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Parking contractors responsible for thefts: JDA
31,000 fined every month for traffic violations in state
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Queues at RTO test peoples’ patience
Applicants queue up outside the Regional Transport Office in Jammu. Tribune photo: Inderjeet Singh
Domestic violence cases come down
College students take to streets
IGNOU mulls partnership with government colleges
VC reviews work on Reasi campus of Jammu University
Performance of rural training institute reviewed
CJ Tickoo, Regional Manager, State Bank of India, Jammu, reviews working of Rural Self Employment Training Institute, Reasi, on Friday. A Tribune
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JKP lift Christmas T20 Cup
JMC directed to maintain cleanliness
Non-gazetted employees body constituted
Christmas celebrations conclude at Pre-School
Students of Mother’s Pride & Joy Pre-School celebrating Christmas in Jammu. A Tribune
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Protest at Sunderbani
Lion Star Club script win
Police organises Mushaira
DDC reviews facilities at cave shrine
PG Deptt to face MBS in TT final
Increase in old-age pension demanded
Army school celebrates annual day
Students performing a cultural item during the annual day celebration of Army Public School, Ratnuchak, in Jammu on Friday. Tribune Photo: Inderjeet Singh
NSF protests delay in PG results
10 hurt in mishap
State painter to participate in national camp
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Parking contractors responsible for thefts: JDA
Jammu, December 21 The liability of stolen vehicle from the parking lots would lie with the contractors, the JDA has decided. The directions came after the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah took cognizance of the complaint received in Chief Minister’s Grievance Cell wherein Balwinder Singh, a social activist and convener Sangarsh RTI Movement-an organisation of RTI activists-had sought intervention of Chief Minister on “overcharging” at parking lots owned by the JDA. The JDA has also directed contractors to display the rates of parking approved by the JDA in respective parking areas prominently. In a detailed reply to the Chief Minister Grievance Cell, the Vice-Chairperson, JDA, stated there were six parking lots in the winter capital which belong to the JDA. “There are six parking places, including Bahu Plaza complex at Rail Head Complex, Purani Mandi, Kachi Chawni, Jewel Chowk, Shalimar Road and Super Bazar belong to JDA. As per the report of Executive Engineer, JDA Division first and Executive Engineer, JDA, Division second, the contractors of various parking areas have
been directed to display the rates of parking approved by the JDA in respective parking area,” the reply states. It further states the contractors have been asked “to remove the note printed at the bottom of parking slips issued to vehicle owners that they provide only space and were not responsible to the theft of vehicles”. Singh said several complaints were received that vehicle owners were being overcharged by the contractors despite the rates fixed by the JDA. “I also went through this experience after a contractor demanded Rs 20 for car parking instead of the fixed rate of Rs 10 per car. Also, there was a condition to park the vehicles so that the contractor would not be responsible for the theft of the vehicle,” he said. Besides, there were instances where the staff members were found involved in theft of vehicles from parking lots. “I decided to take up the issue with the Chief Minister and it worked. If they charge vehicle owners, they should also be held responsible for any kind of theft or damage to the vehicle,” he said. JDA decides
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31,000 fined every month for traffic violations in state
Jammu, December 21 Officials said on an average 800 violators were being booked for overloading, over speeding, rash driving, plying two wheelers without crash helmet, overcharging by auto rickshaws, jumping off red lights and wrong parking. Many were found not wearing seat belts, which were made compulsory from December 17. In 2009, 4, 39, 514 vehicles were challaned, in 2010-3, 79, 319 vehicles and in 2011, 3, 36, 260 vehicles were challaned by the traffic police. In 2009, Rs 7,56,31,941 was recovered as fine, in 2010, Rs 7,27,19,782 and in 2011 Rs 8,91,84,581. Despite the Traffic Police installing no-entry signboards on many roads to avoid traffic jams, such violations continue. Even offences like not using helmets, negligent driving, no proper number plates and drunken driving go unchecked as the traffic police and other enforcement agencies don’t bother to stop and impose a fine on the violators, said an official. Police has installed a number of no-entry signboards, particularly in the interior areas, but these measures have not had the desired effect so far. Nearly 1,000 persons lost their lives in 6,000 road accidents across the state in 2011, with Jammu and Srinagar leading the tally because of major concentration of population and huge number of commercial and private vehicles. Fact file
In 2009, 4, 39, 514 vehicles were challaned, in 2010-3, 79, 319 vehicles and in 2011,
3, 36, 260 vehicles were challaned by the traffic police |
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Queues at RTO test peoples’ patience
