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Tuesday May 7, 2019 4 DISTRICTS Excise sleuths destroy working still, 1,550 Kg of Lahan STATE TIMES NEWS KATHUA: Excise Department on Monday destroyed 1,550 Kgs of Lahan and one working still during different raids carried out to check the menace of illicit distillation and sale of liquor in Excise Range Kathua. On the directions of the Excise Commissioner M. Raju and supervision of Deputy Excise Commissioner (Executive), Jammu S. Amarjeet Singh and ETO Excise Range Kathua Rafie Naik, Excise team comprising of Excise Inspectors Razi Ahmad, Arun Kumar and SI Sanjeev Kumar along with Excise Guards Rajinder Singh, Mohd Sharief, Varun Sharma & Hans Raj raided the Chakdrabkhan, Mirpur Jaggu, Muthi Jagir, Chibbachak and Barnoti areas of Kathua district. In the process one working still and more than 1,550 Kgs of Lahan raw material of illicit liquor was recovered by the raiding team from state land & later destroyed on spot. Man arrested for illicit distillation STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: Police on Monday arrested a man for manufac- turing desi liquor and also seized liquor from his possession. On a reliable information, a team of police headed by SHO Sunderbani Naveen Angral under the supervision of SDPO Nowshera Brijesh Sharma and Addl SP Nowshera GL Sharma raided on a house in Palwal village of Sunderbani police station. During the raid, a local identified as Vipan Paul son of Kunj Lal resident of Palwal who was manufacturing liquor saw cops from some distance and fled from the spot. The working still being used for preparation of liquor was seized on the spot along with 15 litres of liquor while 50 kilo- grams of Lahaan was destroyed on the spot. A case FIR No 38/2019 under sections 48(E) Excise Act has been registered in Sunderbani police station and investi- gation started while police team is conducting raids at mul- tiple places to nab the accused. Illegal cultivation of poppy crop destroyed STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: Continuing its efforts to keep a check on the ped- dling of narcotics and other allied substances, Jammu and Kashmir police has destroyed an illegal cultivation of poppy straw from a field in Hayatpura village of Manjakote in Rajouri district. An information was received from realiable source that a person namely Ajaz Ahmed Khan son of Mohammad Sarwar resident of Suka Kass Mohalla of Hayatpura village has cul- tivated poppy plants (opium) illegally in his agriculture land in an area of about 600 square feet. On this information a case vide FIR 38/2019 under sec- tions 8/15 NDPS Act was registered in Manjakote police sta- tion and a team of police headed by SDPO Manjakote Nisar Khoja along with Tehsildar Manjakote Sagheer Chowdhary and SHO Manjakote Manzoor Kohli as well as concerned Patwari reached on the spot for investigation where the ille- gal crop of poppy plants was found cultivated on field. After completion of all the legal formalities, the crop was destroyed on the spot. Police team has also started search to nab the accused of the case. Biker dies, pillion rider injured in road mishap STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: Biker was killed while pillion rider got injured after hit by tanker at Mansar Morh area of Samba on Monday. According to a report, the mishap took place at Jammu Pathankot National Highway near Mansar Morh area of Samba on Monday evening at around 5:00 PM, when a tanker (JK02AB- 8265) on way to Jammu from Kathua, hit a motorcycle (JK21C- 1798) resulting motorcycle rider and pillion rider both getting critically injured and brought to District Hospital Samba with the help of police where doctors declared bike rider as brought dead. The deceased has been identified as Sanjay Kumar (18), son of Shamsher Lal, resident of Jatwal Sangwali while injured Vinay Manyal, (22), son of Shiv Nath, resident of Sangwali was referred to Government Medical College and Hospital Jammu for further treatment. The body of the deceased was shifted to mortuary room of District Hospital Samba for autopsy. Police has been taken cognizance the matter and started investigation. Drug peddler arrested with banned capsules STATE TIMES NEWS BARI BRAHMANA: Police on Monday arrested a drug peddler and recovered 71 intoxicant capsules from his pos- session. According to a report, police during patrolling in the area of Channi Kartholi Sarore Adda Gujjar Basti, intercepted a person moving under suspicious circumstances and dur- ing his frisking, recovered 71 intoxicating capsules from his possession. The accused identified as Anil Singh, son of Darshan Singh, resident of Bri-Kamila, Vijaypur was arrested and a case vide FIR No. 60/2019 under Sections 8/21/22 NDPS Act was registered against him at Police Station Bari Brahmana. The whole operation was conducts under the overall super- vision of In-Charge SP Samba Faisal Qureshi under the direct supervision of SDPO Bari Brahmana Sunil Kesar. 