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Protests against boy’s death in CRPF firing
Man’s death due to doc’s negligence alleged
Bridge blocked over youth’s death
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25 teachers get Master Karam Chand award
Kargil girl studies in Pune school, courtesy Army
Class XII students to get papers on new pattern
PDD daily wage staff continue stir
Manhas elected state BJP chief
Army holds Sadbhavna Mela
Banks told to update lists of defaulters
Bail pleas of accused rejected
SOS village steps in to take care of abandoned newborn
PoK refugees burn copies of Justice Sagir’s report
SC rejects plea against HRA to Kashmiri migrant workers
2 killed as bus falls into gorge
Hurriyat team meets foreign envoys in Delhi CRPF led operation in Lal Chowk to
kill militants
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Protests against boy’s death in CRPF firing
Srinagar, January 9 Inayat Khan was injured in firing allegedly by the CRPF, as scores of protesters in Maisuma attacked law enforcement agencies with stones yesterday. He was rushed to the SKIMS where he died in the night. His family alleged that he was passing through the locality and was not among the protesters. People were further infuriated as they said the police was delaying handing over his body to the family. “They will give the body in the evening to avoid protests during the day. It’s very insensitive on their part,” Hidayat Khan, a protester, said. Many people converged and went up to the United Nations Military Observers Group’s office in Dal Gate and raised slogans against the security forces’ presence. They also blocked traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar highway. Meanwhile, traders in Lal Chowk observed a strike on the second day today, demanding the removal of a CRPF camp, which has been the target of frequent militant attacks. A couple of traders this correspondent spoke to said Maisuma protesters had pressured them into observing the strike. Maisuma is a densely populated neighbourhood and hotbed of separatist protests. It is located right next to the commercial hub of Lal Chowk. However, shops were open elsewhere, including Maharaja Bazaar and Jahangir Chowk, which are adjacent to Lal Chowk.
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Man’s death due to doc’s negligence alleged
Jammu, January 9 They had filed a written complaint to the police and an FIR was lodged at Gandhi Nagar police station on December 31. “Still the police officials concerned are not ready to take any action against the accused. We have also met with senior police officers, including the DGP, SSP and SP,” said BS Jamwal, a son of the deceased. In their complaint to the police, they alleged that due to negligence on the part Dr BS Pathania, a senior surgeon in the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), their father died untimely on December 11. Vasdev Singh, 72, a resident of Exchange Road, Jammu, died at Batra hospital in New Delhi on December 11 after undergoing the second stone removal operation. He is survived by three sons, including Brij Raj Singh Jamwal, a Naval Commander, BBS Jamwal, a farmer, and Brij Jamwal, a tea estate manager in West Bengal. Brij Singh Jamwal told this correspondent that his father had no major problem during his lifetime and had only a minor stone in his gallbladder. “He was admitted to a private hospital in Gandhi Nagar and Dr BS Pathania operated upon him, which resulted in the death of my father,” alleged Brij Jamwal. However, Dr Pathania denied any negligence on his part and said, “The family of Vasdev is known to me for the past several years. They have signed all documents required before the operation. It is not my fault if the patient died in Delhi.” The doctor further said he could have operated upon the patient had they left the patient with him, but the family of Vasdev took him to Delhi. Birj Jamwal said, “A family friend suggested us to consult Dr Pathania for the stone problem and the doctor advised us to get the patient operated at a private hospital.” He added that the patient was admitted to the private hospital on December 5 and was operated upon using the laparoscopic technique the same day. “But immediately after the operation the health of my father started deteriorating. He was not feeling well even after the one-and-a-half hour operation, which generally takes just 20-30 minutes,” alleged Brij Jamwal. “Even after four days of the operation my father was kept in the hospital, but there was no change in his health,” he said, adding that his father also started having breathing problems. Brij Jamwal alleged “on the one hand the patient’s health was deteriorating and on the other the hospital authorities discharged him forcibly on December 9 with an assurance that he is fully fit and everything is fine.” The family members of Vasdev said then they took him to their house. But Vasdev’s condition started deteriorating and they took him to the GMCH, where doctors advised them to shift him to any hospital in a metro city. “On the next morning, we took our father to Batra Hospital in Delhi, where several tests were done. Later, the doctors told us that there was a major infection in the intestine of the patient and it was punctured from two places,” Brij Jamwal said. He said a team of senior doctors of Batra Hospital, New Delhi, operated upon the patient, but could not save his life. “We have raised the matter before the police SHO concerned about 10 times, but he is not heading to us,” he added. The police said investigations were on in the incident and a case under Section 304-A of the RPC had been registered. However, repeated attempts to contact SHO, Gandhi Nagar Police Station, Rafiq Manhas proved futile.
