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Dengue death
Workshop focuses on biotechnology
Tributes paid to 12 killed in 2002 terror attack
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Absence of anaesthetist leaves Doda hospital ailing
Gumat fire incident: CCIJ seeks relief for shopkeepers
Agri-technocrats demand review of Cabinet decision
Office-bearers of Jammu and Kashmir Agriculture Technocrats Association address mediapersons in Jammu on Tuesday.
Tribune photo: Anand Sharma
World Blood Donor Day observed
Reasi DDC Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary flags off a rally to mark the World Blood Donors' Day in Katra on Tuesday. A
Tribune photograph
Sanitation drive launched in Katra ahead of navratras
North Zone Inter-State Badminton Championship begins
GDC Rajouri beat GDC RS Pura in kabaddi
Mukteshi of GCW, Parade, wins classical music competition
A performance in classical music under way during the ‘Display Your Talent’ competition at the University of Jammu on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Inderjeet Singh
Free medical camp organised
BOSE's move to invite suggestions welcomed
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Health dept says its hospitals not approached
Claims 24-year-old was admitted first to an Army hospital and then in a Ludhiana medical institution Sumit Hakhoo Tribune News Service
Jammu, October 1 Director Health Services Dr PS Pathania has also demanded action against people involved in ransacking of office and beating up of the CMO, who has been admitted in Government Medical College (GMC). "Tests of the patient were conducted in some private lab and without getting our help. Why was the CMO attacked and beaten up by the people, when the girl had died in Ludhiana? We are also sad about the death of the young girl," said Dr Pathania. He blamed the police for its failure to prevent ransacking of the CMO's office and alleged that police including senior officers were watching as mute spectators when the doctor was beaten by local residents, who were angry over the death. "No government doctor was consulted by the family of the deceased. We are concerned over misleading of people by private labs, who claim that they conduct tests for the dengue fever at their labs," Dr Pathania said. Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir Medical Employees Federation (JKMEF) has demanded arrest of the people involved in the attack and has given a 72-hour ultimatum to the government, threatening suspension of work. More than 71 people have been detected with dengue fever in Jammu alone and have been admitted in Government Medical College (GMC) and other district hospitals. The health department has also constituted several field teams to create awareness among the people about the disease. Dengue is an acute fever caused by a virus and has two forms — dengue fever and dengue haemorrhagic fever — which is more severe with bleeding and sometimes with shock, which may lead to death too.
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Workshop focuses on biotechnology
Jammu, October 1 The resource persons of the workshop were Swarkar Sharma and Ekta Rai from Sri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Parvinder Kumar from University of Jammu and Sandeep Dogra from the Government Medical College, Jammu. The resource persons dealt with different aspects of Microbiology and Biotechnology like history, scope and origin
of microbiology and biotechnology, enrichment culture techniques and culture media, spectrophotometry and colorimetry, industrial products
derived from microbes and infectious disease transmission. Pragya Khanna, the organising secretary of the programme, said the workshop had been especially organised to provide an exposure to the students of the newly inducted course of biotechnology which the college started from the current session. Hemla Aggarwal, principal of the college, said
the college under the "Star College Scheme" had developed full infrastructural facilities consisting
of high-tech equipment to aid such modern sciences and the college would be organising
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Tributes paid to 12 killed in 2002 terror attack
Jammu, October 1 The dead included DSP Jagtar Singh, sarpanch Janak Raj Sharma of Gurah Mundian village and a mini bus driver Vikrant. "It is very unfortunate that even after 11 years of a terror attack that saw killing of 12 innocent persons and injuries to 10 others, twin terror attacks took place on September 26 in Kathua and Samba districts that left 10 more persons dead," said chairman of the Youth Federation, Dheeraj Gupta. Gupta said that twin terror attacks again exposed chinks in the so-called three-tier security grid at the Indo-Pak border. Notably, the BSF mans the 191.5-km-long International Border and then comes the Army as second line of defence followed by border police. "In 2002, their (ultras') modus operandi was the same. They had infiltrated from across the border, had worn combat fatigues and had hijacked a mini bus from Kattal village early morning before reaching Hiranagar Morh on the highway where they attacked a video coach bus coming from Delhi," recalled Gupta. Kaushalya Devi, mother of Chaman Lal — one among the 12 killed, said, "The world comes crashing down on families who lose their members in such terror attacks. Time and again, they (ultras) come from across the International Border and then kill innocents." She said that the government should give a serious thought to the security grid in place at the border. Ashwani Kumar, son of sarpanch Janak Raj
