Thursday September 6, 20184 DISTRICTS

Woman among 2 held formurder of army man

STATE TIMES NEWSMENDHAR: Nearly four months after an army jawan waskilled during a scuffle over a land dispute at a village here, thepolice arrested two persons, including a woman, in connectionwith the case. Police said Wednesday they arrested MohammadAlyas and Zanib Bi from Mendhar yesterday. Army's DefenceService Corps (DSC) unit jawan Mohammad Matloob wascritically injured during the scuffle at Chajjla village on May 5and he succumbed to injuries at a hospital on May 19, theysaid. The Senior Superintendent of Police, Poonch, RajivPandey, had constituted a special team under the supervisionof assistant superintendent of police, Anwar-ul Haq, for effect-ing the arrest of the accused, who were absconding, a policespokesman said. He said the accused have been booked formurder.

Two missing girls, woman traced STATE TIMES NEWS

KATHUA: Police on Wednesday traced two missing girls andwoman and reunited them with their families.

As per the details, on September 3, 2018 a complaint wasreceived at Police Post Nagri about missing of one major girlon that police lodged a missing report and started search totrace the missing girl. After strenuous efforts and continuoussearch, police team led by ASI Som Raj under the directions ofIncharge Police Post SI Vikas Jasrotia succeeded in tracingthe missing girl from Ludhiana Punjab in the interveningnight of September 4-5, 2018. After completing all legal for-malities, she was restored to her family.

Meanwhile, Police Station Lakhanpur handed over a missinglady from Bihar found abandoned in the jurisdiction of PoliceStation Lakhanpur to her legal heirs. The lady was foundroaming in state of depression and thus Police StationLakhanpur under the supervision of lady police provided hermedical attention and conducive atmosphere which helped herto bring in state of normalcy. Police after sustained effortsinspite of language barrier and illiteracy succeeded in locatingthe exact address of the said lady out of several locations dis-closed by her. Kathua Police also sought help of UP and BiharPolice to reunite the lady with her family after legal formali-ties.

Meanwhile, acting on information about a girl roaming atMain Chowk Bari Brahmana, a party of Police Station BariBrahmana headed by SHO Police Station Bari Brahmana,Inspr Ravinder Singh Rakwal under the supervision of SDPOBari Brahmana Ashok Sharma reached the spot and tracedthe said girl from the area. The was girl brought back safely tothe Police Station who seems to be mentally unsound and dis-closed her identity as Sapna Devi (15) daughter of Ram Singh(both name changed) resident of Fatehpur Brahmana TehsilRS Pura, district Jammu.

SHO Police Station Bari-Brahmana after strenuous effortsworked out the contact numbers of her family members whowere later on called at Police Station Bari-Barhmana to iden-tify the said missing girl. After proper identification/verifica-tion, the missing girl was handed over to her uncle namelySukhdev Sharma son of Chiman Lal resident of FatehpurBrahmana Tehsil RS Pura district Jammu who thanked thepolice for its arduous efforts in tracing his missing niece. SSPSamba Dr. Koshal Sharma, lauded the efforts of police partyof Police Station Bari Brahmana in reuniting the missing girlwith her family members.

22 years old youth consumes poison STATE TIMES NEWS

SAMBA: A 22 years old boy consumed poisonous substance athome in village Rajpura of Samba on Wednesday. The victimwas identified as Bhanu Sharma son of Darshan Singh resi-dent of village Rajpura. On seeing him lying unconscious, hisfamily members immediately brought him to District HospitalSamba from where doctor referred him to GovernmentMedical College and Hospital Jammu for further treatment.Police has taken cognisance of the matter and started investi-gation.

Bootlegger nabbed with 300 liquor pouches STATE TIMES NEWS

KATHUA: Police on Wednesday arrested a bootlegger andrecovered 300 pouches of liquor from his possession.

As per the details, SI Vikas Jasrotia Incharge Police PostNagri alongwith his team on a tip off conducted raid in villageKhokhyal and seized 300 pouches of illicit liquor from the pos-session of one Dev Raj son of Dhyan Chand resident ofKhokhyal Kathua. He was arrested and a case under relevantsections was registered against him.

Two held with intoxicating capsules, heroin STATE TIMES NEWS

RAJOURI : Police on Wednesday nabbed two persons alongwith intoxicant capsules and heroin in Rajouri District.

