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STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: First AdditionalSessions Judge Jammu M.AChowdhary awarded fiveyears imprisonment and fineof Rs 50,000 to BaljeetSingh, son of ChhattarSingh, resident of ChakBhagwana, at presentDevipur Tehsil Akhnoor,District Jammu who imper-sonated himself as his broth-er namely Sanjeev in recruit-ment process of police for thepost of constable.

Court after hearing APPAjay Singh Manhas for thestate whereas Advocate D.SSaini for the accusedobserved that prosecutioncase was that Baljeet Singhhad impersonated as hisbrother Sanjeev Singh in aspecial drive conducted forthe recruitment for the postsof Constables held on 8th

December 2007 at DevipurAkhnoor as the said personhimself being notMatriculate was not qualifiedand it was detected later dur-ing CID verification that hisbrother Sanjeev Singh hadfound place in the select listat Serial No. 32 by imperson-ation of convict BaljeetSingh, having made signa-tures and used certificates ofSanjeev Singh and pastinghis own photograph. Theoffences under Sections 419and 468 RPC for forgery andimpersonation were fullyproved against theaccused/convict BaljeetSingh, however, offencesunder Sections 420 RPC and467 RPC were not provedand Baljeet was dischargedfrom the commission ofoffences punishable underSections 420 and 467 RPC.

Since, it has been provedthat the convict by imperson-ation and forgery had cheat-ed and tried to obtain the jobof Constable for his brotherSanjeev Singh, who was12th Pass, as such, he wasconvicted by this court videjudgment dated 29thNovember 2016, for the com-mission of offences punish-able under sections 419 and468 RPC and awardedimprisonment for one yearfor the commission of offencepunishable under section 419RPC. The convict is furthersentenced to undergo animprisonment for a period offour years and a fine of Rs.50,000 for the commission ofoffence punishable undersection 468 RPC. Court fur-ther clarified that both thesentences shall run concur-rently.

Five years RI for impersonatingin police recruitment

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: With an objectiveto further strengthen theambulatory care servicesacross the State, theGovernment has procured afleet of 157 ambulances (136 with Basic Life Supportand 21 with Critical Caresupport) involving a cost ofRs 20.36 crore for deploy-ment in various health insti-tutions and on strategiclocations along the NationalHighway.

Minister for Health andMedical Education, BaliBhagat on Wednesday hand-ed over the keys of threeCritical Care Ambulancesand 136 Ambulances withBasic Life Support to theconcerned authorities andflagged off these fromNagrota for onward destina-tions. The delivery ofremaining Critical CareAmbulances will be metwithin next couple ofmonths.

The procurement ofCritical Care Ambulances

was a long pending require-ment of the department,which will help tremendouslyin meeting the emergenciesin case of road accidents onNational Highway and evac-uating the critical patients indisasters and border firings.He lauded the specificationsof the Critical CareAmbulance and said thatthese will play the role ofmini ICU and provide imme-diate medicare to the seriouspatients while shifting themto the hospital. He calledupon the concerned func-

tionaries of the healthdepartment to make opti-mum use of these ambu-lances for the patient care.

Prominent among thosepresent on the occasionincluded, ManagingDirector, J&K MedicalSupplies Corporation, DrYashpal Sharma, DirectorFamily Welfare, Dr BaldevSharma, Mission Director,NHM, Dr. Mohan Singh,Director Health Services,Jammu, Dr. Gurjeet Singh,Director State MotorGarages, Zakir Choudhary.

Govt augmenting infrastructureto ensure quality healthcare: Bali

Health Minister, Bali Bhagat flagging off the Critical Care Ambulances at Jammu.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: A meeting of theCommittee on GovernmentAssurances of Jammu andKashmir Legislative Assemblywas convened here onWednesday under the chairman-ship of MLA, Vikar Rasool Wanito examine the Action TakenReport (ATR) on theGovernment Assurances ofPower DevelopmentDepartment (PDD).

