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Drug peddler nabbed with7,000 intoxicating capsules STATE TIMES NEWS

KATHUA: Police on Saturday arrested a drug peddler andrecovered 7,000 intoxicating capsules from his possession.

As per the details, acting sternly against drug menace, apolice team of Police Station Kathua during patrolling dutyin Tareyada Barnoti area seized 7000 SPM-PRX+ capsulesfrom the possession of one Falli Ram son of late Sardari Lalresident of Jarmal Nagri Kathua. He was arrested and acase vide FIR no 371/2018 under section 8/21/22 NDPS Actwas registered against the accused.

Man held with 700 gm poppy straw STATE TIMES NEWS

SAMBA: Police on Saturday arrested one drug peddler andrecovered 700 grams of poppy straw from his possession.

According a report, Ramgarh Police intercepted one person atvillage Rarian during the Naka checking who was moving undersuspicious circumstances. During his frisking, police recovered700 grams of poppy from his possession. The accused identifiedas Raj Masih son of Bachan Masih, resident of Bainglad,Samba was arrested and a case vide FIR No. 66/2018 undersection 8/15 NDPS Act was registered at Police StationRamgarh. The whole operation was conducted under the over-all supervision of SSP Samba Dr Koushal Sharma and directsupervision of SDPO Vijaypur Baljeet Singh.

Rape accused, absconding forover a year, arrested

STATE TIMES NEWS RAMBAN: A man accused of abduction and rape, who hasbeen absconding for over a year has been arrested in Rambandistrict, police said on Saturday. As per the details, abscon-der namely Nizam Din son of Asadullah resident of DalwaThe Gool who was evading arrest for the last one year wasarrested by Dharmkund Police. He was involved in case videFIR No 24/8/17 under sections 376/363/342/109 of PoliceStation Dharamkund. The accused was arrested by a teamheaded by SHO Dharmkund Ajit Singh under the closesupervision of Asgar Malik DySP Hqrs Ramban and AddlSP Ramban Sanjay Parihar and under the overall supervi-sion of Anita Sharma SSP Ramban.

MVD realises over Rs 4.5 lakh fine STATE TIMES NEWS

KATHUA: Motor Vehicle Department has realized over Rs4.5 lakh fine from traffic violators during a special 2 daydrive. As per the MVD, the drive launched under theSupervision of RTO Dr. Raj K. Thapa started by laying anaka on National highway near RTO office at 10 PM yester-day which continued till 11.30 AM on this morning.

A total of 278 vehicles were checked and fine to the tuneof Rs. 482900 (Four Lac, Eighty two Thousand & NineHundred only) was realised for violation of various provisionsof Motor Vehicle Act & rules framed. Various vehicles wereimposed fine for offences like not wearing seat belt, withouthelmet, w/o Pollution Under Control Certificates, usingmobile phone while driving, overloading in goods vehicles etc.The other members of team were ARTO Kathua KuldeepSingh, MVI Vikas Srivats, MVI Kamal Kumar , MVIRavinder Kumar and other MVD Officials.

Scooty rider killed, four injured in mishaps STATE TIMES NEWS

SAMBA: A Scooty rider was killed while four others gotinjured in road mishaps in District Samba on Saturday.

According to a report, a motorcycle without registrationnumber hit a Scooty (JK02BK- 2183 ) near IOC BottlingPlant at Kartholi Bari Brahmana, resulting in the scootyrider death on spot.

The body of the deceased was shifted to mortuary ofGovernment Medical College and Hospital Jammu for autop-sy and was identified as Balbir Singh son of Pritam Singhresident of Kathar Pindi Charkan Jammu. Police has takencognisance the matter and started investigation.

