Saturday November 3, 20184 DISTRICTSMan dies, wife injured in mishapSTATE TIMES NEWS

KATRA: A man was killed while his wife critically injured ina road mishap at Didi Morh, nearAghar Jito temple. As per thedetails, a Scorpio (JK-20-6575)coming from Jammu to Mohar,collided with a bus (JK-02BL-3247) coming from Reasi toKatra at Didi More, near AgharJito, Temple resulting in on thespot the death of the driver of thecar identified as Meharaj-u-Din son of Md. Yousaf, resident ofSarju, Mohar (Reasi) while his wife Sameem Aktar receivedinjuries and referred to GMC Jammu .

Lightning kills over 100 cattle STATE TIMES NEWS

RAJOURI: Over a hundred cattle died due to lightning thatstruck the mountainous belt of Rajouri district on Friday,police said. As many as 107goats and sheep died while adozen cattle were injured inthe lightning that struckhigh altitude Alal Mangotaarea, they said. RajouriDeputy CommissionerMohammed Aijaz Asad hassent a police team to the spotfor immediate assessment ofthe losses and further action,they added.

Truck driver dies undermysterious circumstances

STATE TIMES NEWSR S PURA: A truck driver found dead under mysterious cir-cumstances in R S Pura on Friday. As per the details, DharamChander son of Krishan Lal resident of Gurdaspur who camehere in R S Pura in his owner's house was found unconsciousin the truck. On seeing him lying unconscious, his owner shift-ed him to hospital where doctors declared him as broughtdead. Police has registered a case and started investigation.

Six gamblers nabbed with Rs 16,300 stake money

STATE TIMES NEWSVIJAYPUR: Police on Friday arrested six gamblers andrecovered Rs 16,300 as stake money from the gambling spot.

As per the details, on a tip-off, Vijaypur Police raided inWard No 6 and arrested six gamblers while playing cards.Stake money amounting Rs 16,000 was also recovered fromthe spot along with playing cards. The gamblers identified asHira Lal, Danish Ram, Dadhu Ram, Sita Ram, Kanshi Ramand Rakesh all residents of Chhattisgarh were booked undersection 13Gambling Act at Police Station, Vijaypur.

Eve teasing case reported STATE TIMES NEWS

JAMMU: Domana police has registered a eve teasing onFriday. As per the details, Bharat Bhushan resident ofPurkhoo Camp lodged a written complaint stating therein thatone Naresh Sharma of the same locality has teased one of hisfamily members. On this, police has registered a case andarrested the accused.

DLTFC approves 103 JKREGP casesSTATE TIMES NEWS

KATHUA: The District level task force Committee (DLTFC)on Friday approved 103 loan cases here under J&K RuralEmployment Generation Programme(JKREGP) being imple-mented by J&K Khadi & Village Industries Board.

The committee, after scrutinizing the applications approved103 cases, deferred 28 applications and rejected 4 cases, a dis-trict administration spokesperson said. The meeting, chairedby ADC Kathua, Ghanshyam Singh, was attended by DistrictOfficer KVIB Kathua, Harvinder Singh, GM DIC, LDM SBI,Cluster Head J&K Bank, Regional Manager J&K GrameenBank and Superintendent ITI.

STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: The killing ofBJP State Gen. Secy. andformer BJYM StatePresident Anil Parihar andhis elder brother AjeetParihar was widely con-demned by different organi-sations include BJP, LVD,VHP and Bajrang Dal whostaged massive protests inentire District Udhampur.Protest was organised atUdhampur, Majalta,Manwal, Ramnagar andChenani to express theirresentment against the utterfailure of local administra-tion and police to protectlives of the patriotic leadersin Kishtwar.

LVD activists led byVikram Singh Salthia held aprotest at Slathia Chowk andraised slogans against theHurriyat and Pakistan whohe sdia were bent upon dis-turbing peace in the State bycreating fear among the peo-

ple. Flaying the barbaricattack by some local antinational elements who haveinclined towards terrorism in

Kishtwar, Slathia said killer(terrorists) of Parihar broth-ers is very much local whowere knowing all about theirmovement. Slathia urgedGovernor to hand over caseto CBI before this case mayblemished.

A large number of BJP

workers, activists of VHPand Bajrang Dal assembledat Domail Chowk Udhampurwhere they held a massiveprotest. BJP workers led byadvocate Amit Sharmaassembled at Majalta Morhwhere they held protestAroused workers put on fireeffigy of Pakistan and raisedslogans. Besides thisRamnagar, Chenani andother places people holdprotest demonstration toshow their resentment.