Legislators Javaid HassanBeigh, Dina Nath Bhagat,Delden Namgail, DevinderKumar Manyal, Kamal Verma,Pawan Kumar Gupta and Dr.Gagan Bhagat attended themeeting and gave their sugges-tions to make the Departmentmore vibrant.

The Committee discussed var-ious Government Assurancesgiven by the PDD on the floor ofthe house from time to time.

The Committee asked thePDD to ensure that all the un-

electrified villages and hamletsare covered under Deen DayalUpadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana(DDUGJY).

The Committee also desiredthat various ongoing projectstaken by Power DevelopmentCorporation (PDC) on riverChenab be completed in stipu-lated time frame.

The Committee also highlight-ed various issues of their con-stituencies besides ongoingdevelopmental activities includ-ing providing proper infrastruc-

ture like installation of polls, con-ductors, replacement of oldwires and transformers well intime.

Commissioner Secretary,Power DevelopmentDepartment, Dheeraj Guptabriefed the committee aboutGovernment Assurances besidesissues raised by the members.

Among others, ManagingDirector, SPDC Shah Faisal,senior officers of concerneddepartment and AssemblySecretariat were also present.

Vikar led LA Panel examines ATR on PDD

MLA Vikar Rasool Wani chairing a meeting.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Private SchoolsAssociation (PSA) onWednesday expressed itsresentment over pendingcases of recognisation andapproval of management com-mittees of Middle Standard inDirectorate Office for want ofNoCs from MunicipalCorporation and other depart-ments.

Chairing a meeting held todiscuss the emergent situa-tion, President PSA, Kamal

Gupta said that maximumcases recommended by theconcerned CEOs are pendingfor disposal.

Kamal said it is very difficultfor private schools to get freshNoCs in 10 days as it is alengthy process in which fourto six departments areinvolved and will takes mini-mum two months. Guptaappealed to EducationMinister to intervene into thematter and redress theirissues forthwith.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: An-anti drugawareness programme wasorganized by SDPOAkhnoor, Gurinder Pal Singhwith a view to aware everystudent about drug abuse inthe premises of Bee EnnCollege, Seri, Gharota.

Besides, the students andschool staff, SHO Gharotawas also present. Studentswere made aware about the

drugs, their harmful effectsin the life. The school staffwas also briefed about theirrole and responsibility to pre-vent the students from drugsand make their future safefrom this abuse. Studentswere also made aware howthey have to make theirfuture career bright insteadof indulging in drug abuse.

The School Principal pre-sented vote of thanks.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Awami NationalConference (ANC) strong-ly 'encouraged' India andPakistan to engage indirect dialogue to reducetensions, as the war ofwords between the twoneighbours escalated overthe Kashmir issue after theterror attacks on the secu-rity establishments in thepast and also after terrorattacks in Nagrota andRamgarh yesterday.

In a statement issuedhere on Tuesday, ANCProvincial President GianSingh said that ANCrobustly supports allefforts between India andPakistan that can con-tribute to a more stable,democratic, and prosper-ous region, including meet-ings between the Indianand Pakistani officials.

"We want India andPakistan to continue toengage in direct dialogue

aimed at reducing ten-sions," Singh said. "ANC isseriously concerned aboutthe human rights situationin Jammu and Kashmir, aswell as the rising tensionsbetween India andPakistan.

The inflammatoryremarks on both sides isonly fuelling the tensionsand could result in a fur-ther deterioration of thehuman rights situation,"Singh added.

Dialogue between India, Pakistanwill help reduce tensions: ANC

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Indian OilCorporation Limited(IOCL) conducted emer-gency response drill at itsLPG Bottling Plant atBari Brahmana. In theexercise, different govern-ment agencies and neigh-bouring industries partici-pated.

Samresh Kumar, PlantManager, IOC was theFire-in-Chief and SiteController, who supervisedthe entire drill.

