Monday January 14, 2019 4 DISTRICTS 14 bovines rescued, Gujjar arrested STATE TIMES NEWS BANIHAL: Police on Sunday foiled a bovine smuggling bid by rescuing 14 bovines from the clutches of a Gujjar who was smuggling them. As per the details, Ramban Police on a specific information laid a Naka at T Chowk Banihal and during checking, a truck (JK02 AH 5977) was found with 14 bovines laden in it which were rescued. The driver which was identified as Yoqub Hussain Gujjar, son of Mohd Aslam, resident of Bugyal Haveli Poonch was arrested and a case vide FIR 05/19 under Section 188 RPC and 3 PC Act was registered against him. The arrest and recovery was made by Insp Aejaz Wani and SI Shamim Ahmed under the supervision of SDPO Banihal Sajjad Sarwar, Additional SP Sanjay Parihar and SSP Ramban Anita Sharma. Man found dead with throat slit STATE TIMES NEWS RAMBAN: A 30-year-old man was found dead on Sunday with his throat slit at his residence in Ramban district, police said. The body of Purshottam Chand was found inside his house in Ramban's village Chakwa, a police official said. He said police visited the spot and removed the body for post mortem. The body was later handed over to the deceased's family for last rites, he added. Police said a probe is underway to ascertain the sequence of events. Two injured in murderous attack STATE TIMES NEWS R S PURA: A man was seriously injured in a murderous attack in RS Pura area and was immediately shifted to local hospital. According to information, Kuldeep Kumar, resident of Maluwal, R S Pura was attacked by Avneet Singh alias Naagi, resident of Sunderpur, R S Pura and his associates with a sharp-edged weapon in which he was seriously injured. The R S Pura Police taking cognisance of the complaint has registered a case for investigation. Meanwhile, police has launched a search operation to arrest the accused. Meanwhile, Jhajjar Kotli Police also registered a case against Neel Kumar resident of Jindrah on the complaint of Ashok Kumar resident of Jindrah stating therein that Neel attacked him with a sharp edged weapon over an old dispute. Two injured in car-truck collision STATE TIMES NEWS RAMBAN: Two persons travelling in a car got injured when it met head-on with a truck at Sangaldaan area of Ramban on Sunday. According to reports, a Maruti car (JK02R 9290) on its way from Sangaldaan to main market, meet head-on with a Truck (JK02AJ- 5547) coming from opposite side. Locals and police shifted both injured persons to PHC Sangaldaan, where after first aid both were shifted to District Hospital Ramban. The injured have been identified as Balwan Singh (26), son of Sarban, resident of Bandan and Bori Singh (27), son of Bayang Ram, resident of Barla, Ramban. Police has registered a case in this regard at Police Station Sangaldaan. STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: With killings of four heavily armed terrorists and arrests of several others last year, an alert police force and security agencies man- aged to keep in check the spread of terrorists' base in the border district of Rajouri, a senior police officer said on Sunday. The arrested persons included four over-ground workers (OGWs), who were in close contact with Al-Badr commander Zeenat-ul-Islam, killed on Saturday in a gun- fight in Kulgam district of south Kashmir along with his four accomplices, said Rajouri's Senior Superintendent of Police Yougal Manhas. Manhas said the police managed to foil a number of terrorism-related incidents in close coordination with the Army and other security agencies last year and took stern action against people involved in unlawful activities including drug peddling and bovine smuggling. On counter-insurgency front, security forces last year killed four terrorists, who had infiltrated from Line of Control (LoC), he said. The terrorists were killed on the intervening night of March 27 and 28, within days after they infiltrated from Line of Control (LoC), he said. The four infiltrators were tracked down after a three- day operation and neutralised near Sunderbani town. In another significant anti- terrorist operation, the police and 38 Rashtriya Rifles jawans nabbed two ultras in June 2018, he said, adding the ultras had escaped from the valley after snatching a policeman's weapon. They were overpowered and nabbed even as they tried to open fire at security forces at Thannamandi Main Chowk, the SSP said. He said besides these, the police and 48 Rashtriya Rifles, in a joint operation, arrested last year four OGWs running a hawala racket in Rajouri and recovered a huge amount of hawala money from them, he added. These OGWs were in close contact with Al-Badr com- mander Zeenat Ul Islam and engaged in garnering finan- cial support for the terrorist outfit in Rajouri but were arrested by forces," he said. The police also detained 11 anti-social elements under Public Safety Act, the SSP said, adding they were engaged in bovine smuggling and drug peddling besides operating as OGWs for vari- ous terrorist outfits. In its drive against drug peddling, 32 FIRs were regis- tered and 52 persons were arrested across the district following recovery of huge amounts of narcotics from them, Manhas said. Besides