Day: January 29, 2021

  • M.D. Banday Memorial Society Poonch organised farewell ceremony on the transfer of ARTO Poonch

    M.D. Banday Memorial Society Poonch organised farewell ceremony on the transfer of ARTO Poonch

    Adil Hamdani

    Mandi,/Poonch January 29 :–An impressive function was organised by M.D. BANDAY MEMORIAL SOCIETY POONCH (NGO) in meeting hall of Dak Bunglow Poonch on the transfer of Jugal Kishore Sharma ARTO who is transferred from Poonch to Udhampur district. Various speakers appreciated the working of the ARTO and described him as people friendly officer. They said in the history of poonch it was the first farewell party for an ARTO.They highlighted the working of Mr.Jugal who has streamlined the working of the office and general people didn’t face any sort of problem during his tenure.They further described him as a humbled,kind hearted and an officer with postive approach.


    Earlier Er. Saleem Bandey welcomed all the participants while Pardeep Khanna a renowned anchor conducted the proceedings of the function.Various officers and civil society members attended the function.Prominent among them were Ch. Abdul Ghani hon’ble member DDC, Zaheer Kaifi ACR, Tanveer Ahmed CEO PDA, Maqbool Naik XEN PDD, Prof. Jasbir Singh principal GDC Surankote, Anwar Khan principal Model HSS Sawjian, Anjum Khatak Tehsildar Haveli, Jahangir Khan CDPO, Fahad Sadiqui district fund officer, Rashid Dostum district treasury officer, Khursheed Tantray Naib tehsildar, Mohd. Khan AE PDD, Jagmit Singh JE, Anubhav Dabir JE,Taj Mir senior Congress leader, Syed Altaf Shah rtd SSP, advocates Mohd. Zaman, Anjum Mehmood and Sanjay Raina, Prof. maroof Khan, Sudhanshu Ghai, Gurmeet Singh, Jaspreet Singh, Sohail Kirmani,Fareed Malik chairman peerpanjal development forum, Shabir Bhat chairman Mater Jalal Din Trust, Imran Shah chairman Khidmat foundation, Balbir Singh samaj seva society, Tariq Khan chairman shaheed Manjit Singh dysp club, Surjan Singh, Gagandeep Singh, Mukhtar Rather, Imtiaz Ganai, Rauf Bandey, Ashu Ganai, Naseer Bnadey,Asif Kirmani, Tahir Shah, Javed Sheikh, Sajid Choudhary, Azeem Bandey, Jahangir Rathore,Farooq Ganai, R.S.Toofan, Narinder Singh PEM, Nidosh Sharma manager stadium,Mushtaq Ahmed boxing coach, Zakir Hussain sports council, Sanjeev Sasan, Ch. Fazal Hussain, Rishi Datta, Gurdeep Singh besides many others.

  • Jammu and Kashmir police started the investigation of a mysterious explosion outside a religious place in Palma Kotedhara of Rajouri.

    Jammu and Kashmir police started the investigation of a mysterious explosion outside a religious place in Palma Kotedhara of Rajouri.

    Rajouri,January 29:–Jammu and Kashmir police has started investigation of a case related to mysterious explosion outside a religious place in Palma Kotedhara village of Rajouri.

    Police said that explosion of mysterious nature took place in the intervening night of Thursday and Friday at around 01 AM with explosion site is near the outer boundary wall of a religious place.

    ” We have registered a case and investigation have been started.” said SSP Rajouri Chandan Kohli.

    He added that army and police is carrying out searches in the area and efforts are on to nab the accused.

  • DDC Rajouri discusses modalities regarding the implementation of ODOP scheme in the district :Milk and milk products to be promoted

    DDC Rajouri discusses modalities regarding the implementation of ODOP scheme in the district :Milk and milk products to be promoted

    Rajouri,January 29:- District Development Commissioner Rajouri,Rajesh Kumar Shavan convened a meeting with the District Level Export Promotion today to discuss the modalities for roll out/ implementation of One District One Product Programme,component of the ‘Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises’ (FME) scheme in Jammu & Kashmir.

    The meeting was attended by Chief Planning Officer,Mohammad Khurshid,General Manager DIC,Manzoor Hussain,Chief Agriculture Officer,Mahesh Verma,Chief Horticulture officer,Madan Lal,Project Manager DIC,Aquil Nuvaid and District Officer KVIB,Abdul Aziz Wani.

    The meeting was informed that under the umbrella of Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan, the FME scheme through its targeted approach of ‘One District-One Product’, will provide a framework for value chain development and alignment of support infrastructure by identifying a unique food product per district, with a special focus on perishable items including agri-produce, cereal-based product, and a food product widely produced in a district.

    The meeting was informed that District Rajouri has been identified as a dairy district under the scheme as the district has a tremendous potential in the dairy sector.

    Detailed deliberations were held during the meeting with the District Level Export Promotion Committee like the role and responsibilities of the committee; formulation of District specific Export Action plans in collaboration with all the relevant stakeholders at the District level.

    After a threadbare discussion held in the meeting it was decided that milk and milk products including Ghee,Paneer,Khoya etc shall be promoted in the district.

    DDC while speaking during the meeting asked the Chief Agriculture Officer to liaise with the concerned authorities of the Animal Husbandry Department to know the exact quantity of milk and milk products being produced in the district per day.He asked the concerned members of the committee to work in close coordination for the promotion of the products decided in the meeting and make the district an export hub with the identified products.

  • DDC Rajouri inaugurates UT level inter district Kabaddi tournament in the district

    DDC Rajouri inaugurates UT level inter district Kabaddi tournament in the district

    Rajouri,January,29:District Development Commissioner Rajouri,Rajesh K Shavan on Friday inaugurated the UT level inter district Kabaddi tournament for boys under the age group of 19 years here at Mini Sports Stadium Rajouri.

    The tournament was organised by the Department of Youth Services and Sports department Rajouri.

    Additional SP, Liyaqat Chowdhary; Chief Education Officer,Gulzar Hussain; District Youth Services and Sports Officer,Mohd Yousif Lone; Zonal Education Officer,Mohd Rashid and staff members of the Youth Services and Sports Department, were present on the occasion.

    The District Youth Services and Sports Officer informed that as many as 204 players from seventeen districts of the Union Territory are participating in the event and the tournament is of three days which will culminate on 31st of January 2021.

    A number of issues were brought into the notice of DDC which included repair and renovation of the sports stadium and illegal encroachment of the land of the department behind the stadium etc.

    The DDC while speaking during the inaugural ceremony appreciated the Youth Services and Sports Department for organizing such a grand tournament in the district. He said that sports play a crucial role in shaping the overall personality of the youth.

    He said that success and defeat are the two aspects of the sports activities but the spirit of sportsmanship teaches many things in life and it has been observed that the sports persons are always very disciplined and can handle different situations of life in an efficient and systematic manner.

    He reiterated that District Administration is committed to provide the required platform for harnessing the talents of the youths.

    Regarding the issue of the illegal encroachment of the land of the department, DDC said that he will take up the matter with the concerned authorities and the issue shall be resolved at the earliest.

    He also said that necessary steps shall also be taken to repair,renovate and beautify the sports stadium.