Condemning the cowardiceattack, former MLA andNPP President BalwantSingh Mankotia expressedcondolence at Party Office

Udhampur. Mankotia informed that

Anil Parihar was State YouthVice President of PanthersParty and also contested the2008 Assembly election onPanthers Party ticket. Hesaid that Anil Parihar madehuge contribution to

strengthen the PanthersParty in Kishtwar. Mankotiarevealed that apart from theparty politics he was veryclose friend of him and anhonest person.

Mankotia appealedGovernor for high level probein these killings and demand-ed for fair investigation.

Councillor Samnik Bhasin,former Sarpanch SurjeetSingh, Tarentar Singh,Bunty, Deepak Singh,Krishan etc were also pres-ent.

POONCH: Condemningthe killings, Naib Mohtamim,Jamia Zia Ul Uloom Poonchsaid that, these incidents willalways be a hurdle in main-taining peace and communalharmony in the State.

He also said that, thesekillings of unarmed personscan't be justified at any costand everyone should con-demn this unequivocally. Hesaid that, a mature and sta-ble society will never accept

this bloodshed. He alsorequested authorities to findout the root cause of suchincidents and must take cor-

rective measures in order tostop bloodshed in future.

AKHNOOR: Leaders andworkers of BJP Akhnoorunit staged a protest atAkhnoor against the killingof BJP leader and his broth-er in Kishtwar.

Protest was launched underthe leadership of BJP seniorleader Raghuvir Singh andothers, who sat on the road inKameshwar Market andblocked it for one hour.

Raghuvir Singh appealed toGovernor Satya Pal Malik totake an appropriate actionagainst culprits as soon aspossible.

KATHUA: The DistrictBJP committee and its coun-cilors held a protest againstthe killing of its StateSecretary and his brother inKishtwar.

A protest was held byDistrict BJP Committee andits district councilors underBJP President Kathua dis-trict Prem Nath Dograagainst the killings of StateSecretary Anil Parihar andhis brother Ajit Kumar

Parihar on Thursday. Theprotesters includingCouncilors Karan Singh,Naresh Kumar, Rekha Devi,Sanjeev Vaid, Rahul Dev,Ravinder Pathania and KakaRam besides AdvocatesSheshipal Sharma andNaveen and large number ofparty workers raised slogansagainst Pakistan. The pro-testers demanded a probe toidentify the culprits andbring them to book.

Killing of BJP leader, brother sparks protests; widely condemned

LVD activists staging protest at Udhampur.

BJP, Bajrang Dal and VHP activists staging protest at Udhampur.

JKNPP State President Balwant Singh Mankotia along with partyworkers paying tributes to slain BJP leader and his brother.

BJP leaders staging protest at Kathua.

STATE TIMES NEWS REASI: ParliamentaryCommittee on Energy, head-ed by Dr. Hari BabuKambhampati, Chairp-erson, accompanied by eightMPs visited Salal PowerStation for on- the spotstudy on energy. TheCommittee constituted M.Chandrakashi, Dr. ArunKumar, Ravindra KumarPandey, M.B Rajesh,Devendra Singh Bhole,T.K.S Elangovan, ShamsherSingh Manhas, S.Muthukaruppan as mem-bers of the Committee.Anirudha Kumar, JointSecretary (Power), GOI andBalraj Joshi, Chairman andManaging Director, NHPC,N.K Jain, DirectorPersonnel, JanardhanChoudhary, Director(Technical) and ChanderMohan, Executive Director,Regional Office Jammu also

visited Salal Power Station.The visiting dignitaries werewelcomed by HimanshuShekhar, General Manager,Salal Power Station andother Senior Officers fromNHPC and CivilAdministration, DistrictReasi. The dignitariesaccompanied by ShekharGeneral Manager, Salal vis-ited various components ofthe Power Station viz Damand Power House. At PowerHouse, the visiting digni-taries were apprised withConstruction, Operation

and Maintenance Activitiesbeing taken up by NHPCLimited across the countrythrough Power PointPresentation by BalrajJoshi, CMD, NHPCLimited.

Shekhar expressed happi-ness about Salal PowerStation being chosen by theParliamentary Committeefor on-the-spot study onEnergy. The ParliamentaryCommittee expressed satis-faction over the running andmaintenance of Salal PowerStation.

Parliamentary Committee visitsSalal Power Station

Parliamentary Committee on Energy along with officials ofSalal Power Station at Reasi.

STATE TIMES NEWS REASI: The newly electedmembers of MunicipalCommittee Reasi andMunicipal Committee Katrawere administered oath onFriday.

In Reasi, of the 13 electedrepresentatives of MunicipalCommittee, six took oath inHindi, three in Urdu and twoeach in Dogri and English.

