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Wrong parking
Regional divide forces EC to set up two counting centres in
Ladakh
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Bar Association calls off strike
Hike in hostel fee by Jammu University
Government urged to pay 10 per cent
DA
Hold judicial probe into killing of panches: AJKPC
Gadkari for peace with Pak, Hurriyat
As polls in state end, security forces heave sigh of relief
Lingshed villagers defy odds to cast their votes
Srinagar-Leh national highway to reopen soon
Shutdown in Baramulla, Sopore
50 donate blood at camp on Thalassemia Day
Padshahi Bagh residents sans water supply for 20 days
Deputy CM’s security reduced
SC stays HC order on
allotment of MBBS seats
MHRD joint secretary interacts with Central Kashmir varsity faculty
Water-borne diseases on the rise in Poonch
Mother’s Day celebrated at Kunjwani school
Kendriya Vidyalya No 2 celebrates annual day
Shopkeepers criticise Bar Association
Prez to address JU convocation on Sept 1 2 held with 17-kg poppy straw Cross-country run organised
Guv briefed on Amarnath Yatra preparedness
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City traffic police realise
Rs 93 lakh fine in two years
17,626 vehicles booked for wrong parking on city roads Ishfaq Tantry Tribune News Service
Srinagar, May 9 This has been disclosed by the city traffic police in response to an application filed by an activist under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The city traffic police had been asked to furnish information with regard to the total number of vehicles towed away by the traffic cops for wrong parking in Srinagar city between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2013. In his RTI application, Manan Bukhari had also sought details about the total number of challans made, prepared and disposed of in this regard, besides the information about the total amount realised as fine from the violators, whose vehicles were towed away using traffic cranes. The applicant had also sought details of the amount recovered as crane charges from the violators. Furnishing his reply to the RTI application recently, the Superintendent of Police, Traffic, Srinagar, Haseeb-ur-Rehman said in 2012, 6,267 vehicle owners were fined for wrong parking, out of which 33 challans went to the court. From these violators, Rs 28,04,408 was realised as fine after towing these vehicles. Likewise, in 2013, the traffic cops booked 7,892 people for parking their vehicles wrongly on city roads, out of which 24 challans went to the court. The cops realised a fine of Rs 27,46,054 from these violators in the same year after towing away their vehicles for wrong parking. “The total number of challans made, prepared and disposed of against towed vehicles (over two years) is 14,034 and compound challans executed against the towed vehicles are disposed of on spot. Moreover, an amount of Rs 55,50,462 has been charged as fine against these towed away vehicles. Besides, an amount of Rs 37,56,464 was realised as crane charges at the rate of Rs 242 per vehicle,” the SP, Traffic, Srinagar, added. All these vehicles fined for wrong parking include private and private service vehicles (PSVs). In the reply, it has been further stated that over two years, 3,408 transport vehicles, including passenger vehicles, were fined and challans prepared against them for wrong parking. However, it has been stated that the total amount charged from these offenders, particularly for wrong parking, is not available with the city traffic.
