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Pathribal case: Kashmir shuts in protest against Army verdict
Court directs Army to provide verdict copy
Cabinet panel on admn units finalises report
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Registration for Amarnath yatra begins from March 1
Huge funds needed for mobility plan ‘prevent’ its execution
Government employees defer protest
Displaced Doda residents hold protest, seek relief
Gujjar Mahasabha urges PM to address demands of tribal communities
Militant killed in Pulwama encounter
Bishnah Cong activists press for tehsil status
If govt falls, Congress not to be responsible: Soz
BJP proposes Chhewang's name for Ladakh
Finally, admn devises traffic management plan
Kashmir freezes even as ‘Chillai Kalan’ ends
Protests in Pathribal
City civic body conducts snow-clearing drills
Heroin worth Rs 10 cr seized in Akhnoor
Pulwama, Shopian villagers rue ‘non-availability’ of water
Preparations for Indian Science Congress reviewed
Civilian kidnapped by gunmen in Sopore
NCC cadets shine at integration camp
Kashmir girls develop app for paper-free college
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Pathribal case: Kashmir shuts in protest against Army verdict
Srinagar, January 31 Clashes between youth and the police were also reported from many areas in Pulwama in south Kashmir and Sopore in north Kashmir. The strike call was given by moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq to protest against the Pathribal decision. The Army on January 23 had closed the Pathribal encounter case, giving a clean chit to five Rashtriya Rifles officers accused of killing an equal number of civilians in a “fake encounter”, saying the evidence recorded could not establish prime facie charges against them. The maximum impact of the strike in Srinagar was felt in and around city centre Lal Chowk and downtown areas, where shops, offices, banks and other business establishments remained closed today. However, the strike evoked mixed response in civil lines areas of the city. Stone-throwing by protesting youth was witnessed in the Islamia College area in downtown Srinagar. Hurriyat leaders detained In overnight raids, the city police detained second rung Hurriyat leaders, including Javed Mir, Zaffar Akbar Bhat and Mukhtar Waza. However, activists of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) led by Yasin Malik staged a protest against the Army's verdict in the Pathribal case in the Maisuma area of the city this afternoon. The protestors, raising slogans against the Army, tried to march towards the Lal Chowk area but were prevented by the police. The police later arrested Malik along with many of his supporters. Lawyers boycott courts The work in the High Court and the Sadder Court complex in the city was also affected today, as the Bar Association decided to boycott courts to register their protest against the Pathribal case closure. Though the public transport in most parts of the city was off roads, but private cars and cabs could be seen plying in many areas of the city. The inter-district traffic service between Srinagar city and other parts remained largely unaffected. Clashes & stone-throwing Reports from north Kashmir said the impact of strike was partial in Baramulla town, where many shops and business establishments remained open and traffic was also plying normally. The impact of the strike call in Sopore town was however the maximum, where most of the shops, offices and business establishments remained closed. A few stone-throwing incidents were also reported from the Sopore town after Friday prayers. Reports from frontier Kupwara district said in the morning most of the shops were closed, but later the markets in the town opened. Reports from south Kashmir said normal life was hit due to the strike call, where the maximum impact was felt in Anantnag and Bijbihara towns as most of the shops, businesses and offices, including banks, remained closed. In Pulwama town, where most of the shops and business remained closed in response to the strike, clashes between protesting youths were witnessed in the Main Chowk and Murran Chowk areas, where the police arrested Hurriyat leader and chairman of the Kashmir Freedom Front (KFF) Syed Bashir Andrabi, who along with his supporters was protesting on the streets. Though the stone-throwers were restrained by the police with tear smoke shelling, there were no reports of injury to anybody. A police spokesman, however, said the situation remained normal throughout the Valley. “Isolated minor incidents of stone-throwing by some miscreants were reported after Friday prayers from Saraf Kadal (Srinagar), Sopore Chowk and Bandipora. However, no one was hurt, till reports last came in,” he added. |
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Court directs Army to provide verdict copy
Srinagar, January 31 Theses directions were issued by the Chief Judicial Magistrate
