New Delhi, Sep 9: The results of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG will be announced by September 15, University Grants Commission Chairman Jagadesh Kumar said on Friday.
The debut edition of the CUET-UG, a gateway for undergraduate admissions, began in July and concluded on August 30.
National Testing Agency (NTA) is expected to announce the CUET-UG results by 15th September or if possible, even a couple of days earlier,” Kumar said.
All participating universities may keep their web portals ready to start the UG admission process based on CUET-UG score,” he added. (Agencies)
CUET-UG results to be announced by September 15
Restrictions in J&K’s Rajouri town to maintain law and order
JAMMU, Sept 9: The authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri town on Friday, September 9, 2022, announced restrictions under section 144 of the CrPC in the area and advised people to stay indoors.
The restrictions were imposed on orders of District Magistrate Vikas Kundal, officials said.
Official sources said the move was a precautionary measure taken in the wake of a land dispute between two groups of people.
Residents of the area were made aware of it using speakers mounted on police vehicles. “We inform people that restrictions under section 144 of the CrPc have been imposed in Rajouri town. People are advised to remain indoors,” the message said.
Barbed wires have also been placed in some sensitive areas to prevent movement of people, besides deployment of additional police forces.
Section 144 of the Code Of Criminal Procedure prohibits the assembly of four or more people. (Agencies)
Dry, pleasant weather likely in J&K
Jammu Sep 9: The Meteorological (MeT) office said on Friday that weather will remain dry and pleasant in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours.
“Weather is expected to remain dry during the next 24 hours in J&K,” an official of the MeT office said.
Srinagar had 17.6, Pahalgam 12.7 and Gulmarg 10.7 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature.
Drass town in Ladakh had 6.3, Leh 11.2 and Kargil 10.9 as the minimum temperature.
Jammu had 20.7, Katra 21.6, Batote 18.2, Banihal 17.8 and Bhaderwah 16.6 as the minimum temperature.
Major Bhang destruction operation conducted in Kashmir
Srinagar: Following the directions of Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, a major bhang destruction operation was conducted at Trimukhan Top, Lolab and adjoining areas, bordering Kupwara, Baramulla and Bandipora districts.
The drive has been carried out by Anti Narcotics Task Force Jammu and Kashmir in collaboration with Divisional Forest Officer Kamraj, Forest Division Zangil Kupwara, Excise and Taxation department of Kupwara/Baramulla, Revenue department with the assistance of local police.
The wild growth of Bhang (cannabis) spread over approximately 05 hector’s of forest land were destroyed on spot.
The exercise has been widely appreciated by the locals of the area.
General public have been requested to come forward and join hands with the drug curbing agencies for carrying out such kind of destruction drives in near future for making the society in large and youths in particular free from drugs under Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan Drive.
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra scripts another history, becomes Diamond League champion
ZURICH, SEPTEMBER 9: Olympic gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Thursday achieved yet another historic feat as he became the first Indian to win the prestigious Diamond League Finals title here. Chopra began with a foul but jumped to the top spot with a throw of 88.44m — his fourth career best — in his second attempt, and that turned out to be his winning effort. He had 88.00m, 86.11m, 87.00m and 83.60m in his next four throws.
Olympic silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic finished second with a best throw of 86.94m which he registered in his fourth attempt. Julian Weber of Germany was third with a best of 83.73m
The 24-year-old Indian superstar is now the Olympic champion, World Championships silver medallist and Diamond League champion. All these he had achieved in just 13 months. He had won the Olympic gold on August 7 last year in Tokyo.
He has produced 88m-plus throw six times this season which showed his consistency. He holds the national record of 89.94m, which he achieved this season.
Chopra also ended his international season with a history-scripting performance. The Diamond League Finals can be considered as the most prestigious competition outside of Olympics and World Championships.
It was Chopra’s third appearance in the Diamond League Finals. He had finished seventh and fourth respectively in 2017 and 2018.
Chopra was also awarded a Diamond Trophy, $30,000 prize money and a wild card for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
He, however, has already qualified for the World Championships as his Lausanne-leg winning throw breached the 85.20m qualifying mark.
The Diamond League encompasses 32 Diamond Disciplines, following a championship style model. Athletes earn points at the 13-series meet to qualify for the final of their respective disciplines.
Chopra had made a spectacular return from a one-month injury lay-off by winning the Lausanne-leg of the Diamond League series on August 26 and qualifying for the Finals here.
He had become the first Indian to clinch a Diamond League meet title in Lausanne with his third career-best throw of 89.08m.
He had missed the Birmingham Commonwealth Games (July 28 to August 8) due to a minor groin injury he had suffered during his silver-winning performance in the World Championships in U.S.A. in July.