Addressing the assembly,Deputy Commissioner,Prasanna Ramaswamy G

called upon the elected mem-bers of the committee to startworking on ground andextended full support andcooperation for developmentof the municipal areas.

The oath was administeredby Assistant CommissionerRevenue, Harbans Sharma.The ceremony was alsoattended by SSP Reasi,Nisha Nathyal; AssistantDeputy Commissioner Reasi,Rajinder Sharma; MLAReasi, Ajay Nanda; CO

Municipal Committee Reasi,Jagdish Mehra and TehsildarReasi, Mirza Mumtaz Iqbalamong others. The ceremonywas conducted by RavinderBali of Forest ProtectionForce and lecturer RakeshChobber.

Similar ceremony wasorganised at Spiritual GrowthCentre, Katra where 13 newlyelected representatives of thecommittee took oath. Theoath was administered bySDM, Ashok Kumar.

13-member Reasi MunicipalCommittee team administered oath

Councillors taking oath at Reasi.

STATE TIMES NEWS KATHUA: A seminar on'Sustainable Chemistry is theonly alternative for betterfuture' was organised byDepartment of Chemistry,Govt. Degree College Kathuaand sponsored by J&K StateScience, Technology andInnovation Council on Friday.Principal of the College Prof.K.C Badgal in his inauguraladdress laid emphasis on newmethods to be invented forreducing the chemical waste.

Prof. Kamal K. Kapoorfrom Department ofChemistry, University ofJammu presented a lectureon 'Attainable SustainableGoals'. Dr. Parvinder PalSingh , Senior ScientistCSIR-IIIM , Jammu present-ed a talk on 'OrganicSynthesis and MedicinalChemistry'. Shruti Khanna ofJ&K State Science,

Technology and InnovationCouncil and ProgrammeCoordinator of seminarappreciated the efforts ofChemistry Department fororganising such seminar.Earlier Prof. SumaneshJasrotia gave details of thevarious achievements of theDepartment of Chemistry.

Prof Rakesh Singh present-ed vote of thanks. About 200participants from GDCKathua, GCW Kathua, GDC

Samba , Cluster University ,Jammu , GDC Hiranagarand GDC Basholi participat-ed in the seminar. The stu-dents also presented posterson sustainable chemistry.Sushmita Devi of GDC,Kathua and Niharika ofGCW Kathua got first prizein poster presentation whileDeepika Sharma RakshaLalotra, Priyanka, Shivani ofGDC Kathua and SushmitaKattal of GDC Samba were

adjudged second. Third Prizewas bagged by Rishu, SonikaVerma and Shabini Devi ofGDC Kathua. Prof. KamalK. Kapoor, Dr. Parvinder PalSingh and Dr. Sumita Dhamwere jury members in posterpresentation session.

The Organising Committeeof Seminar comprised ofProf Sumanesh (Convener),Prof. Rakesh Singh(Organizing Secretary), Dr.Anupma Arora, Dr. PankajGupta, Dr. Ambica, Dr.Kehar Singh, Dr. Nisha , Dr.Aditi , Dr. Swati, Nipunn,Vaishali and SurinderKumar.

The seminar was alsoattended by Dr. P.K RaoConvener IQAC, ProfAnirudh Sharma, Dr.Manohar Lal , Dr. ArunDevSingh, Prof Neha Mahajan ,Prof. Shivani , Prof Rukyeaand Prof. Vijay.

GDC Kathua holds seminar on ‘Sustainable Chemistry’

Faculty along with winner students at Kathua.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: In view ofPanchayat Elections,around 6000 polling staffmembers of District Rajouriwere acquainted with thepolling process at differentlocations during the 1stphase of training pro-gramme in two days here atRajouri.

On the 2nd day, a total of2500 polling staff memberswere imparted with thetraining, being conducted inblock wise and phase man-ner, for the smooth conductof the Panchayat elections.

The training was impartedto polling parties for BlocksDoongi, Dhangri andDarhal at Conference hall ofPG College, Rajouri on day02. The training processwas coordinated by NodalOfficer, Manpower andTraining, ACD Rajouri.

The training for pollingparties of BlocksThanamandi and Plangerwas held at GDCThanamandi which wascoordinated by SDMThanamamdi.

While, the training forpolling parties of BlockKalakote and Moughla washeld at DakbanglowKalakote and coodrinated bySDM Kalakote.

The training was moderat-ed by the Nodal Officer forTraining, AssistantCommissioner Development,Rajouri, Akhter Qazi, underthe overall supervision anddirections of DistrictPanchayat Election Officer(DPEO) Rajouri,Mohammad Aijaz Asad andunder the close observationof ADC Rajouri Sher Singh.

