Wednesday October 31, 20184 DISTRICTSFour gamblers nabbed

with Rs 3,725 stake moneySTATE TIMES NEWS

BARI BRAHMANA: Police on Tuesday arrested four gam-blers and recovered Rs 3,725 stake money from the gamblingspot.

As per the details, acting on a tip off, a special team fromPolice Station Bari Brahmana headed by Inspr RavinderSingh Rakwal, SHO Bari Brahmana and under the directsupervision of Sunil Kesar, SDPO Bari Brahmana raided thegambling spot at Ward No. 4 Bari Brahmana and arrestedfour gamblers along with stake money of Rs. 3,725 and play-ing cards from the spot. The gamblers were identified as NituKumar son of Babu Ram resident of Palli, Mukesh Singh sonof Mohan Singh resident of Bihar at present Bari Brahmana,Rajesh Kumar son of Chand Ram resident of Bari Brahmanaand Satpal son of Parkash Chand resident of Dhiansar.Taking cognisance into the matter, all the gamblers werebooked under section 13 of Gambling Act at Police StationBari Brahmana.

ATM fraudster held within 12 hoursSTATE TIMES NEWS

POONCH: Police on Tuesday nabbed an ATM fraudsterwithin 12 hours of receiving of complaint with regard tofraudulent withdrawal of money from an account.

As per the details, one Mohd Aslam son of Salam Din resi-dent of Mamankote Tehsil Chasana (Mahore) lodged a writ-ten complaint in Police Station Poonch that while withdraw-ing money at SBI ATM located in Poonch, an unknown per-son came there and he managed to exchange his ATM andlater withdrew Rs 38,000 from the account.

Taking cognisance of the matter, police registered a casevide FIR No 184/2018 under section 420 RPC and a policeparty led by SHO Poonch under the supervision on SSPPoonchRajiv Pandey swung into the action.

With the strenuous efforts and with the help of CCTVfootage of incident, the accused person got identified asLiyaqat Hussain son of Abdullah resident of KanuyianPoonch and was arrested.

During interrogation, he confessed the crime and the ATMof complainant along with money Rs 38,000 cash was recov-ered from his possession.

Woman among two injured in leopard attackSTATE TIMES NEWS

UDHAMPUR: Two persons were injured after they wereattacked by a leopard in Marothi locality of Tehsil Chenani inUdhampur.

According to a report, a leopard attacked a woman identi-fied as Krishani Devi wife of Nasib Chand and DarshanSingh son of Sansar Chand residents of village Marothi inChenani. Before the victims could have escaped, leopard crit-ically injured them. On hue and cry raised by victims, localsreached the spot and forced leopard to flee. Both victims wereshifted to Distinct Hospital Udhampur from where they werereferred to GMC Jammu.

JCB operator dies as landslide hits highway STATE TIMES NEWS

RAMBAN: A JCB operator died when a landslide hit theJammu-Srinagar National Highway resulting in its closurefor few hours in Ramban district Tuesday, police said.

The landslide on the highway at Digdool in the district onMonday night resulted in closure of the highway for traffic,they said. While men and machines were pressed into serviceto clear the highway of the landslide, another landslide hit thearea trapping a JCB under it, they said. JCB operatorJamsheed (26) died in the landslide.

The highway was cleared for traffic around 8.30 AM.

Bootlegger nabbed with 28 bottles of liquorSTATE TIMES NEWS

DODA: Police on Tuesday arrested a bootlegger and recov-ered 28 bottles of liquor from his possession.

As per the details, on a tip off, Doda police raided in the areaand apprehended one Dev Raj resident of Raryot who wasindudged in selling illicit liquor. In all 28 bottles of liquor fromhis possession. The accused was arrested and a case underrelevant section was registered against him.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: Newly electedmembers of MunicipalCommittee Thannamandiwere administered oath bySub Divisional MagistrateThannamandi Dr TanweerKhan at Dak Bungalow in afunction which was attendedby prominent persons ofThannamandi town. Thethirteen memberedCommittee which has ninemembers from CongressParty is set to have ShakeelAhmed Mir, a prominent sen-ior Congress Leader as theChairman of MCThannamandi.

