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Now, women traffic constables to don blue uniform
To protect sister, ultra killed Hijbul commander
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Rs 5 crore for Sukrala Mata shrine
Bureaucratic reshuffle in state
Shake-up was overdue
Sports dept biased against Jammu youth: Panthers Party
Registration for Amarnath yatra from June 5
Marriage of Kashmiri Pandit
to valley girl brings cheer
Bridegroom Vinod Raina and bride Peelu Pandita. Photo by the writer
IAF drops relief material for stranded Gujjars
Relief material being loaded in an Air Force helicopter at Udhampur on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph
Fake
Appointments
White Knight Corps celebrates Raising Day
Cong workers asked to
strengthen party
Fake
Encounter
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Now, women traffic constables to don blue uniform
Jammu, June 1 To deal with the existing traffic scene, while keeping in mind the women traffic offenders and meet the shortage of staff, these policewomen in blue uniform have specially been posted in the traffic wing to assist their male counterparts in managing traffic. At a majority of busy crossings in the city, these women traffic constables were found issuing challans to the offenders in the morning, as their duty had been fixed for morning shift only. Even these traffic policewomen were seen in a joyous mood, as they liked a change in their uniform and duty too. “We have been ordered to manage traffic and we are ready for the duty, as we have got special training for it. Our uniform has also been changed. We like wearing blue uniform,” said Renu Rajput, a traffic constable. She was earlier posted in armed police. Earlier there were nearly 300 traffic cops to maintain traffic in the city, having a population of more than 8 lakh. Now, 40 women constables, after getting specialised training in traffic management held on
Gulshan Grounds here, have been deployed to deal with traffic chaos in the city. Interestingly, the move was the brainchild of IG (Traffic) Mohammad Amin Shah to introduce women constables in the traffic wing but he was transferred and posted as Managing Director, J&K Police Housing Corporation, yesterday. SP, Traffic (Jammu), Zahid Manhas said, “The move is basically to streamline the traffic scene in the city. Earlier we were facing acute staff shortage but after the deployment of women traffic constables, we will definitely be able to streamline traffic.” |
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To protect sister, ultra killed Hijbul commander
Jammu, June 1 Latif, a police official said, was aghast at the repeated attempts of the senior commander in this regard . The police said there was a dispute over the extorted money also but Latif insisted the real reason was his sister. The police sources said the death of the HM commander had helped the security forces as he was trying to induct youngsters and women into militancy. Sources said in a similar incident, HM ultras Tufail, Nasir and Jaanbaz had killed a woman, Taj Begum, after she refused to marry her daughter to one of them in the Mahore area in May last year. The ultras had also killed bridegroom Aiyaz Ahmed and his father Ahmed Din. In the absence of leadership not only extorted money but young women are causing internecine fights within the remaining ultras of various militant outfits across Jammu. “Having lost their leadership and dwindling support to militancy, remaining ultras are now not only fighting over extorted money but also young women,” sources in intelligence agencies told The Tribune. Security forces eliminated over 40 terrorists within a span of first four months this year, which has left a vacuum in the top leadership, triggering a rivalry between the outfits to gain a foothold on the extortion activities and dominating the areas. |
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Rs 5 crore for Sukrala Mata shrine
Kathua, June 1 During the darbar, villagers projected various demands, including installation of more hand-pumps, opening of a dispensary and the construction of a road. They also demanded the declaration of Dhralta and Salari villages as backward areas. |
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Bureaucratic reshuffle in state