(CJM), Srinagar, today after taking action on an application filed by one of the relatives of a Pathribal encounter victim, who had demanded copies of the court martial judgment, chargesheet and other related documents. The court has now directed Brigadier Adjutant of the Jammu-based 16 Corps to furnish the copies and file compliance report or reply to the motion by or before February 10, the next date of hearing. The Army had on January 23 announced closure of the Pathribal case and given a clean chit to five of its officials accused of killing an equal number of civilians during a staged encounter in south Kashmir on March 25, 2000.The Army had cited lack of evidence for closing the court martial proceedings in the case. “The contentions raised are genuine and well founded and are bracketed with the principles of fair trial and natural justice,” the
CJM, Srinagar, said in his orders today. “It is, therefore, deemed expedient to direct the Brigadier Adjutant to reply to this motion, or in the alternative, furnish copies of the judgment along with the copies of chargesheet and documents annexed therewith before the next date,” the court said. It added that the compliance report in this regard should be filed by or before February 10, the next date of hearing of the matter. As mandatory under court martial proceedings, the Army authorities concerned had intimated the CJM court about the closure of the proceedings against five of its accused officials in the Pathribal case vide a letter dated January 20, 2014. However, the Army authorities concerned have so for not filed the closure report before the
CJM. The application before the CJM was moved by Nazir Ahmad Dalal, maternal uncle of Zahoor Ahmad
Dalal, on Thursday, who was one of the victims of the fake encounter. Application moved by victim’s kin In the application filed in the court, Nazir Ahmad
Dalal, maternal uncle of victim Zahoor Ahmad Dalal, submitted that his sister’s son, a resident of
Moominabad, Anantnag, was murdered along with four other civilians by the soldiers of the 7 Rashtriya Rifles and the police at Pathribal on March 25, 2000. The family members of the civilians, who were killed in the fake encounter, were not able to approach the Army court or the CBI Special Branch,
Chandigarh, for obtaining a copy of the detailed judgment and also a copy of the
challan, Nazir said in the application filed through advocate M Ashraf
Bhat. All records pertaining to the case should be furnished to the applicant for seeking an appropriate remedy, it was submitted in the application. |
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Cabinet panel on admn units finalises report
Jammu, January 31 The CSC met here around 2.30 pm today at the state guest house and the meeting was going on till late evening. It is expected to continue till late night as members of the committee were busy finalising the report. The CSC is scheduled to meet again around 10 pm today to verify the report and get signatures of all members. Deputy Chief Minister Tara
Chand, chairman of the CSC on creation of administrative units, said the panel would submit the report to the state Cabinet tomorrow. “There is no threat to the government. The report will be submitted to the state Cabinet tomorrow,” the Deputy Chief Minister told mediapersons before the start of the meeting today. Sources said National Conference (NC) members of the CSC were in touch with the high command and the Congress members were getting regular phone calls from New Delhi during the meeting. The hectic efforts of the CSC were visible as Congress members of the CSC were holding separate meetings and were joined by members of the Legislative Assembly from their party. The CSC was assigned the task of finalising the report on administrative units after holding consultations with people of various districts. “The CSC may recommend around 2,100 administrative units in its report which will be submitted to the state Cabinet,” a source said. The Mushtaq Ganai Committee report had recommended creation of around 900 such units in the state. Both coalition partners, NC and Congress, have been at loggerheads over the creation of administrative units as Chief Minister Omar Abdullah wants to implement the Ganai Committee report while the Congress has reservations as it feels the report has discriminated against the Jammu and Ladakh regions. On January 24, Omar made it clear to the Congress members of the CSC that he would not step back. “Either the Mushtaq Ganai Committee report will have to be adopted or the government will go,” Omar had said. CSC to submit report today
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Registration for Amarnath yatra begins from March 1
Jammu, January 31 Governor and chairman of the SASB NN Vohra along with other functionaries of the Board decided that the registration process for this year’s pilgrimage should start even earlier, an official spokesperson said. Last year, the registration process started on March 18. Chief Executive Officer Navin K Choudhary and Additional Chief Executive Officer Preet Pal Singh were also present in the meeting. “It is essential for the yatris to get themselves registered,” Choudhary said, adding that registration can be done through 425 designated branches of J&K Bank, YES Bank and Punjab National Bank spread across the country. He said full details of all the registration centres had been made available on the Board’s website —www.shriamarnathjishrine.
