GNS RAJOURI

PDP Protest against government. GNS. A protest demonstration is held under the leadership of State Vice President, Rajinder Singh Manhas of Youth Wing against the State Government and especially the PDD Jammu and Kashmir for the discrimination with the resident of Karwal which is in Bishnah area. A Large number of Youth assembled in the office of Chief Engineer of Power Development Department of Jammu and raised Anti Govt. and Anti PDD Slogans. While speaking on the occasion General Secretary Nadeem Khan alleged that the villagers of Karwal Village are facing electricity problems all the villgers have permanent connection but in spite of that the supply of electricity never come to their houses for last seven months. Adv. Gurdeep Singh Pandey, State Secretary strongly condemned the Anti People policies of the Omar’s Govt. He said that the Article-21 of constitution of India clearly indicate that every body has right to life which include each and every requirement which i...

When the holy Quran was placed before Mohammed Maqbool Butt on the morning of February 11, 1984, he knew that death awaited him in the phansi kothi a few yards away. A high voltage bulb burning outside the grated doors of his solitary cell in the death row was indicative of the outside darkness. If he had had any hopes of living awhile yet, they were dashed by the presence of the” prison doctors. Jail superintendent, A.B. Shukla/had paid Butt a visit in the middle of the previous night. Shukla chatted with him for a long time but cautiously avoided any talk about the execution. “I will see you on Monday”, Butt’s counsel on record, the sallow-complexioned R.C. Pathak, had told him during a brief interview they were allowed on the evening of February 10. In answer, the condemned Kashmir Liberation Front leader, who was awarded the death sentence of the murder of a CID officer in 1966, had meaningfully remarked: “Do you think they will permit us a second meeting?” He was right! Butt was n...

Police Public Meet Organised by JKAP 6th Bn. Zewan, Srinagar

GNS Reporter; A Police Public Meet was organised by JKAP 6th Bn. at Armed Police complex Zewan, which was presided over by Deputy Inspector General of Armed Police Kashmir Range Shri Rauf-ul-Hassan IPS and was attended by a Galaxy of police officers. A large gathering of people from areas of Aripora, Zewan, Khanmoh, Zawoora, Baihama etc participated in the meet where in a very healthy interaction took place between the police officers and civilians. The Commandant JKAP 6th Bn. Shri Mohd Yousuf Shah threw light on the need of healthy police public relations in his inaugural address. He informed the gathering about the various goodwill programmes undertaken for the welfare of the people by the police department through civic action programme which was well received by the audience. In the due course of the interaction the representatives of the civilians while speaking on the occasion complimented the goodwill gesture of organizing such a police public meet by JKAP 6th Bn. for the very f...

By Manpreet Kour GNS Report: If recent advertisement of the state government in all the local dailies of the state is to be believed, the state is marching ahead considerably towards progress. But things are not as bright as shown in the advertisement. As per the advertisement, the state of Jammu and Kashmir is first in providing Primary Health facilities, 1st in implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme (MGNREGA), 3rd in as far as Macro Economy is concerned, 4th in providing Primary Education, and 4th in providing better Investment Environment. It is nothing but just an image building of the beleaguered Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and wastage of taxpayer’s money. One can imagine government’s expenditure of full page advertisement in all the local news papers. Any society can be judged with its health, and the state of Jammu and Kashmir is far behind in this respect. In state’s one of the biggest children hospital that is SMGS HospitalShalamar Jammu, two or...

ByNikhil Mehta : GNS Report. One of the top medical institute of Jammu that is Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu these days is facing huge problems as shortage of Computed Tomography Scan (CT Scan) machines and requisite manpower. The machine needed operator to operate at Government Medical Collage (GMC), Jammu. As we know GMC is the main emergency hospital of district Jammu. Not only from Jammu but the serious cases from other parts of the state and far flung areas are also referred to this hospital. Mostly the accident cases are referred there at GMC and the head injuries and some other cases requires a CT Scan test at that time. According to the sources in the GMC the emergency CT Scan room seen locked and is started after 4 pm mainly due to shortage of manpower. There is another CT Scan machine available on the first floor in the OPD and the emergency ward is on ground floor so it creates problems for the attendants as well as the patients to go for that test. As the emergency...

by Sohail Khan . Mumbai airspace was closed half-an-hour before the President’s arrival for all aircraft barring those carrying the US delegation * 34 warships deployed * US aircraft carrier to patrol Mumbai coast * warships including US Navy’s Peleliu, an amphibious assault ship, carrying choppers, are in the Indian waters off the Mumbai harbour.The warship carries AV-8B Harrier attack planes, AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopters, CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters, CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters, and UH-1N Huey helicopters. * 40 aircrafts, besides Air Force One to be utilized * 13 US aircraft, 4 choppers flown in * The Gateway of India sea front has been sanitised and all boats and ferry services from there have been suspended from November 5-8. * 2 jets armed with advanced security system part of cavalcade * Unmanned Aerial Vehicles(UAVs) deployed for reconnaissance * 40 swanky cars transported from US * 500-strong presidential staff accompanying Obama * 250 CEOs of US business houses...

Basmati producers demand better facilities, compensation Renu Bhan GNS Report: Union Government has permitted the export the Basmati rice of the RS Pura yesterday, this has enthralled the rice growers of the state particularly plains of Jammu region. But they are also worried that stategovernment has not provided compensation to the farmers for damaged crops because of recent hailstorms. Recent hailstorms had damaged crops more than fifty percent. The farmers are now demanding proper facilities from the state government, so that they can compete in the International Market by producing quality rice. But the question arises in the minds of the farmer community that will the state government be able to provide all the required facilities related to the quality rice production such as irrigation, quality seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, weedicides, and other such facilities. For save the farmer from natural calamity, Crop Insurance is must, it should also be provided to the farmers, to...

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...