JAMMU, APRIL 17: Governor Satya Pal Malik released the ‘Logo’ of the Cluster University of Jammu in presence of Prof. Anju Bhasin, Vice-Chancellor of the University at the Raj Bhavan here today.
Governor appreciated the newly released ‘Logo’ and observed that the Cluster University, Jammu which has been established to augment the existing higher education facilities in the State should strive to be a centre of excellence in teaching and research.
Srinagar, Apr 17 : In view of the Lok Sabha Elections-2019 in Srinagar scheduled on 18th of April 2019, District Magistrate Srinagar has issued traffic advisory for facilitating hassle free movement of polling staff to SKICC Srinagar & following route plan has been chalked out for 18th April-2019.
Traffic movement will be restricted from Nishat, Shalimar, Harwan & adjacent areas via Badyari Chowk & Gupkar. Similarly traffic movement shall be restricted from Nishat, Shalimar, Harwan & adjacent areas via SKICC.
Motorist intending to travel from Harwan, Shalimar, Nishat and adjacent areas towards Lal-Chowk are requested to travel via Foreshore Road & Hazratbal.
Motorists intending to travel from Dalgate, Lal Chowk and adjacent areas towards Harwan, Shalimar, Nishat shall adopt Nowpora-Khayam-Rainawari route to reach their respective destinations.
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Srinagar, April 17 : Suspected militants lobbed grenade towards 180 BN CRPF camp at Nowdal area of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday evening.
Reports reaching GNS said that militants lobbed grenade on CRPF Camp in Nowdal. The grenade exploded with a bang in which on CRPF personnel identified as Head constable T L Parshad received minor splinter injury in his left hand.
He was immediately shifted to nearby hospital for treatment.
A senior police officer also confirmed the incident and said that area has been cordoned off to the nab the attackers.(GNS)
JAMMU, APRIL 17: Governor Satya Pal Malik, Patron of the J&K State Bharat Scouts and Guides (S&G), presented ‘Rajya Puraskars’ to 330 Scouts and Guides at an Award Presentation Ceremony held here today. 4 teachers who did advance training were also awarded certificates and badges.
Governor and Sh. Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, Advisor to Governor; Sh. Umang Narula, Principal Secretary to Governor were presented Scout Scarves on the occasion. Ms. Sarita Chouhan, Secretary School Education, Sh. Sarmad Hafeez, Secretary Youth Services and Sports Department; Mr. Saleem ur Rehman,Director General Youth Services & Sports were among the senior government functionaries present on the occasion.
Governor congratulated the recipients of the Awards and wished them bright careers ahead. He lauded the valuable work being done by the functionaries of the J&K State Bharat Scouts and Guides.
Highlighting significance of the Scouts and Guides movement, Governor observed that it is a respectable movement with emphasis essentially on inculcating a value based education in the child. He stressed that involvement of students in such character building activities is as essential as securing good results in the examinations.
Governor noted that a nation which gives due importance to character building of its young generation stays stronger. He lauded the way Scouts and Guides are contributing towards community service.
Governor observed that it is the Government’s responsibility to allocate adequate funds for supporting the maintenance and growth of the Scouts & Guides movement in the State. He wished continuing success to the Scouts and Guides movement and to all its leaders and seniors.
Sh. Ganai shared his experiences of being associated with Scouts and Guides movement and highlighted the importance of such activities in shaping sound minds and healthy bodies.
Sh. I.D. Soni, State Chief Commissioner, J&K State Bharat Scouts and Guides presented a brief report of the movement while Ms. Roma Wani, Senior Vice-President, J&K State Bharat Scouts and Guides presented the Welcome Address.
Senior functionaries of the School Education Department, Department of Youth Services and Sports and Scouts and Guides and their leaders were present at the function.
Srinagar, Apr 17 : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday slammed the governor administration over putting the lives of its leaders in danger by undermining their security while trashing the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) with impunity.
In a statement issued PDP spokesman said that Kashmir has been plunged into the state of lawlessness with deliberate moves being made by the government to jeopardize security of the senior PDP leaders.
He said that there are in total four PSOs allotted to one of its senior leaders and founder member Muhammad Sartaj Madni, hence deliberately putting his life in danger. Madni has been a two time legislator, Deputy Speaker of J&K Legislative assembly for the period of six years and was Vice President of J&K PDP till recently.
“Even the new entrants of other political parties have been accorded with higher grade security cover while as senior politicians from the PDP are left in lurch deliberately,” said the spokesman.
He cautioned the governor administration that if any untoward incident takes place, the responsibility of the same will entirely be of the government.
The spokesman added that by undermining the security cover of senior PDP leader Sartaj Madni, the administration is sadistically singling out the PDP and providing its leaders and contesting candidates least security and vehicles which are in dilapidated condition.
He added that such a partial and unconstitutional way of treatment is unacceptable and the government is deliberately jeopardising the security of the PDP leaders.
Srinagar, Apr 17 : Peoples Conference (PC) chairman and former minister, Sajad Gani Lone on Wednesday questioned the silence maintained by former chief minister and National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah over his meeting with the BJP leadership in New Delhi following 2014 elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Lone had recently claimed that Omar had met BJP leadership in 2014 to work out power sharing arrangement in the State.
Earlier in the day, Omar when asked about the claims made by Lone told the reporters that they should ask this question to Ram Madhav.
Lone said he did not name Ram Madhav. “I know Ram Madhav denied the story in 2014. A rumour is not to be believed unless it is officially denied. And why isn’t Omar replying. Why is he saying, ask Ram Madhav? Does that mean Ram Madhav was there? When did I name Ram Madhav? I said BJP top brass. That Omar is saying ask Ram Madhav means that at least one participant in the meeting has been identified,” he said.
