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Anurag Thakur sanctions 77 sports infrastructure projects

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16/03/2022

New Delhi: For boosting sports participation in the country, including the Himalayan Region, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports implemented a number of schemes aimed at broad-basing of sports and promotion of excellence in sports. Under the Khelo India Scheme, 77 sports infrastructure projects of various categories have been sanctioned in the Himalayan Region amounting to INR 506.13 crore.

Further, 24 sports academies have been accredited and 199 Khelo India Centres (district level) and 11 Khelo India State Centres of Excellence have been approved under the Khelo India Scheme in the Himalayan Region. In addition, under the “Enhancement of Sports Facilities at J&K” (PMDP) programme of the Government, 30 sports infrastructure projects, as well as sports equipment, have been sanctioned in the Himalayan UTs of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh amounting to INR 273.85 crore.

The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports implements the following schemes for the development of sports in the country, including the Himalayan Region: (i) Khelo India Scheme; (ii) Assistance to National Sports Federations; (iii) Special Awards to Winners in International Sports Events and their Coaches; (iv) National Sports Awards; (v) Pension to Meritorious Sportspersons; (vi) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay National Sports Welfare Fund; (vii) National Sports Development Fund; (viii) Running Sports Training Centres through Sports Authority of India; and (ix) Enhancement of Sports Facilities at J&K (PMDP). Details of the above schemes are available in the public domain on the websites of this Ministry and the Sports Authority of India. Funds are allocated Scheme-wise, not State-wise. During the last three years, INR 4,694.92 crores were allocated and INR 4,590.89 crore was released under the various sports development schemes of this Ministry.

This information was given by the Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports Anurag Thakur in a written reply in Lok Sabha. (Agencies)

Northern Army commander presents gallantry, distinguished service awards

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16/03/2022

Northern Army commander presents gallantry, distinguished service awards

Jammu: Lt. General Upendra Dwivedi, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Northern Command on Tuesday presented gallantry and distinguished service awards at an investiture ceremony in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur.

A defence statement said, “92 gallantry awards were presented to those who showed exemplary courage under extreme circumstances and 25 distinguished service awards were presented for selfless service to the nation.

“Out of the gallantry awards, 19 were awarded posthumously to the next of kin of the soldiers who laid down their lives in the service of the nation.

“Mrs Sunita Dwivedi, Regional President AWWA, Northern Command interacted with the next of kin and presented them with a token of appreciation for the sacrifices.”

Speaking on the occasion, the Army Commander commended all the ranks of Northern Command for their dedication and devotion to duty in the highest traditions of the Indian Army. He also conveyed his heartfelt gratitude to the brave men who made the supreme sacrifice while facing adverse situations.

The General Officer also brought out the ‘whole of nation approach’, which has led to a progressive improvement in the security situation in the union territories of J&K and Ladakh. He further added that Northern Command is in a high state of readiness to face the constantly evolving threats and challenges.

“In the end, General Dwivedi expressed his gratitude to the people of J&K and Ladakh, the civil administration and the media for their unstinted support and wished for peace and contentment for the people of the regions,” said the statement.

2 JPDCL engineers arrested while accepting bribe

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16/03/2022

Srinaga: Anti Corruption Bureau on Tuesday said to have arrested two engineers of Jammu Power Distribution Corporation Limited while accepting bribe from an electrical contractor.

“Anti Corruption Bureau received a complaint, wherein the complainant stated that he is an Electrical Contractor and was allotted tendered work by STD-I, Jammu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (JPDCL), Jammu for relocating 33 KVA Line at Jagti in front of IIM and he had submitted bills after completion of work allotted to him on 10.02.2022. He further complained that he has received payment amounting to ₹15,04000/- only out of total value of bill amounting to rupees 19,41,000/- and balance amount of rupees 3,82000/- is still to be released by Surinder Kumar, Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE)”, maintains a statement issued to GNS.

“When the complainant visited the office of Surinder Kumar, AEE, he demanded bribe @ 3% of already released amount of rupees 15,04000/- which comes to rupees 48,000/-. He further asked him to give the said amount of rupees 48,000/- to Charanjeet Singh, Assistant Engineer (AE) and only then he will release the balance payment of rupees 3,82,000/-“, it reads.

“Upon receiving the instant complaint a case FIR No. 05/2022 P/S ACB Jammu U/S 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and 120 IPC was registered at P/S ACB, Jammu. Subsequently, a trap team was constituted whereupon the accused Surinder Kumar, AEE and Charanjeet Singh, AE posted in STD-I, JPDCL, Jammu were caught red handed while demanding and accepting bribe of rupees 48,000/- from the complainant. Both the accused were arrested and taken into custody by ACB Team. The bribe money was also recovered from their possession in presence of independent witnesses. Immediately after the trap, searches were conducted in residential houses of the accused”, the statement reads.

Further investigation into the case is on”, it concludes. (GNS)

3 arrested for gang raping woman in Poonch

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16/03/2022

By: M S Nazki

Jammu: Police on Tuesday arrested three persons on charges of gang raping a woman in Poonch district last month.