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Regional divide forces EC to set up two counting centres in
Ladakh
Leh, May 9 Official sources told The Tribune that the Returning Officer of the Ladakh constituency, Simrandeep Singh, had recently requested the Election Commission to set up separate counting stations for Kargil and Leh districts in view of the “serious differences” between Buddhist and Shia Muslim communities. Sources said that the Election Commission gave its approval for setting up two counting
centres, one at Eliezer Joldan Memorial (EJM) College in Leh town and the other at District Institute of Education & Training (DIET),
Kargil. Kargil district is predominately inhabited by Shia Muslims, and Leh district by the Buddhist community. Sources said all electronic voting machines
(EVMs) belonging to Kargil district were shifted and stored in a strong room in DIET, while the EVMs of Leh district, including those from snow-bound and far-off places, were shifted and stored in EJM College,
Leh. “This has been done for the first time in Ladakh. The counting of votes will simultaneously take place in Kargil and Leh but the results will be compiled by the Returning Officer, who is also the Deputy Commissioner,
Leh. The decision of setting up two counting centres has been taken to avoid any sort of mistrust among the people. There were apprehensions that the counting in just one district could lead to mistrust among the people of the other region if their candidate got defeated in the elections,” a source said. A senior official of the district administration, however, tried to downplay the regional divide between the two districts. “The distance between Kargil and Leh is about 250 km and the administration preferred to keep EVMs at respective district headquarters for hassle-free counting of votes,” he said. The regional and ideological differences had led to revolt within the Congress in Ladakh after its high command decided to field a Buddhist from
Leh, Tsering Samphel, as the party’s candidate for the Ladakh seat. The Kargil unit of the Congress revolted against the decision and the district president of the party, Ghulam
Raza, who is a Shia Muslim, resigned from the party and fought the Lok Sabha seat as an Independent candidate. |
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Bar Association calls off strike
"The work will resume in the court from Monday," he added. Hundreds of litigants have been suffering for the last 23 days due to the continuous strike by the lawyers, but the lawyers call it "necessary" to get justice. About the sufferings of the litigants, Bhardwaj said, "There was no big loss. It was necessary to go on strike to get the justice." However, Sunil Sethi, former president of the BAJ, said, "Lawyers suffered more than the litigants as 90 per cent of the lawyers survive on their daily income." "I think the government should learn a lesson from the incident that this kind of issues should be resolved without wasting time," he added. Sethi said the matter could have been sought out up to the level of the SSP, but it was the mismanagement of the administration that made it such a big issue. On April 16, a lawyer, riding his Scooty, was stopped by the police for violating traffic rules. The police say the lawyer was neither wearing a helmet, nor he had any documents of the vehicle with him. When the police asked him to produce documents he started arguing with them. Lawyers alleged that the police misbehaved with the lawyers and beat them up, so they went on a strike. |
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Hike in hostel fee by Jammu University Tribune News Service
Jammu, May 9 Three activists of the ABVP demanding immediate rollback of hike in hostel fee have been on fast-unto-death for the last three days. According to senior ABVP leader Arun Prabhat Singh, the ABVP activist, identified as Sandeep Sharma, who was on fast-unto-death, was admitted to GMCH, Jammu, after his condition deteriorated. “The condition of the other two activists, Gagan Khajuria and Ashwani Sharma, is also fast deteriorating but we will continue our strike till the university administration accepts our genuine demand of immediate rollback of hike in hostel fee,” Arun Prabhat Singh said. He alleged that the varsity administration had turned a deaf ear to the grievances of the students and it had allegedly adopted dictatorial polices to harass the students. Meanwhile, the four-member committee, constituted by Vice Chancellor Prof Mohan Paul Singh Ishar to hold negotiation with striking students, met the ABVP leaders this afternoon. However, it failed to break the deadlock. Two ABVP activists, Arun Prabhat Singh and Amit Kumar, met the four-member committee, headed by former Registrar of the university Professor Naresh Padha, on the campus. Other members of the committee are Prof Jasbir Singh, Prof Pankaj Shrivastva and Prof Parkash Singh. “The committee has refused to accept our demand of rollback of hike in hostel fee. We will continue our agitation till the students are given relief in the form of rollback of hike in hostel fee,” the ABVP leaders said. On May 7, the Vice Chancellor had constituted a committee to look into the demands of the students, who have been protesting against the hike in the hostel fee. The committee was asked to submit its recommendations within two weeks. The university authorities claimed that the hostel fee was raised after a gap of eight years in December, 2012.