Srinagar, June 1 Mohammad Ashraf Bukhari, Secretary, Public Service Commission, has been transferred as Deputy Commissioner, Kupwara, while Mohammad Abbas, Director Local Bodies, Kashmir, has been posted as Registrar, Cooperative Societies. Sheikh Mushtaq Ahmad, Deputy Commissioner, Anantnag, has been transferred as Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Srinagar. Ajit Kumar Sahu, Deputy Commissioner, Leh, has been posted as Director Technical Education, while M Raju, Additional DDC, has been transferred as Deputy Commissioner, Kargil. Tushar Kanti Sharma, Special Secretary, Forests, has been transferred as Member, state Special Tribunal, against a vacancy while Mohammad Shafi Rather, Director, Technical Education, has been posted as Secretary, Agriculture Production Department. Syed Altaf Hussain, Special Secretary, PDD, has been transferred as Secretary in the PDD. Raj Kumar Bhagat, Managing Director, J&K SC/ST&OBC Development Corporation, has been transferred as Additional Commissioner, Jammu, against a vacancy. MS Sood, Deputy Commissioner, Bandipora, has been transferred as Deputy Commissioner, Shopian, while Farooq Ahmad Renzu, Director, Information, has been posted as Director, Local Bodies, Kashmir. The charge of the post of Director, Information, will be held by Zaffar Ahmad Bhat, Special Secretary to Chief Minister. Manzoor Ahmad Lone, Deputy Commissioner, Kulgam, has been transferred as Deputy Commissioner, Bandipore. Showket Ahmad Mir, Deputy Commissioner, Kupwara, has been transferred as Special Secretary, CAPD and Transport. The IPS officers promoted to the rank of IG are Rashmi Ranjan Swain, Arun Kumar Choudhary, Hemant Kumar Lohia, Pankaj Saxena. The Cabinet also approved the promotion to the rank of DIG of IPS officers Sham Lal Sharma, Jagjit Kumar, Shafqat Ali Watali, Mubarik Ahmad Ganai and Joginder Paul Singh.
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Shake-up was overdue
Srinagar, June 1 The transfers, 56 in the police and 34 in the civil administration at the middle-rung, apart from promotions of nine IPS officers as DIGs and IGs, have come a month after the postings were effected at the lower level. This is the second major reshuffle undertaken during the past 17 months of the National Conference-Congress coalition government. A major shake-up was ordered around this time last year after the first Darbar offices moved to Jammu. The latest reshuffle, according to official sources, was overdue to fill the gaps created by the retirement of several senior officers in the police and civil administration. It had already been worked out and was approved in an hour by the Cabinet at its meeting presided over Chief Minister Omar Abdullah here yesterday. Unlike the past, the sources said the entire process was complete with total synergy between the two coalition partners. There had been reports of differences between the coalition partners, the Congress and the PDP, in the previous regime when the Cabinet decisions were either deferred or delayed.However, the National Conference is of the view that the latest changes, made in the interest of the administration, have been made with full support of the coalition partner.
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Sports dept biased against Jammu youth: Panthers Party
Jammu, June 1 In a statement issued here today, he said the department had sanctioned 500 posts of National Youth Corps for Dal Lake and advertised the same for being filled by the youth of Kashmir. He said likewise additional posts were created for Nagin Lake and shrines of Kashmir where local unemployed youth would be absorbed on a monthly honorarium of Rs 2,500 per month by the Youth Services and Sports Department. The Panthers Party leader regretted that lakes of the Jammu region, including Mansar, Dalsas and Surinsar, besides other religious places, have been totally ignored and not even a single post has been created for the same. He said it was shameful that Jammu-based lakes and shrines had been neglected by the said department despite the fact that it was headed by a Jammu-based minister. He urged the Minister for Youth Services and Sports to undo the wrongdoings, failing which the Panthers Party would launch an offensive against the government. He further lambasted the sports department for mismanagement, chaos, anarchy and corruption. He said it was scandalous that the department had withheld the funds sanctioned previous year for the construction of grounds. He said the funds which ought to be have been utilised by the department before March 31, 2009, were not even released to the executing districts, thereby providing the most glaring instance of financial mismanagement.