Meanwhile, Ravi Kant son of Prem Nath resident of upperHarsarh Ghagwal got injured when a motorcycle (PB35F-0939) he was riding was hit by an army vehicle atMaheshwar area of Samba resulting in injuries to him. Hewas shifted to District Hospital Samba for treatment fromwhere doctors referred him to Government Medical Collegeand Hospital Jammu for further treatment. Meanwhile threepersons were seriously injured when a vehicle bearing regis-tration No JK01S-6726 on its way from Rajouri to Jammurolled down from the road and fell into 90 feet deep gorgenear Lamberi. The injured persons were immediately shiftedto Sub District Hospital Nowshera but due to the criticalcondition of two persons namely Javed Ahmed, son ofJalaludin, resident of Pulwama and Bashir Ahmed, son ofAbdul Ajij, resident of Kamkhani, Kashmir were evacuatedto Government Medical College Hospital Jammu. The thirdinjured Mohd Rafiq, son of Abdul Rehman, resident ofPatnitop was admitted in Sub District Hospital Nowshera.Police has registered the case for investigation.

STATE TIMES NEWSKATHUA: An awarenessrally on the theme 'GandhianIdeas In Today's World' wasorganised by Red RibbonClub GDC Kathua in collab-oration with J&K AIDSControl Society, Departmentof Health and MedicalEducation (J&K) to com-memorate 150th BirthAnniversary of MahatmaGandhi. About 100 volun-teers of Red Ribbon Club andstudents of the college partic-ipated in the rally which wasflagged off by Prof. KartarChand Principal GDCKathua and the Chairman ofthe Red Ribbon Club. Therally started from GDCKathua and reachedShaheedi Chowk by passingthrough various Bazars.

While addressing the RallyDr. Arun Dev SinghProgramme Officer of RedRibbon Club said that thetime has come when studentshave to play pivotal role toaware the masses regardingthe values of GandhianIdeas.

Principal of the collegeProf. Kartar Chand appreci-ated the efforts of RedRibbon Club of the college inorganizing Rally in whichGandhian Ideas was themain theme.

Prof Sumanesh Jasrotia,Prof. Rakesh Singh, Dr.Deepshikha, Prof.RituBhagat, Dr. Pankaj

Gupta, Prof. Shub Kumar,Prof Pawan Kumar, Prof.Rajesh Chalotra and ProfKulbir Singh were also pres-ent.

RAJOURI: In order tomark the participation in 4thAnniversary of SwachhBharat Mission, FinancialInclusion and InsuranceDepartment of J&KGrameen Bank under thechairmanship of Janak RajAngural and in collaborationwith NABARD has conduct-ed 222 Swachhata Hi Sevaprogrammes across the statein various villages of the dis-tricts including Jammu,Rajouri, Poonch, Kathua,Samba, Bandipora,Baramulla, Leh, Kargil andKupwara.

Janak Raj Angural,Chairman J&K GrameenBank expressed his apprecia-tion towards the staff who isconducting the campaignwith great zeal and enthusi-

asm in order to make theGOI mission a great success.

Romesh Vaid, GeneralManager J&K GrameenBank, Vipan Gupta, HOD,Financial Inclusion andinsurance Department, J&KGrameen Bank were alsopresent.

UDHAMPUR: On the thirdday of Special SummerCamp, NSS and NCC unitsof the College organised asymposium on the topic'Relevance Of Truth AndNon-Violence In Modern Era'in which 16 NSS volunteerspresented their views on thegiven topic.

Prof (Dr). Udhey Bhanu,

Principal of the Collegepresided over the function andProf. Sumiksha Thakur ofDept. of Botany and Prof.Shonima Malhotra of Dept. ofSociology performed as mem-ber jury. In the symposiumNSS Volunteer NitishSharma of B.Sc. sem-Vbagged first prize whilePriyanka Thakur andMousam Kumari of B.Sc.Sem-I got second and thirdprize respectively. Consolationprizes in the symposium wereclaimed by Simran Suntal ofB.Sc. Sem-III, AnchalSharma and Sonali BhartiB.Sc. Sem-V respectively. AKHNOOR : In the continu-ation of celebration of 150thBirth Anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi in the formof organising various events,

GDC Akhnoor organised acleanliness drive in which anumber of students fromNSS and NCC participatedand maintained the beautifi-cation of college.

