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Nephew kills 80-year-old uncle, held
Encroachments removed
Minister holds function on road sans MC permission
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Poor response to BJP’s membership drive
Three SRTC employees hurt in cane charge
Omar chairs civil-military liaison conference
Army celebrates 61st Poonch Link-up Day
CM gives aid to patients
200 orchardists participate in awareness camp
Central govt staff hold meeting
Two killed,
27 hurt in mishaps
Man held with fake currency
Sportspersons felicitated
Army renovates school building
IED
defused
Former MP calls on CM
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Nephew kills 80-year-old uncle, held
Jammu, November 20 The police has registered a case in the matter and arrested nephew Vinod Kumar. The victim has been identified as Sansar Chand (80), who was strangulated by his nephew at the former’s house, the police said. A senior police official said around 4:30 am, when there was no one in the house, Vinod after killing his uncle tried to flee, but the family members of Sansar Chand reached the house and caught hold of him. They informed the police about the murder. A police party along with experts from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) reached the place and collected samples. Jatinder Singh, SHO, Vijaypur police station, said, “During preliminary investigations, it has been learnt that both parties had an old dispute over the possession of a house. A case of murder has been registered in this regard and further investigations have been started.” The police said the body was handed over to the family members of the deceased after post-mortem. |
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Encroachments removed
Jammu, November 20 Illegal constructions were demolished and goods placed on the road outside shops by shopkeepers
were seized. Meanwhile, the Jammu Municipal Corporation (MC) evicted unauthorised occupants and demolished unauthorised constructions in various parts of the city yesterday. According to a statement, the enforcement wing of the corporation also evicted an occupant of a Municipal Flat at Krishna Nagar and took over the possession of the flat. The allottee had sublet the accommodation to non-state subject. The Municipal Commissioner has ordered an inquiry into the matter. Meanwhile, the enforcement wing also recovered Rs 19,500 as rent from the allottees of municipal shops and flats. |
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Minister holds function on road sans MC permission
Jammu, November 20 The road on which the tents were pitched for the religious function is one of the main roads leading to the Gandhi Nagar Hospital and various other schools and colleges in the area. The road remained blocked for some time causing inconvenience to the commuters and leading to traffic jams in the locality for some time. “No, I did not take permission from the MC for pitching tents on the road because the function was for a short duration. But we had informed the traffic police and the area SHO about the function,” Bhalla told The Tribune. The allegations that we blocked traffic were wrong, and “I never misused my authority”, he said. As per the MC norms, its permission is needed for a function on a road. The applicant has to deposit a fee of Rs 1,000 for the permission. Meanwhile, Mayor Kavinder Bhushan Gupta said, “No political leader bothers to take permission from the MC for holding a function on a road.” “Nobody should be allowed to use roads and crossings for private functions. The government must ban such functions as due to increase in vehicular traffic, jams have become a daily affair,” said Avinash Gupta, a commuter. |
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Poor response to BJP’s membership drive
Jammu, November 20 Sources in the BJP told The Tribune that like in other parts of the country, party workers had been totally demoralised due to the prevailing disarray and chaos in the organisation. A majority of party sympathisers had even refused to renew their membership. State president of the BJP Ashok Khajuria admitted that membership was not up to our expectations. He, however, hastened to cite many other reasons for the lacklustre response to the membership drive. “We are trying to ascertain reasons for such a poor response,” he said. The sources said 1.40 lakh membership slips were distributed to the party workers on the launch of the membership drive in August. As per the schedule, the workers were to return all slips by October-end. “Even after the deadline was over, just 45 per cent slips have been returned,” the party sources said. They informed that a majority of party workers had told the leaders that they did not want to fill membership slips due to the discouraging response from the party sympathisers. “Infighting among senior leaders has badly hurt the party’s image so a majority of our sympathisers have refused to revive their membership,” a staunch BJP worker said. |
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Three SRTC employees hurt in cane charge
