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LPG distributors’ strike on October 1 leaves consumers worried
A long queue of consumers outside a LPG counter in Jammu on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Anand Sharma
Panthers Party to raise issue of youth in Assembly
Katra Navratra festival from Oct 16
Three challaned in a forgery case
Nine injured as bus turns turtle
Double delight for Doda in inter-district tournament
Snooker meet
Mukteshi wins classical vocal competition
Basmati growers apprised of better agricultural practices
Gandhi Nagar college holds workshop on broadcasting
Personality development workshop organised
Students of MIER College of Education interact with inmates of an old age home in Jammu on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph
PG Dept, MAM College enter basketball final
Belt grading test held
CRPF distributes sports items
Chib condoles demise of
ex-MLC
SP opposes diesel price hike
Samajwadi Party president Sheikh Abdul Rehman addresses a press conference in Jammu on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Anand Sharma
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Now, pay to use
Jammu-Lakhanpur road
Jammu, September 26 The highway, which has been constructed at a cost of Rs 393.31 crore, was one of the main Centrally sponsored project approved in 2005 by the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to facilitate an all-weather road to connect the state with the rest of the country. The NHAI document states that steps would be taken to recover the capital cost through toll tax by users, which would be reduced to 40 per cent of the rates when the recovery is completed. Till then, all the commercial vehicles, including trucks carrying essential commodities, will be charged for using the stretch. The fee will be charged under the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988. Users of vehicles like cars, jeeps, vans or any other light motor vehicle will have to pay Rs 58 per trip for using the highway. On the other hand, those driving a commercial light motor vehicle, light goods vehicle or a minibus will have to shell out Rs 94. Drivers of buses and trucks will have to pay Rs 198 as the user fee. The toll plaza has been set up at Rajbagh near Kathua. “The rate of the monthly pass is Rs 200 for the year 2012-13, which can be changed every year, as per the provisions of the National Highway Fee Rules, 2008,” stated the documents. The four-laned highway was completed last year. The project was assigned to the National Highways Project (NHP) in 2005 and was completed last year. Since then, commuters have been using it for free. The highway has totally changed the travelling experience for the commuters as 12 new concrete flyovers and bridges have also been constructed over rivers such as the Ujh and seasonal nullahs at places such as Bari Brahmana, Vijaypur, Samba, Hiranagar, Rajbagh and Kalibari to make it an all-weather road. Before the project came up, suspension of the traffic on the highway during the rainy season was a routine affair. Paperwork over
The NHAI document states that steps would be taken to recover the capital cost through toll tax by users, which would be reduced to 40 per cent of the rates when the recovery is
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BJP alleges bias with Jammu region
Jammu, September 26 Party spokesperson Ramesh Arora while reacting to the recent appointment of about 25 persons hailing from Kashmir under nursing staff category by Jammu Medical College administration alleged that Jammu-based candidates were ignored. Arora said it would create a wedge between both the regions of the state. “The Kashmir-centric approach of the government has already caused frustration among youth of the Jammu region. Not only this, the government is also planning to appoint senior doctors by violating norms for new faculty in the medical college”, he alleged. He said both the government and medical college principal should desist from such discriminatory policy and Jammu-based candidates be absorbed on priority and others thereafter following all the rules of promotion and appointment. Arora said the government should frame a policy which is not prejudicial and against the interests of Jammu region. In the past, Jammu has witnessed that during the establishment of Central University, the Kashmir-centric NC-Congress government under the leadership of Omar Abdullah had approached the Central government to get one more Central University sanctioned in violation of norms. The Jammu-based ministers, bureaucrats and senior officers of different departments are directly responsible for discrimination with Jammu. The BJP spokesperson said: “We are not against Kashmir but to give undue benefit to a particular region at the cost of others can neither be justified nor acceptable”. If they are so keen to protect the interests of Kashmir region, why Jammu should suffer at the hands of officiating principal of medical college and few bosses in the administration and political field. |
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LPG distributors’ strike on October 1 leaves consumers worried