com. The CEO further said this year’s yatra will commence simultaneously along both the Baltal and the Chandanwari routes on June 28 and culminate on the day of Raksha Bandhan on August 10, the spokesperson said. The official also pointed out that it was essential for any of the intending pilgrims to submit a Compulsory Health Certificate while seeking the registration for this year’s yatra. He said the format of the health certificate had been circulated by the Union Health Ministry and the J&K State Health Department to all states and union territories and was also available on the Board’s website. He also said all states and union territories had been asked to furnish list of doctors/medical institutes that would be authorised to issue the compulsory health certificates to the yatris, the spokesperson said. The CEO said the list of doctors/medical institutes from all the states/union territories would be soon put on the Board’s website and added that only those health certificates issued after February 1 would be valid. Choudhary said: “For ensuring effective security arrangements along the difficult tracks, only those pilgrims who are in possession of a yatra permit which is valid for a specified date and route will be allowed to proceed beyond the base camps and cross the entry gates at Domel and Chandanwari.” He appealed to all yatris to complete the necessary formalities for registration. Pilgrim information
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Huge funds needed for mobility plan ‘prevent’ its execution
Jammu, January 31 The ambitious plan includes building metro and mono rail services in Srinagar and Jammu, introducing bus rapid transport system, inland waterways transport system, development of parking spaces and widening of roads in the capital cities, which collectively sustain more than 30 lakh people. The total population of the state is about 1.25 crore. Officials maintain that even the claims of the government to involve private companies in the projects may not be feasible as it will require total privatisation of existing civic departments, which is at present being resisted by the government. The CMP has been formulated by the Rites Company for ending the woes of urban transportation, which is on the verge of collapse due to unplanned expansion, development of infrastructure without any vision in the last six decades, failure to attract the private sector due to special status of the state and last two decades of the insurgency. However, Minister for Urban Development Nawang Rigzin Jora claimed that the government was looking for private companies. "I don't think funds will be a problem as private companies have already taken up key infrastructural projects. So far, the proposals for six projects, costing Rs 564 crore, have been submitted to the Centre for funding and others will follow," Jora said. In the draft city mobility plan, the Rites Company has identified areas requiring focused attention to improve and upgrade traffic management in the Srinagar and Jammu cities. "The Planning Commission of India (PCI) is already unhappy about the way the state has utilised money in the past. J&K is one of the low-target states in the country. Each city needs nearly Rs 10,000 crore minimum and what will be the source of money remains an unanswered question," said an official from the Finance Department. "We have poor planning at every level and our other projects are running behind schedule leaving the cities virtually chocked. To make the recommendations of the plan functional, there is need for sincerity at every level of civic departments," the official claimed. |
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Government employees defer protest
Jammu, January 31 After a two-hour-long meeting, JCC leaders decided that they wanted the police and administration to focus on the visit of the Prime Minister, who is scheduled to arrive in the city on February 3 to inaugurate the Indian Science Congress at the University of Jammu. Dev Anand Gill, a JCC leader, said, “As hundreds of policemen are deployed near the CM residence, so employees don’t want to divert the attention of the administration from the PM's security and have decided to defer today’s protest.” “We have also decided to send a letter to the Prime Minister to inform him about the brutal action of the police and administration on employees and our demands. A team of employees will also meet the PM on his visit to Jammu,” he added. The JCC leader alleged that the behavior of the administration was inhuman. “23 employees are still under arrest and kept in Kot Bhalwal Jail with militant prisoners. They were not even allowed to take medicines in the lockup last night,” said Gill. He said that they would start a new series of protests after February 5.
