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GMC junior docs want CRPF protection
Chenani-Nashri tunnel project
2 ETT teachers do a ‘Sholay’ atop mobile phone tower
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State Sports Council not happy with state of affairs, rue lack of
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Challenges posed by global economic meltdown discussed at conference
Prof SK Jain, Vice-Chancellor, SMVDU, addresses a day-long National conference at SMVDU, Katra, on Monday. A Tribune Photograph
Residents protest against the PDD in Jammu on Monday. A Tribune photograph
Powers of 14 departments devolved to panchayats, says minister
Govt may resume plots: Jora
Champs Club cruise into T20 semis
Plus 2 lecturers demand filling of vacant posts
Inter-Department Sports Meet
JKHDF demands transfer of Manjakote bank manager
Toilet facility at all schools: Tara
Cricket tournament
Guru Nanak Club win District Hockey Championship
Local youth to address World Youth Summit
One hurt in firing in Nowshera
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GMC junior docs want CRPF protection
Jammu, April 1 They also demanded replacement of J&K police personnel from the premises of the hospital alleging that they had encouraged the attendants of the deceased last night to attack them. Meanwhile, para-medical staff also went on strike on Monday afternoon following scuffle between the attendants and a senior doctor. “Rather than preventing the attendants of the patient from ransacking the emergency block, the police was encouraging them. There is no security for the junior doctors who face abuse from attendants everyday,” a protesting doctor said. He alleged the deceased was an alcoholic and was in a critical condition when he was admitted in the hospital. “We tried our best to help him but he did not respond to treatment and died,” junior doctors maintained. Though the senior officers of the Department of Health tried to pacify the protesters, but they did not relent and asked the hospital administration to create better security arrangement in the college. The strike continued till reports came in late last night. A patient Farooq Khan of Mendhar, who was admitted in the emergency wing died in the evening. Meanwhile due to the strike by the paramedical staff, medical services were affected in the GMC while the number of attendants was seen looking for staff to provide essential medicines to the patients. “Why should we suffer because of the misdeeds of others? There are only few doctors available in the wards and our relatives are suffering because of the strike. This issue should be sorted out immediately,” said Sharda Devi, an attendant. The medical college and its associated hospitals are often in the news for patient-doctor clashes mainly due to huge pressure on the staff. Though in some cases, medical staff is also responsible for not paying attention to the patients, but owning to a huge influx of the people for medical help, they are unable to deal with all the cases.
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Workers strike: Oz firm threatens to quit
Our Correspondent
Batote, April 1 The LWCPL incurs a loss of Rs 1 crore per day on each portal (end) of the tunnel. The alleged “failure of the local administration in providing the security and the congenial environment” prompted the Project Director, LWCPL, Bruce Neave, in threatening to pull off the project and leave it half way during a meeting in the office of the DC, Ramban, SV Meena, on Saturday. According to sources, following the termination of its three local workers on Thursday allegedly for assaulting and threatening the senior officers by them on Wednesday, the workers went on strike on both the portals simultaneously on Wednesday night under the leadership of M Arshad Malik and Rashid Malik alias Billa, president and vice-president of the C-N Tunnel Workers Committee. The committee is affiliated with the Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU) headed by the CPI (M) J&K, general secretary, MY Tarigami. The committee demanded the reinstatement of all their terminated workers. The trio was instigated by one of the local leaders who was terminated a few months ago for theft. “The LWCPL has been recruiting and terminating the poor workers unlawfully. The hapless workers are recruited after asking them to sign on an affidavit having unreasonable conditions. When they protest against the violation of their rights, they are terminated without serving any prior notice,” alleged Arshad. “Yet another chance of any settlement was wasted today as like other hearings (March 14 and 25) none of the LWCPL officers attended the court of the Central Regional Labour Commissioner, Jammu. Their representative declined to get involved in any settlement today,” alleged Om Prakash, J&K, CITU general secretary. Denying all these charges, one of the top officers of the LWCPL preferring to remain anonymous said “the Labour Laws are applicable to employees only and not the daily wagers” and the workers are being paid very lucrative wages besides peerless allowances, facilities and incentives. “All these terminated workers have criminal cases registered against them,” he said. Till last reports came in, separate meetings of the civil and senior police officers chaired by the respective Deputy Commissioners were going on at Udhampur and Ramban to resolve the issue.
