DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 2014 (PAGE 15) Youth Parliament organised Pledge by Govt employees Jaswant Singh denied BJP fields Sreeramulu in Bellary, to promote ethical voting at election training venues BJP ticket from Barmer Bappi Lahiri in Srerampur Excelsior Correspondent and Opposition parties as well Excelsior Correspondent AIR and Doordarshan to general NEW DELHI, Mar 21: Autonomous District (ST) seat as independent candidates public in the district enjoining NEW DELHI, Mar 21: has had his share of problems from Assam and district General REASI, Mar 21: District Despite opposition from exhibited exemplary discipline JAMMU, Mar 21: upon the electorate to exercise with the party ever since he Secretary Bhagwant Khuba administration organised a BJP today snubbed senior Sushma Swaraj, BJP has fielded and respect for the rules of the Continuing with its sensitization their Right to Vote. wrote a book on his visit to from Bidar Lok Sabha seat in "Youth Parliament" to promote leader Jaswant Singh by deny- BSR Congress chief B Parliament. Walk-outs were also program "Wakeup Jammu" In order to ensure that 2nd Pakistan praising its founder- Karnataka besides former MP C ethical and informed voting and ing him a ticket in the Lok Sreeramulu from the Bellary seen during the Youth under the overall supervision of phase of Voter Awareness leader Mohammad Ali Jinnah. H Vijay Shankar from Hassan. spread the information about Sabha elections in Rajasthan (ST) seat in Karnataka. Parliament session. Female stu- District Election Officer Campaign achieves its objec- The book was banned in Bodh Singh Bhagat is the special measures taken for forth- and instead decided to field Col Releasing the list on behalf dents outnumbered the males in (Deputy Commissioner) tive, a meeting was also con- Gujarat following some adverse party candidate from Balaghat coming Lok Sabha elections. Sonaram Choudhary in Barmer, of the party, BJP general secre- participation. Members of the Jammu, Ajeet K. Sahu under the vened by K.K. Sidha, Assistant references to Sardar Patel and he in Madhya Pradesh, while BJP Students from 17 education- which Singh was seeking. tary Thawarchand Gehlot said mock cabinet replied to all the 2nd phase of voter awareness Commissioner Development, was expelled from the party national executive member La al institutions participated in the The denial of ticket to Singh, noted Bollywood singer Bappi questions with authentic and campaign, under SVEEP, mass Jammu (Nodal Officer), briefly after the controversy Ganeshan will contest the event which was organised who is considered close to L K Lahiri, who recently joined the detailed information. Senior pledge taking ceremonies were over the book. Chennai South constituency in SVEEP/Training Election-2014, Advani, comes a day after the under Systematic Voters' officers of the district adminis- held at all the Assembly Singh was also the Leader of BJP, has been fielded by the wherein Deputy Director, party patriarch was virtually Tamil Nadu and another nation- Education and Electoral tration and heads of educational Constituencies of Jammu dis- Opposition in the Rajya Sabha party from Srerampur Lok CAPD Jammu, Joint Municipal forced to choose the al executive member S Participation campaign Jashn-e- institutions were sitting in offi- trict at their respective election from 2004 to 2009. He was also Sabha seat in West Bengal and Commissioner, Jammu, PO, Gandhinagar seat in Gujarat, Gurumoorthy will contest the Jamhuriat. cers' gallery while print and training venues. the NDA candidate for the Vice journalist Ashwani Kumar ICDS Jammu, DHO Jammu, against his wishes to contest Nilgiris (SC) seat. The mock session of electronic media persons also The employees were impart- President's post in 2012. Chopra "Minna" from Karnal DSWO Jammu, BDO Bhalwal from Bhopal in Madhya C P Radhakrishnan, another Parliament discussed more than covered the event. ed training in handling and oper- The changing power equa- Lok Sabha seat in Haryana. & BDO Marh participated. Pradesh. national executive member will 100 odd questions of public The Youth Parliament was ation of EVM and other election tions in Rajasthan, with Sreeramalu had joined the It was decided in the meeting There is speculation that contest from Coimbatore and H importance which included organised with idea of popular- related issues, observing Model Vasundhara Raje registering a BJP after quitting BSR that the field functionaries of the Singh might contest as an inde- Raja, also a national executive steps taken by district adminis- izing the electoral practices Code of Conduct, etc. The thumping victory in the assem- Congress, of which he was the respective departments along pendent but there was no confir- member, will contest from tration on directions of Election among youth, create awareness employees were administered bly elections, have apparently chief. The party is being sup- with the concerned BLOs of the mation. Choudhary had recently