Sunday August 6, 20174 DISTRICTSTwo held for abetment of

25-year-old youth’s suicideSTATE TIMES NEWS

RAJOURI: Five Panchayat members were booked and two ofthem arrested for alleged abatement of suicide of a 25 -year-oldyouth who was asked to drink urine of a girl, whose familyaccused that he raped her, in Rajouri District.

"Police have registered a case of abatement of suicide (section306 of the RPC) at the police station in Budhal against fivepersons (of the Panchayat)," Senior Superintendent of Police(SSP), Rajouri, Yougal Manhas said.

Those who have been booked have been identified as MolviAbdul Latief, his brothers Mohd Rafiq and Mohd Bashir, AbdulRashid and Molvi Ghulam Rasool, he said, adding Rashid andBashir have been arrested and search is on to nab others.

Fazal Hussain of Targain hamlet in Budhal allegedly commit-ted suicide on Saturday last following a directive by thePanchayat that he should drink the urine of the girl, whosefamily accused him of raping her.

The incident came to light after an audio message of theyouth went viral on social media, in which he accused thePanchayat of "humiliation" by directing him to drink the urineof the girl. Hussain's body was recovered by the Police fromSamarsar Alpine lake last Sunday.

"The deceased in an audio clip, recorded just before his sui-cide, has alleged that he was being pressurised by a villagePanchayat to drink the urine of a girl, whose parents and rela-tives had alleged that he sexually harassed her," Manhas said.During investigation, it was found that a Panchayat was calledin at the house of Latief in Dandote in Budhal, where the otheraccused passed a diktat against the deceased, he added."Despite pleading innocence, the Panchayat didn't bother topass an inhuman directive that the deceased shall be pardonedonly if he drinks the urine of the girl," the SSP said.

"Feeling disappointed and depressed, the deceased took theextreme step to end his life, and committed suicide by jumpinginto the Alpine lake, Samarsar", he said. Hussain, a post-grad-uate and resident of remote Targain village of Budhal, had gonemissing last Saturday.

Labourer commits suicide STATE TIMES NEWS

REASI: A labourer from Uttar Pradesh allegedly committedsuicide by hanging himself in his rented room in Reasi District,police said on sturdy. Deep Chand (24) hailed from Sant KabirNagar of Uttar Pradesh. His body was found hanging in hisrented room in Matyal belt of Katra Tehsil last evening, a policeofficer said. The post mortem was conducted, he said, addingthat a case was registered. The body would be handed over tohis family, he said.

33 bovines rescued, 2 smugglers nabbed STATE TIMES NEWS

RAJOURI: police on Saturday foiled four bovine smugglingbids by rescuing 33 bovines and arresting two smugglers.

Police in its continuous drive to curb the menace of bovinesmuggling rescued 28 bovine animals and also arrested onesmuggler during last 24 hours.

As per the details, a party of Police Station Rajouri led byInsp Ajay Singh Chib rescued 11 bovines from clutches ofsmugglers at Jamola -who were taking these animal towardsKashmir by foot. However, smugglers taking the advantage ofdarkness manager to escape from spot. In this regard case videFIR No. 330/2017 under section 188 RPC 3 PCA Act wasregistered in Police Station Rajouri.

In another alike incident, same police party rescued 13bovines during wee hours at Badoon. The accused smugglersnamely Sajjad and Liaqat fled away while accused Gh Qadirwas arrested. A case vide FIR NO.331/2017 under section188/RPC, 3 PCA Act was registered.

In another incident, a team led by In-Charge Police Post Lamrescued four bovines, however, the accused managed to escapefrom spot. Police has registered a case vide FIR No. 121/2017under section 188 RPC 3 PCA Act at Police Post Lam. InMahore, on specific information, a police team headed by In-Charge Special Police Post Ladh laid a Naka at ChangerNallah Tuksan Tehsil Mahore and rescued five bovines from thepossession of Rehmat Ali son of Jaan Mohd resident of villageShikari Tehsil Mahore. The accused person was carrying thesebovines without any legal documents and intended to smugglethese bovine animals towards Kashmir. The accused personwas arrested and a case vide FIR No.58/2017 under section188 RPC was registered at Police Station Mahore.

Man electrocuted STATE TIMES NEWS

REASI: A man was electrocuted and two children wereinjured after a short-circuit in a transformer at a village inReasi District on Saturday police said.