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2 ETT teachers do a ‘Sholay’ atop mobile phone tower
Jammu, April 1 Deep Singh, one of the members of the JAC, while confirming the development said both Rakesh Pant and Bhanu Partap Singh were forced to take the extreme step to show their resentment on the official apathy. “Both are very responsible citizens, but the way the things are going on at the moment has left no other option but to bring the crucial issue to the notice of the authorities through this unsafe act,” said Deep Singh. “The two members were sitting on a routine dharna outside the premises of the J&K State Board of School Education. They left the venue at 10 am without informing anybody about this step. We got to know when a member told us over the phone that Rakesh Pant and Bhanu Partap Singh had climbed the mobile tower,” a JAC member claimed. The drama continued till afternoon and it was only after the Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) along with JKBOSE secretary Renu Goswami informed both the members that the Deputy Chief Minister, Tara Chand, had assured to solve the vexed issue within a week. On hearing from the ADC and the secretary, the members climbed down from the tower.
Another JAC member Dr Hari Dutt Shishu alleged that the JKBOSE was handed over to a corrupt chairman who even after being recalled by his parent Department of Higher Education was staying in the office for fulfilling his corrupt-agenda of recruitment. Drama unfolds
High drama was witnessed today near Rajpura Mangotrian road where two members of the Joint Action Committee (JAC), ETT Colleges, J&K, climbed up the mobile tower demanding that the ETT examination be concudted for 24,000 students pursuing the ETT course in various colleges of the state |
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State Sports Council not happy with state of affairs,
Jammu, April 1 The meeting was chaired by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who is also
the president of the Sports Council. Feroze Ahmad Khan, Minister of State for Youth Services and Sports, had informed the House that the J&K Horse Polo Association was not working for the development of the sport in Ladakh Division currently. He said all polo activities in Ladakh were organised by the Polo Foundation Committee,
Drass, with the financial support of Lalit Suri Foundation. He desired that financial help be provided to the said body for the promotion of traditional polo sports annually. Dr Sheikh Mustafa
Kamal, member, Sports Council, claimed that no grant in aid had been provided to the J&K Kayanking and Canoeing Association during the last two years. He further said two sets of Kayak/Canoe boats, approved by the standing committee, had not yet been procured and the liability of the 34th National Games was not cleared and paid to the association. It was decided that Secretary, State Sports Council, would sought the convenience of Chief Minister for conferment of Sher-i-Kashmir Sports Awards for the period 2002-03 to 2009-10. SM Bali, another member of the Sports Council, sought early release of the funds. He said despite a number of activities carried out by the J&K Handball Association, no grant in aid was provided to the association. He added that the awards under various categories, adopted by the council in 2002, were not provided to the officials or sportspersons. Bali claimed that some outstanding sportspersons of the past had not yet been recruited, despite the identification of posts. However, the secretary, State Sports Council, was asked to look into the matter and take up the issue with General Administration Department (GAD)
for early clearance of pending cases. Romesh Mahajan proposed that
stadia/fields should not be given for non-sports functions adding that it disrupted the normal activities. Later, it was decided that the fields would be provided for non-sports functions where chances
of damage to the fields were minimum. International Wushu player Kuldip Handoo pointed out that there was no sports policy in J&K and suggested that the same should be framed on the pattern of the neighbouring states. He also proposed amendments in SRO-349 on priority basis. |
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Challenges posed by global economic meltdown discussed at conference
Katra, April 1 The event started with lighting of the lamp by the chief guest Prof SK Jain, guest of honour and keynote speaker, Prof Neelu Rohmetra, Rector, Kathua campus, JU and Ashok Kumar Mattu, DGM, Reserve Bank of India, Jammu. The session was also chaired by Prof BC Sharma, Dean of placements, The Business School, JU, Prof Varsha Mehta, Director, The Business School, JU, Prof ND Mathur, Dean, University of Rajasthan, Prof BK Basu, University of Kolkata, Prof D Mukhopadyay, Dean, College of Management, SMVDU, Prof TA Bhawani, Economist from Institute of Economic Growth and the faculty members of the College of Management. The keynote addresses were delivered by Prof Jain, Prof Mukhopadhyay, Prof Rohmetra and Prof Basu. In his inaugural address, Prof Jain highlighted the challenges faced by the organisations during meltdown and hoped that the deliberations in the seminar would be fruitful and find out some viable solutions. Speaking on the occasion, Mattu introduced 7C’s in the context of recession. Prof Rohmetra highlighted the importance of cross-cultural knowledge of the human resources in the organisations. Prof Basu drew attention towards the Euro-American financial risk and its impact on India. Prof Bhawani shared his views on the importance of manufacturing industry in economy and its impact on India. Prof Mathur enriched the session with the main focus on the flat economy followed by the paper presentations by research scholars from different parts of the country in two parallel sessions. Thirty quality research papers on different dimensions to combat the issue of recession were presented during the conference. The technical session reports were presented by Dr Jyoti Sharma from SMVDU and Dr Sanjeev Gupta from Central University of Himachal Pradesh. |
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Talab Tillo residents block traffic against inflated power bills