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.” STATE TIMES NEWS VIJAYPUR: Mohan Lal Kaith, SSP Traffic Rural Jammu visited Vijaypur, District Samba and con- vened a meeting with the members of Beopar Mandal, prominent citizens and the owners of the local Transport Associations including drivers of com- mercial vehicles. Behari Lal, DySP Traffic Samba- Kathua and concerned DTI/SO(T) were also pres- ent in the meeting. Some of the prominent citizens, who were present in the meet- ing, were Jugal Mahajan, President Beopar Mandal, Vijaypur, Master Hasham Din, Rashpaul Choudhary and Parshotam Lal, President Auto Union Vijaypur besides 90-100 persons. During the meeting, the participants raised their various issues regarding smooth and hassle free vehicular movement in the Vijaypur area and they have been briefed that their grievances shall be redressed on priority. They demanded that no motorcycle should be allowed to park on six lane- road and the diversion in six lanes may from GurahMohar; silencers of extended Bullet motor cycles be removed to ensure pollution free city; minors may not be allowed to ply the scooties and other pri- vate vehicles; there should be no entry point in Vijaypur Bazar from Ramgarh main Chowk Vijaypur for heavy vehicles to avoid congestion and buses/mini-buses may be diverted through six lines. Mohan Lal Kaith stressed that in order to deal with the menace of obstruc- tive/wrong parking/parking on road side, Traffic Police Rural Jammu is going to start system of pasting stickers on wrongly parked vehicles as "wrong park- ing". Stickers pasted on such wrongly parked vehi- cles will be compounded in the office of SSP Traffic Rural Jammu by paying a fine of Rs 500 within 15 days of pasting stickers on wrongly parked vehicles. Those who fail to com- pound their Challan within 15 days, their Challan will be sent to concerned District Court. He has asked the general public to follow the traffic rules for their own safety. The concerned DySP (T) and DTI have been asked to familiarise the general public regarding this men- ace through PA system. ‘Traffic Police to paste wrong parking stickers on erring vehicles’ SSP Traffic Rural Jammu Mohan Lal Kaith speaking during the public interaction meet at Vijaypur. STATE TIMES NEWS RAMBAN: Hundreds of stu- dents of Government High School Balihote staged protest demonstration against educa- tion department and blocked Jammu Srinagar National Highway for hours, here today. The students demanded building and staff for the said school and said they will inten- sify their protest if their demand will not fulfilled. Addressing the protestors, Congress leader Arun Singh Raju said that there are many schools across district with shortage of staff and buildings. "Many times we approached to the concerned department besides district administration but nothing has been done so far, due to which we are forced to block the national highway" he said. Students alleged that on the name of land rent the headmaster is taking Rs 60 every month from each stu- dents enrolled in the school. They further said that there is acute shortage of staff in the school besides this the present teachers has no time table to come in the school. The protest came to end after the intervention of Assistant Commissioner Revenue (ACR) Ramban Harbans Lal who assures them redressal of the issue. GHS Balibote students protest against staff shortage Students blocking NH44 at Ramban. STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: Start-up cell and Innovation cell of the Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University organised an inno- vative idea presentation event. Top 10 innovative ideas screened from around 100 ideas were presented dur- ing the event. Prof. Javed Musarrat, Vice Chancellor of the University was the Chief Guest on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, Prof Musarrat congratulat- ed the start up cell of the University for organizing the event. Prof.Musarrat con- gratulated the presenters and said that the University is committed to harness the innovative acumen of the stu- dents. On the occasion, Prof Musarrat delivered a presen- tation on various funding opportunities available for start ups and research proj- ects. Prof.M usarrat talked about various government agencies funding start ups , research projects and innova- tive ideas. Earlier, Prof. Iqbal Parwez, Dean Academic Affairs and coordinator TEQUIP - III congratulated the start up cell for developing innovative and entrepreneurship culture in the University. Prof. Iqbal said that BGSBU has become the repository of knowledge and skills . He said that sus- tainable efforts are being made to develop BGSBU as a centre of excellence in innova- tions and research. Farkhandaana conducted the proceedings of the event. BGSBU holds innovative idea presentation event A participant being given certificate during the event. DDC reviews progress on projects under PWD, PMGSY, JKPCC STATE TIMES NEWS KISHTWAR: District Development Commissioner, Angrez Singh Rana, convened a meeting with district officers and Executive Engineers to review status of various development projects being executed in the district including languishing projects. The meeting was attended by ADDC Kishtwar, Mohammad Hanief Malik, ACR, Dr. Amir Hussain, Executive Engineers PMGSY Marwah/Chatroo/Kishtwar and PWD Kishtwar/Chatroo, DGM JKPCC besides other con- cerned officers. A discussion was held on various issues like physical status of projects, verification, scheme wise status, financial implications, bottlenecks, if any. It was apprised in the meeting that several roads were held up for execution due to land compensation issues, wherein DDC