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Early monsoon catches JMC off guard
JKPM leader arrested
Load carriers sans indicators turn into safety hazard on wheels
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Former soldiers to celebrate Vijay Divas in Kargil
Transformer installed
Darling of city theatre audience bags meaty roles on the small screeen
Delay in starting train service to Katra hampers rly station makeover
In-laws booked for harassment
Pandits decry Omar’s tweet after Kheer Bhawani visit
Shiv Sena activists hold protest over long power cuts, erratic water supply
Road blocked over cattle smuggling
Missing VDC rifle case solved
Committee formed
Minister reviews functioning of PHE, Irrigation Depts
Deputy CM conducts surprise inspection of ZEOs in Jammu
Tidyal Biradari congregation tomorrow
Education Board flayed for delay in results
State Football Championship: Iqbal Sports drub Jehlum Sports Club 3-0
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Early monsoon catches JMC off guard
Jammu, June 18 Two days ago when the rains lashed Jammu, several localities were flooded with sewerage water as the clogged drains was not able to stream rainwater. Even the Ranbir Canal and its distributaries are clogged with polythene and other solid waste. Though callous residents are also to blame for the problem, but lack of seriousness on part of the authorities has contributed to it. Officials said though instructions have been issued that nullahs will be cleaned regularly and action would be taken against those caught dumping garbage in them, but the directives are not being followed. In several parts of the city, rainwater has led to blockage of drains and nullahs. The dirty water entered shops and houses, causing extensive damage. People had to pump out rainwater from their houses and shops. The worst-hit areas during the rainfall include Digiana, Talab Tillo, Canal road, Sidhra, Gujjar Nagar, Gumat and Subash Nagar. "It has become a perennial problem in the area. Polluted water and filth from drains and nullahs filled our houses merely half-an-hour after the downpour," said Avinash Choudhary, a resident of Talab Tillo. "Fearing flooding of localities close to major nullahs in the city during rains, the JMC has gathered its men and machinery to start removing debris from Rajiv Nagar, Gangyal, Digiana, Trikuta Nagar, Bhour Camp nallahs but it could be too late," claimed a JMC employee.
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JKPM leader arrested
Rajouri, June 18 DIG, Rajouri-Poonch range, Danish Rana said the police had arrested Farooq Ahmed on specific input from Thanamandi and recovered Rs 95,000 hawala money from his possession. “Interrogation is on, we have yet not got any breakthrough how and where this money came, and for what purpose this money send," the DIG said.
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Load carriers sans indicators turn into safety hazard on wheels
Jammu, June 18 These vehicles make turns anywhere without giving prior signals, which is posing threat to other vehicles plying on the road. The traffic authorities don’t check these vehicles and the common man is suffering. These vehicles include tippers, trolleys, tractors and other such vehicles plying without following traffic rules and regulations and hardly care for other people plying on the highway. These vehicles sometime cause accidents as the speed of vehicles plying on the highway always remain above 50 per kilometre. Even, the registration number plates on these load carriers are not visible and at the time of any accident, the police faces difficulties to track such vehicles. Despite the fact that the traffic police is present on the highway, but they remain busy in search of passenger vehicles who violate traffic rules so that they can be challaned. But they don’t care how these load carriers move on the highway. “The traffic police only catches those vehicles, which come from other districts and are not regularly seen on the highway. The load carriers plying on the highway have their monopoly and the traffic police are hand-in-glove with them,” said a tempo driver. “The problem with these vehicles is they do not go to the regional transport office to get their vehicles passed as everything has to be in order. I will consult the RTO, Jammu, and will launch a drive to check such vehicles in coming days,” said Manmohan Singh, SSP (Traffic), Jammu.