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Registration for Amarnath yatra from June 5
Srinagar, June 1 According to Chief Executive Officer, Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), RK Goyal, the registration of pilgrims from the Pahalgam route will not be allowed after August 22 in view of the longer distance and travel time. The registration in respect of the shorter Baltal route will close on August 23. It will be on a “first-come-first-serve basis”. The decisions were taken at a meeting held here yesterday by Governor NN Vohra, who is also the Shrine Board Chairman, with Goyal, Additional Chief Executive Officer Saugat Biswas and others. The Chairman appealed to the pilgrims to strictly adhere to the announced yatra schedule and, under no circumstances whatsoever, venture on the arduous track ahead of the date for which they were registered. He also urged them to carefully read the do’s and dont’s printed on the reverse of the yatra permit and available at the board’s website before starting the pilgrimage. For effective security arrangements, no pilgrims would be allowed to enter or proceed beyond the base camps without a valid permit for a specified date and route. In this context, the CEO appealed to all those who intend to undertake the pilgrimage to complete the necessary formalities for registration and obtain a permit on time. He informed that this year all the labourers, pony and pithuwallahs were also being provided photo identity cards for security purposes. Goyal informed that helicopter services for the pilgrims would be available on each of the Baltal-Panjtarni-Baltal and Pahalgam-Panjtarni-Pahalgam routes. The one-way fare for Baltal-Panjtarni and Pahalgam-Panjtarni had been fixed at Rs 2,425 and Rs 3,800, respectively. Children, between 2-12, would be required to pay half the aforesaid fees. The booking and reservation of seats would commence shortly through online booking or travel agents. Full details of the booking procedure shall be notified on the board’s website in the next few days. He further disclosed that from Panjtarni, the pilgrims would need to cover a hill track of about 6 km to reach the Cave Shrine. The CEO said the helicopter fares this year were substantially lower than those in 2009. He further clarified that to reduce inconvenience and delays, pilgrims who travelled by helicopter would not be required to separately obtain permits as their required details would have been recorded before the issuance of helicopter tickets which would serve as permits.
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Marriage of Kashmiri Pandit to valley girl brings cheer
Jammu, June 1 In the marriage party were many second generation Kashmiri Pandits, who went to the valley for the first time. Muslim neighbours and friends of the family were seen in tears at the ‘vidaayi’ ceremony of the bride. About 3,000 Kashmir Pandits are based in several parts of the valley but they have been marrying mainly among themselves and the same was the pratice among the community members in Jammu division. Sanjay K. Tikku, president of the Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Committee, a body of Kashmiri Pandits living in the valley, said he had not heard of any such marriage post exodus of Kashmiri Pandits. “This is a rare event. I don’t remember any such marriage in the last 20 years of displacement of Kashmir Pandits from the valley. Yes, there have been instances when Kahsmir Pandits from the valley came to Jammu for the marriage of their daughters with local Kashmir youths, but no one dared to go to the valley for marriage,” asserted Kuldeep Raina, general secretary of the Panun Kashmir. Kuldeep Pandita, convener of the JK Thinkers Forum, also seconded the assertion saying this may be the first baraat to Kashmir in the last 20 years as far as he remembers. The bridegroom, Vinod Raina, a police constable who lives in the migrant camp at Nagrota, married a Kashmiri Pandit girl, Peelu Pandita, from the valley. “We went there without making much noise as we all were apprehensive of trouble. But the valley people greeted us,” he told The Tribune. In the busy local market at Seer Hamdan village, 8 km ahead of Chandirigam, it was an emotionally surcharged atmosphere when local Muslim friends of the bride’s father showered petals of rose on the marriage party. In Chandergam village local Muslims arranged dry paddy grass and placed it on the muddy lane to ensure that the shoes and clothes of the members of the marriage party did not get dirty while walking to the platform where the nuptial knot was to be tied and they were to be served with the feast. The singing of local folklore by Muslim women and girls rented the air and the marriage party was listening to it after 20 long years. Raja Appa, a neighbouring Muslim woman, said, “We are very happy to get our daughter married off but we are at pains thinking that she will live in a hostile climate like a migrant, a condition which she is not used to.” (With inputs from Ehsan Fazili in Srinagar)
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IAF drops relief material for stranded Gujjars
Udhampur, June 1 The operation was launched jointly by the divisional and district administration, Udhampur, and the IAF in the wake of reports about over 150 nomads having gone missing from the seasonal migration routes on way to the higher reaches of Kishtwar due to cloudbursts, avalanches and landslides. Though officials said about 25 persons belonging to the Bakarwal tribe were feared dead but the relief operation was launched amid reports of some survivors trapped near the Jabbal nullah in the Warwan area of Kishtwar district. This area suffers due to the lack of road connectivity necessitating air operation. Strategically designed to save the lives of nomads trapped in the Jabbal area of Warwan, the operation primarily dealt with airdropping food packages and woollens. To ensure specific point location of the trapped persons, some of the community members, including Chaudhary Mohammad Latif Khatana, Chaudhary Anwar and Haji Abdul Jabbar, were also made part of the operation. They proved very helpful in locating their trapped brethren, said officials. As per official information, the operation would continue for another day to airdrop essential items, including blankets, folding mattresses, milk powder, biscuits, lighters, rice bags, breads and tarpaulins. The relief material was provided by the Divisional and District Red Cross Societies. Representatives of the communities expressed gratitude for the swift initiatives taken by the civil and IAF authorities.