Sivaganga Lok Sabha seat Commission of India for con- about provisions of the election pledge by the respective AROs forced the party to deny him the ported by the Bellary brothers Polling Stations who had experi- defected from the Congress. against Karti Chidambaram, duct of free and fair elections, laws, rules and regulations, and about exercising their Right to ticket and give it to Choudhary, embroiled in the mining scam. enced low voter turnout during Singh (76), currently a Lok who has replaced his father and promote ethical and informed elicit greater response of youth Vote. The pledges were also cir- a jat leader from the area. Denying the party ticket to the last Lok Sabha Election- Sabha member from Darjeeling, Finance Minister P voting, measures taken for elec- towards informed electoral par- culated through Educational The BJP declared three other its senior leader Jaswant Singh, 2009 will actively participate in sought a ticket from Barmer, Chidambaram. toral awareness and participa- ticipation and linking youth as Institutions, Government seats in Rajasthan, where Manoj the party fielded recent entrant Polling Booth Area Campaign saying this was his last election BJP has also fielded Tamil tion, steps to facilitate different- stakeholders in democracy. Departments, Banks, Police Rajoriya was given the party Col Sonaram Choudhary in (PBAC) and door to door cam- and would like to contest it from Nadu state president Pon ly abled and senior citizen vot- Assistant Commissioner Department, Anganwari ticket from Karauli-Dholpur Barmer Lok Sabha constituency, paign in a targeted manner to his home. Radhakrishnan from ers, special drive for nomad vot- Revenue, Tilak Raj Shastri and Centers, Ration Dealers, LPG (SC) seat, Sanwarmal Jat from on which Singh was seeking a improve the voting percentage. The former Union Minister, Kanyakumari Lok Sabha con- ers, women participation, Principal Degree College, Prof Dealers, Station Directors of Ajmer, who will contest against ticket. stituency and Kuppuramu from prospective voters; provisions of Ajeet Angral organised the who has held the portfolios of Sachin Pilot of Congress and P P The party fielded Manoj the Ramanathapuram LS seat. Model Code of Conduct , expen- event. The rehearsal session was Finance, Defence and External Choudhary from Pali Lok Sabha Rajoriya from Karauli-Dholpur diture by political parties and attended by District Election Affairs during the NDA regime, seat. (PTI) (SC) seat, Sanwarmal Jat from Swarup Prashad Ghosh will mechanism in place to check Officer Dr Shahid Iqbal and Ajmer, who will contest against contest the Jadavpur LS seat in various types of practices. ADC Rajinder Singh Tara 6.5 intensity quake jolts Sachin Pilot of Congress and P P West Bengal. Members of ruling parties among other officers. Choudhary from Pali Lok Sabha The party also announced seat. the names of its 6 candidates for Andaman, Nicobar Islands It also fielded Joyram the West Bengal Assembly bye- Villagers detained at LoC NEW DELHI, Mar 21: eral warning and have kept our Engleng will contest the elections. (PTI) system on high alert,” he said. Excelsior Correspondent Commanding Officer of the A moderate intensity earth- A bulletin issued by the concerned Army unit and said ED attaches Rs 2 cr properties quake measuring 6.5 on the Indian Meteorological MENDHAR, Mar 21: Sub that villagers have been issued Richter scale shook the Department said the epicentre of Divisional Magistrate valid identity cards and the jawans Andaman and Nicobar Islands of drug traffickers Mendhar, Ramesh Kumar had the earthquake was located in on duty after proper scrutiny should today but there were no reports Campbell Bay area in the sea at JAIPUR, Mar 21: DRI, Jaipur in which they were to intervene after about a allow them to go to their homes. of casualty or damage. charged with the violation of the a depth of 15 km from the coast. In probably the first ever score of villagers were The detained villagers were then The Government also ruled provisions of NDPS Act and According to initial reports, action of its sort under NDPS allegedly detained by an Army allowed to go to their homes. out any tsunami alert. accumulated immovable proper- unit at the fencing near the there are no casualties or loss of Act in Rajasthan, the SDP president Dr Darakshan Andrabi along with Gursagar Singh "The earthquake measuring ties from the proceed of crime Line of Control (LoC) in life. Enforcement Directorate (ED) SMIPS Isher inaugurating SDP’s election office at Nanak Nagar on Friday. 