directed Collector Land Acquisition (ACR) Kishtwar to get the matter resolved on top priority. DDC appointed ADDC Kishtwar as Nodal Officer for lan- guishing projects who shall keep close vigil on all departments over the pace of works and resolve the bottlenecks, if any. STATE TIMES NEWS KATRA: Two-week Faculty Development Programme on "Marketing Research and Business Analytics with Econometric Applications in Business Management" inau- gurated at the School of Business, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), Katra. During the inaugural address, Vice-Chancellor, Prof. (Dr.) D. Mukhopadhyay, wished for constructive learning and advised for participatory mode of learning. On the occasion, Prof. V.K.Bhat, Registrar, SMVDU provided tips for effective learning in the area of econometric tools. This programme has wit- nessed participation from 18 different institutes/ universi- ties including Ambedkar University, Lucknow; University of Delhi; Manipur University; MKB University, Bhavanagar; St. Joseph's College of Commerce, Bangalore; University of Mauritius, L.R.T. College of Commerce, Akala; NIFTEM, NCR; BIMTECH, Greater Noida; Bhosle College, Ratnagiri apart from University of Jammu, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, etc. This two-week long event consists of training on basic econometric tools, confirma- tory analysis, time series data analysis, panel data measure- ment, market efficiency, structural equation modeling and other qualitative tools of business analytics. Earlier during the inaugural func- tion, Head, School of Business, Dr. Saurabh wel- comed the participants and wished them better learning. The Programme Coordinator, Dr. Supran Kr. Sharma, talked about the different ses- sion, including the hands-on training session to be con- ducted during this two-week long programme. Dr. Rashi Taggar Organizing Secretary, offered formal the vote of thanks. The event would wit- ness resource persons from diverse background including IIM, Jammu; South Asian University; University of Jammu; Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar apart from faculty members from School of Business and School of Economics, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University. Participants are going to have learning with software like SPSS, GRE- TEL, R-Software, E-Views, Frontier, DEAP, etc. in the area of business analytics, marketing research and busi- ness data handling. FDP on marketing research, econometric applications begins at SMVDU Participants, faculty along with resource persons at SMVDU, Katra. DDC visits shelling affected families near LoC in Keri Sector STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: To take stock of problems being faced by the people in LoC villages of Keri Sector due to cross border shelling, Deputy Commissioner Rajouri Mohammad Aijaz Asad on Monday visited various affect- ed areas there. He was accompanied by other senior officers of civil administration and police. DDC met with the people of villages along LoC, including Ratal Basali which suffered a lot due to border firing on Sunday, and took stock of their issues. During the assessment of losses suffered by people in terms of deaths of animals and damage to houses and cattle sheds, DDC asked field offi- cials to immediately conduct survey and furnish report at the earliest for compensation. Army organises Ekta committee meeting STATE TIMES NEWS KISHTWAR: With an aim to foster and reinforce the spirit of peace and communal har- mony in the region, Indian Army organised Ekta Committee Meeting at Malar region of Kishtwar district. The event provided a plat- form to the local populace from various religions and dif- ferent walks of life to interact with each other on a common platform and to spread the message of unity & brother- hood. A total of 35 locals attended the meeting. The local populace and com- munity leaders lauded the ini- tiative and expressed hope that such initiatives by Army will give a fillip to communal harmony in the region and this occasion like this provides an unique opportunity to reaf- firm age old traditions and faith in the values of toler- ance, co-existence and broth- erhood in a multi-cultural and multi-religious society. STATE TIMES NEWS HIRANAGAR: Dr. Parvinder Kumar, Assistant Professor and Deputy Coordinator Institute of Human Genetics University of Jammu, deliv- ered a lecture on 'Mutations and Human Genetic Disorders' at GLDM Degree College Hiranagar that was organised by Department of Zoology under the aegis of College IQAC and attended by the stu- dents and the faculty of the col- lege. Speaking on the occasion, Prof T R Sharma Principal of the college said that such research based lectures become a source of inspiration for young science students to pur- sue research as a career option besides broadening their knowledge base. Dr Parvinder Kumar, in his power point presentation, dwelt at length on many genetic disorders, observed among humans in dif- ferent parts of Jammu Division, caused by chromoso- mal aberrations and gene mutations. He emphasized on the need for public awareness about the genetic basis of such disorders to prevent their fur- ther transmission to next gen- erations. A question - answer session, that followed the lec- ture, made the academic event all the more purposeful. Dr. Parvinder assured