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JAMMU AND KASHMIR ROUND-UP 2 LAST ----------------------------------------------------- Jammu: A youth today allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in Gandhi Nagar area here, police said. 30-year-old Raj Kumar, an employee of a private bank, was not in a sound mental condition for some time, police said adding, he committed suicide at his residence this afternoon. PLANTATION ------------------------------ Jammu: Intensify plantation drives in critical areas to avoid any forest land encroachment, Minister for Forests and Environment Mian Altaf told departmental officials here. "Intensify plantation drives, particularly, in critical areas to avoid any forest land encroachment," Altaf said. Plantation on empty patches of the forests should be started in order to minimise deforestation, he said.