Sunday April 15, 20184 DISTRICTSTwo thieves arrested, 40 stolen

pigeons recovered STATE TIMES NEWS

ARNIA: Police on statuary arrested two thieves who stole 40pigeons valuing Rs 90,000 at Arnia. As per the details, On April6, 2018, a person namely Vijay Kumar son of Natha Ram resi-dent of Wage Kothey Kalyana lodged a written complaint at PoliceStation Arnia stating that during intervening night of March 30-31, some unknown thieves stole 40 pigeons from the roof-top ofhis house which he had kept there in his Kabootar Khana. Onthis, a case vide FIR No.16/2018 under section 457/380 RPCwas registered at Police Station Arnia. During the course of inves-tigation, several suspects were rounded up and were subject toquestioning. Two suspects namely Jasvir Singh alias Gaaro son ofOmkar Singh resident of village Kalyana and Sunil Kumar aliasBilla son of Nikka Ram resident of village Kalyana confessedtheir crime and on their disclosure 40 pigeons (valuing app. Rs90,000) were recovered. Both the persons have been arrested.

The arrest was made by a police party led by SHO Police StationArnia Insp. Deepak Pathania under the supervision of SourabhPrashar SDPO R.S Pura and R.C. Kotwal SP Hqrs. Jammu.

Absconder arrested after 2 years STATE TIMES NEWS

RAJOURI: Police on Saturday arrested an absconder who wasevading his arrest for the last two years.

As per the details, absconder namely Lal Hussain son ofMohd Ghazia resident of Kalhara Treyath who was wanted in acase vide FIR No. 85/2016 under section 379/RPC of PoliceStation Kalakote was arrested from Sialsui village of Kalakoteby a police team headed by SHO Kalakote Darshan Singh underthe supervision of SDPO Nowshera and AdSP Nowshera.

Leopard kills 42 livestock in Bhallesa STATE TIMES NEWS

DODA: Fear has gripped among villagers of Mallat in TehsilChilly - Pingal of Bhallessa area in Doda district, as a leop-ard reportedly run havoc killed 42 sheep and goats andinjured 15 others in the early hours on Saturday.

The feline entered the community cattle-shed at Kutti ham-let of village Mallat and attacked the herd for nearly twohours. This resulted in the death of 42 sheep and goats andinjury to 15. Some died owing to injuries and others owing toshock, police sources said.

The leopard is said to have come from the forest areas ofnearby hillocks and returned after killing the sheep. Theattack has resulted in a loss of over lakhs, said one of theowner Juman Ali. According to the villagers, nearly half-a-dozen big cats are on the prowl in the area for the last sever-al weeks and it was one of these that had entered the cattle-shed on Saturday. "The police personnel from Police StationGandoh along with the veterinary doctors visited the villageand arranged the postmortem so that poor people would getthe compensation at the earliest," said Rajinder Singh, ASPBhadarwah. "The villagers were also assured that a searchwould be conducted for the leopard, and a cage with a live baitwould be placed to trap it, as we have already informed theWild Life Department for the same," ASP added saying thatsheep and goats belonged to four villagers namely Juman Ali,Mohd Ayoub, Mohd Musa and Lal Hussain.

STATE TIMES NEWSPOONCH:A big religiousfunction was held at DeraSant Pura Nangali Sahib,Poonch on the occasion of319th 'Khalsa Saajna Divas'with the completion of 131Sri Akhand Path Sahib underthe aegis of 108 MahantManjeet Singh Ji onSaturday. Nagali Sahibbeing the origin of Sikhism inthe State of Jammu andKashmir, devotees from vari-ous parts of the countryincluding Uttar Pardesh,Delhi, Haryana, Punjab,Rajasthan, Chandigarh andHimachal Pradesh reachedthe holy place and participat-ed in the function.

After the Bhog of SriAkhand Paths Kirtan lecture

sessions started in whichRaagi Jathas of Bhai JagseerSingh from Patiala, BhaiHarcharan Singh, BhaiBhopinder Singh, BhaiHarcharan Singh and BhaiRanjit Singh, recitedGurbani Kirtan while BhaiSarwan Singh Sewak fromPunjab, Prof Hardev Singh,Prof Netar Singh, BhaiRavinder Singh and BhaiBalbir Singh threw light onthe creation of Khalsa Panthby the Tenth Guru GobindSingh Ji on this day in 1699.

The programme continuedfrom 10:00 AM to 5:00 PMwhen Ardas (Prayer) wasperformed for the peace andprosperity of whole world(Sarbat Da Bhala). Guru Kalangar was also served.