the college of facilitating the organization of an awareness camp related to genetic disorders, in the col- lege for the local community very shortly. Dr P. Bambroo, while thank- ing the resource person and the college administration, assured the participants that the col- lege shall continue to enrich the academic milieu and create a vibrant culture through such specialized lectures in future as well to facilitate knowledge sharing which is as important as knowledge generation. Prof D V Khajuria, Prof Anoop Sharma, Dr. Renu, Dr Virender Pal Singh, Prof Babita Kumari, Dr. Sapna Bhargav, Prof Arvind Kumar and Dr Shivam Jasrotia were also present. GDC Hiranagar holds lecture on human genetic disorders DDC holds public grievances redressal camp STATE TIMES NEWS POONCH: District Development Commissioner Poonch, Rahul Yadav on Monday convened a public grievances redress camp at village Gunthal of Tehsil Surankote. During the camp, representatives of different panchayats raised several issues and demands related to development of their respective areas. Responding to the public issues, the DDC said that all the genuine matters will be looked into for redressal at the earliest. The meeting was attended by SDM Surankote, ACD Poonch, senior officers of different depart- ments besides Sarpanchs, Panchs and people of adjoining vil- lages of Panchayat Gunthal. Working of education sector reviewed STATE TIMES NEWS REASI: Deputy Commissioner, Indu Kanwal Chib, today con- vened a meeting of Zonal Education Officers of the district to review the working of education sector in the district. The Zonal Education Officers presented statistics pertain- ing to education sector in their respective zones like informa- tion on sanctioned as well as in-position staff strength in schools besides infrastructure and related facilities. STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: Lok Vikas Dal (LVD) State President Vikram Singh Slathia expressed deep concern towards increas- ing traffic menace on National Highway in Udhampur. He said that water supply line layout by MES Department has damaged the road from Bharat Nagar to MH Chowk which became prone to bronchitis due to full of dust pollution in air. Slathia said traffic haz- ards has become daily rou- tine right from Chenani to Flata Chowk and prone to the road accidents. He said all it is happening due non availability of traffic police to regulate traffic movement. Slathia further alleged that four lane project commenced from Jakheni Chowk to Chenani is going on snail pace and quality of work is also sub-standard which is the main reason behind creating jamming on the road. He said people trav- elling on this route are quite uncertain to reach their destinations and have to remain fixed in hours long jam. Slathia said this jam also effect normal traffic in Udhampur and its adjoin- ing roads including Dhar road, old NHW and bypass NHW-44 new. He further alleged that not this, road stretch from Bharat Nagar to MH Chowk on NH has been fully dam- aged by MES Department for laying water supply line in the middle of the road. He appealed to DC to constitute a coordina- tion committee of Traffic Police, Tehsildar and tech- nical sound persons to come out with some viable solution to traffic jamming menace on both Dhar road and Jakheni Chowk to Rehmbal route. Traffic chaos inviting road mishaps: LVD STATE TIMES NEWS NOWSHERA: 61st seminar on non- violence, truth and communal harmony was organized by a social activist Lekh Raj Raina, (Retd.) Officer of Youth Services and Sports Department, here at Govt High School Tanda Kangri, Tehsil Beri Pattan on Monday. The Headmaster of the School Ram Lal Sharma was the Chief Guest. Staff members and hundreds of students including boys and girls were present in the seminar. The programme started with the lightning of traditional lamp by the Chief Guest and other guests. Six stu- dents presented their poems, songs and lectures on Gandhian philosophy. The Chief Guest Ram Lal Sharma thanked Lekh Raj Raina for organising such an impressive seminar and pro- moting the Gandhian Philosophy. Raina recited a melodious and mean- ingful song on non-violence and com- munal harmony. He said that youth is the pillar of the nation. Our first and foremost duty is to give them a sense of duty and responsibility for proving to be good citizens. In the end, the prizes were distrib- uted among the participants. Vote of thanks was presented by Lekh Raj Raina. Seminar held on non-violence, communal harmony Organisers along with students and faculty at Nowshera.
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Tuesday May 7, 20194 DISTRICTSExcise sleuths destroy working
still, 1,550 Kg of Lahan STATE TIMES NEWS
KATHUA: ExciseDepartment onMonday destroyed1,550 Kgs of Lahanand one working stillduring different raidscarried out to checkthe menace of illicitdistillation and sale ofliquor in ExciseRange Kathua.
On the directions ofthe Excise Commissioner M. Raju and supervision of DeputyExcise Commissioner (Executive), Jammu S. AmarjeetSingh and ETO Excise Range Kathua Rafie Naik, Exciseteam comprising of Excise Inspectors Razi Ahmad, ArunKumar and SI Sanjeev Kumar along with Excise GuardsRajinder Singh, Mohd Sharief, Varun Sharma & Hans Rajraided the Chakdrabkhan, Mirpur Jaggu, Muthi Jagir,Chibbachak and Barnoti areas of Kathua district.