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Former soldiers to celebrate Vijay Divas in Kargil
Jammu, June 18 This operation was launched to evict Pakistani troops from their deceitful occupation of Mushkoh Valley, Kakser and Trutoh in Ladakh on the LOC. The visit is being organised in collaboration with the HQ Northern Command. Brig SS Saini said the victory of the Indian troops in Kargil war is a noteworthy and unique achievement because the battle was fought in a very treacherous high-attitude mountainous terrain, at temperatures as low as minus 48 degree Celsius and with great difficulty in effective use of air power. The war lasted for two months from May 3 to July 26, in which 527 of our brave soldiers sacrificed their lives and 1,363 were wounded. PSSP has been in the forefront to raise awareness on issues concerning national defence, border area management and social awareness. Brig RS Jamwal, Brig Suchet Singh, Brig Govind Misra, Lt Col NS Sambyal, Lt Col KN Raina were |
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Transformer installed
Jammu, June 18 Superintending Engineer Gurbachan Singh and Executive Engineer, Sub-Transmission Division-II, Jammu were present on the occasion. He said the government was up-grading infrastructure and establishing power projects. Bhalla said the government had earmarked Rs 6.4 crore for augmentation and creation of new receiving stations in Gandhi Nagar constituency as part of its programme to modernise power transmission and distribution network in the state. |
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Darling of city theatre audience bags meaty roles on the small screeen
Jammu, June 18 “I started my career in 2007 with a film, which could not be completed. In the meantime, Vikram Sharma offered me a chance to work in theatre,” said Neha. Daughter of a businessman Puran Chand Lahotra and a teacher mother Seema Bhardwaj, Neha’s first performance in theatre was ‘Hadsa Haqeeqat’, a play directed by Vikram Sharma. Her portrayal of the character Divya in the play won her great appreciation. “Such was the impact of this performance that my father named our new house Divya Niwas,”
Neha said. She has been awarded best actress twice at the annual theatre festivals organised by the J&K academy of art culture and languages. She acted for a school play at the age of four. “It was a very small act and during my performance I slipped and fell on the stage which invited laughter from the jam-packed Abhinav theatre hall. In school I was a regular on stage and always had love for the stage,” she said. Now, she is a part of Shivani cultural society and also writes scripts on issues of the common man. Her subjects included Delhi gang rape victim ‘Damini’ and killing of Indian prisoner ‘Sarabjit’ in Pakistan’s Kot Lakhpat jail. Neha performed solo on the plight of Damini, in ‘Main Damini Bol Rahi Hoon’ (This is Damini speaking), directed by Vikram Sharma. Neha is not yet taking up offers from Mumbai to work on the small screen. “I don’t want to leave my parents and am happy with my work in Jammu. But still if I get an outstanding offer, I may reconsider my decision,” she added. |
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Delay in starting train service to Katra hampers rly station makeover
Jammu, June 18 Train to Katra has been delayed by more than a year and the authorities are still not sure whether the July, 2013 deadline for the project can be met. Expansion of the Jammu railway station from three platforms to five has been rejected by the higher authorities, for which a proposal was sanctioned two years ago and funds were also released by the Union Railway Ministry. The only reason for rejecting the proposal was “when the train will go to Katra, three platforms will be sufficient for the Jammu Tawi railway station," said RN Meena, Divisional Traffic Manager (DTM), Jammu. He asaid the deadline may be extended as “the work on the a tunnel at Udhampur may take some more time,” he said. Meena admitted that the Jammu Tawi railway station does not have any off season as the trains from Jammu are always full of passengers. But the railways cannot increase the number of trains in Jammu as it has only three washing lines, and to increase the number of trains needs more washing lines. The railways are waiting for the Katra station to be functional as it has two washing lines. "It takes more than six hours to check the train which needs to be parked in the washing line, if we increase the number of trains, we will have to increase the washing lines as well,” he said. “We have two washing lines at the Katra railway station, so it will be easy for us to maintain the extra number of trains when the Katra station starts funtioning,” he added.
