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STATE TIMES NEWS BHADARWAH: To extendtheir civic action programmeto the most deserving andunderprivileged students liv-ing in far-off areas, 33Battalion CRPF sends 15students belonging to BelowPoverty Line (BPL) familiesof Bhadarwah to 'BharatDarshan' Tour on Tuesday.

The ten day tour with thetheme 'from mountains tosea' was flagged off byPrabhat Chandra Jha DIG

CRPF along with Col D DPandey CO 4RR, ASPBhadarwah Rajinder Singhand CEO BDA RajinderKumar Khajuria from com-munity hall Kotli.

Speaking on the occasion,A Padama Kumar CO CRPF33 Battalion said that thetour under civic action pro-gramme is primarily aimedat to give exposure to themost deserving but underprivelaged students living inmountains and for the pur-

pose 15 students belongingto BPL families were drawnfrom different villages ofBhadarwah valley.

"These students have nevergone beyond Jammu andsome of them are even mov-ing first time outsideBhadarwah. For these stu-dents, it's like a dream cometrue to move beyond hills tothe coasts ofVisakhapatnam," PadmaKumar added.

After flagging off, whilespeaking to reporters, DIGCRPF, Prabhat ChandraJha said thatVisakhapatnam is the largestnavy yard and our motive totake these underprivilegedstudents there and otherplaces including Delhi is toexpose them the developmentIndia has made and also letthem understand differentcultures, so that they canalso feel an urge to competeand reach there to be a partof developed India.

CRPF sends underprivileged studentsto ‘Bharat Darshan tour’

DIG CRPF Prabhat Chandra Jha along with others flagging off tour from Bhadarwah.

STATE TIMES NEWSPOONCH: Former MLCDr. Shehnaz Ganai wel-comed the inauguration ofJalandhar- Amargarhpower project by the PrimeMinister during his recentvisit to J&K State.

Interacting with mediahere she said that no doubtsuch power projects are pil-lar of development and theyplay a vital role in thedevelopment of area wherethey are built. She told thatthrough this project theshortfalls of power in Valleybe compensated. She saidthat Jalandhar-Amargarhproject is inaugurated atBaramullah and its supplylines run through differentdistricts.

Samba is one of the dis-trict which is benefittedand being given Grid aswell as Line in and Lineout (LILO) facility, where-as Pir Panjal region istotally neglected. She

showed her grave concernover neglecting whole PirPanjaal region by the gov-ernment.

Lamenting on such a cal-lous approach she said thatthe authorities have usedthe land of Pir Panjaalregion for supply lines ofthis project, but the regionhas completely beendeprived of the grid andLILO facility which is veryunfortunate. She apprised

that issue regarding con-sideration was raised manya times in state legislativecouncil, state government,administrative secretary,then state power ministerand also stands discussedby the delegation of PirPanjaal legislators with thePrime Minister some twoyears back at New Delhi.Whereas after the assur-ance in the council and thedelegation by the PrimeMinister nothing has beendone in this regard so farand now the project hasstarted working. Formercouncil member said thatthis clearly shows the stepmotherly treatment by thegovernments with thisregion.

She has appealed toGovernor to review thisdemand of Pir Panjaal pub-lic and write to center gov-ernment for provision of agrid and LILO facility inthis region.

Dr Shehnaz hails inauguration ofJalandhar-Amargarh Power Project

Former MLC Dr. ShehnazGanai briefing media.

Hardcore criminal detained under PSASTATE TIMES NEWS

SAMBA: A hardcore criminal was detained under the strin-gent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Samba district on Tuesday.

The accused has been identified as Mohammad Irshad aliasShadu Son of Mohammad Saleem resident of Ward No 6 TelliBasti Bari Brahmana.

According to a report, in order to curtail the activities ofhardcore criminal namely Mohd Irshad who was involved innumber of criminal activities and is a great threat to the lifeand liberty of the people of District Samba particularly BariBrahmana area, a special team of Police Station BariBrahmana headed by Inspr. Darshan Singh, SHO under theoverall supervision of Dr. Koshal Sharma, SSP Samba andunder the supervision of Sunil Kesar, SDPO Bari Brahmanaarrested the said accused.