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Bridge blocked over youth’s death
Jammu, January 9 Official sources said Mohammed Arif of Gujjar Nagar was found dead in the City Chowk area last night. He was shifted to the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) by some passersby, where doctors had declared him brought dead. The protesters, including family members and relatives of the deceased, blocked the bridge this afternoon. They demanded a thorough probe into the incident as they alleged Arif was murdered. However, it has been reliably learnt that the police has registered a medico legal case of poisoning. SP City (North) Randeep Kumar said the youth, who was a drug addict, was shifted to the GMCH by some people, but the doctors declared him brought dead. However, residents of Gujjar Nagar staged protests and demanded an inquiry into the incident, he added.
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25 teachers get Master Karam Chand award
Jammu, January 9 The awardees were Prof AR Qadri (Urdu), Government Degree College (GDC), Nowshera; Prof Ali Mohammad Wani (history), Government College for Women (GCW), Anantnag; Prof Anupama (maths), GDC Akhnoor; Prof CL Shiv (education) Gogatra College of Education, Jammu; Prof Dalbir Singh (physics),GDC Rajouri; Prof Gauri Shankar Dassi (Hindi), MAM College (evening), Jammu; Prof Jagdish Lal Bhagat (maths),GDC RS Pura; Prof Jameel Ahmad Khan (Urdu), GDC Poonch; Prof MA Lone (chemistry), GDC Pulwama; Prof Munnawar Sayeed (education), College of Education, Srinagar; Prof Naresh Gupta (political science), GDC Kathua; Prof Nasreen Malik (zoology), GCW Srinagar; Prof Netar Parkash Sharma (education), GCW Gandhi Nagar, Jammu; Prof Neeraj Gupta (zoology), GCW Parade, Jammu; Prof PP Singh (history), Amar Singh College Srinagar; Prof Rajesh Gupta (physics), MAM College, Jammu; Prof Sandoor Singh (commerce) GDC Boys, Udhampur; Prof SP Saraswati (physics), GGM Science College, Jammu; Prof Shafqat Hussain Rafiqui (chemistry), GDC Bhadarwah; Prof Suchitra Saproo(chemistry) GGM Science College, (evening) Jammu; Prof Shanti Gupta (commerce), Commerce College, Jammu; Prof Tajinder Singh (chemistry), GDC Poonch; Prof Twinkle Suri (English) SPMR College of Commerce, Jammu; Prof Veena Pandita (commerce) GDC Bishnah and Prof Wali Mohammad Shah (maths), GDC Baramula. Meanwhile, the Professor Sham Lal Green Award was awarded to Indira Wazir, a social activist, and Baba Ghulam Shah Adbi Markaz, an NGO, for their selfless work for protecting the environment. The awards were being presented for the past more than four years consecutively and instituted in the cherished memory of Master Karam Chand, the first President-awarded teacher and also the first person in the state to have been awarded the Life Time Achievement award, for contribution in the field of education by the J&K government. The awards were presented to the teachers during a function organised by the Karam Vidya Education Trust at Government College for Women, Gandhi Nagar.
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Kargil girl studies in Pune school, courtesy Army
Srinagar, January 9 She was one of the first girls from Kargil district of the frontier cold desert region of Ladakh, to have moved to Pune with the help of the Army for quality education five years ago. Her father, Mohammad Ali, was motivated to send her young daughter Nasreen Banoo, who got admitted to Sarhad English Medium School, Pune, as part of the Army’s Operation Sadbhavana. The young girl, now in class VI, is daughter of a poor farmer, who also works as a part time labourer, a defence spokesman said. Kaksar is a remote village with total Muslim population. It is located close to the LoC and has had its share of misery due to Pakistan firing and various wars with Pakistan. The village is still to be linked to Kargil by a proper road, Col DK Kachari, PRO, Ministry of Defence, HQ Northern Command, said. Nasreen visits her village once a year and is the only girl in the village who can read, write and speak English and Hindi fluently. She is well informed and forms her own judgement. She knows that being educated means abiding by certain standards of social behaviour. She plays games and has learnt that sportsmanship is a quality that must be cherished in day-to-day life. She is not afraid to speak the truth without being offensive and has the greatest regard for the rule of law and justice. She is well mannered, sensitive and smart in dress and deportment. She loves truth, beauty and goodness. Her friend in Kaksar village, Zareena, describes her as a cultured and disciplined girl after remaining away in the school in Pune. |
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Class XII students to get papers on new pattern
Jammu, January 9 Earlier, students had a separate multiple choice question (MCQ) paper, but now they would get only a descriptive paper for papers A and B. “The syllabus is the same, only pattern has been changed to save the time of students,” said Dr Sheikh Bashir Ahmad, secretary, BOSE. The secretary added that students would be given 10 minutes for reading the question paper before the commencement of the examination and the duration of the paper would be three hours. According to the secretary, this reform was introduced to evaluate the knowledge of the students in a better way than done earlier. The change was introduced on the recommendation of an expert committee. “This reform would help to bring good results and improve the existing quality in the examination system,” he added. The class XII students of the Kashmir division have already gone through the new pattern question papers in October-November, whereas the students of the Jammu division would face this in March-April. The examinations would start on March 1 and conclude on April 6. Booksellers are witnessing a rush of students demanding study material, reference books and guides. At the same time, medical shops are also witnessing a rush of students demanding memory tonics like Revital and Mega-mind. “Students demand memory tonics one or two months before the commencement of examinations,” said a chemist.