The six-man field in Zurich was without world champion Anderson Peters of Grenada, who is recovering from injuries after he was assaulted inside a boat in his country last month.
With Thursday’s win, Chopra has beaten the 31-year-old Vadlejch for the fifth time since winning gold in Tokyo Olympic Games in August last year.
Vadlejch was sixth and fourth when Chopra finished second in Paavo Nurmi Games (June 14) and Stockholm Diamond League (June 30).
While Chopra won silver in World Championships in Eugene, Vadlejch clinched a bronze before the pair again clashed in Lausanne on August 26. (Agencies)
India Reports 6,395 New Covid Cases, 33 Deaths In 24 Hours
New Delhi: India on Thursday reported 6,395 new coronavirus infections, taking the tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,44,78,636, while the active cases declined to 50,342, according to the Union health ministry data.
The death toll has climbed to 5,28,090 with 33 fatalities in the last 24 hours, including 14 deaths reconciled by Kerala.
The active cases comprise 0.11 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.70 per cent, the health ministry said.
A decline of 252 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
17 Accused Of Killing Jammu And Kashmir Cop Granted Bail By Anti-Terror Agency Court
SRINAGAR, Sept 8: A special National Investigation Agency court in Srinagar has granted bail to 17 persons accused of killing a police officer in 2017 outside Jamia Masjid.
Judge M S Manhas, while allowing the bail application on Wednesday, said there were no reasonable grounds to believe that the accused were guilty of killing deputy superintendent of police Mohammad Ayoub Pandit.
Pandit was killed by a mob on June 22, 2017, outside Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta area of the city when he was on duty in civvies during the Shab-e-Qadr that year.
“In the present case after perusing the material available on record including the statement of the witnesses recorded during trial, there are no reasonable grounds believing that accused persons or applicants are guilty of an offense as alleged in the charge sheet,” the judge said in his 81-page order.
The court said there was neither direct nor indirect evidence on record to link the accused with the crime.
“There is neither any direct nor any substantial evidence on the record which could connect the accused or applicants with the alleged crime. So, in absence of ocular as well as substantial evidence on the record, the grounds taken by the learned counsel carry weight,” it said. (Agencies)
Katra, Jammu train services to remain suspended for week
The train services from Katra and Jammu to other parts of the country will remain affected till 13 September due to non-interlocking work that is in progress at Bari-Brahmana Railway Yard for its remodeling, reported a local media.
According to Divisional Traffic Manager Mahesh Kumar, the remodeled Yard at Bari-Brahmana Railway Station will be commissioned on the evening of 13 September and till then various trains to and fro Jammu/Katra Railway Station have been cancelled, short terminated, short originated, regulated and rescheduled.
He said the trains which will remain cancelled during this period are 04615 (PTK-UHP), 04616 (UHP-PTK), 14610 (SVDK-RKSH), 14609 (RKSH-SVDK), 14034 (SVDK-DLI), 14033 (DLI-SVDK), 12469 (CNB-JAT), 12470 (JAT-CNB), 14503 (KLK-SVDK), 14504 (SVDK-KLK), 20986 (UHP-KOTA), 12492 (JAT-BJU), 12491 (BJU-JAT), 04141 (PRYJ-UHP), 04142 (UHP-PRYJ), 19803 (KOTA-SVDK), 19804 (SVDK-KOTA), 12919 (DADN-SVDK), 12920 (SVDK-DADN), 14606 (JAT-YNRK), 14605 (YNRK-JAT), 12208 (JAT-KOM), 12207 (KGM-JAT), 12587 (GKP-JAT) and 15098 (JAT-BOP).
Train numbers 19223 (ADI-JAT) and 19225 (JU-JAT) will be short terminated at Pathankot, 12237 (BSB-JAT) will be short terminated at Pathankot Cantt Railway Station, 12355 (PNBE-JAT) at Ludhiana Railway Station, 22431 (PRYJ-UHP) at Ambala Cantt Railway Station, 20847 (DURG-UHP) at Ludhiana, 18309 (SBP-JAT) and 18101 (TATA-JAT) at Amritsar Railway Station, 19107 (BBC-UHP) at Jalandhar Railway Station and 19415 (ADI-SVDK) at Ferozpur Cantt, as per the report.
The DTM further informed that train numbers 19224 (JAT-ADI) and 19226 (JAT-JU) will be originated from Pathankot instead of its scheduled station, 12238 (JAT-BSB) from Pathankot Cantt, 12356 (JAT-PNBE) from Ludhiana Railway Station, 22432 (UHP-PRYJ) from Ambala Cantt Railway Station, 20848 (UHP-DURG) from Ludhiana, 18102 (JAT-TATA) and 18310 (JAT-SBP) from Amritsar, 19108 (UHP-BVC) from Jalandhar and 19416 (SVDK-ADI) from Ferozpur Cantt Railway Station.