The accused was involved in a number of heinous cases reg-istered against him at Police Station BariBrahmana/Vijaypur and in District Jammu which includeFIR No 98/2010 under Sections 458/336/323/34 RPC ofBari Brahmana; FIR No. 67/2012 under Sections341/382/323 RPC of Bari Brahmana; FIR No. 135/2012under Sections 452/323/147/148 RPC of Vijaypur; FIR No.27/2013 under Sections 307/452/323/34 RPC, 4/25/30 ArmsAct of Bari Brahmana; FIR No. 122/2015 under Sections452/354 RPC of Bari Brahmana; FIR No. 51/2016 underSections 376/342/323/RPC of Channi Himmat, Jammu;FIR No. 186/2017 under Sections 452/323/34 RPC of BariBrahmana; FIR No. 23/2018 under Sections 454/380 RPCof PS Bahu Fort, Jammu and FIR No. 128/2018 underSection 4/25 Arms Act of Bari Brahmana.

The warrant of arrest under detention in PSA issued byDM Samba against the accused namely Mohd Irshad. Theaccused was absconding and was evading his arrest since theissuance of his warrant.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: An in-servicetraining programme wasorganised by KVK-Rajouriunder the aegis ofDirectorate of Extension,SKUAST-Jammu for offi-cers and extension func-tionaries of Department ofAgriculture, Rajouri, where-in officers from differentblocks of district Rajouri par-ticipated.

The programme was coor-dinated by Dr. VishalSharma, Scientist(Agronomy) wherein Dr.Arvind Kumar Ishar, Sr.Scientist & Head, KVK,Rajouri presided over theprogramme. YounisChoudhary, Chief

Agriculuture Officer ,Rajouri was Special Guestduring the programme.

The main purpose of organ-inzing the training pro-gramme was to aware theextension functionaries

about "Seed Production ofRabi Crops" and also to sup-plement the knowledge ofextension officers about seedproduction of Rabi seasoncrops especially of wheat andoats so that they can take it

to farmer's field for their wel-fare. Dr. Vishal gave adetailed presentation on seedproduction of Rabi crops. Dr.Arvind K. Ishar gave adetailed introduction ofKVK-Rajouri and discussedabout the problems faced byfarmers of the Rajouri inseed production.

At the end of the trainingprogramme discussionamong scientists of KVK-Rajouri and departmentalofficers was held where in Dr.Suraj Parkash (Scientist,Agril. Extension), Dr. AbhayK. Sinha (Scientist, Agri.Engineering) actively partici-pated. The programmeended with vote of thanks byDr. A.K. Sinha.

KVK organises training for Agri Deptt officials

KVK officials imparting training to agriculture officials.

STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: A wrong blood reportof an pregnant woman hasexposed the functioning of Govthospitals in the state.

In a case at Traumas HealthCentre Ghagwal in DistrictSamba, paramedical staff ofthe said hospital gave wrongblood report to the pregnantwomen whose last month wasrunning.

According to the sources, apregnant woman went to saidhospital to get her check up andgave blood sample in the labo-ratory for blood group. Aftercollecting reports from the lab-oratory she noticed that para-medical staff of the said hospi-tal her report with A- blood

group while she was of cognitiveA + blood group. After newsspreads, dozens of people wentin Ghagwal Hospital anddemanded rechecked the bloodgroup and which later reportedA + from an privateLaboratory.

Irked over ill-functioning ofhospital staff people staged aprotest against the doctors andparamedical staff. They allegedthat neither entire staff of thedoctors is there nor any facili-ties is available to the patients.Talking with State TimesCorrespondent , the husband ofthe woman said that the bloodreport was wrong, as well as thewoman's name was also wrong-ly written in the report.

Wrong blood report of pregnant womanexposes Govt hospital's functioning

STATE TIMES NEWS KATHUA: Police StationRajbagh sought publicassistance to identify amale dead body presentlykept in GMC Jammu.

The deceased had fallennear Mala Dhaloti andreceived serious injuries.He was shifted to DistrictHospital Kathua and wasfurther referred to GMCJammu where he suc-cumbed to his injuries. Thebody of the deceased is keptat GMC Jammu.

The deceased is wearingwhite Kurta Pyjama andblack jackets. The approxi-mate age of the person is

between 70-80 years andheight around 5 feet 5inches. It is requested tocontact on following num-bers to share any informa-tion about the unidentifiedbody at 01922-234311,9419156719.

Police seeks public assistancein identifying body

STATE TIMES NEWSUDHAMPUR: Reiteratingcommitment of the party ,former MLA and NPP StatePresident Balwant SinghMankotia claimed that partywill repeats its 2002 per-formance. Recently party haslaunched door to door aware-ness campaign which itreceived huge support fromGeneral masses.

Addressing public meetingat Thanda Paddar Ward No

21 Udhampur, Mankotiareiterated that party willrepeats its 2002 performancein Udhampur district withactive support of the generalmasses.