He said such exercisesare conducted by them onregular basis to assess theemergency preparedness oftheir employees and thefacilities and also the

response time of the neigh-bouring industries andgovernment departments.

It all started when theemergency siren began toring declaring the emer-gency within the LPGplant and the drill was con-ducted in the plant premis-

es. All the three teams ofthe plant i.e, fire combatteam, auxillary team andthe rescue team led bytheir team in-chargesreached the incident siteand took part actively inthe emergency responsedrill.

IOCL conducts emergency response drill

IOCL officials along with others after conducting the emergency response drill.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Avinash Rai Khanna ViceChairman, Indian Red Cross Society,National Headquarters, New Delhiaccompanied by Secretary and AllExecutive Members of Indian RedCross Society, Jammu visited site ofJhuggies of Burmese refugees whichwere devastated in fire in the interven-ing night of 26 and 27th November,2016 rendering all the families shelterless slum area of Narwal Basti ofBurmese refugees represented.

The assistance in the shape oftents, blankets two each for everyfamily, tarpaulin and kitchen setsone each for family were distrib-uted among them.

Speaker, J&K LegislativeAssembly, Kavinder Gupta wasalso present.

Khanna also visited the RedCross Attendants Sarai located atMaheshpura Chowk, Jammu toinspect the facilities being provid-ed to the attendants of thepatients admitted in GovernmentMedical College and its associatedhospitals.

Thereafter, a meeting ofExecutive Committee Members ofIndian Red Cross Society, Branch,Chairman and Members of DistrictRed Cross Society, Jammu wasalso convened at Red Cross

Bhawan, Kachi Chawni, Jammu,reviewed the activities beingundertaken by the Regional/District Red Cross Branches. Themembers requested Vice Chairmanto strengthen the Regional/District Red Cross Branches byproviding suitable assistance andthe proposals by the NationalHeadquarters for benefit of thecommunity. The demand for pro-viding of assistance for construc-tion of ware house, infrastructurefor first aid training and providingof multi utility vehicle was alsoprojected.

Vice Chairman asked to furnish the

proposals to the NationalHeadquarters for consideration. Heinspected and interacted with theongoing first aid trainees and alsomet the trainers and exhorted tocover the maximum number of peoplefor the purpose. R.C Puri, HonorarySecretary, Indian Red Cross Society,Jammu Region apprised that 275number of first aid training courseshave been conducted during the cur-rent financial year upto endingNovember, 2016 and 794 number ofpersons trained. He also gave a briefreview of other activities being car-ried out by Indian Red Cross Society,Regional Branch, Jammu.

Khanna distributes relief among fire affected

Vice Chairman, Indian Red Cross Society, Avinash Rai Khanna along withSpeaker Kavinder Gupta during visit to fire affected at Narwal.

Vaid pays surprise visit topolice stationsSTATE TIMES NEWS

SRINAGAR: Dr. S.P Vaid,Special Director General ofPolice Law and Order andCoordination paid surprisevisit to two city police stationsthis evening.

SDG drove to Police Stationsof Khanyar in the downtownand Karan Nagar where heinspected the different sectionsof these Police Stations.

Vaid inspected theRoznamcha, CCTNS andother sections and sought feed-back from the concernedSHO's and the staff deputed inthese sections. During hisinteraction with the police per-sonnel and the officers theSDG was briefed about thecrime situation and its dispos-al law and order and the meas-ures taken by these PoliceStations.

In his address, the SDG onthe spot directed that the reno-vation of the buildings shouldbe taken in hand. He also visit-ed the jawans barracks anddirected the officers to under-take repairs and renovationwhere ever necessary.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: The non-officialmembers of the GoverningBody Mubarak MandiHeritage Society expressedstrong resentment about themanner in which the renova-tion of Mubarak MandiHeritage buildings is beinghandled and treated by thegovernment.