these, 109 others, involved in different kinds of unlawful activities including drugs peddling and thefts, were taken into preventive custody on executive magis- trate's orders, the SSP said. The police also opened his- tory sheets for 46 criminals, involved in drug peddling in the district, with an aim to keep a closer watch on them, the officer said. The police last year also arrested 237 people, involved in bovine smuggling and reg- istered 198 cases against them across the district, he said. On traffic management front, the police fined 12,329 erring drivers and collected a revenue of Rs 16,45,415, besides registering a total of 116 cases of accidents and overloading of vehicles last year, he said. On delivery of public serv- ice, the SSP said, the police received 7,648 requests for passport verifications and disposed them all within stip- ulated period, besides con- ducting 2,454 service verifi- cations in a time-bound man- ner last year. The police also verified and issued 811 LoC permits last year, besides issuing 1,507 character certificates to can- didates applying for various government and other jobs. The police also managed to apprehend 33 absconders last year, he added. The SSP said the police also held 178 interaction meetings with public across the district in 2018 with an aim to secure people's cooper- ation and assure them of police readiness to help them in time of needs. ‘Four terrorists killed, several others arrested in Rajouri in 2018’ STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: General Reserve Engineering Force (GREF) has launched major snow clearance opera- tions on various roads under its control in Rajouri and Poonch districts which got closed due to snowfall on Saturday and Sunday. An official of GREF said that various roads including Thannamandi DKG Surankote road, Budhal Mahore Gool road, Poonch Mandi Saujiyan road besides several others got closed due to snowfall on Saturday. He added that soon after the snowfall, some of the roads were cleared for traf- fic on Saturday late evening hours while few others were restored for traffic on Sunday morning. He applauded the efforts of GREF CP workers and said that entire men and machinery of GREF is working tirelessly in these snow clearance operations. He further said that traf- fic on Thannamandi DKG Surankote road is still affected due to snowfall while operation is going on at full pace to clear the road while a couple of other roads will be cleared for traffic in next few hours. He said that GREF is working tirelessly to ensure that snow clearance opera- tions conclude at the earliest on pending axis and traffic is restored on all the snow bound roads. GREF launches major snow clearance operations GREF men clearing the snowbound road at Rajouri. STATE TIMES NEWS R S PURA: MLC Charanjeet Singh Khalsa inaugurated Lane and Drain at Railway Patri, Basti Bhanteen in Malikpur Panchayat constructed from his CDF for the welfare of the residents. The work was com- pleted at a cost of Rs 5 lakh. Locals appreciated the MLC for acceding to their demand at the earliest oppor- tunity. They further said that the leaders, whom they voted, ignored their demands where- as Khalsa who did not come to them for votes earlier, is taking care of their griev- ances. Khalsa in his address said that following the ultimate motto of Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding development he will continue carrying out developmental works till the last man stand- ing in the queue gets all bene- fits. On this occasion, he advised the people that they should select the right govern- ment for overall development and getting the benefits of schemes. Prominent among those present include Jagjeet Singh Sudan Retd. S.E., Panch Amarjeet Singh, Jasmeet Singh and Ramneek Singh. Khalsa inaugurates lane, drain MLC Charanjeet Singh Khalsa inaugurating civic works. STATE TIMES NEWS KISHTWAR: Senior Congress Leader and In- charge Seva Dal Chenab region Sanjay Manhas said that by looking at the enthusi- asm and unity of Congress cadres in the State, there is no doubt that the party will emerge as the single largest party in the ensuing polls. He said Congress is a strong force in all the three regions of the State because it respects the aspirations of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh regions and always worked as a unify- ing secular force. Manhas said that as the party has bagged maximum number of Halqas across the State in Panchayat polls whil clerly shows party will emerge as single largest party in the next elections in the State. He added that the party has emerged victorious in three States including Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan as the people chose love over hate and the divisive politics by the Bharatiya Janata Party led government deserved such response from the people. "People have been sufferings a lot due to lynch- ing and other hatred things but INC president Rahul Gandhi stood behind the peo- ple and highlighted such grave issues from last over four years. Manhas claimed that Congress party's win in three states will have impact on Jammu and Kashmir as the common man of the State was keenly watching the develop- ment