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Baby theft attempt ‘foiled’ at SMGS Hospital, Jammu
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Metro Programme Jammu-2013 begins
Counselling programme on breast feeding starts
Rape case registered against sarpanch in Surankote
Poonch defeats Jammu in Inter-district cricket tourney
Registration of 25 traders suspended over failure to file I-T returns
JWAM protests against power cuts
Land dispute
Teachers empowerment workshop held
Fencing trials from May 30 at MA Stadium
Omar reviews construction work of Jamia Masjid
CM Omar Abdullah reviews construction work of Jamia Masjid at Talab Khatian on Saturday.
A tribune photograph
Police busts flesh trade racket 450 examined at camp
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Baby theft attempt ‘foiled’ at SMGS Hospital, Jammu
Jammu, May 25 “On May 22, our security staff noticed a woman taking away a newborn female child. It aroused the suspicion of security officer Kewal Singh, who immediately took the woman into custody,” said medical superintendent Dr Dara Singh. During questioning, the woman (Saira Begum of Batote) revealed that the female baby was born to her sister Fatima Begum, whose husband Ghulam Nabi wanted her to adopt the child. “Ghulam Nabi and his wife Fatima Begum already had seven daughters and Ghulam Nabi wanted his sister-in-law to adopt their eighth daughter but without following proper procedure laid down in law books. And this man Ghulam Nabi didn’t even wait for his wife to get discharged from the hospital,” he said. The couple belong to Tantali area of Batote in Ramban district. Ghulam Nabi admitted that he didn’t follow the procedure laid out. “I already have seven daughters and my only son, who was five years old, was killed by a leopard three years ago. Being a poor man, I thought that my eighth daughter should be adopted by my sister-in-law (Saira Begum), who was willing to do so,” he said. She (Saira) has three sons and a daughter. It may be stated here that to check incidents of baby thefts, the authorities in SMGS Hospital early this year here, had introduced token system for the babies in neonatal intensive care units. |
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Residences as commercial centres Sumit Hakhoo
Jammu, May 25 Right under the nose of officials, many residential localities have been completely converted into commercial centres in gross violation of Jammu and Kashmir Control of Building Operation Act 1988. Sources said an internal probe conducted by the corporation about a year back has also revealed open violation of building norms despite strict directions for not allowing conversion of residential premises into commercial ones. As per the law for converting any category of land or building for commercial purposes, a proper permission has to be taken from the competent authority as defined in revenue laws, but in the city, most of the people are violating the set rules. Gandhi Nagar, Trikuta Nagar and Shastri Nagar areas are on top of the list wherein more than 700 violations relating to conversion of residential buildings into commercial houses have been detected. Similar cases could be found in other colonies. “Violations have been committed in connivance with officials of Municipal Corporation and Jammu Development Authority (JDA) and some employees have earned lakhs for allowing the violations,” said an official source. However, efforts of the JMC have got entangled in the court while political pressure is also affecting the efforts to control the menace. Minister for Urban Development Nawang Rigzin Jora had, a few weeks back, asked the corporation to activate its enforcement wing to ensure a complete check on illegal constructions and take strict action. “The enforcement wing should send a strong message across the board about the commitment of government to check unplanned expansion of the city,” said Jora. Sources said that despite notices issued by the government, most of the people who are illegally using their residential properties for commercial properties have not closed down their operations and continue to defy the administration’s directions.