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Government urged to pay 10 per cent
DA
Jammu, May 9 He claimed that the DA was paid by the Haryana Government to its employees and pensioners during the model code of conduct . “There is a need for early release of 10 per cent DA, due from January,” Shastri said, while addressing a workers' rally at Marh village. He said the DA was part of the salary and a routine financial matter and so there should be no problem in the release of the pending instalment, adding that the poll code had no bearing on it when the elections of all the six seats of the Lok Sabha were already over in J&K. Referring to the forthcoming first meeting of the state Cabinet, Shastri hoped that it would provide relief to the employees of the state government and pensioners and their many long-pending demands would be fulfilled. Demanding early release of pending wages of daily-rated workers in various departments of the state government, the NMC chief said these workers were facing serious financial hardships. He said their services had not been regularised for the last many years and they were not getting wages regularly. Other demands of the NMC included enhancement of the remuneration of daily wagers to Rs 10,000 per month, amendment to SRO 64, regularisation of services of the daily wagers, casual and seasonal labourers, increase in medical allowances and issuance of regularisation orders to 180 daily wagers working in the Rural Development Department, release of the fourth instalment of the Sixth Pay Commission arrears, merger of 50 per cent DA into basic pay/pension, etc. Others who spoke on the occasion included Rajan Babu Khajuria, Sunil Kochhar, Surinder Kumar, Vijay Kumar, Ghasita Ram, Amar Nath, Yash Pal, Harbans Lal, Vijay Bhagat, Daleep Bhagat and Sukh Dev Singh.
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Valley goldsmith pledges to donate organs after
death
Srinagar, May 9 Zarabi said he got motivated to take a pledge to donate his organs after hearing about cadaveric transplantations and added that the initiative was a contribution from him to humanity. “I consider humanity above all religions and I feel my organ donation will help many people get on with their lives even after I die,” Zarabi said. Zarabi approached Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, (SKIMS), Srinagar, regarding his wish after he saw a programme on TV about cadaveric transplantation (organ donation) and its need in the state which inspired him. He appealed to other people to take a pledge to donate organs so that precious lives could be saved. Director, SKIMS, Dr Showkat A Zargar appreciated the move and assured full cooperation and support to all donors. He said, “People are coming forward in the backdrop of massive awareness campaign launched by SKIMS on cadaveric transplantation.” He hoped more people would come forward and make cadaveric programme at SKIMS a big success which would benefit poor and needy patients. Dr Khursheed Banday, professor, nephrology, said, “SKIMS issues donor cards to those willing to donate their organs after proper medical examination and maintain their records and details. We have evolved a proper mechanism for this to facilitate such patients,” he said.
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Hold judicial probe into killing of panches: AJKPC
Jammu/Srinagar, May 9 “We strongly condemn the killing of panchayat member Ghulam Ahmad Bhat, who was gunned down in Wanpoh village of Anantnag district. He was the ninth panchayat member to fall prey to the bullets of terrorists since the panchayat elections in 2011,” AJKPC president Anil Sharma told mediapersons here. The AJKPC leader accused the state government of being “incompetent” to protect the lives of innocent panchayat members. “The state government has failed to catch the killers who are roaming free after mercilessly killing the elected representatives. We demand a judicial panel headed by a sitting High Court or Supreme Court judge for a time-bound probe to find out the truth about who is sponsoring the killers of panchayat members,” Sharma said. He also condemned the state government for issuing different versions on each killing. “Sometimes, the chief minister claims the killing of panchayat members are a result of personal enmity, while other times his government says it is a terrorist act.” Sharma said the elected panchayat members didn’t want to live in fear. He also demanded sufficient relief for the next of kin of the victim besides government employment for at least one of his family members. The latest killing has created fear among the already disillusioned panchayat members. Half-dozen panchayat members from Kulgam today went to a local mosque and publicly announced their resignation. Deputy Commissioner, Kulgam, Jahangir Mir, however, said he did not receive any resignation from any panchayat member from the district. “As of now I have not received any resignation,” Mir said. Meanwhile, the police suspected the involvement of Hizbul Mujahideen in the killing of the panchayat member. “Preliminary investigations in the case suggest that it was a local Hizb module which carried out the attack,” said a senior police officer in
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Gadkari for peace with Pak, Hurriyat
