Slathia inaugurates Ramgarh to Rundwan link road (02-07-11)

JAMMU: Minister for Industries and Commerce, Surjeet Singh Slathia on Friday inaugurated Ramgarh to Rudwan link road completed at a cost of Rs 48.35 lakh.
During the inaugural ceremony, the minister appreciated the role of executing agencies for timely construction of this link road which shall benefit about 3,500 people of Rudwan, Trindian, sarva, Kairan Wali, Ramloo Brahmana and adjoining areas.
The minister said that the government is committed to provide basic amenities to the people of all regions of the State for which every representative of the government has to work with added zeal and dedication.
Regarding construction of community facility centre in the area, the minister said that Rs 22 lakh have already been sanctioned for the purpose. He said that with the construction of this centre, the long pending demand of the people of the area would be met.
The minister was also apprised about the problems being faced by the people of the area. Slathia directed the concerned officers to take up necessary steps for redressal of grievances of the people.
Among others Deputy Commissioner Samba, Mubarak Singh, ACD Samba, Xen PWD, PHE and PDD, Samba and other concerned district officer accompanied the minister.
Agency:state times

Amarnath yatra temporarily suspended (02-7-11)

JAMMU: The 5th Batch of Shri Amarnathji yatra schedule to depart on Saturday morning from Bhagwati Nagar Jammu has been temporarily suspended following rush of pilgrims at Pahalgam and Baltal base camps.
The Amarnath yatra was on Friday suspended from the Baltal route following inclement weather in the track. On Friday morning, the fourth batch of 2,303 pilgrims including 1438 males, 467 females and 94 children left the Jammu base camp for the yatra.
“The yatra from Baltal route has been stopped temporarily due to inclement weather. A decision on allowing the pilgrims to proceed further will be taken only after the track is declared safe,” an official at the yatra control room informed.
The yatra, which began on 29th June, was suspended this morning due to overnight rainfall resulting in slippery track at many places along the 13-km route to the holy cave shrine, he said.
More than 35,000 pilgrims performed darshan of the naturally formed ‘ice-lingam’ inside the 3,880-metre high cave shrine till last evening.
Over 2.50 lakh pilgrims have registered for the annual yatra this year but the number is expected to cross four lakh by the end of the pilgrimage on August 13 as many pilgrims have not registered themselves.
Agency:state times

Two Cybercafé owners arrested for selling porno clips (2-07-11)

JAMMU: After the surfacing of a porn clip of a B A Part-III student viedotaped by her teacher in Kishtwar, the police on Friday raided various cybercafés in the town to recover the pornographic and obscene materials in the form of compact discs (CDs), pen drives, hard drives and memory cards.
Police parties, headed by Abrar Chowdhary, Dy SP Headquarters, Farooq Khateeb SHO Police Station Kishtwar and SI Anayat Hussain, in presence of magistrates, raided various cybercafés  in the town and seized computers used in making porn clips, CDs loaded with pornographic material.
Police has registered FIR under section 292, 294, 201, 511 RPC and 67/67-A Information Technology Act. Police has arrested one Gagandeep Singh, son of Rajbir Singh, resident of Bhawanipura, District Kapoorthala, owner of Digital World, Ammar Market Kishtwar and his accomplice Navdeep Sharma, son of Lassu Ram Sharma, resident of Zeur Kishtwar. Gagandeep’s family is residing in Kishtwar for the past twenty years. He along with Navdeep were involved in the sale of porno CDs and cloning and sale of porno video clips. More such raids and arrests are expected in the next few days, according to police sources.  Dy SP Hq Abrar Choudhary while talking to STATE TIMES said that police will not allow sale and circulation of porn CDs. He said that police shall not spare anyone whosoever who is found involved in immoral trafficking.
Agency:state times