Sharma, said, "Going by the state of affairs, a constant fear keeps lurking over the people living
close to Jammu-Pathankot highway." Militant outfit Al-Mansoorian had claimed responsibility for the attack. |
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Absence of anaesthetist leaves Doda hospital ailing
Jammu, October 1 On Monday night, around 11.30 pm, a patient from Seel village was rushed to the hospital and doctors advised her to go for surgery, but due to non-availability of an
anaesthetist, the hospital administration referred her to Jammu. “We were not in a position to shift the patient out of Doda as her condition was very bad, but nobody in the hospital came to our rescue. We were at the mercy of God and the hospital staff shunned their responsibility when told about the patient,” said Nayeem Ahmad, who was accompanying the patient in the hospital. The District Hospital Doda is the only hospital catering to a population of around 3 lakh living in tehsil
Doda. Every day, hundreds of patients from rural areas reach the District Hospital for check-ups and a few with serious problems are being advised to go for surgery. Maternity cases in the hospital are increasing day by day. Thus, non-availability of an anaesthetist hampers work. At the time of any eventuality, the district hospital administration calls the anaesthetist from Sub-district Hospital
Bhaderwah, where two anaesthetists are working. But at times, the anaesthetist from Bhaderwah refuses to come due to rush of patients in Bhaderwah hospital. Thus, it is taking a toll on lives of people across
the district. “Yes, we are in with a problem as regards the anaesthetist's position. The number of sanctioned posts of anaesthetists in the District Hospital is two, but we have only one doctor. Whenever he goes on a vacation, the problem arises,” said Ajay Kumar Gupta, Chief Medical Officer
Doda. Gupta said he did not have the authority to recruit and send doctors on vacant posts. “I have some limitations. It is the government's job to recruit more doctors and post them in District Hospital
Doda,” the CMO added. |
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Gumat fire incident: CCIJ seeks relief for shopkeepers
Jammu, October 1 In a press statement issued here, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Jammu said, "We are pained over the unfortunate fire incident at Gumat area which took place in which at least 40 shops were gutted and completely destroyed in a devastating fire." On receiving the information, a CCIJ team headed by its president YV Sharma and accompanied by secretary general, Arun Gupta, visited the area and talked to the aggrieved shopkeepers. The shopkeepers told the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Jammu team that not only had they lost their hard-earned money but also they had lost the source of livelihood for themselves and their families completely due to the fire incident. Expressing sympathy with the shopkeepers, the Chamber team assured that it stands behind them in this hour of grief and distress and would take every possible step for their rehabilitation. It also appealed to the government to provide immediate relief to the affected shopkeepers so that they could restart their business and are rehabilitated. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Jammu chief also spoke to the District Development Commissioner AK Sahu and SSP Jammu Atul Goel, requesting all possible help to the affected shopkeepers from the administration. |
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Agri-technocrats demand review of Cabinet decision
Jammu, October 1 Under the plan, the government had decided to start regularisation of eligible, selected ReZ candidates from April 1, 2014 (Phase -I), April 1, 2015 (Phase-II) and April 1, 2016 (Phase III), by technocrats saying that it will leave behind hundreds of youth who are overage as there will be no batch-wise engagement. Agri Technocrat Association president Surinder Randotra said the government has promised to fulfil their genuine demands by absorbing them as per batch-wise scheme, but merit will be considered now for their regularisation. After a nearly six-month-long agitation in 2011, the government had constituted a high-level committee headed by Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather to prepare a comprehensive proposal for absorption of unemployed agriculture technocrats, which was later cleared by the Finance Department, Planning Department and by the Cabinet on August 4, 2011. Dr Radotra said that seniority should be considered based on the years of passing of ReZ rather than merit as many of those engaged have been working since 1999 and they will be left out in the process. "The Cabinet has considered merit-wise selection of the candidates, but it will leave many people behind despite the fact that they have given more than a decade to the department," Dr Radotra said. He alleged that every time the honorarium is released, the technocrats have to provide declaration certificate from the court (bond paper) to their respective officers which should stop as it is very humiliating for them.