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Displaced Doda residents hold protest, seek relief
Jammu, January 31 Raising slogans against the state and Central government, protesters alleged that hundreds of families from Doda, Bhaderwah, Ramban and Kishtwar were displaced due to militancy two decades ago, but so far they had not been provided relief as given to the displaced Kashmiri Hindus. Speaking on the occasion, Rakesh Kumar Sharma, president of the Erstwhile Doda Migrant Committee alleged that despite repeated pleas nothing had been done to solve problems of militancy-affected families from the Jammu region. Rakesh Kumar Sharma alleged that Jammu migrants were reeling under severe hardships due to the political victimisation. He said hundreds of people from Reasi, Udhampur, Samba, Kathua and Jammu districts were suffering, as they had no employment or relief assistance. He said hundreds of people had to leave their homes due to militancy and were living in Jammu. They had to leave their homes, fields and villages to save themselves and it was the duty of the government to provide them relief. “We have been staging protests for several years now demanding relief at par with Kashmiri Pandits, but nothing has been done so far. The state government has forgotten and left us to face difficulties,” Rakesh Kumar Sharma said. |
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Gujjar Mahasabha urges PM to address demands of tribal communities
Jammu, January 31 In a statement issued here today, Eshfaq-ur-Rehman Poswal, president, Bhartiya Gujjar Mahasabha, has appealed to the Prime Minister to address long-pending issues of the tribal population of the state, which include political reservation and implementation of the Tribal Sub Plan in proportionate to population. Poswal said that Gujjars and Bakkerwals were granted ST status in 1991, but so far they had not been given political reservation in J&K like in other states. “The mahasabha has been demanding political reservation since long and we hope that the Prime Minister will address the issue,” Poswal said. Poswal drew the attention of the Prime Minister towards the backwardness and underdevelopment of tribal communities living in the state. “Despite plethora of welfare schemes these communities are still backward,” he said, adding that funds were being misappropriated and benefits of schemes do not reach the deserving people. |
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Militant killed in Pulwama encounter
Pulwama, January 31 The slain militant could not be identified due to darkness, he said, adding the operation was on. Official sources said two militants belonging to the Lashkar-e-Toiba
(LeT) were holed up in the house of Mohammad Akbar Dar. The operation is being carried out by the 55 Rashtriya Rifles and the 182 Battalion of the
CRPF. The Army has cordoned off the village and its adjoining areas to ensure that the second suspect does not escape, sources said. Meanwhile, the police claimed to have rescued a 10-year-old boy identified as Numan Nazir from the house. The boy’s family had claimed one of their children had remained in the house and had urged the police to ensure his safety. This is the third encounter in Pulwama district this month. Earlier, two militants were killed in Awantipora and Tral areas of the district.