Srinagar, May 9 He said the party wanted “peace” with both Pakistan and separatists but maintained that the BJP had “zero tolerance against terror”. The BJP leader went on to say that the neighbouring country faced similar core problems related to “poverty, hunger and unemployment”. He said in the BJP vision document, a separate chapter had been dedicated to Kashmir and said tourism was the “best way” of resolving unemployment issue here. Gadkari termed the “secret agreement” between the BJP and the Peoples Democratic Party as “media creation” and said political parties, especially the National Conference, were creating a “scare” over its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. “The BJP is committed to progress and development of J&K. Scare is being created over Modi here but we won’t discriminate and all will get equal opportunities. We are being projected as villains even though more riots and encounters have taken place in states outside Gujarat,” Gadkari said. Reiterating the party stand over the Article 370, Gadkari said they stood for its abrogation but were also willing to hold discussions over it. He said abrogation of Article 370 was necessary for the economic development of the state as it was an impediment in getting foreign investments and setting up of IT industry in Kashmir. Referring to the infamous war of words between Modi and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah over the debate on Article 370, Gadkari said: “Modi doesn’t need to take part in a TV debate.” Hitting out at Congress president Sonia Gandihi and NC chief Farooq Abdullah, Gadkari said: “Sonia Gandhi, Farooq Abdullah and (Samajwadi Party supremo) Mulayam Singh are worried only about their sons.” “We are against dynastic rule. You have tried Congress for 60 years now give the BJP 60 months and see the difference,” he said. Gadkari also reiterated that his party stood for the grant of Union Territory status to the Ladakh region.
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As polls in state end, security forces heave sigh of relief
Srinagar, May 9 “Our boys on the ground have performed their duties beyond any normal call and acted with utmost restraint despite extreme grave provocations. The forces which were marshaled for election duties were drawn from within the existing deployment in state,” Inspector General CRPF Operations Nalin Prabhat told The Tribune.
Prabhat was the chief force coordinator for the CAPF in Jammu and Kashmir. A senior police officer said they were relieved after the completion of elections in the state. “Yes, to an extent we are relieved, but the call of duty is always there,” the officer said. After the notification for the south Kashmir’s Ananatnag constituency was issued on March 29, the Valley witnessed an increase in violence as 21 persons, including civilians, militants and security men, were killed in April. Militants also carried out attacks on political leaders and their rallies. A polling officer
Zia-ul- Haq died in a militant attack on the polling staff at Nagbal in Shopian district on April 24, while a youth Bashir Ahmed Bhat died in the alleged firing by the para military forces at the culmination of the polling day in volatile old city of capital Srinagar on April 30. “Barring few incidents, the polls were held smoothly. The presence of terrorists and increased militant activity since the last one year was a cause of concern. However, having said that the presence of various terrorist tanzeems
(organisations) is at the most a constant and continuous irritant, like mosquitoes,” Prabhat said. Chief Electoral Officer Umang Narula on Wednesday had said the threat perception was unprecedented and cited the example of the killing of a poll officer in a militant attack. He said no polling officer was killed in a militant attack in previous elections held in Kashmir valley. Another senior police officer admitted that poll management was a bigger challenge this time. “The additional requirement of the CAPF was not fulfilled by the Union Government and the administration was constraint to manage the security with the available forces,” he said. |
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Lingshed villagers defy odds to cast their votes
Leh, May 9 The snowbound village is 350 km away from Leh town and the polling staff was airlifted to the area three days before the elections. “We were airlifted to a place close to Lingshed village on May 4 and had to trek almost 3 km to reach the polling station set up in a village school. It was amazing to see people who didn’t had enough food stock with them waiting for the polling day,” Jagmeet
Namgyal, one of the poll staff members at the Lingshed polling station, told The Tribune.
Namgyal, along with other staff and electronic voting machines, returned to Leh yesterday morning. “They
(Lingshed villagers) were planning to shift their families and livestock to some suitable place for procurement of food and fodder, but stayed back only to cast their votes,” Namgyal said. “There was great enthusiasm among the people about the Lok Sabha elections. They didn’t bother about the hostile weather conditions and remained stationed in the village for several days just to cast their votes,” he added. According to
Namgyal, 477-odd voters were registered at the Lingshed polling station out of which nearly 65 per cent cast their votes.