6.5 on Richter scale occurred The Andaman Sea and that is to the tune of Rs 3.96 Darana area of Mendhar tehsil some 70 kms east of Indira Point has attached properties of crore, the release stated. DRI in district Poonch this after- inaugurated southern part of Indian Ocean alleged drug traffickers worth at 7.11 pm today,” Secretary in are prone to earthquakes. Jaipur in pursuance to receipt of noon. SDP opens election office the Ministry of Earth Sciences about Rs 2 crore here. intelligence inputs regarding Reports said about 20 vil- Excelsior Correspondent The 2004 earthquake, meas- The ED took the action Shailesh Nayak said. uring close to 9 on the Richter smuggling of Ketamine—listed lagers including women, hail- JAMMU, Mar 21: St Mary’s He said they had no reports today against the accused who as a control substance covered ing from Basuni area located at Nanak Nagar scale, had triggered tsunami are also alleged to be involved Infant Pre-School (SMIPS), of its impact being felt in main- across the Indian ocean region, under NDPS Act-1985-, had near the LoC on that side of Narwal Pain, was inaugurated Excelsior Correspondent State as well as the country. land India. in money laundering, an official conducted a search in the about fencing raised by Army were He said that SDP election affecting several countries release said here this evening in presence of parents, students, “We do not see any threat of including the southern states of in August 2012 at the residence moving towards their homes. teachers and guests, today. JAMMU, Mar 21: office and party office will a tsunami warning due to this. adding the officials attached of Rahul Bhardwaj and Mukesh At the Army gate at the Socialistic Democratic Party remain always open for the India and the Andaman Islands. three immovable properties situ- On the occasion, Johnny However, we have issued a gen- (PTI) Kumar Bhardwaj in Tilak Vihar, fence, they were stopped by William, DIG Crime, Jammu (SDP) today opened an election aggrieved person, adding that ated in the Indra Gandhi Nagar, Jagatpura here. The above the Army soldiers at 4 pm was the chief guest, who in his office at Nanak Nagar near SDP is the only political party in Jagatpura, that carry market search resulted into seizure of onwards today and not allowed address praised the efforts put Danna Wala Gurudwara here. the State which is holding moral Pak rights body seeks CJ's intervention value of approximately Rs 2 100.642 Kg of Ketamine and to move to their homes located in by Anna Mary, Principal of The party president Dr grounds. Crore. ED Jaipur Zonal office cash amount of Rs 70.50 lakh. on that side of the fencing in the school for opening of this Darakshan Andrabi, in the pres- The policies of SDP encom- to save Karachi temple had lodged a case of money The duo were were arrested by tehsil Mendhar. ence of SDP Parliamentary can- pass all walks of life. We have laundering against the accused pre-school to provide quality KARACHI, Mar 21: (KMC) had started construction of DRI, Jaipur and are presently The people remained didate for Jammu-Poonch con- policies for youth, women, old- Rahul Bhardwaj and Mukesh education for the people of multiple flyovers and underpasses under judicial custody in the stituency Gursagar Singh Isher age, students and sportsperson Kumar Bhardwaj after taking detained there for about three Jammu. A 150-year-old Hindu temple around the Clifton seafront with- Central Jail here, the release inaugurated the office, wherein covering rural as well as urban cognizance of a complaint of hours and then they contacted Others present on the occa- in Karachi is facing threat due to out any prior notice. added. (PTI) other party leaders, party fol- areas of the State”, said SDM Mendhar Ramesh sion were Rajesh Bakshi, construction of underpasses and She noted that such a major lowers and large number of Gursagar Singh Isher, adding Kumar. Member Cantonment Board, flyovers in the area and the coun- venture "which would vandalise prominent citizens were present. that all these policies are The SDM then spoke to the Rev Fr Kuriakose T K, Parish try's rights body has sought inter- the very face of a historical part of Speaking on the occasion, entailed in the manifesto of the Priest of St Mary’s Cathedral, vention of the Chief Justice to pro- the city, has not undergone the Gursagar Singh Isher asked SDP SDP. Esther William, Principal of tect it. Environmental Impact Police distributes workers to strive hard to uplift “We are confident that with Alexander Memorial School, The chairperson Human Assessment (with public hearings) downtrodden and poor strata of the love and support of people, Jammu among others. Rights Commission of Pakistan mandated by law". bags, books the society. He also asked them we will come to power and (HRCP) has expressed deep con- The HRCP chairperson that to work for the unification, pros- deliver our promises”, said among students 4 bovines cern over the adverse impact that every year thousands of Hindu and perity and brotherhood in the Gursagar Singh Isher. the construction could have on the Sikh devotees visited the temple. Excelsior Correspondent rescued, 3 held Sri Ratneswar Mahadev temple She said that the Hindu com- located in Clifton area. RAJOURI, Mar 21: Police Excelsior Correspondent munity in Sindh had been experi- Single window system "Ground vibrations from exca- distributed bags and books encing escalating human rights vation and from the eventual