Nitesh Sangral

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, May 20: While bovine smuggling has emerged as a bigger threat in recent past but it seems that administration is sleeping over the issue. While at times people are themselves taking the law into their own hands, which shows the inability of the police to rein in on the smugglers. None of the areas have remained unaffected by this menace and mostly cattle from rural areas are picked up by the mafia and sent to the Kashmir valley, where their demand remains high. TNI investigation shows that one such smuggler a man namely Shama son of Malki Ram resident of Smailpur Khodaya, is a major person involved in the bovine trafficking and has been involved in the illegal trade for last many years. Even the police know about his role in the illegal trade, but sources told TNI that no step is taken to arrest the person despite that fact that many people are willing give details about his links. He further said that the Shama name has also surfaced in the recent cas...

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, May 19: The menace of bovine smuggling is growing in the state, but it seems the police department is in deep slumber to deal with this illegal practices. In one such case two days ago, Bari Brahmana police recovered 13 bovine animals but smugglers fled from the spot, putting question mark on the efficiency of the administration. Sources said that, the smugglers continue smuggling bovine in the said areas, but when police officials deployed on ’Nakas’ checking the vehicles they run away from leaving their vehicles. Locals said that this is going on for last many months but there seems to be no immediate end to curb the menace. “The few question also arise, how these smugglers know police raids on that places or areas and how can run away from the spot from last two months”, said a insider. When contacted Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Samba, Ishar Ahmad Khan, said that the department is taking measures to deal with the menace. “We have constit...

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, May 18: A Mystery shrouded the death of a youth who was found dead at his residence in Bishnah, police said on Wednesday. According to source, the 12th class boy namely Rohit Kumar son of Ravi Kumar, has hanged at his house. Sources also disclosed that his father is having watch shop in Kunjwani, recently his parents bought him a new motorbike, but due to some technical fault the bike is not working properly. When Ravi asked his parents for rupees 5000 to repairing the bike, they refused to give so. And it resulted the boy hanged himself to death. “Despite knowing the fact behind the death of their son the family member didn’t any register case nor do they go for postmortem” said a insider. Talking to TNI, Station House Officer (SHO) Satish Kumar, he said that the Rohit has not consumed any poisonous substance and his death is natural.

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, May 16: The recent hike in the fuel prices across the country has not gone well with the common man as they have termed the increase ‘anti-people’ which will have long term impact on the common man. Pardeep Singh resident of Gandhi Nagar said that the common masses are already hit by inflation and the latest increase is bound to add to their miseries. “Once the petrol price is hiked, everything else becomes expensive. It has further burdened the common man”, he added. He further said that this is the ninth price hike of petrol in the span of last nine months. People termed the hike as totally irresponsible action by a government despite the fact the food prices have already increased. People say that said that the day is not far when people have to buy petrol Rs 100 per litre under this present UPA government. Rahul Gupta, an private sector employee said that even the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a well known economist has not uttered a single word ...

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, May 12: The two brothers got serious injuries when they were attacked and fired up by a group of armed men in a village of Samba district. According to sources the three armed men led by Patwari, Jasbir Singh of Vijaypur had a month long rivalry with Ravi Kumar son of Krishan Chand, a STD owner, in village Chak Mange Rakwal of district Samba and wounded him critically. The attackers, police said, fired with their licensed weapon on Ravi and left his left leg wounded, while the same leg was stabbed by using sharp edged weapon. Source further said that on hearing the cries his younger brother Rajinder Kumar also rushed out towards his brother for his help, where he too was attacked with sharp edged weapons and wounded. He said the left leg of 18-year-old Rajinder Kumar suffered deep wound. After taking revenge of anonymous calls which had created fear physic among the family members of Patwari, the accused fled in their vehicle. He disclosed that the v...

Nitesh Sangral 5/10/2011 9:02:40 PM JAMMU, May 10: The Amarnath Yatra registration being today across 149 centres established across the country including Jammu and Kashmir. The pilgrimage will start from June 29. Hundreds of people today visited Jammu and Kashmir (JK) bank branches across the country including 121 branches in the state, 24 branches of YES Bank and 4 branches of District Cooperative Banks also give registration slips. Official’s source said that the concerning banks also deployed separate stall and people to making all the arrangements for the smooth working during registration time for face problem to any pilgrims. He said the registration form, along with the payment of handling charges of Rs15 per pilgrim. He further said that every registered pilgrim has been provided, an accidental insurance cover of Rs1 lakh at the cost of the shrine board. A number of healthcare facilities are also being set up along the route. He disclosed that the last year, more th...

