GNS RAJOURI

GNS Report, In between dispute of a family with the education department on the construction of a School, the future of 44 students enrolled in Government Primary School Mehraj Pura in Rajouri district is on stake as the school is under lock for the last five months and the students are receiving education under the shade of trees. Sources said that a family had locked Government Primary School Mehraj Pura Saaj in Thanamandi Education Zone of Rajouri district claiming that the land on which the school is constructed belongs to them. The family members said that they had been assured by the department that their one family member will be engaged as Cook in the school as compensation of land given by them but after passage of years no one was engaged which forced them to put lock on the school. As per details, Mohammad Akram a local resident had locked the school five months later and his only demand was engagement of his one family member as Cook. Although Mohammad Akram died recently d...

GNS Report, October 28 World Wildlife Fund (WWF) India in collaboration with Himalayan Voice & Modern Cultural club Rajouri organized two Symposiums on Environment and Wild Life Conservation Issues in border areas of Rajouri and Poonch. In Rajouri Symposium was held at Government Degree College Thanamandi where SD Singh, IPS DIG Police Rajouri - Poonch was the Chief Guest and was presided over by Professor Satinder Singh Principal GDC Thanamandi. On the occasion Dr. Ashfaq Zarri, Professor Neeraj and Pankaj Chandan, Programme Manager WWF, briefed the technicalities of the conservation. Prominent among those spoke included Prof Shakeel Raina, Prof Asif and Rajiv Khajuria CF, MCC. About 12 students of College also spoke on the Occasion. In Poonch, Symposium was held at Boys Higher Secondary School Poonch, wherein Anwar Hussain Shah ADDC Poonch was the Chief Guest, while CEO Poonch R.K Maini and Ashraf Chawan, Principal DIET, Pankaj Chandan WWF and Rajiv Khajuria CF MCC spoke on the O...

GNS report Mendhar, October 28 Mohammed Latif, a resident of Kela Marh, tehsil Mendhar, district Poonch who was absconding was arrested by police today. It is pertinent to state here that 512 Judicial Munshiff Court has issued summons against him and a case was filed against him under FIR no 208/99 under section 779 of RPC. Kidnapped girl recovered at LoC Poonch, October 28 A girl aged 16 years, who was kidnapped on October 21 this month was recovered by police. The girl was kidnapped by a boy namely Mohammad Shaqeel of 20 years, a resident of Nabda, Suronkote. The police team led by SHO Gosain Inspector Mohd Maroof. The police arrested the boy and the girl was recovered from Poonch when both of them were triying to cross LoC at Poonch.

By Roma Sharma JAMMU, Oct 28: In an example of gross official apathy, one of the main drainage “Nallah” in the Jammu city is illegally encroached at many places and also the garbage is not silted out from the Nallah for months together. The condition of this Nallah at Sanjay Nagar is quite worrisome. The cases of encroachment in the winter capital of the state are increasing day by day. At many places of the city there are clear view how people encroach the land illegally without There are many examples of such cases and one such example of this is a ‘Nallah’ located in Sanjay Nagar area of Jammu. This ‘Nallah’ is more than 50 year old in the city and is a biggest one amongst others connected different small ‘Nallahs’ on the way. People of the said locality are encroaching the land adjoining the Nallah from the past many area and at present it is filled with garbage at many places. All the waste products from the nearby houses are also used to dump in this due to which there are als...

GNS Reporter, October 11 With religious fervour grand Hindu scholar Swami Vishwa Atmanand Saraswati Maharaj kicked off dramatic folk re-enactment of the life of Lord Ram in Rajouri. Ramlila, the enactment of the story of Lord Rama is believed to have been started by great saint Tulsidas. In some places, Ramlila is associated with the Vijayadashmi celebrations, in late September and early October and also with Ramanavami, the birthday of Lord Rama. Ramlila, basically an enactment of a myth, is presented as a cycle-play with the story varying from 7 to 31 days. The Ram Lila performance evokes a festive atmosphere and enables observance of religious rites. It also rich in performance crafts such as costume jewellery, masks, headgear, make-up and decoration. In Rajouri the religious function kicked off from Ramlila ground by Swami Vishwa Atmanand Saraswati Maharaj advised Hindus to follow Ram. The Ramlila in Rajouri have a predominance of 'jhankis' - tableaux pageants; the dialogue...