The polling parties weremade aware of their role and

responsibilities for the suc-cessful conduct ofPanchayat elections in thedistrict. They were furtheradvised to go through theElection handbooks foracquiring proper knowledgeabout the poll process.

District Administrationassured all facilities andproper support toReturning, AssistantReturning Officers andother polling staff.

The District Level MasterTrainers informed that thepolling staff is now wellversed to conduct the elec-tion process to strengthenthe Democratic process.

The DistrictAdministration has compli-mented the DLMTs, ProfIqbal Raina, Dr NaseemMalik and Abdul Jabbar fortheir strenuous efforts totrain such a huge number of

polling staff in such a shortspan. The training to pollingstaff at PG College Rajouriwas imparted by Amim-ul-Hassan, Master, HSKalalkass, Ateeq UrRehman Tr. PS Chambian,Mohammad Shafiq Khan,Tr.MS Sarala Badhanoo,Rafaqat Hussain, Tr. MSSarotha, Ayaz MehmoodMalik, Tr. BPS KakarMohalla, Majeeb UrRehman, Tr. GPSThanamandi.

The training at GDCThanamandi was conductedby Ahsan-Ul-Haq,Master,HS Mangota andMumtaz Aziz, Master, HSNerojal.

The training atDakbanglow Kalakote wasconducted by MukhtarAhmed, Tr., GMS Khawasand Kirpal Singh, Tr.HSKundal.

Panchayat polls: Training imparted to 6,000 polling staff

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: NCC girlscadets of Govt. P.G College,Rajouri, who won medalsand positions in variousactivities in the EBSB (EkBharat Shrestha Bharat )camp at Camping GroundNagrota were on Friday felic-itated by Principal Dr. J.A.Qazi, ANO Lt. Dr. ShafiaSaleem and Prof. AbdulKarim. All the three Girl

cadets from P.G college weregiven gold medals in theirrespective activities .

Neha Sharma (SUO), wasfelicitated with gold medalfor cultural representation ,Pawan Deep Kour(JUO)was given gold medal forPiloting and Tania Gulzargot gold medal for Essaywriting and was also givencertificate of appreciation foranchoring.

NCC girl cadets felicitated forexcelling in EBSB camp

Medal winners along with faculty at Rajouri.

STATE TIMES NEWS KATHUA: The students ofKartar Public School,Barnoti celebrated a 'GreenDiwali' without bursting anycrackers. They took to eco-friendly celebrations like'Making Greeting Cards'

(classes 1st to 5th), 'DiyaDecoration' (classes 6th and7th), 'Poster Making' (8th to10th) and 'Rangoli Art' (11thand 12th classes). It was animpressive sight to witnessthe talent displayed by thestudents of different classes.

On this occasion, LakshmiPooja and Arti were conduct-ed. The school arranged dif-ferent stalls dispensingDosa, Chowmein, Momosand other condiments. The

students had a wonderfultime.

Harpreet Kaur, Secretary-cum-Principal and Er.Nirmaljit Singh, Chairmanof KPS greeted the studentson the eve of Diwali. TheChairman said that the festi-val of lights is symbolic ofknowledge and wisdom. "Letknowledge come to us fromevery side. Let us spreadgood will and oneness," hesaid.

KPS celebrates green Diwali

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STATE TIMES NEWSKATRA: Shri Mata VaishnoDevi University (SMVDU),School of Physics organisedthree-day special lectureseries programme which con-cluded on Friday. Prof.Prabhakar Singh,Department of Physics, IIT-BHU, Varanasi and AdjunctProfessor delivered speciallectures. These series of lec-tures were the part of exten-sion programs, regularly con-ducted by various schools atSMVDU through which theyimpart quality education toresearch scholars and stu-dents.

Prof. Ashok K. Sharma,Head, School of Physics wel-comed Prof. Singh andinformed that the esteemedprofessor had more than 20years of experience as well as

many national and interna-tional awards to his credit. Hedelivered highly informativelectures on topics related tomeasurements and controlsystems, transducers, boxcarintegrators and high frequen-cy devices: generators anddetectors. Dr. Vivek K. Singh,Coordinator of the event saidthat the research scholars andstudents of the department

not only update knowledgeand keep abreast with the lat-est information in the field ofPhysics. He further thankedDr. Sanjeev Jain, Vice-Chancellor, SMVD Universityfor establishing a collabora-tive teaching-learning envi-ronment through extensionlectures which motivate stu-dents and provide them withideas for future research.

IIT Professor delivers lectures at SMVDU

A key note speaker delivering lecture at SMVDU.