Wednesday March 13, 20194 DISTRICTS

STATE TIMES NEWSBILLAWAR: FormerMinister and President DCCKathua Dr. Manohar LalSharma and Ex MLCVikramaditya Singh alongwith Ghulam Haider Malik(ex Deputy speaker) con-vened a party cadre conven-tion cum monthly blockCongress Committee Meetingat village Dramni, Billawar.

While addressing the con-vention Dr Sharma said theparty workers to leave nostone unturned in makingcongress candidates winnerin the upcomingParliamentary election in thestate. While speaking onRafale issue, Dr Sharma saidrecent submission by govern-

ment in the Court that docu-ments regarding the Rafalejet purchased has been lostor misplaced is sheer mockeryand proves lies and misdeedsof BJP government. He saidthat people of the countryhave the right to hold theelected government to thehighest standards of trans-parency and accountability. Ajoint parliamentary commit-tee, a continuous demand bythe opposition will establishwhether the grave chargesmade against the governmentin the Rafale deal are justi-fied or not. He said if BJPgovernment has nothing tofear then they should have nohesitation in allowing JPCenquiry to bring out the

truth. Dr Sharma further said

that during the last regimeKathua district has most suf-fered due to lack of vision andpolicies of the BJP govern-ment.

While speaking YuvrajVikramaditya Singh said thathis family has long associa-tion with the area as hisfather and Sadr-e-RiyasatDr Karan Singh has twicerepresented the area in LokSabha. He said during last 4years no major developmentwork has taken place in thearea and termed it as the fail-ure of previous MLA & pres-ent MP from BJP in bringingthe area on developmentalfront.

Ex Deputy SpeakerGhulam HAider Malik whileaddressing the meeting alsoexpressed confidence thatCongress Party will counterthe falsehood and propagan-da by BJP RSS in the forth-coming Elections.

Prem Lal ( ex MLA),Narinder Vaid, ShamSapolia, Abdul Rashid,Puran Sharma, DalbirSingh, Surinder Singh,Sumit Verma, LalitabKhajuria and Vipul Sharmawere also present.

Manohar, Vikramaditya chairCong party convention

President DCC Kathua Dr. Manohar Lal Sharma and Ex MLCVikramaditya Singh during party convention in Billawar.

STATE TIMES NEWSKATHUA: Director ISM DrPhunsung Angchok flankedby ADMO Kathua DrVikram Singh Jamwal andother staff from Directorateof ISM J&K Govt. Jammuon Tuesday made maidensurprise tour of institutionsof District Kathua .

They visited many institu-tions including GovtAyurvedic DispensaryGhagwal, Rajpura,Londi,Kootah , Hamirpur and feltstupendous on the function-ing and work done of allthese institutions . He wasapprised by ADMO KathuaDr Vikram Singh Jamwalabout the monthly freeawareness and school healthcheck up camps taken up asthe outreach activities byinstitutions of this Districtwhich is holding a uniquename in welfare of societyand people .

The Director in his visittalked with the representa-tive s of public in border

dwelling village Londi andinaugurated the new buildingof the ISM Department andwas given appraisal by pub-lic the dedicated role of theposted staff including DrRajesh Basotra MO , vijaysingh supervisor pharmacistand .Mohinder Pal seniorPharmacist especially duringskirmishes at the Indo Pakborder .

The punctuality , officialrecord , cleanliness , medi-cine stock position , dead

stock position and work doneof all these institutions werechecked by the team andextraordinary remarks waspassed on to the dynamicadministration of ADMOKathua Dr Vikram SinghJamwal. The Director alsopaid heed to the problemsbeing faced by the staff inpassing their best to societyand was given on spot recti-fication instructions in theinterest of patient care to theconcerned.

Director ISM visits institutionsof District Kathua

Director ISM Dr Phunsung Angchok being honoured during visit to an institute at Kathua.

STATE TIMES NEWSBARI BRAHMANA: ShivSena has decided to field candi-dates in the upcoming LokSabha elections in Jammu andKashmir.

Addressing the NukkerSabha in Bari Brahmana,State President Shiv DimpyKohli along with GeneralSecretary Manish Sahni saidthat as per the instructionsgiven by the party's nationalorganizer Gulab Chand Dube,party's National PresidentUddhav Saheb has ordered toparticipate the parliament elec-tion in all states includingJammu and Kashmir on hisown strength.

Manish Sahni said that theleader of Jammu and Kashmirare ready for the Lok Sabha

elections and Shiv Sena willfight both seats of Jammu andKashmir. Sahni also said thatJammu BJP has proved to bea failure for the public andthere is no scope for any sup-port or coalition. On this occa-sion, dozens of people includingthe women, joined the handswith Shiv Sena.