Jammu, April 1 A large number of residents led by Sanjeev Sharma blocked the Jewel-Talab Tillo road and raised slogans against the department alleging harassment at the hands of the power department. Protesters alleged that some families had been served inflated bills, which far exceeds their consumption. “We have met the officials in this regard but they have not shown any interest in solving the issue. Instead they are asking us to pay the bills or face disconnection of power supply,” Sharma said. He also warned of marching towards the office of the Chief Engineer if no step was taken to solve their issues. Executive Engineer of the area, Devinder Kundal, feigned ignorance about the issue. He said he had no knowledge about alleged inflated bills. “At times some defaulters try to pressurise us alleging that bills are wrong. There is no such case. The government has already launched an amnesty scheme and if they have any problem in this regard, they can benefit from the scheme,” Kundal said. He claimed that in 90 per cent of the cases, people who were not paying bills on time leveled allegations against the department. The PDD claims of having constituted effective special enforcement wing to expose power thieves, but the wing has failed to deal with the menace. Left without police help or adequately trained staff, most of the employees engaged by department avoid localities where power theft was rampant. Political interference makes these squads think twice before laying their hands on influential persons, he said. |
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Powers of 14 departments devolved to panchayats, says minister
Jammu, April 1 He said to ensure the devolution on ground, the state government had appointed ADDCs as nodal officers to coordinate among various departments to ensure that the functions were transferred to panchayats. He said the process of devolution had started gaining ground. In addition various other departments along with the Department of Rural Development and Panchayats had already been allotted funds to the panchayats for various interventions. Sagar said to plan and identify beneficiaries, the plans and lists of the beneficiaries were discussed in the panchayat and placed before the Panchayat Majlis. After the same is passed by the Majlis, the panchayat adopts the same through a resolution. He said regarding supervision and monitoring of the schemes, the sarpanch distributes those functions among various members who report back to the panchayat. He said the elected members of panchayat monitor and supervise the functioning of the SSA and NRHM schemes. He said the government would ensure complete enrolment of children in primary schools, vigilance on regular attendance of primary school teachers, non-teaching staff and students and report it to the authorities concerned.
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Govt may resume plots: Jora
Jammu, April 1 He said the provision of space for creation of different facilities like health centre, library, PHE reservoir, tube wells, parks, walkways, re-creational club and community halls had already been kept in the colony. Balwant Singh Mankotia raised the supplementary and demanded that the land kept reserved for a specific construction in town area should be utilised only for that purpose. Replying to another question by Haji Mohammad Ashraf, Jora said development of drainage system in Sopore town had been taken up under state sector and this year an amount of Rs 42 lakh had been made available for the purpose. He said a separate building in Sopore Town Hall premises, for the office of Municipal Council, had already been constructed and efforts were being made to shift the office of the council in the building constructed for the purpose. He added that the sanitation work in different wards of the town was being carried out properly and there was no shortage of sanitation staff. |
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Champs Club cruise into T20 semis
Jammu, April 1 Batting first after winning the toss, CCC posted a total of 172 runs , losing six wickets in the process. Sonu scored 67 runs with the help of 7 hits to the fence. Raghav and Vasu supported him well and contributed 32 and 24 runs respectively. Raghav hit 3 boundaries while Vasu struck 4. For
TCC, Devinder, Pankaj and Yash shared two wickets apiece. Chasing 173 runs to win, the opening pair for
TCC, Gautam and Sahil had an impressive partnership of 56 runs in seven overs but their departure triggered a dramatic middle order
collapse. Gautam made 45, including three hits to the fence, while Sahil chipped in with useful 36 runs. Rohit also contributed 20 runs but in vain as TCC could manage 149 runs for the loss of eight wickets. For
CCC, Arun and Chandan were the pick of the bowlers with three wickets apiece whereas Chotu took two
wickets. — TNS |
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Plus 2 lecturers demand filling of vacant posts
Doda, April 1 In the meeting, the recent promotion lists of principals, ZEO's and lecturers was hailed as a highly desired requirement and a feeling of appreciation was visible amongst all the members in the meeting that Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand had done great favour towards the educational community. He appealed to the authorities to fill up 350 vacant posts of lecturers and effect transfers before adjustments so that those may be suitably adjusted whose stay had matured and had applied for transfer. It was stressed that since it was the start of the session, transfers and adjustments at this time were very appropriate for the district. New posts may be created where the strength of students was exceptionally large as it was in Higher Secondary School,
Kilotran, where more than 300 students had only one English lecturer, the forum said. |
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Law dept script win in volleyball
Tribune News Service
Jammu, April 1 From the Law Department, Mohit Sharma and Manjeet Singh played outstandingly well while Nawdee Sen and Mohammad Israr also played well for Law School. The match was officiated by RC Sharma, Mulkh Raj Sharma, Stanizn Namsas, Sandeep Kour and Mamta Sharma. In badminton final, Law School had the last laugh against Physical Education Department by 2-1. In the first singles, Chander Dev Manhas defeated Amit Sharma while Anurag lost to Anurag Singh. In the decider, the duo of Chander Dev Manhas and Akal Shah toppled Amit Sharma and Taranpal Singh by 2-0. In table tennis, Physical Education Department trounced Law Department by 2-1. In the first singles, Amit Sharma lost to Addul Salam while Taranpal Singh trounced Vinay Kumar in the second singles. In doubles event, Amit and Taranpal outplayed Abdul Salam and Vinay to emerge victorious.