Prominent among thosepresent in the functionincluded MLC PradeepSharma, former MLCJehangir Mir, Addl DCBasharat Hussain, SSPRajiv Pandey, PresidentState Gurdwara BoardTarlochan Singh Wazir,Mahant Sham Sunder Singhfrom Banaras, ManjeetSingh, Harjinder SinghRaina, DGPC PresidentProf Narinder Singh, SecyRajinder Singh, Districtpresident Congress AdvRajinder Singh and AbdulGani.

SUNDERBANI: KhalsaSaajna Divas was celebratedin Gurdwara Singh SabhaTanda with great zeal andzest. After the completion ofSri Akhan Path Sahib, RaagiJathas recited GurbaniKirtan. The speakers threwlight on the Sikh history andsaid that the communitybrought the end of the cen-turies old Mughal regime.Thousands of devotees fromdifferent areas participatedin the function. Guru KaLangar was also distributedto the Sangat.

319th Khalsa Saajna Diwas celebrated at Nangali Sahib

A dignitary speaking during the function at Nangali Sahib.

STATE TIMES NEWS BHADARWAH: After arecord 17,000 pilgrims payingobeisance at historic SubarNag Temple, 11,000 devoteesconverged at Ancient NagniMata Temple on the eve ofBaisakhi, however people ruedJammu and Kashmir Tourism(JK Tourism) Department ingeneral and BhadarwahDevelopment Authority(BDA) in particular for notpromoting these pre historicevents under pilgrimagetourism.

Nagni Dhar, named after theserpent Goddess Nagni Mata,is located in dense forest, 8 Kmfrom Bhadarwah town andtraditionally hundreds of devo-

tees converge every year on theeve of Baisakhi to pay obei-sance at 800 year-old temple.

Bhadarwah Valley, besides itsmundane beauty of snow peakmountains, lush green highaltitude meadows and numer-ous fresh water bodies is alsofamous for its unique Nag cul-ture and according to localfaith Nagni Mata is a majorsymbol of this ancient culture.

Besides common devoteesand tourism players, membersof Nagni Seva Sang, who vol-unteer to make all the arrange-ments for thousands of visitingdevotees are also up in armsagainst BDA and JK TourismDepartment for their falsepromises and complete failure

to promote the ancient pilgrim-age.

"During a meeting withBDA, CEO showed a lot ofinterest and enthusiasm toproject and promote ancientSubar Dhar and Nagni MataBaisakhi Festivals this year,but all his excitement fizzledout as leave alone to promotethe event in print and electron-ic media, they even had notinstalled a single hoarding orused social media to attracttourists and they are announc-ing from the rooftop that theywill make Bhadarwah as allweather tourist destination. Isthis the way they attracttourist?, " said DhananterSingh, Executive Committeemember of Nagni Mata Sangh.

When contacted CEO BDA,Rajinder Prasad Khajuriasaid, "due to our busy schedulewith the minister, we wereunable to promote theseancient festivals of historicimportance in a proper way,but yesterday I alongwithDDC and ACD Doda after vis-iting Nagni Mata have made acomprehensive plan and decid-ed to host and promote bothSubar Dhar and Nagni Matafestivals in a big way from nextyear. "

11,000 converge at Ancient Nagni Temple

People paying obeisance at Nagni Mata Temple.

JKGLTF flaysSDM's order

STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: StateGen.Secy of JammuKashmir General LineTeachers Forum (JKGLTF)Rakesh Singh strongly con-demned the arbitrary orderissued by SDM Mahore inwhich he has empowered thePatwaris of RevenueDepartment to monitorpunctuality, regularity andworking of the teachers.Moreover the SDM also saidin his order that the leavesanctioned by headmaster ofthe school shall not be validand the teachers have to getit sanctioned from the ZEOsconcerned.

Singh said "we are notagainst the monitoring of theschools and teachers but weare against the very mecha-nism adopted by SDMMahore which is nothing butjust to humiliate the teacherfraternity". Forum also saidthat this order of SDMMahore is also in contrast tothe monitoring mechanismissued by Director SchoolEducation Jammu vide hisorder no DSEJ/A&M/schools/19359-84 datedMarch 30, 2018.

He warned SDM Mahore toquash this order immediatelyor be ready for a big protestin front of his office. He alsosaid that for emerging conse-quences SDM Mahore willbe responsible.