Thinsley, another poll staff member who accompanied Namgyal, said: “We were airlifted to the village with limited eatables but the villagers were kind enough as they offered us food despite the fact that they were running short of food grains.” “I have never seen such enthusiasm and determination among voters for the Lok Sabha elections. It was a great experience. It reflected that the people still have great trust and faith in democracy. They
(Lingshed villagers) were well aware of their rights and cast their vote despite bone-chilling conditions,” Thinsley added. According to the Election Commission, nearly 72 per cent voters exercised their right to franchise in the Ladakh parliamentary segment, which is the country’s largest Lok Sabha seat. |
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Srinagar-Leh national highway to reopen soon
Srinagar, May 9 The Border Roads Organisation (BRO), which is responsible for clearance of the road up to the Zero Point in Zojila from Sonamarg in Ganderbal district, has cleared the strategic highway. Officials said it was now up to the civil administration to decide on the dates for reopening of the road to Ladakh. “Despite inclement weather, we have cleared the highway on May 2. It is now up to the civil administration to decide on the dates for reopening of the road,” said the Chief Engineer, Beacon, Brig RK Sharma. “A proper reece will be done on the highway by the civil authorities to ensure that the road is safe for the vehicular traffic,” he added. The 434-km-long highway serves as lifeline for the Ladakh region and is an important link between the people of Ladakh and Kashmir. The strategic highway traverses through the Himalayas at the Zojila, situated at a height of about 11,575 ft. While in the past, the highway was thrown open in the first week of April, this year things were quite different. This year there was a heavy snowfall in the area and it even snowed in the last week of April. Snow accumulation was six times more than the previous year. The toughest work for snow clearance was on the 30-km stretch from Gagangir near Sonamarg to the Zero Point, Zojila. Sarmad Hafeez, Deputy Commissioner, Ganderbal, said he had written to the Traffic Department to check whether the highway was safe for the vehicular traffic. “I hope the traffic will be thrown open in the coming days,” Hafeez said. |
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Shutdown in Baramulla, Sopore
Baramulla/Kupwara, May 8 Residents in Baramulla said the police during nocturnal raids, to detain youth allegedly involved in stone-throwing and harassment of voters, damaged window panes, interior decoration of three houses, besides seven vehicles. Agitators in Kupwara and Handwara towns forced shopkeepers from Sopore to close down their shops in protest against thrashing of commuters and drivers by some youth in Sopore yesterday. Some youth in Kupwara town this morning warned employees, fruit and vegetable vendors from Sopore to vacate
Kupwara. “Exercising franchise is not a crime. Some youth from Sopore yesterday thrashed many commuters and drivers from Kupwara for exercising franchise,” said a resident. However, the police and officials said normalcy prevailed in the area and there were no reports of any untoward incidents today. The police in Srinagar said five
FIRs, three in Baramulla and two in Sopore, had been registered while taking a serious note of a few incidents of violence in Sopore and
Baramulla. “Some passenger vehicles have been stoned, stopped and some passengers travelling in them have been assaulted,” a police spokesman said. “Miscreants involved in these acts of violence have been identified and special teams have been formed to arrest them and a number of miscreants involved in these incidents have been arrested,” the police said. |
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50 donate blood at camp on Thalassemia Day
