Jammu Kashmir

Joint delegation of calls on Governor Newspoint Bureau Jammu Tawi, June 18 A joint delegation of the Railway Station Hotels & Lodges Association and Raghunath Bazar Businessmen Association, Jammu called on N. N. Vohra, Governor, at Raj Bhavan, here today and presented to him two Memoranda containing their demands. The delegation led by Baldev Khullar, President of the Raghunath Bazar Businessmen Association and Bhuvaneshwar Gandotra, President, Railway Station Hotels & Lodges Association congratulated the Governor for his continuing association with the future growth of the State and honoured him by presenting him a memento. The Governor discussed with the delegation the to-date status of the implementation of the various components of t...   Wani asks officers to hold Public Grievances camps in each block Newspoint Bureau Doda, June 18 Continuing his extensive tour to quake hit far flung areas of district Doda, Minister for PWD (R&B) and Mechanical Engineering, Abdul Majid Wani, today visited Dahara and Gundna villages. The Minister held public grievances camps at remote Dhrarah and Gundna villages and took stock of problems and demands of the people. The issues raised by people included free ration to earthquake victims on equal basis, medical facilities in the region, repairing of roads and water supply schemes etc. While interacting with the people, Wani gave on spot instructions to PHE and Rural Development departments to address the problems of people at the earliest. He directed the officials ...   DDC chairs DLRC meet Newspoint Bureau Rajouri, June 18 District Development Commissioner, Rajouri, F C Bhagat on Tuesday chaired the District Level Review Committee (DLRC) meeting which was among others attended by AGM RBI, Gopal Dass, DDM NABARD, Des Raj and district officers of line departments and bankers. LDM, Arvind Kapoor briefed the house about the achievement of banks under annual action plan 2012-13. He informed that against an annual target of Rs.14952 lakh total achievement was Rs 13909 lakh under priority sector, of which, Rs 5995 lakh were disbursed under agriculture sector Rs 4598 lakh under SSI, Rs 220 lakh under micro credit, Rs.76 lakh under education and Rs.3019 lakh under housing sector. Besides, the depo...   JDA clears Building permission cases Newspoint Bureau Jammu Tawi, June 18 Vice Chairman, Jammu Development Authority, Satesh Nehru, on Tuesday chaired Building Operation Controlling Authority (BOCA) meeting, which was the first meeting held after the online system started in JDA. All the building permission cases received till date were discussed in the meeting and were cleared, except one, which will generate a revenue to the extent of Rs. 70 lakh to JDA to be spent for the development of Jammu. Among others the meeting was attended by Chief Town Planner, JDA, who is member Secretary BOCA, and other concerned officers and officials were present in the meeting. The VC, who is Chairman BOCA, appealed the public not to go far construction witho...   Shopkeepers of Trikuta Complex pay homage to Rajender Kumar Newspoint Bureau Jammu Tawi, June 18 The shopkeepers of Trikuta Complex today expressed shock and grief over untimely tragic death in a road accident of an employee namely Rajender Kumar of Travel Agency at BC Road They paid homage to late Rajender Kumar and served a Bhandara to the people as a mark of respect to the departed soul. It is to be mentioned here that late Rajender Kumar was hardworking employee, who died in road accident at Bari Brahamana on June 9, 2013....   NC resents Wani's statement, seeks CM's intervention Newspoint Bureau Kishtwar, June 18 National Conference leaders and workers from Kishtwar today resented the statement issued by Road and Building Minister Abdul Majid Wani against his junior minister Sajjad Ahmed Kitchloo using unparliamentarily language and appealed the Chief Minister to look into the matter immediately in the interest of the people of Kishtwar. A party handout said that the Kishtwar Unit of the party at a meeting chaired by Vikram Parihar NC's youth leader expressed its resentment against Abdul Majid Wani for leveling baseless allegations and using unparliamentarily language which does not suit the personality of Sajjad Ahmed Kitchloo being a very humble and kind hearted human being. P...   Tinned roof of school blown up in Bhagwah Doda Newspoint Bureau Doda, June 18 Tinned roof of Upper Middle School Behine Dessa Zone Bhagwah Doda was blown up due to strong winds during midnight. This school building was constructed few years back under SSA scheme. A strong wind along with rains during the night blown up the tin sheets which fell on the front portion of school while some sheets blew meters away from the school .Fortunately the incident took place during the midnight otherwise there would have been a major tragedy....   Shabir inspects Community Health Center Kalakot Newspoint Bureau Rajouri, June 18 Minister of State for Health, Shabir Ahmad Khan during his surprise visit today to Community Health Centre Kalakot issued instructions for suspension of Electric technician of the hospital for his negligence in maintaining hospital electricity infrastructure. He also issued directions for imposing a fine of Rs 1000 on Block Medical Officer and also a fine of Rs 500 on in charge Nurse of the said hospital. He also instructed Chief Medical Officer, Rajouri to call for an explanation of Store keeper for not maintaining the records properly. The action in this regard was taken by the Minister over reports of mismanagement and indiscipline in the hospital, besides poor perform...   