Saraswati Maharaj kicked off dramatic folk

GNS Report Rajouri, Oct 11: With graveyard mafia operating in Rajouri, atleast 45 kanals of graveyards of the Muslim community have reportedly reduced to 14 kanals. The available space is occupied by the graves and now there is almost no space available for burial of more dead bodies. Having population of 25000 Muslims in the town of Rajouri, there are three graveyards viz Jawahar Nagar, Bus Stand and Rani Graveyard. All these burial grounds have reportedly been occupied with the graves and now there is any space available for burial of more dead bodies. Majority of the area of these graveyards were allegedly encroached by the locals from time to time. As per the sources in revenue department, Jawahar Nagar graveyard was donated by the people in year 1930 and as per the sources it was 12 kanals at that time. Presently the graveyard is reduced to 4 kanals. The remaining 8 kanals, according to sources, is illegally occupied by many local residents. "The graveyard was 12 kanals at th...

The BJP today accused Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of “encouraging” separatists with his speech in the state assembly. “His (Abdullah) statement gives rise to several doubts. Is he saying Jammu and Kashmir was not merged? Is he challenging the Constitution and overlooking his own (J-K) Constitution. His is an irresponsible statement which encourages separatists who are saying the same thing in different words,” senior BJP leader M M Joshi told reporters. The former HRD Minister maintained that since Abdullah holds a “responsible, constitutional position” he should not have made these remarks in the state assembly. Abdullah had said on Wednesday in the assembly that Jammu and Kashmir had not merged with India but acceded to it. “It is not right for any Chief Minister, especially of Jammu and Kashmir, to say so. The most laughable thing he (Abdullah) said was that Jammu and Kashmir had not merged but acceded. All provinces and states had acceded through the Instrument o...

GNS Report Rajouri Taking a dig at some political leaders of Jammu for making hue and cry over KAS Mains result, KAS aspirants of Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban, Rajouri, Poonch, Kathua and Udhampur districts have said that these leaders are communalizing the result and are targeting a particular language. In a meeting of Mains qualifiers at Jammu University today, KAS aspirants of Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban , Rajouri, Poonch, Kathua and Udhampur have strongly reacted the statements of some political leaders of Jammu who are making hue and cry over Mains KAS result. “We had always accepted the result of the PSC and had never make noise even at the time when 87 candidates were selected in final list alone from Jammu district in 2001 batch”, an aspirant of Rajouri district said. He added that politicians of Jammu district have never consider the people of Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban , Rajouri , Poonch and Udhampur as the part of Jammu province. “If they would have consider us as their part, the situation...

We were those who hammered down Babri Masjid, and we are the ones who seek the pleasure of Almighty Allah by building mosques now. What we did was in a state of ignorance, what we are doing is a conscious act based on our faith in Creator. Where are those who revel in their hatred against Islam. Let them come and embrace it the same way we did. Sheen Meem Ahmed translates a soul stimulating story of Muslim converts Master Muhammad Aamir (former Balbir Singh) gives in this narrative a detailed account of his sensational phase of life beginning from his affiliations to the Shiv Sena Youth Wing to his ultimate reversion to Islam. As a young boy with a burning desire to please Rama, the Hindu deity, he took active part along with his close friend Umar (former Yogindharpal Singh) to hammer down the 16th century historic Babri Masjid situated at Faizabad U.P (India on infamous December 6, 1992). But afterwards astonishingly their lives took such a dramatic turn that both these Hindu devotees...