People of the area have highhopes on the leadership ofShakeel Ahmed Mir and histeam and are aspiring to see amodel Thannamandi underhis chairmanship.

Tehsildar Sunit Singh,SDPO Iftikhar Ch NaibTehsildar Farooq Rather andSHO Thannamandi NazirDar were also present.

KKIISSHHTTWWAARR:: The newlyelected members of MunicipalCommittee Kishtwar tookoath at a swearing-in-cermo-ny, held here at ConferenceHall Mini SecretariatKishtwar on Tuesday.

The oath-taking ceremonywas administered by ADCKishtwar Pawan Kumar

Parihar in presence ofElection Nodal Officer andASP Kishtwar ParbeetSingh.

All the elected members of13 Wards including 10Independent, one BJP andtwo Congress took oath.Among the 13 members, twotook oath in English, two inHindi and nine in Urdu.

ADC urged upon the mem-bers to meet expectations ofthe people and take develop-ment scenario to new heights.

UUDDHHAAMMPPUURR:: The newlyelected Members ofMunicipal Council,Udhampur took oath of officeat a swearing-in ceremonyhere at a Town Hall,Udhampur.

District DevelopmentCommissioner, Udhampur,Ravinder Kumar adminis-tered the oath to all 21 elect-ed members.

The oath ceremony wasattended by ASP, TabassumParveen, AssistantCommissioner Revenue,Sonu Pargal, DistrictInformation Officer, Er SajadBashir Somberia, Dy SPHQ, Zahid Wani ChiefExecutive OfficerMunicipality, Santosh Kotwalbesides other officers andprominent citizens of the dis-trict.

Similarly, SDM Ramnagarand Chenani also adminis-tered oaths to the electedmembers of Ramnagar andChenani MunicipalCommittees, respectively.

RRAAMMBBAANN:: The newly elect-ed members of Ramban,Batote and BanihalMunicipal Committees ofRamban took oath of office ata swearing-in ceremony heldin all three MCs of districtRamban.

In Batote, the oath wasadministered by AdditionalDeputy Commissioner(ADC), Ramban, Dr

Basharat Hussain to all elect-ed members of 07 wards ofBatote MC including twowomen at Town hall, Batote.

Similarly, AssistantCommissioner Revenue(ACR), Ramban, Vevaik Puriadministered the , 06 electedmembers of Ramban MCincluding two women atCommunity hall, Maitra.Pertinent to mention herethat Ramban MC , the elec-tion in ward no 2 was coun-termanded due to the naturaldeath of a candidate namelyAzad Singh Raju.

Like-wise, SDM Banihal,

Zameer Rishu administeredoath to 06 elected members ofBanihal MC including 02women at Town hall, Banihal.

Due to health issues, anelected member namelyMohammad Sharief Ganiewas not present on the occa-sion.

PPOOOONNCCHH:: Oath ceremonyof newly elected councillorswas held at Dak BungalowPoonch. The 17 membersteam of MC Pooonch wereadministered oath byAssistant RevenueCommissioner PoonchManzoor Ahmeed Lone.

Imtiaz Salaria who waselected by inflicting defeatupon BJP District PresidentPoonch from Ward Number 4as independent candidatetook oath in Urdu which isofficial language of Jammuand Kashmir. Others whotook oath include Neha Raniindependent candidate fromWard no 1, Zareena Akhterindependent candidate fromWard No 2, Balwinder Singhfrom Congress candidatefrom Ward No 3, Umeraindependent candidate fromWard no 5, Choudhary javedBJP candidate from Ward no6, Naresh Chavder inde-pendent candidate from Wardno 7, Ambika Saraf inde-pendent candidate from Wardno 8, Parvinder Singh inde-pendent candidate from Wardno 9, Mohinder Singh inde-pendent candidate from Wardno 10, Madumeet Kour inde-pendent candidate from Wardno 11, Naresh Kumar BJPcandidate from Ward No 12,Harpreet Kour BJP candi-date from Ward no 13,Sanjay Khajuria independentcandidate from Ward No 14,Rajinder Singh PippiCongress candidate fromWard No 15, Sunil Sharmaindependent candidate fromWard no 16 and RajeshKumar from Ward No 17.