Srinagar, November 20 The protesting SRTC employees, demanding the release of salaries for the past six months and implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations, were on their way to the office of the Kashmir Divisional Commissioner when they were prevented near the Jehangir Chowk. The employees, agitating since August 26, have been continuing with the protest demonstrations seeking the fulfilment of their demands. The police resorted to cane charge and lobbed teargas shells to quell the demonstrators in which three employees were injured near the Jehangir Chowk. Their march towards the office of Divisional Commissioner was prevented as a result of the police action. Earlier, the employees had taken out a protest from the Tourist Reception Centre
(TRC) yards through the Central Lal Chowk area. Protests against CBI in
Shopian
Protests were held in Shopian town after the Friday prayers today against the questioning of four members of the District Bar Association by the CBI, which is investigating the alleged
rape and murder of two Shopian women. The protests were led by the Majlis Mushawarat, which had been spearheading the agitation against the death of Shopian women. The Majlis Mushawarat, a committee of senior citizens, was constituted soon after the incident had
taken place. The Majlis members led by its president Abdul Rashid Dalal expressed concern over the questioning of the Bar Association members in connection with the alleged rape and murder of the two women. After the investigations by the police, the SIT and a one-man Judicial Commission of Justice (retd) Muzaffar Jan, the case was handed over to the CBI in September. The town had observed a complete shutdown for 49 days demanding action against those involved in the case. |
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Omar chairs civil-military liaison conference
Jammu, November 20 Top officials from the state government and the Western Command headquarters participated in this one-day conference. In the opening address, Lt-Gen TK Sapru, GOC-in-C Western Command, thanked the Chief Minister and the state administration for hosting the conference in Jammu and for a positive response on all issues taken up with them during previous conferences. He lauded Omar and the government for taking keen interest in the welfare of serving soldiers, ex-servicemen and the next of kin of the martyrs. Lt-Gen Sapru said the government had been vigorously working for the welfare of the Army men and their families. The Army Commander expressed utmost satisfaction over the close rapport between the state government and the armed forces. He observed that only in Jammu and Kashmir interaction between the authorities and the Army was taking place on a daily basis and both functioned in coordination to ensure peace in the state. Lt-Gen Sapru also wished to place on record that the Army was totally dedicated to the safety of the civilians. |
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Army celebrates 61st Poonch Link-up Day
Jammu, November 20 The celebration was organised to commemorate the historic link carried out by the troops of Brig Pritam Singh from Rajouri at Danna Ka Pir on this day in 1948. Besides Army personnel, various civilian dignitaries and prominent citizens of Poonch attended the function that witnessed a number of events. As part of the celebrations, a trek to Danni Ka Pir was carried out by the students of Degree College, Poonch, two days ago. The students trekked up to the point where the advancing forces carried out the link-up with the troops of the Poonch garrison under siege led by Brig Pritam Singh. Today’s celebrations started with a wreath-laying ceremony at the war memorial, Naman Sthal. The Commander of the Poonch Brigade and other senior officers laid a wreath and remembered the contribution of soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice defending Poonch. An artificial limb fitment camp under the Sadbhavna operation was also inaugurated by the Commander. Speaking on the occasion, he appreciated the efforts of the Sadbhavna operation and the Pritam Spiritual Trust for this noble cause in which hundreds of people were provided with artificial limbs. Another project of Sadbhavna on wheels was also flagged off by the brigade Commander. The Army distributed stationery and sports kits among children of various schools of Poonch. The day was also marked by the inauguration of Tape Yajo Sainik Institute, named after Naik Tape Yajo, the brave soldier who made the supreme sacrifice while fighting militants in the Kalas jungles in September last year. He was awarded Kirti Chakra (posthumously) for his bravery. The final event of the celebrations comprised a social get together at Motimahal involving military and civil dignitaries, prominent citizens of Poonch. |
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CM gives aid to patients
Jammu, November 20 The beneficiaries are under treatment at various medical institutes within and outside the state. These include Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science Soura, Government Medical College, Jammu, SMHS, Srinagar, AIMS, New Delhi, Bones and Joint Surgery Hospital Barzula, Srinagar, PGI, Chandigarh, Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi, Batra Hospital, New Delhi, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Relief Artificial Limbs and Cosmetics Restoration Centre, Srinagar. He directed the authorities concerned for early release of payment in favour of the beneficiaries. Calls on Governor
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah called on Governor NN Vohra at the Raj Bhawan here last evening. The Governor and the Chief Minister discussed various important existing and emerging issues relating to the state. The Chief Minister also briefed the Governor about the pace of various development projects and the implementation of welfare schemes, tentative schedules of urban and rural local bodies’ elections. |