since the morning to see the defeat of BJP. "People of Jammu and Kashmir also want defeat of BJP and we believe that Congress will emerge as single largest party in the upcoming elections as it is the only party, which is committed to establish reli- gious plurality in the country and doesn't believe in divisive politics. ‘Congress will emerge as single largest party in J&K polls’ STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: A 'Bharat Darshan' tour is being organ- ised by CRPF under Civic Action Programme in which children from various dis- tricts of J&K are participat- ing. Ram Kumar, Commandant 38 Bn. CRPF flagged off 15 children for the tour here from Headquarters 38 Bn. CRPF, Smailpur, Samba. Pertinently, 38 Bn. CRPF is facilitating a seven days tour, starting from January 14, 2019, during which the chil- dren would be visiting vari- ous historical places in Mumbai and Delhi. During his address Ram Kumar reit- erated that such pro- grammes organised by CRPF commensurate the public friendly image of the Force and reflects its com- mitment towards contribu- tion in the development of society. He also appealed stu- dents to learn wherever they visit. He maintained that such tours promote social harmony and patriotism. The main objective of this mission is to apprise youth about the social harmony in the nation and culture, her- itage and tourist places of the different parts of the nation so that they can become better citizens. The entire arrangement of con- veyance to Mumbai and Delhi is being made by CRPF. The arrangement for the tour is made under the guidance of Ram Kumar, Commandant 38 Bn. CRPF. During the event, A. Padma Kumar, Commandant 33 Bn. CRPF, Ashish Kumar Jha, Commandant 166 Bn., CRPF, B P Yadav, Commandant 84 Bn., CRPF., K D Joshi Commandant 160 Bn. CRPF besides other offi- cers and personnel of CRPF, parents/guardian of children with their school teacher/staff were also present. Bharat Darshan promotes social harmony, patriotism: CRPF Ram Kumar, Commandant 38 Bn. CRPF flagging off tour. STATE TIMES NEWS KISHTWAR: District Development Commissioner, Kishtwar, Angrez Singh Rana on Sunday chaired a meeting to finalise the skill mapping and development plan for Project Affected Families of Kiru Hydro Electric Project, (HEP) Kishtwar. The meeting among others was attended by ADDC Kishtwar Iman Din, ADC Pawan Kumar Parihar, General Manager Kiru HEP Virendar Salman, Senior Manager Civil, R.S. Rana, Manager Environment (CVPPL) Dr. Ravi Sharma, Consultants from Jammu University Prof. Anil Raina and Prof. Sanjay Sharma besides concerned district officers and sectoral officers of different line departments were present. A detailed discussion was held regarding the possible skill development areas and options keeping in view the aptitude, potentialities, capacities, education and technical skills of the project affected persons. Officials said the unemployed youth of the Project Affected Families should be trained in various trades that are in demand in the market including the project so that they can fetch a job soon after their training. The meeting also discussed scope of Skill Development through SKUAST, ITIs, Technical Educational Institutions and other Training Centres besides role and contribution of Agriculture, Horticulture, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, Sheep Husbandry, Handlooms, Floriculture, Handicrafts and other allied sectors. On the occasion, concerned officers of different line departments shared their suggestions and other inputs during the meeting with regard to the skill trainings to be imparted to the people. DDC Kishtwar directed officials to furnish their sug- gestions and scope of viable vocational courses within ten days so that a detailed skill development plan is submit- ted for further submission to the competent authority for necessary approval. DDC Kishtwar further directed the concerned agen- cies to finalise the skill development plan by the end of this month so as to ensure that the skill mapping and development plan is imple- mented during the next financial year for the maxi- mum benefits of Project Affected Families of the area. DDC finalises skill mapping, development plan for Kiru HEP affected families STATE TIMES NEWS REASI: In continuation to 35 days skill development training programme on vermicomposting, Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Reasi of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu (SKUAST-J) imparted training to aspir- ing rural youths here at KVK, Reasi campus. The programme was attended by 20 partici- pants from different areas of Reasi District and was organised under the guid- ance and supervision of Associate Director Extension and Incharge of KVKs of SKUAST-J, Dr. R.K Arora. Dr. Arora interacted with the partici- pants and encouraged them for the entrepreneurship development in vermicom- post. He stressed on the marketing of the vermi- compost and said that such types of programmes are helpful to create employ- ment and income opportu- nities in the rural areas. He also emphasized on the exposure visit of the farm- ers. He appreciated the KVK, Reasi efforts for pro- viding the latest and need based