In the meeting held here onWednesday, the membersnoted that all rules and reg-ulations of the Society arebeing flouted for the lastabout three years with theresult the restoration work ismoving at a snail's speed andwithout caring for the reuseplan of the buildings, themajor portions of this his-toric complex are fallingapart, the functioning ofHeritage society has beenrendered defunct. The mem-

bers felt that the administra-tion is callous towards theissue of restoring this sym-bol of Dogra Culture.

The members urged uponthe chairperson of theGoverning Body of the socie-ty, Chief Minister to urgent-ly call a meeting of the non-official members of the soci-ety to discuss the presentdeplorable state of affairs ofthis complex.

Those who were participat-ed in the meeting includeTh. Gulchain Singh Charakformer Chairperson of theExecutive Committee, MajGen G.S Jamwal, Prof. LalitMagotra, Narinder SinghJamwal Ex. Mayor, Prof.Veena Gupta, A.V Gupta SrAdvocate, Zaffar Khan,Prof. Zahur-ud-din, Mul RajAbrol and Prof. AshaSharma.

Delay in restoration of MubarakMandi complex deplored

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Jammu WestAssembly Movement onWednesday staged protestagainst the twin terroristattack on the army campNagrota and Samba inwhich seven army personnelincluding two majors weremartyred.

Led by President JWAM,Sunil Dimple, the protestersburnt the effigy of PakistanPrime Minister midst anti-Pak slogans.

Dimple expressed resent-ment for not imposingGovernor rule in Jammuand Kashmir State.

Dimple demanded fromthe Prime Minister to holdinquiry against the twin ter-ror attacks through

National InvestigationAgency.

Among those who joinedthe protest include ShamSaroop, Harbans Todon,Madan Lal, Ram ParkashKhajuria, Vipin Kumar,Mukesh, Vicky, Ram

Kapoor, D.N Magotra, DevRaj, Rajinder Verma,Mukesh, Babu, BharatBhushan Sharma, GoluSingh, Kasran Singh,Randhir Singh Bali, VijayKhajuria, Ashok Khannaand Rakesh Sharma.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: President of National MazdoorConference (NMC) Subash Shastri hailedPrime Minister Narendra Modi's directive forall BJP's MPs and MLAs to submit theiraccounts and returns from 8th November, 2016to the Party President, Amit Shah.

While addressing NMC workers here onWednesday, Shastri hoped that PrimeMinister's drove to introduce and take advan-tage of cashless economy will help India emergeas superpower by 2025. Similarly, states willalso get the share of increased revenue anaccount of voluntary disclosure scheme andcampaign to root out black money, he said.

Shastri reiterated his demands to take appro-

priate action to unearth black money depositedin safe heavens outside India, so that real pic-ture gets clear.

Shastri appealed to the Prime Minister tofully support J and K Government in itsendeavors to ameliorate the suffering of thecommon people as the state has been underextremely disturbed conditions. The issue ofdaily wagers and implementation of SeventhPay Commission recommendations for instanceis of extreme nature and is connected to eightlakh families, Shastri added.

Among others who were present includeRajan Babu Khajuria, B.S Jamwal, JaipalSharma, Pardeep Kumar, Bhupinder Sharmaand Ramesh Sharma.

STATE TIMES NEWSS U N D E R B A N I : Te a mSunderbani on Wednesdaystaged protest against thetwin attacks by militants inJammu division in whichseven army personnelincluding two army officerswere killed.

Led by Coordinator TeamSunderbani, Arun Sharma,the activist assembled atMain Chowk and burnt theeffigy of PakistanGovernment.

Sharma said that theGovernment of India shouldensure zero toleranceagainst terrorism since thewhole nation was united infight against the menace,which has posed a threat to

entire world. He demandedenquiry against the twinterror attack as suchattacks on the securityforces could not be possiblewithout the support oflocals.