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, May 7: The Motor Vehicle Department is on move since four days to stop the black-tinting of car films and other such violations of traffic norms but all seems to be in vain as the black tinting goes unabated. Caring too hoots for the established rules, the violators also seem to be indifferent towards the fact that the state was grappling with menace of cross-border terrorism. As per the rule book, use of dark, black or reflective glasses in vehicles is not permitted. As provided in Rule 100 of Central Motor Vehicle Rules 1989, the glass of windscreen and rear window of motor vehicles should have a visibility of at least 70 per cent and that of side windows a minimum visibility of 50 per cent. A person, driving a car with black tinted glasses, when asked, replied that nobody ever objected to its use. “Otherwise, I would have definitely taken it off,” he added. Recently the traffic department has announced not to give permission to anyone for black film m...

Nitesh Sangral 5/2/2011 8:53:26 PM JAMMU, May 2: With the increasing population of stray dogs in city and it is haunting people in most areas of the city, Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) has decided to start campaign against the stray dogs who is haunting common masses. It is pertinent to mention her that the stray dogs’ populations increasing day by day in the city as well adjoin areas, but the concerned authorities were not serious about this problem. According to locals the nuisance is unavoidable for helpless people, who can do nothing but suffer without any fault of theirs. They said that some stray dogs have occupied hospitals including GMC and SMGS hospital causing immense inconveniences to the attendants and patients’. People at large allege that due to the non-serious attitude of JMC, the population of dogs has gone up to the extent that at few places dogs have virtually ruling the streets during the night. Mohammad Anwar of Gujjar Nagar said the school going chil...

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, April 30: The Civil Secretariat has closed its functioning in Summer Capital here for the next six month and reopen, in Srinagar on May 9. With this, the Summer Capital would heave a sigh of relief till onset of winter as nearly 50,000 vehicles and nearly 1.5 lakh people shift their activities to Srinagar. According to report, nearly 102 government vehicles have been loaded with office record that would leave for Srinagar on Sunday morning amid tight security arrangement. The State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) has been deputed with the task to make available sufficient number of buses in good condition for transportation of Kashmir based employees on April 30 and May 1 and Jammu based employees on 7th and 8th of May. The booking of buses shall be for the destination of the employees from civil secretariat as well as from the main booking counters of SRTC. SP Traffic Zahid Manhas told that adequate arrangement of paramilitary personnel and police has...

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, April 21: Two hardcore militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba were killed in a fierce gunbattle with security forces in Kishtwar district Thursday morning. According to official sources, acting on aspecific information about the presence of militants, a joint operation party of Rashtriya Rifles, CRPF and police launched a cordon and search operation in Keshwan forest belt in the district early this morning. Officials said that finding the security forces approaching toward them, the hiding militants believed to be three in number, started firing indiscriminately, which was also effectively retaliated by the troops. In the ensuing gunfight which lasted several hours, two militants got killed who have been identified as Sultan and Jan Mohmmad, both residents of Kishtwar district. The third militant managed to escape from the site of encounter. According to DIG Udhampur-Doda range, M.K.Sinha , apart from their involvement in many militant activities, the duo was also ...

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, April 20: There was total mess in almost all the examination centres were the first year Elementary Teachers Training (ETT) exams were conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (BOSE). Mismanagement can be gauged by the fact that at many of the centres there were no superintends nor was there any official from the board to supervise and keep check on the cheating cases. Sources said that keeping in view the interests of the illegally running colleges in the state who are greasing the palms of the board officials, officials had turned blind eye so that they could carry out their illegal business. More than 400 Examination centers established across the Jammu and Kashmir by the BOSE. “It was total hotchpotch process and chaos everywhere and the sufferers were the genuine andidates who appeared for the examination”, said a student. It is pertinent to mention here that the few days ago private colleges and Board officials had major differ...

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, April 19: While tall claims are being made by the education department about improvement in the infrastructure of schools in the state, but picture is quite different when looking at the rural areas, where educational institutions are without infrastructure. Recently, Minister for Education have also claimed to improvement the infrastructures of the government schools and He said 680 middle school buildings and 5467 additional classrooms were also constructed throughout the State equitability as far as possible to tide over accommodation problem of the students. The state government also will provide free of cost uniforms to the students and 1st to 8th class student also provide free books in Government schools. “At places there is no teaching staff and only two teachers are posted in the school. There is total lack of coordination between education authorities”, said an official. It is pertinent to mention here that the various areas appointed headmasters...

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, April 15: Even after three year long efforts, Jammu Development Authority (JDA) has still failed to evict the encroachers from nearly 200 kanals of land at Gole Gujral, which was meant for the construction of colony for the poor. Sources said that due to the political pressure on the officials to go slow on the eviction process, has crashed the dream of hundreds of people to have their own houses. It is pertinent to mention here that under the centrally sponsored Valmikis-Ambedkar Awas Yojna (VAMBAY), in 2007 government had identified nearly 400 kanals of land in the area for the construction of 300 low cost homes for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), but the project has almost been shelved as the encroachers have taken over the land, under the very nose of the administration. If sources are to be believed these families mostly belonging to Gujjar community have been made ‘proxy’ by the land mafia to grab the government land and they are using every ...