As a part of a VIP visit, police team headed by SHOThanamandi Nazir Ahmad Dar under the supervision ofDySP Ops Sukhdev Singh laid a surprise Naka and startedgeneral frisking of pedestrians and vehicles. During this, copsdeployed on Naka saw a boy trying to escape from the spot whowas chased and put to physical frisking.

On his personal search; 110 SPM-PRX+ WOCKHARDT[PROXIVON] banned intoxicant capsules were recoveredfrom his possession. The drug peddler identified as Anwar-ul-Amin son of Mohd Amin resident of old Thanamandi wasarrested and case vide FIR No. 152/2018 under section8/21/22 NDPS Act was registered against him.

Meanwhile, A joint team Special Operation Group (SOG) &Police Station Rajouri of Rajouri Police arrested a drug ped-dler along with consignment of heroin worth thousands ofrupees. For routine domination purposes, a team of SOG andPolice Station Rajouri was sent on a patrol when at TarpaiBridge Saim Samit on Rajouri - Thanamandi road, a man wasseen moving who changed his direction suddenly after seeingpolice patrol. Such an act of man developed suspicion amongcops who detained the man and soon another team headed byInspr. Tahir Yousuf SHO Police Station Rajouri reached onspot and during search of suspect, 15 grams of heroin like sub-stance was recovered.

Man identified as Dushant Singh son of Shankar Singh res-ident of Sainik Colony Jammu was arrested and a case videFIR 500/2018 under section 8/21/22 NDPS Act was regis-tered against accused at Police Station Rajouri. The arrest wasmade under the supervision of DySP Ops Sukhdev Singh andDySP Hqrs Govind Rattan.

Six bovines rescued, smuggler arrestedSTATE TIMES NEWS

KISHTWAR : Police on Wednesday foiled a bovine smug-gling bid by rescuing six bovines and arresting a smuggler.As per the details, on an specific information regardingbovine smuggling, a police party led by SI Achal Rana ofPolice Station Kishtwar laid a special Naka at TungwariKishtwar under the supervision of Nihar Ranjan (JKPS)Dy. SP Hqrs Kishtwar. The police rescued six bovines andarrested one smuggler namely Mohd Ibrahim son of AbMajeed resident of Huller Kishtwar while two others name-ly one Shabir Ahmed son of Gh Hussain resident of HullerKishtwar and one unidentified smuggler fled from the spot.Police has registered a case vide FIR No. 238/2018 undersection 188 RPC in Police Station Kishtwar.

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STATE TIMES NEWS RAMGARH: Appealing thepeople to vote for BJP candi-dates in upcoming ULB elec-tions, Member LegislativeAssembly, Chander PrakashGanga said that the victoryof BJP candidates will be thevictory of policies and pro-grammes of ModiGovernment which is com-mitted towards promotingthe interests of the peopleirrespective of region or reli-gion.

Addressing a public griev-ances redressal camp atWard Number 8 of MunicipalCommittee Ramgarh, theMLA necessitated effectiveULBs as an essential compo-nent in urban emancipation.

"Development is a commonissue which must not suffermere for petty self-interests

rather should be moved for-ward with all energy as a col-lective effort", the MLAmaintained.

The MLA exuded confi-dence of winning Municipalelections in all the Municipalareas and assured anaccountable and responsibleadministration to the peoplefor steering the state towards

rapid growth and develop-ment which is the core agen-da of BJP.

Prominent people presentwere Narinder Sharma,Dharmpal Kaith, SurinderKumar, Yashpal, KhadakSìngh, Capt. Mehar Chand,Tilak Raj, Mohinder Singh,Sat pal, Prabhu Dayal,TaraChand and Dilip Kumar.

Vote for BJP candidates, vote forgrowth, development: Ganga

MLA Chander Prakash Ganga addressing the gathering.

STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: Strengthen-ing the party scores of localsfrom several wards ofUdhampur joined PanthersParty under the leadership ofFormer MLA & NPPPresident Balwant SinghMankotia at Party Office onWednesday.

While conducting the meet-ing of all the 21 wards ofUdhampur, Mankotia statedthat NPP will become largestparty in upcoming municipalelections.

