Inspirational: 82-year-old man wins medal for Jammu

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February 19, 2023

Inspirational: 82-year-old man wins medal for Jammu

Jammu: You must have often heard that age is just a number and one should never stop doing things that one loves and enjoys.

Prem Prakash Luthra (82) from Poonch district of Jammu has epitomised this proverb as he won a bronze medal in Masters Athletics Championship held in Bengal recently.

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He is currently a Vice President of Taekwondo Association Poonch and retired as District Sports Officer.

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Talking to the media, Mr Prem Prakash Luthra, said, ” I went to Masters Athletics Championship in Bengal and won a bronze medal in 100meters event there, the participants who took part in that event were from Srilanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan”.

“When a person has passion to do something, then age just becomes a number and I belong to Physical education dept and we have always learn to work and set an example”, Mr Luthra added.

“This is all about our dedication and passion”, he said.

“My family has alot of contribution in this achievement”, he remarked.

“Bengal is far from Poonch and no one will allow a person of my age to travel long distances, all of my family members are sports persons”, Mr Luthra further said.

“My elder son won medal in 95th Cadet category, he is also a state champion and also went to Pune”, he said.

“My second son has represented University of Jammu two times in Hockey and the youngest of all is in NCC and has contributed to sports”, he added.

“Even the women in our house has participated in sports activities and my grandkids told me to go, that’s why my event become successful”, Mr Luthra said.

“I will say that I’m a proud Poonchi and medals can be won if one is passionate”, he asserted.

“In 1958, our cricket team came to Jammu and it took three days from Poonch to reach here”, he said.

“We played match against SMRP Higher sec school, which was the leading school at that time and has strength of 5000 students and we defeated them in finals”, he added.

“In 1960, I represented my state in hockey in six national games in Indore, we were six boys”, he asserted.

“In 1969 I participated in Civil services hockey tournament Delhi”, he remarked.

“I use to coach in cricket as well as in hockey. In 1971, I went to Lakshmi Bai College to take coaching for hockey and National Stadium Delhi for cricket”, he said.

“I have a message for younger generation that they should not waste their time lying on bed, using mobile and watching t.v”, he added.

“Instead they should visits stadiums and indulge themselves in recreational activities”, he asserted.

“When elders will do something only then the young people will follow them, my grandsons woke up at 4am and go to stadium watching me”, he said.

Son dies, father injured in Road accident in Jammu

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February 19, 2023

Son dies, father injured in Road accident in Jammu

Jammu: A 26-year-old man died while his father sustained injuries after a truck rammed their two-wheeler near Ghagwal chowk, Samba in Jammu on Sunday.

The report has said that the incident took place when a speeding truck bearing registration number ‘PB08CP7693’ hit a scooty bearing registration number ‘JK021B2420’ at the Gangwal chowk.

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After the accident the son died on the spot while his father has sustained wounds.

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Soon, after the incident the injured man was rushed to Govt Accidental Hospital Ghagwal and after receiving first aid he was transferred to GMC, Jammu.

The deceased has been identified as Shubam Singh (26) s/o Trilok Singh resident of Gurah Jattan village, Ghagwal in Samba, while his injured father has been identified as Trilok Singh (62) s/o Karan Singh resident of Gurah Jattan village, Ghagwal in Samba.

Both were heading towards Kathua and met with this accident at Ghagwal chowk.

Further details are awaited.

India defeat Australia within 3 days for 2nd time in a row, retain Border-Gavaskar Trophy

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February 19, 2023

India defeated Australia by six wickets in the second Test in Delhi to take a 2-0 lead in the four-match series.

This is the second time in a row that India have beaten Australia in a Test match within three days. With the win, India have retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja took 10 wickets in the match.

14-yr-old girl pregnant after raped by tantrik

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February 19, 2023

A ‘tantrik’ has been accused of repeatedly raping a minor girl and impregnating her in southwest Delhi, the police said on Sunday.

The 14-year-old girl’s mother reportedly took her to the quack for an exorcism, where he allegedly raped her on several occasions. The incidents took place in Delhi’s Baba Haridas Nagar.

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According to the police, the girl is two months pregnant now.

While police are verifying the mother’s claim, the accused has been booked under POCSO and other relevant sections and is being looked for.