In the process one working still and more than 1,550 Kgsof Lahan raw material of illicit liquor was recovered by theraiding team from state land & later destroyed on spot.
Man arrested for illicit distillation STATE TIMES NEWS
RAJOURI: Police on Monday arrested a man for manufac-turing desi liquor and also seized liquor from his possession.On a reliable information, a team of police headed by SHOSunderbani Naveen Angral under the supervision of SDPONowshera Brijesh Sharma and Addl SP Nowshera GLSharma raided on a house in Palwal village of Sunderbanipolice station.
During the raid, a local identified as Vipan Paul son ofKunj Lal resident of Palwal who was manufacturing liquorsaw cops from some distance and fled from the spot.
The working still being used for preparation of liquor wasseized on the spot along with 15 litres of liquor while 50 kilo-grams of Lahaan was destroyed on the spot.
A case FIR No 38/2019 under sections 48(E) Excise Acthas been registered in Sunderbani police station and investi-gation started while police team is conducting raids at mul-tiple places to nab the accused.
Illegal cultivation of poppy crop destroyedSTATE TIMES NEWS
RAJOURI: Continuing its efforts to keep a check on the ped-dling of narcotics and other allied substances, Jammu andKashmir police has destroyed an illegal cultivation of poppystraw from a field in Hayatpura village of Manjakote inRajouri district.
An information was received from realiable source that aperson namely Ajaz Ahmed Khan son of Mohammad Sarwarresident of Suka Kass Mohalla of Hayatpura village has cul-tivated poppy plants (opium) illegally in his agriculture landin an area of about 600 square feet.
On this information a case vide FIR 38/2019 under sec-tions 8/15 NDPS Act was registered in Manjakote police sta-tion and a team of police headed by SDPO Manjakote NisarKhoja along with Tehsildar Manjakote Sagheer Chowdharyand SHO Manjakote Manzoor Kohli as well as concernedPatwari reached on the spot for investigation where the ille-gal crop of poppy plants was found cultivated on field. Aftercompletion of all the legal formalities, the crop was destroyedon the spot. Police team has also started search to nab theaccused of the case.
Biker dies, pillion rider injured in road mishap
STATE TIMES NEWSSAMBA: Biker was killed while pillion rider got injuredafter hit by tanker at Mansar Morh area of Samba onMonday.
According to a report, the mishap took place at JammuPathankot National Highway near Mansar Morh area ofSamba on Monday evening at around 5:00 PM, when atanker (JK02AB- 8265) on way to Jammu from Kathua,hit a motorcycle (JK21C- 1798) resulting motorcycle riderand pillion rider both getting critically injured and broughtto District Hospital Samba with the help of police wheredoctors declared bike rider as brought dead.
The deceased has been identified as Sanjay Kumar (18),son of Shamsher Lal, resident of Jatwal Sangwali whileinjured Vinay Manyal, (22), son of Shiv Nath, resident ofSangwali was referred to Government Medical College andHospital Jammu for further treatment. The body of thedeceased was shifted to mortuary room of District HospitalSamba for autopsy. Police has been taken cognizance thematter and started investigation.
Drug peddler arrested withbanned capsules
STATE TIMES NEWSBARI BRAHMANA: Police on Monday arrested a drugpeddler and recovered 71 intoxicant capsules from his pos-session.
According to a report, police during patrolling in the areaof Channi Kartholi Sarore Adda Gujjar Basti, intercepteda person moving under suspicious circumstances and dur-ing his frisking, recovered 71 intoxicating capsules from hispossession.
The accused identified as Anil Singh, son of DarshanSingh, resident of Bri-Kamila, Vijaypur was arrested and acase vide FIR No. 60/2019 under Sections 8/21/22 NDPSAct was registered against him at Police Station BariBrahmana.
The whole operation was conducts under the overall super-vision of In-Charge SP Samba Faisal Qureshi under thedirect supervision of SDPO Bari Brahmana Sunil Kesar.
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STATE TIMES NEWSVIJAYPUR: Mohan LalKaith, SSP Traffic RuralJammu visited Vijaypur,District Samba and con-vened a meeting with themembers of BeoparMandal, prominent citizensand the owners of the localTransport Associationsincluding drivers of com-mercial vehicles. BehariLal, DySP Traffic Samba-Kathua and concernedDTI/SO(T) were also pres-ent in the meeting. Some ofthe prominent citizens, whowere present in the meet-ing, were Jugal Mahajan,President Beopar Mandal,Vijaypur, Master HashamDin, Rashpaul Choudharyand Parshotam Lal,President Auto UnionVijaypur besides 90-100persons.