The deceased has been identified as Mohammad Bashir.Two children suffered minor injuries and several electronicdevices were also damaged in various houses. "There was amajor short-circuit that damaged a transformer in Gabbarvillage at 7 am," a senior police officer said, adding the powersupply in the village was disrupted.

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STATE TIMES NEWS KATHUA: Deputy ChiefMinister, Dr Nirmal Singhon Saturday asserted thatproviding basic amenitiesto the people was prime con-cern of Government.

The Dy CM was speakingat a public grievance redres-sal camp here at Billawarwhich was attended by peo-ple from village Bhaddu,Marhoon, Baggan, Katli,Dewal, Mandli, Kishanpur,Dadwara, Ramkot andThainthoo.

The camp was convened bythe Dy CM as part of thegovernment's endures to pro-vide effective and transpar-ent governance to the peopleliving in remote areas.

The people projected vari-ous demands seeking repairof existing and constructionof new roads, augmentationof PHE and PDD infra,posting of adequate staffand upgrading of infrastruc-ture in schools, introductionof more trades in ITI, clear-ance of MGNREGA liabili-ties, separation of rationcard, adequate mobile tow-ers, filling vacant posts ofDoctors and upgrading ofmedical infrastructure.

Dr Nirmal Singh gave apatient hearing and assuredto resolve their issues on pri-ority. He also said thatextending basic amenities tothe people living in far ofplaces was the prime concern

of the State dispensation. Hefurther said that for consoli-dating PDD infra Rs 4 crorehave been spent in Billawarconstituency. He said aug-mentation was done to over-come problem of low voltageand power breakdowns. Healso directed the concernedauthorities to keep closecheck on illegal PDD con-nections and deal with thedefaulters with iron hand.He asked the PDD to moti-vate the offenders to paytheir PDD dues on time.

Responding to the demandfor augmentation of drink-ing water, Dr Nirmal Singhexhorted upon the PHEengineers to formulate acomprehensive plan as perthe topography of the area toutilize the natural watersources and divert the excesswater to the areas havinginadequate water supply. Healso encouraged the locals toparticipate pro actively inthe planning of development

works and come with innova-tive ideas.

A deputation of PHEcasual workers also met DyCM and projected theirdemands. The Dy CMassured them that the StateGovt. is already deliberatingon their issues.

Earlier, the Dy CM partic-ipated in the plantationdrive at Govt. HigherSecondary School, Billawar.He also interacted with thestudents and appealed themto understand the conceptsof a subject rather thanmugging up the facts.

Dy CM asked the teachingfraternity to encourageinteractive learning amongthe students and engagethem through innovativemethods. SDMBillawar, SDPO Basohli,BDOs, Tehsildars,Engineers, TSO, socialactivist Mamta Singh andprominent citizens were alsopresent on the occasion.

STATE TIMES NEWS POONCH: The Minister forIndustries and CommerceChander Parkash Ganga onSaturday flagged off theHoly Mace (ChhariMubarak) of Shri BudhAmarnath Yatra here fromDashnami Akhara, Poonch.The Chhari Mubarak afterPooja at Dashnami AkharaPoonch, was taken out byRaj Guru,Mahamandleshwar, SwamiVishawatmanand JiMaharaj.

Legislators ShahMohammad Tantray,Yashpal Sharma, PardeepSharma, Ravinder Raina,

Vibodh Gupta and seniorofficers of district adminis-tration police and army,besides locals cutting acrossreligious lines and membersof Yatra ManagementCommittees were also pres-ent on the occasion. Thepeople in thousands fromacross the district accompa-nied the Charri Mubarakand Yatris up to Holy Caveof Buddha Amarnathji atMandi- situated 30 kmaway from Poonch town onfoot.

Speaking on the occasion,Ganga said the display ofpluralistic sentiment andcomposite cultural of

Poonch should serve as asource of inspiration for therest of the regions of theState as well as the country.

MLA, Shah MohammadTantray said Poonch is aplace of Sufis and saintsand their teachings havealways preached tolerance,goodwill and mutual respectfor all religions. "No onecan dare to harm thesesocial values inherited sincecenturies form these Sufisand saints," he asserted.

DDC Poonch Tariq Zargaralso greeted the devoteesand appreciated the peopleof Poonch for upholding thetradition of religious toler-ance and communal harmo-ny.

Meanwhile Ganga con-vened a public meeting atPoonch and listened to peo-ple's issues.