Newly-elected MC members across region take oath

Newly elected members of Municipal Committee Poonch during oath ceremony.

STATE TIMES NEWS KATHUA: Danesh Rana,IGP Armed/IRP Jammu vis-ited Battalion HeadquarterKathua on Tuesday. Duringhis visit IGP took the Guardof Honour, inaugurated theconference Hall at BattalionHqrs. Thereafter, IGPArmed/IRP Jammu conduct-ed the Darbar in which morethan 150 officers/officialsparticipated.

During Darbar the officialsput forwarded their genuinegrievances which wereredressed on the spot. Aplantation drive was also car-ried out and a Parijaat treewas planted by the IGPArmed/IRP Jammu in thebattalion premises. Duringbriefing IGP Armed/IRPJammu emphasised thatwhile performing law andorder and other importantduties such as election dutiesetc they should be fullyequipped with law and orderequipments and requiredarms/ammunitions and theproblem should be dealtwhile observing utmost

restraint. The officials werealso directed to exhibit disci-pline, inculcate the habit ofPT Parade/Yoga for overallfitness and always try tobecome people friendly.

Shiv Kumar Sharma,Commandant IRP-19thBattalion gave a briefresume of activities andnature of duties of theBattalion. He also expressedheartfelt gratitude to theIGP Armed/IRP Jammu forsparing his precious time tovisit the Battalion

Headquarter and listen thegrievances of the jawans.

B.S Tuti, DIG JKS Range,Dhar Patil, SSP Kathua,Arun Gupta, SP PrincipalPTS Kathua Ajay KumarSharma, SP, RamnishGupta, SP, SanjeevKhajuria, SP, Nasir AhmadAdditional SP Kathua,Ashok Kumar Chib,Adjutant, Dy.SP VarinderSingh, Dy.SP A.Q Runiyal,Shivali Kotwal, Dy.SPHarjeet Singh and SHOKathua were also present.

Exhibit discipline while performing duty: Danesh

Danesh Rana, IGP Armed/IRP Jammu being honoured byShiv Kumar Sharma, Commandant IRP-19th Battalion.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: Senior BJPLeader and MLC VibodhGupta on Tuesday visitedDangri village and took stockof development works. Heinteracted with people andnoted down problems faced bythem and assured quickredressal of the same.

While addressing the gather-ing ,MLC appealed to the peo-ple to participate in Panchayatelection with full zeal andenthusiasm. He said,"Panchayat elections willempower villages in J&K anddemocracy will be firmly estab-lished at the grass root level".

He further said that theseelections are to be held after along time of 14 years andtherefore ,are politically veryimportant. The CentralGovernment under PMNarendra Modi is committedto realise democracy at thelowest level and now the onuslies in the hands of public tofurther this cause. He assertedthat people can strengthendemocracy by voting.

Some prominent citizensand party workers whoaccompanied MLC were VedPrakesh Sharma, SureshSharma, Rakesh Raina, BableSharma and Vijay Sharma.

Panchayat elections willempower villages: Vibodh

MLC Vibodh Gupta during a visit to Dangri village.

LVD hails Governorfor fast action

STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: StatePresident Lok Vikas Dal(LVD) Vikram SinghSlathia hailed the actiontaken by the GovernorSatya Pal Malik for hand-ing over Medical Insurancecase to State VigilanceOrganization (SVO).

Slathia said J&K BankRecruitment Scam shouldbe handed over to CBIbesides appointment ofKAS officer without fol-lowing the selectionprocess. He said previousGovt. has done mass levelbungling in recruitment inthe State in differentdepartments to favourtheir favorites. Slathiaalso hailed Governor forholding ULB andPanchyat elections in theState after gap of thirteenyears.

Sudesh Kumar, RajKumar, Umesh Modi,Kuldeep Singh, AttarSingh, Mohinder Singh,Kuldeep Singh, SunilSingh, Rakesh Kumarand Mani Ram were alsopresent.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAMBAN: To review thepreparations of Panchayatelections in the State, BJPJ&K led by its State GeneralSecretary (Org.) Ashok Kaulheld party workers meets atBhadarwah, Assar and

Ramban.BJP State Vice-President

and Prabhari RambanRajeev Charak, MLARamban Neelam Langeh,District Presidents RakeshSharma, Manjeet Razdan,District General Secretary

(Org.) Vipan Sharma, StateExecutive Members ShashiGoswami, Vijay MohanThakur, Mandal PresidentsRamneek Manhas, NaseebSingh, Hoshiar Singh andother BJP senior leaderswere also present in themeeting.