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Metro Programme Jammu-2013 begins
Jammu, May 25 The programme commenced with a debate competition which was followed by a painting competition and an adventure film show at Sprawling Buds School, Chinore, Jammu. In the debate competition, 21 students drawn from various schools participated. The first prize was won by Cheshta Bakshi of St Xavier Convent Senior Secondary School, Barnai, who spoke against the topic. The second prize went to Deeksha Sharma of Shangrilla Public Higher Secondary School, Sarwal and Mahavir Singh of Delhi Public School, Jammu, won the third spot. The two consolation prizes were presented to Deepika Thakur of Amba Kids Panthal, Reasi, who was the only participant to speak in Hindi and Amal Krishana of Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Sainik Colony. Professor Lalit Magotra, president, Dogri Sanstha, was the chief guest on the occasion. He delivered a talk on “personality development of children through adventure games”. He also presented trophies, cash prizes and certificates to the winners and participants of the debate competition, along with S Bhattacharjee, chairman, IMF, North Zone Committee. Chhatarpal and Nirmal Vinod were the judges who were assisted by Mitra Ghosh and Shawetica Khajuria. In the seminar held in the evening session, while Dr Poonam Sharma gave a presentation on employment opportunities in the tourism industry while Soujanya Sharma, Director Tourism, Jammu, spoke on the scope of adventure tourism. Later, Dr CM Seth,
State Director, WWF-India, gave a lecture on the opportunities in eco tourism in J&K. A painting competition for students on the topic “Himalaya/ Nature” was also organised at Sprawling Buds School, Chinore, wherein over 100 students from various local schools participated. Co-curricular bonanza
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Kunjwani-Sidhra bypass emerges as business hub for local population
Jammu, May 25 The Jalandhar-Pathankot-Kunjwani National Highway has become a main road for lakhs of devotees heading to the Amarnath Yatra and Vaishno Devi Shrines in recent years. During the pilgrim season, the road is overcrowded. To ease pressure on Jammu city, 60 per cent tourist traffic bound for Katra and the Kashmir valley is using the Sidhra highway, which directly connects people to
Nagrota, without passing through temple city. Though it has created some fear among the business community in the city, who allege that diversion of traffic will ruin the economy of the old commercial hubs, the road has become a major employment generator for the people in the
Channi, Narwal, Sidhra, Kunjwani and other areas. Till a decade back, the focus was on the highway passing through
Jammu-Satwari but now most of the tourist traffic goes through the bypass. In the past five years hundreds of eating points,
dhabas, showrooms and vehicle repairing shops have come-up on the highway, which has resulted in a hike in the land prices. “Most of the area got developed in the past two decades with the migration from militancy-affected areas. It was a totally forested area. But now, areas along the highway are fast emerging as a business
centre”, said Muhammad Khaliq, a local resident. The main roads, including streets, are packed with shops and business establishments. Though many of them have come up illegally, in violation of the Jammu Master Plan, the area is becoming an important business hub. Last year, the government had formulated a Rs 5 crore plan to install street lights and plant ornamental trees along the
Narwal-Sidhra road to enhance the scenic beauty of the area and make it a tourist attraction. According to the officials, they had submitted a plan before the district administration and are awaiting their nod for
the project. If approved, work is likely to start in coming months. |
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Counselling programme on breast feeding starts
Jammu, May 25 Sud said research had shown that the neonatal mortality rate could be reduced by 16 per cent by initiating breast feeding on the first day and 22 per cent by initiating it within the first hour. “Our study has shown that prior to the counselling programme, women who delivered in an institutional setting often waited until day 3-4 to initiate breast feeding. The delay in initiation reduces the baby’s access to the mother’s nutritious and immune system-boosting first milk known as colostrum and significantly increases the neonate’s death risk,” Sud said. “The state has a neonatal and infant mortality ratio of 32 and 41 per 1,000 live births, respectively, according to 2011 data. Many women were unaware of the importance of colostrum, dangers of pre-lactation feedings and lacked technical knowledge of how to begin breast feeding during recovery. The programme I developed and launched in collaboration with this hospital provides families and new mothers information and support to initiate early breast feeding. By introducing new techniques to mothers, we can initiate breast feeding even if the patient cannot sit or move after normal or cesarean birth,” Sud added. “This information should be shared with all women, including those in rural areas. We should produce videos and pamphlets in local languages. Through this one act, we have the potential to save lives of infants in our state”, said Dr Romesh Gupta, Medical Superintendent, Government Hospital, Gandhi Nagar. |
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Rape case registered against sarpanch in Surankote
Poonch, May 25 Some days ago, when the accused came to know that the girl was pregnant, he offered her some pills to consume, but the girl refused. The accused threatened her if she didn’t consume the pills, he would kill her brothers. The scared girl consumed the pills which caused abortion, said sources. When the victim’s family members came to know of the incident, they came to take her home, but the accused allegedly attacked her family members and injured her brother seriously. Parents of the victim rushed to Surankote police station and narrated the story, police added. SDPO Surankote Javid Iqbal Mir constituted a committee led by SHO Surankote DSP Prob Bashir Ahmed. Police has registered a case under sections 376, 343, 336 and 323 of
CrPC. Crime file
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Poonch defeats Jammu in Inter-district cricket tourney
Poonch, May 25 Chief Education Officer, Poonch, Ashraf Chouhan and Pardeep Khanna, a radio artiste, were the guests of honour. Commanding Officer 39RR Munesh Sharma was also present on the occasion. The final match was played between Poonch and Jammu districts. The Poonch team won the toss and opted to bat first, setting a target of 110 runs. The Jammu district team lost the match by six runs. Amandeep Singh was the highest scorer for the winning team and scored 33 runs off 33 balls while Rohit contributed 17 runs for the team. Ayush from Jammu team took three wickets and gave 15 runs in four overs. In reply, Jammu team could score only 103 runs for the loss of all wickets in 19.3 overs. Jagandeep Singh was the highest scorer for Jammu team by scoring 31 runs while Sahil Mahotra scored 19 runs. Nadeem of Poonch team took two wickets. Mir appreciated the efforts of the DYSS office for organising the tournament. He said talent of the youth should be utilised in such constructive activities. Ayaz Ahmed, District Sports Officer, highlighted the achievements of the department. RS Tofaan, Vijay Kumar, Harbans Singh, Narinder Kumar, Surinder Singh, Chanderkant, Devinder Kumar and Sanjay Misri officiated the matches.