B D Mishra Takes Oath As Second Lt Governor Of Ladakh

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February 19, 2023

Brigadier (Retd) B D Mishra on Sunday was sworn-in as the second Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, replacing former IAS officer Radha Krishna Mathur who held the gubernatorial post for over 27 months after the region officially became a Union Territory in 2019. The President of India appointed the 83-year-old Mishra as the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh after accepting the resignation of Mathur on February 12.

Mishra, a former governor of Arunachal Pradesh, was administered oath by the Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Justice N Kotishwar Singh at a function organised at the Raj Niwas here.

Advisor Umang Narula read out the warrant of appointment of Mishra as the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, officials said.

They said the event was among others attended by Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, chief executive councillors of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development councils, Tashi Gyalson (Leh) and Feroz Khan (Kargil), all administrative secretaries and other dignitaries including senior officers of police, Army and paramilitary forces.

Later, Mishra was accorded the guard of honour by the Ladakh police.
After an illustrious career spanning more than 33 years, Mishra retired from the Army on July 31, 1995 and took over as the governor of Arunachal Pradesh on October 3, 2017.
He was the commander of the NSG counter hijack task force and received the Prime Minister’s appreciation for his role in ending the hijack crisis at the Raja Sansi Airfield in Amritsar on April 24, 1993 by eliminating the hijackers and safely rescuing all 124 passengers and crew members.

Though no reason was given for the sudden shifting of Mathur, the development came at a time when the people in Ladakh were up in arms in support of their various demands, including full statehood and safeguards under the sixth schedule of the Constitution to the region.

The agitation jointly spearheaded by the Leh-based Apex body of Peoples Movement for 6th schedule and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) is seeking two separate parliamentary constituencies for Leh and Kargil districts, recruitment and job reservation for the youth of Ladakh along with creation of a public service commission.

Families out for Shivaratri procession, thieves loot their house in Jammu

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February 19, 2023

Families out for Shivaratri procession, thieves loot their house in Jammu

Aman Zutshi

Jammu: Three families have been left poorer for attending the Shivaratri procession, yesterday in Jammu. Thieves decamped with cash and gold jewellery worth around lakhs from three houses in Qasim Nagar, Jammu, yesterday.

As per report, the thefts took place when the family members of these houses had gone out to see Shivaratri procession outside their house in Qasim Nagar, Jammu.

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“We went outside our home for just ten minutes to watch Shivaratri’s procession and when we returned we found our almirah forced open with a rod and the thieves had taken away our gold and silver ornaments, belonging to our mother and father”, Victim woman whose house looted by thieves said sobbing.

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“We are migrants and the burglar even stole our monthly relief cash given by govt, our father is no more and neither we have a brother, we gathered all this with hard labour”, she added.

“They have even targeted our tenants”, she said.

“I have no husband and son, what to say the burglars have robbed us”, Victim’s mother said.

“How we will run our household”, a woman said sobbing.

“In just 20-25 the robbers cleaned the house and the thieves might be from our ward”, a man present at the crime scene said.

“The thieves have targeted another house here. When we entered in our house we didn’t suspect anything, but she had suspicion and then we saw our almirah broken”, another woman of the house said.

“Please recover our gold ornaments and cash from the burglars, we made all this jewellery after hard labour”, a woman said while sobbing.

“We also went to watch the procession and they have stolen our 4-5 tolas of gold, they have taken all the jewellery”, another victim woman said.

“The thieves were about to open our bed to steal, but they escaped as soon they heard us
at the house gates”, another woman said.

Doctor jailed for recording video of girl student bathing

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February 19, 2023

A doctor has been sentenced to a year in prison for attempting to record a video of a fellow student bathing when he himself was a medical student in 2014. The doctor, Vipul Chaudhari, was then living in the same hostel as the victim, who was a postgraduate student and resident doctor. No part of the woman’s body was captured in the video, though her clothes and bucket were seen.

The informant had said in her testimony that she had returned to the hostel after duty on Oct 2, 2014 and had gone to take a bath around 3pm. She noticed a mobile pointed towards her on the partition wall of the bathroom. When she didn’t get a response on asking who it was, she put on her clothes and went to the adjoining toilet. After knocking, she pushed the door and found a fellow student hiding inside. A police complaint was lodged.