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Jammu, June 18 The accused are absconding. —TNS
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Pandits decry Omar’s tweet after Kheer Bhawani visit
Jammu, June 18 Jagti Tenement Committee (JTC) members held a meeting and claimed that for the past two years, basic amenities like power and drinking water had been denied to more than 4,000 Pandits living in the camp. Nothing had been done to mitigate our problems by the government, alleged committee members. On Monday, some Hindu pilgrims at the Kheer Bhawani Temple in Kashmir had raised slogans against the Chief Minister during his visit after which Omar had tweeted: “Had an excellent visit to Kheer Bhawani this morning, a small rowdy fringe element notwithstanding.” Shadi Lal Pandita, president of the JTC, said the Power Development Department (PDD) was deliberately denying the township electricity supply. The Pandits also expressed grave concern over the “failure of the government” in making proper arrangements for devotees and pilgrims of Kheer Bhawani. They have said due to lack of proper arrangements, devotees had to face a lot of difficulties. The committee said it had made an appeal to Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to direct the government to ensure proper power supply in the area. “We are suffering because of the government’s attitude. We hope that the Central Government will take effective steps,” the committee said. On March 22, the state government had announced that regular electricity supply will be allotted to Jagati, Muthi and Purkhoo apartments constructed under the Prime Minister’s Rehabilitation Plan (PMRP) for displaced Pandits.
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Shiv Sena activists hold protest over long power cuts, erratic water supply
Jammu, June 18 By holding lanterns, matka and hand fans in their hands signifying the lack of responsibility of the Electricity Department, which has send people back in caveman era. Ashok Gupta, state president of the Shiv Sena, said: “When the people are paying their charges for the electricity then why there is no electricity available to the people in this scorching heat?” “Amount in crores in the form of bills of bureaucrats and the ministers are pending, but still they are enjoying 24 hours special line and on the contrary people who are paying their bills on time are deprived of electricity for at least five hours in a day,” he added. He said the Chief Minister was talking about the electricity deficit as most of the deficit was on the part of ministers and rather than getting the bills from the ministers to reduce the deficit, the Electricity Department had increased the per unit fare. The Power Development Department (PDD) has collected a huge amount of funds from the people and at the time of collection of money giving assurance to the people of regular supply of electricity. The prominent workers who participated in the protest were Domana head Vikram Sharma, Dhanatar Singh, Raj Kumar, Surinder Singh, Roashan Lal, Sushil Kumar and various others.
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Road blocked over cattle smuggling
Katra, June 18 They gathered near the police station, Reasi, and held a protest. They also disrupted the movement of vehicles for over two hours. They raised slogans against the police and the district administration. They alleged that smuggling of bovine animals had increased. They warned to intensify the agitation and block the national highway, if the police and the administration failed to control the smuggling of bovines to the Kashmir Valley. They demanded that these smugglers be detained under the PSA. Later, the protesters met Reasi Deputy Commissioner Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, who assured them action against the smugglers. After the assurance, the protesters called off the protest.
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Missing VDC rifle case solved
Jammu, June 18 Reports said an application was received from Shamsher Singh of VDC group Genote, that the rifle 303 along with ammunition issued to him from the police station, Ramban had misplaced from his house. A case FIR No. 72/2013 U/S 409 RPC 30 of the IA Act was registered. A team was constituted, who succeeded in recovering the rifle along with ammunition. During the investigation the residents/the VDC members of Genote area were questioned for the recovery of misplaced rifle. With the fear of getting nabbed red-handed the miscreant threw the rifle along with ammunition in a conspicuous place of Ghor Genote, from where the police recovered the rifle along with ammunition.
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Committee formed
Jammu, June 18 The others who were elected include Varinder Sharma and Ajay Zadoo as vice-presidents, Kishore Kumar as secretary, Darshan Gupta and
Vidya Sagar Sharma as cashiers, Nitin Kanotra as advisor, Rahul Sharma as general secretary and Suresh Chowdhary and Ramesh Chander as members. |
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Minister reviews functioning of PHE, Irrigation Depts
Jammu, June 18 The minister also reviewed the status of the ongoing Water Supply Schemes (WSS) taken up at Katra, Doda, Jammu, Udhampur and Rajouri under the Special Task Force Projects. While reviewing the achievements, the minister was also briefed about the steps taken for the revival and preservation of traditional ponds in the region, supply of drinking water to educational institutions, multi-villages schemes, revenue collection, process of installation of water metres at private establishments like hotels, restaurants and other business concerns, besides laying of crate work alongwith the Chenab and other areas etc. The minster said access to safe drinking water was the right of every individual and the government was committed to provide the same to every nook and corner of the state.