Critising the false allega-tions made by other partiesand local leaders, Mankotialambasted the local represen-tative of failing to full fill thedaily needs of the public ofwater supply and electricity.Mankotia alleged that devel-opmental works of Udhampur

have halted in the mid way inthe current tenure of sittingMLA.

Welcoming the new entrantsinto the party fold, NPP pres-ident categorically rejectedthe policies of lambasted theCentral based BJP, Congressand Kashmir based partiesNC and PDP for doling bias

to the people of Jammupradesh in all spheres.

Prominent among thosewho joined Panthers Partyinclude NC City PresidentRashpaul Verma and team,Sanjana Sharma and team,Richa Gupta and team andRomesh Sharma ex-Sarpanch.

NPP to become largest party inmunicipal elections: Mankotia

NPP President Balwant Singh Mankotia addressing theparty workers at Udhampur.

STATE TIMES NEWSHIRANAGAR: TheCongress Workers onWednesday held a monthlymeeting at Hiranagar inDistrict Kathua under theChairmanship of Ex MLAGirdhari Lal Chalotra.

In the meeting, a largenumber of delegate ofCongress Block Committeefrom various blocks ofHiranagar Constituency par-ticipated and raised manyissues which include discrim-ination in vacancy of employ-ment in Police DepartmentEducation between.

While addressing Chalotrasaid that BJP surrenderedall its 'ideology stand andother promises to sharepower and her deceived theelectorate. He said that theBJP exploited the people ofJammu on various slogans ofabrogation of Article

370,rights of POK and WestPakistan refugees, plots tothe border residents, besidespromising a chief ministerfrom the region.

Later the CongressWorkers staged a protestagainst the various depart-ment at Hiranagar andraised slogans against theCentral Government. Theyhighlighted various demandswhich include shortage of

drinking water supply, powercuts, design change inbunkers, high rate of petrol,diesel and LPG. They saidthat the CAPD officials arenot doing the needful withinthe excuse that they have notso far received the passwordof software of CAPD.Thousands of cases for oldage pension are lying pend-ing for the last more thantwo years for sanction.

BJP surrendered its ideology: Cong

Congress workers staging protest at Hiranagar.

STATE TIMES NEWS BHADARWAH: BhadarwahCampus, University ofJammu in collaboration withIndian Army based atBhadarwah is organising fivedays Chenab Valley youth fes-tival Sangam 2018-19, whichcommenced at BhadarwahCampus this morning.

The Sangam 2018-19, withthe tag line 'Lets Build OurNation' was inaugurated byChief Guest, GOC DeltaForce Maj Gen Rajiv Nandaalong with Guest of Honour,DDC Doda, SimrandeepSingh and special invitee

Phuntsog Ladakhi,Yoga Instructor ofInternational fame, in pres-ence of Commander 4 SectorRR Narinder Jit Singh ,Prof. GM Bhat Rector ,Bhadarwah Campus, CORR, SP Operation Doda

Ravinder Pal Singh, MLCNaresh Kumar Gupta andASP Rajinder Singh besideslarge number of civil and mil-itary dignitaries, SDPOBhadarwah, officials of civiladministration, PoliceDepartment, CRPF, promi-nent citizens of Bhadarwah,principals and teachers of col-leges/ schools were also pres-ent on the occasion.

The event witnessed partic-ipation of more than 1,100students and teachers from32 colleges includingBhadarwah Campus,University of Jammu,Islamia Faridia CollegeKishtwar, GovernmentDegree Colleges ofBhadarwah, Doda, Kishtwar,Ramban, Kilotran, Marwahand Chatroo, besides 10 col-

leges from Kashmir Valleyand one from Leh, hencebecoming the first campus ofthe State where the studentsfrom all the three regions vizJammu, Kashmir andLadakh are participating.For the first time Collegesfrom Kashmir and Ladakhregion are participating inthis mega event.

A total of thirty five differ-ent competitions viz Debate,Sketching, Clay Modelling,Photography, Athletics,Chess, Badminton for girls,Quiz, Painting, Marathon,Volleyball, Kabaddi andCricket etc will be conductedduring the five days of YouthFestival. Several educationaland motivational lectures willbe also delivered by variousdignitaries including Rector,Bhadarwah Campus,University of Jammu.

Chenab region youth festival Sangam commences

Students performing during the fest at Bhadarwah.