The trains which have been regulated are 12920 (SVDK-DADN), 12472 (SVDK-BDTS), 12474 (SVDK-GIMB), 12549 (DURG-JAT), 22705 (TPTY-JAT), 22439 (NDLS-SVDK), 12471 (BDTS-SVDK), 12331 (HWH-JAT) and 12476 (SVDK-HAPA) while the trains number 15655 (KYQ-SVDK), 12471 (BDTS-SVDK) and 12472 (SVDK-BDTS) have been rescheduled.
Every citizen should be proud of India becoming world’s fifth largest economy, says PM Modi
NEW DELHI, Sept 8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 8, 2022 said India has become the fifth largest economy in the world and this is not an ordinary achievement.
“Every Indian is feeling proud of it. We need to maintain this enthusiasm,” Mr. Modi said.
He was virtually addressing beneficiaries of various government schemes and those present at a mega medical camp organised in Olpad area of Surat city in Gujarat, where the Assembly polls are due later this year.
The Prime Minister interacted with some of the beneficiaries and appealed to farmers to switch to natural farming, saying this will result in better yield at minimum cost.
He lauded the Gujarat government and referred to the BJP-led state and the Centre as “double engine government”.
“Recently, India has become the fifth largest economy in the world. This achievement gave us confidence to work even harder and achieve bigger goals in this Amrit Kaal. This progress is not ordinary. Every Indian is feeling proud about it. We need to maintain this enthusiasm,” the Prime Minister said.
Referring to the Centre’s Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Mr. Modi said, “As many as three crore houses were built by the government across the country for the poor during the last 8 years. Of these, nearly 10 lakh houses were constructed in Gujarat alone.”
Mr. Modi praised the health infrastructure in Gujarat, saying the state has a robust network of multispecialty hospitals.
“The number of medical colleges has gone up from 11 to 31 in the last two decades. An All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is coming up (in Rajkot) and several new medical colleges are also proposed for the state,” he said.
The entire event and the medical camp were organised by Gujarat Minister of State for Agriculture, Energy and Petrochemicals Mukesh Patel, who is the MLA from Olpad in Surat.
On the occasion, Modi urged doctors deployed at the medical camp to talk to patients about their lifestyle and the importance of having nutritious food, which can keep people away from many illnesses.
He said nearly four crore people in the country, including 30 lakh in Gujarat, have already availed benefit of the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat scheme, which provides health cover of up to Rs five lakh per family in a year.
Praising the Gujarat government, Modi said 97 per cent of rural homes in the state are now getting drinking water through the ambitious ‘Nal Se Jal’ scheme.
“Under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, farmers across the country have received Rs two lakh crore through direct transfer so far. Sixty lakh farmers from Gujarat and nearly 1.25 lakh farmers from Surat have availed the benefit of this scheme,” he said.
He said farmers earlier used to get nothing despite tall promises made by previous governments at the Centre.
“But, the interests of farmers are always a priority for our double engine government. That is the reason why farmers of the country and Gujarat give us their blessings,” he said.
Before the address, Modi virtually interacted with some of the beneficiaries of the state and centrally sponsored schemes, such as the widow pension, Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana and the Ayushman Bharat Yojana.
While talking to Sukhdevsinh Rana, a differently-abled farmer, the PM appealed to all cultivators to switch to natural farming, saying this would provide better yield with minimum cost.
During his interaction with Kanchanben Patel, a widow from Olpad taluka, Mr. Modi asked if coastal villages in Olpad are now getting clean drinking water.
Patel informed the Prime Minister that the government has resolved the issue.
Talking to another widow Kirtiben Patel, Mr. Modi appealed to her to spread awareness about various government schemes in her village so that no eligible person is left behind in getting the benefits. (Agencies)
Police conducts awareness drive against Cyber-Attacks in Jammu
Jammu, 8 September, 2022: Today, Bank fraud cum online fraud awareness drive conducted in the Jurisdiction of Police station Arnia in which Pamphlets has been installed at important public places like ATM, Bank’s, Markets and specifically announcement being made among the public by the local police to aware them of cyber attacks so that they can protect them from the on-line cyber scammers.
The drive was conducted to attract the attention of the local residents so that they don’t fell prey to on-line frauds cause recently in Jammu so many cases of the cyber-crime has been reported.
The Cyber attack awareness drive by the local police is commendable and crucial act, the report said.