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Registration of 25 traders suspended over failure to file I-T returns
As per the public notice issued, registration has been cancelled under Section 27 (7) of J&K VAT Act-2005 due to which they cannot claim input tax credit on local purchase and cannot import goods from outside the state. Recently, the government had decided to name and shame habitual tax defaulters by publishing their names and addresses in newspapers to force them to file their returns which run into crores of rupees. It has also been decided to upload names of defaulters who either have a huge outstanding tax against their name and are absconding or they have been dodging the taxman for repeated number of times. The public will be informed about such people. Though tax collection in Jammu and Kashmir has improved in the past decade mainly because of a tough stance of the central government, hundreds of people are evading filing of their returns. Despite amnesty scheme launched by the government, many of the defaulters are not coming forward, reportedly forcing the government to publish their names. |
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JWAM protests against power cuts
Jammu, May 25 Residents of Janipur, Amphalla, New Plot, Sarwal Rehari, Bakshi Nagar, Tallab Tillo Subash Nagar Krishna Nagar, Bhagwati Nagar, Top Sherkhania, Roop Nagar, Bantalab traders, people and the prominent citizens burnt the effigies of the PDD and PHE Ministry. Speaking on the occasion, Sunil Dimple, president, JWAM, said the people are forced to spend sleepless nights due to power cuts and there is no schedule being followed by the department. He said the PDD has no satisfactory reply when it comes to the curtailments. He said the voltage is so low that even inverters are not getting charged, electric appliances have become useless and computers are not functioning. Up in arms
Residents of Janipur, Amphalla, New Plot, Sarwal Rehari, Bakshi
Nagar, Tallab Tillo Subash Nagar Krishna Nagar, Bhagwati Nagar, Top
Sherkhania, Roop Nagar, Bantalab traders, people and the prominent citizens burnt the effigies of the PDD and PHE Ministry. Sunil Dimple, president,
JWAM, said the people are forced to spend sleepless nights due to power cuts and there is no schedule being followed by the department |
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Villagers protest against cops, woman hurt in scuffle
Rajouri, May 25 The incident was triggered after two parties had a scuffle over a link road construction in which a woman identified as Noorjahan, wife of Maqbool Hussain, got injured and she lost her consciousness, said reports. Reports said the villagers started raising slogans against two cops, one of whom is head constable and another a constable. One of them has been identified as Mohammed Bashir. Villagers took the injured woman to the middle of the road to register their protest against the cops who had a scuffle with them and fled the spot. The protest was continuing when reports last came in.
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Teachers empowerment workshop held
Jammu, May 25 Interactive sessions were also conducted in between the workshop wherein teachers put forth their problems while dealing with different categories of students. Principal KCS Mehta highlighted the value of skilled teachers and importance of handling all categories of children. Col VK Singh laid stress on value-based teaching and child psychology. The resource person suggested ways and means for tackling students of different capabilities. Sandeep Samra presented the vote of thanks. Chairman of
the school Brigadier SK Dey wished good luck to the school. |
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Fencing trials from May 30 at MA Stadium
Jammu, May 25 The trials will be held from May 30 to 31 at MA Stadium at 4 pm. The interested fencers have been directed to report at the venue with their own equipment to participate in the selection trials. For more information, contact Fencing Coach Chotu Lal (9419291430) and Rashid Ahmed (9419108166). The state team will compete in sabre and foil events in the upcoming championship. |
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Chief Minister Omar Abdullah reviewed the pace of construction work of historic Jamia Masjid at Talab Khatian. He took stock of various aspects of expansion and beautification of the area.
The Chief Minister was accompanied by Minister of State for Home Sajjad Ahmad Kitchloo and National Conference provincial president and legislator Devender Singh Rana. He interacted with the management of the Jamia Masjid, engineers, workers and residents of the area.
— TNS
Jammu, May 25