“On 11 March 2022 police station Mandi received a written complaint from one lady (name withheld) that on 21.02.2022 one person namely Gultaj Ahmed of Seri Chowhana called her to come to his place as he wants to marry her,” a police spokesperson said, adding, “On this pretext, the accused took her to a abandoned house at Seri Chowhana where he called two other accused namely Ajaz Ahmed and Shaqeel Ahmed, both residents of Seri Chowhana to the location and committed rape on her one by one the whole night.”

The police said she lost her conscious and came back to senses next day morning. “While leaving the place of occurrence the accused persons threatened to kill her if she discloses the incident to anyone and left,” police said, adding, “On this, a case FIR No 30/2022 U/S 376-D/342/506 IPC was registered at Police station Mandi and investigation was taken up.”

During the course of investigation different teams were setup to nab the culprits, police said. “After putting in the hectic efforts all the three accused persons were arrested within shortest possible time under the supervision of DySP headquarters Poonch and ASP Poonch.” (GNS)

Landslide at Wagoora, 2 dead, one missing

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16/03/2022

Baramulla: At least two persons died while another one went missing after a landslide occurred at Wagoora village in Baramulla district on Tuesday evening.

An official said that several persons were injured in the incident. He said that teams of SDRF, police and army have reached to the spot for rescue operation.

The deceased were identified as Ali Mohammad Malik son of Farooq Ahmad Malik and Ghulam Mohammad Mir son of Ali Mohammad Mir, both the residents of Waigili Wagoora.

Srinagar-Sharjah flights to resume today

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16/03/2022

Srinagar: The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry Sheikh Ashiq on Tuesday said that Srinagar-Sharjah flights will resume at Srinagar International Airport from Wednesday onwards.

Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, he said that the direct flights from Srinagar to Sharjah will resume from tomorrow.
He also said that flights will then operate twice a week.

“When you make sincere efforts one can get back everything!fly safely to Sharjah directly from tomorrow and then twice a week,” he tweeted.

Temperature in Kashmir up by 6.36°C on average

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16/03/2022

Srinagar: Amid overnight light rainfall, the night temperatures continue to increase in Kashmir Valley, recording a rise of 6.36°C on average on Tuesday.

A meteorological department told GNS that Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K has 0.5mm of rainfall and recorded a low of 10.8°C against last night’s 6.6°C. The temperature is 7.1°C above normal for Srinagar during this time of the year.

Qazigund had 0.8mm of rain and recorded a low of 8.7°C against 5.5°C on the previous night. The temperature is above normal by 6.4°C for the gateway town of Kashmir, he said.

Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, had 0.5mm of rain and the mercury settled at 9.3°C against 6.6°C on the previous night and it was 6.2°C more than normal during this time of the season, the official said.

Pahalgam, the famous resort in south Kashmir, received 3.0mm of rainfall and recorded a low 5.2°C against 1.2°C last night. The temperature was 6.4°C above normal, he said.

Gulmarg had 0.6mm of rain fall and recorded a low of 2.0°C against 2.0°C on the previous night, the official said. The temperature was 5.3°C above normal for this time of the year in the famous resort, he said.

Kupwara town in north Kashmir had 1.0mm of rainfall and recorded a low of 8.5°C against 5.6°C on the previous night. The temperature was 6.2°C more than normal, the official said.

Jammu recorded a low of 18.5°C against 16.6°C on the previous night, the official said. The temperature was 4.2°C above normal for the J&K’s winter capital during this time of the year, he said.

Banihal recorded a low of 10.4°C, Batote had a minimum of 13.2°C while Bhaderwah recorded a low of 10.7°C, the official said.

Ladakh’s Leh recorded a minimum of 0.2°C against 0.0°C previous night while automatic Kargil station recorded a low of minus 4.9°C. For now, the weatherman said mainly dry weather was expected over Jammu and Kashmir.

“Mainly dry weather over Jammu and Kashmir,” the MeT official said regarding forecast for next 24 hours. “No significant change,” it said regarding the subsequent two days. (GNS)

Advisor Bhatnagar e-inaugurates survey on prevalence of drug addiction in Kashmir

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16/03/2022

Advisor Bhatnagar e-inaugurates survey on prevalence of drug addiction in Kashmir

Says substance abuse grave issue in our society

SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar today e-inaugurated a survey about the prevalence of drug addiction in Kashmir to be undertaken by Directorate of Health Services Kashmir (DHSK) to be held Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan.

While speaking during the inauguration of the survey, Advisor Bhatnagar said that drug addiction is a grave issue in our society and this survey will help us in knowing the exact burden of the problem and help us in management of this serious issue.

Complimenting the department for taking up the initiative, the Advisor remarked that UT administration led by Manoj Sinha is working with a prime objective of establishing drug-free Kashmir.

“We have to see that the supply chain mechanism is broken and those affected are brought back to the social fabric as healthy and productive individuals,” Advisor Bhatnagar said.