Ashok Kaul, while address-ing the meeting, sought thedetails of organisation relat-ed matters in the meetings.During the meetings, hestressed that the strength ofBJP lies in its ideology ofnationalism and welfare ofpeople who are still strandedin the lowest socio-economicstrata. He claimed that theBJP has delivered on everysingle issue related to thedevelopment in State as wellas national scenario.

Strength of BJP lies in its ideologyof nationalism: Ashok Koul

State General Secretary (Org.) Ashok Koul along withparty workers during meeting at Bhadarwah.

STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: Print andElectronic Media ofUdhampur widely con-demned the assault byTraffic IG Basant Rath onmedia person in Jammu.

Holding a meeting here inUdhampur, journalistsstrongly condemned thephysical assault committedby IGP Rath on the mediaperson. Journalists urgedthe Govt. to initiate a strictlegal action against Rathand lodged an FIR.

They stated that Rathshould not have taken lawin his hand in dealing withmedia person who violatedtraffic rules. They also saidthat the IG should not haveassaulted him and brokenhis cell phone.

Senior journalistsPardeep Bakshi, AnilDubey, Ramesh Gupta,Amit Mahi and DepankarGupta besides PawanGupta, Arun Gupta, SherSingh, Sourab Sagar,Deepak Anand, SurinderSharma, Arun Jasrotia andmany more widely con-demned the attack onmedia person.Spokespersons urged theGovernor to lodge an FIRagainst Rath and he shouldtender an apology for hismisconduct.

They also demandedthat the state Govt. mustensure safety of workingjournalists who are dis-charging their duties in ter-rorism affected J&K put-ting their life at risk.

Udhampur journalistsslam IGP Basant RathSTATE TIMES NEWS

KATHUA: Ajat ShatruSharma Advocate Sr.Congress Leader and Ex-DYC President Kathua con-demned BJP leadership forhorse-trading of Councilorsof Municipal Council Kathua.

It is pertinent to mentionhere that recently the fourelected councilors ofCongress who were elected onCongress mandate joined theBJP at their party office atJammu in presence of BJPState President RavinderRaina and others. AjatShatru Sharma whileaddressing the press confer-ence said that the ongoingdream of BJP State leader-ship 'Congress Mukt Kathua'

could not be successful till thepeople who are with ideologyof Congress stand. BJP canbreak few individuals ofCongress but couldn't breakCongress's ideology.

Congress is theonly party which can providesocial, economic and politicaljustice to all the three regionsof the State and treatingthem with equality. It's thisparty which streamlined theArticle 370 and merged theJ&K State with Union ofIndia and made the accessionof J&K as final and irrevoca-ble.

He also appealed toCongress high commandespecially Congress ChiefPatron Sonia Gandhi,

National President RahulGandhi, Leader ofOpposition Ghulam NabiAzad, PCC PresidentGhulam Ahmed Mir, DCCPresident Dr. Manohar LalSharma to take a seriousnote of increasing indisciplineand increase of anit-partyactivities in J&K Congressotherwise it may be very lateand can demoralise theground level leaders who fol-low the Congress ideologyand are continuously servingthe party without expectingany position or reward.Others who spoke on theoccasion include SunilPangotra, Sandeep Balotra,Ravinder Singh and RohitKumar.

Cong leader condemns BJP for horse-trading

STATE TIMES NEWSKATHUA: JudicialMagistrate, Ist ClassBillawar R.K Tadyal onTuesday awarded two yearsimprisonment and fine of Rs.4,500 to Abdul Gani, son ofTaj Din, resident of DharaltaTehsil Billawar, districtKathua facing trial in a case

of assault and use of criminalforce with intent to outragemodesty of a woman, underSections 354, 457 and 323RPC .

