12 Greater KashmirSrinagar | April 6, 2017, Thursday

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LS Bye-ElectionTraining for Pos of Zadibal assembly segmenT on aPril 6srinagar, apr, 5: According to the Assistant Returning officer, training programme for Presid-ing Officers (POs) of 19-Zadibal Assembly segment is being held at Government College of Education, M.A Road on April 6, 2017 at 11.00 am.

All the presiding officers of the 19-Zadibal Assembly seg-ment are asked to attend the training programme at sched-uled date and time.

faciliTaTion cenTers esTablished aT srinagarsrinagar, apr 5: In connection with the forthcoming bye-Elec-tions for Srinagar-2 Parliamenta-ry Constituency, the District Elec-tion Officer, Srinagar has estab-lished two facilitation centers at DC office Complex Srinagar and Srinagar Municipal Corporation, Karan Nagar, Srinagar.

The Presiding Officers and other poll staff who have been deputed on election duty can clear their doubt, if any about operation of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) or filling of statutory form by visiting any of the two facilita-tion centers on April 6 or April 7, 2017 during office hours.

deo srinagar reviews PreParednesssrinagar, apr 5: District Elec-tion Officer (Deputy Commis-sioner) Srinagar, Dr. Farooq Ahmed Lone today chaired a meeting to review the prepared-ness in the district for forthcom-ing Parliamentary bye-elections for Srinagar seat.

Among others, the meeting was attended by all AROs of dis-trict, Nodal officers for training, election material management, communication.

Various election related mat-ters including transportation plan, distribution and collection of election material, communi-cation plan, distribution of voter slips were discussed in the meet-ing. The meeting was told that all the necessary facilities should be assured at the polling stations as well as at distribution and collec-tion centers.

deo Kulgam reviews faciliTies aT Polling sTaTionsKulgam, apr 5: District Election Officer, Kulgam, Showkat Aijaz Bhat reviewed the availability of assured minimum facilities at the polling stations of the district in a meeting held in Mini Secretariat Kulgam today.

The meeting was attended by the AROs of all the 4 assem-bly segments of the district, Election Nodal officers and sectoral officers of R&B, PDD, PHE, RDD.

The DEO impressed upon the sectoral officers to ensure the provision of the facilities including safe drinking water, electricity, furniture and ramps at the polling stations as per the guidelines issued by the Elec-tion Commission of India.

He directed the concerned officers of PHE to ensure tanker service at the polling stations where regular water supply is not available. Meanwhile, he also directed the AROs to personally supervise the pro-vision of these facilities and called upon them to liaise with the concerned Tehsildars for better coordination.

deo Kulgam asKs lbm To rePorT TransacTions above rs 10 laKhKulgam, apr 5: The District Elec-tion Officer Kulgam, Showkat Aijaz Bhat asked the district Lead Bank Manager (LBM) to report all the transactions above Rs 10 lakh on daily basis so that the same may be communicated to the Election Commission of India. These direc-tions were issued here today as per the instructions of the Elec-tion Commission of India.

3rd Phase of elecTion Training concludes aT shoPianshopian, apr 5: The 3rd phase of training programme of poll staff for Parliamentary by-election for Anantnag seat concluded here today.

The training programme scheduled for April 4 and April 5, 2017 was conducted at Degree College, DIET, Town Hall and Government Boys Higher Sec-ondary School, Shopian.

Officials from Education PHE, FCS&CA, Revenue, Treasury, DIC and other departments par-ticipated in the training. Master Trainers imparted necessary poll training to poll personnel.

While speaking on the occa-sion, the District Election Officer Manzoor Ahmad Qadri said such training programmes are organ-ised to equip the officials with technical know-how regarding EVM operations and other Elec-tion related matters.

NEET-2017: Deptt of Libraries ropes in Vivek Gupta to counsel JK studentsJammu, apr 05: The Depart-ment of Libraries & Research has roped in top IITian Vivek Gupta to conduct counselling and mentoring of the J&K students appearing in NEET-2017.

According to Director Libraries and Research, Mr Mukhtar-ul-Aziz, the counsel-ling and mentoring session by Mr Gupta, who is a BTech from IIT Bombay, will be held at Sri-nagar on 13 April 2017.