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Bishnah Cong activists press for tehsil status
Jammu, January 31 Members of the Youth Wing and Mahila Wing of the Congress, Dogra Sadar Sabha, Bishnah, and its Youth Wing and panchs and sarpanchs took part in the protest. Speaking on the occasion, senior Congress leader Gambhir Dev Singh Charak highlighted the problems of the area and said the demand for tehsil status was long pending. Members of the Block Congress Committee, Bishnah, also took out a rally in favour of their demands. Various speakers while addressing the gathering talked about the crucial problems being faced by residents of the Bishnah constituency in general and people living near the border in particular. |
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If govt falls, Congress not to be responsible: Soz
Jammu, January 31 “If they (NC) want to bid adieu to the government we cannot stop them,” Soz said. “We want this government to complete its tenure. But if the government falls, the Congress will not be responsible. This is known to the people of the all the three regions of the state,” he told The Tribune. The coalition partners remain at loggerheads over the creation of new administrative units in the state, even as the Cabinet Sub-Committee today announced that it will submit its report on the matter on Saturday to avert the crisis. Lashing out at Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for “threatening to resign” over the contentious issue, Soz said: “Making an issue of it (creation of new administrative units) was a mistake.” The senior Congress leader shifted all the blame on the Chief Minister for “unnecessarily raking up the issue”. “I don’t think it was necessary for him (Omar) to make such a speech. Creation of administrative units should not be made an issue,” JKPCC chief said while referring to Omar’s January 11 speech at Vijaypur. The Chief Minister in his address had reportedly made an indirect attack on the Congress for “creating hurdles” in the formation of new administrative units in the state. “We are not averse to the idea of creating new administrative units. But all aspects, including genuine aspirations of people and financial implications, should be taken into consideration,” Soz said. “Neither we are pressurising them (NC) on this issue nor are we dictating our terms. We just want that genuine demands should be incorporated,” he added. |
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BJP proposes Chhewang's name for Ladakh
Leh, January 31 With one seat for both districts, it has remained a bone of contention between the two districts in the past elections. A joint meeting of both units was held at Leh recently to have a consensus on Chhewang’s candidature. Thupstan Chhewang is a former MP and was the Chief Executive Councillor of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh, for two terms. |
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Finally, admn devises traffic management plan
Srinagar, January 31 The move came a day after The Tribune carried a report on the problems being faced by the commuters due to the project. The flyover is slated to be completed by August 2016, which is the final deadline set for the project. This was conveyed by District Development Commissioner, Srinagar, Farooq Ahmad Shah in a press conference at the DDC office, Srinagar, today. Shah said the authorities have come up with a traffic management plan to facilitate smooth movement of the traffic on the vital route. “There would be some difficulties, but I want to assure the people that they will not be allowed to suffer,” he said. He added that bottlenecks, which still exist in the implementation of the traffic management plan, were being looked into by the district administration, traffic police department and the Economic Reconstruction Agency, the nodal agency for the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded project. He added, "One-lane traffic will remain open along the main road, where the construction work is taking place, and simultaneously the alternative routes of Mehjoor Nagar, Jawahir Nagar, Batamaloo and Gogji Bagh will be manned by the police and the traffic to uptown Srinagar areas will be diverted along those routes." "We are closing a section of the airport road from Tulsi Bagh area to Rambagh due to the construction of the flyover," Shah told mediapersons here. According to the plan, there would not be any diversions for the traffic plying from Rambagh towards Jehangir Chowk, while the vehicles moving in the opposite direction would have to take a diversion near Bakshi Stadium towards Jawahar Nagar and take the bund route to reach Rambagh, he said. He said airport-bound vehicles could also take the Batmaloo-Tangpora bypass route to reach Hyderpora. "One of the major problems we face is the presence of a big CRPF bunker on the Mehjoor-Nagar bridge, which stalls traffic along the bridge. The CRPF has been directed to remove that bunker by tomorrow and relocate to another site," he said. The district administration has also directed the ERA volunteers to work in coordination with the traffic police for traffic regulation. The Srinagar DDC said the new 3.9-km-long flyover would reduce the travel time along the Jehangir Chowk-Rambagh route to 2-3 minutes from 25 minutes. "Besides, fuel worth Rs 25 crore per annum will also be saved when the flyover would be thrown open to traffic after its completion. As it will take three years to complete the project, we will erect sign boards indicating traffic diversions for management of traffic," Shah said. The Srinagar DDC also gave a patient hearing to the representatives of tourism, traffic and traders' federations, who apprised him of the problems they would face with the coming up of the project. Srinagar SSP, traffic police, Aijaz Ahmad assured that the police would extend its full cooperation to people during the construction of the project. The work on the flyover commenced on September 2013, causing tremendous hardships to the people due to massive and frequent traffic jams. A total of 225 shopkeepers have been affected due to the construction of the flyover and the government has assured their rehabilitation. Route advisory for commuters