Jammu, May 9 At the same time a painting competition was organised for thalassemic children of the Day Care Centre, Department of Paediatrics, SMGS Hospital and Government Medical College, Jammu, by the J&K Thalassemia Welfare Society. The Head of Paediatrics Department Dr Rekha Harish inaugurated the competition and appreciated the work being done by the Thalassemia Welfare Society for children and also highlighted the efforts of the Department of Paediatrics for improving the care and management of these children. Dr Sanjeev Kumar Digra conducted the proceedings. Thalassemia Welfare Society president Sudhir Sethi, while speaking on the occasion, said such activities would help in spreading awareness among the society regarding thalassemia and the J&K Thalassemia Welfare society would organise such activities on regular basis. He thanked Dr Meena Sidhu, in charge, Blood Bank, SMGS Hospital, for providing all the facilities for the smooth and successful conduct of the camp. He also thanked SSP, CID, Shailender Singh and Commandant, JC Koota (CRPF), SS Gill for providing volunteers for the camp. |
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Padshahi Bagh residents sans water supply for 20 days
Srinagar, May 9 The residents said they repeatedly brought the issue to the notice of the officials concerned, but they did not solve the problem immediately. They said there was a crack in the underground pipeline that supplies water to more than 100 households. "There was a fault in the supply line and we received only dirt and drainage water from our taps. We approached the person concerned on duty, who cut the water supply as it was an underground fault," said a local, Abdul Hameed. “We went to the offices of higher officials and also approached the MLA concerned, but got cold responses from them,” the locals alleged. They said they were facing immense hardships as they have to get drinking water from the neighbourhood. "Though for a few weeks we got water tanks to the area, now even they come rarely," they said. The locals said after protesting in the department concerned today, they got a verbal approval. They also appealed to the authorities to replace the pipes that are more than a decade old. "We want the pipes should be replaced with new ones as they have developed rust and it contaminates the potable water," they said. The executive engineer of PHE department said they took up the issue with the Roads and Buildings Department and would start the work from tomorrow. "We have also sent the material to the area,” he added. |
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Deputy CM’s security reduced
Srinagar, May 9 Annoyed over such alleged callous attitude of the security wing, Tara Chand even asked the police to withdraw his security
guardsl, sources said. The controversy erupted immediately after the reopening of the Durbar in Srinagar on Monday. Soon after arriving in Srinagar, Tara Chand had asked for the bulletproof Scorpio in which he used to travel while in Srinagar and instead was allotted a bulletproof Ambassador car, sources said. The Deputy Chief Minister, who is also a senior Congress leader, had been earlier allotted a Scorpio as he suffers from cervical problem. Sources said he was asked to bring the Scorpio allotted to him in Jammu, which he felt was an insult to him. Expressing anger, Tara Chand reportedly told a senior officer of the security wing that he was allotted old vehicles despite other ministers being provided high-end cars. While confirming that Chand was asking for an
SUV, a senior police officer said two Scorpio vehicles had been allotted to the Deputy Chief Minister, one in Jammu and another in Srinagar. |
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SC stays HC order on
allotment of MBBS seats
New Delhi, May 9 A Bench comprising Justices SJ Mukhopadhaya and Ranjan Gogoi also issued a notice on the appeal filed by the J&K Board of Professional Entrance Examinations (BOPEE) pleading for setting aside the interim order passed by the HC on March 20 this year. The HC had passed the order after taking suo motu notice of reports that the 2012 Common Entrance Test (CET) question papers were available for sale. Subsequently, the police filed a chargesheet against the Boards’ former chairman Mushtaq Peer and his aides Farooq Itoo, Sajjad Ahmad and Haroon, who allegedly sold the question papers for Rs 60 lakh. In the petition, filed through advocate Ashok Mathur, the Board contended that the HC directive was against the migration and medical education rules which did not permit shifting students from one university to the other. Further, the Medical Council of India regulations did not allow admission of students after the deadline for the purpose was over. Also, the first year course of BDS and BVSc was not equivalent to the corresponding syllabus for the MBBS course, it was contended.