State Vice President SurjeetSingh and Secretary Raj Singhand Vikas Bakshi welcomed thenew members and appointedAshok Kumar, President ofBadi Brahmna Ward 8 andSoma Devi as PresidentWomen Wing where as Bhola-Vice President and NanakSingh appointed as Secretary.Raju Salaria, Pavan Singh,Sunny Jamwal and RajuChaudhary were also present.

Shiv Sena to contest LokSabha elections: Kohli

Shiv Sena leaders along with new entrants.

Two missing persons traced STATE TIMES NEWS

RAJOURI: Police on Tuesday traced two missing personswho have gone missing from the jurisdiction of Thanamandipolice station area.

As pert the details, a lady from Hasplote village ofThanamandi who was missing since December 13, 2018 anda missing was initiated vide D.D No. 12 has been traced outand handed over to her legal heirs.

Other missing person namely Vinod Kumar son of RamaRam resident of Chatisgarh, who went missing fromThanamandi on March 6, 2014 has also been traced out andmissing has been closed vide D.D. No. 13.

Missing persons have been traced by teams under thesupervision of SHO Thanamandi Javed Malik and SDPOThanamandi Mohammad Siddique .

Youth nabbed with ChittaSTATE TIMES NEWS

UDHAMPUR: Police on Tuesday a local youth and recovered5 gms contraband (Chitta) from his possession.

As per the details, on tip off, a police party led by SHORehmbal under the supervision of Dy SP (HQ) laid a Nakanear Falata in Udhampur and apprehended a youth on sus-picious grounds. During search, police recovered 5gms Chitafrom him. The youth identified as Dheeraj Sharma son ofMool Raj resident or village Fanthyal in Udhampur wasarrested and a case vide FIR No. 41/2019 under section8/21/22 NDPS Act was registered against him.

Army organisesmedical camp

STATE TIMES NEWS BANIHAL: A medicalcamp was organised by theIndian Army at villageSidhani (Rajgarh), Banihalto provide basic medicalfacilities to the remotelylocated residents of Rajgarhtehsil.

A total of about 295patients benefited from themedical camp. Alongwiththe provision of routine out-patient care and medicines,awareness was also spreadregarding positive healthpractices, family planningand adopting good medicalpractices, for a healthy life.Patients requiring prolongedand greater level of carewere advised to visit highermedical centers for treat-ment. The noble gesture ofArmy was very well receivedand appreciated by the localpopulation.

STATE TIMES NEWSSAMBA: A tin shed con-structed illegally by someunknown persons outsideApni Mandi Tapyal wasdemolished by TehsildarGaghwal Harjeet Singh onTuesday in presence ofOfficers of AGMO OfficeSamba and the police person-nel. Tehsildar Samba saidthat the action was taken inresponse to complaintsreceived from public and thedepartmental officers aboutthe illegal construction,obstructing the visibility andapproach to the Apni Mandi.

Apni Mandi Tapyal has beenestablished by the

Department of Horticulture(P&M) purely for farmers andgrowers, where they are pro-

vided platform to sell theirproduce directly to the con-sumers and traders.

Tehsildar demolishes illegal structure STATE TIMES NEWS

KATHUA: Seven inmates ofDistrict Jail Kathua havecompleted/ passed First 45Days Crash Course inComputer Basics.

The course was started sometime back in District JailKathua as part of the reforma-tive/ skill development activi-ties of Inmates by utilising theservices of a qualified (M.B.A)inmate as Course Teacher.

The Course focused onteaching Basics of Computerincluding both theory andpractical. A syllabus wasthereafter designed for the

course. The syllabus includedComputer Basic Knowledge,Hardware and Software,Windows and Operating sys-tem and M.S. Word. Twelveinmates were enrolled for thefirst batch. Nine (09) inmatesappeared in the course endexamination among whichseven inmates passed thecourse and exam.

The successful Inmates wereawarded Course CompletionCertificates by SuperintendentJail. Presently, another batchof Twelve (12) inmates areundergoing 45 days CrashCourse in Computer Basics.

7 inmates of Kathua Jail completecourse in computer basics

STATE TIMES NEWS KATRA: The School ofEconomics, Shri MataVaishno Devi University(SMVDU), Katra, Jammuand Kashmir in collaborationwith National Bank forAgriculture and RuralDevelopment (NABARD),organized an internationalseminar on 'SustainableRural Development in India:Issues, Opportunities &Challenges'. Sheetal Nanda,Special Secretary to theGovernment (Addl. charge ofthe post of Secretary to theGovt. Department of RuralDevelopment and PanchayatiRaj), graced the inauguralfunction. Adarsh Gupta,DDM, NABARD along with

Prof. D Mukhopadhyay,Dean, Faculty ofManagement; Dr.Pabitra K.Jena, I/c Head School ofEconomics and Dr.Meenakshi Gupta, SeminarDirector, attended the inau-gural function. Eminent sci-entists, academicians, officialrepresentatives, women min-istries, research scholars etc.were also present.