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World Blood Donor Day observed
Katra, October 1 The main function was held here at Government Higher Secondary School, Katra, where Reasi District Development Commissioner Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, who is also the chairman of the Reasi District Red Cross Society, flagged off a rally. About 300 students participated in this rally, which aimed at encouraging people to donate blood. The rally passed through main locations of the town and culminated where it had started. Speaking on the occasion, Choudhary highlighted the importance of the day and new initiatives of the District Red Cross Society, Reasi, for the diversification of the role of society. Reasi Senior Superintendent of Police Sharief Chouhan, DRDA project officer Jagdish Mehra, DIC general manager Krishan Lal, Reasi Chief Education Officer Ashok Sharma, AD Drug Controller Munish Gupta, Reasi DIO Parvinder Kour, physician Dr Harsh Kumar Sharma, Katra Government Higher Secondary School principal Tripta Bhardwaj and heads of various schools were present on the occasion. Later, the Department of Information and Public Relations, Reasi, organised a film show and cultural programme in Government Higher Secondary School, Katra, to motivate and educate students about the significance of blood donation. Similar rallies and symposiums were also organised at Reasi, Pouni, Mahore, Arnas and Chasana where Reasi Additional Deputy Commissioner Rajinder Singh Tara, Chief Animal Husbandary Officer Dr Rana and Mahore SDM AK Khajuria were present. |
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Sanitation drive launched in Katra ahead of navratras
Katra, October 1 Superintendent of Police (SP) Sharief Chouhan and CRPF Commandant Sunil Kumar accompanied the DC. Executive Officer, Municipal Committee, Ravi Kumar conducted the drive. The DC and the SP inspected the venues of Navratra Festival and took stock of various beautification and facelift works at the bus stand and stadium. The spot identified for disposal of solid waste was also inspected and directions were issued for that waste be disposed only at the identified place. The PHE Department has been directed to ensure a round-the-clock supply of drinking water in the town, for which two more tankers have been deployed. The PDD is carrying out illumination and the Municipality is giving a facelift to the town. Earlier, the DC convened a meeting to review the arrangements for the festival. Issues such as the deployment of security personnel and magistrates, illumination of the town, construction of roads and drains, arrangements for emergency and fire services, floral decorations, accommodation of guests, sanitary measures etc were discussed. Various committees presented details of their preparedness for the festival. The main function will be held at 11:30 am with the inauguration of the festival and the flagging off of Shobha Yatra and a cultural procession from Asia Chowk. More than a dozen cultural programmes, educational awareness and recreation programmes, bhajjans are being organised apart from the all-India devotional song competition and a wrestling competition. The meeting was attended by ADDC Bikram Singh Jamwal, SP Sharief Chouhan, ACR Tilak Raj Shastri, CRPF Commandant Sunil Kumar, KDA CEO Rajinder Singh, Katra ASP Rajinder Katoch, DIO Parvinder Kour, DRDA PO Dr Jagdish Mehra etc and officials from the municipality, revenue, police and line departments. More than six lakh pilgrims, tourists and visitors are expected to visit the holy town of Katra during the navratras. |
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North Zone Inter-State Badminton Championship begins
Jammu, October 1 In Narang Cup U-19 boys' category, the Delhi team got the better of the J&K 2-0. In the first single, Amrit beat Divyam Gupta of the J&K team 21-6 and 21-8. In the doubles, Arush and Karsh beat Shantul and Satyam 21-11 and 21-13. In Shafiq Qureshi Cup U-19 girls' category, the J&K lost to the Rajasthan team 0-2. Sehar of the J&K was beaten by Karma 8-21 and 8-21 while in the doubles, Karma and Sunali beat Sehar and Suvidha 21-17 and 21-12. In another match in the girls' category, the Chandigarh team beat the Punjab team 2-0. Muskan beat Dipakshi 21-10 and 21-13 while Muskan and Karlash beat Aditi and Harleen in the doubles. In the boys' section, the Haryana team beat the Rajasthan team 2-0. In the first single, Arun beat Piyush 21-13 and 21-10 whereas Himanshu and Sandeep beat Mehul and Ajay Meena 14-21, 22-20 and 21-19. Earlier, Jammu Deputy Commissioner Ajit Kumar Sahu declared open the event in an impressive function. He lauded the efforts of the J&K Badminton Association (JKBA) for making the arrangements for the event. JKBA president Sudarshan Singh Wazir, general secretary Dr OD Sharma and J&K State Sports Council sports officer Rajan Sharma were among those present on the occasion. A 24-member team is represent the state in the championship. The team comprises Rahul Sharma, Avnish Sharma, Vikram Saini, Vipul Saini, Vasu Bhagat, Aman Badyal, Sahil Verma, Divum Gupta, Shantul Raina, Satyam Raina, Divyam, Diksha Salgotra, Sulakhni, Akanksha, Prabhjyot, Sahar Massarat, Suvidha, Diksha Mahajan and Naman. Sat Pal Sharma is the coach of the team and Balbir Singh Jamwal is the team manager.