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Kashmir freezes even as ‘Chillai Kalan’ ends
Srinagar, January 31 Besides, the state weather department has warned of heavy snowfall this weekend. Srinagar city recorded a low of minus 3.3 degrees Celsius overnight, which was a departure of two degrees from normal, an official of the state meteorological department, said. The Valley received two spells of heavy snowfall during “Chillai Kalan” this season. The first occurred on the first day of the 40-day period only. Another spell of snow with moderate and heavy intensity is likely to begin on February 2 and continue till February 5, according to the meteorological department’s forecast. Mercury fell several degrees below the freezing point. Pahalgam resort in south Kashmir recorded the lowest temperature in Kashmir valley as the mercury there slipped to minus 11.2 degrees Celsius overnight, the official said. In south Kashmir’s Qazigund town, the mercury dropped to a low of minus 9.4 degrees Celsius, the official said, while the minimum temperature in north Kashmir’s frontier Kupwara town was recorded at 0.6 degrees Celsius. Kupwara remained the only place in the region were mercury had settled above the freezing point. In Kokernag area, the minimum temperature was recorded at minus 10.6 degrees Celsius, the official said. — TNS |
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Anantnag, January 31 Two of the five men killed in the encounter in Pathribal in 2000 were residents of Brari Aangan. Reports said scores of people gathered in the Pathribal area today to protest the closure of the case. The shutdown call was extended by the moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. In its recent decision the Army had closed the Pathribal encounter case after exonerating five of its men involved in the matter. The families of the victims that assembled at the protest site expressed “disbelief” over the closure of the case and raised question marks over the democratic set-up of the country. “These are the people who boast of the vibrant democracy of the Indian state. Is this the democracy they boast of?” a protester asked. The family members also demanded reopening of the case and delivery of justice. Protests were held after the Friday congregational prayers, following which people paid floral tributes to the victims. The closure of the case by the Army against five of its personnel came eight years after theCBI had charged these men for murder of five civilians in Pathribal area of Anantnag district in 2000. — OC |
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City civic body conducts snow-clearing drills
Srinagar, January 31 As the weatherman has predicted fresh snowfall from February 2 to 5 and then between February 14 and 17, the SMC media relations official said a large number of employees participated in the mock drill at several places that was supervised by commissioner of the corporation GN Qasba. The official said the drill was part of the exercise to have a prior test of employees’ efficiency, to aware employees about the plan chart in case of exigencies and sensitise them about the priority areas in case of snowfall. The drill was kicked off by Qasba around 2.30 pm and finished at 4.30 pm. The SMC has also charted out a detailed plan to clear snow from the city areas. “We have decided to divide the city into 21 zones. We have also chalked out detailed plan for priority areas where snow will be removed in the first phase to avoid any inconvenience to the public. All essential installations such as hospitals, power stations, shrines, mosques and other places of importance will be attended to swiftly in the wake of fresh snowfall,” said Qasba. He said the area around Dastgeer Sahib shrines at Khanyar and Sarai Bala areas, where the annual Urs is taking place, too would be given priority in case of snowfall. He said the SMC had already alerted its 2,700 ground staff and instructed that all necessary snow-clearance machines be kept on stand-by mode so that they were mobilised immediately on the day of snowfall. As the Valley has already received two spells of snowfall this winter, the administration had drawn a lot of flak over “slow” pace of snow clearance from the roads. |
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Heroin worth Rs 10 cr seized in Akhnoor
Jammu, January 31 “Around 12 O’clock this afternoon the BSF personnel found three packets, two of these contained counterfeit Indian currency of Rs 2 lakh in the denomination of Rs 500, while the third packet contained 2 kg of narcotics, most likely heroin,” a senior BSF officer said. — TNS
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Pulwama, Shopian villagers rue ‘non-availability’ of water