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, April 14: Sky souring prices of vegetables apart, the reports about chemically treated vegetables and fruits being sold in localities, of Bhagwati Nagar, Durga Nagar, Bhori, Gangyal, Janipur and Shubash Nagar has become another factor of panic among the people. According to the residents from Janipur and other localities number of vegetable sellers is using chemically treated water which they spray on the vegetables and fruits to keep these fresh. “We have come to know that some growers are injecting chemicals into vegetables and fruits to get more yields. They are also using chemicals to make the produce look fresh and green to sell in the market,” said Kamal Kishore, from Janipur locality. Even as Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) has already caught some vendors using chemical spray on the Bananas, but officials said that there was no need to get panic as these are only some isolated incidents. “I have observed in the market that many vegetables a...

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, Apr 7: While government has announced establishment of 22 new colleges in Jammu and Kashmir, but the condition of already running institutions in quite deplorable. Most of the existing colleges are lacking even the basic infrastructure and students are facing lot of problems. It is pertinent to mention here that the state government has decided to established new degrees colleges in both of province but which existing colleges they are not taking any step for improved the condition of degree colleges and provide everything for required of these degrees. Interestingly, the posts of lectures and staff members are also vacant of some degrees colleges; the government not passed notice to full fill the vacant posts. According to a source GCET College, the government has sanctioned 71 posts for GCET College in 1996 and only 40 members joined their duty at that time. He said that due to lack of incentives and other facilities there, only 28 faculty members are ...

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, April 6: The Jammuites will have to wait a little longer for the installation of traffic lights in the city as the concerned department has still not given its consent to the proposal. It is pertinent to mention here that government has announced that the project to install the traffic lights on the pattern of metropolitan cities will be started in January, but as the bureaucratic hurdles has delayed its passage, it will take many more months to restart the project. Interestingly, three month have been passed but the proposal has not been implemented. Source said that the state government and traffic police had advitised the project much through media and it was even told that it will change the traffic management scenario in Jammu and Kashmir. The task force has been constituted in this matter for the installation of the traffic lights in the Jammu city which will take all the matter regarding the installation of the traffic lights which study all the ...

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, Apr 5: It seems said Government has made its mind to tax everything thing in Jammu and Kashmir as after imposing property tax, now road tax will be imposed on the vehicles which are parked on the roadsides. Sources said that to reduce the traffic rush, Jammu Development Authority (JDA) has decided to take parking charges from every bus, tempo and taxi parked on the road. As per the decision during a meeting held recently, some particular areas of the city on which the parking has been charged include Gummat, Indra Chowk and B C road. “This has been decided to reduce the illegal parking in the busy roads. After much time, now government will charged tax to the Buses, taxies, matadors and tempos for stand on the BC road”, said a official. Officials alleged that B C Road has become the hub of the illegal vehicles parking, many of the commercial vehicles has parked their vehicles, due to which there were heavy traffic jam on day time. The vehicle which w...

Nitesh Sangral 4/1/2011 8:52:16 PM JAMMU, April 1: After many delay of artificial lake project, finally it will be going to start soon, the project design has been approved and Pakistan government also lifted their objection on the construction of artificial lake, which was planned to build on river Tawi in Jammu. It is pertinent to mention here that the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi has approved the design of artificial lake to be constructing in Jammu, few years before. But when the expert team of Pakistan also inspected project of artificial lake and they had raised some objections on the project, due to which the concern authorities has to stop the work in between. After the delay of many months, the project is going to start soon. According to official source said that the project will take time to complete but after completion of the project it will be benefited for the tourism department as well as state government. As this attracts lots of number of touri...

Nitesh Sangral 3/27/2011 9:25:05 PM JAMMU: after every then and now state government announces the opening of new schools with claims of providing better educational facilities to the children. But the existing schools are lying in dilapidated condition and not being provided the required infrastructure exposing the tall claims of the government. This can be easily ascertained from the condition of the schools in nud area of samba district that included higher secondary schools at Nad, Sumb and Mansar. These schools sans staff and necessary infrastructure. In Nud school there is a shortage of staff, infrastructure and many other things besides the fact that the school building was likely to collapse any time but the administration has no time to check it and take necessary action. According to sources, the two classes of this school 7th and 8th can collapse any time. Over and above the shortage of space and lecturers in the school further deteriorating the academic standards of ...