According to the complaintlodged with Police StationBillawar, the Abdul Ganientered the room of victim on30th October, 2012 at about11:00 PM and pressed hermouth with criminal intentionto outrage her modesty. Thevictim resisted and was ableto cry when her mother-in-lawreached the spot. The accusedseeing her mother-in-lawreleased the victim and fled.

The JMIC after hearingboth the counsels for theState and the defence held theaccused as guilty and liable tobe convicted. Accordingly theCourt awarded simple impris-onment of 2 years and a fineof Rs 4,500 for commission ofoffence under aforesaidSections.

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Two-yr-term in attempt to outrage modesty of woman

Army organisesQuami Ekta Sabha

STATE TIMES NEWS DODA: Army organised a'Quami Ekta Sabha' atArnora on Tuesday. TheSabha drew an enthusiasticresponse from all the com-munities of Arnora (Doda).A total of 100 locals attend-ed the event besides manyprominent personalitiesbelonging to civil societyalongwith religious teachersof Arnora and Ghat.

Sabha was aimed atfostering communal harmo-ny and brotherhood betweenlocals irrespective of caste,religion and faith. The par-ticipants shared their valu-able views on promotingsocial and communal harmo-ny. Eagerness to work insynergy irrespective of caste,religion and region was evi-dent from the healthy discus-sions between the partici-pants. They appreciated theeffort of army in bridgingthe hearts of people from dif-ferent communities.

STATE TIMES NEWSSUNDERBANI : JammuKashmir Sharnarthi ActionCommittee (JKSAC) held ameeting of DPs -1947 atSunderbani in which largenumber of DPs fromKalakote and Nowshera alsoparticipated besides locals.While taking stock of prob-lems faced by DPs in con-nection with the disburse-ment of relief package of Rs.5.5 lakh the speakersexpressed their strongresentment against the lackof interest of authoritiestowards early clearance ofthe cases in spite of complet-ing all the formalities.

They said that some DPshave been denied acceptanceof their cases for compensa-tion on the grounds thattheir records are dilapidatedor decayed where there is no

fault of theirs. They saidthat the previous coalitiongovernment failed to con-centrate over the issuewhich is languishing for thelast more than two years dueto which the DPs are suffer-ing.

In their address PresidentJKSAC Gurdev Singh andGeneral Secy Netar Parkashtold that the matter hasalready been brought to thenotice of concerned authori-ties and even discussed withAdvisor to Governor B.BVyas last month. The advi-sor agreed with the griev-ances and assured that themeasures to redress thegrievances will be takensoon.

Gurdev Singh and NetarParkash in their joint appealto the Governor SatyapalMalik, have requested to

look into the problems beingfaced by the DPs in gettingpayment of Rs 5.5 lakhsreleased to them by thePrime Minister two yearsback. They said that theseDPs are running from pillarto post for the last two yearsbut have still not receivedthe amount due to red-tapism.

In the meeting Capt.Ashok Kumar and Dr. DeepKumar Sharma DirectorAnimal Husbandry havebeen nominated asPresidents to take care ofDP's of Panchayat Halka,Dandesar, Bugnoti, ChackChorala, Rajal A&BPanchayats and TeshilBeripattan respectively. DevSaroop Contractor has beennominated as Vice Presidentin the Central Party to rep-resent district Rajouri.

JKSAC resents delay in paying relief package

STATE TIMES NEWS AKHNOOR: An anti-encroachment drive wasorganised in Akhnoor townunder the supervision ofTehsildar AkhnoorKamwaljit Singh in whichExecutive officer (EO)Municipal CommitteeAkhnoor Take ChanderGupta, Khilaf WarjiInspector Devinder Singh,Akhnoor police team andother administrative offi-cers were present.

Tehsildar AkhnoorKamwaljit Singh and theteam started the drivefrom Bus Stand, GoleMarket, Nursing Chowkand other adjoining area ofAkhnoor MunicipalCommittee. KamwaljitSingh warned shop keep-ers, Rehariwallas not toencroach foot paths androads due to which trafficjams are erupted in thetown specially in the festi-val season.

Anti-encroachment drive held

Tehsildar Kamwaljit Singh along with team during the drive.