STATE TIMES NEWS NOWSHERA: In a swiftaction on the basis of com-plaint made by the locals ofvillage Methyani to theGovernment Grievance Celland J&K AccountabilityCommission regarding ille-gal encroachment on forestland by raising structure inForest Co. 13/D ofLamberi Range ofNowshera Forest Divisionnear village-MethyaniTehsil-Teryath Distt-Rajouri by one MohdBashir Kataria resident ofMethyani, the NowsheraForest Division removedthe said encroachmentfrom forest land onWednesday.

As per the eviction orderissued by the Divisional

Forest Officer NowsheraVijay Kumar (SFS), a for-est team headed by RangeOfficer Lamberi GulzarAhmed along with ForestProtection Force personnel,police party and revenueofficials reached the spotand retrieved 12 Kanals offorest land from the posses-sion of said encroacherMohd Bashir Kataria andalso dismantled one struc-ture on spot in presence ofa Magistrate.

The whole operation wascoordinated at circle level bythe Conservator of Forests,West Circle, Rajouri.Further, the DFO Nowsheradirected the forest officialsto fence the retrieved areaimmediately to prevent frombeing re-encroached.

12 Kanals of forest land retrieved,one structure demolished

STATE TIMES NEWS RAMBAN: DeputyInspector General of PoliceDoda-Kishtwar-RambanRange, Rafiq-ul-Hasanalong with DeputyCommissioner, ShowkatAijaz Bhat and SSP, AnitaSharma flagged off a groupof students from Ramban forBharat Darshan tour fromDPL Ramban.

The tour is being organisedby District Police underCivic Action Programme(CAP).

The group of 50 studentsacross the district is partici-pating in the tour under thesupervision of police officersof District police Ramban.All the students were provid-ed track suits, shoes, T- shirt,bag, cap diary and pen.

Speaking on the occasion,DIG, DKR range empha-sized that the students

should take best of this touras only few gets chance ofthis kind of tour. He furthersaid that this tour will pro-vide them new experiencesand vast exposure to visitingplaces that would be reallyhelpful for them in theirstudies. It will also be aneducational tour for them,he added.

Dy S.P Arvind Kumar

Badgal, Pharmacist andPhotographer from DistrictPolice Ramban are accompa-nying the students duringthe tour.

Others present on the occa-sion were ADC Dr.Gurjinderjeet Singh ASP,Sanjay Parihar, CEO,DYSSO, Dy SP DAR, DySP Hqrs, prominent citizensand parents.

DIG flags off Bharat Darshan tour of students

DIG DKR Range, Rafiq-ul-Hasan along with students andother cops during flag-off ceremony at Ramban.

STATE TIMES NEWS KATRA: Shri Mata VaishnoDevi Gurukul, CharanPaduka, Katra, celebratedits Seventh Annual Day byorganising an impressivefunction at the SpiritualGrowth Centre, Katra.

Prof. S. SudarsanaSharma, former Vice-Chancellor, ShriVenkateswara VedicUniversity, Tirupati, wasthe Chief Guest, while Prof.Y. K Mishra, presided overthe function. Maj. Gen. S.K. Sharma (Retd), MemberShrine Board, was theSpecial Guest and Prof.Vishwamurty Shastri, wasthe Guest of Honour.

Prof. Sharma lit the cere-

monial lamp in the presenceof other dignitaries to markthe commencement of theAnnual Day function.

Speaking on the occasion,Prof. Sharma lauded theShrine Board for establish-ing the Gurukul and puttingin place excellent facilitiesfor imparting quality educa-tion in Sanskrit and othersubjects for all-round devel-opment of the students pur-suing their education in thisinstitution

Prof. Sharma also gaveaway prizes and certificatesto the meritorious studentson the occasion who haveexcelled in academics,sports and various otherextra-curricular activities.

Prof. Mishra dwelt on therelevance of ancient Indianwisdom in modern life, whileProf. Vishwamurty Shastrithrew light on the growth ofthe Gurukul during the pasteight years and congratulat-ed the students for theiroutstanding performance inacademics and extra-curric-ular activities.

Earlier, Dr. M. K Kumar,Additional CEO of theShrine Board gave detailsabout the functioning of theGurukul and the constantendeavours being made todevelop it as one among topranking institutions of thecountry.