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200 orchardists participate in awareness camp
Jammu, November 20 District Development Commissioner Ajay Khajuria, was the chief guest while JL Sharma presided over the function as Director Horticulture. As many as 200 orchardists of different blocks of the district participated in the camp. Processed value added products of different fruits and vegetables were also displayed in the show for the awareness purpose. Complementing the organisers of the Horticulture Department for holding the fruit show-cum-awareness camp in the district, the DDC said Udhampur district had vast potential for horticulture plantation as it had favourable agro-climatic conditions for growing varieties of fruit plants. He called upon the farmers to put in their collective efforts for growing area-specific fruit plants to supplement their income besides solving marketing problems. Speaking on the occasion, Director Horticulture, gave detailed information about various schemes being implemented by the Horticulture Department at present. He also interacted with the progressive orchardists and assured them that all possible efforts would be made to provide latest information regarding the modern technology in the field of horticulture development. |
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Central govt staff hold meeting
Jammu, November 20 The meeting was attended by BL Razdan, commissioner (income tax), DJ Dhadra, Principal Accountant General, PS Sodhi, commissioner (customs and central excise), Ravi Chopra, principal director (defence estates) and other senior officers and representatives from 35 Central government departments stationed in Jammu. The agenda of the meeting was to finalise the three optional holidays for the next year, opening of the CGHS dispensary for serving officers, staff and retired personnel of the Central government stationed in Jammu and calling for fresh applications from preparing a committee of AMAs.
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Two killed,
27 hurt in mishaps
Jammu, November 20 However, the driver managed to flee. A Tata vehicle was hit by an auto-rickshaw at RS Pura, which caused injuries to 10 persons. While the auto driver fled, the vehicle was impounded. 2 consume poison
Bilal of Bishnah and Nagina Kouser of Poonch consumed poison today. They were admitted to the Government Medical College, Jammu. |
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Man held with fake currency
Jammu, November 20 A team of the CID-CI wing along with the police, led by Pervez Sajjad, SHO, bus stand police station, arrested Kabir Ahmed, a resident of Poonch, from the BC Road and seized 450 fake currency notes in the denomination of Rs 1,000 each from him. The police said a case had been registered in this regard. |
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Sportspersons felicitated
Jammu, November 20 Malik lauded the performance of the students saying “education is the biggest source to fulfil the needs of body, mind and spirit”. He observed that only a sound body could have a sound mind. The 19-year-old Nippu Jamwal, who won the gold medal in the Asian Junior Judo championship in which 20 countries participated, and Aman Sambyal, who won the silver medal in Junior National Kick-boxing championship, had made the state proud. Meanwhile, Chib announced that Rs 50,000 would be spent on developing the sports stadiums at Samba, Gura Slathia and Smail Pur during the current financial year. Those present on the occasion included Yashpal Kundal, MLA, Samba, Pramod Jain, Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Laharwal, Director General, Youth Services and Sports, Sourav Bhagat, Deputy Commissioner, Samba, Ajeet Angral, principal of Government Degree College, Samba, and the chairman of Bhargava College of Education. |
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Army renovates school building
Jammu, November 20 The demand of locals, teachers and students of the area to carry out renovation and repairs of the school building was given due consideration by the Rashtriya Rifles. The school building was in a dilapidated condition as no maintenance work was done for the past many years. The school comprised three rooms and a lobby. |
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IED
defused
Jammu, November 20 As per Army sources, the Army acting on a tip-off that militants were planting an IED in the Saaj area in the district rushed to the spot and detected the IED and defused it. |
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Former MP calls on CM
Jammu, November 20 He discussed matters pertaining to the development of Ladakh with the CM and brought to his notice various development needs of Nobra and other far-flung areas of Leh district. Omar assured Thiksay that government is actively considering the developmental requirements of remote areas of the state and attention was being paid to speed up the development. A deputation of Khan Sahib led by Tariq Mohi-ud-Din also met Chief Minister and thanked him for granting two mini-hydel projects at Sokhnag and Shaliganga and requested for early tendering of the projects. |
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