Mankotia while recallingthe tenure of NPP electedrepresentatives said thatUdhampur district witnessedhuge development activitiesbut unfortunately newlyelected representative failedto provide equitable develop-

ment of the hilly district.Many development schemes

particularly in education sec-tor, development have beenhalted due to non-implemen-tation of schemes for schoolsto upgrade the education sys-tem, regretted Mankotia.During their tenure manyschools were upgraded andemployment has been givento educated unemployedyouth of the district. He reit-erated that NPP will com-plete all the developmentworks in Udhampur.

On the occasion SanjeevKumar who contested as anIndependent candidate in theCouncillor's Election fromWard no 21 joined PanthersParty with his scores of sup-porters.

Councillors Sunil Proach,Darshan Kumar, JagdishKumar, Sr Leader GushuSallan, Rajinder Bali andMaster Shiv Kumar werepresent.

NPP ready to repeat 2002 performance: Mankotia

NPP State President Balwant Singh Mankotia addressing a public meeting at Udhampur.

STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: In view ofongoing 30th Traffic Weekcelebration in Udhampur,MVD team led InspectorRajan Kumar under thesupervision of ARTOUdhampur Rachana Sharmacarried out surprise checkingof vehicles and took the seri-ous cognisance of violation ofMVD Acts.

During checking teamChallaned 168 vehicles outwhich 62 vehicles were com-

pounded on the spot for vio-lation of MVD rules. Reportssaid that ARTO receivedmany complaints with regardto drunken driving and over-loading thus abetting themenace of harassment to thedaily computers, team alsocarried breath analyzerstests of vehicle operators.ARTO team also createdawareness among the vehi-cles operators and public ingeneral and appealed toadhere with MVD rules.

168 vehicles Challaned for violations

MVD team conducting breath test of a driver.

STATE TIMES NEWS KATHUA: To promote folkculture heritage by givingopportunities to youth toactively participate and per-formance of Dogra folk cul-ture activities and linkageyoung generation with richcultural heritage of Dogras,Nehru Yuva Kendra (NYK),Kathua organised a DistrictLevel Youth Culture festivalon Tuesday at Auditorium ofGovt. Degree College,Kathua, in which over 350youth participated in groupfolk dances, group songs,skits, mimes, solo songs andsolo dances competitions.

Rohit Khajuria, DeputyCommissioner, Kathua wasChief Guest on inauguralfunction while AdditionalDeputy Commissioner,Kathua and Principal GDC ,staff members were alsopresent on the occasion.

In group song competitionGDC Kathua was the winner

and Little Angels School 1strunner up and Youth ClubBakhta was 2nd Runner up.In Group Dance competitionRajiv Gandhi College ofEducation was winner andCosmic Heart Hr. Sec. wasrunner up. In mime GDCKathua was declared as win-ner and SRM Hr. Sec.School stand at 2nd place. In solo dance Youth ClubBakhata stand 1st position,GDC Kathua at Second and

Rajiv Gandhi of education at3rd place and in solo songGDC Kathua was 1st andGHSS Bakhata was 2nd

Shiridhar Patel, Sr.Superintendent of Police wasthe Chief Guest during prizedistribution function andgave away prizes to the win-ner teams.

Som Datt Zard, DYCPresented the welcomeaddress and KalbushanSharma was stage Secretary.

NYK organises cultural fest

Dignitaries along with winners during the event at Kathua.

STATE TIMES NEWS KAKRYAL: Shri MataVaishno Devi NarayanaSuperspeciality Hospital,Kakryal conducted a rarefacial asymmetric correctionsurgery successfully (thecranio maxillofacial surgery).The surgical team was led byDr. Arjun Malhotra, consult-ant cranio maxillofacial sur-geon.

The patient was a 26 yearsold male who was sufferingfrom facial disfigurementdue to an injury sustained inan accident six months back.He was diagnosed with mas-seter muscle hypertrophyand increase in the angle ofmandible projector leading toa square face deformity. Afour hours sustained surgerywas performed with an excel-lent outcome.

Dr Arjun Malhotrainformed that such kind of

deformities are very rare andthe surgery performed to cor-rect this type of facial disfig-urement is one-of-a-kind inthe region.

Dr. (Brig) Man MohanHarjai, Chief AdministrativeOfficer of the SMVDNSHstated that department ofcranio facial surgery of thishospital is well equipped withall the latest armamentariumto deal profile correction JawJoint dysfunction, Jaw cystsand Tumours, Facial Traumaand Cleft lip palate surgeries.He further added that thecranio maxillofacial surgicalteam was an integral partduring the management ofmass causalities in SiarBaba landslide incident andduring matador accidentnear Domail.