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PDD daily wage staff continue stir
Jammu, January 9 He said if their demands were not accepted by January 11, they would be forced to intensify their agitation across the state. The daily wage workers have been demanding regularisation of services of those engaged after 1994 under SRO 381 of 1981, release of all pending wages and the conversion of need-based employees into daily wage employees. Meanwhile, a handout issued by the union said Congress MP Lal Singh visited the PDD complex at Janipur later in the day and met the agitating employees. Lal Singh assured the union that he would take up its case with the state government and the Centre.
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Manhas elected state BJP chief
Jammu, January 9 Insiders in the Sangh Parivar told The Tribune that during their meeting with the RSS leaders at Veer Bhawan, RSS headquarters, names of all four contenders, namely Shamsher Singh Manhas, Kavinder Gupta, Jugal Kishore Sharma and Bali Bhagat, were discussed. Keeping in view the sensitivity of the state, the RSS leaders suggested that an articulate and aware person be given the charge of this important state, but their suggestion was rejected by the “assertive” BJP leaders. Sources said a senior BJP leader, who especially came to Jammu to evolve consensus, was adamant on the candidature of Manhas, so the two senior RSS parcharaks, who were present in the meeting, surrendered and asked the party leaders to elect a president of their choice. The sources said the RSS leaders were not happy with the way their choice was outrightly rejected by the BJP leaders. In the three-hour marathon meeting at Veer Bhawan, the BJP leaders flatly refused to budge and remained firm on their choice of president. One of the important RSS leaders, while nearly boycotting the meeting, asked the BJP leaders that what was the fun of holding a meeting with them when they had already decided to nominate their own man as state president. While leaving Veer Bhawan, the BJP leaders made it clear that only they would not allow anyone else to become president. The sources said except Nirmal Singh, all other prominent BJP leaders shunned their differences to oppose the choice of the RSS. Nirmal Singh, a former president of the party, while defending the choice of the RSS, suggested that a popular leader be assigned the job, but all other leaders were adamant on the candidature of Later in the afternoon, Vijay Goel, who was the observer for conducting election for the state BJP chief’s post, formally announced Manhas as the new president of the party.
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Army holds Sadbhavna Mela
Jammu, January 9 A large number of people were present on the occasion to share some cheerful experiences of the Army. The selfless role of the Army, especially the Rashtriya Rifles, in bringing about normalcy to the region was appreciated by all. The highlights of the event included a band display, medical and veterinary camps, ex-serviceman help desk and the display of high-tech military equipment. The General-Officer Commanding (GoC), Counter Insurgency Force and Sector Commander, Rashtriya Rifles, conveyed his wishes to all present there. He also lauded the support of public to weed out anti-national elements. District collector KL Khajuria and Poonch SSP Man Singh were also present. Meanwhile, a two-day exhibition based on the theme ‘Know Your Army’ was also inaugurated at Satwari, Jammu,today by Major-General K Surendranath, General-Officer Commanding (GoC), Tiger Division. The exhibition was organised under the aegis of the Tiger Division, which displayed weapons and equipment. Besides, a photo exhibition of various constructive activities undertaken by the Army like the Operation Sadbhavana and the Border Area Development Programme was also a part of the exhibition. A large number of schoolchildren and people from remote villages also visited the exhibition.