GNS Report October 6 Chief Education Officer in Rajouri has managed illegal attachments of blue eyed clerks at various zones allegedly to collect commissions of Mid Day meal. Lakhs of rupees are being allegedly digested by the CEO in connivance of his clerks every month. Some teachers of the schools have confirmed collection of commission by the authorities in Rajouri. As per reports, Chief Education Officer has managed attachment of one Head Clerk Nazir Hussain from Zonal Education Office Sunderbani to ZEO Office Peereh. Although there was blanket ban on the attachments, CEO has violated court directions and attached his blue eyed clerks at prime postings in the ZEO offices to collect commission of various government schemes. Sources said that CEO has no authority to transfer or attach a head clerk from one zone to another but CEO has bypassed all government directions to adjust their henchmen. Sources said that there is big nexus of clerks and officers in the area. ZEO Peereh has get...

GNS Reporter Rajouri, Oct 6 Following murder of President of the Post Graduate College Rajouri Ali Asghar on Tuesday evening, students along with locals throng Rajouri streets and hold protest demonstration. They were demanding immediate arrest of the culprits. Ali Asghar Jatt (19) son of Mohd Ayub Jatt of Dhanidhar village was murdered last night when he was returning home with his friends after celebrations of his election. The incident of murder of the student leader triggered protests in Rajouri town as students and people blocked traffic on Sher-e-Kashmir Bridge in Rajouri town and sat on a dharna. They were demanding immediate arrest of the accused involved in the incident. The relatives of Ali Asghar told media persons that some local youth had blocked his way last night and they beaten him up to death. They alleged that he was kicked on the private parts which resulted in his immediate death. They said that they have given the names of all culprits to police but they have still...

Connect his residence with genset and left Blood Bank at the mercy of God GNS Report Rajouri Although a team of Central Government on July 17, 2010 had issued strict directions to Superintendent District Hospital Rajouri to install backup power supply from genset to the Blood Bank within a day, the same has not been installed for the last 3 months putting question mark on the efficiency of blood samples kept in the Bank. Instead of giving power backup to the Blood bank, Superintendent Dr Zahoor Shawl has reportedly managed power backup for his own office cum residence from the Hospital genset for which an amount of Rs 1.50 lakh have been spent on purchansing cables. A team of government headed by Mr. Satish Kumar Controller of Drugs and Food Organization along with other 5 members including TL Raina Professor in Government Medical College Jammu visited the Blood Bank on July 17 and expressed their dissatisfaction over non renewal of Blood bank License. The License was not renewed becau...

GNS Report Rajouri Lethargic attitude of the Public Health Engineering department Rajouri could be gauged due to the fact that a metre long snake was found in the pipeline supplying water for high profile Deputy Commissioner Colony in Rajouri. Sources said that when high profile officers of Rajouri complained non supply of water for the last few days, PHE department came into action and started their operation of checking the faults in the pipeline. However all were surprised when a metre snake was found dead in the pipe near Deputy Commissioner Office here. The snake was pulled out and the water supply was restored. However it put question mark on the hygienic supply of water to the people of Rajouri. PHE supply water from this pipeline to Deputy Commissioner, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Superintendent Engineer, Senior Superintendent of Police, Executive, and Assistant Engineers of R&B besides local residents of ward no 2. The residents said that this is the situation of t...

GNS Report Rajouri To aware public and especially students community about the advantage of wildlife for the human beings, Wildlife department Rajouri has kicked off programme to observe wild life week. The programme was inaugurated by Romesh Kumar, Divisional Forest Officer Rajouri Division where as large number of people including students and district officers were also present on the occasion. The programme started with debate and painting competition among the students of three schools and one hostel viz Government Middle School Jawahar Nagar, Government Middle School Boys Rajouri, Government Middle School Girls Rajouri and Gujjar & Bakerwal Hostel Rajouri. In the painting competition, Jai Chand student of Class 7th of Boys Middle School Jawahar Nagar clinched first position while Sonu Sayal class 7th student of same school stood at number 2 and Yogesh of Class 8th stood at number 3 in the competition. In debate competition, Samia Kousar of Government Middle School Girls Rajo...