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, Mar 26: Here is a bad news for prepaid mobile phone subscribers in Jammu & Kashmir, as pre-paid sim service could be banned from March 31, as telecom companies are not following the norms set by Union Home Ministry. Jammu & Kashmir has been used to various kinds of bans for obvious reasons. But the Union government's decision to ban pre-paid mobile connections in Jammu & Kashmir, citing security related reasons, has left the ‘aam aadmi’ in the past fuming. However most consumers across the country look at it as one strong step towards stringent subscriber verification process. This can affect nearly 38 lakh mobile subsribers of the state who use prepaid connections from various mobile service operators. The GSM mobile operator Airtel has nearly 19 lakh GSM subscribers followed by BSNL having 12 lakh and Aircel having 7 lakh. According to source despite directions, most of the telecom companies have not completed the verification process d...

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, Mar 23: While government has given clear direction to Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) to complete their work on prescribed time but the reality is opposite as many of the projects have not been completed so far. It is patient to mention here that the government has given project of constructing national highway, bridges and setting up water supply schemes to the agency, but they have facing much delay. The ERA department delaying on the road and flyovers ongoing project, they are doing slowly work on this practices. There are many projects fate of those hangs in balance, the construction work of Syedpora Harwan Bridge taken by ERA and started in January 2009 and as on date 30% of the work has been completed. And other flyover is not work start on them till the time. According to source said that the schemes for the development and upgradation of various amenities in urban, sub-urban and rural areas of the Jammu and Kashmir. But the entire project i...

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, Mar 22: The menace of illicit liquor is growing in Jammu and Kashmir, but it seems the government is in deep slumber to deal with this and save the youth. In recent months police has smashed number of dens were it was being manufactured and distributed among the people particularly the unemployed youth, ruining their families and personal life. It is penitent to mention here that the two days ago Headquarter Superintendent of Police (SP) along with Station House Officer (SHO) Bishana arrested some people one of them he is police constable. The government imposed ban on illicit liquor as well as sale and production of illicit liquor in the state but some people continue to make it with the help of police authorities. The people are uneducated and unemployment and only doing the business of illicit liquor from the last many years. According to official source the police officials also involved in this practice and make a huge number of illicit liquor in...

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, Mar 16: The state government recently claimed that it has increased the ration to the people living Below the Poverty Line (BPL) upto 40 kg and Antodya Ann Yojna (AAY) families, but the ground situation is quite different. But claims seems hallow as most of the areas does not have proper supply of ration as on the ground level the 35 kg full ration is not reaching to needy and poor people. It is penitent to mention here that under Public Distribution System (PDS), a government scheme has made for providing food to the poor people at reasonable rates but has failed to fulfill it. There are sufficient examples to prove that these schemes are resulted in failure. The depots in the state are not get complete ration to the people, the depots holders’ only getting benefits. Source said that the many villages depot have to provide ration including 20 kilograms of rice and 15 kilograms of flour to BPL, APL and AAY per family. He mentioned that even the well...

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, Mar 14: State government claimed to provide every better facility to the farmers of the state and too at their door step, but these claims seem opposite direction while looking at the ground situation. One such glaring example of the apathy of irrigation department of the state government is incomplete work of water motors in Kothe Sania of tehsil Bishnah. According to official source six years ago the MLA Bishna Ashwani Sharma has inaugurated about eight motors for proper supply of water in the said area for irrigation purpose, but till date the work is incomplete due to one reason or other. He further said that the state government has spent crores of rupees on the motors and getting funds from the centre on these types of work. Locals said that for the proper irrigation we required water but motors not working. Due to this they are facing a lot of problems. As much of the time has gone in waste but the concerned authorities is doing nothing to star...

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, Feb 25: The mystery of grenades found at Railway station has further deepened as it is still not clear who placed these on the station and why. While the police claims that these were put by a army personnel, but sources said that still the police has failed to get clue how they were brought to the station, despite so many security checks. It is pertinent to mention here that recovery of the training grenades had created panic among the people as there have been number of attacks on the railway station in the past few years in which number of personnel has been killed. Locals alleged that police department only harassed the innocent people try put their failures behind. “Its not a small issue, if these training grenades could be placed on the station, then anyone can smuggle explosive or live grenades on the platform. There is need for deep investigation in the issue”, said a senior intelligence official. He stated that due to thing, Jammu and Kashmir po...

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU Feb 24:Despite claims of making hospitals patient friendly, poor people are still facing the apathetic attitude of the doctors. This came to highlighted today when an elderly man Mohammad Iqbal visited Government Medical College (GMC) for treatment, but was denied check up by the doctors on duty. Even the police did not register his complaint and told him to wait outside the police post. “I came to office at 2 pm for check up but the doctors on duty kept me waiting there despite my repeated pleas that they should conduct my check up”, Iqbal said. He alleged that though he was feeling pain all over his body, doctors just checked his blood pressure and asked him to stay outside the OPD. “Even when I approached Chief Medical Officer (CMO) with the complaint, he just asked me to move out from office. This is how the patients are dealt by the hospital”, he alleged. Later the Iqbal come to Gandhi Nagar hospital for the treatment and has been admitted there f...