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MHRD joint secretary interacts with Central Kashmir varsity faculty
Srinagar, May 9 Raju deliberated upon the role of the Central universities in disseminating higher education in the country. He underscored the need to impart quality education to the students getting admission in the courses offered by the Central University of Kashmir. Raju also deliberated on the important role of faculty members in preparing the students for the upcoming challenges in the competitive fields. He also responded to many queries related to academic and administration, besides service matters of the CUK employees. Earlier, officiating VC, CUK, briefed the visiting officer about the functioning of the university from three different locations. He said the construction on the university at its designated campus in Ganderbal had been initiated and soon the university would start operating from the Ganderbal site itself. |
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Water-borne diseases on the rise in Poonch
Poonch, May 9 Sources said water pipes laid in Poonch town had not been repaired since long as broken water pipes could be seen at various places. “Leaking sewage pipes are allowing dirty water to seep into drinking water pipes, causing an increase in water-borne diseases,” they added. “Whenever water supply comes, dirty water comes in taps, which is not even for washing clothes or for bathing purpose. I filled a bottle with water and showed it to an employee of the
PHE, but to no avail,” said Geeta Bhalla, a local resident. “People here are suffering from water-borne diseases, but the Public Health Engineering
(PHE) Department is in a deep slumber and we are compelled to fetch drinking water from far off places,” said another resident Zaheer Khan. Dr Vijay
Sagar, physician specialist, District Hospital, Poonch, confirmed that there was a sudden rise in water-borne disease cases. Executive Engineer,
PHE, Sarwan Singh said, “I came to know about this problem and have sent my team to identify the places where water pipes are leaking or rusted”. “But I have not been provided even a single penny on the name of repair or maintenance,” he added. “Though we have identified some places and repair work has been started,” he added. |
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Mother’s Day celebrated at Kunjwani school
Jammu, May 9 A colourful item on the theme of Mother's Day was presented by students of the junior and middle wings in which students played the role of their mothers in the form of skits, dances and songs. A song sung by Navneet Kour touched the hearts of the audience. Speaking on the occasion, Lekh Raj Khajuria threw light on the role of mother and the importance of the day. The other dignitaries who spoke on the occasion were Roop Chand, Didar Singh, Kulwant Singh and Sharda Saraf. In the end, the chairman of the school congratulate all mothers for the special day and told the mothers to become the best role model for their children. A vote of thanks was presented by principal of the school Gurtaj Singh. |
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Kendriya Vidyalya No 2 celebrates annual day
Srinagar, May 9 In his address to the gathering, Principal Amit Walter formally welcomed the guests and presented the school report tracing the progress, major achievements and events of the previous session 2013-14. The chief guest gave away the prizes to the meritorious students. The cultural programme touched various themes such as national integration, current issues through dances, skit and mime. The programme concluded with National Anthem preceded by a vote of thanks by senior-most teacher Surjeet Singh, PGT computer science.
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Massive search launched for missing boy
Srinagar, May 9 "A shoe of the missing boy was found on the banks of a nearby canal," the spokesman said, following which the services of the River Police were taken to look for the boy in the canal and the neighbouring water bodies. "All police stations have been flashed the details of the missing boy and searches have been launched at all entry and exit points in the Valley and Jammu," the spokesman said. The police have also formed search teams who were checking the hotels and the tenants in and around Srinagar to trace the missing boy. |
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A day after a panchayat member was shot dead in south Kashmir, the All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC), a frontline organisation of elected panches and sarpanches, today demanded the setting up of a judicial commission “to unmask the killers” who were selectively targeting panchayat members in the state.
A day after voters were harassed by pro-boycott youth in Baramulla and Sopore towns, a spontaneous bandh and protest demonstrations were held in Baramulla today against alleged police action in which some arrests were made. Heavy deployment of police and CRPF enforced shutdown in Sopore town, reports said.
Mother’s Day was celebrated at SGGS Public Higher Secondary School, Kunjwani, with fervour and gaiety.
A grand function was organised by the school. A large number of students, teachers and parents participated in the programme. The function was stated with the welcome address by administrator of the school Charanjeet Kour and later "Ganesh vandana" was done by students of senior classes.
Kendriya Vidyalya (KV) number 2, Srinagar, celebrated its 37th annual day today. Various dignitaries who attended the function included B Balachandran and AK
Arora. The programme was started by lightening of the lamp followed by “Ganesh Vandana” and welcome dance by tiny tots.
about issues relating to maintenance of law and order and CRPF’s preparedness for the conduct of Amarnath Yatra in the state this year.
The Governor appreciated the good work being done by the Central Reserve Police Force
(CRPF) in Jammu and Kashmir.
Jammu, May 9