high- among students of the area at REASI, Mar 21: Police today violations over the past few years. density traffic running so close to Government Middle School, rescued four bovine animals and "The Laxmi Narayan Mandir, to clear rallies the temple could cause collapse of Topa Darhal. arrested three smugglers from located at Native Jetty, near the this irreplaceable place of wor- The bags and books were Narloo area, falling under the juris- NEW DELHI, Mar 21: pads for their high-flying cam- Jinnah Bridge on M A Jinnah ship," the HRCP chairperson said distributed among the students diction of Arnas police station. paigners. Road, had its access, privacy and and sought the intervention of the by SDPO Thanamandi Surjeet A police spokesman said that, Seeking to cut bureaucratic The returning officers will environs severely affected a few Chief Justice of Pakistan to protect Kumar Bhagat in presence of on specific inputs, police team red tape, the Election have to deploy a dedicated staff years ago by another commercial the temple. locals, students and their par- from Arnas police station led by Commission today issued orders to handle the requests and for- project, Port Grand." In a letter sent to the Chief ents. SHO Ranjit Singh laid a naka near for setting up a 'single window ward the same to nodal officers The letter called upon the Chief Justice, the HRCP chairperson While speaking, SDPO Narloo area and intercepted a system' in all Parliamentary of other departments for Justice to summon the KMC offi- noted that business interests in Surjeet Kumar Bhagat and SHO Srinagar bound Tata mobile bear- seats to provide clearance to "prompt action". cials to explain the matter and complicity with officials of the Darhal Sukhdev Raj urged the ing registration number JK20- candidates and political parties A DSP-level officer will ensure that all necessary steps were Karachi Metropolitan Corporation parents and their teachers to 5574. to hold rallies and public meet- have to camp at the permission taken to protect the temple. (PTI) take care of these rising buds as During checking, police res- ings during the Lok Sabha polls. cell to issue permissions or pro- they are future of nation. cued four bovine animals and In a directive issued to all vide decisions after obtaining Ensure recognition of CBSE’s SDPO also guided the stu- arrested three smugglers, who Chief Electoral Officers, the poll approval from competent dents especially girls to work have been identified as body said all returning officers authority of State Police and global curriculum: UGC Mohammad Iqbal of Tanasa, should set up a 'single window land- owning agencies con- hard and become a good citizen NEW DELHI, Mar 21: of the country. Arshad Iqbal of Shikari, Mahore permission cell' to provide per- cerned. SDPO asked the parents to and Mohammad Hussain of mission to parties and candi- Under the new system, the UGC has asked all universities to ensure recognition of keep check on the activities of Chinta, Mahore. dates for holding rallies, public candidate or party will not have CBSE’s international curriculum programme as the first batch of their young children to prevent A case under relevant Sections meetings, using vehicles for to seek separate permission standard XII students will be passing out this year. them from drugs abuse and also has been registered at Arnas police campaigning and using non- from traffic police for election “All universities are requested to create awareness about keep check on their mobile use. station and investigation started. commercial airports and heli- events. (PTI) ‘CBSE-i’ curriculum among their affiliated colleges and also con- vey relevant instructions to all the stakeholders concerned for SPO succumbs recognition of this curriculum and its inclusion under the universi- The Citizens’ Cooperative Bank Ltd., Jammu ty recognition policy,” it said in a recent letter to all the institutes. to burn injuries This is necessary as students would be applying to universities The biggest leading Urban Cooperative Bank of J&K abroad, it said. (PTI) Since 1978 Excelsior Correspondent We believe in constant growth JAMMU, Mar 21: A Our Financial Position for the Last Three Years: Special Police Officer (SPO) (Amt In Lacs) posted in Gazetted Officers (GO) mess succumbed to his burn injuries at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) today. As per reports, a Special Police Officer (SPO) posted in Gazetted Officers (GO) mess namely Darshan Lal, son of late Wasi Ram of Maheshpura, Bakshi Nagar received serious burn injuries yesterday when his clothes caught in flames with a lighting lamp at his res- idence. He was immediately shift- ed to Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) with over 90 per cent burn injuries. At GMC Hospital, the vic- tim failed to respond to the treatment and succumbed to his burn injuries. The body has been handed over to family members for last rites after completing legal formalities. Police has taken the cog- nizance in this regard.