Gupta, who has counselled around 30000 students across the country on how to crack vari-ous competitive examinations, will give tips and tricks to the JK students on how to prepare for and crack NEET.

Aziz said the students inter-ested in counselling should register themselves at the office of the Deputy Director Libraries, Municipal Corporation Building, Karan Nagar, Srinagar on tele-phone nos: 0194-2481571, 0194-2482452 and 9419004558.

Pertinently, the Department of Libraries and Research has, in a maiden effort, this year launched one of the biggest e-coaching and e-learning initiatives in J&K to provide quality coaching and comprehensive solutions free to the students aspiring to appear in NEET, JEE and CET.

Produce undertrials before courts, provide medicare to inmates: HC

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Srinagar, Apr 5: The Jammu and Kashmir High court on Wednesday directed all Jail authorities of the state to pro-duce under-trial prisoners before the trial courts provide proper medical facilities to the inmates and maintain hygienic atmo-sphere in the jails.

A division bench of Justice Muhammad Yaqoob Mir and Dhiraj Singh Thakur directed the jail authorities to ensure that the inmates facing trial are produced before the trial courts whenever ordered by such courts.

Hearing a Public Interest Litigation by Kashmir Bar Association seeking to improve conditions in jails While the bench asked the Jail authori-ties to provide proper medi-cal facilities to the inmates as permissible, it also ordered for maintaining proper hygienic atmosphere in jails.

The court, however, directed the said authorities to refrain from using CCTVs in toilets and bathrooms of the jails. “CCTV cameras, if in place in the toilets and washrooms in the jails, shall not be operated i.e. its use in

toilets and washrooms shall be stopped, so as to maintain decen-cy and privacy of the inmates of the jail”.

Meanwhile, the court direct-ed the district judges who have not submitted reports on condi-tion of inmates following their visits to the respective jails to submit the same by April 17.

On February 28, this year, after hearing Bar president Mian Abdul Qayoom, the court had called upon the Principal District Judges to strictly comply with the directions it had passed on August 7 and October 8, 2012 besides July 9 , 2013 and visit the jails in their respective districts and to submit reports regarding jail conditions in keeping with Jammu and Kashmir Detenues (General) Order, 1968.

While the court said in com-pliance to the order, District Judges Rajouri, Reasi, Gan-derbal, Samba, Baramulla and Bhaderwah have filed the report, it asked other District Judges who have not submitted the req-uisite report to submit the same by or before next date of hearing.

Meanwhile the court took on record two reports prepared by separate Bar Committees after allowing an application that

the lawyers’ body had moved in this regard. It asked the Addi-tional Advocate General Bashir Ahmad Dar to file the response to these reports by April 17, adding the copies of report be also sent to the concerned Dis-trict Judges who in the context of the said report after visiting the respective jails have to submit their reports.

In the PIL the High court has already in its earlier directions ordered the Superintendents of the jails to ensure that inmates of the jails are treated prop-erly in accordance with the Jail Manual.

It had also directed all Princi-pal District and Sessions Judges to visit all Jails of state and report on condition of inmates even Bar Association Kashmir too was asked to chart facilities which the prisoners lack. The Bar Association had decided to inform the Jammu and Kash-mir High court by an appropri-ate motion about the problems of detainees and under-trial prisoners lodged in Central Jail Kotebalwal Jammu, District Jail Kathua and District Jail Udham-pur and other jails after its two teams had prepared two separate reports on jails.

Brother ‘sacks’ Ajmer deewan for beef ban supportAjmer, April 5: A long-run-ning family feud at the revered Ajmer sufi shrine culminated on Wednesday with the "sack-ing" of its spiritual head Syed Zainul Abedin, who was dubbed by his younger brother as an "apostate" for his "blas-phemous" support to the ban on slaughter of bovines and selling beef in the country.

Abedin stood by his remarks opposing cow slaughter and said he was the "lifelong deewan" - the spiritual chief of the Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti mauso-leum in Ajmer -- one of the most famous Muslim shrines visited by millions of devotees from across the sub-continent every year.

But his brother, Syed Alau-din Alimi, claimed he had the support of the family in "sack-ing" Abedin and anointing himself as the new "deewan".