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Six-day police remand for accused
Tribune News Service
Jammu, June 1 The accused, Shafiq Ahmed, who was arrested from his house at Aitti village in Rajouri by the police yesterday, had allegedly issued hundreds of fake appointment orders, duping several naïve and gullible persons. The 46-year old man, Shafiq Ahmed, claims to be a post-graduate, who was issuing appointment letters for the posts of teachers, lab assistants and Class IV employees in the Education Department by taking hefty amount of Rs 1.5 to Rs 2.5 lakh from aspirants, the police said. It further said the accused was earlier involved in issuing the fake category certificates in the Kotranka area of Rajouri. During the search at his house, the police seized 212 photographs of the job aspirants, letter pad of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, fake appointment orders undersigned by the Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Deputy Secretary Education Department and Tehsildar, Kotranka. Apart from it, 38 orders bearing dispatch numbers with the recommendations of the Chief Minister and fake signs and stamps of Principal Secretary were also seized, the police said. Kewal Krishan Gupta, SHO, Rajouri police station, said, “Shafiq used to stay mostly in the valley. His network was spread across the state.” A case under Sections 467, 468, 471 and 472 of the RPC has been registered against him at the Rajouri police station.
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White Knight Corps celebrates Raising Day
Jammu, June 1 “There is pressure on militants on the other side of the border to intrude into our territory, but we are fully ready to foil their attempts,” said Lt-Gen Roy while talking to mediapersons here this morning after attending the 38th Raising Day celebrations of White Knight (16) Corps at Balidan Stambh. He said the Army would ensure that the situation on the border remained peaceful so that people could perform their daily chores without fear. “The Army is ready to tackle any situation on the LoC and elsewhere in the state,” Lt-Gen Roy said, adding that adequate deployment had been made to thwart the nefarious designs of the enemy. On the forthcoming Amarnath yatra beginning July 1, the GOC said the security forces would ensure that no untoward incident takes place during the pilgrimage. Proper security arrangements would be put in place to ensure hassle and incident-free pilgrimage, he added.
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Cong workers asked to
strengthen party
Srinagar, June 1 The PCC president and former Union Home Minister Saifuddin Soz had recently announced that there was an immense increase in the party membership which had increased to about 5 lakh from the last year’s two lakh. This is the second time that the Congress has entered into a coalition in the state. Soz and other senior Congress leaders, including PHE Minister Taj Mohiuddin, were present here today on the occasion of a national-level seminar on the “Role of Indian National Congress in Strengthening Democracy in India”. Those who attended included Ms Anjali Rai, National Coordinator for Congress’s Foundation Day celebrations, and Prof of History of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi,Rizwan Quisar. Taj Mohiuddin urged the workers to prepare for the next Assembly elections. Rizwan Quisar highlighted the fact that secularism happened to be the bedrock of democracy and the Congress being thoroughly secular had the capacity to further strengthen democracy in the country. |
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DNA samples of youths’ parents taken
Tejinder Singh Sodhi Tribune News Service
Srinagar, June 1 Meanwhile, the three arrested have been remanded in police custody by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sopore, till June 5. Sources say one of the accused, who is in custody, told his interrogators that he was promised a cash reward of Rs 1.5 lakh and a few bottles of liquor, “if he arranges men to cross over the LoC ”. “I thought that the Army wanted men to be sent across the LoC to bring militants from there.They (Army men) offered money and liquor to me, but I never knew that the men we would arrange would be killed in the encounter,” one of the accused told the police. He also alleged the officer (Major) told him to tell the youths that they would have to work as porters and would be given a daily salary of Rs 2,000.
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