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Banks told to update lists of defaulters
Udhampur, January 9 The DDC gave this instruction in a meeting convened to evolve an effective mechanism to ensure faster recovery of outstanding loans from chronic defaulters. Besides the additional DDC, planning officer, chief bank manager of the State Bank of India, Udhampur, tehsildars, block development officers and branch managers of different banks functioning in the district were present in the meeting. Stressing on streamlining the procedure for the expeditious recovery of loans, the DDC called for better coordination between bankers, revenue officers and Block Development Officers to accelerate the pace of the loan recovery process. For the purpose, he gave instructions to the tehsildars to depute their deputies to attend VLBC meetings being held at each block headquarters. |
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Bail pleas of accused rejected
Jammu, January 9 The Principal Sessions Judge held that having regard to the investigation, no case for grant of bail to petitioners at pre-charge stage was made out as the individual liberty had to yield to larger interests of the community and the social interest weighed heavily against the admission of petitioners on bail. Wading through the record of Amandeep murder case titled “State Vs. Jatinder Singh and others”, pending inquiry at the stage of charge, it emerged that Manohar Singh, Sultan Mirza and Satnam Singh had filed bail applications while in custody, and the same were rejected by a reasoned order dated November 16, 2009. They didn’t approach the higher forum and instead filed fresh motions pleading change of circumstances. The court observed: “The investigation has been completed and supplementary challan filed, though Ashok Kumar, accused number 11, alleged to have played an active role to achieve the object of conspiracy from day one, is absconding. The charge in circumstances as amounting from the supplementary challan, is a charge for the worse.”
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SOS village steps in to take care of abandoned newborn
Jammu, January 9 At the “Pamposh House” inside the SOS Children Village, Lissy sits with a smile in her eyes. She is mother to nine children, who were brought to the home after found abandoned at different places. “This child is special. She is the first infant at my house, while others were over four-year-old,” Lissy said. “Today, my wish has been granted as I always wanted to nurture an infant,” she said caressing the baby. There are 12 such mothers who are looking after the abandoned and destitute children at the Children Village. The baby was abandoned at the Government Chest Diseases Hospital in the morning. A man in his sixties had brought her to the hospital. She was wrapped in a sweater only. He handed it over to Surinder Kaur, an attendant, saying he would return soon. After he did not turn up for long, Surinder Kaur brought the matter to the notice of the hospital administration. Later, the Bakshi Nagar police took the custody of the baby and handed her over to the Child Line, Jammu. “We handed the baby over to the SOS Children Village. Last year, we handed over six girl infants to the Children Village,” coordinator, Child Line, OP Gupta said, adding that she was the first abandoned child found by us this year. Director of Children Village Sanjeev Bhat said: “The Children Village has 12 homes, each having 10 inmates, who are either calamity-hit, abandoned or militancy-hit victims. Besides, 65 inmates of the house, who are living in hostels of different educational institutes,” he added.
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PoK refugees burn copies of Justice Sagir’s report
Jammu, January 9 Addressing the PoK refugees, RSM leaders Narinder Singh, Ram Chander Sharma and Yuvraj Gupta, convener, spokesperson and chairman of the morcha, respectively, said the report totally ignored the aspirations of 15 lakh PoK refugees in the state. The government had treated these refugees as second class citizens since Independence because they had no homeland, they added. They said about one lakh PoK refugees were killed in 1947, but this genocide had not been recorded by the UN, adding that the PoK refugees had not been given any compensation till date. They also lashed out at the successive regimes at the Centre, which had not ratified the UN Treaty of Refugees of 1951. The RSM leaders demanded the constitution of a refugees’ development board, reservation in jobs and seats in educational and professional institutions, fresh registration of PoK refugees and a compensation of Rs 25 lakh each to the newly registered family of PoK refugees. The RSM has also decided to hold dharnas in every tehsil and district headquarters on January 22.