Prof D Mukhopadhyayappreciated the theme of theseminar and further addedthat since more or less 70 percent of Indian populationlives in villages and earningof their livelihood depends onrural economy, the rural eco-nomic activities are of para-mount importance.

Adarsh Gupta, DDM,NABARD, shed light onRural InfrastructureDevelopment Fund. In heraddress, Smt. Sheetal Nandabriefed about the status ofvarious ongoing schemes inthe Rural DevelopmentDepartment. The inauguralceremony ended with a for-mal vote of thanks by ParasDubey.

In the valedictory session,in order to picturize the richheritage of Jammu andKashmir a Dogri dance wasperformed. The valedictorysession was graced by ManojKumar Dwivedi, Comm./Secretary Department ofForest, Ecology &Environment.

SMVDU organises seminar onsustainable rural development

Dignitaries during inaugural session of international seminar at SMVDU, Katra.

STATE TIMES NEWS POONCH: A deputation ofPanchayats Qasba upper andlower under the supervision ofJavid Iqbal Reshi Chairman ofJK Insaaf Movement and chair-manship of Mohd Ishaq KhanEx Sarpanch called on DeputyCommissioner Poonch RahulYadav and Executive EngineerPublic Works (R&B)Department and discussed thematter of sanctioned roadnamely Munde Bandi-Qasba toupper Qasba. The deputationdemanded for the change of sur-

vey of road from Munde Bandi-Qasba to Qasba to Qasba lowertowards Qasba upper which isgainful for whole Panchayats.Firstly, the deputation called onDDC who direct PWD (R&B)to solve the matter later on call-ing Executive Engineer andAssistant Executive Engineer ofthe department both assured toinquire the matter and will nego-tiate the road survey from wheremore public may profit.

Public informed that thealready sanctioned survey is outfrom public areas where as onthe other hand it can profit tofour Mohallas including MohPaswalan, Moh Awana, MohBandian and Moh Jattanbesides a newly upgraded HighSchool, Health Center andJama Masjid. Others who werepresent in this deputation wereMohd Hayat Khan, ShokatHussain panch, Mohd FareedPanch, Mohd Afzal KhanChairman and Abdul Aziz.

Qasba residents demandchange of road survey

STATE TIMES NEWSSURANKOTE: IndianTerritorial Army is conduct-ing a Recruitment Rally atAdvance Landing Ground,Surankote from March 11 to20, 2019 in Poonch District.The recruitment will be con-ducted to recruit soldiers fordifferent categories to includeclerks, general duty, trades-man etc. as per the rulings ofthe recruitment. Rally candi-dates from Akhnoor, MairaMandrian, Kharh Blli,Jourian, Chowki Chowara,Khour, Sunderbani,Kalakote, Beri Pattan, Qilla-Darhal, Siot, Nowshera,Darhal, Thanamandi,Koteranka, Taryath,Khawas, Manjakote, Mahore,Chassana, Thuroo, Haveli,

Mandi, Mankote, Balakote,Mendhar and Surankote willbe appearing in a phasedmanner.

Despite inclement weathercondition and security situa-tion in the region for pastthree weeks, the youth turnedup in large numbers toappear for the recruitment.The enthusiasm and spirit ofthe candidates clearly reflectstheir desire for personal pro-gression while having faith inthe governance. Employmentbeing a major cause of con-cern for the youth of Jammuand Kashmir, the rally hasreceived over whelmingresponse and support fromthe district administrationfor smooth conduct of theevent.

Territorial Army conductsrecruitment rally

Youth participating in recruitment rally at Surankote.

STATE TIMES NEWSRAJOURI: District ElectionOfficer, Rajouri MohammedAijaz Asad on Tuesdaychaired a meeting with offi-cers associated with electionsto review the election pre-paredness in the district.

A multitude of issues likeprovision of AssuredMinimum Facilities (AMFs)at the Polling Stations, imple-mentation of MCC, communi-cation plan, transport plan,security plan, training topolling personnel and SVEEPactivities.

He also discussed availabili-ty of eminities at the pollingstations in all the polling sta-tions for the smooth and has-sle free conduct of generalelections 2019.

It was informed about thenumber of polling stationsthat are without electricity,drinking water, toilet andother basic facilities in thepolling stations. It was alsoinformed that the work is inprogress by the concerneddepartments to ensure avail-ability of basic facilities in allthe polling stations in the dis-tricts, like constructions of toi-lets by education department,

ramps by the PWD and RDDand facilities of drinking waterby the PHE department andwill be completed within aweek's time.

While talking about MCC,DEO said the Model Code ofConduct (MCC) has comeinto effect with the announce-ment of dates for GeneralElections 2019.The officerswere asked to ensure strictadherence to guidelines of theMCC and follow them in letterand spirit.