In its order of Jan 18, Magistrate KC Mane stated while sentencing Chaudhari that his conduct to record the video of the prosecutrix is serious in nature. The doctor’s advocate told the court that his client has a postgraduate medical degree and is a reputed person, and be let off on a bond of good behaviour instead of being sentenced.

The court said it is not inclined to grant the benefit, but as he has faced trial for eight years and was a college-going student at the time, a sentence of lower limit will meet ends of justice.

The accused had been booked for voyeurism and under the Information Technology Act. This week, Chaudhari’s sentence was suspended and he was granted bail by a sessions court as he had challenged the magistrate’s judgment.

Rain, Snow In J&K: Check Weather Update for next two days

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February 19, 2023

Amid forecast for scattered to widespread light to moderate rain and snow, mercury settled above sub-zero level across Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, officials said.

Quoting a meteorological department official, said that while Srinagar recorded a low of 6.7°C against the previous night’s 2.9°C . Today’s minimum temperature, he said, was above normal by 6.6°C for the summer capital.

Qazigund, he said, recorded a low of 4.4°C against 1.8°C on the previous night and it was 4.5°C above normal for the gateway town of Kashmir.

Pahalgam, he said, recorded a low of 2.1°C against minus 1.4°C on the previous night and it was 6.5°C above normal for the famous tourist resort in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.

Kokernag recorded a low of 3.2°C against 1.9°C on the previous night and it was 4.1°C above normal for the place, the officials said.

Gulmarg recorded a low of 2.0°C against 0.2°C on the previous night and it was 8.8°C above normal for the world famous skiing resort in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, he said.

In Kupwara town, he said, the mercury settled at 5.1°C against 1.2°C on the previous night and it was 5.3°C above normal for the north Kashmir area.

Jammu recorded a low of 14.1°C against 11.3°C on the previous night. It was 3.6°C above normal for J&K’s winter capital, he said.

Banihal, he said, recorded a low of 5.8°C (above normal by 6.7°C), Batote 9.6°C (above normal by 4.5°C), Katra 13.6°C (5.5°C above normal) and Bhadarwah 7.3°C (7.0°C above normal).

Ladakh’s Leh and Kargil recorded a low of minus 1.2°C and minus 5.2°C respectively, the official said.

The MeT said that scattered light rain and thunder over Jammu and Kashmir have been forecast in the next 24 hours and light to moderate rains and snow on February 20.

Man gets 1 year jail for trying to kiss 19-yr-old girl

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February 19, 2023

In a trial that concluded in less than three months, a magistrate court has sentenced a 25-year-old man to a year of rigorous imprisonment for forcibly trying to kiss a 19-year-old student on the platform of Khar railway station in June last year.

Accused held by police and booked under section 354 of IPC

The incident took place around 1 pm on June 9 last year, when the victim was commuting from Vile Parle to Bandra to her college. By mistake, she alighted at Khar railway station. She was waiting for another train while speaking over the phone, when a man who came from behind her, tried to kiss her. She shouted in alarm. Fellow commuters caught and started beating him. Police arrived at the spot and they were taken to Bandra police station for her to lodge a complaint. The man was booked under Sec 354 of the Indian Penal Code (assault of criminal force on woman with intent to outrage modesty).

Metropolitan Magistrate BK Gawande said in its judgment that the evidence of the informant clearly established that criminal force was used upon her by the accused with an intention and knowledge that by doing such an act, modesty of the informant would certainly be outraged.

Police busts human trafficking in Jammu

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February 19, 2023

Police busts human trafficking in Jammu

Aman Zutshi

Jammu: Jammu Police yesterday unearthed a human trafficking racket from Jammu Bus stand and arrested four people.

As per report, Acting upon the inputs, the Jammu police arrested four accused Rohingyas involved in human trafficking by means of procuring the girls from Myanmar (Burma) and exploiting them in Kashmir.

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The AGDP along with DIG, SSP Jammu, conducted a raid on specific information at Bus stand Jammu and recovered five minor girls and four human traffickers.

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The Jammu police has said that the four human traffickers which includes two women and two men and the five victim girls were brought from Myanmar for 5-10 thousand and were to be sold in Kashmir for one lakh each.

The victims were brought from Myanmar and from Bengal to Delhi they were taken to Jammu and from there they were supposed to be sold in Kashmir, the report said.

Further investigation into the case is going on.

Meanwhile, the rescued victim Rohingya girls have been shifted to Child Protection Centre Jammu.