and rights ofBaridars, comprising near-ly 30,000 souls, were extin-guished. For last morethan three decades, theBaridars of Shri Mata

Vaishno Devi have beenpleading their case forproper rehabilitationbefore top leadership ofvarious political partiesincluding NationalConference, Congress,PDP and BJP from timeto time, but nothing hasbeen done for Baridars."

"Even, Prime Minister,Narendra Modi had prom-ised a permanent solutionfor Baridars during a pub-lic rally at Udhampurbefore elections of 2014.The Seva CommitteeBaridaran remained inconsistent touch with topleadership of State BJP aswell as PMO through MOSPMO, Dr Jitendra Singhbut no action was initiat-ed," he said.

"Seva Committee hadalso submitted memorandato the Prime Ministerthrough Dr Jitendra Singhand top leaders of StateBJP. Though BJP Stateleadership as well asMinister in PMO have beenensuring proper rehabilita-tion of Baridars but noth-ing concrete has been donein this direction so far,"Singh alleged.

The committee membersurged the Prime Minister,Narendra Modi; UnionMoS Dr Jitendra Singhand State BJP leadershipto honour their commit-ment by rehabilitatingBaridars of Shri MataVaishno Devi at par withBaridars of other ShrineBoards in other States.

Seminar onJallianwala Baghmassacre today STATE TIMES NEWS

JAMMU: Desh BhagatYadgar Committee(DBYC) is holding a semi-nar on April 13 in connec-tion with centenary ofJallianwala Bagh mas-sacre at Gurudwara ShriGuru Nanak Dev, ChandNagar, Jammu.

Sukhdev Singh,Convener of theCommitted, informed thatrenowned scholar, lkwakSingh Patti will be theChief Guest during theseminar.

Baridars deceived bypolitical class: SCB

Seva Committee Baridaran President, Rachhpal Singhbriefing media persons at Jammu.

PNB celebrates Foundation Day

Mayor Jammu, Chander Mohan Gupta lighting aceremonial lamp during the programme at Jammu.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Justice Sanjay Kumar Gupta ofState High Court’s Jammu Wing on Fridaydismissed the petition submitted by DySPShashi Thakur titled Shashi Thakur versusState of Jammu and Kashmir and othersalleging outraging modesty and sexualharassment by the then Director StateVigilance Organisation and the then DeputyDirector Prosecution under Sections 354and 509 of the Ranbir Penal Code.

The petitioner Dy SP Shashi Thakuralleged that the then Director SVO and theDeputy Director Prosecution SVO Jammuwhile exercising their powers in a complaintfiled by her pertaining to land dispute, madean attempt to outrage her modesty and sex-ually harassed her.

The counsels for the State in their objec-tions filed on behalf of the Director SVO andDeputy Director Prosecution submitted thatthe petition has been filed as counterblastproceedings just to put undue pressure uponrespondents as well as to malign and defametheir clear service career.

The counsels also said that the petitionerhad not complied the provisions of Sections154 and 156 of the CrPC as such the same

is not maintainable. The counsels also saidthat the petitioner is habitual of leveling theallegations against the officers who do notfavour her.

The court after hearing the counsels ofboth the parties and perusing the recordincluding the petition, said that the com-plaint does not bear any date, time, monthand year of alleged occurrence.

"These allegations therefore cannot consti-tute offences under Sections 354 and 509RPC," the court held. The court alsoobserved that in this case the petitioneradmittedly neither has complied with themandatory provisions of Section 154 CrPCnor has approached the magistrate con-cerned before knocking the door of thiscourt. In view of what has been discussedabove and law on the subject, the justice heldthat the petition is not maintainable and thesame is dismissed accordingly.

The counsels who appeared for the peti-tioner include Senior Advocate R S Thakurand Advocate D S Parihar while Dy AG A MMalik, Advocates Himanshu Beotra, AnujDewan Raina, Senior Advocate B SSalathia and Ashish Sharma appeared forthe respondents.

#Me too used to malign the reputation ofsenior officers; High Court dismisses petition