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JKHDF demands transfer of Manjakote bank manager
Rajouri, April 1 Speaking here in a press conference at
Rajouri, Chairman of JKHDF Mohammed Sayed Mugal said some people of the region had approached him to complain of the misbehaviour and alleged indiscipline of Bank Manager,
Manjakote, a few days back. He said, “When I approached the bank, along with some other members of the society, I was astonished to see the arrogance and the low level of functioning of the
bank.” Mughal alleged that on one side the J&K Bank says “customer satisfaction is our Motto,” and on the other hand the staff misbehaves with costumers. A local, Rahil Lone, said the common man was suffering in the situation and that residents appeal to the Chairman of J&K bank to take necessary action against the branch manager so that people can get proper services instead of harassment. They have also appealed to the Chairman of the J&K Bank to appoint a new manager who would work for the masses. |
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Toilet facility at all schools: Tara
Jammu, April 1 Replying to a Calling Attention Notice by Prof Chaman Lal Gupta, Chand said constitution work of lavatory points in 225 schemes in the district was in progress and till their completion, temporary toilet facilities had been provided for the convenience of the students in these institutions. He said lavatory facility in 51 schools in Jammu West was available, adding that such facility had also been provided temporarily to mobile primary school, Lakkar
Mandi. |
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Chemistry dept win inaugural tie
Tribune News Service
Jammu, April 1 Batting first, Dogri department garnered 103 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the allotted 16 overs. Bupinder Singh and Shiv Sharma hit 45 and 31 runs respectively. For Chemistry department, Amnish took three wickets while Vishal Kotwal and Atul grabbed two and one wicket respectively. In reply, Chemistry department did the needful in just 9.2 overs, without losing a single wicket. Bhupinder Singh and Atul played match-winning knocks of 44 and 39 runs respectively. The match was officiated by Raj Kumar, Vijay Dogra and Sat Paul.
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Guru Nanak Club win District Hockey Championship
Jammu, April 1 GNC stretched their lead further to 2-1 in the 38th minute through Mandeep Singh while Janak Singh struck in the 49th minute to make it 3-1. YSC finally managed to pull one back through Rajinder Singh to minimise the margin.
GNC, in the meantime, added one more goal to their kitty in the 68th minute to seal their
win. Ajit Sahu, Deputy Commissioner, Jammu was the chief guest on the occasion and gave away winner and runner-up trophies to the teams. The tournament was organised by Hockey J&K. |
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Local youth to address World Youth Summit
Dr Rashid will speak on 'Science Diplomacy'. He will also lead the Indian delegation during talks on the Global climate vision 2020. Indian delegation would also visit the St Petersburg State University for a three days exchange
visit. — TNS |
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One hurt in firing in Nowshera
Rajouri, April 1 Dayan Singh of Nanyal village of Nowshera in Rajouri was injured at firing range mysteriously in the morning when a bullet passed through his leg while crossing near the Army firing range. He was taken to the hospital in Nowshera where his condition is stated to be stable.
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A UGC-sponsored National conference on “contemporary issues in business with reference to global economic meltdown” was held on the campus of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), Katra, today. The one-day conference was organised by the College of Management, SMVDU and was inaugurated by Prof Sudhir K Jain, Vice-Chancellor of the university.
“Additional DC and JKBOSE secretary have approached the JAC members and they have given them assurance to sort out all important issues including conducting of the ETT exams within a week,” Deep Singh said. Meanwhile, the JAC further claimed that JKBOSE’s written tests notification for the posts of Junior Assistants was totally suspicious and against the norms. Singh alleged that Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand was behaving like a stranger by permitting the outgoing JKBOSE chairman to continue his day-light corruption.
Jammu, April 1