During the meeting, theparticipants raised theirvarious issues regardingsmooth and hassle freevehicular movement in theVijaypur area and they
have been briefed that theirgrievances shall beredressed on priority.
They demanded that nomotorcycle should beallowed to park on six lane-road and the diversion insix lanes may fromGurahMohar; silencers ofextended Bullet motor
cycles be removed to ensurepollution free city; minorsmay not be allowed to plythe scooties and other pri-vate vehicles; there shouldbe no entry point inVijaypur Bazar fromRamgarh main ChowkVijaypur for heavy vehiclesto avoid congestion and
buses/mini-buses may bediverted through six lines.
Mohan Lal Kaith stressedthat in order to deal withthe menace of obstruc-tive/wrong parking/parkingon road side, Traffic PoliceRural Jammu is going tostart system of pastingstickers on wrongly parkedvehicles as "wrong park-ing". Stickers pasted onsuch wrongly parked vehi-cles will be compounded inthe office of SSP TrafficRural Jammu by paying afine of Rs 500 within 15days of pasting stickers onwrongly parked vehicles.Those who fail to com-pound their Challan within15 days, their Challan willbe sent to concernedDistrict Court. He hasasked the general public tofollow the traffic rules fortheir own safety.
The concerned DySP (T)and DTI have been askedto familiarise the generalpublic regarding this men-ace through PA system.
‘Traffic Police to paste wrong parkingstickers on erring vehicles’
SSP Traffic Rural Jammu Mohan Lal Kaith speakingduring the public interaction meet at Vijaypur.
STATE TIMES NEWS RAMBAN: Hundreds of stu-dents of Government HighSchool Balihote staged protestdemonstration against educa-tion department and blockedJammu Srinagar NationalHighway for hours, here today.
The students demandedbuilding and staff for the saidschool and said they will inten-sify their protest if theirdemand will not fulfilled.
Addressing the protestors,Congress leader Arun SinghRaju said that there are manyschools across district withshortage of staff and buildings."Many times we approached tothe concerned department
besides district administrationbut nothing has been done sofar, due to which we are forcedto block the national highway"he said. Students alleged thaton the name of land rent theheadmaster is taking Rs 60every month from each stu-dents enrolled in the school.They further said that there isacute shortage of staff in theschool besides this the presentteachers has no time table tocome in the school.
The protest came to end afterthe intervention of AssistantCommissioner Revenue (ACR)Ramban Harbans Lal whoassures them redressal of theissue.
GHS Balibote studentsprotest against staff shortage
Students blocking NH44 at Ramban.
STATE TIMES NEWSRAJOURI: Start-up cell andInnovation cell of the BabaGhulam Shah BadshahUniversity organised an inno-vative idea presentationevent. Top 10 innovativeideas screened from around100 ideas were presented dur-ing the event. Prof. JavedMusarrat, Vice Chancellor ofthe University was the ChiefGuest on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion,Prof Musarrat congratulat-ed the start up cell of theUniversity for organizing theevent. Prof.Musarrat con-gratulated the presenters andsaid that the University is
committed to harness theinnovative acumen of the stu-dents. On the occasion, ProfMusarrat delivered a presen-
tation on various fundingopportunities available forstart ups and research proj-ects. Prof.M usarrat talked
about various governmentagencies funding start ups ,research projects and innova-tive ideas.
Earlier, Prof. Iqbal Parwez,Dean Academic Affairs andcoordinator TEQUIP - IIIcongratulated the start up cellfor developing innovative andentrepreneurship culture inthe University. Prof. Iqbalsaid that BGSBU has becomethe repository of knowledgeand skills . He said that sus-tainable efforts are beingmade to develop BGSBU as acentre of excellence in innova-tions and research.Farkhandaana conducted theproceedings of the event.
BGSBU holds innovative idea presentation event
A participant being given certificate during the event.
DDC reviews progress on projectsunder PWD, PMGSY, JKPCC
STATE TIMES NEWSKISHTWAR: District Development Commissioner, AngrezSingh Rana, convened a meeting with district officers andExecutive Engineers to review status of various developmentprojects being executed in the district including languishingprojects. The meeting was attended by ADDC Kishtwar,Mohammad Hanief Malik, ACR, Dr. Amir Hussain,Executive Engineers PMGSY Marwah/Chatroo/Kishtwar andPWD Kishtwar/Chatroo, DGM JKPCC besides other con-cerned officers. A discussion was held on various issues likephysical status of projects, verification, scheme wise status,financial implications, bottlenecks, if any.
