Srinagar, Jun 20 : The inmates in District jail Kupwara Thursday entered into scuffle, resulting in injuries to some among them.

Sources said that some of the inmates of district jail Kupwara were injured today after they enter into a scuffle over some issue.

Deputy Inspector General (DIG) north Kashmir Range, Sulieman Choudhary told news agency that the inmates have entered into scuffle over some issues unknown.

He said the inmates were later segregated to different barracks following which the situation was brought under control. 

Police today said that on 21/06/2019 at about 12:25 pm, on a tip off, Police station Khansahib raided village Dooru and recovered 34 bags of Govt.cement in a private Tata mobile bearing Regd.No JK01AA/1367 from the possession of one Ab Majeed Mir S/o Gh Mohd Mir R/o Dooru and Bilal Ahmad Rather S/o Fateh Mohd R/o Haji Bagh Budgam (Driver).

Both the accused persons have been arrested. Accordingly, case FIR No.96/2019 U/S 409 RPC stands registered in PS Khansahib and investigation taken up. The respectables of the area applauded the timely action by Budgam Police.

Srinagar, Jun 21 : Following death of three persons during rafting in Pahalgam, tourism department has asked all its officials to ensure strict implementation of adventure tourism guidelines.

“To ensure the safety and the security of participants during adventure activities like, Rafting, Paragllding, SKING, Zipling etc, all the field functioners of tourism department shall strictly ensure implementation of adventure tourism guidelines issued by government order no 51-TSM of 2019, dated 14-02-2019.

It shall be ensured that adventure activities are carried out only after the field functionaries of the department fully satisfy themselves that precautionary measures have been put in place as per the above guidelines,” said an order issued by Rigzian Sampheal-IAS, commissioner secretary to government Tourism department.

The order said, “The registering authorities shall conduct a special drive exclusively for online adventure tour operators, the process shall be completed strictly by 7th July 2019, falling which the unregistered units, if any shall be sealed and appropriate action under the law shall be initiated against them without any further reference.

The registering authorities shall at the expiry of the stipulated time submit a categorical certificate that no un-registered unit is operating in their respective jurisdictions.”
It said, “The slightest of dereliction on part of the registering authority or any other field functionary shall invite disciplinary action as mandated under rules.”

Earlier, this month three persons including a rafting guide died when their raft boat capsized in Lidder river in Pahalgam.

SRINAGAR, JUNE 21: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met here under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik approved the Training Policy for the officers of Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service.

The Government had set up a Committee to devise a Comprehensive Training Policy for the officers of the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service on the pattern of All India Service officers.

At present, J&K IMPA&RD is the nodal agency for training of officers. After their recruitment to the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service, the officers are imparted training for one year spread over at J&K IMPA&RD, Revenue Training Institute, Accountancy Training Institute and at the district level. Besides, the officers undergo training in five departments i.e. Revenue, Rural Development, Excise & Taxation, Social Welfare & the Secretariat.

After analyzing all aspects of the training in vogue, the Committee recommended a “Sandwich Pattern of Training” for the officers of Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service on the pattern of training imparted by Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie to the IAS officers.

The ‘Sandwich Module’ includes a joint Foundation Course (FC) for all the combined Service Offices recruited to the Junior Scale of the Jammu & Kashmir Administrative Service, Jammu and Kashmir Police (G) Service and Jammu and Kashmir Accounts (G) Service for a period of one month. After completion of FC, the officers of the J&K Police Service & J&K Accounts Service shall report to their respective training institutes for advanced training. The officers of Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service will undergo Phase-I of the training by J&K IMPA & RD for a period of eight (8) months excluding the study tour for two (2) months. Total period for Phase-I shall be ten (10) months.

After completion of the Phase-I, the officers shall be imparted district training for a period of 1 year. After completion of the district training, the officers shall undergo Phase-II of the training for a period of one (1) month. The State Darshan will be a part of the training module of the Foundation Course.

A Mandatory Mid-Career training programme for officers will be conducted in three phases viz. Phase-III, Phase-IV and Phase-V and shall be linked to their career progression from Time Scale to Selection Grade, Selection Grade to Special Scale and Special Scale to Super Time Scale. An officer shall be promoted to the next level only after he has undergone the required training. However, the officer who crosses the age of 55 years as on 1st January of the year, in which particular grade is to be released in his favour, shall be exempted from undergoing the particular training. The Mid Career training shall be arranged through reputed and prestigious institutions within and outside the country.

The policy also envisages an award scheme for the best trainee officers of every batch including Gold Medal and a cash award of Rs 1 lakh for 1st position, Silver Medal and cash award of Rs 75000 for 2nd position and Bronze Medal and cash award of Rs 50000 for 3rd position.

The Training Policy introduces other wide-ranging reforms to improve skills and broaden the horizon of the officers of Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service.

The GAD will be the nodal department to implement the policy.

Shopian: The second day of back to villages was celebrated with great zeal and enthusiasm in the respective panchayats at Shopian. Gram Sabha was held in all panchayats and social audit committee was also constituted.

On this day, District Development Commissioner Shopian Dr. Owais Ahmed along with other district officers visited several panchayat halqas and addressed huge public gathering. During this day grand melas were also organised at several different panchayats where officials from Horticulture, Agriculture, Animal and Sheep Husbandry department, Social welfare department, Handloon and Handicraft department installed their stalls and made public aware about the ongoing schemes in the district.

Besides heath camps were organised at various villages and sports kits was also distributed to the students by Youth Service and Sports department during in the melas.

During the visit of DDC, the people of these panchayat halqas apprised him about various issues and greviences being faced by them. The people project a number of issues on the occasion and sort their immediate redressal some people meet the DDC and raised other developmental issues of their respective areas.

    DDC gave a patient hearing to the people and said that all their genuine demands putforth will be looked into and redressed as soon as possible and at an earliest. Some issues were resolved on the spot.

People of these panchayats welcomed the initiative of State Government and many of them said that it was for the first time that an officer had spent two days with them.

Nadeem Nadu

Srinagar, June 21 (GNS): Husband-wife duo who were abducted by unknown gunmen, last evening were injured after shot at by them in Arwani village of Anantnag district in south Kashmir on Friday.
Reports reaching GNS said that the unknown gunmen abducted Mudasir Ahmad Makroo and his wife Nusrat Begum last evening in Bijbehara.

Today afternoon, while Nusrat suffered injuries in her left leg after fired upon by the gunmen at Arwani area near graveyard, Mudasir was also fired upon near Frisal side and sustained bullet wound in his leg, they said.

A police officer also confirmed the incident and said that while Nusrat has been admitted in SDH Bijbehara and Mudasir was shifted to district hospital Anantnag for treatment. The officer said that the condition of both the persons is stated to be stable.

The officer said that a case has been registered and further investigations taken up. (GNS)