Jammu, December 21 The Regional Transport Office (RTO) in Jammu on an average issues 130 registration certificates of new vehicles daily, which means that 40,560 vehicles (irrespective of their types) are being added every year to the four lakh vehicle population of the district, said an official. The visitors sulk
over unwarranted slackness on part of the officials and staff. “I have come here for the seventh day in a row to get an old vehicle transferred in my name. Senior officials are often busy in meetings and we also understand but the government can at least post additional officials to avoid inconvenience to the people,” said Darshan Kumar, a forest department employee. Applicants known to the staff here get their job done easily, rues an
applicant. Gagan Singh, a Jammu University student, said as the RTO and the ARTO are overworked, the government should post more officials or at least delegate signing powers to someone else to avoid inconvenience to the applicants. “If Deputy Commissioner’s office can have Additional DCs, why can’t we have additional RTOs here? Compelled to come here for days together for small jobs is harassment,” he said. I have come here for the seventh day in a row to get an old vehicle transferred in my name. Senior officials are often busy in meetings and we also understand but the government can at least post additional officials to avoid inconvenience to the
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Darshan Kumar, a forest dept employee
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Domestic violence cases come down
Jammu, December 21 In 2012, 903 cases were registered between January and November, however, compromise was reached in 774 cases and FIRs were registered in 36 cases and only four cases were referred to the court. In 2011 there were 1,028 complaints, 967 were solved, 55 were registered with the Women Commission and six were referred to the court. Whereas in 2010, the Women Cell at Jammu received 1,070 complaints out of which compromise was reached in 981 cases, 32 cases were registered with the Women Commission, four were referred to the court and 53 are still pending. Out of the total 1,165 complaints registered in 2009, compromise was reached in 1,070 cases, FIRs were filed in 42 cases and 53 cases were referred to the court. However, branches of the Women Cell have been opened by the department in Udhampur and Kathua to give victims of domestic violence easy access to the police but the number is on a decline. SHO Women Cell, Canal Road, Jammu, Arti Thakur said, “Youngsters lave lost patience as a result of which marital disputes have increased which leads to domestic violence as well. We have to concentrate on saving the families than punishing people. We have constituted a team of counselors within the Women Cell that provides ample guidance and counselling to the victim, her relatives, in-laws and husband and try to stop domestic violence,” she added.
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Delhi Gangrape Tribune News Service
Jammu, December 21 A large number of school children, donning uniforms, boycotted the classes and took out protest rallies in Kunjwani area of the city to protest against the incident. Holding placards and chanting slogans against the Centre, the students demanded justice for the victim. “We pray for the recovery of the victim who has gone through immense pain and trauma due to the inhuman act. Our protest is for justice for every girl and woman. We want to make people aware that they should respect women and girls and any injustice with them will not be tolerated,” the students said. Hundreds of students of Government College for Women, Gandhi Nagar, continued to boycott classes for the second day and assembled on the college premises. The protesters also disrupted traffic on Bikram Chowk-Satwari national highway for a few minutes and demanded installation of CCTV cameras in buses and commercial vehicles, besides increasing security on all check posts. Students of various colleges of the city, including Indian Institute of Ayurveda and Research (IIAR), Bantalab, ITI College, Government Women Polytechnic College, GGM Science College and GCW Parade and Government MAM PG College also held demonstrations and demanded strict action against the culprits. Progressive Students Association (PSA), Jammu University, also took out a protest march on the campus. People Democratic Party (PDP) activists took out a candle march at the busy Kachi Chawni area this evening and prayed for the early recovery of the gangrape victim. Led by Vikram Singh, the activists demanded speedy trial of the case.
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Convergence scheme Vikas Sharma/TNS
Jammu, December 21 Sources said the impasse between the partner institutions across the country and the IGNOU board had taken a toll on the scheme wherein many students were left in the lurch. The final decision regarding the submission of admission lists was yet to be taken by the authorities concerned in New Delhi. Sources said the Jammu Regional Centre had expressed dissatisfaction over the functioning of the partner institutions in J&K who had been authorised by the IGNOU to run various under and post graduate courses at their respective centres. Prof KK Bhat, Regional Director, IGNOU, Jammu Regional Centre, said, “We are seeking permission from the government colleges in the state to run our programmes.” “I have written to principals of government degree colleges to seek their permission to run our programmes and we are hopeful that they would agree to our proposal", Bhatt added.