It was apprised in the meeting that several roads were heldup for execution due to land compensation issues, whereinDDC directed Collector Land Acquisition (ACR) Kishtwar toget the matter resolved on top priority.
DDC appointed ADDC Kishtwar as Nodal Officer for lan-guishing projects who shall keep close vigil on all departmentsover the pace of works and resolve the bottlenecks, if any.
STATE TIMES NEWSKATRA: Two-week FacultyDevelopment Programme on"Marketing Research andBusiness Analytics withEconometric Applications inBusiness Management" inau-gurated at the School ofBusiness, Shri Mata VaishnoDevi University (SMVDU),Katra.
During the inauguraladdress, Vice-Chancellor,Prof. (Dr.) D.Mukhopadhyay, wished forconstructive learning andadvised for participatorymode of learning. On theoccasion, Prof. V.K.Bhat,Registrar, SMVDU providedtips for effective learning inthe area of econometric tools.This programme has wit-nessed participation from 18different institutes/ universi-ties including Ambedkar
University, Lucknow;University of Delhi; ManipurUniversity; MKB University,Bhavanagar; St. Joseph'sCollege of Commerce,Bangalore; University ofMauritius, L.R.T. College ofCommerce, Akala;NIFTEM, NCR;BIMTECH, Greater Noida;
Bhosle College, Ratnagiriapart from University ofJammu, Shri Mata VaishnoDevi University, etc.
This two-week long eventconsists of training on basiceconometric tools, confirma-tory analysis, time series dataanalysis, panel data measure-ment, market efficiency,
structural equation modelingand other qualitative tools ofbusiness analytics. Earlierduring the inaugural func-tion, Head, School ofBusiness, Dr. Saurabh wel-comed the participants andwished them better learning.The Programme Coordinator,Dr. Supran Kr. Sharma,
talked about the different ses-sion, including the hands-ontraining session to be con-ducted during this two-weeklong programme. Dr. RashiTaggar Organizing Secretary,offered formal the vote ofthanks. The event would wit-ness resource persons fromdiverse background includingIIM, Jammu; South AsianUniversity; University ofJammu; Guru Nanak DevUniversity, Amritsar apartfrom faculty members fromSchool of Business andSchool of Economics, ShriMata Vaishno DeviUniversity. Participants aregoing to have learning withsoftware like SPSS, GRE-TEL, R-Software, E-Views,Frontier, DEAP, etc. in thearea of business analytics,marketing research and busi-ness data handling.
FDP on marketing research, econometric applications begins at SMVDU
Participants, faculty along with resource persons at SMVDU, Katra.
DDC visits shellingaffected families near
LoC in Keri SectorSTATE TIMES NEWS
RAJOURI: To take stock ofproblems being faced by thepeople in LoC villages of KeriSector due to cross bordershelling, DeputyCommissioner RajouriMohammad Aijaz Asad onMonday visited various affect-ed areas there.
He was accompanied byother senior officers of civiladministration and police.
DDC met with the people ofvillages along LoC, includingRatal Basali which suffered alot due to border firing onSunday, and took stock oftheir issues.
During the assessment oflosses suffered by people interms of deaths of animals anddamage to houses and cattlesheds, DDC asked field offi-cials to immediately conductsurvey and furnish report atthe earliest for compensation.
Army organises Ektacommittee meeting STATE TIMES NEWS
KISHTWAR: With an aim tofoster and reinforce the spiritof peace and communal har-mony in the region, IndianArmy organised EktaCommittee Meeting at Malarregion of Kishtwar district.
The event provided a plat-form to the local populacefrom various religions and dif-ferent walks of life to interactwith each other on a commonplatform and to spread themessage of unity & brother-hood. A total of 35 localsattended the meeting.
The local populace and com-munity leaders lauded the ini-tiative and expressed hopethat such initiatives by Armywill give a fillip to communalharmony in the region andthis occasion like this providesan unique opportunity to reaf-firm age old traditions andfaith in the values of toler-ance, co-existence and broth-erhood in a multi-cultural andmulti-religious society.
STATE TIMES NEWSHIRANAGAR: Dr. ParvinderKumar, Assistant Professorand Deputy CoordinatorInstitute of Human GeneticsUniversity of Jammu, deliv-ered a lecture on 'Mutationsand Human Genetic Disorders'at GLDM Degree CollegeHiranagar that was organisedby Department of Zoologyunder the aegis of CollegeIQAC and attended by the stu-dents and the faculty of the col-lege. Speaking on the occasion,Prof T R Sharma Principal ofthe college said that suchresearch based lectures becomea source of inspiration foryoung science students to pur-sue research as a career option
besides broadening theirknowledge base. Dr ParvinderKumar, in his power pointpresentation, dwelt at lengthon many genetic disorders,observed among humans in dif-ferent parts of JammuDivision, caused by chromoso-mal aberrations and genemutations. He emphasized onthe need for public awarenessabout the genetic basis of suchdisorders to prevent their fur-ther transmission to next gen-erations. A question - answersession, that followed the lec-ture, made the academic eventall the more purposeful. Dr.Parvinder assured the collegeof facilitating the organizationof an awareness camp related
to genetic disorders, in the col-lege for the local communityvery shortly.