Unions lambast govt for pick and choose promotions Newspoint Bureau Jammu Tawi, June 18 Different Trade Unions of Education Department have expressed concern over pick and choose policy in promotion of Lecturers and promotion and adjustment of ZEO's in education department. A meeting of Different Trade Union of education was held under the banner of retired officers association. During the meeting, the leaders of the Union mentioned that the Lecturers of 1992 batch from S.T. SC category have been promoted and are working as C.E.O, whereas the Lecturer of the same batch from General Category is still working as lecturer and waiting for their Elevation as Principal. Thy also expressed concern over the way adopted for promotion of ZEO's list issued recentl...   AJKPC to start district, block level campaign to highlight govt failure Newspoint Bureau Jammu Tawi, June 18 In a bid to give new impetus to its ongoing struggle for empowerment of the Panchayats, All Jammu Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC)-the apex body of elected Sarpanches and Panches in the state, has announced to start massive campaign at district and block levels to highlight the failure of state government in devolving powers to grassroots level institutions. The Conference has decided to start its campaign from 10 districts of Kashmir Valley where the senior leaders of AJKPC would interact and hold meetings with the elected Panches and Sarpanches and create awareness among them about their democratic rights which had been denied by the ruling National Conference si...   SHRC issues notice to Govt on a complaint filed by Avinash Khanna Newspoint Bureau Jammu Tawi, June 18 State Human Rights Commission has issued notices to different parties and fixed July 23 for hearing the complaint filed by MP Avinash Rai Khanna who is also incharge National BJP Human Rights cell and political affairs of State BJP Khanna had filed a complaint with the State Human Rights Commission regarding the frequent power cuts in Gadhi and Gabber areas of Reasi District where few newspapers had mentioned that most of marriages at these villages were cancelled due to the absence of power in the areas. On this the Human Rights Commission had sought replies from the department concerned in the case and took them to the task for their causal response. Chief Enginee...   Bhalla dedicates Rs 1.23 cr newly up-graded receiving station to sainik colony residents Newspoint Bureau Jammu Tawi, June 18 Minister for Housing, Horticulture and Culture Raman Bhalla today dedicated newly upgraded Receiving Station to the people of the sainik colony. Upgraded with the installation of another 6.3 MVA Transformer and other infrastructure involving a cost of Rs. 1.23 crore, the augmentation of the existing Receiving Station has helped to improve the power scenario in Sanik Colony and its adjoining areas. Superintending Engineer M&RE, Gurbachan Singh, Executive Engineer, Sub-Transmission Division-II, Jammu besides people in large number from Sainik Colony were present on the occasion. Interacting with the people, the Minister informed that Government was making all out e...   Bansal classes conduct mock test Newspoint Bureau Jammu Tawi: Bansal Classes, a study centre of Bansal Classes Kota (Pioneer of IIT coaching) conducted mock test of Jammu and Kashmir Common Entrance Test (JKCET) for Medical and Engineering aspirants at Bahu Plaza, Gandhi Nagar. The test was strictly based on JKCET pattern followed by analysis and last minute exam tips for the aspirants. Expert faculty of IIT coaching deputed from Bansal Classes Kota had a discussion with the aspirants. Faculty members also gave students the tips to solve the problems efficiently within the time frame of the exam time and subject knowledge retention skills. Students from different places of the State participated in the preparation test for their main exa...   Deputy CM conducts surprise inspection of ZE offices Newspoint Bureau Jammu Tawi: To take stock of the working in zonal education offices, Deputy Chief Minister . Tara Chand along with a team of officers of education department conducted surprise inspection of ZEO Chowki Choura and Sunderbani on Monday. Taking stock of the conduct and working in the offices, Tara Chand issued on spot instructions for maintaining proper records and ensuring that file work is done in accordance with the procedures laid down by the department. "The government is making all out efforts to ensure quality education by providing best education infrastructure and required teaching staff in schools, it is duty of concerned Zonal Education Office to make sure that schools falling un...   