Jammu, September 26 With September 30 being a Sunday, October 1 being the day of the strike and October 2 being a national holiday, consumers are sure to face inconvenience. The three-day hiatus will add to the prevailing chaos due to rules such as no home delivery of cylinders for the time being and no access to cylinders till the completion of verification process. While the Congress-ruled states have decided to raise the cap on subsidised cylinders from six to nine, other states have been demanding a rollback of the regulation. “Already, nobody is getting cylinders here as the process of verification is cumbersome. Now, the strike will further hamper the process,” said Kuldeep Bhat, a local resident. “Everything is happening so fast that we did not get any time to prepare ourselves for the situation. They first blocked the cylinder delivery service and then started the verification process. We are running out of cooking gas and there is no way to get a new cylinder,” he said. Hundreds of people have been gathering outside the LPG agencies to get their verification process completed as soon as they can. But the impending gap of three days has raised confusion among residents. The director, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, had earlier said they were trying to bring transparency into the system so that the regulation can be implemented in a smooth and an error-free manner. |
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Panthers Party to raise issue of youth in Assembly
Jammu, September 26 Addressing unemployed youth of various districts of the state, who called on him here today, Harsh Dev Singh said the ruling coalition had made loud exhortations and tall pronouncements of providing one job to each family and even promised to provide jobs to middle pass
candidates as well at the time of elections. He said the government never bothered to explain as to what happened to its slogan of one job for each family or to promise of providing eligibility to middle pass candidates for seeking government jobs or to its fast-track employment package. He said the most intriguing aspect of the matter was withholding of lists of selected candidates during the past few months in respect of posts already advertised. |
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Katra Navratra festival from Oct 16
Katra, September 26 Jammu Divisional Commissioner Pardeep Gupta, who is the chairman of the Navratra Festival Celebration Committee, presided over the meeting and informed the members that the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB), Tourism Department, Song & Drama Division, members of the local committees of Katra would jointly work to making the festival a success. The meeting discussed various events which will be part of the festival. Besides “shoba yatra”, devotional song competition, wrestling competition, cultural programmes, religious discourse, exhibition of departmental stalls, “hassya vayang” and “Kavi Samelan” will be the highlights of the festival. Among others, the meeting was attended by Udhampur-Reasi DIG Jagjit Kumar, SMVDSB additional chief executive officer Dr MK Bhandari, Reasi District Development Commissioner Nirmal Sharma, Jammu Tourism director Robin Singh Mehta, Jammu Health Services director Dr Madhu Khullar, Reasi SSP Raghuvir Singh, Information joint director Soujanya Sharma.
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Three challaned in a forgery case
Jammu, September 26 A case has been registered in the Kanachak Police Station against Kalmesh Devi (constable), Banka Ram (principal) and Bishen Dass (vice-principal), who have been sent to judicial custody. Complainant Beero Devi had alleged that Kalmesh Devi had developed relations with influential persons and had succeeded in getting a job for her husband in the Forest Department and for herself in the police in 1997 by procuring a fake middle-pass qualification certificate. According to the complainant, Kalmesh had approached the principal of the Sun Star Academy for procuring the certificate illegaly. Initially, the investigation of the case was conducted by the local police who closed the case by stamping it “not proved” but when the final report of the case was produced in a court, it was not accepted. The Court directed the Crime Branch to re-investigate the case in July, 2010. |
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Nine injured as bus turns turtle
Jammu, September, 26 The ill-fated bus was on way from Doda to Jammu when near Khelani, the driver of the vehicle lost control over the vehicle and it collided with a hill and turned turtle, injuring nine passengers. After receiving the information, a police party rushed to the spot and started rescue operation. The occupants of the vehicle were evacuated and rushed to the district hospital at Doda. The injured who have been admitted to the Doda district hospital are Surinder Singh s/o Diwan Chand and his son Arjun Singh r/o Chakara Bijararani Doda, Muhammad Hanif s/o Muhammad Ishaq, Saleema Begum w/o Muhammad Hanif, both residents of Dhara, Tirth Ram s/o Sadhu Ram r/o Kulnand, Kulshma Begum w/o late Ghulam Hussain, both residents of Bhart, Doda, Manju Devi d/o Balwant Singh r/o Kadal Doda and Sadya Begum w/o Gulshan Lone r/o Gurmal, Doda, and Imtiyaz Ahmed s/o Ghulam Muhammad r/o Mandi Poonch (driver of the vehicle), who has been arrested by the police. |
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Double delight for Doda in inter-district tournament
Jammu, September 26 In kabaddi final, Doda toppled Reasi by 10 points (28-18). Neha Sharma and Shilpa Devi played outstandingly from the winner team. Kailasha and Shakeela also played well for Reasi. Earlier, in the semifinal, Reasi defeated Samba by one point (28-27) in a thrilling contest while Doda got the better of Jammu by 18 points (32-14). In kho-kho final, Doda had last laugh against Reasi by 5 points (7-2). In the semifinal played earlier, Reasi prevailed upon Kathua by (7-2). Priyanka Thapa and Razia Akhtar played well for Reasi. The kabaddi matches were officiated by Ram Murti, Ashok Kumar,