STATE TIMES NEWS BISHNAH: Congress work-ers along with MohinderKumar Bhardwaj and AshokDubey paid floral tributes toDr. Baba Saheb BhimraoAmbedkar on the occasion ofhis Birth Anniversary andhis photograph was garland-ed by the leaders and dele-gates of the Congress Partyat Bishnah.

Nanak Chand, Natha Ram,Purshottam Lal, SudeshKumari (ex CounsellerBishnah Municipality),Pawan Kumar, KasturLambardar, Pt. Mani Ram,Imran, Madan Lal, RomeshLal and Kuldeep Raj alsopaid tributes to Baba Saheb .KISHTWAR: ScheduledCaste Youth WelfareAssociation Distt. UnitKishtwar celebrated BirthAnniversary of Dr. B.RAmbedkar on premises ofGouri Shanker MandirSarkoot Kishtwar.

The Chief Guest of the pro-grame Ram Dass Charan(Baba Sarkoot Mandir)presided over the functionalong with Ravinder Kumar

Master and Nek Chand.Various dignitaries spoke onthe occasion and threw thelight on the life history ofAmbedkar and his workstowards the weaker section ofthe society.

Chairman Ajeet BhagatSC, ST BC Labour Unions ,

Hakikat Singh YouthPresident SC, Vickay KumarJoint Secretary AshoniKumar Secretary, AmitKumar Bhagat Cashier,Govind Bhagat, OmkarSingh, Ravi Kant, KhopChand, Ravi Kumar, SudeshKumar, Neeraj Kumar,Inderjeet Singh, KiranjeetSingh, Randeep KumarBhagat, Manoj Kumar,Arjun Kumar, RajeshKumar, Charanjeet Singh,Inderjeet Bhagat, ParveenKumar, Sajan Bhagat andSatesh Kumar were alsopresent.UDHAMPUR: Government

Polytechnic College,Udhampur celebrated 127thBirth Anniversary of DrBaba Saheb Bhim RaoAmbedkar.

Principal of the College,H.A Bhardwaj threw light onthe life of Bhim RaoAmbedkar. The function was

attended by HoD, RajShaker, Neeraj Sambyal,Ishan Goutam, faculty mem-bers and students of the col-lege.

Members of Guru RaviDass Sabha Udhampur incollaboration with other sup-porting organizations cele-brated Birth Anniversary ofDr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar inpremises of GRDS Tempte atUdhampur.

R S PURA: R.M. HighSchool Jinder Melhu ,R.SPura Jammu organized afunction to pay celebrate DrBaba Saheb Bhim RaoAmbedkar's Birth Jayantiunder the supervision ofPrincipal. The various activi-ties performed by studentsand a candle lighting ceremo-ny was held in the memory ofBaba Saheb.

Meanwhile, JammuKashmir Batwal WelfareAssociation paid tributes toFounding Father of Indian

Constitution, Bharat RattanDr Bhim Rao Ambedkar onhis 127th Birth Anniversaryat R S Pura. AssociationPresident Romesh Mottan,Vicky Dogra, Satpal Mandi,Tarlok Mottan and otherswere also present on theoccasion.

NOWSHERA: 127th BirthAnniversary of BharatRattan Dr. Bhim RaoAmbedkar was celebratedwith great zeal at differentplaces including Lam,Nonial, Lamberi andNowshera town.

The speakers on this occa-sion threw light on the con-tributions of Dr Ambedkarwho wrote the constitution ofIndia.

Prominent among thosepresent in Addl DC Abdulsatta, Adv Ashwani Sharma,Mahatma Inder Dass, SPLangeh, Shamsher Sayal,Capt Yog Raj, Satish Sayaland Sarwan Kumar.

Tributes paid to Bhim Rao Ambedkar

Congress workers paying tributes to Baba Saheb at Bishnah.

People paying tributes to Dr Baba Saheb Bhim RaoAmbedkar at Nowshera.

R.M. High School Jinder Melhu taking pledge.

STATE TIMES NEWS VIJAYPUR: FormerMinister and JKPCCGeneral Secretary ManjitSingh on Saturday con-demned the BJP-PDPGovernment for allegedly cre-ating divide in society. Hewas speaking during a func-tion on Ambedker Jayanti atSwankha village in TehsilRamgarh of Vijaypur.