Sajad said that Omar should answer the question in a simple yes or no.
“This is a simple question which can be answered with a yes or no. With every passing day it is clear that our assertions about the meeting are unambiguously true. He is himself substantiating our claims and creating evidence.”
He added that one non-NC, non -BJP politician was also present in the meeting.
“I repeat, he (Omar) met them. He discussed modalities of government formation and agreed on rotational chief minister. Omar had tea. I think ‘Pakoras’ were also served,” Lone said.
(Inputs from KNS)
Srinagar, Apr 17 : Sardar Balwant Singh Teji, father-in-law of Jammu and Kashmir Director General Police Dilbagh Singh passed away in Jallandhar city of Punjab Wednesday morning.
Originally hailing from District Faridkot, Sh Teji served the state Judiciary in various capacities as retired in the year 1985.
He was followed by his brother, nephews and others in the family and six of them became judges, including a Judge of the Delhi High Court. Mr PS Teji and the family came to be known as family of the judges in Panjab.
He was 92 and hale and hearty till last moment. He breathed his last in the presence of all the family members at his home at Jallandhar
The death has been widely condoled by administrative and judiciary circles in Punjab.
Srinagar, Apr 17 : Reacting over highway ban and thrashing of Sub District Magistrate Dooru, former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president, Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday said that ‘jungle raj’ was prevailing in the Valley.
As per news agency, talking to media persons on the sidelines of the function at south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, Mehbooba said, “The ban on highway, thrashing of SDM, beating of inmates, mutilation and burning of bodies due to chemicals during encounters depict that Jungle raj prevails in Kashmir.”
She said that fear has gripped among the people of Kashmir at present over the accession of Jammu and Kashmir union of Indi due to such kind of orders. Mehbooba said it doesn’t seem that Sheikh Abdullah and Maharaja Hari Singh had acceded with today’s country.
PDP chief further stated that atrocities are being committed on Kashmiri to suppress them, therefore a fear has gripped among the people, who believe the Country, JK had acceded to, was different as compared to the present.
She further stated that fruit growers and dealers are suffering huge losses due to the ban on highway while as a death has also occurred due to such ban. “I don’t know what Government of India and Governor of Jammu and Kashmir want to do with Kashmir by issuing such orders,” he added.
About NC’s claims over safeguarding the special status of JK, Mehbooba said, during her tenure, she took every step to safeguard the special status and also employed best lawyer to defend the case at Supreme Court (SC). (KNS)
Srinagar, Apr 17 : National Conference (NC) vice president and former chief minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday said the reason behind youth picking up arms was the failure of PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti’s ‘Chowkidari’ in the State.
Talking to reporters at Shangus area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district, Omar said that after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mehbooba Mufti is claiming to have done Chowkidari for the people of State in last over four years, adding that it was failure of her Chowkidari that the youth are picking up guns in Kashmir.
“If she has done Chowkidari for the State then why current situation prevails in Jammu and Kashmir. Mehbooba has herself claimed that her party workers are feeling helpless, in case she has done Chowkidari then why is this happening,” he asked, adding that she has failed to do Chowkidari in last over four years.
Omar further stated that prevailing situation including the loss in tourism and anger among people is the outcome of her failure in doing Chowkidari. He hoped that people of Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency will teach a lesson to them.
Furthermore, NC leader also hit at ‘Chowkidar’ (Prime Minister Narendra Modi), saying whether an attack in Sunjwa or Pulwama, he has failed everywhere. “Chowkidar has failed in saving economy of the Country. After demonetization, it was said that black money will be removed, but in elections the seizure of money indicates that demonetization has also failed. We don’t say ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai’ (Watchman is burglar) but he has failed,” Omar told reporters.
Asked about allegations levelled against him by Peoples Conference (PC) Chairman Sajad Gani Lone wherein he had stated that ‘Omar after culmination of 2014 elections had met BJP leader in Delhi’, NC Vice president told reporters that, “ask this question to Ram Madhav, not me.”
About highway ban, Omar said, “the decision was a ‘Tuglaki Farmaan’. We have already urged Governor to reconsider the decision. I don’t know what Governor is doing as even after a patient has died due to highway ban, the order still exists.”
He added that Governor has also claimed that the government will not be formed in the State and the Governor rule will continue. “I don’t know how come the Governor has made such claims. Either his intentions are not good or he wants to ruin the State by ruling it for a long,” he said.
Omar added that they demand the ban on highway be revoked at an earliest and the assembly elections be held soon after the culmination of parliamentary polls. (KNS)
Srinagar, Apr 17 : The KAS officers Association has strongly and unequivocally condemned the incident of manhandling of Sub Divisional Magistrate Dooru and his subordinates by armed forces, while the officer was performing his official duties in connection with the ensuing parliamentary elections.
The Association has taken up the issue with higher authorities for lodging of FIR in the matter and for getting it investigated on fast track basis so that the guilty are punished under the law.
The Association has appraised the higher authorities of the negative fallout of the incident as the same has downed the morale of the entire KAS fraternity, which is working under the toughest circumstances not only to conduct the ensuing parliamentary elections but to implement the policies and programmes of the Government in the state. While exuding its unflinching faith in the Government, the Association hopes that the matter will be taken to its logical conclusion, in keeping with the genuine aspirations of the KAS fraternity.
The Association has however maintained that in case FIR is not lodged in the matter, the KAS fraternity shall resort to other forceful measures to ensure that such unfortunate incidents don’t happen in future. (KNS)