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GDC Rajouri beat GDC RS Pura in kabaddi
Jammu, October 1 In other matches, the GDC, Kilotarian, beat the GDC, Bhaderwah, by 10 points, the GDC, Billawar, beat the GDC, Hiranagar, by 10 points and the GDC, Poonch, beat the GDC, Ramnagar. Meanwhile, the GDC, Udhampur, team beat the GGM Science College team by 20 points and the PG Department team beat the GDC, Thannamandi, by 27 points. The matches were officiated by Ankush Gupta, Manpreet Singh, Keshav Singh, Ankush Sharma, Anil Kumar and Gagan Kumar. Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated by
Prof Manoj K Dhar, Registrar, University of Jammu. He was also the chief guest on
the occasion. Prof Dhian S Bhau, Director Sports and Physical Education, presided over the function. |
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Mukteshi of GCW, Parade, wins classical music competition
Jammu, October 1 Anjusha B Sharma of GWC, Gandhi Nagar, and Shigarika Malhotra of GCW, Parade, shared the second prize whereas the third prize was bagged by Sohan Lal from Government MAM College, Jammu. The certificate of merit was awarded to Lalit Meina of the Model Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jammu. Dr Jatinder Singh, Nand Kishore Pal and Balbeer Chand Beera were the adjudicators. Prof JS Tara, Director, Poonch campus, was the chief guest on the occasion. The programmes were anchored by Apoorva Jamwal, secretary, Students Cultural Council. |
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Free medical camp organised
Jammu, October 1 A total of 892 patients came for a check-up at the camp, wherein various specialist doctors were present. They included Dr Amit, Dr Avitesh, Dr Rakesh Raina, Dr Ishan Gupta, Dr Mandeep Sharma, Dr Vinoo, Dr Sheetal, Dr Usha Bahau, Dr Vinay Khajuria, Dr Prerna, Dr Sapna, Dr Deepak and Dr DP Sharma. Free medicines as per the prescription of these doctors were provided to patients. |
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BOSE's move to invite suggestions welcomed
Jammu, October 1 In a statement, the association's president, Deep Singh, said involvement of public in reforming the education sector should be should be a priority. “Opinions and reviews on the existing school education system need to be looked into without any delay in the wider interest of the society,” he said. Deep Singh said the working of the educational institutes in the state should be made transparent. He said another priority sector of the state
which needed reforms was the health sector which had become a "hub of corruption". |
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Agri-technocrats engaged under Rehbar-e-Ziarat
(ReZ) scheme today demanded review of the Cabinet decision which had approved their regularisation in the Agriculture department. They alleged that the process is discriminatory as it has not considered the batch-wise regularisation of the agricultural graduates.
The World Blood Donor Day was marked by rallies, symposiums and other programmes in Katra today.
Various events in this regard were organised by the District Red Cross Society,
Reasi, in collaboration with the district administration.
Mukteshi Sharma of Government College for Women (GCW), Parade, again made a mark in the inter-college departmental classical vocal (solo) event and bagged the first prize in the ongoing "Display Your Talent 2013-14" organised by the department of student welfare, University of Jammu.