Bua Ditta, Ram Pal and Anubhav Dev. Rajesh Sambyal, Ravi Kumar, Narayan Singh, Balwan Singh, Ravinder Singh Bali, Suraj Dev Singh and Tilak Raj officiated the kho-kho matches. The selected players from the tournament will participate in the upcoming inter-division tournament. Jammu Inspector-General of Police Dilbagh Singh was the chief guest on the valedictory function who distributed prizes among the winner and runner-up teams. |
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Seven cueists move into second round
Jammu, September 26 Neraj Aggarwal was never really recovered from the early setbacks and eventually lost the third frame by 44-42 in a close contest. Sahil Aggarwal toppled Namish Sharma 3-2 frames in a closely fought contest. Sahil got off to a perfect start by winning the first two frames with margins of 51-41 and 54-51. After 0-2 down, it was like a do or die situation for Namish to bounce back and he managed to pull things back. First, he took the third frame by 55-35 and then fetch the fourth frame by 65-55 to equalise the lead. In the decider, Namish put up a spirited fight but Sahil had the last laugh with 40-37 win. In other first round matches played, Himanshu Phaul beat Gaurav Sethi by 3-1 ( 69-34,68-35, 24-46, 60-28), Manik Salotra beat Parth Vasudev by 3-2 (65-30, 38-49, 47-33, 36-50, 65-31), Kuldeep Sharma beat Kaushal Gupta by 3-0 (86-22, 74-16, 80-26) and Sohali Khalid beat Romy by 3-0 (77-18, 63-25, 77-21). — TNS
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Mukteshi wins classical vocal competition
Jammu, September 26 Akash Priya from the Govt. Women College, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu, bagged the third prize. Mukteshi Sharma presented “Chhota and Bara Khayal” in Raga Yaman and stole the show. Rahul Kumar presented “Todi” in Raga Bhupali and the Bandish was “Piya Bin Mora Jiya Tarasaa Re”. Both the items were highly appreciated. Khayal in Raga “Bageshwari” was presented by Akash Priya from the Government Women College, Gandhinagar. The Badhish was “Balma Mori Tore Sang Laagi Re Preet”. Prof NK Tripathi, Dean, Students Welfare, Prof Jasbir Singh, chairman, Campus Cultural Committee, and Dr Shailendra Singh, Associate Dean (SW), distributed the prizes among the winners. The programme was supervised by Anshu Bala, Divya Mahajan and Vaibhav Sharma.
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Basmati growers apprised of better agricultural practices
Jammu, September 26 The programme, which was inaugurated by District Development Commissioner Mubarak Singh, witnessed participation of over 150 progressive farmers of the district. Singh appreciated the Department of Agriculture for organising the workshop to encourage farmers to produce export-quality basmati. He advised the farmers to take full benefit of the workshop and use the techniques in their fields. Senior scientist of the Basmati Export Development Foundation (BEDF) Dr Ritesh Sharma talked in detail on the topic. He said basmati growing in Jammu could be promoted as pesticide-free rice as farmers of the region used the least amount of pesticides on their crop. The executive director, All India Rice Exporters Association, Ranjan Sundrasan, put forth the viewpoint of exporters and committed to purchase basmati produce from Jammu directly from the producers to weed out middlemen. Joint Director of Agriculture (Extension) Dr SS Jamwal while addressing the farmers gave detailed information about steps being taken by the Department of Agriculture for revival of basmati production in the belt, extending from Akhnoor to Kathua covering the RS Pura, Bishnah and Samba areas. |
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Gandhi Nagar college holds workshop on broadcasting
Jammu, September 26 The college has
organised the workshop in collaboration with the Department of Life Long Learning, University of Jammu. The director, Department of Life Long Learning, Dr Poonam Dhawan, who was the chief guest on the occasion, inaugurated the workshop and highlighted the need for acquiring skills to compete in the job market. She spoke on benefits of learning skills pertaining to broadcasting as this was, she said, one of the most popular and emerging areas of
employment. The programme in charge, Radio Kashmir Jammu (RKJ), Ravi Mangotra, who was the guest of honour, apprised the students of technical aspects of radio announcing. The joint director, Information Department, Soujanya Sharma, was the special invitee who spoke on the nuances of
radio and television broadcasting. Experts also spoke on other aspects of radio
such formats and voice modulation. Two technical sessions were conducted on the first day of the workshop. Eminent radio broadcaster Prof Rita Jitendra was the programme coordinator. College principal
Dr Kiran Bakshi presided over the function and encouraged students to enthusiastically participate in such skill enhancing programmes. |
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Personality development workshop organised
Jammu, September 26 The workshop was organised for the MBA IIIrd semester students with a purpose to improve their personality and to inculcate leadership and team management spirit in them. The workshop laid emphasis on team building, communication, inter-personal and group behaviour exercises to acquaint students with the nuances of working in organisations. The workshop emphasised on resume writing along with group discussion and role plays. Prof Versha Mehta, director, The Business School, disclosed that the workshop was an important pre-placement activity. It was conducted by Manjot Gill, director, Mind Bridge Consultants, who is also an alumnus of The Business School. Gill is a widely acclaimed executive coach and organisational development consultant.