The Principal of the CollegeProf. Kuldeep Raj Sharmalauded the contribution ofstudents and staff associated.The drive was coordinated byDr. Mamta Sharma. Prof.Kuldeep Kumar (NCCOfficer Boys), Prof. JagmeetKour, Prof. Sonia Bhau andProf. Shivani Sharma (NCCOfficer Girls) also participat-ed in cleanliness drive. RAMBAN: In consonancewith national Swachh BharatAbhiyan, a SwachtaPakhwara was organised byIndian Army at village

Champa, Dharmund.Local population were

motivated and exhorted toparticipate in the event.Large number of people of

the area enthusiastically par-ticipated in the event andcontributed to the nationalcause.

People were encouraged tomaintain cleanliness andhygiene in the area.Assistance in terms ofbrooms and dustbins weredistributed by Army in addi-tion to participation in theSwachta Abhiyan Drive.

KATHUA: The studentsspread cleanliness messagethrough skits and debates asthey celebrate the 150th birthanniversary of MahatmaGandhi here at of Govt. Hr.Sec. School, Mahanpur.

The program was organizedunder the aegis of 'SwachhtaHi Seva Hai' campaign by theRural Development

Department. Additional District

Development commissionerKathua, Dr. Shubra Sharmawas the Chief Guest and

ADC Basholi, Sanjay Guptawas the Guest of Honour.

A 'Swachhta Rally' was alsoflagged taken out in whichthe participants resolved tocreate clean and healthy sur-roundings. Plantation drivewas also launched to spreadthe message of clean andgreen surroundings. DPO,Tehsildar Mahanpur,Principal Hr. Sec. School andstudents in large numberswere present at the program.

Meanwhile, an awarenesscampaign regarding theSwachh Bharat Mission-Grameen was held in BlockDevelopment Office,Mahanpur as a part ofSwachhta Hi Seva Hailaunched by Ministry ofDrinking Water andSanitation (MoDWS) in col-laboration with Directorateof Rural SanitationGovernment of Jammu &Kashmir.

The seminar was organizedby District CoordinatorSBM-G Kathua AamirManan Deva and UbairIrshad Sofi, (MoDWS-GOI)in collaboration with BlockDevelopment OfficerJoginder Sharma(Mahanpur). AssistantDistrict DevelopmentCommissioner Kathua Dr.Shubra Sharma was theChief Guest on the occasion.

The function started with aplantation drive, the firstplant was planted by theChief Guest. Dignitaries whoshared their views includedAdditional DeputyCommissioner Basholi,Sanjay Gupta and VirenderKumar (District PanchayatOfficer Kathua), During theevent Various Activities wereperformed by the Students ofGovt Higher SecondarySchool Mahanpur, vizSwachhta Rally, Speech onSwachhta, Skit,Handwashing demonstrationetc.

Celebrations to mark Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi continue

Faculty of GDC Kathua along with students taking outawareness rally.

Students of Govt. Hr. Sec. School, Mahanpur taking out rally.

A student of GDC Udhampur expressing views during the event.

DC Udhampur Ravinder Kumar making painting.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: Claiming thatgrass-root level institutions ofdemocracy in the countryreceived boost under BJP'stenure in Central Government,Member Legislative Council(MLC) Advocate Vibodh Guptaon Saturday termed decision ofgovernment to strengthenPanchayats and Urban LocalBodies as landmark and saidsuch steps will transformground institutions into power-ful units of development incountry.

Legislator was addressing ameeting in Tandwal locality ofRajouri town which was held asa part of campaign in favour ofBJP candidate YogeshSharma. In his address duringthe meeting, MLC VibodhGupta said that Government ofIndia's decision to empowerpanchayats and to ten timeincrease its financially power ishistorical and resounding.