While highlighting about the effects of drug abuse on society, Advisor Bhatnagar said that we should not discriminate with people who are drug addicts rather we should deal them with love and care to get them back.

“Drug addiction is a big criminal industry which is destroying our society in terms of social values and draining the economy as well,” Advisor Bhatnagar said.

Director Health Services Kashmir, Dr Mushtaq Ahmad Rather, while speaking on the occasion gave details of the project and explained the methods of this survey to held under Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan.

The Director said that DHSK will conduct the survey in collaboration with GMC Srinagar, GMC Anantnag and GMC Baramulla and the project will be funded by the Social Welfare Department of Kashmir.

The Director added that DHSK has envisioned the scenario where there should be no treatment gap in the mental health and addiction treatment delivery.

“In this direction we established 5 ATF’s in record time. Till now, around 1,000 youth suffering from substance use problems were treated at these centres,” he said.

Dr Mushtaq said they are working in collaboration with IMHANS Srinagar to make patient registers for people suffering from substance use problem.

“DHSK in collaboration with IMHNAS is conducting this survey to estimate the prevalence of substance use in all 10 districts of Kashmir to assess the problem,” he said.

The Director also remarked that figures from this survey will help us in developing future course strategy to be adopted to manage this growing epidemic in the region.

Div Com Kashmir inaugurates Chinar plantation drive

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16/03/2022

Div Com Kashmir inaugurates Chinar plantation drive

Highlights historical, economic, environmental, importance of heritage Tree

SRINAGAR: The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole today inaugurated the Chinar Plantation Drive by planting Chinar saplings at famous Mughal Garden Nishat Bagh, here.

Speaking on the occasion, the Div Com highlighted the importance of Chinar as a heritage tree and termed it as the indicator of rich plant biodiversity with tremendous environmental benefits.

He shared a legend about a gardener of the pristine Nishat Bagh Garden who had dedicated his volunteer service to sustain and maintain the garden.

Pole underlined the role of gardeners and staff of the Floriculture Department to sustain the picturesque beauty of the garden.

The Div Com instructed that as a part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mohatsav’, initiative of the government which is being observed to celebrate 75 years of Independence, 75 Chinars shall be planted in Nishat Garden during this drive.

He said that the Floriculture Department has also transplanted Chinar trees at Char Chinar where only a single chinar was alive to make it Char Chinar in real sense.

Speaking on the occasion, Director Floriculture Kashmir, Farooq Ahmad Rather said that today on March 15 the department is celebrating Chinar Day during which chinar saplings are planted across the Division and the plantation drive will continue till the season of plantation.

He said Chinar is a majestic tree whose Golden colours add the beauty of Kashmir during autumn when most of the trees look withered.

Rather informed that Nishat Bagh was selected for today’s plantation drive as it has the second highest number of chinar trees after Naseem Bagh. He added that 10,000 chinar plants will be planted across the districts this season.

Among others, Tehsildar Khanyar, senior Officers and Officials of Floriculture department were present on the occasion.

Provisional admission of few ineligible PG aspirants cancelled 3 months ago: KU

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16/03/2022

Srinagar: The provisional admission of a few ineligible PG aspirants has been cancelled three months ago and the concerned students were informed about the decision well in time.

In a statement a KU spokesperson said that the notification for PG admission 2021 was floated in accordance with the UGC guidelines which mandated that the applicants must have requisite 24 credits at the UG level in Core and Generic Electives for their eligibility for the PG admissions.

The admission notice to make provisional admissions in line with the newly-introduced credit system was accordingly issued by the Directorate of Admissions which, among other eligibility provisions, appropriately mentioned that the aspirants must have 24 requisite credits in the specific subject at the UG level as eligibility for the PG admission.

Since all admissions made are purely provisional and subject to necessary verification of documents/information submitted by the aspirants, it came into the notice of the University administration during the course of this verification process that around 14 candidates, as reported to the University Administration, had less credits than mandatory 24 credits, as found deficient at time of verification of transcripts and had therefore misled the University with false information.

Such students were immediately thereafter formally intimated that their admission stands cancelled due to basic eligibility issues.

In view of some recent news reports suggesting that the number of such admissions was allegedly high, the Vice-Chancellor’s Secretariat convened a meeting of the Admission Advisory Committee on 14.03.2022 under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Vice Chancellor Prof Talat Ahmad. The meeting unanimously reiterated that admission of ineligible aspirants had already been cancelled three months ago, while the members desired that a notice must be sent to all HODs to cross-check the claims made in news reports about the number of such admissions being allegedly high. The said notice was on Monday issued in the same spirit wherein HODs were requested to furnish credit details of all PG aspirants.

It is reiterated that the University has a very transparent system of admissions which includes a highly-transparent entrance examination followed by multiple-level check of documents before any provisional admission is confimed as absolute.

It is in place to mention that the IT-enabled system for admissions in the University is foolproof, tamper-proof and evolves from time to time in accordance with the requirements of the University. Necessary amendments are incorporated in the online application accordingly.

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