Besides general public, themeeting was attended byMLC Pardeep Sharma ,Custodian Chackan daBagh, Tanveer Khan, GenManager DIC Poonch,Executive Engineers ofPWD, PHE, PDD andother district officer fromadministration.

Ganga flags off Holy Mace ofShri Budha Amarnath

Industries Minister Chander Parkash Ganga along withMahamandleshwar, Swami Vishawatmanand Ji Maharaj

during flagging-off of Mace from Poonch.

Dy CM directs officers to actproactively on public grievances

Deputy CM Nirmal Singh interacting with students at Kathua.

STATE TIMES NEWS BISHNAH: ABVP organ-ised a student felicitationprogramme at KoushalFarm, Bishnah which start-ed by the lighting of ceremo-nial lamp and Bharat MataPujan. After that, SecretaryABVP Bishnah deliveredwelcome address.

S.D. Singh Jamwal (IGJammu Range) of J and KPolice was the Chief Guest ofthe programme and deliv-ered a lecture to students fornot indulge in any illegalactivities and suggested thestudents to adopt the moralvalues of their ultimate per-sonality and character build-ing. He further said that thistype of programs should beorganised to channelise forthe welfare of the students.He further advised them todo hard work in their crucialyears of life for getting suc-

cess and achieving theirgoal.

After that, the academictopers of the various schoolsof Bishnah were felicitatedby medal and certificate ofmerit by Chief Guest andRaghav Krishan Kesar,State Vice - PresidentABVP. More than 300 stu-dents from different schoolswere felicitated in the pro-gramme.

The vote of thanks wasdelivered by Vikas Sharma,City Secretary ABVPBishnah and other who werepresent in the programme-Romesh Kotwal (SP,Headquarter Jammu, JKPolice), Gambir SinghCharak, City President,Rankaj (convener of the pro-gram), Sonali vaid (Girl'sIncharge), Joint SecretaryDeepak, Sourav and Co-Convener Mukesh Sharma.

Don't indulge in illegal activities,adopt moral values: IG

IG, Jammu S.D.S Jamwal lighting the ceremonial lamp.

LMD team imposesRs 29,100 fine on

erring tradersSTATE TIMES NEWS

SAMBA: A team of LegalMetrology Department onSaturday charged Rs 29,100fine from erring traders duringextensive checking of variousbusiness establishments atVijaypur, Ramgarh,BariBrahmna Lala Chack,Border Road Samba andadjoining areas.

More than 100 traders of dif-ferent business establishmentslike provisional stores, Karyanashops, LPG gas agencies, AttaChaki, fertilisers stores, gener-al stores, bakery units, poultrysellers, welding work, hardwarestores, sweet shops, rice mills,industrial units were inspectedfor their compliance withregard to various provisions ofJ and K Standard of Weightsand Measures EnforcementAct 2011 (Amended) andPackages Commodities Rules.

In all 16 Challans of traderswere booked for violations ofvarious provisions of J and KWeights and MeasuresEnforcement Act2011(amended), PackagesCommodities Rules 2011 andother prevailing Legal metrolo-gy Laws and Rules. On therequest and assurance oftraders not to repeat the samediscrepancies as per the Actand Rules in future, all thebooked Challans were com-pounded by imposing thepenalty of Rs 29,100 on thethese traders.

STATE TIMES NEWS KATHUA: Kathua VikasManch (KVM) launched aplantation drive in collabora-tion with Bhagat KabirCollege of Education Kathuain Chak Lakshman and ChakJalfad, and adjoining area ofRailway Station GovindsarKathua imprudent to theunanimous decision taken inGeneral Body Meeting of theKVM held on July 30, 2017.Dr. Bharat BhushanAdditional DeputyCommissioner Kathua by theChief Guest on this occasion.

The Chief Guest whileaddressing the audiencestressed upon the need ofmaintaining a proper coordi-nation between masses andadministration. He alsoexhorted upon the need of con-serving and protecting theenvironment, ecology ,naturalhabitat and flaura-fona. Prof.Ram Murti Sharma Presidentof the Manch while elaborat-ing the objective of carryingout the plantation drive high-lighted the activities of KVMand laid stress on maintaininga balance between develop-ment and environmental con-servation. The members of theManch, students and staff ofthe host educational institu-

tion planted hundred ofsaplings of medicinal plantsincluding Neem, Arjun, Beda,Hard, Amla, Tunu besidesother ornamental, Shady andhorticultural plants of differ-ent verities.