Sham reviews functioning of PHE, Irrigation & FC deptts Newspoint Bureau Jammu Tawi, June 18 Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Mr. Sham Lal Sharma today reviewed the physical and financial achievements recorded by the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Irrigation and Flood Control Departments here at a high level meeting. The Minister also reviewed the status of the ongoing Water supply schemes (WSS) taken up at Katra, Doda, Jammu, Udhampur and Rajouri under Special Task Force projects. The meeting was attended by Commissioner Secretary, PHE, I &FC, Dr. Pawan Kotwal, Chief Engineer PHE, MR. K.K. Gupta, Chief Engineer Irrigation and Plood Control, Chief Engineer RTIC, besides SCs/Executive Engineers of PHE, Irrigation &FC of Jammu province. While r...   PDP criticizes BOSE for delaying revaluation results Newspoint Bureau Jammu Tawi, June 18 The PDP has criticized the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education for delaying the result of the re-valuation of class 12th examination. The party leaders Chaman Angral and Arun Manhas in a statement issued Tuesday that due to the delay in declaring the results of the revaluation the studentsare facing great difficulty to appear in the JKCET entrance test scheduled for June 23, 2013. They further said that according to the press statement issued by the JKBOSE Authorities, it wouldn't be possible for them to declare the re-evaluation results before June 23, 2013, as they had sent the answer scripts outside the state for re-evaluation, and the students who have a...   Aircel announces special prepaid services for Amarnath Yatris Newspoint Bureau Jammu Tawi: In its endeavor to make Amarnath Yatra more comfortable and memorable for the pilgrims, Aircel, one of India's leading telecom players, announced the launch of special short-term prepaid Yatra SIM Cards. Aircel will also set-up special counters in Jammu, Pahalgam, Baltal and many more locations in J&K to make these special SIM cards available to the yatris. Aircel aims to ensure that the yatris have seamless access to the telecom services to stay in touch with their near and dear ones during the Yatra. Sundeep Talwar, Circle Operations Head - J&K, Aircel, said, "The annual Amarnath Yatra encapsulates our country's rich cultural heritage, diverse ethos and beliefs where more tha...   AJKPC misleading panches, sarpanches of the state: NC Newspoint Bureau Jammu Tawi, June 18 The ruling National Conference has strongly criticized the misleading statement issued by so called chairman of All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference(AJKPC) that the National Conference is the main hurdle in empowering Panchayats in Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement issued Tuesday, State Vice-President of the party Rattan Lal Gupta said that it is only National Conference which is committed to fulfill the dream of late Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah "Sardhari Awam Ka Haq Hai" and asserted that Panchayats are gross-root democratic institutions having direct contact with the rural masses. The strengthening of these institutions by empowering them under Panchayati Raj ...   Sindhu Darshan Yatra to commence on June 23 Newspoint Bureau Jammu Tawi, June 18 Sindhu Darshan Yatra Leh is going to commence from June 23 to 26. In this regard, a function organised by Jammu Samitee held at Government Women College Parade Ground today to welcome all tourists participating in the Yatra. MLA and BJP state president, Jugal Kishore Sharma was chief guest in the function. In addition, Col (Retd) MZU Siddique, Assistant Director RCHS, Lakshmi Narayan, Principal Central School and Murlidhar Makhizaa, president of All India Sindhu Darshan Yatra Samitee were among those present. On this occasion, Sanskar Bharti also presented colourful cultural programme. It may be recalled that in this year about 1,000 tourists drawn from Mah...   EDB organises KCC camp at Purkhoo Newspoint Bureau Jammu Tawi, June 18 Ellaquai Dehati Bank (EDB), Purkhoo, Branch, organised a Kissan Credit Card camp at Purkhoo here today. The camp was organised to synchronize it with the transparent speedy and at door banking facilities to the farmers of the area. Among villagers, Bank officials, officials from Agriculture Department, Jughal Mahajan, Sarpanch and A K Razdan, Chairman of the Bank attended the camp. Speaking on the occasion Razdan requested the farmers to come in a big way for availing loans under Kissan Credit Card Scheme at very cheap interest rates with simplified procedure. Razdan also disclosed that Bank will be providing ATM cards to KCC borrowers and this will be the fi...   Dr Jitendra slams controversial J&K map Newspoint Bureau Jammu Tawi, June 18 Taking exception to tickering with boundaries of Jammu & Kashmir in the two controversial maps of India depicted in the 76- page Manual prepared by London based International Management Group (IMG) for recently concluded IPL-6, BJP National Executive Member & J&K Chief Spokesperson Dr Jitendra Singh said here today that cricket is not above country and therefore cannot be allowed to violate J&K's territorial integrity. Dr Jitendra Singh wondered what BCCI was doing when this mischief was going on and the Manual was being circulated and why the External Affairs Ministry chose to maintain a convenient silence, he asked. Dr Jitendra further said why the J&K chief...       Share these Stories with Your Friends on Social Networks