Dr P. Bambroo, while thank-ing the resource person and thecollege administration, assuredthe participants that the col-lege shall continue to enrich theacademic milieu and create avibrant culture through suchspecialized lectures in future aswell to facilitate knowledgesharing which is as importantas knowledge generation.
Prof D V Khajuria, ProfAnoop Sharma, Dr. Renu, DrVirender Pal Singh, ProfBabita Kumari, Dr. SapnaBhargav, Prof Arvind Kumarand Dr Shivam Jasrotia werealso present.
GDC Hiranagar holds lecture on human genetic disordersDDC holds public grievances redressal camp STATE TIMES NEWS
POONCH: District Development Commissioner Poonch,Rahul Yadav on Monday convened a public grievances redresscamp at village Gunthal of Tehsil Surankote.
During the camp, representatives of different panchayatsraised several issues and demands related to development oftheir respective areas. Responding to the public issues, theDDC said that all the genuine matters will be looked into forredressal at the earliest. The meeting was attended by SDMSurankote, ACD Poonch, senior officers of different depart-ments besides Sarpanchs, Panchs and people of adjoining vil-lages of Panchayat Gunthal.
Working of education sector reviewedSTATE TIMES NEWS
REASI: Deputy Commissioner, Indu Kanwal Chib, today con-vened a meeting of Zonal Education Officers of the district toreview the working of education sector in the district.
The Zonal Education Officers presented statistics pertain-ing to education sector in their respective zones like informa-tion on sanctioned as well as in-position staff strength inschools besides infrastructure and related facilities.
STATE TIMES NEWSUDHAMPUR: Lok VikasDal (LVD) StatePresident Vikram SinghSlathia expressed deepconcern towards increas-ing traffic menace onNational Highway inUdhampur. He said thatwater supply line layoutby MES Department hasdamaged the road fromBharat Nagar to MHChowk which becameprone to bronchitis due tofull of dust pollution inair.
Slathia said traffic haz-ards has become daily rou-tine right from Chenani toFlata Chowk and prone to
the road accidents. Hesaid all it is happening duenon availability of trafficpolice to regulate trafficmovement. Slathia furtheralleged that four laneproject commenced fromJakheni Chowk toChenani is going on snailpace and quality of work isalso sub-standard which isthe main reason behindcreating jamming on theroad. He said people trav-elling on this route arequite uncertain to reachtheir destinations andhave to remain fixed inhours long jam.
Slathia said this jam alsoeffect normal traffic in
Udhampur and its adjoin-ing roads including Dharroad, old NHW and bypassNHW-44 new. He furtheralleged that not this, roadstretch from BharatNagar to MH Chowk onNH has been fully dam-aged by MES Departmentfor laying water supplyline in the middle of theroad. He appealed to DCto constitute a coordina-tion committee of TrafficPolice, Tehsildar and tech-nical sound persons tocome out with some viablesolution to traffic jammingmenace on both Dhar roadand Jakheni Chowk toRehmbal route.
Traffic chaos inviting road mishaps: LVDSTATE TIMES NEWS
NOWSHERA: 61st seminar on non-violence, truth and communal harmonywas organized by a social activist LekhRaj Raina, (Retd.) Officer of YouthServices and Sports Department, hereat Govt High School Tanda Kangri,Tehsil Beri Pattan on Monday. TheHeadmaster of the School Ram LalSharma was the Chief Guest. Staffmembers and hundreds of studentsincluding boys and girls were presentin the seminar.
The programme started with thelightning of traditional lamp by theChief Guest and other guests. Six stu-dents presented their poems, songs andlectures on Gandhian philosophy.
The Chief Guest Ram Lal Sharmathanked Lekh Raj Raina for organisingsuch an impressive seminar and pro-
moting the Gandhian Philosophy. Raina recited a melodious and mean-
ingful song on non-violence and com-munal harmony. He said that youth isthe pillar of the nation. Our first andforemost duty is to give them a sense of
duty and responsibility for proving tobe good citizens.
In the end, the prizes were distrib-uted among the participants. Vote ofthanks was presented by Lekh RajRaina.
Seminar held on non-violence, communal harmony
Organisers along with students and faculty at Nowshera.