He highlighted various stepstaken by Central Government

to strengthen Panchayats inJ&K and said, "decision totransfer 29 subjects toPanchayats in J&K which wereearlier transferred to Panchayatacross nation under 73rdAmendment is praiseworthy".Gupta also hailed the decision oftransferring the control ofPHCs, Primary Schools andAnganwari centres toPanchayats as another vitaldeicison to give panchayats newlife. He also spoke on the deci-sions made by Center toempower ULBs. MLC said"Empowerment to Panchayats

has been claimed by many polit-ical parties but nothing hasbeen done except hollow claimsand promises. However, BJPGovernmet stood on its promis-es and came forward with manypromising and revolutionarychanges, said MLC while inter-acting with the people. Ex-Pahari Board ChairmanKuldeep Raj Gupta and KapilSaral also spoke on the occa-sion. BJP candidate YogeshSharma complimented MLCVibodh for his tireless efforts topromote party candidates dur-ing the ULB's elections.

Panchayat, ULB polls a landmarkdecision: Vibodh

MLC Vibodh Gupta addressing the gathering at Rajouri.

STATE TIMES NEWS BHADARWAH: To reviewthe overall functioning ofBhadarwah DevelopmentAuthority (BDA),Secretary Tourism J&K,Rigzin Samphel carriedout two days intensive tourof Chennab region.

During his visit, he inter-acted with officers andofficials of BDA and giveimpetus to carry outtourism promotional activ-ities as well as developmen-tal works with zeal.

He appreciated the worksas well as maintenance oftourist destinations by theBhadarwah DevelopmentAuthority.

On second day, he carriedout detail inspection ofvarious development workslike Tourist FacilitationCentre at TRC Sarnaunder PMDP-1,Conservation work ofBhadarwah Fort, WaterSports Centre at Pul Doda,

Lake View Resort Gathaetc.

CEO,BDA Dr RajinderPrasad Khajuria apprisedhim various activities beingcarried out for tourismpromotion in the area.

Secretary Tourism wasalso apprised by CEO,BDAregarding various adven-ture activities viz a vizseven days Adventurecourse carried out in themonth of March 2018 and

other chain of activities ledto tremendous influx oftourists to Chenab Valleywith the aggregate figurew.e.f. 1st April 2018 to tilldate comes to 520000.

Secretary Tourism wasaccompanied by CEO BDADr R K Khajuria, XenBDA Tarseem Kumar,AEE Saleem Shiekh,Publicity Manager SajidNisar Khan and AyazAhmed JE BDA.

Secretary Tourism reviewsfunctioning of BDA

Secretary Tourism J&K, Rigzin Samphel during his visit to Bhadarwah.

STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: In order tomark respect to the bravesoldiers of the defenceforces of the India, withspecial reference to theirParakram Parv on Sept. 28-29, Govt. Degree CollegeMajalta organised a pro-gramme in the college. Ex-servicemen from DefenceForces Capt. Sohan Singhand Thakur Hans Raj actedas a Resource Persons inwhich a large number ofstudents of the college par-ticipated.

Prof Kusam GuptaPrincipal of the College andProf CL Shivgotra, ProfMool Raj addressed the stu-dents about the importanceof the day. Prof. Ramesh,Prof. Asha, Prof. Ambica,Prof. Vaishali and Prof Jai

also attended the pro-gramme. Vote of thanks waspaid by Prof Upma of theCollege.

R S PURA: 2 J&K GirlsBn. NCC and 2 J&K BoysBn. NCC, Govt. DegreeCollege R.S. Pura presenteda motivational skit on thesecond day of ParakramParv on Saturday. The skitwas performed under theguidance of Prof. KalpanaKesar, Principal of theCollege and supervision ofDr. Chetan Sharma, NCCIncharge (Boys), Prof.Shaveta Chowdhary, NCCIncharge (Girls), and othermembers of NCCCommittee. The skit per-formed by the cadets wasbased on the Vijay Diwas -celebrating the country'svictory in Kargil war.

Educational institutionscelebrate Parakram Parv

Dignitaries during an event at GDC Majalta.STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: To strengthen thepolice public relation, a policepublic meeting on the direc-tions of Dr. Koshal Sharma,SSP Samba and under thesupervision of Deepak Digra,Dy.SP Hqrs Samba was heldat Mansar in District Sambawhich was chaired by SI

Rajveer Singh InchargePolice Post Mansar.