It is pertinent to mentionhere that in order to enforceModel Code of Conduct, videosurveillance teams, Videoviewing teams and flyingsquads has been constituted.

In order to ensure AssuredMinimum facilities at eachpolling station Assembly con-stituency wise teams havebeen constituted for physical

verification of polling stationsand ensuring AMF.

DEO asked the nodal officerSVEEP to focus on the boothslevel awareness for raising thegender ratio and enrollment ofthe PwD voters. The DEOdirected all the officers towork in tandem to facilitatehassle-free elections in the dis-trict. The meeting was attend-ed by senior superintendent ofpolice, Yougal Manhas,Additional DeputyCommissioner, Rajouri, SherSingh, AC Defence, Ramesh,ACR, Mohammad Ashraf,ACD, Akhter Qazi, DistrictTreasury Officer, ImranMehmood, Chief agricultureofficer, Deputy DirectorEmployment, Deputy Districtelection officer, Rizwan Asger,EXNs PHE, PWD, PDD,BDO, Rajouri, Abdul Khabir,ARTO, Inzar Rana.

DEO reviews election preparedness

DEO Rajouri Mohammed Aijaz Asad chairing a meeting.

STATE TIMES NEWSSAMBA: In order toremember the PulwamaMartyrs, members of CivilSociety Vijaypur (CSV)organised a remembranceprogramme at GovernmentPrimary Middle SchoolVijaypur in district Sambaand distributed stationerymaterials among the stu-

dents.Speaking the occasion,

members of society ShashiPaul Vaid highlighted therole of students to make anation great and strong.Besides, Professor AshokBhagat highlighted theteaching great personalityof country to inculcate thefeelings of nationalismamong the students.

Others who speak on theoccasion, Deepak KumarPagotra (Chairman MCVijaypur), Bachan Lal andRajan Sharma (Membersof MC Vijaypur W-12 andW-2 respectively),Narottam Singh (Ex.Chairman MC Vijaypur),Jugal Mahajan, Rama,Ajay Sharma and AshokKumar.

CSV distributes stationeryitems at GMS Vijaypur

Members of Civil Society Vijaypur along with studentsand faculty during the programme.

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STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: DistrictCongress Committee (DCC)workers led by DistrictWorking President AshwaniKhajuira organised party con-vention in Udhampur onMonday in which a large num-ber of workers and local seniorleaders of the Udhampur con-stituency participated.

In the convention CongressSenior leader Vikramadiytawas the Chief Guest on theoccasion was accorded warmreception by AshwaniKhajuria and party workers.Speaking on the occasionKhajuria expressed his grati-tude towards Gulam NabiAzad, GA Mir for nominatinghim as District WorkingPresident ensuing of for thecoming Lok Sabha election.Khajuria exhibited the unityand solidarity with party andassured to leave no stoneunturned to mark victory inforth coming election. Heexhorted the dedicated youths

and party workers to remainunite and give befitting replyto the rival parties in election.Khajuria said in UdhampurCongress party has comeunder party umbrella keepingaside any mutual differencewithin the party to make partystrong and to give tough com-petition to the BJP as well.

While senior leader BrijMohan Sharma urged theworkers to make the peopleabout the policies and programof party and ask them toremain unite. Sayed ShakeelShah, Vijay Manhas alsospoke on the occasion.

Yuvraj Vikramditya address-ing the workers said Congressparty is the decades old partyof the country. He said ournation has progressed underthe dynamic leadership ofNehru family and Nehru fam-ily has sacrificed their lives forthe sake of nation, whichnation cannot ever forget.Lambasted upon BJP he saidBJP has divided the people on

communal lines and alwaysplayed the politics of religion.

Others who present wereSanjeev Dubey, Shree Raj,Geeta Khajuria, PritiKhajuria, Advocate RajinderKumar, Anil Pachayla, TaroDevi, Benti Devi, ManmohanRaina, Hans Raj, KuldeepSharma, Yash Paul, MaheshKumar, Amir Bandey, YaquubShah, Sanjay Sharma, RanbirSingh, Tej Bahdur, AshokMehra, Priotam Kumar, BabuRam, Girdhari Lal, RajKumar, Suresh Khajuria, DevRaj , Naryan Dutt andSurinder Kesri.

Congress flays BJP’s policies, programmes

Locals nab thief STATE TIMES NEWS

SAMBA: People on Monday apprehended a thief at Ghagwalarea of District Samba. According to a report, people ofGhagwal apprehended a thief who came to execute a burglary ina house in Ghagwal locality. As thief entered in the house, awoman saw him and raised alarm, following which locals assem-bled on the spot and caught the thief. Later they handed overthe thief to police. Thieve has been identified as Hanjum son ofShanamdin resident of Sarore Bari Brahmana. Police has takencognizance the matter and started investigation.