The programme was attend-ed by the representatives ofvarious NGO's and socialorganization. Patimbar DattSharma general secretary ofKVM projected vote ofthanks.

Among others who partici-pated in the plantation -Prof.Saroop Chander PitamberDutt Sharma, Dr. KuldipMahotra, Babu Ram Bhagat,Col.Ved Parkash Sharma,Bansi Lal Gupta, Thoru RamMahajan, Preeti Bala, KhemRaj Sharma, Rajiv Mahajan,Mahesh Kumar Gupta, N.SJasrotia, Pooja Sharma, Dr.Sohan Lal Gupata, AmarNath Balotra, Sat PaulGupta, Mahender Gupta, S.Rajhvir Singh, S. RanjitSingh, Jagdish Singh Salthia,Dr. Som Raj Sharma, ManhorLal Mehra Balwant Raj,Dhian Chand, Ritten Sharma,Diksha, Luxmi Rani, Pinki,Salthia, Master Arnav etc.and saplings were provided bySocial Forestry DivisionKathua.

KVM launches plantation drive Govt failed to delivergoods to locals: NC STATE TIMES NEWS

UDHAMPUR: Monthlymeeting of district unit ofNational Conference washeld at Udhampur under thepresidentship of DistrictPresident Sunil Verma onSaturday and workers fromvarious part of the districtparticipated and highlightedtheir demands.

NC workers highlighted thedemand of sugar in theration which has beensnatched by the Govt.Moreover, workers said thatthe conditions of road in thevarious part of the districtare in a miserable conditionand need to mend on priority.While addressing the workersDistrict President SunilVerma said that Govt hasfailed to deliver goods to thelocals thereby increasingtheir problems. He said thatsugar in the ration has beensnatched by the Govt. whichclearly indicate that Govtwanted to assassinate thepoor and BPL families. "Nowthe present Collation Govt isharassing the people by wayof imposing GST" Vermasaid and demanded immedi-ate restoration of sugar inthe ration to the people.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: The Minister forFood, Civil Supplies andConsumer Affairs andInformation, ChoudharyZulfkar Ali on Thursday laidfoundation stone of amuse-ment park at Kotranka inRajouri District.

District DevelopmentCommissioner Dr. ShahidIqbal Choudhary, SSP YougalManhas, ACD Boor Alam,CEO Rajouri DepartmentAuthority and other Districtand sectoral officers were pres-

ent on the occasion.The amusement park, a long

pending demand of the peopleof the district, would be con-structed at an estimated cost ofRs. 5.88 crores by RuralDevelopment Department inconvergence with RajouriDevelopment Authority. Itwould include recreationalfacilities for the children, inter-connecting paths, water foun-tains and traditional waterbodies.

"Koteranka-Khawas roadwould be completed at an

expenditure of Rs 76 crore",Zulfkar said during a publicmeeting adding Rs. 800 croreprojects under different sectorslike tourism, education, ruraldevelopment, power and publichealth engineering sectors havebeen taken up and would becompleted within the stipulatedtime.

The minister said that theseprojects on their completionwould benefit thousands ofsouls living in these far offareas and boost the develop-ment scenario of the district.

Meanwhile, an impressiveand colourful cultural pro-gramme was organized todayin the Conference Hall of PWDDak Bungalow by the CulturalWing, Department ofInformation and PublicRelations Jammu.

Zulfkar appreciated the per-formances and said that suchprogrammes provide a plat-form to the artists to exhibittheir talent and also help topromote our rich cultural her-itage.

Zulfkar lays foundation of amusement park

FCS&CA and Information, Minister Choudhary Zulfkar Aliinaugurating park at Rajouri.

STATE TIMES NEWS SUNDERBANI: TakingPrime Minister NarendraModi's vision to build a cleanand green nation, a massiveplantation drive was conduct-ed today at Dharpur area ofSunderbani in which a largenumber of saplings were plant-ed by BJP State Presidentand MLA Sat Sharma (CA).The programme was organ-ised by Paryavaran SurakshaSamiti, a renowned namewhich is headed by RCSharma(Siot) and is workingfrom a very long time to help inprotecting the environment.During the occasion, manylocal residents and politicalactivists of the area were alsopresent on the occasion.Speaking on the occasion, SatSharma said that during thisplantation drive, a target ofplanting around one lakhsaplings has been set by theorganisation and manysaplings were planted in hispresence and the work will becontinued till the target of the

organisation is achieved.He said out of the one lakh

plants planted, 50,000 havebeen named after our formerPrime Minister Atal BihariVajpayee, 10,000 after formerPresident Late APJ AbdulKalam and 40,000 saplingson the name of our greatPrime Minister NarendraModi whose only mission is toserve his country with full ded-ication. He also stated that tilldate nine lakh plants havebeen planted by the organisa-

tion and he appreciated theefforts of RC Sharma as wellwho is working hard to protectour environment from theincreasing rate of pollution.