The post is hereditary and belongs to heirs of the 12th-13th century sufi priest. Deewan has no control over the management of the shrine but gets a monthly remunera-tion from the management committee, which is appoint-ed by the government.

"I am the new deewan. I have the support of the entire

(Chishti) clan," Alimi told IANS, alleging that Abedin was an "apostate because he had spoken in violation of the Islamic law".

"I am not interested in (taking) salary. He (Abedin) can have the money. Buy I won't allow him to enter the shrine now. Whatever he has said is blasphemous. I have spoken to muftis (Islamic scholars who interpret sharia) and we will be issuing a fatwa (decree) against him. He is no longer a Muslim."

Abedin has been the deewan of the shrine since after the Supreme Court 1987 order, ruling him as the most direct and eldest descendant of the sufi priest.

He said his younger brother "had gone mad" and had no powers to anoint himself as the deewan.

"It's a religious post. Nobody can snatch it. Nobody has enough powers to change it. Nothing has changed," Abedin told IANS, threatening "legal action" against his brother.

"I stand by my statements on beef," he said.

Abedin sparked a contro-versy on Monday by asking Muslims in India to stay away from slaughter of "bovine ani-

mals" and to stop consuming beef for communal harmony in the country.

He read his message during the 805th annual function at the shrine that was also attended by religious heads of various shrines from different parts of the country. He also announced that he and his family members "will never eat beef now".

The spiritual leader got support from the head of the government-appointed com-mittee, M.A. Khan.

"This is a dispute between two brothers and the deewan cannot be sacked like a coup," Khan said.

One of the members of the committee, Syed Hameed Chishti, who is also a care-taker at the shrine, told IANS that the two brothers have been fighting over the post since years and Wednesday's development was a culmina-tion of the feud in the family.

"It is a fight for money. They claim they are descen-dants of the Khwaja (sufi saint) but their role is lim-ited to conduct qawalis and mehfils (spiritual sittings) at the shrine," Chishti said, agreeing that Abedin can't be removed. IANS

Jammu landscape transforming fast: Dy CMJammu, Apr 5: The Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh today said sustained efforts are underway to fast pace the development of Jammu city so that it comes up as one of the most developed modern cities of the north India replete with all facilities.

The Deputy Chief Minister was addressing a gathering at JDA Club in the Roop Nagar area of the Jammu city.

Minister for Health and Medical Education, Mr Bali Bhagat was also present on the occasion. Senior officers of the administration and JDA were also present.

Hajin gunfight

CRPF commander hit by 9 bullets, discharged from AIIMSNew Delhi, Apr 5: After making a "miraculous" recovery, CRPF's command-er Chetan Kumar Cheetah, who went into a deep coma two months ago on sustain-ing nine gunshot wounds in an anti-militancy operation in Jammu and Kashmir, walked out of hospital on Wednesday, doctors said.

"His (Cheetah) recovery is no less than a miracle... Despite several complica-tions in the treatment caus-ing hurdle, the team of doc-tors did their best and made him recover," Amit Gupta, AIIMS spokesperson, told IANS.

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) said it was due to the specialised surgical and medical inter-

vention by the All India Medical Institute of Sciences (AIIMS) that helped Cheetah come back to life.

Treatment of Cheetah, who was in coma for weeks after being brought to the Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre of the AIIMS, required the combined efforts of medical experts from six departments: Trauma Surgery and Critical Care, Intensivist, Neurosur-gery, Orthopaedic, Opthal-mology and Plastic surgery.Cheetah, 45, was injured in a gunfight between three sus-pected militants and a joint team of the CRPF, the Indian Army and the Jammu and Kashmir Police on February 14, 2017, morning in Parray-pora village, in Bandipora

district's Hajin area.He suffered injuries

to his head, upper limbs, waist, and pelvic region, hands, right eye and suf-fered a maxillofacial injury. He was initially treated at the Army Base Hospital, Srinagar, before being air-lifted to the AIIMS Trauma Centre, where he underwent a brain surgery. According to the AIIMS, after he was shifted to the hospital, Chee-tah was taken up by the divi-sion of Trauma and Critical Care. "At the time of presen-tation, he was on mechanical ventilation and was hypo-tensive. He was then shifted to Intensive Care Unit and adequately resuscitated," said the AIIMS before Chee-tah's discharge. IANS

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