A large number ofrespectable persons ofMansar area participated inthe meeting. Various publicissues / problems raised bythe participants were dis-cussed in the meeting likedilapidated condition of roadof village Mansar, watershortage, electricity problem,demand for play ground foryouth, opening of gym foryouth, traffic jamming due tostoppage of trucks/load carri-er at Bindu Pada Mansarand Chdawa Mansar duringdown convoy and otherissues.

The issues of all the partic-ipants were heard patientlyand they were assured thattheir genuine demands will betaken up with the concerneddepartment for their redres-sal at an earliest.

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Police-public meeting held

A police officer listening to public grievances.

NPP lodges complaintagainst BJP MP for

violating MCCSTATE TIMES NEWS

UDHAMPUR: Critising thepolitical interference in upcom-ing election and violating codeof conduct, former MLA andNPP president Balwant SinghMankotia said that PanthersParty on Saturday lodgedcomplaint against BJP andMoS in PMO and MPUdhampur Constituency Dr.Jitendra Singh for announcingsanction order for the work onriver Devika Project atUdhampur under NationalRiver Conservation Plan at anestimated cost of Rs 186.74crore after the announcementof Municipal elections in theState . They raised their con-cern on the issue being viola-tion of 'Code Of Conduct.

Lambasting the BJP,Mankotia said that existingMP is befooling the public bymaking such announcementsafter the announcement ofmunicipal elections in the statefor the lust of votes. He furthersaid that it can effect thebeholding of fair elections andsuch actions are the violationof code of conduct whichshould be taken seriously.Mankotia demanded for thelegal action against the partyand such leader otherwisePanthers Party forced to agi-tate strongly.

STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: Department ofAgriculture in collaborationwith Monsanto India Ltd.which made hybrid maizeseed on Saturday organised

crop show of DEKALB 9144Maize with farmers atVillage Sola Sarara, SubDivision Samba.

Representative fromMonsanto India Ltd KailashPandey and Rakesh Sharmamade the farmers show thehybrids maize DKC8144USP (Attractive Cob, PlantGreen stay till harvest, tillfilling, Good Grain color) toget more yield.

Agriculture DepartmentJEAO Sanjeev KumarSharma Ghagwal gave thetips on how to get more yieldfrom maize hybrids BrandDEKALB 9144& 8144,Double.

About 30 farmersattended the Camp andFarmers are satisfied &happy with DEKALBhybrids due to got more yieldand plant use as fodder fromothers hybrids. which wasorganized under the supervi-sion of SDAO Samba.

Farmers' awareness camp held

Department officials along with farmers during the camp.

NSS volunteersdonate Rs 15,000 forKerala Flood Relief

STATE TIMES NEWS KISHTWAR: NationalService Scheme (NSS) vol-unteers of Govt. DegreeCollege Kishtwar onSaturday donated Rs15,000 for Kerala Floodrelief. The NSS volunteershanded over the amount toDeputy CommissionerAngrez Singh Rana.

The DeputyCommissioner hailed thevolunteers for their tirelessefforts towards the welfareof the community.

STATE TIMES NEWS KISHTWAR: Army in itsefforts to empower people ofthe region organised anAwareness Lecture on heartattack on the occasion ofWorld Heart Attack Day forthe students of Govt HighSchool Patnazi.

The aim of the lecture wasto enhance awareness aboutHeart Attack amongst thestudents so that they in turnspread the message to othersin the region. While address-ing the students and teach-ers, Medical Representativeof Indian Army briefed about

heart anatomy, causes,symptoms of heart attack, itsprevention and treatment.The students were alsoinformed that any medicalemergency can be handledeasily with adequate prepa-ration. A total of 60 studentsand 03 teachers benefitedfrom the lecture.

The initiative by the armywas appreciated by the stu-dents and teachers.

The conduct of such lec-tures will go a long way inhelping the students of theregion to increase theirawareness levels.

Awareness lecture onheart attack delivered