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NSS day celebrated by MIER College
Jammu, September 26 The volunteers were accompanied by Rohinika Sharma, NSS programme officer. The visit was an eye opener for the students who interacted with the inmates of the home and lent a patient hearing to their predicaments and helped them release their pent-up emotions. The students pledged to take care of the elderly who have greatly contributed to the society and were now in the down phase of their life and needed the support of youngsters. Earlier, an awareness lecture on NSS was conducted on the college premises. The resource person was Rohinika Sharma. She informed the audience about various aims, objectives and activities of the NSS
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PG Dept, MAM College enter basketball final
Jammu, September 26 In the first semifinal, MAM College got the better of Commerce College by 40-37 points. Karan was the top scorer with 13 points while Pursara managed to garner 14 points for Commerce College. PG Department overcame the challenge of GGM Science College by 46-21 points to enter the final. Ranbir and Amit were outstanding performers from the winner team. The final will be played tomorrow at the same venue. In the women’s section, PG Department trounced Government Degree College Kathua by 40-5 points with utmost ease. Megha scored 15 points followed by Amarpreet with 10 points. The matches were officiated by Aman Sharma, Amarjeet Singh, Manoj Kumar, Rajinder Magotra and Nisha Sharma. — TNS
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Belt grading test held
Jammu, September 26 Around 25 students of Narulas, the First Step School, Trikuta Nagar, excelled in the test. The students who won the orange belt included Pallavi Patel, Saksham Mahajan, Maahirah
Sagar, Vansh Singh Thapa, Gokul Vardhan Sharma, Ayushika Shaahi Abrol, Viren Abrol, Tanish Arora, Aarav Sambyal, Navjot Singh Mehta, Maanya Arora, Arshia Talwar, Savye Sachi Gupta, Samika Jarangal, Humehra Choudhary, Pratham Samnotra, Himanshu Kundal, Parisha Sharma, Rachit Madhav Maharana and Arya Sharma. |
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CRPF distributes sports items
Jammu, September 26 The goods were distributed during a function organised by DIG North. Sports goods were distributed to Higher Secondary School Safakadal, Regional Public School, Safakadal, and Shaheen Public School, Noorbagh. The items included football, volleyball, badminton and sports dresses. The main aim of distribution of these items was to provide students with opportunities to engage in physical activities during school hours.
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Chib condoles demise of
ex-MLC
Jammu, September 26 In a condolence message, the minister described Piyara Singh as a dedicated and devoted politician whose death has created a void in the political arena of the state, specially RS Pura. He said such political leaders always remain alive through their contribution towards the welfare and development of
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SP opposes diesel price hike
Jammu, September 26 Addressing the meeting, state SP president Sheikh Abdul Rehman hailed the decision of SP president Mulayam Singh Yadav in stopping its support to the UPA government. They alleged that the UPA government was losing its credibility because of its anti-people policies. |
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The National Federation of LPG Distributors of India announcing a nationwide strike on October 1 against the cap on subsidised cylinders by the government has raised the apprehensions of residents in the Jammu region, where over 1,25,000 consumers have already been denied cylinders for the time being.
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