Pulwama, January 31 Residents of many villages in Pulwama, including Arihal, Tengpona, Murran, Kakapora, Dalipora and Kharichek Achgooza, rued non-availability of drinking water. “Employees of the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department do not pay any heed to the miseries of the people,” said Parvaiz Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Kharichek Achgooza. The residents of the area alleged that Batpojan water supply, from where they were getting water, had been diverted to other areas with the interference of a local MLA. Residents of Thairen Mohanpora of Shopian district said they had been without drinking water for the last one month. The residents alleged that delay in the completion of the repair work had caused a lot of inconvenience to the people living in the area. “This winter has been difficult for us as we suffered a lot due to scarcity of water. We tried calling the authorities, but to no avail,” said Sheraz Ahmad, a resident of Thairen. Meanwhile, Abdul Qayooom, XEN, PHE, Shopian, said the spring from where the Thairan area was receiving water had dried up resulting into shortage of water. He claimed that he did not receive any complaint from the Kharichek Achgooza villagers regarding non-availability of drinking water. |
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Preparations for Indian Science Congress reviewed
Jammu, January 31 While chairing a meeting of the Committee of Secretaries here, the Chief Secretary was briefed about the arrangements put in place for the Science Congress to be held at the University of Jammu from February 3 to 7. The 101st Indian Science Congress will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Chief Secretary was apprised about the arrangements at the venue, accommodation and transportation facilities for delegates, besides arrangements put in place by the Power Development Department, Public Health Engineering, Municipal Corporation, transport and other departments. The meeting also discussed preparations for the state legislature session starting February 10, with directions to all administrative secretaries to be ready for the session and cooperate with the Law Department, Legislative Council and Assembly Secretariat for successful conduct of the legislative business. — TNS |
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Civilian kidnapped by gunmen in Sopore
Srinagar, January 31 The police have launched a manhunt to trace the driver. They said a complaint was lodged by Kulsooma, claiming that her husband Mushtaq Ahmad Changa was forcibly kidnapped by a group of militants from their house at Arampora in Sopore on January 29-30 night. “A case was registered at the Sopore police station and investigations started,” a police spokesman in Srinagar said. Police officers in north Kashmir said they conducted searches in various areas of the town to locate the driver. “We have some inputs about the militants involved in the kidnapping and are working on them,” said a police officer in north Kashmir. Meanwhile, relatives of Changa staged a protest in the town today and sought his immediate release. They later dispersed peacefully. |
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NCC cadets shine at integration camp
Jammu, January 31 The theme of the NCC contingent was “Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, a perfect example of unity in diversity”. It comprised of one associate NCC officer and 20 cadets, which returned to Jammu today with the best contingent prize from New Delhi. Eight boy and 10 girl cadets from different districts participated in the camp. This camp was held from January 18 to January 29. The major highlight of the camp was Prime Minister’s rally on January 28. The state contingent was headed by second officer Narender Langer. Prior to their departure, they were given extensive training by Shriya Sawhney and Havildar Avtar Singh. The contingent was led by Junior under officer Vishal Kumar and senior under officer Monika Sharma. |
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Kashmir girls develop app for paper-free college
Patiala, January 31 Rumaisa, Zeenat, Sadiya and Yusra, all B Tech students, under the leadership of Manpreet Mann, HoD (projects), Aryans Group, have developed this application, which can be downloaded from Google play store and can be installed in an Android phone. The students also took technical support for developing this application. Congratulating the students, Dr Anshu Kataria, chairman, Aryans Group of Colleges, said, "The students have done an excellent job." He added that to encourage the students, the college has decided to sanction Rs 1 lakh to the students for another joint project. Giving details about the app, the students said the application, named "Aryans", would have two logins. The logins would be intended for students and staff. The outsiders need not login. They could simply view the details of the college. Notices intended for the college students will be uploaded in student's login. This would do away with the need of notice boards in the college. All official notices for the staff will be uploaded in the staff login. The outsiders will be able to see all necessary information about the colleges and the updates about the events happening in the college. The students said, "The language of the application is Core Java and the software used in Eclipse. The application size is 2.2 MB and the current version is 1.0. It requires Android 2.3 and up.” |
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