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VC reviews work on Reasi campus of Jammu University
Katra, December 21 The University Works Department gave a presentation of the proposed infrastructure to come up at the site. Revenue officials representing the district administration, Reasi, also briefed the Vice-Chancellor. Later a delegation of prominent senior citizens of the area called upon Prof Ishar and thanked him for expediting the work at the proposed campus site. The Vice-Chancellor instructed the officials of the University Works Department to complete the various contours, design and the changes suggested so that the tendering process in this regard can be initiated at the earliest. Two weeks ago, Vice-Chancellor along with team of officials had visited Ramnagar and Udhampur campuses to take stock of the construction work. What next The Vice-Chancellor instructed the officials of the University Works Department to complete the various contours, design and the changes suggested so that the tendering process in this regard can be initiated at the earliest
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Performance of rural training institute reviewed
Katra, December 21 While addressing the meeting, he said there was a need to create awareness amongst the people so that the unemployed youth take advantage of free training facilities provided by the. Tickoo said a lot was needed to be done for the success of financial inclusion and self-employment initiatives of the Government. He exhorted upon all departments and agencies to cooperate in conducting more awareness camps in different areas and contribute in motivating the youth to root out the menace of unemployment. S K
Kandroo, Convenor Director of the training institute, gave details about the various programmes and their impact on the youth. The meeting concluded with a vote of thanks, presented by RL
Lochan, Lead District Manager, SBI, Reasi, who said the institute would start training programme on dress designing for women and electric motor rewinding. In the meeting, top officers of
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JKP lift Christmas T20 Cup
Jammu, December 21 In reply, JKP overhauled the target in 18.1 overs for the loss of three wickets. Naresh and Gurdeep remained unbeaten with scores of 46 and 35 runs respectively. Raman Bhalla, Minister for Revenue, was the chief guest on the occasion. He gave away prizes to the winners. Deputy Inspector General of Police, Jammu-Kathua Range, JP Singh was the guest of honour while Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Jammu was the special guests. Superintendent of Police (SP) North JS Johar, SP Headquarter, Shalinder Singh, DSP, Vinay Kumar, DSP, Lazer Kandaraya, President of Christian United Federation, Nicodemus, were also present. The tournament was organised by Christian Sports Organisation, J&K, in collaboration with
Jammu and Kashmir Police. — TNS
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JMC directed to maintain cleanliness
Jammu, December 21 The chairman issued the directions to the JMC commissioner KL Khajuria, after a deputation of Sabzi Mandi traders and residents called on him and projected their grievances. The members of the deputation sought immediate measures for renovation of lanes and drains, besides regular lifting of garbage from the area. The Commissioner, JMC, assured to take immediate measures to redress the grievances of the residents and said the upgradation of lanes and drains in Sabzi Mandi area would be taken up soon. The Chairman also directed JMC to launch a massive cleanliness drive in the city.
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Non-gazetted employees body constituted
Rajouri, December 21 The elected state body called all the non-gazetted employees of Planning Department in the Dak Banglow, Rajouri, where they unanimously constituted the district body, as per the instructions of Shamun Ahmed, Chief Planning Officer, Rajouri. Bilal Rashid, Assistant Director, Planning, discussed the various issues faced by the employees of Planning & Development Department, which is going to depute the officers at the block level for better monitoring and supervision. Farooq Ahmed read the agenda points and had a detailed discussion regarding the various problems like staff quarters, transfer policies, promotions etc with the members of the state body and assured early redressal of the same.
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Christmas celebrations conclude at Pre-School
Jammu, December 21 The school was decorated with Christmas bells, balloons, festoons, hand-made cards, snowflakes, hollies and Christmas trees. The main feature of the day’s festivity was the Santa Claus distributed gifts and candies to children. Students cut the Christmas cake besides getting themselves clicked with Santa.
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Protest at Sunderbani
Rajouri, Dec 21 After boycotting classes, the students shouted slogans against Delhi Police and the traffic remained suspended for half an hour, reports said. Students expressed serious concern over the safety of women in the country and particularly in Delhi. They demanded fast-track trials and death sentences for the accused and flayed the government's failure to curb such crimes. They said the central government should enact stringent laws and there should be death sentence for such a heinous crime.