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SC rejects plea against HRA to Kashmiri migrant workers
New Delhi, January 9 A Bench comprising justices Altamas Kabir and Swatanter Kumar rejected the plea after arguments by state counsel Anis Suhravardy and Bimar Roy Jad, who appeared for the employees. A number of departments, including power, irrigation, public health and revenue were paying these allowances to such employees who were not given any posting. However, the Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Department of Medical Education, Animal and Sheep Husbandry, Rural Development and teachers from Jammu district denied the facility to Kashmiri migrants. The affected employees had constituted only 20 per cent of the strength of Kashmiri migrants in government service. |
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2 killed as bus falls into gorge
Jammu, January 9 The police said the incident took place at about 4.15 pm, when the vehicle was plying on the Bhaderwah-Doda road. A police official said all injured were rushed to the nearby government hospital immediately after the accident. But, later three of them were shifted to the GMCH, Jammu, in critical condition. A case has been registered. 1 killed, 18 hurt in mishaps
One person was killed and 18 others were injured in road accidents in the Jammu region here, the police said. A police official said a vehicle hit pedestrian Faqir Singh of Swankha Morh on the National Highway, near Swankha Maur, killing him on the spot. The body had been shifted to the Ramgarh hospital for an autopsy. In another incident, a bus overturned at Dhanwan, causing injuries to 10 persons, the police said. All injured were admitted to a hospital. Meanwhile, eight other persons were admitted to the GMCH after they met with minor accidents, the police added. 2 consume poison
Two persons allegedly tried to commit suicide by consuming some poisonous substance in the Jammu region here. They have been identified as Kirpal Singh of Kartholi and Jaipal of Paswal Mandi in Samba, the police said. Body found
The police on Saturday claimed to have found an unidentified body of a man from the Bus Station inJammu. The body was shifted to the morgue of the GMCH, where an autopsy would be conducted on Sunday. |
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Hurriyat team meets foreign envoys in Delhi Srinagar, January 9 This was conveyed to ambassadors of various countries, including Pakistan, during separate meetings by a delegation of the Hurriyat Conference, led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, during the past four days in New Delhi. The delegation, which left Srinagar on Tuesday, comprises senior executive members of the APHC, Abdul Ghani Bhat, Agha Syed Hassan and Bilal Ghani Lone. The delegation visited the National Capital after it had been invited by the Pakistan High Commission to meet the visiting Pakistan parliamentarians on January 6. Other members of the APHC, including Fazal-ul-Haq Qureshi, Shabir Ahmad Shah and Mukhtar Ahmad Waza, however, could not visited the meetings. The delegation held separate meetings with Pakistan ambassador Shahid Malik, a US delegation, German ambassador, Christan Schlaga and First Secretary Erik Kurzweil Tenen and France ambassador Jerome Bonnafont. During the meetings, the APHC delegation apprised the ambassadors and delegations of various countries about the deteriorating situation, human rights violations and ill-treatment of the Kashmir youth detained in different jails, an APHC spokesman here said. The APHC leaders conveyed to the leaders from the international community that the situation in India and Pakistan and in the South Asia would not be peaceful unless the Kashmir issue was resolved. According to the APHC spokesman, the Pakistan ambassador had assured the leaders that it would continue to extend diplomatic and moral support to the “struggle of the people of Jammu and Kashmir”.
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CRPF led operation in Lal Chowk to
kill militants Srinagar, January 9 However, the paramilitary force took lead in the recent operation to eliminate two fidayeen in Punjab Hotel in Lal Chowk and its officers and jawans were in the front line of the operation along with some personnel of the Special Operations Group (SOG), a unit of the state police raised to fight militants. Official sources said DIG, CRPF, Nalin Prabhat played the key role in planning and executing the operation after he took a round of the militants’ hideout and the topography. SP, Srinagar (South), Irshad, who had headed the SOG till recently, led his team of cops. “It was basically these two officers who were the men in charge on the ground. We suffered minimal casualty and the credit goes to them,” a couple of senior officers said. Prabhat is an Andhra Pradesh cadre IPS officer and had led Greyhounds, a highly effective anti-Naxalite police force in Andhra Pradesh credited with the decimation of Naxalites in their bastion, while Irshad is also credited with many successful operations in the valley. An official said there were 16 CRPF jawans and six policemen who stormed the hotel in search of two militants. The operation was especially risky as it was a wooden building and the militants would fire through the wooden floor whenever they heard footsteps. However, only one CRPF jawan, Sadanandan of 180 Battalion, was injured, as the crack team went about its job efficiently. Officials said these jawans were from regular units and not commandos, as some reports had put it. “This operation proves that the CRPF could play an important role in counter-terror operations,” a CRPF official said.
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A teenage boy, who was injured in Maisuma yesterday in firing by security forces to control a raging mob, died in a hospital, sparking large protests in the Dal Gate area, where he lived, today.
Jammu, January 9
Assertive BJP leaders edge out RSS choice 
Jammu, January 9
Just one hour after her birth, she was abandoned, and that too in this chilly weather when mothers leave no stone unturned to keep their babies warm and cosy. The baby was found abandoned at the government hospital this morning. However, luck smiled upon her and in the next three hours or so, she was secure in the warm embrace of a ‘new mother’.
Newborn baby girl Vaishali in the cosy embrace of Lissy John at SOS Children Village at Gole Gujral in Jammu on Saturday. Vaishali was reportedly abandoned by her parents one hour after her birth. Tribune Photo: Anand Sharma
The Refugees’ Sangharsh Morcha (RSM), a recently formed organisation of PoK refugees, burnt copies of the report of Justice Sagir Ahmed (retd) before the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Satwari Chowk here today.