Rare facial corrective surgery performed at Narayana Hospital

STATE TIMES NEWSUDHAMPUR: CareerCounseling Guidance andPlacement Cell of the Govt.College for Women Udhampurin collaboration withDepartment of LifelongLearning, University ofJammu organised an aware-ness programme in Economicsand General Science. The wel-come address was presented byDr. Chander Shekhar, PrincipalGovt. College for Women

Udhampur. Three facultymembers were invited fromUniversity of Jammu namelyDr. Rewa Khajuria, Councilor,department of LifelongLearning, Dr. Shallu Sehgal,Asstt. Prof. Department ofEconomics and Dr. RupaliFotra, post doc. Fellow, insti-tute of Human Genetics. Theprogramme ended up with thevote of thanks by Dr. RenuBala, HOD, department ofCommerce, GCW Udhampur.

GCW Udhampur conducts awareness programme in Economics, General Science

STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: On World Cancer Day,NSS unit of Bhaskar Degree College(BDG) Udhampur organized a lecture in

the college premises.Dr. Vineet Gupta, Orthopedician was the

Chief Guest on the occasion which deliveredan abundant awareness lecture on WorldCancer Day. Dr Vineet made the studentsaware about early detections, preventions,cure and precautions related to this calami-tous disease. He further added that studentsabout the initial stages and regular checkupsrelated to this fatal disease. He said there isnothing to get panic and worry about canceras its curable even at IIIrd and fourth stagebut need to fight with fearlessly by followingtimely advice and guidance and treatment ofthe caner doctors.

Principal of the college Dr. S.K. Magotrapresided over the function. The NSS vol-unteers and Para-Medical students alsoparticipated in the programme under theguidance of Prof PL Suri, PrincipalBhaskar Institute of ParamedicalSciences. Program was concluded with thevote of thanks presented by NSSProgramme Officer Pinaki Bakshi.

Bhaskar College holds lecture onWorld Cancer Day

Orthopedician, Dr. Vineet Gupta deliveringlecture at Bhaskar Degree College.

STATE TIMES NEWS REASI: A meeting of BarAssociation Reasi was heldon Monday to elect the newbody for the Bar Association.The meeting was attended byall the members of the associ-ation in which they laudedthe role of present team andits president Pawan DevSingh for his tireless effortsin building the infrastructurein the Court Complex andproviding new facilities. Theparticipants unanimously voted and again elected Pawan dev Singh as New

President whereas ParveshKant was elected as Sr.VicePresident Adv, GulshanSingh -Vice President,Rajnish Singh Adv -GeneralSecretary, Deepak Tonetra -Joint secretary and AmitSingh -cashier. The electedmembers vowed to do morework for the betterment ofthe association like expansionof the existing bar room,opening of ladies bar roomparking space for the courtcomplex, library etc.

Pawan Dev Singh re-elected President Bar Association Reasi

Newly elected President Pawan Dev Singh along with othermembers of Bar Association Reasi.

STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: Rakh Amb Talli res-idents on Monday staged aprotest against the PowerDevelopment Department fornot repairing the transformer.Residents raised slogansagainst the department andblocked Samba Border roadnear Rakh Amb Talli for halfan hour. They alleged that thePDD department installed anelectric transformer in their

village but due to some snag intransformer, residents are notgetting proper voltage due towhich they are suffering. Theysaid that several time theyinformed the officer concernedbut nothing has been dine sofar in this regard. After receiv-ing the information, InchargePolice Post Officer andTehsildar Samba AmanAnand reached the spot andpacified the protesters.

Protest against PDD, residentsdemand repair of transformer

People blocking road at Samba.

Lecture on winterdiseases, preventivemeasures conducted

STATE TIMES NEWS POONCH: Army organised

an awareness lecture on

'Winter Diseases and their

Preventive Measures' at

Khodia Middle School,

Mastandhara in Poonch dis-

trict.

The audience were sensi-

tised about health problems

like respiratory diseases,

skin problems, chilblains and

other ailments caused due to

extreme cold weather.

During the lecture audience

were explained various pre-

ventive measures that can be

taken to avoid such diseases

and were also informed

about remedial measures

that can help in boosting

their health in winters.

Thieves decamp withdonation box from temple

STATE TIMES NEWSSAMBA: The unknown

thieves on Monday

decamped with the donation

box of Baba Birfa Nath tem-

ple Sarendi Talab Jatwal in

District Samba.

According to a report, in

morning when some villagers

came in temple, they saw

lock of the main gate broken

and donation box massing.

They informed to the police

which has taken cognizance

the matter and started inves-

tigation.