technologies to the farmers. Dr. Banarsi Lal, Scientist and Head of KVK, Reasi said that by the application of vermicompost in the crop fields farmers can increase the quality and quantity of their crops pro- duction. Dr. Sanjay Kaushal, Scientist high- lighted the method of ver- mibeds making and elabo- rated on the Aesinia Fetida earthworms. He also guid- ed the farmers on the main- tenance of vermibeds and suggested them the quanti- ty of the vermicompost to be used for each crop. Dr. Mandeep Singh Azad, Scientist and Dr. Suja Nabi Qureshi, Scientist also spoke on the occasion. DISCLAIMER “STATE TIMES” does not take responsibility for the contents of the advertisements (Display/Classified) carried in this newspaper. The paper does not endorse the same. Readers are requested to verify the contents on their own before acting there upon.” KVK organises skill development training STATE TIMES NEWS BHADARWAH: Like other parts of the State and else- where, Lohri was celebrated at Bhadarwah with utmost cheerfulness and grandeur on Sunday. The main attraction of Lohri in Bhadarwah was the bonfires which were lit in all areas and people gath- ered while singing and dancing around it. On the occasion, numbers of rituals were also per- formed by people like throw- ing of Walnuts, Groundnuts, Sesame Seeds, Rewaris, Popcorns and sev- eral other items into the fire. They dance around it to mark the end of winter season and to welcome the season of fruitfulness, spring and the New Year (As per the Bikrami Calendar). People celebrated Lohri as a festival of the Sun God and Fire. At Bhadarwah, the main function was organised at historic Seri Bazaar, where a huge bonfire was lit and people from all sections of the society came together to celebrate the Lohri festival. However, to thwart any untoward incident, elabo- rate security arrangements were made in and around Bhadarwah town. VIJAYPUR: Ashok Kumar SSP Principal PTTI celebrated Lohri fes- tival with the trainees of various courses. While speaking on the occasion Ashok said that today an idea was floated in the mind that trainees of different corners of the State who are undergoing their basic training and other spe- cialised training courses at PTTI Vijaypur are away from their homes might be feeling lonely on this day of festival. He said he has cho- sen to celebrate this occa- sion with the trainees to make them feel happy. He said such festivals are sym- bol of love and spread mes- sage of brotherhood irre- spective of caste, colour and religion and that is why we have assembled here to cele- brate the occasion. Principal PTTI also dis- tributed sweets and ground- nuts among the staff and trainees and conveyed good wishes to them and their families. Among others Inspector Rajesh Rana CDI, Inspector Hemanshu Sunil Mahajan, SI Ajeet Kumar and other staff members were present on the occasion. Lohri celebrated with enthusiasm, gaiety People gathered around bonfire at Bhadarwah and Ashok Kumar SSP Principal PTTI Vijaypur distributing sweets among trainees. STATE TIMES NEWS DODA: To frame proper strategy to highlight issues of National Health Mission (NHM) employees, a con- vention cum meeting was held at District Headquarters Doda on Sunday which was chaired by District President NHM Union Doda Faizan A Tramboo. The meeting was attend- ed by representatives from each block, active members and NHM employees of the district. Tramboo said that more than 12,000 NHM employ- ees of the State have been waiting anxiously for their regularisation but it is unfortunate that Government is not consid- ering their case. During the course of dis- cussion, it was observed that most of the issues are still lingering on though the union in this regard has submitted representa- tions to previous regimes and Governor's adminis- tration. The District NHM Union Doda appealed to all the NHM Employees for get- ting united on one plat- form to get justice at the earliest. Meanwhile, the NHM Union Doda unanimously decided to offer and extend its support to the 48 hours state wide protest call given by All J&K NHM Employees Association. Those who also spoke on the occasion include Dr Farhat from Gandoh, Dr Yasir from Thathri, Abid Hussain from Bhadarwah, Ashwani Kumar from Assar, Mushtaq Khan from Gandoh, Dr Nasir Masood, Mashhood Latif and Dr Hamid Parray from Ghat. NHM Union supports 48 hrs strike call NHM employees during the meeting at Doda. Shifting of garbage dumping station demanded STATE TIMES NEWS POONCH: Members of Sustainable Development and Environment Protection Mission (SDEPM) called on DC Poonch Rahul Yadav and urged him stop practice of dispos- ing all the waste of Poonch City near the river Poonch and make arrangements for proper solid waste management. "Dumping of solid waste/ garbage near running River Poonch is a major cause of concern for everyone" they said adding that "we request DC Poonch to at least identify a suit- able location to shift the dumping site temporarily till the Complete Solid Waste Management Plant is established at Poonch". Those who were present and spoke include Advocate Intakhab Ahmed, Advocate Bhanu Partap, Advocate Tahir Mahmood, Advocate Toseef Akram and Roman Manhas.