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Deputy CM conducts surprise inspection of ZEOs in Jammu
Jammu, June 18 Taking stock of the conduct and working in the offices, Tara Chand issued instructions for maintaining proper records and ensuring that file work was done according to the procedures laid down by the department. “The government is making all out efforts to ensure quality education by providing best education infrastructure and required teaching staff in schools, it is the duty of the Zonal Education Office concerned to make sure that schools falling under their jurisdiction are fully equipped and gaps, if any should be projected at the right quarters,” he added. The Additional Deputy Commissioner, Chief Education Officer, NR Dingra and officers of education, revenue and line departments accompanied the Deputy Chief Minister. Stressing on punctuality and attendance, Tara Chand described these as pillars of efficient delivery in any office and called for strict adherence to office decorum. He said the zonal officers had to ensure that offices located in far-off areas were serving the cause of education in the desired manner and the whole staff under them adhere to office timings besides delivering duties in efficient manner. |
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Tidyal Biradari congregation tomorrow
Jammu, June 18 At the meeting, the arrangements were finalised for the congregation and it was decided that hawan would be held at 8 am followed by a kirtan programme on June 20. The community lunch (langar) shall be held at 1.30 pm. The committee has requested all members of the Tidyal community to participate along with their family members and seek the blessings of Dati Mata Bachno. —
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Education Board flayed for delay in results
Jammu, June 18 Vikram Singh, district president, PDP, Jammu, said, “The students are facing hardships in appearing for JKCET to be conducted by the Board of Professional Entrance Examinations (BOPEE) on June 23, due to the delay in the result.” “All students who have filled their forms should be allowed to sit in the Common Entrance Test (CET) and if they pass the test, then they should be asked to present their XII class mark sheets at the time of counselling,” he said. JKBOSE authorities said it would not be possible for them to declare the results before June 23. |
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State Football Championship: Iqbal Sports drub Jehlum Sports Club 3-0
Srinagar, June 18 The second match was played at the same ground between DFA, Ganderbal and Kashmir United FC. Kashmir United defeated DFA, Ganderbal 2:1. Rouf and Javaid were the scorers for the United in the 11th and 56th minutes, respectively. Amir was the lone scorer for DFA, Ganderbal. In the third match the J&K Bank Academy defeated DFA, Shopian. The two goals for the J&K Bank Academy were scored by Salman Hassan and Aqib Mushtaq in the 27th and 30th minute. In the fourth match Maharaja Sports defeated DFA, Bandipora. Both played attacking game, but no one could score in the first half. In the 2nd half Ishfaq from Maharaja Sports scored a goal in the 45th minute and Irfan scored another goal in the 72nd minute and won 2:0. In the other four matches at Bakshi Stadium, Srinagar, Fill Arafat FC defeated Rahim Green Solina FC by 3:1 goals. Imran , Mudasir and Zuhawas scored the goals for Arafat. Irafn from Solina Sports scored lone goal for his team. In the sixth match DFA Baramulla XI defeated Kashmir Mughals in a tie-breaker. Both the teams played 1:1 till the
final whistle. In the other matches PDC Blue and AG office won their respective matches. |
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The first rainfall of monsoon has not only exposed the working of the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) but presents a scary scenario as to what will happen when the rainy season is at its peak.
The load carrier vehicles on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway-NH44 and in Jammu city are not adhering to the traffic rules and are running without indicators and number plates.
Having honed her acting skills on the platform of theatre, 24-year-old Neha Lahotra has become the most sought after actress for television serials.
Her captivating talent has landed up roles in several serials for the
Doordarshan. She shuttles between Jammu and serials to shoot for the same. With her moving portrayal of roles depicting pain, she has acquired the tag of tragedy queen with her performances.
Srinagar, June 18