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Lion Star Club script win
Jammu, December 21 Earlier, YCC won the toss and decided to bat first. They accumulated 133 runs for the loss of nine wickets. Mehmood was the top scorer with 58-ball and 69 runs with the help of 12 fours and a six. Rafiq contributed 12 runs. Sanjay bagged three while Liaqat took two wickets from YCC. For LSC, Ravi and Sagar clinched four and three wickets respectively. The club reached the target in 19.3 overs, losing eight wickets in the process. Rahul and Mannu were the top scorers with 26 and 19 runs respectively. Ravi chipped in with 17 runs. Ravi was declared the man of the match, which was officiated by Rajan Singh Bogal and Jagjeet Singh Jamwal as umpires, while Rohit Jamwal was the scorer. |
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Police organises Mushaira
Batote, December 21 The chief guest at the event was Deputy Commissioner (DC) Doda, Farooq Ahmed Khan and the guest of honour was Superintendent of Police (SP), Doda, Mohammed Arif Rishu. Besides them, DSP (Hq), DSP DAR DPL, several civilian officers and prominent citizens were also present on the occasion. Reiterating the importance of such programmes in bringing the police and public closer and maintaining peace and harmony, he urged the public, especially the youth, to assist Police in the eradication of crime. He distributed prizes among the participants.
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DDC reviews facilities at cave shrine
Katra, December 21 Assistant Commissioner Development, Executive Engineer PHE, Assistant Director Tourism,
engineers of PMGSY, PDD and other senior officers were also present in the meeting. Discussion was held on various issues including the facilities of drinking water, power, healthcare, security, road connectivity and sanitation etc, at and around the shrine. Taking stock of the existing facilities in the area, DDC issued strict
instructions to the district heads of various departments to extend their services to
the shrine. She asked the officers to formulate proposal of their schemes for the area so that
the pilgrims may have basic amenities. |
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PG Deptt to face MBS in TT final
Jammu, December 21 In the women section, Government College for Women (GCW), Gandhi Nagar, will face SPMR College of Commerce. Earlier, in the semifinals played in men section, MBS College got the better of Government College of Engineering and Technology (GCET) by 3-1 while PG Department beat GDC, Udhampur by a 3-0 margin. MBS College toppled MIET 3-0 while GCET trounced Trikuta Degree College by 3-1 in the quarterfinals played yesterday.
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Increase in old-age pension demanded
Jammu, December 21 A delegation of the women wing called on Director of Social Welfare, Jammu, to highlight the plights of old-age pensioners. Approximately, more than 15,000 applications for pension were still pending, the delegation said. District president of the wing, Shruti Khajuria said it was almost unfeasible to make both ends meet with the meagre amount of Rs 200 and appealed to the authorities to enhance the amount to Rs 1,000 per month, keeping the inflation in view. Veenu Khanna, Sonika Manhas, Anita Khajuria, Kanta Sharma, Neelam, Nidhi Sarahan, Sneh Lata, Priya Gupta, Reeta, Shabo Devi and Renu Gupta were a part of the delegation. |
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Army school celebrates annual day
Jammu, December 21 The function was declared open with the lighting of the lamp, followed by school’s annual report by principal Sonal Sharma. Students presented a cultural which began with seeking the divine blessings of Lord Ganesha followed by Hawaaian and tap dance. ‘Salute to Warrior’ showcased the Gatka performance and a musical show based on three armed forces, instrumental symphony, thousands hands dance and Tandav were also presented. Brig Kalla awarded the meritorious students. |
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NSF protests delay in PG results
Jammu, December 21 “The Controller of Examinations is mum on the issue of delay in the declaration of results of economics, English, history, sociology, mathematics, MCA and M.Ed exams. Nothing is being done for the welfare of the students and they have being taken for granted,” Vikram Madhyal, chairman NSF University Unit said. He alleged as per rules the results should be declared within 45 days but more than 200 days had lapsed. — TNS
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10 hurt in mishap
Rajouri, December 21 The police said the injured were travelling in a jeep, when the bus on way to Poonch from Jammu collided head-on with the jeep injuring the occupants. Local residents took the injured to the District Hospital, Rajouri. One of the victims, Shanker Lal was referred to the GMC Hospital in Jammu. No arrest has been made in this regard. |
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State painter to participate in national camp
Jammu, December 21 Gandhi has participated in as many as 23 painters’ camp in different parts of the country. This would be his 7th National-level camp.
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