Former Minister said "Thedown trodden section of soci-ety is being harassed andtheir rights under constitu-tion is being denied by theModi Govt using Courts,".He further said that the soci-ety is being divided for politi-cal gains and it would lead tochaos and confusion in the

country.He alleged that when they

failed to fulfill the promisesmade with the people, leadersat the helm , who were sup-posed to keep society united,has started playing politics

which hurt the basic fabric ofIndian society. "There is aneed to create unity amongdifferent section of societyand only then, we can workfor the development of thecountry.

Modi Govt hurt basic fabricof Indian society: Manjit

JKPCC General Secretary Manjit Singh speaking duringthe public gathering at Vijaypur.

STATE TIMES NEWS POONCH: Taking a steptowards restoring the glory ofPoonch Qila building and toremove encroachments aroundthe historical monument, DDCPoonch Mohammad Aijaz onSaturday issued order fordemarcation of the land appur-tenant to the Poonch Qilabuilding. In order to carry outthis exercise, a team has beenconstituted with AssistantCommissioner, Revenue as theChairman and TehsildarHaveli and EO Municipality asits Members. A stipulated timeperiod of two weeks has beenfixed to carry out the exerciseand submit the report for fur-ther necessary action.

The civil society of Poonch

has expressed its concern overencroachments around thePoonch Fort and demandedremoval of the same andrestoration of the pristinebeauty of Poonch Qila. Therepair and renovation works ofthe Fort are in progress underthe supervision of theArchaeological Survey of India.The removal of encroachmentsshall pave way for restorationof the beauty of one of the old-est forts.

The district administrationwould issue notices to theencroachers and has appealedthem to voluntarily removeencroachments and cooperatein the interest of great commongood of the people of the dis-trict.

DDC orders demarcationof Poonch Qila land

STATE TIMES NEWS KISHTWAR: The observerfor J&K State Jagdeep Brar,specially deputed by DelhiGovernment, conductedextensive tour of Chenabregion along with Founderand National Council MemberDeep Singh and also officebearers of the State structureto assess the political situationin the area particularly in viewof growing resentment againstthe BJP- PDP combine in theentire State.

Addressing several workersmeetings at Doda andThathri, various local activistsraised several issues of publicimportance and termed thepresent dispensation as com-plete failure on all fronts.

They counted utter misman-agement in the State machin-ery as the coalition partnersare pulling in opposite direc-tion because of north andsouth pole politics as a result,the grievances of the publichave increased manifold andgovernance has been com-pletely paralszed. The workersimpressed upon the centralobserver to constitute Stateand district level structureimmediately so that aware-ness campaign gets activatedvigorously against all tradi-tional political parties whohave widened the gap betweenthe communities in the nameof region and religion to grindtheir own axe be-fooling themasses over last seven

decades. The central observerJagdeep Brar was veryobserving the enthusiasm ofscores of activists and assuredthem that Delhi Governmentled by Arvind Kejriwal is seri-ous to expand the party inJ&K State and that partystructure will be constitutedwithin month or so. RamSingh Chouhan, KuldeepKumar Rao, Bilal Khan,Rajesh Bali, Fazal Alamwani, Abdul Hafiez, BehariLal Bhagat, Yog Raj Sharma,Sarfraz Ahmed Magray,Javeed Iqbal Batt, MohdYakoob, Kuldeep Jaral, MohdSadeeq, Surinder Singh,Ajeet Singh Charak andImtiaz Ahmed were also pres-ent.

AAP's JK Observer tours Chenab region,reviews political scenario

STATE TIMES NEWSRAMBAN: The Indian OilCorporation (IOC) would dis-tribute 100 free gas connec-tions to eligible women hail-ing from BPL and SC/ST

families under the PradhanMantri Ujjwala Yojana(PMUY) on the occasion ofUjjwala Diwas to be observedon April 20, 2018 in the dis-trict.

As part of Gram SwarajAbhiyan, the gas connectionswould be provided to the poorwomen. District NodalOfficer, IOC Rakesh Tikkuinformed that Ujjwala Diwaswould be celebrated in thedistrict under the schemethat aims to empower womenand improve their health byeasing out the burden ofcooking on wood and Chulha.The village Sanasar has alsobeen identified to be madesmoke free by May 5, 2018,he added.

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Ujjwala Diwas: 100 women toget free LPG connections STATE TIMES NEWS

RAJOURI: Gram SwarajAbhiyan (Village SelfGovernance Campaign) beganin Rajouri with the celebra-tions of Social Justice Daycoinciding Ambedkar'sJayanti, in an impressive func-tion organised in DakBungalow, Rajouri.