Sat Pal Sharma PresidentYog Sansthan, DarvinderKumar, Puran Chand, BodhRaj, Dr Indu Bhushan,Mansa Ram, Karan, BalKrishna, Gillu Ram, ManiRam, Manohar, Joginder,Ankush and several otherswere also present on the occa-sion.

Sat launches plantation drive

BJP State President Sat Sharma along with others planting sapling.

STATE TIMES NEWS KISHTWAR: While express-ing his serious concern over thefailure of government andhigher authorities of ICDSDepartment to disburse thesalaries of Anganwadi workersand helpers , Hindustan ShivSena (HSS) Kishtwardemanded immediate atten-tion of government and higherauthorities to mitigate theirproblems at the earliest. Whilecriticising the concernedauthorities, HSS Chenab andPir Panjal Incharge Tilak RajShan said that theAanganwadi workers andhelpers are still withoutsalaries since July 2014, due towhich the employees are facingtrouble in their day to day

affairs.He said that government

should come up with a solutionby taking some bold steps tostreamline and redress theissues of these employees."Various requests were madebefore concerned authoritiesbut all in vain as the concernedauthority didn't pay any heedtowards this genuine issue ofAanganwadi workers andhelpers of Padder region,"Shan alleged.

Shan urged upon the DCKishtwar Ghulam NabiBalwan to personally inter-vence in this matter and directconcerned department to dis-burse the pending salaries ofemployees at an earliest so thatthey can take a sign of relief.

Anganwadi workers, helperswithout salary since 2014; HSS

demands DC's intervention

STATE TIMES NEWS KAKRYAL: As part of theWorld Breast Feeding Week cel-ebrated from to August 1 to 7,every year, Shri Mata VaishnoDevi College of Nursing,Kakryal, organised severalfunctions with a view to enlargeawareness among mothers andcaregivers about the impor-tance of breast feeding. Thestudents of 3rd semester of the

college participated in thesefunctions. In this context, adebate competition was organ-ised on the theme SustainingBreast Feeding Together. Eachteam shared their views empha-sising on how breast feedingbenefits the infants. Artika andMasrat, 3rd semester studentsof the College of Nursing fromTrikuta House won the debatecompetition on Breast feeding

vs Formula feeding. Besides,the students under the guid-ance of their faculty organisedinteractive awareness pro-grammes on breast feeding formothers and caregivers at theShri Mata Vaishno DeviNarayana SuperspecialityHospital, Kakryal. Motherswere educated on physiology oflactation, initiation of breastfeeding, bonding between

mother and baby and nutrition-al value of breast milk. Variousqueries of the mothers wereclarified during the interactionsession. Dr. Shailla Cannie,Principal of the College ofNursing informed that theseprogrammes were held underthe guidance of Pushpa Oraon,Associate Professor and PoojaRani, Clinical Instructor of thecollege.

SMVD Nursing College imparts awareness on breast feedingSTATE TIMES NEWS

RAJOURI: Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Rajouriunder the aegis of Directorate of Extension,SKUAST-Jammu started establishment ofModel Orchard at its Tandwal farm. Dr R KArora, Associate Director Extension andIncharge KVK's SKUAST-Jammu inaugu-rated the establishment of model orchard byplanting guava plant in the orchard.

Dr. Arora informed that the model orchardis being established at KVK Rajouri with theaim of providing technical knowhow of scien-tific cultivation of fruit plants.

Dr Arvind Kumar Ishar, Sr. Scientist andHead KVK Rajouri briefed that 50 citrusplants and 50 guava plants are being plantedin the first phase of plantation. In the secondphase, kiwi, Pecannut, peach and nectariseshall be planted in this orchard. Theimproved varieties of guava ( Hisar Surkha,Hisar Safeda and VNR-Bihi ) have beenbrought from HAU, Hisar whereas 50 citrusplants have been procured from Centre forExcellence in Citrus, Indo-Israel Project atHoshiarpur. All these cultivars are the bestperforming cultivars.

KVK establishes model orchard