Anshul Garg, AdditionalCEO, SMVDSB; presented

mementos to Prof. Sharma,Prof. Mishra, Maj. Gen. S.K. Sharma (Retd) and Prof.Vishwamurty Shastri onthis occasion. Dr. ArvindKarwani, Dy. CEO,SMVDSB andAdministrator of theGurukul, presented a Voteof Thanks.

Dr. Devendra Rijal, VicePrincipal of the Gurukul,presented Annual Report ofthe institution.

On this occasion, the stu-dents of the Gurukul stagedan impressive Sanskrit play,'Pranahuti' and a skit inHindi 'Sab Kuchh SadakPar', which were highlyappreciated by the audi-ence.

Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Gurukul celebrates Annual Day

STATE TIMES NEWS KATHUA: A skill develop-ment programme on propaga-tion of sub tropical fruits wasorganised at Govt Fruit PlantNursery Nihal Pur Kathuawith the initiative of DirectorHorticulture Jammu. CHOKathua C.L Sharma intro-duced trainees and mastertrainers. Dr R.K Arora fromSKUAST Jammu deliveredtechnical aspect of the pro-gramme. Incharge KVK

Kathua also gave his expertlecture. Sanjeev KumarDLSMS compered the pro-gramme. CHO Kathuathanked trainees, SKUASTand KVK dignitaries.

Programme on propagationof sub-tropical fruits held

An official speaking during the programme at Kathua.

STATE TIMES NEWS KATRA: Flydex AutomobilesPvt. Ltd., a startup funded byShri Mata Vaishno DeviUniversity TechnologyBusiness Incubation Centre(SMVDU-TBIC), was award-ed with third prize among thetop 20 startups shortlistedfrom 112 entries in GreenEnergy Category at RuralInnovators Startup Conclave(RISC 2018), jointly organisedby National Institute of RuralDevelopment and PanchayatiRaj Hyderabad and Ministryof Rural Development GoIIndia. The conclave was inau-gurated by Vice-President of

India, M. Venkaiah Naidu.Akash Srivastava, aMechanical Engineer andSMVDU Alumni, FoundingDirector of FlydexAutomobiles, participated inthe Startup category alongwith Vivek Kumar Patel,Director and Aravind Singh,Marketing Head of theStartup. Notably, FlydexAutomobiles Pvt. Ltd has filedsix patents on the related tech-nology, and it deals in highlyefficient Internal CombustionEngines and other automobilesolutions. Dr. Sanjeev Jain,VC, SMVDU congratulatedthe alumni and TBI Centre.

SMVDU's startup 'Flydex Automobiles'gets recognition in RISC 2018 STATE TIMES NEWS

POONCH: DeputyCommissioner Poonch, RahulYadav convened a joint meet-ing with revenue officers andexecuting agencies to reviewthe status of land acquisitioncases in ongoing developmen-tal projects in the district.

The meeting discussed landacquisition cases under vari-ous projects includingJammu-Poonch NationalHighway project, PMGSYroads, re-allotment of 132 KVtransmission line, One stopCentre for Women,Community Hall and TraumaCentre. The DC, who is alsoDistrict Collector of landacquisition, directed the con-

cerned functionaries to ensurethat there shall be no penden-cy of cases and furtherinstructed them to submittheir assessment reportregarding rates of identifiedlands for PMGSY and PWDroad projects besides otherallied works. Focusing on time-ly completion of projects, theDC stressed for expediting theacquisition process therebyenabling the concerned agencyto start the physical work onthe site. The meeting wasattended by ACR B A Lone,SDM Mendhar, SDMSurankote, OC 79 RCC andconcerned officers of RevenueDepartment and executingagencies.

DC reviews land acquisition casesAbsconder arrestedSTATE TIMES NEWS

SAMBA: Bari BrahmanaPolice on Wednesday arrestedan absconder who was evadinghis arrest since long.

The absconder has been iden-tified as Mohd Hussain son ofLal Hussain resident of Samba

As per the details, on specificinformation, a team from BariBrahmana Police Stationheaded by Inspector RavinderSingh Rakwal SHO BariBrahmana Police Station con-ducted raid and apprehendedan absconder, who was at largesince long and was wanted incase vide FIR No. 177/2017under section 8/21/22 NDPSat Police Station BariBrahmana.