Among those who joined

the protest include AmitKumar, Joginder Pal Singh,Pankaj Kumar, ShrikantSharma, Rahul Sharma,Kamal Singh, SurinderSingh, Yash Pal, AnkurSingh, Mohammad Iqbaland Mohammad Aslam.

Team Sunderbani holds anti-Pak protest

Team Sunderbani activists staging protest at Sunderbani.

JWAM activists raising slogans during a protest.

Vivekananda Hospital offersfree sugar test

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Swami Vivekananda Medical Mission CharitableHospital, Amphalla, Jammu, has conducted about 1,323 testsfree blood sugar test of all the patients and their attendants whovisit the hospital between 16th to 29th November. The tests willbe conducted free of costs everyday till 31st December.

JWAM seeks inquiry againsttwin terror attacks

Take appropriate action to unearth black money: NMC

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: State BJP expressed its deepconcern and anguish on the suddenincrease in the price of food grains thoseare being provided by the FoodCorporation of India under National FoodSecurity Act without any decision at theCentral level, without any decision at theState Cabinet level and in the absence ofany notification from Consumer Affairs &Public Distribution (CAPD)Department, thus putting the generalpublic to hardships.

The State BJP Spokesperson Prof.Virender Gupta stated that under NFSA,each individual of the approved categorywas to get 4 kg of Atta and 1 kg of rice atthe rate of Rs. 8 per kg Atta and Rs. 10per kg rice in Jammu province, whereasin Kashmir Valley the prescribed quotaper individual was 4 kg rice and 1 kg Atta.

However, after the resentment among thepublic, J&K Government provided addi-tional food grains to each individual with4kg of Atta and 1 kg of rice in Jammuprovince and 4 kg of rice and 1 kg of attain Kashmir province, but at the cost ofRs. 13/kg for Atta and Rs. 15/kg for rice.Looking at the public grievance andunrest, particularly in the Valley, UnionMinister, Ram Vilas Paswan, allowed theration supplied under MMS at the ratesas was specified by Govt. of India inNFSA and agreed to bear the additionalfinancial burden for three months fromJune to September, 2016, thereby theration both under NFSA and MSS, wasprovided at the rates of NFSA, i.e. Atta atRs. 8 per kg and rice at Rs. 10 per kg.

Prof. Virender Gupta said that irony isthat instead of continuing with the ratesof NFSA after the month of September,

the Tehsil Supply Officers (TSOs), evenraised the rates of the food grains provid-ed by NFSA and kept it at par with thatsupplied under MMS, i.e. at the rate ofRs. 13/kg for atta and Rs. 15/ kg rice eventhough the Food Corporation of India isstill supplying the food grains at the oldrates to the State. He added that as perthe report the existing rate of sugar is alsoshortly going to enhance from Rs. 13.50to Rs. 25 per kg.

The Spokesperson said that these sharphikes are unjustified and shall adverselyaffect the budget of a common man andgoing to invite strong public protests andagitation.

Therefore, he appealed to the concernedauthorities, including the concernedCabinet Minister and also the ChiefMinister to look into the matter and getthe hike in the prices rolled back.

Roll back hike in food grains prices: Prof Virender Lawyers Union condemnstwin terrorist attack

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: State unit of All IndiaLawyers Union condemned thetwin terrorist attack in JammuDivision. In this regard, a condo-lence meeting of Lawyers Unionwas held here on Wednesday inwhich homage was paid to themartyred army personnel.Advocates M.M Baru, AshokParihar, H.C Jalmeria, BL.Kalgotra, B.S Manhas,Surinder Kour, Bansi Lal,Sheikh Shakil Sharma, UsmanSlaria, B.S Bhargav, AmritSarin, Surjit Andotra, VilakshanSingh, Arvind Jalmeria, AmitSharma, Chetna Manhas andPushvinder Singh participatedin the meeting.

Govt should extend timefor fresh NoCs: PSA

Anti-drug awareness programme held