District DevelopmentCommissioner Dr ShahidIqbal Choudhary was the ChiefGuest on the occasion. Amongothers PO ICDS AbdulRashid, DSWO Abdul Khabir,CDPOs Auqil Nuvaid, NajmaNazki and Khalil Ahmed,prominent citizens, membersof Press Club Rajouri, citizens,media persons, social activists,Anganwari workers andhelpers and officials of Rural

Development Department andother concerned departmentsattended the function.

Speaking on the occasion,the DDC said the social justiceis based on the values of fair-ness, equality, respect fordiversity, access to social pro-tection, and the application ofhuman rights in all spheres oflife besides equal access to eco-nomic resources and employ-ment avenues. He added theinclusiveness in developmentcan't be envisaged withoutsocial justice.

He emphasised upon theparticipants to become aninstrument to take GramSwaraj Abhiyan to grassrootslevel and make the rural mass-es aware about benefitsentailed in various government

schemes and programmes.Dr Shahid informed that

during the campaign of GSA,the authorities aim to covermore than 10,000 beneficiar-ies under various schemesincluding connections underUjjwala Yojana, health relatedschemes, Swachh BharatAbhiyan and various othercentral schemes.

PO ICDS, DSWO andCDPOs also highlighted theimportance of social justice instrengthening social fabrics ofa nation.

On the occasion, the speechof Prime Minister NarendraModi was also telecasted liveand IEC material was distrib-uted among the participants.Similar programmes were alsoorganised in all CD-Blocks of

the district with support oflocal administration.

In Samba, the districtadministration organised adistrict level programme onSocial Justice Day to mark thebirth anniversary of Dr BabaSaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar.Multifarious activities underBeti Bachao Beti Padhao pro-gramme were launched by theDistrict DevelopmentCommissioner Rajinder SinghTara in a mega awarenesscamp held at Vijaypur.

The programme was organ-ised by ICDS and includedvarious activities like weighingof young infants by Anganwariworkers and health check-upof girls by Health Department.

During the programme, theDC Samba distributed wheel

chairs and hearing aids to dif-ferently abled people. 100 ben-eficiaries were given passbooksunder Laadli Beti scheme.

The programme was attend-ed by Additional DeputyCommissioner Tilak RajSharma, AssistantCommissioner DevelopmentAijaz Qaiser, ExecutiveEngineers PHE, PWD, CEOand others.

In Ramban, the HealthDepartment in collaborationwith RDD, Education andother departments organisedawareness programmes anddebate competition on 'BetiBachao Beti Padhao' atGovernment High School,Doligam.

District DevelopmentCommissioner Ramban, Tariq

Hussain Ganai was the ChiefGuest on the occasion.

Similar awareness pro-grammes on 'Beti Bachao,Beti Padhao' were also organ-ised at Government HigherSecondary School Ramban,Government HigherSecondary School Batote andGovernment High SchoolUkhral.

Chief Medical OfficerRamban Dr. Saif-Ud-DinKhan, ACD GH Kripak, DPOTariq Sourawardy and officersof Education Department andschool staff besides studentsand locals participated in theprogrammes. Earlier, anawareness rally was flagged offfrom the school and passedthrough the market then cul-minated at school premises.

Gram Swaraj Abhiyan begins; Social Justice Day observed

Narayan inaugurates Baisakhi Mela STATE TIMES NEWS

KHOUR: Krishna Sport Club Khour Tehsil, district Jammu underthe leadership of Kr. Narinder Singh Bahu organised Baisakhi Melaat Khour to celebrate Baisakhi festival in traditional manner.

Narayan Singh President Shri Amar Khstriya (Rajput) SabhaJ&K was the Chief Guest on this occasion who inaugurated theMela in presence of large gatherings.

Narayan Singh was escorted to venue site by the people who weredancing to the tunes of Dhol Nagaras along with Bhangra's. Inkabaddi, Pargwal defeated Khour, Higher Secondary School Khouroutplayed Krishna Sports Club Khour and Pargwal blanked HigherSecondary Khour. In hammer throw, Atul Singh (JKP) attainedfirst position, Uttam Singh Manhas attained second position andKalu Singh attained third position. In Long Jump, Sunil Singhattained first position and Arjun Singh attained second position. InTug of War, Khour defeated Pargwal. Wrestler of Pargwal wasdeclared winner in the wrestling event. The prizes were distributedamong the winners by Narayan Singh.

Narayan Singh congratulated Narinder Singh Bhau and his teamfor organising Baisakhi Mela. He said such events will keep theyouths of the area away from drug menace and provide field to growphysically and progress in their life.